United States v. O'Shea

*76MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOLF, D.J.

I.INTRODUCTION

On May 15, 2008, petitioner Patrick O’Shea was convicted of being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The maximum penalty for that offense is ordinarily ten years. However, the court sentenced him to the fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence required by the Armed Career Criminal Act (the “ACCA”) based on his prior Massachusetts state convictions for unarmed robbery, breaking and entering, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and possession with intent to distribute narcotics.

On August 28, 2015, O’Shea…