Legal Opinion

Pressey v. Warden, FCI Atlanta

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided May 21, 2025No. 8:25-cv-01018Unknown

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION WOODROW PRESSEY, JR., Movant, Civil Case No. 8:25-cv-1018-MSS-NHA v. Crim. Case No. 8:17-cr-435-MSS-NHA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. _____________________________________/ O R D E R Woodrow Pressey, Jr., a federal prisoner, files a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(3) and challenges his enhanced sentence as an armed career criminal. (Civ. Doc. 1) Because a claim challenging a sentence is not cognizable in a Section 2241 petition, the Court generously construes the pro se filing as a…

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  4. Williams v. ChatmanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
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