Legal Opinion

Purvis v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 28, 2011No. 10-2432PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

On June 5, 2006, Reginald D. Purvis was sentenced as a career offender for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Purvis appealed the conviction and sentence. This Court dismissed the appeal on December 7, 2006. Purvis’s petition for a writ of certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court on October 1, 2007.

On September 29, 2008, Purvis filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence and then, on February 17, 2009, Purvis requested a stay of the § 2255 motion. On March 19, 2009, the district court denied the motion to stay, and on March…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Rhines v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Panetti v. QuartermanSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. Custis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Daniels v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Richard Crayton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
  2. United States v. Khaled ObeidCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
  3. Cuevas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  4. Tyrus McNair v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020
  5. Abt v. RichardsonDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2020

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