Alvarado v. Hudson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION Lawrence Alexander Alvarado, ) Petitioner, ) ) No. 20 CV 50185 v. ) Judge Iain D. Johnston ) Andrew Ciolli,1 ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner Lawrence Alexander Alvarado has filed a petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2241

challenging his designation as an armed career criminal and the 15-year minimum sentence that designation carries. For the reasons that follow, Mr. Alvarado’s petition [1] and amended petition [18] are denied. BACKGROUND Mr. Alvarado was indicted on one count of unlawful possession of a…