Starks v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION CALVIN D. STARKS ) ) Petitioner, ) v. ) No. 3:20-cv-00311 ) (Crim. Nos. 3:15-cr-00147-5; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) 3:16-cr-00142-2) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION “The question in this case is whether an attempted robbery in violation of the federal Hobbs Act qualifies as a crime of violence. . . . My initial take was that an attempted robbery must surely qualify as a crime of violence. After all, a robbery is the paradigm of a violent crime. . . . Why should a failed or attempted robbery be treated any…