Patrick Allen Jones v. United States

KELLY, Circuit Judge.

In 1998, Patrick Jones was convicted of battery of a law enforcement officer pursuant to Wisconsin Statute § 940.20(2) (1998). 1 In 2004, Jones pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). He was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) based on the court’s finding that Jones had been convicted of multiple prior violent felonies, including his 1998 Wisconsin conviction for battery of a law enforcement officer.

In 2015, Jones filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate or correct his sentence…