Legal Opinion

In re Matthews

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 14, 2019No. 16-2027; No. 16-2080; Nos. 16-2273; 16-2312; No. 16-2414; No. 16-2422PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GREENAWAY, JR., Circuit Judge.

This is a consolidated case involving five Petitioners-Michael Matthews, David Dupree, Sebastian Williams, Larry Smith, and Russell McNeill, III-each of whom have filed second or successive habeas petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)(2)1 to challenge their sentences for their convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Each Petitioner's § 2255 motion argues that § 924(c)(3) 's residual clause is unconstitutionally vague, given its textual similarity to the residual clauses found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Johnson v. United States , --- U.S. ----, 135 S.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  3. United States v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2019
  4. Felker v. TurpinSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Sessions v. DimayaSupreme Court of the United States · 2018

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. In re: Dearnta ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2021
  2. In Re: Orlando HallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
  3. Christopher Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2022
  4. BERRY v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2020
  5. BERRY v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2022

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