Legal Opinion

Stitt v. United States

District Court, E.D. Tennessee

Decided March 30, 2022No. 4:21-cv-00015Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT WINCHESTER VICTOR J. STITT, II, ) ) Case Nos. 4:21-cv-15; 4:12-cr-19 Petitioner, ) ) Judge Travis R. McDonough v. ) ) Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Before the Court is Petitioner’s motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2255

(Doc. 1 in Case No. 4:21-cv-15; Doc. 167 in Case No. 4:12-cr-19). For the following reasons, Petitioner’s motion will be DENIED. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner was arrested in 2011 after a physical altercation with his…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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