Pryor v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION MELVIN PRYOR, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:20 CV 1454 RWS ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This case is before me on Petitioner Melvin Pryor’s motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Pryor raises one ground for relief. He argues that his guilty plea should be vacated in light of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Rehaif v. United States,

139 S.Ct. 2191

(2019). I will deny Pryor’s petition for the reasons explained below.…