Legal Opinion

Bell v. Streeval

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided February 3, 2022No. 7:21-cv-00094Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION JASON TYWANN BELL, ) Petitioner, ) Civil Action No. 7:21-cv-00094 ) v. ) ) By: Elizabeth K. Dillon J.C. STREEVAL, ) United States District Judge Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Pending before the court is a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2241

filed by Petitioner Jason Tywann Bell. In his petition, Bell argues that, after Johnson v. United States,

576 U.S. 591

(2015), one of the two convictions used to sentence him as a career offender under then-mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guideline §…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  4. United States v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2019
  5. United States v. Gerald WheelerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2018

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