Legal Opinion

Keontay Porter v. United States of America

District Court, E.D. Missouri

Decided August 20, 2026No. 4:25-cv-00154Unknown

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION KEONTAY PORTER, ) ) Movant, ) ) v. ) No. 4:25 CV 00154 RWS ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Movant Keontay Porter has filed a motion under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody. In his § 2255 motion Porter asserts that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons set forth below, I will deny Porter’s motion. I. Background On November 11, 2021, Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department SWAT officers were on patrol when…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Roe v. Flores-OrtegaSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Watson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
  5. Charles Ramey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993

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