CLARK v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY KENT LEROY CLARK, Civil Action No. 19-17214 (MCA) Petitioner, v. OPINION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. This matter has been opened to the Court by Petitioner Kent Leroy Clark’s (Petitioner or “Clark”) filing of a authorized successive motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging his § 924(c) conviction based on the Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v. United States,

576 U.S. 591

(2015), which invalidated the “residual clause” in the definition of “violent felony” in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). At this time,…