United States v. Dancy

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR COLLATERAL RELIEF

Richard G. Stearns, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Petitioner Willie Dancy seeks habeas corpus relief pursuant to-28 U.S.C. § 2255, *294contending that his sentence as a career criminal under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) was unconstitutionally imposed in light of Johnson v. United States (Johnson II), — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015). The court grants the petition and orders resentencing.

In 2008, Dancy was convicted at trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm. 18 U.S.C.'§ 922(g)(1). The ACCA subjects…