Legal Opinion

Johnson v. United States

District Court, C.D. Illinois

Decided July 2, 2019No. 2:18-cv-02214Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS URBANA DIVISION HENRY L. JOHNSON, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 18-cv-2214-JES ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) ORDER AND OPINION Now before the Court is Petitioner Henry L. Johnson’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

(Doc. 1).1 Petitioner has also filed a Motion to Amend (Doc. 10). For the reasons set forth below, Petitioner’s § 2255 Motion (Doc. 1) is DENIED and the Court DECLINES to issue a Certificate of Appealability. Petitioner’s Motion to Amend (Doc. 10) is DENIED as futile. A…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Stokeling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2019
  4. John Castellanos v. United States of America, Kevin B. Streete v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  5. Juan Almonacid v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007

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