Lassend v. United States

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Kirk Lassend appeals from the district court's denial of his § 2255 petition. United States v. Lassend , No. CR 10-40019, 2017 WL 2960518 (D. Mass. July 11, 2017), certificate of appealability granted , 265 F.Supp.3d 103 (D. Mass. 2017). He argues that his sentence as an armed career criminal under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") is unconstitutional under Supreme Court precedent decided after his earlier appeal from his conviction was rejected in 2013.

We affirm the district court and find that the three prior convictions are ACCA predicates. We again hold that a…