Legal Opinion
Ezell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2015No. 14-71696PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
Terry L. Ezell asks us to certify his filing of a second or successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition in the Western District of Washington, where he was convicted in 2008 of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court sentenced Ezell under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Ezell argues that his second or successive petition is warranted because in Descamps v. United States, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 2276, 186 L.Ed.2d 438 (2013), the Supreme Court announced a “new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Descamps v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
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3Cited by57 opinions
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