William Lofton v. United States

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The district court denied William Anthony Lofton's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition, which alleges that he no longer qualifies as an armed career criminal. In light of Johnson v. United States , --- U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2551 , 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), we reverse and hold that Lofton no longer has three prior felony convictions that qualify as predicate offenses under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA).

A jury convicted Lofton of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1) in July 2007. The presentence report recommended an enhancement under…