Jerome Julius Weeks v. United States

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a unique factual and legal situation. As set forth below, it involves a successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 , with respect to which we granted Mr. Jerome Weeks leave to file. We concluded he had made a prima facie showing that his prior convictions for resisting arrest and assault and battery-which had served as predicates for the enhancement of his federal sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (the "ACCA")-no longer qualified as violent felonies under the ACCA in light of the ruling of the Supreme Court in Samuel Johnson v. United…