Designated for publication
- U.S. v. Parker, 19-60077, appeal from S.D. Miss.
- Davis, J. (Davis, Duncan, Oldham), habeas corpus, Armed Career Criminal Act
- Affirming denial of § 2255 petition for relief from his mandatory life sentence on armed robbery conviction on basis that prior convictions were classified as “serious violent felonies” only pursuant to the ACCA’s residual clause, which was held by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutionally vague in Johnson v. U.S., 576 U.S. 591, 597 (2015).
- The Court held that the petitioner’s prior convictions for bank robbery under the federal statutes and for armed robbery under Louisiana law were enumerated serious violent felonies under the ACCA, and not included within the residual clause of the ACCA.
Unpublished
- Abdul v. Garland, 19-60756, petition for review of BIA order
- per curiam (Clement, Haynes, Wilson), immigration
- Dismissing in part and denying in part Bangladeshi citizen’s petition for review of BIA order affirming IJ’s denial of application for asylum on the basis of political persecution.
- U.S. v. Hudgens, 20-10279, appeal from N.D. Tex.
- per curiam (Davis, Elrod, Oldham), criminal
- Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
- U.S. v. Texco-Dorantes, 20-40814, appeal from S.D. Tex.
- per curiam (Jones, Clement, Haynes), criminal
- Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
- U.S. v. Ojeda, 20-50624, appeal from W.D. Tex.
- per curiam (Davis, Elrod, Oldham), criminal
- Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
- U.S. v. Canady, 20-50903, appeal from W.D. Tex.
- per curiam (King, Smith, Wilson), criminal, sentencing
- Affirming 87-month sentence for conviction of possession of a firearm by a felon.
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