Derrick Rogers v. USA

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Opinion issued by court as to Appellant Derrick Rogers. Decision: Affirmed. Opinion type: Non-Published. Opinion method: Per Curiam. The opinion is also available through the Court's Opinions page at this link http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions.

Case: 17-10219

Date Filed: 10/13/2017

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[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 17-10219
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket Nos. 1:16-cv-02201-TWT,
2:09-cr-00441-TWT-AJB-1
DERRICK ROGERS,
a.k.a. Deonte Benson,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Georgia
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(October 13, 2017)
Before WILLIAM PRYOR, JORDAN and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

Case: 17-10219

Date Filed: 10/13/2017

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Derrick Rogers appeals the denial of his motion to vacate, set aside, or
correct his sentence. 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Rogers, whose sentence for possession of a
firearm as a felon was enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C.
§ 924(e), sought relief on the ground that his prior conviction in a Georgia court
for robbery by intimidation did not qualify as a violent felony in the wake of
Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. ––––, 135 S. Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015).
But Rogers does not challenge the finding that his robbery conviction qualified as a
violent felony. And Rogers concedes, as he did in the district court, that he has a
prior conviction for aggravated battery that qualifies as a violent felony under the
elements clause, which “with his two serious drug predicates” makes him “an
armed career criminal.” Because Rogers is not entitled to relief from his sentence,
we affirm the denial of his motion to vacate.
AFFIRMED.

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