Wilson v. USA

Filing 2

OPINION MEMORANDUM AND ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Assistant United States Attorney shall confer withthe United States Probation Office and shall file a motion in response to the instant § 2255motion for relief on or before July 15, 2016 .IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall notify the United StatesProbation Office of movants § 2255 motion to vacate and that it is brought pursuant to the Supreme Court case of Johnson v. United States,135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), and sha ll send the Probation Office a copy of this Order.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any reply to the Governments response to themotion to vacate shall be filed, in this case, no later than seven (7) days from the date the response is filed. Signed by District Judge Henry Edward Autrey on 6/30/16. cc: prob.(CLA)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
EARL WILSON,
Movant,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent.

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No. 4:16CV874 HEA

OPINION, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Before the Court is movant’s motion to vacate, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. In
his motion, movant seeks a reduction in his sentence pursuant to the recent Supreme Court case
of Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015).1 In addition, movant states, “Furthermore,
petitioner has been in federal custody nine years, almost at the ten years maximum authorized for his
offense. Assuming only for argument the accuracy of the original PSR’s sentencing Guidelines
calculation without the Chapter 4 enhancement based on ACCA, the total offense level of 17 (PSR,
p. 3, ¶20) combined with a Criminal History Category of II based on a total of 3 criminal history
points (PSR, p. 6, ¶51), would produce a Guidelines range of 27 - 33 months. Petitioner has already
served far more than twice the maximum under the guideline range.”

As movant was convicted under the ACCA, and given the particular circumstances of this
motion to vacate, the Court will expedite this case and instruct the Assistant United States
Attorney to consult with the United States Probation Office for the Eastern District of Missouri
and file a motion in response to the instant § 2255 motion to vacate on or before July 15, 2016.

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In Johnson, the Supreme Court of the United States held the “residual clause” of the Armed Career Criminal Act
(“the ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii), unconstitutionally vague.

Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Assistant United States Attorney shall confer with
the United States Probation Office and shall file a motion in response to the instant § 2255
motion for relief on or before July 15, 2016.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall notify the United States
Probation Office of movant’s § 2255 motion to vacate and that it is brought pursuant to the
Supreme Court case of Johnson v. United States,135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), and shall send the
Probation Office a copy of this Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any reply to the Government’s response to the
motion to vacate shall be filed, in this case, no later than seven (7) days from the date the
response is filed.
Dated this 30th day of June, 2016

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HENRY EDWARD AUTREY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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