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William Leroy Sanders v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 19-3009 · judgment October 5, 2020

Certiorari denied · November 8, 2021

Question presented

(1) Whether Mr. Sanders was improperly denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief from his fifteen-year Armed Career Criminal Sentence, pursuant to United States v. Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), where a properly conducted Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), analysis demonstrates that his predicate conviction for Iowa “interference with official acts” was pursuant to an indivisible statute that is categorically overbroad as an 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) “violent felony.”

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Nova Danielle Janssen
Federal Public Defender, Northern & Southern Districts of Iowa

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Nov 08 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 22 2021
    Reply of petitioner William Sanders filed. (Distributed)
    Main DocumentProof of Service
  3. Oct 21 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
  4. Oct 01 2021
    Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count
  5. Aug 26 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 1, 2021.
  6. Aug 25 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 1, 2021 to October 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  7. Jul 29 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 1, 2021.
  8. Jul 28 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 2, 2021 to September 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  9. Jun 25 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 2, 2021.
  10. Jun 24 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 1, 2021 to August 2, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  11. Jun 01 2021
    Response Requested. (Due July 1, 2021)
  12. May 26 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
  13. May 20 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
    Main Document
  14. May 13 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 17, 2021)
    PetitionAppendixMotion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisProof of ServiceAppendix