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Johnnie Franklin Wills v. Michael Reger, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Facility
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 22-6704 · judgment January 13, 2025
Question presented
Is a judicially crafted residual clause, which allows a life sentence to be imposed via a state recidivist statute only when certain underlying crimes meet the threshold of “(1) actual violence, (2) a threat of violence, or (3) substantial impact upon the victim such that harm results,” unconstitutional in light of this Court's holdings in Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591, 135 S. Ct. 2551, 192 L. Ed. 2D 569 (2015); Sessions v. Dimaya, 584 U.S. 148, 138 S.Ct. 1204, 200 L.Ed.2d 549 (2018), and United States v. Davis, 588 U.S. 445, 139 S. Ct. 2319, 204 L.Ed.2d 757 (2019)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeremy Benjamin Cooper
Blackwater Law PLLC
For respondent
Michael Ray Williams
Office of the West Virginia Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jul 03 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jul 01 2025Waiver of right of respondent Michael Reger to respond filed.
- Apr 14 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 23, 2025)