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Parties Involved:
Anthony C. Jones
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

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In re: ANTHONY C. JONES, 

 Movant. 

No. 16-1190 

(D.C. No. 1:11-CR-00433-REB-1) 

(D. Colo.) 

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ORDER

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Before BRISCOE, GORSUCH, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges. 

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Movant Anthony C. Jones, a federal prisoner proceeding through counsel, seeks an 

order authorizing him to file a second or successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion in the 

district court so he may assert a claim for relief based on Johnson v. United States, 

135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015).1

 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 2255(h), 2244(b)(3). Because Movant has 

made a prima facie showing that he satisfies the relevant conditions for authorization 

under § 2255(h)(2), we grant authorization. 

Movant received a sentence enhanced under the sentencing guideline for unlawful 

receipt, possession, or transportation of firearms or ammunition, which is triggered by the 

defendant committing the offense “subsequent to sustaining at least two felony 

convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense,” U.S.S.G. 

§ 2K2.1(a)(2). The term “crime of violence” in § 2K2.1(a)(2) “has the meaning given 

that term in § 4B1.2(a) and Application Note 1 of the Commentary to § 4B1.2.” 

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 The Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming is 

appointed to represent Anthony C. Jones pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B). 

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

May 23, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker 

Clerk of Court

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Id. § 2K2.1 cmt. n.1. At least one of his prior convictions was treated as a crime of 

violence by virtue of the residual clause in § 4B1.2, which encompasses crimes that 

“involve[] conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another,” 

id. § 4B1.2(a)(2). An identical clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act was invalidated 

in Johnson on the ground that it was unconstitutionally vague. 

To obtain authorization, Movant must make a prima facie showing that his claim 

meets the gatekeeping requirements of § 2255(h). 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(C); see Case v. 

Hatch, 731 F.3d 1015, 1028–29 (10th Cir. 2013). A claim may be authorized under 

§ 2255(h)(2) if it relies on “a new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on 

collateral review by the Supreme Court, that was previously unavailable.” Johnson

announced a new rule of constitutional law that was made retroactive to cases on 

collateral review in Welch v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1257, 1265 (2016). We held in 

In re Encinias, No. 16–8038, 2016 WL 1719323, at *2 (10th Cir. Apr. 29, 2016) 

(per curiam), that second or successive § 2255 motions that rely on Johnson to challenge 

§ 4B1.2’s definition of “crime of violence” for a prior conviction qualify for 

authorization under § 2255(h)(2). Under the same reasoning, second or successive 

§ 2255 motions that rely on Johnson to challenge § 2K2.1(a)(2)’s definition of “crime of 

violence”—which incorporates the definition in § 4B1.2—for a prior conviction qualify 

for authorization under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h). 

 

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Accordingly, we grant Anthony C. Jones authorization to file a second or 

successive § 2255 motion in district court to raise a claim based on Johnson v. United 

States. 

Entered for the Court 

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk 

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