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Parties Involved:
David Emanuel Henry
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

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In re: DAVID EMANUEL HENRY, 

 Movant. 

No. 16-2103 

(D.C. Nos. 1:16-CV-00370-JB-LAM & 

1:11-CR-02660-JB-1) 

(D. N.M.) 

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ORDER

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Before BRISCOE, GORSUCH, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges. 

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Movant David Emanuel Henry, 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). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 2255(h), 2244(b)(3). In 2012, Movant was 

convicted of a firearms offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). He alleges that his 

sentence for that offense was enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) 

based on his having three qualifying prior convictions, see 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), at least 

one of which was a violent felony. Movant now seeks to file a § 2255 motion 

challenging his enhanced sentence based on the Supreme Court’s opinion in Johnson, 

which invalidated the residual clause in the ACCA’s definition of “violent felony” as 

unconstitutionally vague. 

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

meets the gatekeeping requirements of § 2255(h). See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(C). 

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

May 27, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker 

Clerk of Court

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Relevant here is the requirement that the claim rely on “a new rule of constitutional law, 

made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court, that was previously 

unavailable,” 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)(2). Based on the information before us, we conclude 

that the Movant has made the required showing. Johnson announced a new rule of 

constitutional law, and the Supreme Court made Johnson retroactive to cases on 

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

Accordingly, we grant David Emanuel Henry 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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