[PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 16-11304-D

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IN RE: TROY ROBINSON,

Petitioner.

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Application for Leave to File a Second or Successive

Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, 

or Correct Sentence, 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)

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Before MARTIN, ROSENBAUM, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges:

ORDER:

Troy Robinson seeks authorization to file a second or successive 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2255 motion. We can authorize such a filing only if we certify that the second or 

successive motion is based 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). Robinson was sentenced using the Armed Career Criminal 

Act (ACCA), which requires a minimum 15-year sentence when a defendant with 

three “violent felony” or “serious drug offense” convictions commits certain 

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firearms offenses. 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). ACCA gives three definitions of “violent 

felony.” First, § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) covers any offense that “has as an element the use, 

attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another.” 

This is known as the “elements clause.” Second, § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) covers any 

offense that “is burglary, arson, or extortion, involves use of explosives, or 

otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to 

another.” The first 9 words of that subsection are called the “enumerated crimes 

clause,” and the last 13 are called the “residual clause.” 

Robinson’s application is based on Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. ___, 

135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), which held that ACCA’s “residual clause” is 

unconstitutional. This Court held months ago that Johnson cannot serve as the 

basis for a second or successive § 2255 motion because the Supreme Court did not 

“make” Johnson retroactive. See In re Franks, No. 15-15456, __ F.3d __ (11th Cir. 

Jan. 6, 2016). The Supreme Court has held that the rule announced in Johnson is 

retroactive because it is a substantive rule of constitutional law. See Welch v. 

United States, No. 15-6418, 2016 WL 1551144 (Apr. 18, 2016). This means 

Franks is no longer good law. 

However, even without Franks, the rule announced in Johnson does not 

benefit Robinson. Robinson’s ACCA sentence was based on convictions for two 

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serious drug offenses, as well as convictions for armed robbery and for aggravated 

battery with a firearm. All these convictions were for Florida offenses. Even if the 

armed robbery offense doesn’t count under the residual clause because of Johnson, it 

appears to contain “as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of 

physical force against the person of another.” 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i); see

United States v. Lockley, 632 F.3d 1238, 1245 (11th Cir. 2011). So does the 

aggravated battery with a firearm offense. See United States v. Hill, 799 F.3d 1318, 

1321–22 & n.1 (11th Cir. 2015) (per curiam); Turner v. Warden Coleman FCI

(Medium), 709 F.3d 1328, 1341 (11th Cir. 2013) (per curiam). Neither Johnson nor 

any other case suggests that Robinson’s armed robbery and aggravated battery 

offenses don’t count as ACCA predicates under the “elements clause.” Indeed our 

precedent says otherwise. This means Robinson’s sentence is valid even without 

ACCA’s “residual clause.”

APPLICATION DENIED.

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MARTIN, Circuit Judge, concurring in judgment:

I agree that Troy Robinson cannot benefit from Johnson v. United States, 576 

U.S. ___, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), because his sentence is valid even without the 

residual clause. I write separately to note that Mr. Robinson is one of dozens of 

prisoners who has tried to file similar applications based on Johnson. Prior to 

yesterday’s decision in Welch v. United States, No. 15-6418, 2016 WL 1551144 

(Apr. 18, 2016), all these applicants were turned away from our Court not because 

Johnson wouldn’t benefit them but because our Court held that Johnson could never

apply in these cases. Some of those who filed applications in other courts have 

already been freed because they were serving an unconstitutional prison sentence.1

As best I can tell, all the prisoners we turned away may only have until June 26, 

2016, to refile applications based on Johnson. See Dodd v. United States, 545 U.S. 

353, 359, 125 S. Ct. 2478, 2482–83 (2005). 

Although I have not taken the time to investigate the merits of these cases, 

below is a list of every case I know of in which this court denied an application from 

a prisoner seeking to file a second or successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition based on

1 See, e.g., Rivera v. United States, No. 3:13-cv-1742 (D. Conn. Oct. 6, 2015) (“Rivera’s 

successive motion to vacate, set aside or correct sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is GRANTED. 

Rivera’s immediate release is ordered, because he has now served more than the statutory 

maximum for the offense of conviction.” (citation omitted)); United States v. Price, No. 

2:15-cv-292 (N.D. Ind. Aug. 25, 2015) (ordering a sentence reduction that “would appear to result 

in [a successive habeas petitioner]’s immediate eligibility for release from prison”). 

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Johnson. I share this list in the hope that these prisoners, who filed their 

applications without a lawyer’s help, may now know to refile their applications. I 

have separated out the cases that arise under the residual clause in the Armed Career 

Criminal Act (ACCA) and the cases that arise under the identical language in United 

States Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2 (which includes cases for which the 

guidelines were mandatory together with those for which the guidelines were 

advisory).2 I have also listed the district court in which each sentence was imposed, 

to the extent Federal Public Defender offices are monitoring these cases.

ACCA cases

1. In re McGee, No. 15-13369 (11th Cir. Aug. 6, 2015) (M.D. Fla.)

2. In re Rose, No. 15-13247 (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2015) (M.D. Fla.)

3. In re Rowe, No. 15-13355 (11th Cir. Aug. 24, 2015) (M.D. Ga.)

2 I include this last category of cases even though our Court has ruled that Johnson doesn’t 

apply to the advisory guidelines. See United States v. Matchett, 802 F.3d 1185 (11th Cir. 2015). 

In my view Matchett was wrongly decided. All ten of the other courts of appeals that have 

decided this question have either held or assumed that Matchett is incorrect. See United States v. 

Soto-Rivera, 811 F.3d 53 (1st Cir. 2016); United States v. Welch, No. 12-4402 (2d Cir. Feb. 11, 

2016); United States v. Townsend, No. 14-3652 (3d Cir. Dec. 23, 2015); United States v. Frazier,

621 F. App’x 166 (4th Cir. 2015); United States v. Estrada, No. 15-40264 (5th Cir. Oct. 27, 2015); 

United States v. Darden, 605 F. App’x 545 (6th Cir. 2015); Ramirez v. United States, 799 F.3d 845 

(7th Cir. 2015); United States v. Taylor, 803 F.3d 931 (8th Cir. 2015); United States v. Benavides,

617 F. App’x 790 (9th Cir. 2015); United States v. Madrid, 805 F.3d 1204 (10th Cir. 2015). Some 

courts have also granted applications to file second or successive § 2255 motions challenging 

advisory § 4B1.2 sentences based on Johnson. See, e.g., Swanson v. United States, No. 15-2776

(7th Cir. Sept. 4, 2015). And where district courts have been able to decide the issue, they have 

begun to hold that Johnson applies to advisory § 4B1.2 sentences in § 2255 cases. See, e.g.,

United States v. Dean, No. 3:13-CR-137, 2016 WL 1060229 (D. Or. Mar. 15, 2016). I believe our 

Court should be granting leave to file § 2255 motions in these cases as well.

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4. In re Hammons, No. 15-13606 (11th Cir. Aug. 31, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

5. In re Lampley, No. 15-13562 (11th Cir. Sept. 1, 2015) (M.D. Fla.)

6. In re Nix, No. 15-13618 (11th Cir. Sept. 1, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

7. In re Seabrook, No. 15-13625 (11th Cir. Sept. 1, 2015) (S.D. Ga.)

8. In re Smith, No. 15-13647 (11th Cir. Sept. 4, 2015) (M.D. Fla.)

9. In re Boykin, No. 15-13646 (11th Cir. Sept. 4, 2015) (N.D. Ala.)

10. In re Johnson, No. 15-13678 (11th Cir. Sept. 4, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

11. In re Casado, No. 15-13682 (11th Cir. Sept. 4, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

12. In re Middleton, No. 15-13683 (11th Cir. Sept. 4, 2015) (N.D. Fla)

13. In re Sharp, No. 15-13795 (11th Cir. Sept. 14, 2015) (M.D. Fla.)

14. In re Corey, No. 15-13753 (11th Cir. Sept. 15, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

15. In re Safeeullah, No. 15-13782 (11th Cir. Sept. 21, 2015) (N.D. Ga.)

16. In re Williams, No. 15-13954 (11th Cir. Oct. 2, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

17. In re Carter, No. 15-14106 (11th Cir. Oct. 13, 2015) (M.D. Fla.)

18. In re Joe, No. 15-14320 (11th Cir. Oct. 16, 2015) (M.D. Fla.)

19. In re Nice, No. 15-14330 (11th Cir. Oct. 20, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

20. In re Mitchell, No. 15-14329 (11th Cir. Oct. 27, 2015) (N.D. Ala.)

21. In re Olds, No. 15-14672 (11th Cir. Nov. 4, 2015) (N.D. Fla.)

22. In re Mitchell, No. 15-14681 (11th Cir. Nov. 12, 2015) (N.D. Fla.)

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23. In re Owens, No. 15-14972 (11th Cir. Nov. 23, 2015) (M.D. Fla.)

24. In re Gibson, No. 15-15087 (11th Cir. Nov. 30, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

25. In re: Harper, No. 15-15103 (11th Cir. Dec. 2, 2015) (N.D. Ga.)

26. In re Matthews, No. 15-15216 (11th Cir. Dec. 8, 2015) (M.D. Ga.)

27. In re Jackson, No 15-15200 (11th Cir. Dec. 11, 2015) (M.D. Fla.)

28. In re Wilks, No. 15-15434 (11th Cir. Dec. 23, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

29. In re Mims, No. 15-15521 (11th Cir. Dec. 29, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

30. In re Jackson, No. 15-15381 (11th Cir. Dec. 31, 2015) (N.D. Ala.)

31. In re Carter, No. 15-15435 (11th Cir. Jan. 5, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

32. In re Gomez, No. 15-15524 (11th Cir. Jan. 5, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

33. In re Shade, No. 15-15528 (11th Cir. Jan. 5, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

34. In re Franks, No. 15-15456 (11th Cir. Jan. 6, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

35. In re Starks, No. 15-15493 (11th Cir. Jan. 8, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

36. In re Martin, No. 15-15522 (11th Cir. Jan. 11, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

37. In re French, No. 15-15527 (11th Cir. Jan. 12, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

38. In re Garner, No. 15-15752 (11th Cir. Jan. 29, 2016) (S.D. Ala.)

39. In re Witchard, No. 16-10036 (11th Cir. Feb. 2, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

40. In re Cauley, No. 16-10012 (11th Cir. Feb. 3, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

41. In re Lamb, No. 16-10045 (11th Cir. Feb. 3, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

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42. In re Roundtree, No. 16-10009 (11th Cir. Feb. 4, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

43. In re Elam, No. 16-10062 (11th Cir. Feb. 8, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

44. In re Brown, No. 16-10108 (11th Cir. Feb. 9, 2016) (N.D. Ala.)

45. In re Brown, No. 16-10166 (11th Cir. Feb. 12, 2016) (S.D. Ga.)

46. In re Diaz, No. 16-10212 (11th Cir. Feb. 18, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

47. In re Strickland, No. 16-10372 (11th Cir. Feb. 22, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

48. In re Covington, No. 16-10306 (11th Cir. Feb. 23, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

49. In re Nice, No. 16-10373 (11th Cir. Feb. 25, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

50. In re Smith, No. 16-10508 (11th Cir. Feb. 29, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

51. In re Young, No. 16-10429 (11th Cir. Mar. 1, 2016) (N.D. Fla.)

52. In re Williams, No. 16-10475 (11th Cir. Mar. 1, 2016) (M.D. Ga.)

53. In re Dutton, No. 16-10515 (11th Cir. Mar. 1, 2016) (N.D. Fla.)

54. In re Gomez, No. 16-10516 (11th Cir. Mar. 3, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

55. In re Hardy, No. 16-10747 (11th Cir. Mar. 10, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

56. In re Shade, No. 16-10622 (11th Cir. Mar. 16, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

57. In re Johnson, No. 16-10823 (11th Cir. Mar. 21, 2016) (N.D. Ala.)

58. In re Zaldivar, No. 16-10753 (11th Cir. Mar. 23, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

59. In re Price, No. 16-10853 (11th Cir. Mar. 23, 2016) (N.D. Ga.)

60. In re Dorsey, No. 16-10899 (11th Cir. Mar. 23, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

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61. In re Holland, No. 16-10898 (11th Cir. Mar. 25, 2016) (S.D. Ga.)

62. In re Sistrunk, No. 16-10896 (11th Cir. Mar. 28, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

63. In re Leonard, No. 16-10893 (11th Cir. Mar. 30, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

64. In re Truett, No. 16-11012 (11th Cir. Mar. 30, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

65. In re Nix, No. 16-10887 (11th Cir. Mar. 31, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

66. In re Strickland, No. 16-11015 (11th Cir. Mar. 31, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

67. In re Hammons, No. 16-10886 (11th Cir. Apr. 1, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

68. In re Leone, No. 16-11013 (11th Cir. Apr. 5, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

69. In re McGee, No. 16-11132 (11th Cir. Apr. 6, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

70. In re Rogers, No. 16-11011 (11th Cir. Apr. 7, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

71. In re Woodgett, No. 16-11108 (11th Cir. Apr. 7, 2016) (S.D. Ala.)

72. In re Autrey, No. 16-11092 (11th Cir. Apr. 8, 2016) (S.D. Ala.)

73. In re Anthony, No. 16-11109 (11th Cir. Apr. 11, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

74. In re Winbush, No. 16-11167 (11th Cir. Apr. 11, 2016) (N.D. Fla.)

75. In re Pertee, No. 16-11131 (11th Cir. Apr. 12, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

76. In re Jackson, No. 16-11133 (11th Cir. Apr. 12, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

77. In re Phelps, No. 16-11211 (11th Cir. Apr. 12, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

78. In re Jackson, No. 16-11361 (11th Cir. Apr. 13, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

79. In re Coney, No. 16-11250 (11th Cir. Apr. 14, 2016) (S.D. Ga.)

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80. In re Kelly, No. 16-11363 (11th Cir. Apr. 14, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

81. In re Cannon, No. 16-11436 (11th Cir. Apr. 14, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

USSG § 4B1.2 cases

82. In re Garcon, No. 15-13039 (11th Cir. Jul. 24, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

83. In re Lassinger, No. 15-12969 (11th Cir. Aug. 4, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

84. In re H. Bailey, No. 15-13249 (11th Cir. Aug. 6, 2015) (M.D. Fla.)

85. In re S. Bailey, No. 15-13275 (11th Cir. Aug. 6, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

86. In re Rivero, No. 15-13089 (11th Cir. Aug. 12, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

87. In re Green, No. 15-13576 (11th Cir. Sept. 1, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

88. In re Adams, No. 15-13624 (11th Cir. Sept. 1, 2015) (N.D. Fla.)

89. In re Mathis, No. 15-13743 (11th Cir. Sept. 14, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

90. In re Searcy, No. 15-13765 (11th Cir. Sept. 15, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

91. In re Hicks, No. 15-14325 (11th Cir. Oct. 16, 2015) (S.D. Ga.)

92. In re Chapman, No. 15-14456 (11th Cir. Oct. 27, 2015) (N.D. Ga.)

93. In re Williams, No. 15-15231 (11th Cir. Dec. 10, 2015) (S.D. Fla.)

94. In re Callen, No. 16-10149 (11th Cir. Feb. 12, 2016) (S.D. Ala.)

95. In re Curington, No. 16-10417 (11th Cir. Mar. 2, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

96. In re Mitchell, No. 16-10573 (11th Cir. Mar. 2, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

97. In re Bourlier, No. 16-10750 (11th Cir. Mar. 4, 2016) (N.D. Fla.)

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98. In re McCoy, No. 16-10741 (11th Cir. Mar. 11, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

99. In re Truett, No. 16-10826 (11th Cir. Mar. 24, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

100. In re Simon, No. 16-11023 (11th Cir. Mar. 25, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

101. In re Mathis, No. 16-10939 (11th Cir. Mar. 31, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

102. In re Higginbottom, No. 16-11261 (11th Cir. Apr. 4, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

103. In re Smith, No. 16-11155 (11th Cir. Apr. 5, 2016) (N.D. Ga.)

104. In re Glover, No. 16-11026 (11th Cir. Apr. 6, 2016) (M.D. Ga.)

105. In re Jenkins, No. 16-11075 (11th Cir. Apr. 6, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

106. In re Smith, No. 16-11256 (11th Cir. Apr. 6, 2016) (S.D. Ga.)

107. In re Torres, No. 16-11114 (11th Cir. Apr. 8, 2016) (M.D. Fla.)

108. In re Baxter, No. 16-11198 (11th Cir. Apr. 12, 2016) (N.D. Ga.)

109. In re Adley, No. 16-11212 (11th Cir. Apr. 12, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

110. In re McClendon, No. 16-11434 (11th Cir. Apr. 14, 2016) (S.D. Fla.)

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