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Timestamp: 2018-10-23 10:04:29
Document Index: 50264387

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§1951', '§ 1951', '§ 1951', '§ 1951', '§ 1951', '§ 924', '§ 924']

CHUOI DICH SAM, Defendant/Movant.
This matter comes before the Court on Defendant/Movant Sam's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct the sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Sam seeks relief under Johnson v. United States, __ U.S. __, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), which was made retroactive to final judgments by Welch v. United States, __ U.S. __, 136 S.Ct. 1257(2016).
On April 22, 2005, Sam was indicted in a seven-count indictment for violations of 18 U.S.C. §§1951, 924(c), 9220) and 922(g)(1). See Plea Agreement (Doc. 33) at 1-2 ¶ 1.
Sam agreed to plead guilty to Counts 1, 2, and 3. Count 1 charged Sam with conspiring to obstruct or to attempt to obstruct interstate commerce by robbery of two casinos in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951. Count 2 charged him with "unlawfully tak[ing] and obtain[ing] personal property" of the Winner's Circle casino "against its will by means of actual and threatened force, violence and fear of injury, immediate and future, " to business property. Count 3 charged Sam with using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, "to wit, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 as charged in Count II" of the indictment. See Id. at 2-3 ¶ 6A-C.
Conspiracy to Violate the Hobbs Act 18 U.S.C. § 1951
Hobbs Act 18 U.S.C. § 1951
First, that defendant induced persons at the Winner's Circle to part with property;
Use of Firearm During a Crime of Violence, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
Plea Agreement (Doc. 33) at 4-5 ¶ 8; see also Offer of Proof (Doc. 50) at 2-3.
In exchange for Sam's guilty pleas to Counts 1, 2, and 3, the United States agreed to dismiss Counts 4, 5, 8, and 9. Id. at 2 ¶ 5. (Sam was not charged in Counts 6 and 7.) Sam pled guilty. See Minutes (Doc. 46).
On March 8, 2006, Sam was sentenced to serve 137 months on Counts 1 and 2, concurrently, and a consecutive seven-year term on Count 3, for a total prison term of 221 months. See Minutes (Doc. 58); Judgment (Doc. 59) at 2.
Sam appealed a sentencing guideline issue. See United States v. Sam, No. 06-30186 (9th Cir. Apr. 18, 2007). His conviction became final on July 17, 2007. See Gonzalez v. Thaler, 565 U.S. 134, 150 (2012).
Sam now seeks relief under the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Johnson v. United States, __ U.S. __, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015). See also Welch v. United States, __ U.S. __, 136 S.Ct. 1257, 1265 (2016) (holding that Johnson applies to cases already final when it was issued).
In Johnson v. United States, __ U.S. __, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015) (('Johnson" or "Johnson II"), the Supreme Court considered once again the meaning of a provision in the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). The ACCA imposes a harsher sentence on a person convicted of a firearms offense if the person has three prior convictions for a violent felony or controlled substance offense. The Act defines a "violent felony" as a felony that: