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Timestamp: 2018-06-20 19:24:02
Document Index: 47014271

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 922', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2', '§ 924']

BERNARD MANUEL, Petitioner,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. Crim. No. 4:11-CR-00257-DGK-1
Petitioner Bernard Manuel (“Petitioner”) pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), and the Court sentenced him to 96 months' imprisonment.
Now before the Court are Petitioner's Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence (Doc. 1) under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, and Government's Motion to Lift Stay and Deny Pending 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Motion on the Merits (Doc. 13). Because the Supreme Court recently rejected Petitioner's argument in Beckles v. United States, 137 S.Ct. 886 (2017), his § 2255 motion is DENIED. The Government's motion to Deny Petitioner's motion is GRANTED.
On May 31, 2012, Petitioner pled guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Plea Agrmnt. (Crim. Doc. 33). On January 24, 2013, the Court sentenced Petitioner to 96 months' imprisonment after carefully considering the relevant factors and reviewing the United States Sentencing Guidelines (the “Guidelines”). In calculating Petitioner's Guidelines range, the Probation and Parole Office found he was eligible for an enhanced base offense level because he had two prior convictions that qualified as “crimes of violence.” Specifically, the Presentence Investigation Report (“PSR”) found Petitioner's prior Missouri convictions for second-degree robbery and second-degree burglary qualified him for an enhancement under Guidelines § 2K2.1(a). See PSR ¶¶ 15, 29, 33, 38 (Crim. Doc. 35). This enhancement elevated Petitioner's base offense level to 24, yielding an advisory imprisonment range of 77 to 96 months. The Court sentenced Petitioner to the top end of the advisory range, but below the statutory maximum of 10 years. Petitioner appealed, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed his sentence on December 19, 2013. United States v. Manuel, 549 F.App'x 583 (2013).
Petitioner filed the instant motion on June 15, 2016. The Court withheld ruling while awaiting the Supreme Court's opinion in Beckles. That decision was handed down on March 6, 2017.
Petitioner argues his prior convictions for second-degree robbery and second-degree burglary no longer qualify as crimes of violence in the wake of Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), the Supreme Court decision invalidating the Armed Career Criminal Act's (“ACCA”) residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii). Petitioner contends that under Johnson, the Court's Guidelines calculation violated due process.