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Timestamp: 2020-08-05 13:57:20
Document Index: 701744176

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 2113', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2']

DENNIS GRAVES, Defendant.
Presently before the Court is Defendant Dennis Graves' Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (#94). No. response has been ordered by the Court.
On December 9, 2009, Defendant Dennis Graves (“Movant” or “Defendant”) was indicted in a one-count indictment (#7) charging bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). On October 20, 2010, at a jury trial, Movant was found guilty. (#56).
On January 19, 2011, Movant was sentenced to 210 months in custody-having received a Career Offender Enhancement having previously been convicted of at least two crimes of violence, two counts of bank robbery and Nevada robbery. Movant appealed the judgment on January 27, 2011. (#65). On December 22, 2011, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the judgment and sentence of the district court. (#76). On April 24, 2012, the United States Supreme Court denied Movant's petition for writ of certiorari. (#81).
On April 8, 2013, Movant filed his first motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (#83). The Court denied (#85) the motion and denied Defendant a certificate of appealability (#91). The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals then denied Defendant a certificate of appealability (#92) and denied his appeal as moot. In the instant motion, filed on June 8, 2016, Movant contends that- pursuant to Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015) (“Johnson”), which can be applied retroactively-he does not qualify as a career offender, and that his sentence violates due process of law.
Federal prisoners “may move . . . to vacate, set aside or correct [their] sentence” if the court imposed the sentence “in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States[.]” 28 U.S.C. § 2255(a). Section 2255 relief should be granted only where “a fundamental defect” caused “a complete miscarriage of justice.” Davis v. United States, 417 U.S. 333, 345 (1974); see also Hill v. United States, 368 U.S. 424, 428 (1962).
In his § 2255 motion, Movant argues that under Johnson he does not qualify for the United States Sentencing Guideline (“USSG”) § 2K2.1 sentencing enhancement pursuant to his status as a career offender and that his sentence violates due process. The court disagrees.