TRAVIS BECKLES, PETITIONER,
v.
UNITED STATES.

U.S. | 2015-06-30
No. 14–7390.
135 S. Ct. 2928 Supreme Court of the United States (2015) Caution
Also reported at: 192 L. Ed. 2d 973
Cited by 6 cases

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Synopsis

The Supreme Court vacated and remanded Travis Beckles's petition for certiorari to the Eleventh Circuit in light of its decision in Johnson v. United States, which struck down the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act as unconstitutionally vague. The Court's remand did not indicate whether Beckles would be entitled to relief on the merits, leaving that determination to the Court of Appeals upon reconsideration.

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Opinion of the Court

On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperisand petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for further consideration in light of Johnson v. United States,576 U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2551, --- L.Ed.2d --- (2015).

Justice KAGANtook no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.

Justice ALITOconcurring in the decision to grant, vacate, and remand in this case: Following the recommendation of the Solicitor General, the Court has held the petition in this and many other cases pending the decision in Johnson v. United States,576 U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2551, ---L.Ed.2d ---- (2015). In holding this petition and now in vacating and remanding the decision below in this case, the Court has not differentiated between cases in which the petitioner would be entitled to relief if the Court held (as it now has) that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924(e)(2)(B)(ii), is void for vagueness and cases in which relief would not be warranted for a procedural reason. On remand, the Court of Appeals should understand that the Court's disposition of *2929this petition does not reflect any view regarding petitioner's entitlement to relief.

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  • Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886 (U.S. 2017)
    …y vague. 576 U.S., at ----, 135 S.Ct., at 2563. We subsequently granted his petition, vacated the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and remanded for further consideration in light of Johnson . Beckles v. United States, 576 U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2928, 192 L.Ed.2d 973 (2015). On remand, petitioner argued that his enhanced sentence was based on § 4B1.2(a)'s residual clause, which he contended was unconstitutionally vague under Johnson . The Court of Appeals again affirmed. It noted that petitioner "was sentenced…
  • In re Anderson, 829 F.3d 1290 (11th Cir. 2016)
    …ir. 2014), Mr. Beckles took his case to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court granted his petition for certiorari, summarily vacated our ruling, and told us to redo the case in light of Johnson. See Beckles v. United States, — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2928, 192 L.Ed.2d 973 (2015). A year after our first decision, our court upheld Mr. Beckles’s sentence again, this time by holding that Johnson’s vagueness analysis does not apply to invalidate USSG § 4B1.2. See Beckles v. United States, 616 Fed.Appx. 415, 416 (11th Ci…

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