LEWIS v. PETERSON

No. 00-3040.

329 F.3d 934 (2003)

Dwight B. LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. T.C. PETERSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Thomure, Jr., Juan S. Ramirez (argued), Timothy M. Hansen (argued), Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Thomas A. Keith (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Peoria, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Dwight Lewis, was convicted in a district court in the Eighth Circuit, pursuant to a guilty plea based on a plea agreement that he had signed, of using a firearm to commit a federal drug offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The agreement provided for the dismissal of another section 924(c) charge, this one based on an incident that occurred before the incident that formed the basis of his guilty plea. The petitioner...

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