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WILLIAMS v. WARDEN, FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS

No. 11-13306.

713 F.3d 1332 (2013)

Albert WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 11, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt Ellen McAlister (Court-Appointed), King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Seth Michael Schlessinger , Kathleen Mary Salyer , Anne Ruth Schultz , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, R. Brian Tanner , Edward J. Tarver , U.S. Attys., Savannah, GA, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before MARCUS and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and GOLD, District Judge.

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Albert Williams appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for habeas corpus, claiming that his 293-month sentence for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), was improper because he did not have the three violent felony predicates required to apply the ACCA enhancement. Without that enhancement, a § 922(g)(1) offense carries a ten-year maximum...

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