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JOHNSON v. PONTON

No. 13-7824.

780 F.3d 219 (2015)

Shermaine Ali JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Henry PONTON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 5, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John Longstreth , K & L Gates LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Alice Theresa Armstrong , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Charles R. Mills , Noam A. Kutler , Eric T. Mitzenmacher , K & L Gates LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge WILKINSON joined.

Petitioner-Appellant Shermaine Ali Johnson appeals the district court's dismissal of his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his sentence of life imprisonment without parole. He argues that the rule announced in Miller v. Alabama, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183...

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