U.S. v. BROWN

No. 16-7056.

868 F.3d 297 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thilo BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 21, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Alicia Vachira Penn , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. William Camden Lewis , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Beth Drake , United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, Marshall Taylor Austin , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Duncan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Diaz joined. Chief Judge Gregory wrote a dissenting opinion.


Petitioner-Appellant Thilo Brown appeals the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. This court granted Petitioner a certificate of appealability on the issue of whether, in light of Johnson v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569...

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