BOSTON v. U.S.

No. 17-13870.

939 F.3d 1266 (2019)

Jimmy Lee BOSTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle Yard , Rosemary Cakmis , Donna Lee Elm , Federal Public Defender's Office, Orlando, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Roberta Josephina Bodnar , U.S. Attorney's Office — FLM, Ocala, FL, Peter J. Sholl , Michelle Thresher Taylor , David Charles Waterman , U.S. Attorney Service — Middle District of Florida, U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and ROBRENO, District Judge.


This appeal requires us to decide whether the district court erred when it denied Jimmy Lee Boston's second or successive motion to correct his sentence, 28 U.S.C. § 2255(a), (h), under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). In 2007, Boston was convicted and sentenced under the Act to 262 months...

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