CARMICHAEL v. U.S.

No. 17-13822.

966 F.3d 1250 (2020)

Leon CARMICHAEL, Sr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen John Petrany , Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Sandra J. Stewart , Jonathan Ross , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney Service — Middle District of Alabama, U.S. Attorney's Office, Montgomery, AL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before WILSON, NEWSOM, Circuit Judges, and PROCTOR, District Judge.


Leon Carmichael is a federal prisoner serving a 480-month sentence. This appeal is from a district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion asking that his sentence be vacated. After conducting an evidentiary hearing on Carmichael's habeas petition, the district court found that his counsels' performance fell below...

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