SANTOS v. U.S.

No. 17-14291.

982 F.3d 1303 (2020)

Reinaldo SANTOS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda Greenberg Bryn , Federal Public Defender's Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Robin Cindy Rosen-Evans , Federal Public Defender's Office, West Palm Beach, FL, Michael Caruso , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Miami, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Aileen Cannon , Laura Thomas Rivero , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney Service, Southern District of Florida, Miami, FL, Robert Benjamin Cornell , U.S. Attorney's Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.


This case goes back in time a long way. In his most recent (and third) § 2255 petition, Reinaldo Santos challenges the application of an Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") enhancement to his 1994 sentence for the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Santos claims he was sentenced under...

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