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S.D.N.Y.Substantive rulingFiled Jan. 17, 2020

Jeffries v. United States

Judge
Valerie Caproni
Docket
1:19-cv-07760
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
CriminalHabeas
In one sentence

In Jeffries v. United States, Judge Caproni granted Jeffries’s motion to vacate his prior conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).

Who this affects

Joseph Jeffries, whose prior judgment of conviction was vacated, and the United States as respondent; the related civil matter was closed.

What happened

In Jeffries v. United States, Joseph Jeffries filed a motion to vacate a prior conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The prior judgment was imposed on March 6, 2017.

On January 17, 2020, Jeffries appeared before the court to plead guilty to a superseding charging document and to seek vacatur of the prior conviction under United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019).

Judge Valerie Caproni granted the motion to vacate the prior judgment of conviction. She directed the Clerk of Court to terminate the motion’s docket entry and close the related civil case, No. 19-CV-7760.

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Case
Jeffries v. United States · No. 1:19-cv-07760
Judge
Valerie Caproni
Date
Jan. 17, 2020

Background

Joseph Jeffries filed a motion on August 16, 2019, seeking to vacate a prior conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The prior judgment of conviction was imposed on March 6, 2017. The motion was docketed as entry 1384 in the related criminal matter, No. 15-CR-0537-18 (VEC).

Proceedings

On January 17, 2020, Mr. Jeffries appeared before the court to plead guilty to a superseding information identified as S27 and to vacate his prior conviction pursuant to United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019). The order does not provide further analysis of the Davis decision or explain the specific basis for vacatur beyond that reference.

Ruling

Judge Valerie Caproni granted Mr. Jeffries’s motion to vacate the prior judgment of conviction. The court requested that the Clerk of Court terminate docket entry 1384 and close the related civil matter, Case No. 19-CV-7760.

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