United States Seventh Circuit

District court's denial of defendant's motion under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 to vacate his sentence of 180-months for being convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed as a prior conviction for the Illinois offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer was properly treated as a "violent felony" under the ACCA, as was his prior juvenile adjudication.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2009
• Decided 05/04/2010
• Published 05/04/2010

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Seema V. Dargar, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Cox, Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.