Jones v. Hendrix

Jones v. Hendrix
Argued November 1, 2022
Decided June 22, 2023
Full case nameMarcus Deangelo Jones v. Dewayne Hendrix, Warden
Docket no.21-857
Citations599 U.S. 465 (more)
ArgumentOral argument
Opinion announcementOpinion announcement
Questions presented
Whether federal inmates who did not — because established circuit precedent stood firmly against them — challenge their convictions on the ground that the statute of conviction did not criminalize their activity may apply for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 after the Supreme Court later makes clear in a retroactively applicable decision that the circuit precedent was wrong and that they are legally innocent of the crime of conviction.
Holding
Section 2255(e) does not allow a prisoner asserting an intervening change in interpretation of a criminal statute to circumvent the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996’s (AEDPA) restrictions on second or successive §2255 motions by filing a §2241 habeas petition
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
MajorityThomas, joined by Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
DissentSotomayor and Kagan
DissentJackson
Laws applied
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Jones v. Hendrix, 599 U.S. 465 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case related to habeas corpus.


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