Antoine Johnson v. United States

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTOINE LAMONT JOHNSON, No. 19-55717 AKA O Killer, AKA OK, AKA Seal A, D.C. Nos. 2:16-cv-03419- Petitioner-Appellant, RSWL 2:05-cr-00920- v. RSWL-

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OPINION

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Ronald S.W. Lew, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 19, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed June 3, 2025

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Morgan Christen, and Anthony D. Johnstone, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Christen SUMMARY *

28 U.S.C. § 2255

The panel affirmed the district court’s order denying Antoine Johnson’s motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging his conviction under U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(iii) for the use and discharge of a firearm causing death during a crime of violence. Johnson argued that his § 924(c) conviction was unlawful because intervening Supreme Court case law invalidated § 924(c)’s residual clause and…