Town of Kevil v. Hawthorne

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• holding that Ninth Circuit precedent mandated a categorical retroactive application of Johnson to the Guidelines' Residual Clause
• concluding that defendant had established cause for his failure to raise his claim based on Johnson on direct review because the legal basis for that claim “was not reasonably available to him before” Johnson
• granting a motion to vacate where a sentence was enhanced under the Guidelines’ residual clause for fleeing law enforcement

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