Williams v. United States ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 STEVEN MAURICE WILLIAMS, Case No. C20-994RSL 10 Defendant-Petitioner, ORDER REQUESTING 11 v. RESPONSE AND 12 RENOTING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GOVERNMENT’S MOTION 13 FOR RECONSIDERATION Plaintiff-Respondent. 14 15 16 This matter comes before the Court on the government’s “Motion for Reconsideration.” 17 Dkt. # 8. On October 25, 2021, the Court granted petitioner’s motion to vacate and set aside his 18 felon-in-possession of a firearm conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) in CR13-0287RSL. Dkt. 19 # 6. On October 26, 2021, the government filed a motion for reconsideration. Dkt. # 8. The 20 government’s motion relies upon a recent Ninth Circuit opinion, United States v. Goodall, No. 21 18-1004, 2021 WL 4768103 (9th Cir. Oct. 13, 2021).1 The government argues that Goodall 22 compels the conclusion that petitioner’s claim is barred by the collateral-review waiver in his 23 plea agreement. The Court may not grant a motion for reconsideration without allowing the 24 opposing party an opportunity to respond. LCR 7(h)(3). The Court requests a response from 25 petitioner to the government’s motion for reconsideration, which may be filed no later than 26 27 1 The government miscites the Westlaw identifying number as 2021 WL 4768103987, when the 28 correct number is 2021 WL 4768103. 1 November 12, 2021. The government may file a reply no later than November 19, 2021, and the 2 Clerk shall renote the motion for reconsideration on November 19, 2021. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 DATED this 27th day of October, 2021. 5 6 A 7 Robert S. Lasnik 8 United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28