No. 18-1434

United States v. Pablo Lovo and Joel Sorto

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2019-05-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness
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Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the subsection-specific definition of “crime of violence” in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal criminal prosecution for possessing, using, or carrying a firearm in connection with acts comprising such a crime, is unconstitutionally vague. (I)

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2019-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-05-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 14, 2019)

Attorneys

United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Petitioner
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Petitioner