No. 18-5074

Clifton McLean, aka Little Clif v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 922(g)(1) 924(c) crimes-of-violence due-process entrapment firearm-possession hobbs-act interstate-commerce
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the trial court unconstitutionally deny Petitioner's request for an entrapment instruction?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. Under the Due Process Clause, did the trial court unconstitutionally deny Petitioner's request/motion for an entrapment instruction when the record contained evidence of lack of predisposition and inducement? II. Whether Petitioner's Hobbs Act convictions in a reverse stash house sting lacked sufficient evidence establishing . that his conduct affected . interstate commerce, or would have affected interstate commerce, absent governmental intervention and fictitious concoction? III. Whether Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) convictions are in violation of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), where two of the four : possible predicate offenses for the conviction, specifically Hobbs Act robbery and Conspiracy, fail to qualify as a crime of violence or a drug trafficking offense? IV. Whether Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) conviction lacked evidence that his intrastate possession of a firearm had a substantial effect on interstate commerce?

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2017-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 2, 2018)

Attorneys

Clifton McLean
Clifton McLean — Petitioner
Clifton McLean — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent