No. 18-5193

William Brown v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states crime-of-violence due-process federal-sentencing-law johnson-v-united-states procedural-error residual-clause sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether reliance on the 'residual clause' of the 'crime of violence' definition in the United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2), is an abuse of discretion and procedural error notwithstanding this Court's holding in Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886 (2017), that the Guidelines' residual clause is not unconstitutionally void for vagueness

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether reliance on the “residual clause” of the “crime of violence” definition in the United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2), is an abuse of discretion and procedural error notwithstanding this Court’s holding in Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886 (2017), that the Guidelines’ residual clause is not unconstitutionally void for vagueness? ii

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2018)

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
William Brown
William FickFick & Marx LLP, Petitioner
William FickFick & Marx LLP, Petitioner