Jason Lee Pyles v. United States
L Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erroneously
held that Arkansas aggravated assault on a family or household member
qualifies as a violent felony under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i), and whether the
statute can be violated without the requisite violent physical force under
Johnson v. United States, 559 U.S. 133 (2010).
I. Whether the Eighth Circuit erroneously analyzed the Arkansas statute under
the ordinary-case analysis determined to be unconstitutional in this Court's
holdings in Johnson v. United States, 135 8. Ct. 2551 (2015) and Sessions v.
Dimaya, 138 8. Ct. 1204 (2018).
Whether Arkansas aggravated assault on a family or household member qualifies as a violent felony under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i), and whether the statute can be violated without the requisite violent physical force under Johnson v. United States