No. 18-5445

Jason Lee Pyles v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-924 aggravated-assault arkansas-statute armed-career-criminal categorical-approach due-process eighth-circuit johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states johnson-v-united-states-2015 physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-felony
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 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). ii

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2018)

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Jason L. Pyles
Anna Marie WilliamsOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Arkansas, Petitioner
Anna Marie WilliamsOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Arkansas, Petitioner