No. 18-5866
Nathan Mosley v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2018-10-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a conviction under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. 1951 qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Question Presented 1. In accord with the categorical approach, rather than the Third Circuit’s outlier contemporaneous act approach, should a conviction under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. 1951 qualify as a “crime of violence”, as defined under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) to include any felony that “has as an element . . . use of physical force”? 1
Docket Entries
2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-05-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 4, 2018)
Attorneys
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Nathan Mosley
Ronald A. Krauss — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner