No. 18-5890

Mark D. Whitfield v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law force hobbs-act property robbery statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force violent-crime
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-10-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether jurists of reason could debate whether robbery under the Hobbs Act possesses the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force against the person or property of another as an element?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether jurists of reason could debate whether robbery under the Hobbs Act possesses the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force against the person or property of another as an element? ii PARTIES Mark D. Whitfield is the Petitioner, who was the defendant-appellant below. The United States of America is the Respondent, who was the plaintiff-appellee below. ili

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.
2018-09-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 9, 2018)

Attorneys

Mark Whitfield
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent