No. 18-6303

Jeffrey Joseph Pendleton v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 5th-amendment armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment force-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2018-11-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the Force Clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) invalid under the Fifth Amendment void-for-vagueness doctrine?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED L Is the Force Clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) invalid under the Fifth Amendment void-forvagueness doctrine? i

Docket Entries

2018-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
2018-10-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-10-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 13, 2018)

Attorneys

Jeffrey J. Pendleton
Reynaldo Aligada Jr.Office of the Federal Defender District of Minnesota, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent