No. 18-7946

Robert Hawkins v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights due-process establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise free-speech separation-of-church-and-state standing takings
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-03-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

issue presented here: (1) Whether Petitioner's sentence of 324 months violates due process because the district court failed to rely upon Georgia's state law to interpret a Georgia assault statute and instead relied upon Indiana's state law interpreting an Indiana robbery statute in . violation of Mathis v. United States 136 S Ct 2243,195 L Ed 2d 604 (2016); Samuel Johnson v. United States,135 S Ct. 2551.192 L.Ed 2d 596 (2015)(Johnson II);Descamps v United States 133 S$ Ct 2276 186 L.Ed. 2d 438 (2013);Curtis Johnson v. United States,559 U.S. 133, 130 S Ct 1265.176 L Ed 2d 1 (2010);Begay v. United States 553 U S. 137 128 S.Ct. 1581,170 L.Ed. 2d 490(2008)and In |le Winship,397 U.S. 358 (1970).

Docket Entries

2019-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-02-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Robert Hawkins
Robert A. Hawkins — Petitioner
Robert A. Hawkins — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent