Alan Kenneth Thompson, Jr. v. United States
DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether the ambiguousness of the term 'material' within Title 18 USC 2252A(a)(2)(B) gives unintended breadth to District Courts to accept pleas of guilt without subject-matter jurisdiction
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. In light of United States v Peter, 310 F.3d 709 (11th Cir 2002), does the ambiguousness of the nature of the texm "material" within Title 18 : USC 2252A(a)(2)(B), give the unintended breadth by: (A) authorizing District Courts to accept pleas of guilt without subject-matter jurisdiction, wherefore caprical use of elastic language is construed as a computer file, rather than disk, so long as the file "contains" an unlawful: depiction; thereby, (B) substituting factual conduct in . violation of United States v Edmond, 780 F.3d 1126 (11th Cir 2015); by modifying statutory elements in order to convict innocent persons of a . crime for which they are not indicted? 2. When a prisoner alleges thorny constitutional issues, states facts and cites the law, in relation to and in support of such claims: (A) does a district court's catch=all denial, or failure to adjudicate all claims : uv alleged, violate habeas procedure, when its decision runs contrary to the : ; procedural rule established under Clisby v Jones, 960 F.2d 925 (4th Cir 7992), thereby, serving to render habeas review futile, as applied to that case; Likewise, (B) does a Court of Appeal 's failure to clarify its blanket denial, of meritorious issues, violate a claimant's due process right toa meaningful opportunity to present such claims on habeas seview, . and/or place too significant of a burden at this mere propositional stage, during a COA's threshold inquiry, as re-established in Buck v Davis, 132 S.Ct. 759 (2017)? , ek . .