No. 18-8741

Francisco Frank Apodaca, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: association-in-fact corporation enterprise enterprise-definition guilty-plea individuals ineffective-assistance legal-entity rico rico-statute sentencing-error statutory-interpretation union
Key Terms:
Takings HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a corporation or other legal entity be associated in fact with a union or one or more individuals under the 'enterprise' definition of the RICO statute?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Can a corporation or other legal entity be associated in fact with a union or one or more individuals under the “enterprise” definition of the RICO statute, when only union members or individuals can be associated-in-fact under the definition of “enterprise” provided in this statute? 2. Is a defendant who files a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate conviction foreclosed from asserting an ineffective assistance ground of complaint relating to an incorrect PSR restitution calculation if the district court determines that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered a guilty plea to the criminal charge? i

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-15
Waiver of right of respondent Francisco, Solicitor General of United States, Noel to respond filed.
2019-03-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 9, 2019)

Attorneys

Francisco Apodaca
James Darrell Lucas — Petitioner
James Darrell Lucas — Petitioner
Francisco, Solicitor General of United States, Noel
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent