No. 18-9092

Juan Lopez-Hernandez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aggravated-felony categorical-approach civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-state-statute immigration permanent-resident removal-order state-court-decisions statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal courts applying the categorical approach must rely on state court decisions that establish the elements of state court statute of convictions rather than engaging in their own statutory interpretation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether federal courts applying the categorical approach must rely on state court decisions that establish the elements of state court statute of convictions rather than engaging in their own statutory interpretation. prefix

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-04-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 3, 2019)

Attorneys

Juan Lopez-Hernandez
Kimberly Sue TrimbleFederal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
Kimberly Sue TrimbleFederal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent