No. 19-5124

Arthur Durham v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process economic-harm federal-sentencing force-clause hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states retroactivity statutory-interpretation violent-crime welch-v-united-states
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Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery as | U'S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense committed by causing fear of harm to intangible | property. Because fear of economic harm can be caused without the use or threat of violent force, is Hobbs Act robbery categorically a “crime of violence” under the | “force clause” of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? . 2. Whether the new rule of constitutional law set out in Johnson v. United | States and held to be retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review by this | Court in Welch v. United States applies to the definition of crime of violence in the | residual clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)? . 1

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-07-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2019)

Attorneys

Arthur Durham
Judith H. MiznerFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Judith H. MiznerFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent