No. 19-6149

Desmond Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aiding-and-abetting civil-procedure civil-rights commentary conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legal-analysis legal-citation legal-issues legal-research legal-terminology legal-writing sentencing-commission standing
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities
Latest Conference: 2019-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : _ QUESTION. PRESENTED mo _ Whether the Sentencing Commission violated the separation-of -powers doctrine — when it added the offenses of conspiring, aiding and abetting, and attempts to. the definition of ‘controlled substance offense’ through commentary alone. : os LIST_OF PARTIES oe All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page.

Docket Entries

2019-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-09-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Desmond Williams
Desmond Williams — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent