No. 19-6320

Nalen Pierre Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 18-usc-922g1 criminal-law criminal-statute due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession legal-status mens-rea plain-error reasonable-doubt rehaif-precedent rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The question presented in this case is as follows: Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), where all involved understood that under then-binding precedent a § 922(g)(1) conviction did not require proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant know his alleged prohibited status at the time of the firearm possession?

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-27
Reply of petitioner Nalen Williams filed.
2019-12-20
Memorandum of respondent United States of America filed.
2019-11-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 20, 2019.
2019-11-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 20, 2019 to December 20, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 20, 2019)

Attorneys

Nalen Williams
Jonathan Stuart SolovyLaw Office of Jonathan S. Solovy, PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent