Michael Ray Bishop v. United States
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Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a 'controlled substance offense' under the Sentencing Guidelines?
QUESTION PRESENTED I Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a “controlled substance offense” under the Sentencing Guidelines? [NOTE: This petition is related, logically, to the petition filed in Shular v. United States, No. 18-6662, cert. granted, 139 S.Ct. 2772 (June 28, 2019). Shular involves an issue regarding the application of the categorical approach to the “serious drug offense” provision of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)Gi). This case involves the same question regarding the application of the categorical approach to the Guidelines’ definition of “controlled substance offense” in USSG § 4B1.2(b), which is substantially similar to ACCA’s “serious drug offense” provision.]. i PARTIES INVOLVED All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. ii