No. 19-6677
Justin Scott Vasey v. United States
Tags: categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment eighth-circuit legal-interpretation lowest-level-of-conduct state-law statutory-construction statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference:
2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the 'lowest level of conduct' as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, and whether any uncertainty in state law should benefit the defendant, as the Fifth Circuit has held?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED (1) Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the “lowest level of conduct” as required under this Court’s precedent for the categorical approach, and whether any uncertainty in state law should benefit the defendant, as the Fifth Circuit has held?
Docket Entries
2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2019-12-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 21, 2020.
2019-12-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 19, 2019 to January 21, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-11-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 19, 2019)
Attorneys
Justin Vasey
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent