No. 19-6862
Dalton Betsinger v. United States
Tags: categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law eighth-amendment eighth-circuit fifth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference:
2020-03-06
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 (from Petition)
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
2020-03-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-02-04
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2020-01-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 5, 2020.
2019-12-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2020 to February 5, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-12-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 6, 2020)
Attorneys
Dalton Betsinger
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent