No. 19-6921

Brian H. Jones, Sr. v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process inherent-power legal-definition prosecution-standards same-transaction sovereignty sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty vagueness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the legal definition of the term 'same transaction' unconstitutionally vague?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . 1. Is the legal defination of the term "same transaction" unconstitutionally vague? : 2. . How would two incidents seperated by four months constitute as the “same transaction?” 3. Why are the exact same issues of ultimate fact; which have previously been . determined by @ valid and final judgment, be able to be relitigated in a : . ” successive prosecution? 4. Would the conduct committed in an offense, which is the same exact conduct needed for proof to convict in a separate offense make both offenses the "same offense" within . 4. the meaning of the Double Jeopardy Clause? 5 5. Would one tribe which derives from surrounding original tribes still penefit from the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine? . 6. How does 4 non-original tribe or entity pe considered to have and wield “inherent” power if such power is "delegated" to them? , :

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-16
Waiver of right of respondent Barr, Att'y Gen. to respond filed.
2019-12-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 13, 2020)
2019-10-01
Application (19A359) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 6, 2019.
2019-09-20
Application (19A359) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2019 to December 6, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Brian Jones
Brian H. Jones Sr. — Petitioner
Brian H. Jones Sr. — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent