No. 20-256

Zavian Munize Jordan v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)
Tags: 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession predicate-crime statutory-interpretation violent-crime
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether separate convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) require separate predicate crimes and separate acts of using, carrying, or possessing a firearm

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), “any person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime * ** uses or carries a firearm, or who, in furtherance of any such crime, possesses a firearm” commits an offense. The question presented is whether each separate conviction under Section 924(c)(1) requires only a separate predicate crime of violence or drug trafficking offense, as the Third, Fourth, and Eighth Circuits have held, or also requires a separate act of using, carrying, or possessing a firearm, as the Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits have held. (i)

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-23
Reply of petitioner Zavian Munize Jordan filed. (Distributed)
2020-12-03
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2020-10-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 3, 2020.
2020-10-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 2, 2020 to December 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-01
Brief amicus curiae of FAMM filed.
2020-10-01
Brief amici curiae of Howard University School of Law Human and Civil Rights Clinic; National Association for Public Defense filed.
2020-09-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 2, 2020.
2020-09-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2020 to November 2, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2020)

Attorneys

FAMM
David John DeboldGibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
David John DeboldGibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
Howard University School of Law Human and Civil Rights Clinic; National Association for Public Defense
Tiffany Regina WrightHoward University School of Law, Amicus
Tiffany Regina WrightHoward University School of Law, Amicus
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Zavian Munize Jordan
Marcia G. SheinLaw Firm of Shein & Brandenburg, Petitioner
Marcia G. SheinLaw Firm of Shein & Brandenburg, Petitioner