No. 20-5054
Michael Lance Davis, aka Michael Scott Davis v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-sentencing distribution manufacturing ninth-circuit possession-with-intent-to-distribute serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Shular v. United States, 140 S. Ct. 779 (2020), abrogates the 'related to' test for whether a state crime qualifies as a serious drug offense
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Question Presented Whether Shular v. United States, 140 S. Ct. 779 (2020), abrogates the “related to” test for whether a state crime qualifies as a serious drug offense, such that a state crime will qualify as a serious drug offense only if it necessarily requires the defendant to engage in the conduct of manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute or manufacture a controlled substance.
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 13, 2020)
Attorneys
Michael Davis
William Miles Pope — Federal Defender Services of Idaho, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent