Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the definition of a crime of violence under federal recidivism enhancement provisions requires more than negligence with respect to harm to another
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Where the definition of a crime of violence under federal recidivism enhancement provisions, such as U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(1), include the limiting language “against the person of another,” is that language mere surplusage or must a defendant be more than negligent with respect to whether his intentional conduct could harm another? 2) Whether, when determining whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence, a federal court is bound by the decision of the state’s highest court to label a mens rea as something greater than negligence when this Court has unequivocally established that the same mens rea under federal law constitutes mere negligence? i
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-14
Reply of petitioner Melvin Whitehead submitted.
2020-11-06
Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until December 17, 2020 granted.
2020-11-05
Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from November 12, 2020 to December 17, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-28
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2020-09-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 4, 2020.
2020-09-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 5, 2020 to November 4, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-08-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 5, 2020.
2020-08-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 4, 2020 to October 5, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-07-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2020)