No. 20-5596

Kevin Dean Green v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: beckles-v-united-states constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines vagueness-challenge vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Beckles v. United States foreclose a vagueness challenge to a sentencing guideline when the operative term in that guideline is defined by a criminal statute, which is subject to a vagueness challenge?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Does Beckles v. United States, — U.S. —, 187 S. Ct. 886 (2017) foreclose a vagueness challenge to a sentencing guideline when the operative term in that guideline is defined by a criminal statute, which is subject to a vagueness challenge? i. v ' : Il.

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 5, 2020)

Attorneys

Kevin Green
Nathaniel Abel NiemanNate Nieman, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Nathaniel Abel NiemanNate Nieman, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent