No. 20-5645

Virgil Nickens v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (3)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-courts criminal-law federal-courts federal-courts-of-appeals jury-instructions jury-verdict plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states united-states-v-olano
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can the appellate courts' divergent approaches to plain error review of pre-Rehaif jury verdicts be reconciled with one another?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented is: Can the appellate courts’ divergent approaches to plain error review of pre-Rehaifjury verdicts be reconciled with one another? Are the federal Courts of Appeals applying plain error review in a manner that is contrary to this Court’s precedent in United States v. Olano, 507 US. 725 (1993)? ii

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-14
Rescheduled.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-13
Memorandum of respondent United States of America filed.
2020-11-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 13, 2020.
2020-11-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 12, 2020 to November 13, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 12, 2020.
2020-10-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 13, 2020 to November 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-09-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 13, 2020)

Attorneys

United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Virgil Nickens
Mackenzie S LundFederal Defenders- Middle District of Alabama, Petitioner