No. 20-5998

Kevin Ray Prentice v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: categorical-analysis civil-rights criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit least-culpable-act mellouli-v-lynch predicate state-law statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit ignored this Court's authority and misapplied the categorical analysis by failing to consider the least-culpable act covered by a disputed state-law predicate

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED L. Whether the Fifth Circuit ignored this Court’s authority and misapplied the categorical analysis by failing to consider the least-culpable act covered by a disputed state-law predicate. i

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-10-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 12, 2020)

Attorneys

Kevin Ray Prentice
Taylor Wills Edwards BrownFederal Public Defender, Northern District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent