No. 20-7243
David Linehan v. United States
Tags: criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce interstate-communication statutory-interpretation threat-transmission
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2021-03-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) requires the government to allege and the jury to find that the defendant threatened to injure a specific natural person
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), which criminalizes “transmit[ting] in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to . . . injure the person of another,” requires the government to allege, and the jury to find, that the defendant threatened to injure a specific natural person? Prefix
Docket Entries
2021-03-29
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
2021-03-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 29, 2021)
Attorneys
David Linehan
Gary Paul Burcham — Burcham & Zugman, APC, Petitioner
Gary Paul Burcham — Burcham & Zugman, APC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent