No. 20-7617

Willie Lee Lewis v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-31
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Relisted (4)IFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances-act felony-drug-offense first-step-act sentence-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-04-01 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the First Step Act's addition of a definition for 'felony drug offense' to section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 802, also alter the definition of a 'serious drug offense,' 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), for purposes of applying a sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED One: Does the First Step Act’s addition of a definition for “felony drug offense” to section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 802, also alter the definition of a “serious drug offense,” 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), for purposes of applying a sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act? Two: Is the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), in the absence of a clear statutory definitions of “convictions” and "committed on occasions different from one another”?! ' This is a restatement of Question 2 presented by the petition for writ of certiorari William D. Wooden v. United States, 20-5279, granted by Order entered February 22, 2021. i

Docket Entries

2022-05-06
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2022-04-04
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>Wooden</i> v. <i>United States</i>, 595 U. S. ___ (2022).
2022-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
2022-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2021-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-01
Memorandum for the United States filed.
2021-04-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 1, 2021. See Rule 30.1.
2021-04-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 30, 2021 to May 31, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-03-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 30, 2021)

Attorneys

United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Willie Lee Lewis
Daniel Francis DalyDaniel F. Daly, Esq., Petitioner
Daniel Francis DalyDaniel F. Daly, Esq., Petitioner