No. 20-7998

Tuan Ngoc Luong v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: commercial-transaction craigslist criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-robbery
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-10-08 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Hobbs Act jurisdiction extend to a local robbery of a local individual not engaged in interstate commerce or any federally regulated activity, by a defendant from the same state who facilitated the robbery through a false used car listing on a local Craigslist website, simply because that local site was theoretically accessible to out-of-state readers and the listing advertised a 'commercial transaction'?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The federal Hobbs Act “makes it a crime for a person to affect commerce, or attempt to do so, by robbery.” Taylor v. United States, 186 S. Ct. 2074, 2077 (2016). The question presented is: Does Hobbs Act jurisdiction extend to a local robbery, of a local individual not engaged in interstate commerce or any federally regulated activity, by a defendant from the same state who facilitated the robbery through a false used car listing on a local Craigslist website, simply because that local site was theoretically accessible to out-of-state readers and the listing advertised a “commercial transaction”? INTERESTED PARTIES There are no

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-21
Reply of petitioner Tuan Ngoc Luong filed. (Distributed)
2021-09-07
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2021-07-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 7, 2021. See Rule 30.1.
2021-07-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2021 to September 6, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-07-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2021.
2021-06-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 6, 2021 to August 5, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-06-03
Response Requested. (Due July 6, 2021)
2021-05-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
2021-05-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-05-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2021)

Attorneys

Tuan Ngoc Luong
John Paul ReichmuthFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent