No. 20-8469

Lamont Benedict Nelson v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-07-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-1951 borden-standard borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to permit the lower court to consider whether a conviction for Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 qualifies as a 'crime of violence' in light of Borden v. United States

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to permit the lower court to consider whether a conviction for Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 qualifies as a “crime of violence” in light of Borden v. United States, No. __S. Ct. __, 2021 WL 2367312 (2021)? prefix

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-06-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Lamont Benedict Nelson
Kara Lee HartzlerFederal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent