No. 21-5057
Lance Lamont Lavert v. United States
IFP
Tags: circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act property-rights robbery statutory-interpretation violent-crime
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Hobbs Act robbery is necessarily violent
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Question Presented Should this Court mend the circuit split about whether a Hobbs Act robbery is necessarily violent as the Ninth and eight other circuits have held, or is Hobbs Act robbery overbroad because it can be attempted without violence, and because Hobbs Act robbery reaches future threats to intanglibe property?
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-17
Reply of petitioner Lance Lavert filed. (Distributed)
2021-08-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-09
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2021-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)
Attorneys
Lance Lavert
David J. Zugman — Burcham & Zugman, Petitioner
David J. Zugman — Burcham & Zugman, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent