No. 21-5563

William Ferguson v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-242 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-ruling due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense section-924c statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) should be vacated

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Whether a defendant’s convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) should be vacated, where each § 924(c) charge had, as an underlying predicate, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242, which is not a crime of violence after Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015) and United States v. Davis, 189 S. Ct. 2319 (2019). i Statement of

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-08-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 4, 2021)

Attorneys

United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
William Ferguson
Brianna Fuller MircheffOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner