No. 21-5625

Phillip Shawn Horton v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: case-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-interpretation legal-conflict procedural-review remand remand-order sentencing stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent
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Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the opinion of the court below conflicts with this Court's decisions in Witte v. United States, Stinson v. United States, and Davis v. United States, and circumvents this Court's remand order

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED I. Should this Court should grant review to determine whether the opinion of the court below conflicts with this Court’s decisions in Witte v. United States, 515 U.S. 389 (1995), Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36, 43 (1993), and Davis v. United States, _U.S._, 140 S. Ct. 1060 (2020), and circumvents this Court’s remand order. ii

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-09-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Phillip Horton
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent