No. 21-5936

Allen Fong v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment criminal-forfeiture in-personam-forfeiture jury-trial reasonable-doubt statutory-authority
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt any fact necessary to the imposition of a mandatory criminal forfeiture

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt any fact necessary to the imposition of a mandatory criminal forfeiture. 2. Whether a district court may impose an in personam forfeiture money judgment in the absence of any statutory authority. i

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-10-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Allen Fong
Todd M. BordenOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent