No. 21-5993

Michael Lee Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm and ammunition on the sole basis that the firearm and ammunition once moved, before the defendant's possession, through interstate commerce

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm and ammunition on the sole basis that the firearm and ammunition once moved, before the defendant’s possession, through interstate commerce. 2. Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)’s definition of a “serious drug offense” requires knowledge of the substance’s illicit nature, an issue left undecided in Shular v. United States, 140 S. Ct. 779, 787 n.3 (2020). 3. Whether the ACCA’s requirement that prior offenses be “committed on occasions different from one another,” 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), is void for vagueness. i PROCEEDINGS IN FEDERAL TRIAL AND APPELLATE COURTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS CASE United States District Court (M.D. Fla.): United States v. Michael Lee Williams, No. 8:18-cr-3 10-CEH-SPF (Dec. 19, 2019) United States Court of Appeals (11th Cir.): United States v. Michael Lee Williams, No. 20-10038 (May 17, 2021) ii

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-10-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 17, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael Lee Williams
M. Allison GuagliardoOffice of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
M. Allison GuagliardoOffice of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent