No. 21-6278

Joseph Fenelon Cooper v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-15
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: attempted-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach clean-vehicle crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation use-of-force
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-06-23 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an attempted bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113 falls outside the definition of a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(8)(A)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The question presented is whether an attempted bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113, which may be completed even if it is abandoned before anyone knows that it was planned, falls outside the definition of a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(8)(A). 1

Docket Entries

2022-07-29
JUDGMENT ISSUED
2022-06-27
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>United States</i> v. <i>Taylor</i>, 596 U. S. ___ (2022).
2022-06-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
2022-02-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-14
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2021-12-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 14, 2022.
2021-12-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 15, 2021 to January 14, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-11-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 15, 2021)

Attorneys

Joseph Fenelon Cooper
Leigh Stevens SchropeLaw Firm of Shein and Brandenburg, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent