No. 21-6355

Everett Earl Parker v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-conviction criminal-sentencing federal-jurisdiction johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement serious-violent-felony statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-felony
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Mr. Parker's life sentence for count 1 should be vacated due to lack of two prior qualifying 'serious violent felony' convictions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether, under the Supreme Court precedent established in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), Mr. Parker’s life sentence for count 1 should be vacated because he no longer has two prior qualifying “serious violent felony” convictions under § 3559. ii

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-11-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 20, 2021)

Attorneys

Everett Earl Parker
Michael Scott — Petitioner
Michael Scott — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent