No. 21-6969

Alton Jackson v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: advisory-guidelines booker circuit-court-review criminal-sentencing guideline-enhancement lapsed-statute legal-interpretation mandatory-guidelines sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-02-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in upholding the district court's enhancement of the defendant's sentence under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1 based on an expired enabling statute

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether it was error for the Eleventh Circuit to uphold the district court’s enhancement of Defendant’s sentence under a provision of U.S.8.G. § 2K2.1 where the enhancement was based upon an enabling statute that lapsed and was no longer enforceable as a matter of law. 2. Whether it was error for the Eleventh Circuit to uphold the district court’s strict application of the exclusion language in comment 2 of U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1 rendering the guidelines as mandatory, instead of advisory.

Docket Entries

2022-02-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
2022-02-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-01-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 25, 2022)

Attorneys

Alton Jackson
Joseph Asher DavidowWillis & Davidow, LLC, Petitioner
Joseph Asher DavidowWillis & Davidow, LLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent