No. 21-7569

Miguel Scott Arnold v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2022-04-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute human-trafficking jury-instructions rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation third-circuit-court third-circuit-court-of-appeals unit-of-prosecution
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Latest Conference: 2022-05-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

allowable-unit-of-prosecution-for-18-usc-1591(a)

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1.] What is the allowable unit of prosecution for violations. of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)? , | 2.) Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err by not remanding to the lower court with an order for the District Court to dismiss petitioner's , indictment due to the Jurysnottbeing instructed to specifically find, if any, what victim the jury believed met the burden? 3.] Because of the complexity of petitioner's case/charge(s), should the lower courts had tasked the jury to find/been given instructions to find petitioner guilty of each individual victim the jury believed met the burden? 4.] Due to the allowable unit of prosecution, not being established, nor firmly understood by any of the lower courts in regards to 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a), and being that this Honorable Court had/has not yet defined , or established such, should the "Rule of Lenity'' be/have been applied to petitioner as this Honorable Court has in . similar

Docket Entries

2022-05-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
2022-05-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-03-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 9, 2022)
2022-02-09
Application (21A402) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 18, 2022.
2022-01-31
Application (21A402) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 1, 2022 to March 18, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Miguel Scott Arnold
Miguel Scott Arnold — Petitioner
Miguel Scott Arnold — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent