No. 21-8233

Barkley Gardner v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-USC-1959 criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-law punishment-alternatives racketeering sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation violent-crime
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court may punish a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) by a fine instead of death or life imprisonment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a court may punish a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) by a fine instead of death or life imprisonment.

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2022-06-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 25, 2022)

Attorneys

Barkley Gardner
Eric Joseph BrignacOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent