No. 22-5919

Devonta Doyle v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-10-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-criminalization fourth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-crime morrison-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez
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Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-11-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Hobbs Act's jurisdictional element violates the Constitution when applied to the federal criminalization of traditionally local violent crimes without proof of a substantial effect on interstate commerce?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether Fourth Circuit precedent, which is consistent with precedent from all other Circuits, holding that an intrastate robbery’s de minimis effect on interstate commerce satisfies the Hobbs Act’s jurisdictional element (18 U.S.C. § 1951), violates the Constitution and this Court’s holdings and rationales in United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000) and United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), as both decisions preclude the federal criminalization of traditionally local violent crimes? 2. Whether the Hobbs Act’s jurisdictional element violates the Constitution when applied to the federal criminalization of traditionally local violent crimes without proof of a substantial effect on interstate commerce? 3. Whether Congress intended to criminalize federally the intrastate robbery of a grocery stores cash register when it passed the Hobbs Act? i

Docket Entries

2022-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-10-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-10-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 25, 2022)

Attorneys

Devonta Doyle
Cary Steven GreenbergGreenbergCostle, PC, Petitioner
Cary Steven GreenbergGreenbergCostle, PC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent