No. 22-6002

Charles Morgan, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2022-11-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: ambiguity-standard criminal-statute criminal-statutes grievous-ambiguity gundy-v-united-states liberty-deprivation nondelegation nondelegation-doctrine rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent
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Latest Conference: 2022-12-02
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the rule of lenity should apply to all ambiguous criminal statutes or only to those that are 'grievously' ambiguous

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether the rule of lenity should apply to all ambiguous criminal statutes or only to those that are “grievously” ambiguous. 2. Whether the full Court should reconsider the nondelegation issue addressed by the eight-member Court in Gundy v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2116 (2019). i

Docket Entries

2022-12-05
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-11-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-11-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 7, 2022)

Attorneys

Charles Morgan, Jr.
Lisa Burget WrightFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Lisa Burget WrightFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent