No. 22-6853

Joshua Seekins v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federalism harmless-error interstate-commerce jurisdictional-issue second-amendment sentencing-guidelines
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Latest Conference: 2023-06-22 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of ammunition solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the defendant's possession

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED (1) Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of ammunition solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the defendant’s possession. (2) Whether a district court’s boilerplate statement that an alternate guidelines range would not affect its sentencing decision makes any Guidelines calculation error per se harmless on appeal. @)

Docket Entries

2023-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-06-06
2023-05-22
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2023-04-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 22, 2023.
2023-04-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 20, 2023 to May 22, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-03-21
Response Requested. (Due April 20, 2023)
2023-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
2023-03-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-02-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 27, 2023)
2023-01-30
Application (22A682) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 11, 2023.
2023-01-26
Application (22A682) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 9, 2023 to March 11, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Joshua Seekins
Kevin Joel PageFederal Public Defender's Office, ND of Texas, Petitioner
Kevin Joel PageFederal Public Defender's Office, ND of Texas, Petitioner
Tobias Samuel Loss-EatonSidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
Tobias Samuel Loss-EatonSidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent