No. 22-7240

Cole Lusby v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-04-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process facial-vagueness mens-rea sex-offender-registration vagueness-challenge
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-05-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether SORNA's registration requirements are unconstitutionally vague

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Whether this Court’s decisions in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) and its progeny enable defendants to raise facial vagueness challenges to criminal statutes. 2) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a)—which addresses registration requirements under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”)—is unconstitutionally vague because it fails to prescribe a mens rea for the travel element, and fails to connect the interstate travel to the failure to register. 3) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause because it allows the federal government to prosecute wholly intrastate activity by requiring no nexus between the interstate travel and the failure to register. ii INTERESTED PARTIES There are no

Docket Entries

2023-05-22
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
2023-05-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-04-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 8, 2023)

Attorneys

Cole Lusby
Kathleen BlissKathleen Bliss Law PLLC, Petitioner
Kathleen BlissKathleen Bliss Law PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent