No. 22-7390

Robert James Turner, aka Robert James Branham v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-04-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: assimilative-crimes-act civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction government-action jurisdictional-dispute legal-review ninth-circuit stipulation
Latest Conference: 2023-06-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

relied almost exclusively on Torver's jurisdictional "stipulation" iNvolving the Lortons Facility, Can this stipulatiow legally Torner's case?

Moreover, was the dispositiow a "drive-by jurisdictional rulin" sider it?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court's jurisdiction over the case was legally defeated by the defendant's stipulation regarding the location of the offense, and whether the appellate court's disposition was a 'drive-by jurisdictional ruling'

Docket Entries

2023-06-05
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
2023-05-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-04-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 30, 2023)

Attorneys

Robert James Turner
Robert James Turner — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent