No. 23-5036

Brandon Mason v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: federal firearm sentencing federal sentencing or prior state drug offense armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute drug-offense drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense federal-sentencing jackson-v-united-states prior-state-drug-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-drug-offense statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-05-30 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 'serious drug offense' definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act incorporates the federal drug schedules

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The question presented is: Whether the “serious drug offense” definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)Gi), incorporates the federal drug schedules that were in effect at the time of the federal firearm offense, the federal firearm schedules that were in effect at the time of the federal sentencing, or the federal drug schedules that were in effect at the time of the prior state drug offense. The question presented in this case is the same question presented in the case currently before this Court, Jackson v. United States, No. 226640. i

Docket Entries

2024-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
2023-08-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-04
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2023-06-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 4, 2023)

Attorneys

Brandon Mason
Graham McKinnon IVFox, Chandler, Homans, Hicks & McKinnon, LLP, Petitioner
Graham McKinnon IVFox, Chandler, Homans, Hicks & McKinnon, LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent