No. 23-5168
Isaac Silversmith v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-924 8-usc-1 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law ninth-circuit second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation violent-crime
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that second-degree murder is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. By denying Petitioner’s Petition For Certificate of Appealability, did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in holding that Second-degree Murder, under 8 U.S.C. § 1(a) is a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)?
Docket Entries
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 21, 2023)
Attorneys
Isaac Silversmith
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent