No. 23-5749

Mark Anthony Thompson v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus selective-adjudication selective-prosecution standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-11-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Fifth Circuit's selective adjudication and undermining the law of this Court's ruling on conduct outside the statutory definition of a crime acceptable?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. DOES THIS SUPREME COURT FINDS THE FIFTH CIRCUIT'S SELECTIVE ADJUDICATION AND UNDERMINING THE LAW OF THIS COURT ACCEPTABLE WHEN IT AFFIRMED THE DISTRICT COURT’S RULING FOR CONDUCT THAT DID NOT COME WITHIN THE STATUTORY DEFINITION OF THE CRIME? II. DOES THIS SUPREME COURT AGREE WITH THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE GOVERNMENT ADDING THE ELEMENTS OF ATTEMPT TO STATUTES THAT CONGRESS CREATED THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF ATTEMPT? Ill. WHETHER THE APPEALS COURT ERRED WHEN IT DENIED THE COA THAT CLEARLY MET THE CRITERIA OF 28 U.S.C. 2253 (C) (2)? ii

Docket Entries

2023-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2023-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
2023-10-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-08-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 13, 2023)

Attorneys

Mark Anthony Thompson
Mark Anthony Thompson — Petitioner
Mark Anthony Thompson — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent