No. 23-6061
George Oscar Messer v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: due-process federal-kidnapping federal-kidnapping-statute fifth-amendment interstate-commerce intrastate-crime statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2024-01-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the residual clause of 'or otherwise' of the federal kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1201, is void for vagueness under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED (1) Whether the residual clause of “or otherwise” of the federal kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1201, is void for vagueness under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment? (2) Whether the mere use of an instrumentality of interstate commerce — driving a car on a street — empowers Congress to federalize a wholly intrastate, noneconomic, violent crime? ii
Docket Entries
2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-11-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 20, 2023)
Attorneys
George Oscar Messer
Robert L. Abell — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent