No. 23-6361

Victor Grant v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-12-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-sentencing federal-drug-schedules serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2024-05-30 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(i), incorporates the federal drug schedules that were in effect at the time of the federal firearm offense (as the Third, Fourth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits have held), or the federal drug schedules that were in effect at the time of the prior state drug offense (as the Eleventh Circuit held below).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 'serious drug offense' definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(i), incorporates the federal drug schedules that were in effect at the time of the federal firearm offense (as the Third, Fourth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits have held), or the federal drug schedules that were in effect at the time of the prior state drug offense (as the Eleventh Circuit held below)

Docket Entries

2024-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
2024-02-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
2024-01-26
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2023-12-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 26, 2024)

Attorneys

United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Victor Grant
Franklyn Louderback — Petitioner