No. 23-7560

David Darnell Whitehead v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: alien-smuggling border-crossing criminal-intent criminal-procedure designated-port-of-entry illegal-immigration immigration-law mens-rea port-of-entry statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner's conduct constituted bringing aliens to or entering the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry, and whether there was sufficient evidence that the petitioner knew of this fact

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED I. IN AN ILLEGAL ALIEN SMUGGLING CASE, WHAT CONSTITUTES BRINGING TO OR ENTERING THE UNITED STATES “AT A PLACE OTHER THAN A DESIGNATED PORT OF ENTRY”, AND WHETHER | THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT THE PETITIONER KNEW THAT THE ALIENS WERE BROUGHT TO OR ENTERED THE UNITED STATES AT A PLACE OTHER THAN A DESIGNATED PORT OF ENTRY. | | | | | | ii

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 24, 2024)

Attorneys

David Darnell Whitehead
Rudolph Alexander Ashton IIIDunn, Pittman, Skinner & Ashton, PLLC, Petitioner
Rudolph Alexander Ashton IIIDunn, Pittman, Skinner & Ashton, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent