No. 24-5661

Angelo Corey Stackhouse v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-intent federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce kidnapping-statute mens-rea statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1) regulating kidnapping through interstate commerce is constitutional and whether mens rea under 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a) can be satisfied by contingent intent

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1), which prohibits kidnapping with the use of any instrumentality of commerce, falls within Congress’s power to regulate the instrumentalities of commerce and therefore survives an as-applied challenge whenever the defendant used a cell phone during the kidnapping. 2. Whether the mens rea requirement of 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a), which prohibits transportation across interstate lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, may be satisfied by “contingent intent,” even when the specific intent to commit the unlawful act is formed after transportation has concluded. i

Docket Entries

2024-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
2024-10-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-09-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 30, 2024)

Attorneys

Angelo Corey Stackhouse
Constance Grace Van KleyVan Kley Law PLLC, Petitioner
Constance Grace Van KleyVan Kley Law PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent