No. 24-6306

Willems Calixte, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal criminal-history judicial-fact-finding sentencing-enhancement shepard-documents supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference: 2025-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Petitioner Calixte was properly sentenced as an armed career criminal under Erlinger v. United States when the district court relied on Shepard-approved documents to determine if prior robbery convictions occurred on separate occasions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

In light of Erlinger v. United States, 144 S.Ct 1840 (2024), was Petitioner Calixte properly sentenced as an armed career criminal where the district court (not a jury) relied on Shepard approved documents to determine to whether Petitioner ’s prior robbery convictions occurred on separate occasions? i

Docket Entries

2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-23
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-12-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 13, 2025)
2024-11-25
Application (24A509) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 14, 2025.
2024-11-21
Application (24A509) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 15, 2024 to January 14, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Willems Calixte
Willems Calixte Jr. — Petitioner
Willems Calixte Jr. — Petitioner