No. 24-7013

Richard Schorovsky v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law fifth-circuit sentencing-enhancement texas-burglary-statute united-states-v-stitt
Latest Conference: 2025-05-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Texas burglary statute qualifies as a predicate offense under the Armed Career Criminal Act after United States v. Stitt, given its potentially overbroad definition of burglary

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Presented Presented Presented 1. In light of United States v. Stitt , 586 U.S. 27 (2018), can the Texas burglary statute – which the Fifth Circuit has held to be indivisible – properly be the basis for an enhanced sentence unde r the Armed Career Criminal Act, given that a person can be convicted under the statute for doing nothing more than entering a storage building with the intent to commit theft? iii Table Table Table

Docket Entries

2025-06-02
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
2025-05-12
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-04-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 16, 2025)

Attorneys

Richard Schorovsky
John Andrew KucheraAttorney at Law, Petitioner
John Andrew KucheraAttorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent