No. 24-7460

Alvin Porterie, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-procedure overbreadth-doctrine state-conviction statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Immigration
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant challenging a prior state conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act must produce actual state court decisions showing non-generic application of a facially overbroad statute —as the Fifth Circuit alone requires —or whether the statutory text suffices to demonstrate overbreadth —as every other circuit holds?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether a defendant challenging a prior state conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act must produce actual state court decisions showing non -generic application of a facially overbroad statute —as the Fifth Circuit alone requires —or whether the statutory text suffices to demonstrate overbreadth —as every other circuit holds ?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-08
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-06-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 18, 2025)

Attorneys

Alvin Porterie, Jr.
Dustin TalbotFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent