No. 25-5258

James Joseph Bryant v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split harmless-error-review judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether courts should apply the categorical approach under the Armed Career Criminal Act using the latest or historical judicial interpretation of a statute of conviction

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether, when applying the categorical approach required by the Armed Career Criminal Act ( ACCA) , a court determines the elements of a prior conviction based on the latest judicial interpretation of the statute of conviction, as the Eleventh Circuit holds, or based on the interpretation in place at the time of the prior conviction, as the First , Fourth , and Seventh Circuits hold and the Eighth Circuit holds in the Guidelines context. 2. Whether an error under Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024) , is structural or instead subject to harmless -error review.

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-07
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2025-07-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 2, 2025)
2025-06-24
Application (24A1264) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 31, 2025.
2025-06-18
Application (24A1264) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

James Bryant
Jonas Holbrook CummingsFederal Defender's Office, M.D. Fla., Petitioner
Jonas Holbrook CummingsFederal Defender's Office, M.D. Fla., Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent