No. 25-6442

Michael Hinds v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-29
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure harmless-error prior-offenses sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation structural-error
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) require a different inquiry for determining structural errors in sentencing, involving a detailed analysis of prior offenses not intrinsic to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s elements?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Does the ACCA occasions -different inquiry, requiring a detailed, multifactored analysis of the facts surrounding at least three prior offenses— facts which are not intrinsic to the elements of 922(g)(l) —render Erlinger errors structural and not subject to harmless -error analysis ?

Docket Entries

2026-01-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-11-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 28, 2026)

Attorneys

Michael Hinds
Jean Pierre Nogues IIIFederal Community Defender of E.D. Mich., Petitioner
Jean Pierre Nogues IIIFederal Community Defender of E.D. Mich., Petitioner
Jean Pierre Nogues IIIFederal Community Defender of E.D. Mich., Petitioner
Jean Pierre Nogues IIIFederal Community Defender of E.D. Mich., Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent