No. 18-7036

Frank Richardson v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-14
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-06-13 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

In Sessions v. Dimaya , 138 S. Ct. 1204, 1223 (2018) this Court recently struck down as unconstitutionally vague the Immigration and Nationality Act's definition of crime of violence, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 16(b). This case presents three questions of first impression for thi s Court : (1) whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), which is nearly identical to § 16(b), is also unconstitutionally vague, and if so, (2) whether aiding and abetting Hobbs Act Robbery constitutes a crime of violence under the "force" cla use of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (3)(A), and finally, (3) whether the lower courts are to apply the categorical approach, or modified categorical approach, when considering whether a contemporaneous charge of aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under § 924(c)'s force clause.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague

Docket Entries

2019-07-19
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2019-06-17
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for the court to consider the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391 (2018).
2019-06-06
Reply of petitioner Frank Richardson filed. (Distributed)
2019-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-05-15
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2019-04-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 15, 2019.
2019-04-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 15, 2019 to May 15, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-03-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 15, 2019.
2019-03-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 15, 2019 to April 15, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-02-13
Response Requested. (Due March 15, 2019)
2019-01-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-08
Supplemental brief of petitioner Frank Richardson filed. (Distributed)
2019-01-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 14, 2019)

Attorneys

Frank Richardson
Michael R. DezsiLaw Office of Michael R. Dezsi, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent