No. 18-7453

Corey Kirkpatrick Sterling v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process mandatory-guidelines pre-booker retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness sentencing-review vagueness vagueness-doctrine
Latest Conference: 2019-02-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness vis-à-vis defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines.

Whether the invalidation of § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s mandatory residual clause has retroactive effect in cases on collateral review.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness vis-a-vis defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines

Docket Entries

2019-02-25
Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari: I dissent for the reasons set out in Brown v. United States, 586 U. S. ___ (2018) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting).
2019-02-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-01-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-01-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Corey Sterling
Andrew Lee AdlerFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent