No. 19-6921

Brian H. Jones, Sr. v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process inherent-power legal-definition prosecution-standards same-transaction sovereignty sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty vagueness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Is the term "same transaction" unconstitutionally vague?

2. How would two incidents separated by four months constitute the "same transaction"?

3. Why are the exact same issues which have previously been determined by a valid and final judgment relitigated in a successive prosecution?

4. Would the conduct needed for the offense, which is committed in an offense within the meaning of the Double Jeopardy Clause, make both offenses still benefit from the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine?

5. How does an original tribe or entity be considered to have and wield "inherent" or "delegated" power if such power is to them?

6. Would one offense in a separate offense prove to convict from surrounding original tribes which derives tribe?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the legal definition of the term 'same transaction' unconstitutionally vague?

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-16
Waiver of right of respondent Barr, Att'y Gen. to respond filed.
2019-12-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 13, 2020)
2019-10-01
Application (19A359) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 6, 2019.
2019-09-20
Application (19A359) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2019 to December 6, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Brian Jones
Brian H. Jones Sr. — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent