No. 19-7646
Davion Fitzgerald v. United States
Tags: categorical-approach criminal-law due-deference federalism federalism-principles judicial-deference judicial-interpretation judicial-subjectivity sentencing-guidelines state-court-deference state-courts state-criminal-statutes state-statute statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference:
2020-03-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
May a federal court dismiss state precedent interpreting the state's own criminal statute as an "odd hypothetical" based on "legal imagination" to substitute the federal court's interpretation of that statute?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
May a federal court dismiss state precedent interpreting the state's own criminal statute as an 'odd hypothetical' based on 'legal imagination' to substitute the federal court's interpretation of that statute?
Docket Entries
2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 20, 2020)
Attorneys
Davion Fitzgerald
Amy B. Cleary — Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent