No. 19-8100

Jorge Rodriguez-Luca v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-04-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (2000)?

II. Whether the residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (2003), is void for vagueness?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (2000)?

Docket Entries

2020-04-20
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-03-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-03-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Jorge Rodriguez-Luca
Jennifer Niles CoffinFederal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent