No. 20-5733

Clinton Lee Rumley v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: almendarez-torres armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split fourth-circuit-split mens-rea omission-liability recklessness sentencing-enhancement violent-felony
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-01-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether a criminal statute that prohibits the intentional causation
of bodily injury to another "by any means," including omissions, is
categorically a violent felony under the ACCA.

(2) Whether the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224
(1998), which created a carve-out to the rule later adopted in Apprendi v.
New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), should be reconsidered in light of Apprendi
and its progeny which have, for the past two decades, called its holding into
question and perpetuated litigation in both state and federal courts.

(3) Whether a mens rea of mere recklessness is sufficient for conviction
under Virginia's unlawful wounding statute, thereby precluding the
offense from qualifying as a violent felony under the ACCA.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal statute that prohibits the intentional causation of bodily injury to another 'by any means,' including omissions, is categorically a violent felony under the ACCA

Docket Entries

2021-01-25
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2021-01-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
2021-01-04
Reply of petitioner Clinton Rumley filed. (Distributed)
2020-12-18
Memorandum of respondent United States of America filed.
2020-10-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 18, 2020.
2020-10-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 18, 2020 to December 18, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 18, 2020.
2020-10-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 19, 2020 to November 18, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-09-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 19, 2020)

Attorneys

Clinton Rumley
Lisa M. LorishFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent