No. 20-719

Don Arthur Webster, Jr. v. United States District Court for the District of Alaska

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process international-treaty judicial-bias marginalized-communities marginalized-populations racial-discrimination treaty-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Does RACIAL BIAS DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECT THE FEDERAL COURTS TREATMENT OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE OF COLOR, WHEN ADDRESSING THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ASPECT OF 18 U.S.C. § 1959 IN RELATION TO THE PURELY LOCAL CRIMINAL CONDUCT OF PROSTITUTION?

(2) IS IT A MATTER OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION WHEN THE NINTH CIRCUIT PROCEDURALLY REFUSES TO ADDRESS ALL ISSUES RAISED CONCERNING 18 U.S.C. § 1959 BECAUSE OF ITS WHERE IT NATURE TO DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT AND RACIALLY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST BLACK AMERICANS?

(3) IS IT AN ISSUE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE WHERE ALL CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS FAIL TO APPLY THE RELEVANT LAW CHANGE TO ALL CASES AMONG THE FEDERAL CRIMINAL STATUTE THAT IS PART OF A TREATY, 18 U.S.C. § 1959? Does THOSE DECISIONS DEPART FROM THE EXPECTED AND USUAL COURSE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDING WHERE A LAW WAS UNSETTLED AT TRIAL BUT BECAME SETTLED ON DIRECT REVIEW?

(4) CAN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH'S POWER TO SHARE TREATIES AND WITH CONGRESS'S POWER UNDER ART. II, § 2, CONST., REGULATE PURELY LOCAL CRIMINAL CONDUCT? Does THE LACK OF RESTRAINT ON THE TREATY POWER CONFLICT WITH THE 10TH AMENDMENT CONGRESS'S LIMIT TO REACH OF THE EXECUTIVE'S TREATY POWER?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does racial bias disproportionately affect the federal courts' treatment of marginalized people of color, when addressing the international treaty aspect of 18 U.S.C. § 1591 in relation to the purely local criminal conduct of prostitution?

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2020-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 28, 2020)

Attorneys

Don Arthur Webster
Don A. Webster — Petitioner