No. 20-7871

Jemone Lawrence Walker v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-procedure criminal-indictment fairness-integrity-public-reputation federal-jurisdiction intervening-supreme-court-decision plain-error-review subject-matter-jurisdiction substantial-rights trial-record
Latest Conference: 2021-06-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over Mr. Walker's case because the indictment failed to state an offense against the laws of the United States.

II. Whether, when applying plain-error review based on an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters outside the trial record to determine whether the error affected a defendant's substantial rights or impacted the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the trial.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction

Docket Entries

2021-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-05-26
Memorandum of respondent United States of America filed.
2021-04-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 28, 2021)

Attorneys

Jemone Walker
Conrad Benjamin KahnFederal Public Defender, Middle District of Florida, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent