No. 21-5066
Aquabeus Moore v. United States
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 8th-amendment 924(c)-enhancement crime-of-violence eighth-amendment equal-protection first-step-act fourteenth-amendment hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether Petitioner's conviction of Hobbs Act Robbery constitutes a "crime of violence" considering new case law and the passage of the First Step Act?
Whether stacking of 924(c) enhancements for Hobbs Act Robbery violate Petitioner's Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment and his Fourteenth Amendment right of equal protection in light of new case law and the passage of the First Step Act?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Petitioner's conviction of Hobbs Act Robbery constitutes a 'crime of violence' considering new case law and the passage of the First Step Act?
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-09
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2021-07-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)
Attorneys
Aquabeus Moore
S Naki Richardson-Bax — The Bax Law Firm, PA, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent