No. 21-5436

William D. Dickerson v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: case-analysis civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-review court-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-standard legal-procedure procedural-error sentencing statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

The OCR text provided is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section. While a "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED" header is visible in the document, the actual questions that follow are written in handwriting that is not clearly readable in the OCR output, making it impossible to transcribe them verbatim with accuracy.

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Section 804 of the First Step Act of 2018's definition of 'covered offense' covers a 'dual-object' conspiracy that includes both crack cocaine and powder cocaine as elements

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2021-09-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-07-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 20, 2021)

Attorneys

United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
William Dickerson
William Dickerson — Petitioner