No. 21-5984
Zacharia Allen Clark v. United States
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act causation-of-injury circuit-split criminal-statute failure-to-act force-clause statutory-interpretation violent-force
Latest Conference:
2021-11-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
(1) Whether a statute that only requires causation-of-injury and not the affirmative application of force satisfies the violent force requirement of the Armed Career Criminal Act?
(2) Whether a statute that criminalizes a failure to act that causes injury satisfies the violent force requirement of the Armed Career Criminal Act?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a statute that only requires causation-of-injury and not the affirmative application of force satisfies the violent force requirement of the Armed Career Criminal Act?
Docket Entries
2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-10-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 15, 2021)
Attorneys
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Zacharia Clark