No. 21-6787
Rondale Young v. United States
Tags: but-for-causation but-for-cause circuit-split criminal-law ninth-circuit-interpretation purpose-element racketeering racketeering-enterprise statutory-interpretation vicar-statute violent-crime violent-crimes
Key Terms:
Takings
Takings
Latest Conference:
2022-06-02
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the purpose element of the VICAR offense, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, requires the government to prove that the racketeering-enterprise motive was a but-for cause of the violent crime.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the purpose element of the VICAR offense, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, requires the government to prove that the motive was a but-for cause of the violent crime
Docket Entries
2022-06-06
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
2022-05-10
Reply of petitioner Rondale Young filed.
2022-05-04
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2022-04-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 4, 2022.
2022-04-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 11, 2022 to May 4, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-03-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 11, 2022.
2022-03-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 11, 2022 to April 11, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-02-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 11, 2022.
2022-02-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 9, 2022 to March 11, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-12-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 9, 2022)
Attorneys
Rondale Young
Benjamin Lee Coleman — Benjamin L. Coleman Law PC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent