No. 21-6951
Jacob Allen Adair v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: categorical-analysis categorical-matching civil-procedure descamps-ruling due-process fifth-circuit generic-offense generic-offenses state-offenses taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-descamps
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference:
2022-02-25
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether —in contravention of this Court's precedent and every other circuit —the Fifth Circuit's approach allowing for variations between a given offense and a generic offense violates the demands of the categorical analysis in Taylor and Descamps ?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether—in contravention of this Court's precedent and every other circuit—the Fifth Circuit's approach allowing for variations between a given offense and a generic offense violates the demands of the categorical analysis in Taylor and Descamps?
Docket Entries
2022-02-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
2022-02-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-01-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 24, 2022)
Attorneys
Jacob Allen Adair
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent