No. 21-6991
Lloyd George Kenney v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act california-penal-code-207 categorical-analysis criminal-statute divisibility force-clause implicit-threat-of-arrest kidnapping violent-felony
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. When a state's highest court has interpreted a state criminal statute to allow for a conviction even if no physical force is used in certain circumstances, can a federal court hold that the statute is divisible despite the fact that the statute's language and it's treatment by the state's courts indicate it is indivisible?
2. Is the Ninth Circuit correct in holding that an implicit threat of arrest fulfills the "force clause" definition of "violent felony"?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether California's simple kidnapping offense as it existed in 1974 was a 'violent felony' under the 'force clause' definition of 'violent felony' for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-02-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2022-01-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 28, 2022)
Attorneys
Lloyd Kenney
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent