No. 21-8233
Barkley Gardner v. United States
Tags: 18-USC-1959 criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-law punishment-alternatives racketeering sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation violent-crime
Latest Conference:
2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a court may punish a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) by a fine instead of death or life imprisonment.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a court may punish a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) by a fine instead of death or life imprisonment
Docket Entries
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2022-06-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 25, 2022)
Attorneys
Barkley Gardner
Eric Joseph Brignac — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent