No. 22-5634

Nelson Jean Dion v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2022-09-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bail bail-condition criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law interstate-travel protection-order statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-10-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a state bail order/condition of release is a protection order under 18 U.S.C. § 2266(5) for purposes of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2262, which criminalizes interstate travel with the intent to violate a protection order?

2. Whether the plain text of §§ 2262 and 2266 provide sufficient notice that violating a bail order/condition would violate federal law under §§ 2262 and 2266?

3. Whether the absence of judicial notice that violating a bail-condition could have subjected the defendant to federal criminal charges deprived him of due process under the fifth and fourteenth amendments of the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state bail order/condition of release is a protection order under 18 U.S.C. § 2266(5) for purposes of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2262

Docket Entries

2022-10-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
2022-09-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-09-16

Attorneys

Nelson Dion
David Jesse BobrowBedard and Bobrow, PC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent