No. 22-6591

Alecia Trapps v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-01-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's claim under § 4B1.1(a) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines conflict with a rule that at least four other federal courts of appeals have promulgated, holding contrarily that state law — not federal — governs whether a state conviction is a "controlled substance offense," to determine whether a defendant is a career offender under Guidelines?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal law or state law governs what constitutes a 'controlled substance offense' under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1(a)

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2023-01-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-01-23
Motion (22M65) for leave to file a petiiton for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
2023-01-04
MOTION (22M65) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/20/2023.
2022-12-21
Motion (22M65) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2022-12-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 22, 2023)

Attorneys

Alecia Trapps
David Andrew SchlesingerJacobs & Schlesinger LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent