No. 22-6597

Jeremiah S. Farmer v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-01-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-court-conflict civil-rights drug-conspiracy due-process jurisdictional-requirement racketeering sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-authority supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the district court lacked statutory authority under 15 U.S.C. § 1962(d) for RICO conspiracy to be complete when the agreement is reached, not when each predicate act occurring under the act is complete?

Whether the district court lacked statutory authority under 11 U.S.C. § 1962(d) if murder conspiracy and drug conspiracy constitute separate offenses from RICO conspiracy?

Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals conflicts with the fourth circuit's decisions in Simmons, Ayala and Lovely?

Whether the district court lacked statutory authority to convict Farmer under 21 U.S.C. § 846, absent a finding an agreement to distribute drugs?

Whether Congress intended for an enhanced sentence under 18 § 1963(a) to be calculated under the United States Code § 35-50-3-2(a)?

Whether the Supremacy Clause and precedent feared the sentencing court to apply the rule?

Whether a finding of an agreement to distribute drugs is a jurisdictional or statutory requirement under U.S.C. § 1962(d) that must be met for a district court clause and Supreme Court to?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court lacked statutory authority under 18 U.S.C. 1962(c) if Congress intended for a RICO conspiracy to be complete when reached, not when the underlying predicate acts are complete

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.
2022-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 22, 2023)

Attorneys

Jeremiah S. Farmer
Jeremiah S. Farmer — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent