No. 23A957

Benjamin Galecki and Burton Ritchie v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-04-25
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: constitutional-violation criminal-conviction federal-appeal ninth-circuit panel-decision writ-of-certiorari
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act, 21 U.S.C. § 813, is void for vagueness as applied to synthetic cannabinoid XLR-11; and

Whether a conviction under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise statute, 21 U.S.C. § 848, may stand when the Applicants' co-defendant and purported supervisee was acquitted at the same trial on the predicate offenses.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly applied the standard for reviewing a federal criminal conviction in light of alleged constitutional violations

Docket Entries

2024-04-26
Application (23A957) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 1, 2024.
2024-04-22
Application (23A957) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 2, 2024 to August 1, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Benjamin Galecki, et al.
James Evan FelmanSuite 1450, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent