No. 24-126
Benjamin Galecki, and Charles Burton Ritchie v. United States
Tags: chemical-structure continuing-criminal-enterprise controlled-substances criminal-law jury-instruction void-for-vagueness
Latest Conference:
2024-11-08
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986 is void for vagueness as applied to the substance XLR-11?
2. Whether a co-defendant acquitted on all of the substantive predicate offenses and a conspiracy charge can be counted as one of the five supervisees required to sustain a Continuing Criminal Enterprise offense?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986 is void for vagueness when applied to unscheduled substances with no objective scientific standard for determining chemical similarity?
Docket Entries
2024-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
2024-10-17
Reply of petitioners Benjamin Galecki and Charles Burton Ritchie filed.
2024-10-04
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-08-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 4, 2024.
2024-08-27
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2024-08-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 4, 2024 to October 4, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 4, 2024)
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 and Charles Burton Ritchie
James Evan Felman — Suite 1450, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent