No. 24A953

Luis Fernandez v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-07
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: 924c-conviction crime-of-violence general-verdict hobbs-act-robbery predicate-offense residual-clause
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) based on a general jury verdict is entitled to relief when subsequent Supreme Court precedent establishes that the predicate offenses of which the jury acquitted him or found him guilty are not crimes of violence under the statute's elements clause, such that the conviction necessarily rested on the statute's unconstitutional residual clause

Docket Entries

2025-04-07
Application (24A953) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 16, 2025.
2025-04-03
Application (24A953) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 16, 2025 to May 16, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Luis Fernandez
Ian McDonaldFEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent