No. 25-6946

Benjamin Alan Carpenter v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-03-03
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: due-process-rights fatal-variance foreign-terrorist-organization grand-jury-indictment material-support-statute notice-and-pleading
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

When the Government charges a material support offense under the prong "any service," may the defendant be convicted based on evidence of a different subsection when those definitions have not been provided to the jury for consideration?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When the Government charges a material support offense under the 'any service' prong of 18 U.S.C. § 2339B, may a defendant be convicted based on evidence of a different statutory subsection when those statutory definitions have not been provided to the jury for consideration?

Docket Entries

2026-03-05
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2026-02-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 2, 2026)

Attorneys

Benjamin Carpenter
Wade V. DaviesThe Davies Law Firm, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent