No. 25A585

G'Ante Butler v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-18
Status: Application
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: assault-statute circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-officer intentional-contact statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 111's prohibition on "resist[ing], opposing], impeding], intimidat[ing], or interfer[ing]" with federal officers while they are "engaged in or on account of the performance of" their duties is limited to the intentional infliction of violence against the officer.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 111's prohibition on interfering with federal officers requires intentional violence or can include inadvertent contact

Docket Entries

2025-11-19
Application (25A585) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until January 15, 2026.
2025-11-14
Application (25A585) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 16, 2025 to February 14, 2026, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

G'Ante Butler
Andrew Timothy TuttArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent