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Paul Huskisson v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-1335 · judgment June 5, 2019
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Does the independent source exception to the exclusionary rule, like all other exclusionary rule exceptions, take into account the flagrancy and deliberate nature of the underlying Fourth Amendment violation?
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Recently, Congress passed and the President signed the First Step Act of 2018. Part of the Act lowered the mandatory minimum for many drug offenses. It also retroactively applies “to any offense that was committed before [December 21, 2018], if a sentence for the offense has not been imposed as of” that day. Should the Court grant the petition, vacate the judgment below, and remand to the Seventh Circuit to consider whether the First Step Act applies to cases still on direct appeal?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jason Michael Wilcox
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Feb 24 2020Petition DENIED.
- Feb 05 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
- Feb 04 2020Reply of petitioner Paul Huskisson filed.
- Jan 22 2020Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
- Dec 13 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 22, 2020.
- Dec 12 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 23, 2019 to January 22, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 14 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 23, 2019.
- Nov 13 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 22, 2019 to December 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 17 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 22, 2019)
- Aug 22 2019Application (19A210) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until October 18, 2019.
- Aug 20 2019Application (19A210) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 3, 2019 to October 18, 2019, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.