Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →
Steven Dotson v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-1701 · judgment February 3, 2020
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition and a petition citing three to ten dissents.
Question presented
If a defendant successfully challenges on collateral review one or more of the predicate convictions that the district court relied on to impose a sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), may the Government substitute new predicate convictions on collateral review that it did not invoke at sentencing in order to maintain the ACCA enhancement?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Donald Larry Ray Goodson
Jones Day
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Orders
Order list, October 13, 2020 · Certiorari denied
Order list, April 19, 2021 · Rehearing denied
Proceedings
- Apr 19 2021Rehearing DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- Mar 31 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
- Nov 17 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
- Nov 09 2020Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Oct 13 2020Petition DENIED.
- Sep 16 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
- Sep 14 2020Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 04 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2020)