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Christopher Williams v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 19-2235 · judgment September 30, 2020

GVR'd · April 4, 2022

Question presented

I. Are sequential drug transactions over a short time frame “committed on occasions different from one another” for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act where the same undercover law enforcement officer repeatedly bought personal use amounts of a controlled substance from a suspect? II. In the absence of an appeal waiver as part of a plea agreement, does a prosecutor’s increased sentencing recommendation and a district court’s imposition of a longer sentence following a defendant’s attempt to preserve objections to a presentence investigation report amount to prosecutorial or judicial vindictiveness, or are the more onerous recommendation and sentence legitimate responses to the defendant’s purported failure to accept responsibility for his offense?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Becky Kurz
Federal Public Defender Office

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences

Proceedings

  1. May 06 2022
    JUDGMENT ISSUED.
  2. Apr 04 2022
    Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Wooden v. United States, 595 U. S. ___ (2022).
  3. Mar 28 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
  4. Mar 21 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
  5. Mar 14 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
  6. Jul 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  7. Jun 21 2021
    Memorandum of respondent United States of America filed.
    Main DocumentProof of Service
  8. May 17 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 21, 2021.
  9. May 14 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2021 to June 21, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  10. Apr 16 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2021)
    Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service