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Kavoris Clayton v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-10125 · judgment December 16, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021

Question presented

Whether the drug conduct in the “controlled substance offense” definition in U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.2(b) requires knowledge of the illicit nature of the controlled substance. 1 1 A similar question is also presented in Duwayne Jones v. United States, No. 20- 6399 (response requested Dec. 22, 2020); Anthony Billings, Jr. v. United States, No. 20-7101 (response due Mar. 2, 2021); and Curry v. United States No. 20- 7284(response due Mar. 31, 2021).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Timothy Michael Day
Federal Defender Office

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 17 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jun 08 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. May 13 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 18, 2021)