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Devaughn Dorsey v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-35030 · judgment August 11, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
A. Whether Petitioner’s conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tampering, under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(1), is not a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)’s elements clause.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Matthew McGavock Robinson
Robinson & Brandt, PSC
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, February 20, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 20 2024Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. See 28 U. S. C. §455(b)(3) and Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Canon 3B(2)(e) (prior government employment).
- Jan 10 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
- Jan 02 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Dec 19 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 25, 2024)