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Antoine Lamont Johnson v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-55717 · judgment June 3, 2025


Certiorari denied · June 8, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Under a categorical approach, does the least culpable conduct needed to prove a co-conspirator's liability for a principal's substantive violent crime pursuant to Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640 (1946) necessarily satisfy the requisite "crime of violence" predicate of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) following this Court's decision in United States v. Taylor, 596 U.S. 845 (2022)?

  2. Must the "use of physical force" required to establish a predicate "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) be personal to the defendant convicted of using a firearm during that crime of violence under § 924(c), following this Court's decision in Borden v. United States, 593 U.S. 420 (2021)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jay Lawrence Lichtman

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 08 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 20 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2026.
  3. May 13 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Apr 24 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 28, 2026)