Johnson v. United States

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-7120	8th Cir.	Apr 20, 2015	TBD	8-1	TBD	OT 2014

Holding: Imposing an increased sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act"s residual clause violates due process.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded on . Justice Kennedy and Justice Thomas filed opinions concurring in the judgement. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Johnson v. United States: Three years out (Andrew Hamm, September 5, 2018)
Opinion analysis: The Court strikes down the ACCAs residual clause as vague. But is the real problem the categorical approach? (Rory Little, June 29, 2015)
A view from the Courtroom: A marriage celebration (Mark Walsh, June 26, 2015)
Re-Argument analysis: The votes are not there to sustain the residual clause (Rory Little, April 22, 2015)
(Re-)Argument preview: Is possession of a sawed-off shotgun a violent felony? The government is not going down without a fight (Rory Little, April 17, 2015)
Court orders new look at armed criminal law (Lyle Denniston, January 9, 2015)
Argument analysis: Justices unhappily consider whether sawed-off shotguns are inherently violent (Rory Little, November 6, 2014)
Argument preview: Are there (finally) five votes to declare the residual clause of the ACCA unconstitutionally vague? (Rory Little, November 4, 2014)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/28/2013	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 29, 2013)
11/20/2013	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 30, 2013.
12/20/2013	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including January 29, 2014.
01/24/2014	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including February 28, 2014.
02/28/2014	Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
03/20/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 4, 2014.
04/07/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 18, 2014.
04/21/2014	Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
05/16/2014	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 26, 2014.
05/16/2014	The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 18, 2014.
06/13/2014	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Samuel James Johnson.
06/26/2014	Brief of petitioner Samuel James Johnson filed.
06/30/2014	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
07/03/2014	Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.
08/18/2014	Brief of respondent the United States filed.
08/25/2014	Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
08/25/2014	Brief amici curiae of The Brady Center for Gun Violence, et al. filed.
09/04/2014	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 5, 2014.
09/08/2014	Record requested from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit.
09/15/2014	Record received from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. 1 - Envelope
09/17/2014	Reply of petitioner Samuel James Johnson filed.
09/19/2014	CIRCULATED
11/05/2014	Argued. For petitioner: Katherine M. Menendez, Assistant Federal Defender, Minneapolis, Minn. For respondent: John F. Bash, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
01/09/2015	This case is restored to the calendar for reargument. The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing the following question: "Whether the residual clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984, 18 U. S. C.
02/18/2015	Supplemental brief of petitioner Samuel James Johnson filed.
02/25/2015	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
03/06/2015	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, April 20, 2015
03/16/2015	CIRCULATED.
03/17/2015	Record requested from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit.
03/20/2015	Supplemental brief of respondent United States filed (Reprinted). (Distributed)
03/25/2015	Record received from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. (1-Envelope)
03/25/2015	Record received from U.S.D.C. District of Minnesota. The record is electronic, also 1 envelope (SEALED).
04/10/2015	Supplemental reply brief of petitioner Samuel James Johnson filed. (Distributed)
04/20/2015	Reargued. For petitioner: Katherine M. Menendez, Assistant Federal Defender, Minneapolis, Minn. For respondent: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
06/26/2015	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., and Thomas, J., filed opinions concurring the judgment. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
07/28/2015	JUDGMENT ISSUED.