Jackson v. United States

Consolidated with:

Brown v. United States

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-6640	11th Cir.	Nov 27, 2023	TBD	TBD	TBD	OT 2023

Issue: Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act incorporates the federal drug schedules that were in effect at the time of the federal firearm offense or the federal drug schedules that were in effect at the time of the prior state drug offense.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/24/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 27, 2023)
02/13/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 27, 2023 to March 29, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
02/15/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 29, 2023.
02/27/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Clause 40 Foundation filed.
03/24/2023	Brief of respondent United States filed.
03/29/2023	Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition under Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
03/30/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
04/06/2023	Rescheduled.
04/13/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
04/13/2023	Reply of petitioner Eugene Jackson filed. (Distributed)
05/08/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
05/15/2023	Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 22-6389 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
05/25/2023	Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 22-6389. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 22-6389. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
10/12/2023	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 27, 2023. VIDED.
10/13/2023	Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
10/16/2023	Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
10/17/2023	Record received from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
10/19/2023	CIRCULATED
11/27/2023	Argued. For petitioner Brown: Jeffrey T. Green, Washington, D. C. For petitioner Jackson: Andrew Adler, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For respondent: Austin Raynor, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. VIDED.
05/23/2024	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan, J., joined, and in which Gorsuch, J., joined as to Parts I, II, and III. VIDED.
06/24/2024	Judgment Issued.