Lewis v. United States
Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit for further consideration in light of Wooden v. United States, on April 4, 2022
Issue: (1) Whether the First Step Act"s addition of a definition for "felony drug offense" to Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act also alters the definition of a "serious drug offense" for purposes of applying a sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act; and (2) whether the Armed Career Criminal Act, in the absence of a clear statutory definitions of "convictions" and "committed on occasions different from one another," is unconstitutionally vague.
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 03/27/2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 30, 2021) |
| 04/22/2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 30, 2021 to May 31, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 04/23/2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 1, 2021. See Rule 30.1. |
| 06/01/2021 | Memorandum for the United States filed. |
| 06/17/2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021. |
| 03/14/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022. |
| 03/21/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022. |
| 03/28/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022. |
| 04/04/2022 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Wooden v. United States, 595 U. S. ___ (2022). |
| 05/06/2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |