Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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14-8358 | 2d Cir. | Nov 3, 2015 | Mar 1, 2016 | 6-2 | Sotomayor | OT 2015 |
Holding: A state-court conviction for first-degree sexual abuse involving the defendant’s adult girlfriend triggers the ten-year mandatory minimum sentence of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(b)(2), which applies to prior state-court convictions for crimes “relating to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, or abusive sexual conduct involving a minor or ward”; the limiting phrase “involving a minor or ward” applies only to the phrase “abusive sexual conduct.”
Judgment: Affirmed, 6-2, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on March 1, 2016. Justice Kagan filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Breyer joined.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Jan 14 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2015) |
Mar 3 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 10, 2015. |
Apr 10 2015 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
Apr 28 2015 | Reply of petitioner Avondale Lockhart filed. (Distributed) |
Apr 29 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 14, 2015. |
May 18 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 21, 2015. |
May 26 2015 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. |
Jun 23 2015 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 24, 2015. |
Jun 23 2015 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 8, 2015. |
Jul 24 2015 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received.) |
Jul 24 2015 | Brief of petitioner Avondale Lockhart filed. |
Sep 8 2015 | Brief of respondent United States filed. |
Sep 9 2015 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 |
Sep 10 2015 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit. |
Sep 11 2015 | Record request received from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit is electronic. |
Sep 21 2015 | CIRCULATED |
Oct 8 2015 | Reply of petitioner Avondale Lockhart filed. (Distributed) |
Nov 3 2015 | Argued. For petitioner: Edward S. Zas, Assistant Federal Defender, New York, N. Y. For respondent: Ann O'Connell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
Mar 1 2016 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Alito, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined. |
Apr 4 2016 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
The Supreme Court sides with Sen. Ted Cruz in his First Amendment challenge to a federal campaign-finance law that limits how and when candidates can recoup loans that they make to their own campaigns. The vote is 6-3 along ideological lines.
In an immigration case, SCOTUS rules 5-4 that federal courts do NOT have jurisdiction to review certain executive-branch factual findings that determine whether non-citizens are eligible for "adjustment of status." Those findings can dictate whether a person is deported.
SCOTUS agrees to take up two new cases: Jones v. Hendrix (a habeas corpus case) and SEC v. Cochran (a case about the power of district courts to hear challenges to the constitutionality of the SEC's administrative law proceedings). Full order list here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051622zor_hgcj.pdf
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