McDonald v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on March 30, 2020
Issue: Whether Congress’ omission of a mens rea for the offense of sexual assault by bodily harm means mere negligence as to the lack of consent suffices.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Aug 06 2019 | Application (19A191) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 27, 2019 to October 26, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Aug 19 2019 | Application (19A191) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until October 26, 2019. |
| Oct 28 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 29, 2019) |
| Nov 01 2019 | Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed. |
| Nov 13 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019. |
| Nov 21 2019 | Response Requested. (Due December 23, 2019) |
| Nov 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of U.S. Army Trial Defense Service filed. |
| Dec 17 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 23, 2019 to January 22, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 18 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 22, 2020. |
| Jan 03 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 22, 2020 to February 21, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 06 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 21, 2020. |
| Feb 21 2020 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Mar 10 2020 | Reply of petitioner McDonald filed. |
| Mar 11 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020. |
| Mar 30 2020 | Petition DENIED. |
