Whitfield v. United States

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-9026	4th Cir.	Dec 2, 2014 Tr.Aud.	Jan 13, 2015	9-0	Scalia	OT 2014

Holding: A bank robber “forces [a] person to accompany him,” for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(e), when he forces that person to go somewhere with him, even if the movement occurs entirely within a single building or over a short distance.

Judgment: Affirmed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Scalia on January 13, 2015.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: Bank robbery statute perhaps not so very bad after all (Amy Howe)
View from the courtroom: Justice Scalia, a bit late to the stage (Mark Walsh)
Argument analysis: Court takes on “very peculiar” bank robbery statute (Amy Howe)
Argument preview: Parsing “accompany” in the federal bank robbery statute (Amy Howe)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Mar 7 2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2014)
Mar 31 2014	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 7, 2014.
May 7 2014	Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
May 21 2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 5, 2014.
Jun 9 2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014.
Jun 16 2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014.
Jun 23 2014	Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Jul 22 2014	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 22, 2014.
Jul 22 2014	The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 7, 2014.
Aug 22 2014	Joint appendix filed.
Aug 22 2014	Brief of petitioner Larry Whitfield filed.
Aug 29 2014	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Aug 29 2014	Brief amicus curiae of The Center on the Administration of Criminal Law filed.
Sep 4 2014	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 2, 2014.
Sep 22 2014	Record requested from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
Sep 23 2014	Record received from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER, part of the record is SEALED.
Oct 7 2014	Brief of respondent the United States filed.
Oct 27 2014	CIRCULATED.
Nov 6 2014	Reply of petitioner Larry Whitfield filed. (Distributed)
Dec 2 2014	Argued. For petitioner: Joshua B. Carpenter, Asheville, N. C. For respondent: Brian H. Fletcher, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jan 13 2015	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Feb 18 2015	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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