Hankins v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on January 8, 2018
Issue: Whether, where a victim entitled to restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 neither accepts restitution nor assigns it to the Crime Victims Fund, the district court may nonetheless order the defendant to pay restitution to the Crime Victims Fund, despite the absence of statutory authority for such an order.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Aurora Barnes, November 2, 2017)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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08/14/2017 | Application (17A185) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 4, 2017 to October 5, 2017, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
08/17/2017 | Application (17A185) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until October 5, 2017. |
10/05/2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2017) |
11/03/2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 6, 2017. |
12/06/2017 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
12/20/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018. |
12/20/2017 | Reply of petitioner Ann Hankins filed. (Distributed) |
01/08/2018 | Petition DENIED. |