Jackson v. United States
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| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-6640 | 11th Cir. | Nov 27, 2023 | May 23, 2024 | 6-3 | Alito | OT 2023 |
Holding: For purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act's 15-year mandatory minimum sentence on certain defendants with three or more previous convictions, a state drug conviction counts as an ACCA predicate if it involved a drug on the federal schedules at the time of that conviction.
Judgment: Affirmed, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Alito on May 23, 2024. Justice Jackson filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Kagan joined, and in which Justice Gorsuch joined as to Parts I, II, and III.
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 01/24/2023 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 27, 2023) |
| 02/13/2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 27, 2023 to March 29, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 02/15/2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 29, 2023. |
| 02/27/2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Clause 40 Foundation filed. |
| 03/24/2023 | Brief of respondent United States filed. |
| 03/29/2023 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition under Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner. |
| 03/30/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023. |
| 04/06/2023 | Rescheduled. |
| 04/13/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023. |
| 04/13/2023 | Reply of petitioner Eugene Jackson filed. (Distributed) |
| 05/08/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023. |
| 05/15/2023 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 22-6389 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| 05/25/2023 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 22-6389. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 22-6389. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| 10/12/2023 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 27, 2023. VIDED. |
| 10/13/2023 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. |
| 10/16/2023 | Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER. |
| 10/17/2023 | Record received from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The record is electronic and is available on PACER. |
| 10/19/2023 | CIRCULATED |
| 11/27/2023 | Argued. For petitioner Brown: Jeffrey T. Green, Washington, D. C. For petitioner Jackson: Andrew Adler, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For respondent: Austin Raynor, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. VIDED. |
| 05/23/2024 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan, J., joined, and in which Gorsuch, J., joined as to Parts I, II, and III. VIDED. |
| 06/24/2024 | Judgment Issued. |