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Lester v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on May 21, 2018

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
17-1366 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2017

Issue: (1) Whether the retroactivity analysis of Teague v. Lane is categorical, such that when the Supreme Court held that Johnson v. United States announced a new substantive rule of constitutional law that is retroactive to cases on collateral review in Welch v. United States, it made Johnson"s rule retroactive for purposes of all cases on collateral review; and (2) whether the Johnson rule made retroactive in Welch renders the residual clause of the career offender provision of the mandatory, pre-Booker Sentencing Guidelines unconstitutionally vague.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/26/2018Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due April 27, 2018)
04/05/2018Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
04/11/2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
05/07/2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018.
05/14/2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
05/21/2018Petition DENIED.