Decided

No. 13-8407

Wendell Terrell Brown v. United States

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Johnson v. United States, 576 U. S. ___ (2015). Justice Alito concurring in the decision to grant, vacate, and remand in this case. Following the recommendation of the Solicitor General, the Court has held the petition in this and many other cases pending the decision in Johnson v. United States, 576 U. S. ____ (2015). In holding these petitions and now in vacating and remanding the decisions below in these cases, the Court has not differentiated between cases in which the petitioners would be entitled to relief if the Court held (as it now has) that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984, 18 U. S. C. Sec. 924(e)(2)(B)(ii), is void for vagueness and cases in which relief would not be warranted for a procedural reason. On remand, the Court of Appeals should understand that the Court's disposition of this petition does not reflec...

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 29, 2015.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 2, 2014.

Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 28, 2014.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 26, 2014)

Parties

Wendell Terrell Brown, Petitioner, represented by Katherine M. Menendez

United States, Respondent, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

 
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