Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from the denial of certiorari: I dissent for the reasons set out in Brown v. United States, 586 U. S. ___ (2018) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting).

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.

Supplemental Brief of Thilo Brown not accepted for filing. (September 19, 2018) (Corrected supplemental brief to be filed)

Letter from the Solicitor General dated September 12, 2018 received. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.

Reply of petitioner Thilo Brown filed.

Memorandum of respondent United States filed.

Supplemental brief of petitioner Thilo Brown filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 9, 2018)

Thilo Brown, Petitioner, represented by Alicia Vachira Penn

United States, Respondent, represented by Noel J. Francisco