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Lewis v. United States

Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit for further consideration in light of Wooden v. United States, on April 4, 2022
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
20-7617 11th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2021

Issues: (1) Whether the First Step Act’s addition of a definition for “felony drug offense” to Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act also alters the definition of a “serious drug offense” for purposes of applying a sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act; and (2) whether the Armed Career Criminal Act, in the absence of a clear statutory definitions of “convictions” and "committed on occasions different from one another,” is unconstitutionally vague.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Mar 27 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 30, 2021)
Apr 22 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 30, 2021 to May 31, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 23 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 1, 2021. See Rule 30.1.
Jun 01 2021Memorandum for the United States filed.
Jun 17 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
Mar 14 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
Mar 21 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
Mar 28 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
Apr 04 2022Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Wooden v. United States, 595 U. S. ___ (2022).
May 06 2022JUDGMENT ISSUED.