Brown v. United States
Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit for further consideration in light of Wooden v. United States, on April 4, 2022
Issue: (1) Whether the courts should employ a purely temporal approach or a "totality of the circumstances" test when interpreting the Armed Career Criminal Act's phrase, "committed on occasions different from one another"; and (2) whether, in the event that the Supreme Court finds the ACCA's phrase, "committed on occasions different from one another" ambiguous, it should remand Joseph Brown's case for resentencing under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2).
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 11/22/2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 30, 2021) |
| 12/20/2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 30, 2021 to January 31, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 12/21/2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 31, 2022. |
| 01/31/2022 | Memorandum of respondent United States filed. |
| 02/17/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022. |
| 03/14/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022. |
| 03/21/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022. |
| 03/28/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022. |
| 04/04/2022 | 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 Wooden v. United States, 595 U. S. ___ (2022). |
| 05/06/2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |