THILO BROWN
v.
UNITED STATES.
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The Supreme Court declined to hear Brown v. United States, a case involving the application of Johnson v. United States to federal sentencing law that had divided the courts of appeals and potentially affected over 1,000 pending cases. Justice [dissenting] argued the Court should have granted certiorari because the case presented an important, unsettled question of federal law with circuit split implications and significant consequences for numerous defendants' liberty interests.
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Regardless of where one stands on the merits of how far Johnson extends, this case presents an important question of federal law that has divided the courts of appeals and in theory could determine the liberty of over 1,000 people.4 That sounds like the kind of case we ought to hear. See this Court's Rules 10(a), (c).5 Because the Court nevertheless declines to do so, I respectfully dissent.
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- Mistretta v. United States, 488 U.S. 361 (U.S. 1989)
- United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (U.S. 2005)
- Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (U.S. 2015)
- Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36 (U.S. 1993)
- Welch v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1257 (U.S. 2016)
- In re Griffin, 823 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2016)
- Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886 (U.S. 2017)
- United States v. LEE, 957 F.2d 770 (10th Cir. 1992)
- United States v. Harriott, 976 F.2d 198 (4th Cir. 1992)