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OVALLES v. U.S.

No. 17-10172.

905 F.3d 1231 (2018)

Irma OVALLES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 4, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Matthew Dodge , Stephanie A. Kearns , Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Kim S. Dammers , John Andrew Horn , Jane Elizabeth McBath , Erin Sanders , U.S. Attorney Service — Northern District of Georgia, U.S. Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Jonathan R. Ference-Burke , Ropes & Gray, LLP, Washington, DC, Aaron Katz , Erin Macgowan , Ropes & Gray, LLP, Boston, MA, for Amici Curiae FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, MARCUS, WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, JILL PRYOR, NEWSOM, BRANCH, and HULL, Circuit Judges.

The question before us is whether one of the key provisions of an important federal criminal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), is unconstitutionally vague. As relevant to our purposes, § 924(c) makes it a federal offense — punishable by a term of imprisonment ranging from five years to life — for any person...

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