Brock v. United States

Docket Number16-3050
Decision Date03 April 2018

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  • Stewart v. United States
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of Iowa
    • August 5, 2021
    ...(quoting Taylor , 495 U.S. at 601, 110 S.Ct. 2143 ).The circuits are divided on the question. See generally Brock-Miller v. United States , 887 F.3d 298, 306–07 (7th Cir. 2018) (surveying cases). The United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits apply the ......
  • Bridges v. United States
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Seventh Circuit
    • March 17, 2021
    ...resolving a guideline question during plea negotiations would, if proven, constitute deficient performance. In Brock-Miller v. United States , 887 F.3d 298, 309–10 (7th Cir. 2018), we remanded for a hearing on allegations of deficient performance. We rejected the government's argument that ......
  • Christopher v. United States
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Seventh Circuit
    • August 18, 2025
    ...plea, provided a blueprint for the "actual minor" challenge that the text of the statute arguably suggests. See Brock-Miller v. United States, 887 F.3d 298, 311 (7th Cir. 2018) ("Reading statutes and discerning their plain meaning is neither convoluted nor sophisticated; it is what lawyers ......
  • Neal v. United States
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Seventh Circuit
    • September 5, 2025
    ...question of whether the . . . categorical approach applies to the term 'felony drug offense' for the purpose of" Section 841 in Brock-Miller v. United States, where in April 2018, we reserved an answer "for another day." 887 F.3d 298, 307 (7th Cir. 2018). That day came four months later in ......
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