Bank robbery and violent crime
Mallory Nehemiah Brown v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Mallory Nehemiah Brown asks the Supreme Court to review whether federal law treats all ways of committing bank robbery as one offense, including extortion, which can be completed without violence.
- What's at stake
- The unresolved question is whether Brown’s bank-robbery offense can count as a federal “crime of violence.”
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Brown’s filing argues that bank robbery therefore cannot categorically count as a crime of violence.
Federal law covers taking bank property by force and violence, intimidation, or extortion; Brown says extortion can be completed without violence.
Question presented
Is the federal bank robbery statute indivisible, such that bank robbery is categorically not a crime of violence?
What happens next
The Court’s next step is deciding whether to hear the petition; no oral argument or decision date is set.
Documents
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Sources
Primary materials from the Court and the parties. Grounded in docket records and cited sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.