18-USC-1791

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-6954	Natasha Nicole Newberry v. United States	Fourth Circuit	2026-03-04	Pending	Response WaivedIFP	18-USC-1791 contraband criminal-attempt federal-prison mens-rea substantial-step	Whether an inmate's intercepted letter discussing introduction of contraband inside a federal prison constitutes a "substantial step" sufficient to su…
22-40	Isiah Dozier v. United States	Eighth Circuit	2022-07-14	Denied	Response Waived	18-usc-1791 criminal-defendant criminal-defense evidentiary-standard knowledge-requirement prohibited-object rock-v-arkansas rock-v-armenia sixth-amendment witness-testimony	The questions presented for the Supreme Court concern the Constitutional right of a Criminal Defendant to call a witness in his own defense at trial a…
19-8269	Stella Rae James v. United States	Sixth Circuit	2020-04-16	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	18-usc-1791 conviction criminal-statute due-process federal-correctional-facilities federal-correctional-facility federal-criminal-law inmate-contraband possession possession-law statutory-interpretation	Whether due process requires the government to establish actual or constructive possession of a prohibited object in order to sustain a conviction und…