| 23-7679 |
Thaddeus Rhodes v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act jury-instructions property-rights realistic-probability-test statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor |
Is Hobbs Act robbery categorically a crime of violence? |
| 23-7386 |
Jose Caban v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-05-06 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-law inaction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Court should grant certiorari to resolve the conflict among the circuits on the question of whether a crime that can be committed by compl… |
| 23-7354 |
Warren Baker v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether Hobbs Act Robbery is a predicate 'crime of violence' for 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 23-6686 |
Clarence Lee Davis v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) 28-usc-2255(f)(3) armed-career-criminal attempted-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-violence davis-v-united-states federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
In a proceeding timely filed under 28 U.S.C. 2255(f)(3), does Attempted Bank Robbery qualify as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. 924(c)'s residual … |
| 23-6656 |
Robert Kevin Boddie v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-02-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 23-6065 |
Tyrone Kevin Smith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(o) actual-innocence circuit-split criminal-procedure hobbs-act jurisdiction post-conviction post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's wanton disregard for Taylor and its progeny in erecting an illogical and legally erroneous barrier to relief for § 2255… |
| 23-5942 |
Christopher Rayquaz Singletary v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-1951(a) 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 22-1172 |
Dejuan Andre Worthen v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-06-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting attempted-hobbs-act-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor |
Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the elements clause |
| 22-7464 |
Montez Hall v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-05-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process murder-by-omission physical-force statutory-interpretation |
whether-murder-by-omission-qualifies-as-a-crime-of-violence |
| 22-6836 |
Robert Speed v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence divisible-statute modified-categorical-approach racketeering-activity rico-statute statutory-interpretation |
Whether RICO is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 22-6791 |
Jerome Simmons v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy elements-clause fifth-amendment hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment vagueness-doctrine |
Whether a sentence predicated upon a finding that Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the elements clause in 18 U.S.C § 924 (c) violates th… |
| 22-5242 |
Tavaras Etone Warren v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-indictment due-process firearm-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-exclusion statutory-interpretation |
Is such other offense categorically excluded from being treated as a crime of violence? |
| 21-8035 |
Charlie John Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) conviction-review criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis |
Whether Petitioner's conviction under 18 U.S.C. section 924 (c) remains valid under the Supreme Court's holding in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. … |
| 21-1414 |
Barton Ray Crandall v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(A) 18-usc-924(c) criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-6786 |
Semaji Warren v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3582(c) 18-usc-3582c1a1 18-USC-924(c) 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-6743 |
Juan Carlos Reyes v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law intentional-force statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force |
Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation, under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), is a crime of violence under the elements… |
| 21-767 |
Clinton Williams v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-6254 |
Deante Blackman v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting circuit-precedent crime-of-violence habeas-corpus overruling-precedent procedural-default witness-murder |
Whether cause exists to excuse a habeas petitioner's procedural default |
| 21-6076 |
Lukeen Gerald v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis |
Whether Hobbs Act Robbery remains a predicate crime of violence for 18 U.S.C § 924(c) |
| 21-551 |
John J. Watford v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-10-14 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) 18-USC-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-5873 |
Justin Douglas Jones v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence federal-prisoner hobbs-act ninth-circuit physical-force sentencing-enhancement |
Should the Ninth Circuit have issued a certificate of appealability on the issue of whether conviction for Hobbs Act robbery qualified as a 'crime of … |
| 21-5332 |
Efrain Hidalgo v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-11 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certiorari circuit-conflict circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation |
Whether attempted Hobbs Act Robbery constitutes a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 20-8295 |
Jose Antonio Martinez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law rico rico-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether substantive RICO is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) |
| 20-7439 |
Michael Luis Suarez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) actual-innocence categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining predicate-offense procedural-default sentencing-guidelines statutory-enhancement |
Whether a defendant may be enhanced under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) where he entered a plea of guilty to an offense that no longer qualifies as a predicate o… |
| 20-7223 |
Angelo C. Douglas v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery crime-of-violence davis-precedent federal-criminal-law force-and-violence intimidation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether petitioner's argument under United States v. Davis, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019), deserves closer scrutiny |
| 20-7181 |
Quincy O'Neill Taylor v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm firearm-possession government-burden-of-proof ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dye united-states-v-frady |
Whether the phrase 'in furtherance of' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A) requires the government to show a 'nexus' between the firearm and the drug traffickin… |
| 20-6582 |
Curtis Ward v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence federal-armed-bank-robbery force-clause mandatory-sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Does federal armed bank robbery qualify as a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? |
| 20-6425 |
Scott Meece v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery brandishing-a-firearm crime-of-violence dimaya-precedent firearm-brandishing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states sentencing-review sessions-v-dimaya |
Whether under this Court's rulings in Johnson and Dimaya, Mr. Meece's conviction and sentence for brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of viol… |
| 20-6284 |
D'Angelo Domingo Davis, aka D'Angelo Dominico Davis, aka Deangelo Domingo Davis v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery carter-v-united-states circuit-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-intent federal-bank-robbery force-clause statutory-interpretation |
Is federal bank robbery a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 19-8737 |
James Steiner v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence due-process eleventh-circuit fundamental-fairness johnson-claim judicial-review meaningful-review rosemond-claim section-2255 |
Whether the 11th Circuit's holding can be reconciled with Rosemond |
| 19-8004 |
Lamarcus Harvey v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) attempted-bank-robbery bank-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Whether bank robbery by intimidation qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)'s elements clause |
| 19-7780 |
Frank Harper v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-USC-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking-by-intimidation collateral-review consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure dean-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Predicate-Offense retroactivity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Harper was denied effective assistance of counsel |
| 19-7764 |
Michael Tyrone Simpson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery carter-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-intent federal-bank-robbery force-clause general-intent-crime sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness |
Is federal bank robbery a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 19-7569 |
Stanley Noel Ames v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery carter-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law-procedure federal-bank-robbery force-clause general-intent intent sentencing-standard specific-intent |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that federal bank robbery is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 19-6120 |
Raul Rodriguez v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process gvr sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-ruling third-circuit vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether this petition should be granted, the vacated, and the case remanded (GVR) to the court of appeals for a determination in the first instance of… |
| 19-5010 |
Andrew Nelson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924(c) appellate-review continuance criminal-procedure due-process fed-r-crim-p-52a federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-error prejudice right-to-counsel sentencing substantial-rights trial-continuance vagueness-doctrine |
Where the district court erroneously premises its denial of a meritorious, unopposed motion for continuance of the trial on a mistaken belief that the… |
| 18-9808 |
Manuel Reyes v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute statutory-vagueness vagueness |
Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 9… |
| 18-9266 |
Daniel Rodriguez v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-05-14 |
GVR |
IFP |
18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) categorical-approach conduct-based-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the residual clause in Section 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness |
| 18-9211 |
Leon Escourse-Westbrook v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability collateral-review conduct-based-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence residual-clause retroactivity vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the 'crime of violence' definition in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-1338 |
United States v. Joseph Decore Simms |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-24 |
Denied |
|
18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-8327 |
Robert Nathan Alm v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8302 |
Dominique Dontae Lasker v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition specific-intent statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8277 |
Trevor Ransfer v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 binding-precedent circuit-precedent crime-of-violence federal-appeals-court habeas-petition hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation successive-petition |
Should a three-judge panel's order denying a second or successive habeas petition be considered binding precedent? |
| 18-8256 |
Mustafa Ahmad Naushad v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery judicial-discretion legal-definition specific-intent statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence violent-physical-force |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8068 |
Frankie Hill, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction sufficiency-of-the-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-7883 |
Daniel Arthur Carter v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause force-clause general-intent intent intimidation retroactivity sentencing |
Whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A) |
| 18-7679 |
Jeriton Lavar Curry v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) appeal-waiver appellate-review constitutional-error criminal-procedure jurisdiction plain-error sentencing sentencing-jurisdiction unconstitutional-sentence |
Did the Appeals Court err by granting the Government's motion to enforce an invalid appeal waiver, after determining that Currys' issue was non-frivol… |
| 18-7573 |
Matthew Hearn v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity statutory-interpretation |
Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? |
| 18-7470 |
Carl Lee Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking categorical-approach crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-carjacking intimidation physical-force residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether federal carjacking by way of intimidation is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)'s force clause |
| 18-6269 |
Matthew Clayton Lloyd v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence extortion force-clause intimidation johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states physical-force sentencing-review weapon-enhancement |
Is federal bank robbery a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 18-5269 |
Michael St. Hubert v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-16(b) 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-5210 |
Robert A. Espinoza v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) attempt-offense crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense sentencing sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation |
Can an attempt offense be a predicate crime of violence for an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offense? |
| 18-5147 |
Edward Nathan Wing v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 crime-of-violence habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity timeliness |
Whether Mr. Wing's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) was timely because it was fi… |