| 23-6263 |
Freddy Abad v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) 924(j) criminal-charging criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-criminal-law lora-v-united-states robbery-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution united-states-v-davis |
Whether the two §$§ 924(C), 924(J) Counts Five and Six, were based on a single 'unit of prosectution |
| 23-5954 |
Arthur Picklo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) consecutive-sentences consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the rule of lenity requires a sentencing court to impose a § 924(c) sentence consecutive to only the predicate crime of violence or drug offen… |
| 23-5896 |
Frank Richardson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
§2255-motion 924(c) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process indictment ineffective-assistance jury-instructions plain-error sentencing sentencing-jurisdiction |
Did the courts violate the petitioner's constitutional rights by denying his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence despite errors, governme… |
| 23A120 |
Edward Eugene Robinson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
924(c) attempted-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence hobbs-act-robbery rule-of-lenity |
Whether the categorical approach under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) permits courts to apply the case-specific approach to determine whether a defendant's convic… |
| 22-6527 |
William Langley, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) constitutional-challenge conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process factual-innocence firearm-statute guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Should the court find petitioner's conviction for '924(c) et al. unconstitutional |
| 22-5866 |
Gregory A. Milton, aka G v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
924(c) categorical-approach certiorari-petition constitutional-claim hobbs-act section-924c supreme-court-review united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor |
Whether a Hobbs Act conviction can support a violation of 18 U.S.C. §924(c) under the categorical approach |
| 22-5206 |
Shain Duka v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
924(c) actual-innocence circuit-court-review concurrent-sentence-doctrine criminal-conviction criminal-procedure invalid-conviction judicial-procedure jury-instruction sentencing-error statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Third Circuit Erred in Utilizing the Concurrent Sentence Doctrine to Uphold a Concededly Invalid 924(c) Conviction |
| 21-7733 |
Rashod Lewis v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-04-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) conviction-validity crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-precedent due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-offense united-states-v-davis vagueness-doctrine |
can-conviction-stand-on-non-existent-offense |
| 21-6560 |
Carlo Donato v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) covered-offense criminal-sentencing deportation first-step-act retroactive-penalty retroactivity section-924(c) sentencing stacking statutory-interpretation |
Whether the First Step Act modifies the penalty for 'stacking' 924(c) convictions and whether such an offense is retroactive |
| 20-7845 |
Oscar Minaya v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) actual-innocence court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence section-924c statutory-interpretation yates-precedent yates-v-united-states |
Whether a court should consider evidence of the defendant's actual innocence of the charged offenses in evaluating error under Yates v. United States |
| 20-6466 |
Louis Anthony Jackson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
924(c) 924(c)-sentence certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-decision due-process hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing |
Whether a certificate of appealability should have been granted |
| 20-5787 |
Thomas Wayne Godard v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) 924(c)-conviction due-process equal-protection first-step-act retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-relief |
Whether the Circuit Court Erred Failing to Apply First Step Act retroactively to multiple 924(c) convictions that were announced, but not final, at th… |
| 19-8044 |
Brian Vidrine v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
924(c) career-offender criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-enhancement section-924c sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Are Vidrine's § 924(c) convictions invalid in light of this Court's decision in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and its progeny? |
| 19-7824 |
Dexter Fisher v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure firearm-brandishing hobbs-act section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether Mr. Fisher's § 924(c) convictions for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the Hobbs Act robbery offenses … |
| 19-7776 |
Mickel L. Marzouk v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause fair-sentencing-act fourth-circuit hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether Petitioner's sentence on the second § 924(c) conviction and twenty-five year sentence enhancement was incorrectly affirmed |
| 19-7334 |
Edgardo Diaz-Cestary v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) categorical-approach categorical-qualification criminal-statute elements-clause hobbs-act johnson-i johnson-standard physical-force statutory-interpretation |
Whether force required to commit Hobbs Act robbery satisfies the physical force standard of Johnson I to categorically qualify the elements clause of … |
| 19-6703 |
Shondor Janell Arceneaux v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2113(a) 924(c) aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting bank-robbery civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-offense generic-crime-definition generic-definition remand sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
If §924(c) applies to predicate crimes whose elements are no broader than a Federal Generic Definition of that crime, is remand required if a defendan… |
| 19-5246 |
Jason Rosado v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-1203 924(c) certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' denial of a Certificate of Appealability should be vacated in light of the Supreme Court's decision in … |
| 18-9673 |
George Djura Jakubec v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split courts-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-bank-robbery hobbs-act legal-definition 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… |
| 18-8266 |
Tamim Abdul-Samad, aka Tamin Abdul-Samad, aka Brandon Harris v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 924(c) bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-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… |
| 18-5074 |
Clifton McLean, aka Little Clif v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
922(g)(1) 924(c) crimes-of-violence due-process entrapment firearm-possession hobbs-act interstate-commerce |
Did the trial court unconstitutionally deny Petitioner's request for an entrapment instruction? |
| 18-5052 |
Thomas Cureton v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
924(c) constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence interstate-communication johnson-v-united-states ransom-request residual-clause section-924c unconstitutionally-vague |
Whether Mr. Cureton's § 924(c) conviction for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated |