Predicate-Offense
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6756 | Jacklin Cheramy v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2026-02-09 | Pending | IFP | criminal-procedure federal-statute predicate-offense recidivist-enhancement sentencing-guidelines state-conviction | Whether, consistent with federal statute mandating the application of the United States Sentencing Guidelines in effect at the time of sentencing, a s… |
| 25-5769 | Robert Scott Kennedy v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-09-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal burglary-statute criminal-procedure predicate-offense sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether Mr. Kennedy was erroneously sentenced as an armed career criminal based on prior Georgia burglary convictions and a controlled substance offen… |
| 25A278 | Shadon Demetric Edwards v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-09-10 | Presumed Complete | armed-career-criminal-act eleventh-circuit felon-in-possession firearm-possession predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement | Whether a prior felony conviction qualifies as a predicate offense under the Armed Career Criminal Act for purposes of imposing an enhanced sentence | |
| 25-5013 | Tawhyne M. Patterson, Sr. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-07-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-court-review firearms-conspiracy jury-instruction plain-error predicate-offense substantial-rights | Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in determining two alleged predicate offenses were 'so inextricably intertwined' that no rational juror could have fo… |
| 24-1183 | Antonio Lamont Lightfoot v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-05-19 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | categorical-approach circuit-split federal-criminal-law predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement three-strikes-law | Whether a categorical mismatch occurs when the elements of a predicate state offense criminalize conduct outside the enumerated offense under the thre… |
| 24-6474 | Leonard Morrison v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-02-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acca-enhancement armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure jury-determination predicate-offense | Does the Supreme Court ruling in Erlinger v. United States render unconstitutional ACCA enhancements when predicate charges were not proven beyond a r… |
| 24-6287 | Sean J. Trahan v. United States | First Circuit | 2025-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography federal-law mandatory-minimum predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement state-conviction | Whether a district court may impose an enhanced mandatory minimum sentence under 18 U.S.C. 2252A(b)(2) based on a prior state conviction 'relating to'… |
| 24-6235 | Joseph Furey Lusk v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-01-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights jury-trial predicate-offense proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt sentencing sex-offender-registration | Whether the Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt to find that a defendant committed a felony offense involving an ac… |
| 24-6192 | Ladonta A. Tucker v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2024-12-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-statute firearm-use mandatory-minimum predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether a person uses or carries a firearm 'during and in relation to' a predicate offense anytime the firearm has 'the potential to facilitate' the c… |
| 24-6112 | Dekeilon Marquel Johnson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-12-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender circuit-split federal-sentencing predicate-offense rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines | Whether a career offender sentence should be determined based on predicate crimes at the time of sentencing or time of conviction given the current Ci… |
| 24-6003 | Sydni Frazier v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-11-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-defendant first-degree-murder jury-trial predicate-offense sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict | Whether a criminal defendant's right to a jury trial under the Sixth Amendment is violated when the trial judge does not instruct the jury that it mus… |
| 24-5776 | Richard Allen Harris, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-10-17 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement state-court-decisions | Whether federal courts should consult the most recent state court decisions or pre-conviction state court decisions when determining the elements of a… |
| 24-5322 | Richard Tipton v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-08-14 | Denied | IFP | categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence mens-rea physical-force predicate-offense | Can a reviewing court substitute a finding of VICAR's purpose clause for the categorical analysis of whether the elements of its predicate state or fe… |
| 24-5030 | Lani Lucas Limane, aka Lukasz Chad Limane v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggravated-identity-theft criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error identity-theft indictment indictment-variance plain-error plea-bargaining plea-colloquy predicate-offense rule-11 | Was it plain error for a district court to convict petitioner on his plea of guilty to a crime never charged in the governing indictment? |
| 23A1167 | Jay A. Liestman v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2024-06-27 | Presumed Complete | child-pornography federal-criminal-law mandatory-minimum predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether state child pornography laws can serve as predicate offenses triggering enhanced mandatory minimum penalties under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(b)(1) | |
| 23-7411 | Larry Elwood Steptoe v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-05-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempt career-criminal controlled-substances criminal-attempt criminal-law federal-statute predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines u.s-sentencing-guidelines | Whether a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 of the U.S. Criminal Code which incorporates 'Attempt' crimes qualifies as a predicate offense for the Career C… |
| 23-7415 | Carlos Gomez v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-05-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | criminal-procedure due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions pinkerton-liability predicate-offense rosemond-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis vicarious-liability | Whether a jury instruction on 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) charge based on invalid or valid predicate prejudiced the Petitioner |
| 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) |
| 23A979 | Juan Alberto Ortiz-Orellana v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-05-02 | Presumed Complete | crime-of-violence firearms-statute predicate-offense racketeering rico sentencing-enhancement | Whether a reckless offense can qualify as a 'crime of violence' under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) following the Court's decision in B… | |
| 23-1168 | Dearnta Lavon Thomas v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-04-30 | Denied | 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924c categorical-approach crime-of-violence mens-rea predicate-offense racketeering-enterprise vicar VICAR-statute | Whether a court must apply the categorical approach to the predicate offense supporting a VICAR conviction to determine if it is a crime of violence u… | |
| 23-6969 | James Paul Antonio v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-03-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | assault criminal-law dangerous-weapon due-process federal-jurisdiction predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether an assault with a dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily harm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(3), categorically qualifies as a predica… |
| 23A770 | Dearnta Lavon Thomas v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-02-23 | Presumed Complete | circuit-split crime-of-violence firearms-charge predicate-offense statutory-interpretation vicar-statute | Whether a VICAR statute violation requires analyzing both the enumerated offense category and the underlying state-law predicate offenses to determine… | |
| 23-483 | Mauricio Gonzalez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-11-07 | Denied | Response Waived | criminal-procedure district-court eleventh-circuit predicate-offense rule-29 rule-29-motion standard-of-review statutory-interpretation | Whether the District Court applied the proper standard of review to find guilt and issue their judgment on Petitioner's Rule 29 motion |
| 23-5925 | Isaac Johnson v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-10-31 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 21-u.s.c.-§-851(c)(2) criminal-defendant criminal-procedure plain-error plain-error-review predicate-offense prior-conviction rule-52(b) rule-52b sentencing-enhancement waiver | Does a criminal defendant waive Rule 52(b) plain error review pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 851(c)(2) by failing to argue before the trial court that a cons… |
| 23-5725 | Edward Troup v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-10-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | antiracketeering-statute criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-law federal-statute murder-prosecution predicate-offense racketeering state-law statute-of-limitations | Does a federal antiracketeering statute reach murders committed outside a state's statute of limitations, for which the defendant could not be adjudic… |
| 23-5655 | Christopher T. Mallett v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-09-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | arkansas-robbery-statute armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach elements-clause predicate-offense robbery-statute statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Whether the Arkansas robbery statute categorically qualifies as a predicate violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act's elements clause |
| 23A227 | Calvin Cogdill v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-09-11 | Presumed Complete | armed-career-criminal-act felon-in-possession-of-firearm mandatory-minimum-sentence predicate-offense preponderance-of-evidence sixth-amendment | Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's mandatory minimum sentence provision violates the Fifth or Sixth Amendment when a district court finds prior c… | |
| 23A106 | Patrick Andrew Groves v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-08-07 | Presumed Complete | aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach controlled-substances drug-distribution predicate-offense statutory-interpretation | Whether the categorical approach to determining whether a prior conviction constitutes a predicate offense requires courts to compare the specific con… | |
| 22-7736 | Brandon Ross Williams v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-06-08 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-law drug-offense federal-jurisdiction predicate-offense sentencing | Whether the categorical approach for determining a 'serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act applies the federal definition of 'contr… |
| 22-7682 | Tyrin Gayle v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-06-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure disjunctive-theories due-process firearms-statute predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation verdict-ambiguity | Whether the Second Circuit conflicted with its own precedent in Capers when it denied Gayle relief? |
| 22-7527 | Adam Garcia v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-05-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction force-clause predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery can serve as the underlying felony for a 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction |
| 22-6968 | Thomas Marmolejos v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-03-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-error predicate-offense section-924(c) section-924(j) sentencing | Can a section 924(c) and 924(j) charge that alleges multiple predicates stand when one or more of the predicates no longer qualifies as a crime of vio… |
| 22-6466 | Derrick Anthony Stewart v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-01-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split civil-case criminal-case eighth-circuit-appeal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-precedent predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supervisory-power | Whether trial counsel's failure to utilize existing precedent to challenge the application of a sentencing enhancement pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 851 con… |
| 22-6358 | Bernard Thomas Edmond v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-12-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-amendment 924(c)(3) armed-career-criminal-act due-process hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense residual-clause sixth-circuit | Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously decided that the petitioner's predicate offense for his Sec. 924(c) is the conspiracy charge an… |
| 22-6194 | Jordan Huff v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-12-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery pinkerton-liability predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | Where 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires proof of active participation and prior knowledge for aiding and abetting, does Pinkerton liability have a role in s… |
| 22-10 | David Fox Dubin v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-07-05 | Judgment Issued | Amici (4)Relisted (4) | circuit-split criminal-law due-process identity-theft lawful-authority means-of-identification mens-rea predicate-offense statutory-interpretation | Whether a person commits aggravated identity theft by merely mentioning or reciting someone else's name while committing a predicate offense |
| 21-8221 | Isiah Paul Mendez v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-06-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering criminal-law north-carolina north-carolina-criminal-law predicate-offense statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states united-states-supreme-court united-states-v-johnson | Whether the North Carolina crime of breaking and entering can be a predicate for the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 21-8199 | Yuri Chachanko, et al. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-22 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery predicate-crime predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vacatur | Whether the Defendants' convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) must be vacated because Hobbs Act robbery based on an aiding and abetting t… |
| 21-8051 | Michael Rivera Delgado v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-03 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Whether a crime that is not a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act can serve as a predicate offense for purposes of the Act's sentencing… |
| 21-7714 | Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-04-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis crime-of-violence federal-predicate federal-statute generic-definitions judicial-review predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation | Whether categorical analysis of the predicate crime of violence for a 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) offense allows a reviewing court to 'look through' the … |
| 21-7624 | Wilfredo Lee Lopez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-04-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-split constructive-amendment criminal-enticement criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment indictment predicate-offense statutory-interpretation | Does 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) require proof of a specific predicate offense? |
| 21-7151 | Quentin Jackson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-02-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause mens-rea predicate-offense reasonable-person sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation threat-of-force | What constitutes a threat of physical force under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 21-1118 | Duianete Moore v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-02-11 | Denied | Response Waived | career-offender criminal-history criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines juvenile-conviction juvenile-offenses predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Is a conviction committed 24 years ago, when Petitioner was 16 years old, a proper predicate offense for classification of Career Offender status purs… |
| 21-6844 | Pedro Rafael Caraballo-Martinez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error jury-instruction multiple-theory-error predicate-offense statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-vagueness united-states-v-davis vagueness | Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) may be sustained based on the reviewing court's finding that the jury relied equally on a valid pr… |
| 21-6524 | Joshua James Mjoness v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-12-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | charging-language crime-of-violence criminal-law mathis-precedent modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether a court may place determinative weight on the government's charging language when applying the modified categorical approach under Mathis v. U… |
| 21-6234 | Edward Stain v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-11-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting conviction crimes-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense section-924c shepard-documents statutory-interpretation | Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is unconstitutional when the Shepard documents do not clearly establish that a jury unanimously based it… |
| 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) |
| 21-6002 | Mario Bachiller v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-10-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error jury-conviction jury-instructions predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis | Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) may be sustained based on the reviewing court's finding that the jury relied equally on a valid pr… |
| 21-482 | Hassan Sharif Ali, aka Big Hassan v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-09-30 | Denied | Response Waived | categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process jury-verdict modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-code united-states-v-davis | Whether a court must apply the modified categorical approach to determine whether a verdict of conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) necessarily rests o… |
| 21-5563 | William Ferguson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-09-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-242 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-ruling due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense section-924c statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis | Whether a defendant's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) should be vacated |
| 21-5132 | Michael Curtis Reynolds v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-07-19 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | arson-statute constitutional-law constitutional-voidness covid-19-risk criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statutes predicate-offense statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness | Did Davis render 18 U.S.C. §2332b(a)(1)(B) equal to 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B), and thus equally make void and Unconstitutional both statute subsections … |
| 21-56 | Timothy Muir v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-07-15 | Denied | Response Waived | creditor-status criminal-law criminal-rico knowledge-of-law legal-element predicate-offense rico scienter statutory-definition truth-in-lending usury | When that predicate state usury statute includes a legal element - that is, 'not being authorized or permitted by law to do so,' N.Y. Penal Law 190.40… |
| 21-5099 | Thomas Javion Guerrant v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-07-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP | career-offender controlled-substance drug-trafficking federal-law predicate-offense sentencing-guidelines state-conviction | Does a state conviction for distribution of a substance not defined as a 'controlled substance' by federal law qualify as a career offender predicate … |
| 21-5028 | David Copes, aka David Henderson-Copes v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-07-07 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a predicate crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 20-7497 | Kevin Reid v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-18 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act negligence predicate-offense statutory-interpretation surplusage | Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act qualifies as a 'crime of violence' |
| 20-7465 | Johnny Andres Asuncion, III v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-sentencing felony-drug-offense mandatory-minimum ninth-circuit-precedent predicate-offense recidivism sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether the Ninth Circuit ruling is inconsistent with prior rulings and ignores Supreme Court precedent |
| 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… |
| 20-7430 | Carlos Torres v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act predicate-offense robbery-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether a completed Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a predicate crime of violence |
| 20-7352 | In Re Henry Lee Rudolph | 2021-03-08 | Denied | IFP | collateral-estoppel constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief predicate-offense prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-discretion | Did the Utah Supreme Court commit error by stating the Franses' rights were not violated and Rodolph requested, and by stating three flawed reasons fo… | |
| 20-7235 | Michael Alvarez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-24 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-law intent-standard mens-rea predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) can serve as a predicate offense for the substantial sentencing enhancements under § 924(c)(1) |
| 20-7213 | Nathan Ray Dent v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-23 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis | Whether an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction resting on more than one possible predicate offense is unconstitutional where at least one predicate does not… |
| 20-7126 | Dominic Anthony Davis, et al. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-11 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting armed-bank-robbery circuit-split fact-based-harmless-error-review harmless-error jury-verdict modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense section-924c shepard-documents | Where an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction rests on more than one possible predicate offense, the Shepard documents must conclusively establish that a jur… |
| 20-6458 | Clayton Lee Waagner v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2020-11-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acca armed-career-criminal-act burglary-definition collateral-estoppel indictment indictment-statute ohio-aggravated-burglary predicate-offense statute-of-conviction statutory-interpretation | Whether the statute of conviction must be used for an ACCA predicate offense, or can the district court use the statute listed on the indictment inste… |
| 20-5636 | Miguel Figueroa v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-09-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction gun-statute plea-bargaining plea-colloquy predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether a defendant's statement during a plea colloquy admitting conduct that could serve as a predicate for a conviction for use of a gun under 18 U.… |
| 20-5640 | Michael Wayne Northcutt v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-09-10 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | circuit-split criminal-law due-process intentional-conduct mens-rea predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in treating the limiting language 'against the person of another' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) as mere surplusage |
| 20-5595 | Joshua Glen Box v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-09-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-circuit categorical-approach child-pornography criminal-law eighth-circuit federal-criminal-law predicate-offense predicate-offenses sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erred when it failed to properly apply the categorical approach to determine whether Mr. Box's pri… |
| 20-5585 | Denis Nikolla v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-09-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute duenas-alvarez federal-criminal-statute federal-definition generic-definition generic-offense predicate-offense realistic-probability realistic-probability-test | Whether the categorical approach requires courts to limit the plain language of a federal criminal statute to the generic definition, even when the st… |
| 20-5515 | In Re Tracey A. Merrill | 2020-08-27 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction ninth-circuit pleadings predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation | Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted | |
| 20-5457 | Dennis A. Smith v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-08-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender criminal-law drug-statute first-step-act predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether the Court of Appeals incorrectly determined that the Ohio Revised Code §2925.03(A)(2) dealing with preparation for shipment or preparation for… |
| 19-8489 | Jason Mitchell Abbo v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2020-05-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acca acca-enhancement burden-of-proof criminal-justice due-process equal-protection juvenile-conviction predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement | Does a juvenile conviction for possession of a controlled substance qualify as a prior predicate conviction for an ACCA enhancement? |
| 19-8043 | Christopher Lamont Steward v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-03-18 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 924(c)-conviction categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is categorically a 'crime of violence' that may serve as a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(… |
| 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 |
| 19-7664 | Yervin Keith Barnett v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-02-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statute categorical-approach criminal-law entry entry-element generic generic-statute predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation tennessee-law | Whether Tennessee's burglary statutes are generic where the State can obtain a conviction by proving only attempted burglary because the element of 'e… |
| 19-7417 | Corey Michael Edwards v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-01-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering constitutional-challenge criminal-history effective-counsel predicate-offense predicate-offenses prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation | Can a conviction in North Carolina state court involving the breaking and entering of outbuildings (storage sheds) that were visibly and actually padl… |
| 19-7363 | Richard Grady Romans v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-distribution felony-enhancement occasions-different predicate-offense serious-drug-offense substantive-offense violent-felony | Whether a drug conspiracy committed on an occasion different from the drug distribution offenses committed during and in furtherance of that same cons… |
| 19-7313 | Dalton Crutchfield v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-01-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statutes categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute entry entry-element entry-requirement generic-crimes generic-statutes predicate-offense sentencing state-conviction tennessee-law | Whether Tennessee's burglary statutes are generic where the State can obtain a conviction by proving only attempted burglary because the element of 'e… |
| 19-7260 | Darin Kaufmann v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2020-01-13 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-2252 categorical-approach child-pornography federal-criminal-law first-amendment predicate-offense prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation | Whether the categorical approach applies to determining if a state conviction triggers a sentencing enhancement under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(b) |
| 19-7006 | Alvin Andrae Drummond v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-12-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing misdemeanor-crime-of-violence physical-force predicate-offense probable-cause search-warrant statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether a misdemeanor crime of violence, not aggravated by any additional force, can properly meet the elements of an Armed Career Criminal Act predic… |
| 19-774 | Marcus Terrelle Marsh v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-12-17 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (3) | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-statute federal-sentencing predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation | Whether a state drug statute that lists a variety of means by which it can be violated, including purchasing, which does not meet the definition of a … |
| 19-6939 | Anthony Scott Hunt v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-12-13 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | base-offense-level categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense divisibility drug-statute modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g-§-4b1.2(b) u.s.s.g.-§-2k2.1(a)(4)(a) u.s.s.g.-§-4b1.2(b) | Whether a state drug statute that is either (1) completely indivisible or (2) at most only generally divisible into no more than three separate offens… |
| 19-6693 | Chris Rayvon Starks v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-11-20 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure judge-finding jury jury-decision jury-determination predicate-offense predicate-offenses prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-penalty | Is the fact that the defendant committed three predicate offenses 'on occasions different from one another' an element of the ACCA for the jury to dec… |
| 19-594 | Mahmoud Thiam v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-11-06 | Denied | Response Waived | american-constitutional-limitations american-court constitutional-limitations criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process foreign-statute official-act predicate-offense predicate-prosecution vagueness-doctrine | Where a foreign statute is used as a predicate for prosecution in an American court, must that statute be construed in accordance with American consti… |
| 19-6229 | John Joseph Douglas v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-10-09 | Denied | IFP | acca aggravated-robbery aiding-and-abetting armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law overbreadth-doctrine predicate-offense sentencing state-law statutory-interpretation stokeling sudden-snatching | Whether a state's aiding and abetting statute that is broader than the federal generic definition can qualify as a predicate offense under the ACCA |
| 19-5789 | Jamar Lynn McMillan v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-09-03 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | career-offender career-offender-enhancement categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense pennsylvania-law predicate-offense rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines third-circuit | Does the categorical approach apply in determining whether an offense qualifies as a predicate for the career-offender enhancement under the Sentencin… |
| 19-5096 | Nicholas Rivera v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender career-offender-enhancement categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law federal-law pennsylvania-law predicate-offense sentencing-guidelines | Whether the categorical approach applies in determining a predicate offense for career-offender enhancement |
| 19-5100 | Matthew Karahalios v. United States | First Circuit | 2019-07-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 28-usc-2255 armed-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-law firearms-statute predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-correction statutory-interpretation | Does unarmed bank robbery serve as a predicate offense for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) of using or carrying a firearm during and in re… |
| 18-9364 | Javontae Tyree Street v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-05-21 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act burglary criminal-sentencing mobile-structure nonpermanent-structure overnight-accommodation predicate-offense statutory-interpretation | Whether breaking or entering a nonpermanent or mobile structure that is not adapted or used for overnight accommodation qualifies as the predicate off… |
| 18-9183 | Zachary Wayne Jones v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-05-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach civil-procedure due-process federal-law federal-prosecution fifth-amendment generic-federal-standard predicate-offense state-statute | Is it a violation of Due Process under the Fifth Amendment for the federal government to utilize a state statute in the prosecution of a federal law a… |
| 18-9086 | Roel Daniel Galvan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-05-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process felon-in-possession felony firearm-possession hypothetical-facts misdemeanor misdemeanor-predicate predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-enhancement sixth-amendment united-states-sentencing-guidelines | Whether the four-level enhancement for possessing a firearm in connection with another felony offense pursuant to U.S.S.G. §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) applies whe… |
| 18-8725 | Saiydin Abdullan Muhammad v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-04-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender common-law-robbery criminal-law north-carolina north-carolina-law predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Whether North Carolina common law robbery qualifies as a predicate offense to support a designation of career offender |
| 18-8380 | Woodrow Pressey, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-03-12 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) acca acca-predicate armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-enhancement criminal-history drug-conviction drug-offenses florida-statute florida-statute-893.13 predicate-offense prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses | Whether prior convictions under Fla. Stat. §893.13 qualify as 'serious drug offenses' for purposes of the ACCA, §924(e)(2)(A)(ii) |
| 18-8320 | Darius Andre Holmes v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-03-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | buford-v-united-states career-offender categorical-approach circuit-court-review criminal-history de-novo-review eleventh-circuit federal-enhancement predicate-offense serious-drug-offense taylor-v-united-states | Whether the circuit court departed from the established rule of Taylor v. United States, 495 US 575(1990), requiring a categorical approach to determi… |
| 18-7797 | Coree Patrick v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-02-06 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach conduct-based-approach drug-conviction drug-offense predicate-conviction predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement state-conviction statutory-interpretation | Whether a prior state conviction for a drug offense qualifies as a predicate conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) |
| 18-7663 | Randy Jason Ford v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-01-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act assault dangerous-weapon display-of-weapon force-clause iowa-law predicate-offense statutory-interpretation threatened-use-of-force | Whether an Iowa 'assault' accompanied only by the 'display' of a dangerous weapon satisfies the 'force clause' to qualify as a predicate offense under… |
| 18-7287 | Lamont LaPrade v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-01-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c appeal collateral-attack crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process firearm-offense predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether the government must show a connection between the predicate offense and the crime of violence for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 18-851 | Bryan Christopher Marshall v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-01-04 | Denied | Response Waived | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-statute due-process federal-law first-amendment law-enforcement predicate-offense sentencing speech-protection statutory-interpretation | Whether a state drug statute that lists a variety of means by which it can be violated, including one which does not meet the definition of a drug dis… |
| 18-6993 | Jamie Todd Bjerke v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2018-12-11 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | court-of-appeals criminal-law force-clause gvr-order light-resistance petition-for-writ-of-certiorari predicate-conviction predicate-offense procedural-thesis robbery sentencing-determinations sentencing-guidelines state-robbery-offense statutory-interpretation substantive-thesis united-states-sentencing-guidelines | Whether a state robbery offense that permits a conviction for use of force sufficient to overcome light resistance qualifies as a predicate conviction… |
| 18-6900 | Jacob Scott Watters v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2018-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law predicate-offense relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-law visual-depictions | Is 18 U.S.C. §2251(a) unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause? |
| 18-6706 | Jeremiah Davis v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-11-15 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-law enhanced-penalties predicate-offense reckless-driving sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Should a crime that can be committed by reckless driving resulting in injury be a predicate offense for the Armed Career Criminal Act and its signific… |
| 18-6711 | Ricardo Deleon Colon v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-11-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act bodily-harm criminal-sentencing curtis-johnson eleventh-circuit johnson-standard predicate-offense united-states-v-castleman united-states-v-vail-bailon violent-force | Does the causation of bodily harm necessarily entail the use of 'violent force'? |
| 18-6705 | Richard A. Jiles v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-11-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act burglary divisibility divisible-statute felon-in-possession georgia georgia-burglary-statute predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement | Was the Eleventh Circuit correct to find that Mr. Jiles' prior burglary conviction under O.C.G.A. § 16-7-1 was a predicate offense under the ACCA, 18 … |
| 18-6301 | Darrell Lynn Dancy v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-10-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeals-court armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance criminal-procedure district-court factual-innocence predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement unlawful-distribution | Whether the Appeals Court and District Court erred by failing to address Petitioner's factual innocence claim |
| 18-6317 | Desmond DeWayne Turner v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-10-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach eleventh-circuit mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states predicate-offense sentencing united-states-v-ovalles | Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the convictions for Burglary in the first degree under Alabama law qualified as a … |
| 18-6302 | Francisco Melgar-Cabrera v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-10-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-felony predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit | Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 18-6097 | Leonard G. Marquez v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-09-25 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act burglary burglary-definition circuit-split mens-rea predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement tenth-circuit violent-felony | Did the Tenth Circuit determine a New Mexico residential burglary is burglary' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i1) in a way that contravenes this Court… |
| 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? |
| 18-5105 | Atnafu Ras Makonnen v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-07-03 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach due-process fifth-amendment predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense violent-felony | Whether Makonnen's prior convictions for felony battery and attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon qualify as violent felonies under the A… |