| 25-5788 |
Kalup Allen Born v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure downward-departure harmless-error sentencing-guidelines |
A defendant who "demonstrates acceptance of responsibility" for the offense "shall" be awarded a deduction in the offense level. When a defendant's en… |
| 25-5404 |
Darren Smith v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure mitigation-arguments official-victim-enhancement procedural-error sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court commits procedural error under 18 U.S.C. § 3553, Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007), and Gall v. United States, 552 U… |
| 25-5213 |
Cimeon Dion Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility constitutional-principles criminal-procedure mental-illness post-plea-misconduct sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court may deny a reduction for acceptance of responsibility under USSG § 3E1.1 based solely on uncorroborated allegations of post p… |
| 24-6729 |
Justin Lang Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility drug-offense felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment sentencing-guidelines |
Whether section 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban for possessing a firearm violates the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner? |
| 24-6202 |
Kayne Russell Donath v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-12-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility circuit-split criminal-statute physical-force sentencing-enhancement ussg-guideline |
Whether a statute that does not require the affirmative use of force has, as an element, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force |
| 24-5820 |
Tevon Ngomba v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure first-circuit obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming a two-level sentencing enhancement for obstruction of justice and denying acceptance of responsibility… |
| 23-7583 |
Shawn Hill v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-05-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure mental-health plea-bargaining remorse sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness supervised-release |
Was petitioner improperly denied credit for acceptance of responsibility? |
| 23-7327 |
Zachariah Jay Histed v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-sentencing judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a defendant who pleads guilty, admits the substantive elements of the criminal charge, and spares the government the time and expense of a tri… |
| 23-7133 |
Garry Hines v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility appellate-review criminal-appeal criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred when determining that Petitioner's Sentence which exceeded the statutory maximum was proper and reasonable |
| 23-6919 |
Raul Perez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility alford-plea criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing inter-circuit-split memory-defense memory-loss plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Does a plea of guilty pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), based on a complete loss of memory of the actions underlying the offen… |
| 23-5862 |
Benancio Castaneda v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility canine-sniff drug-investigation fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop vehicle-search |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in its rulings on the continued detention and canine search |
| 23-5240 |
Alden Brent Cooper v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-conduct criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment presentence-investigation presentence-investigation-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Does denial of credit for alleged criminal conduct the defendant refuses to admit and denies in good faith he committed violate the Due Process Clause… |
| 22-7771 |
Jaden Rene Johnson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3583 acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-sentencing due-process federal-procedure incarceration liberty liberty-deprivation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the District Court unreasonably sentenced Petitioner to a higher than necessary sentence by denying Petitioner's points for acceptance of resp… |
| 22-7290 |
Michael Kenneth Howard v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure district-court fourth-circuit right-to-appeal sentencing-guidelines waiver waiver-of-appeal |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by ruling that Mr. Howard waived his right to appeal whether the District Court erred by not applying Acceptance of R… |
| 22-7076 |
Servando Pineda-Valdez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility constitutional-claims counsel-performance criminal-procedure guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing writ-of-certiorari |
Whether Servando-Pineda's § 2255 motion sufficiently alleged constitutional claims violations due to counsel's ineffectiveness |
| 22-5262 |
David D. Major v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility appeal-denial career-offender criminal-history drug-related-offense obstruction-of-justice reliable-evidence sentencing-guidelines |
Question not identified |
| 21-7587 |
Jose Garcia Solorzano v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility appeal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion reduction-in-sentence sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§3e1.1 u.s.s.g.-interpretation |
Did the district court err in not granting Mr. Solorzano a reduction in sentence for his acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. §3E1.1? |
| 21-7351 |
Miguel Angel Cruz-Polanco, aka Luis Hernandez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure federal-sentencing plain-error plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Mandate a Plea of Guilty and Guarantee a Point Reduction on Acceptance of Responsibility |
| 21-633 |
Gustavo Placancia-Rosendo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
acceptance-of-responsibility burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement relevant-conduct sentencing standard-of-proof |
Whether the government must meet a heightened standard of proof before claiming a defendant has 'falsely denied' uncharged 'relevant conduct' for purp… |
| 21-6064 |
Robert William Knopping v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion downward-departure government-motion sentencing sentencing-guidelines third-level-reduction u.s.s.g. |
When can district court deny government's motion for 3rd-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 8E1.1(b)? |
| 20-7177 |
Sandra Doyle v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process post-arrest-interview prosecutorial-discretion relevant-conduct safety-valve sentencing witness-testimony |
Is it a denial of due process to sentence petitioner based on a finding that she lied or minimized in her safety-valve interview? |
| 20-6726 |
Jamie Betances v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure factual-objections guilty-plea legal-arguments plea-agreement sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines |
Did the lower court err in denying Jamie Betances acceptance of responsibility, under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1, after Mr. Betances pleaded guilty, accepted th… |
| 20-6577 |
Victor Mondragon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court downward-adjustment federal-jurisdiction panel-review standard-of-review |
Did the district court err by denying Mr. Mondragon a three-level downward adjustment for acceptance of responsibility? |
| 20-5812 |
Jason Andrew Dunlap v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure defendant-responsibility federal-sentencing guilty-plea offense-level plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the sentencing Guidelines limit the maximum offense level to 43, so that, there is a reduction when a defendant accepts responsibility by ente… |
| 20-5775 |
Natalie Angeles v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure harm-analysis judicial-coercion presentence-report sentencing structural-error |
Does a district court coerce the Defendant to withdraw her objections to findings in the Presentence Report where the court informs the Defendant that… |
| 20-5715 |
Martin Rogelio Longoria v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
at sentencing may withhold a motion for a third-level reduction acceptance-of-responsibility circuit-split criminal-procedure government-discretion motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the government, at sentencing, may withhold a motion for a third-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under USSG § 3E1.1(b) on the… |
| 20-5666 |
Cristian Mendoza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility advisory-sentencing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range |
Whether a defendant who enters a guilty plea pursuant to a plea agreement that includes a purported inducement that he will receive an acceptance of r… |
| 20-5356 |
Jabarr Ryeheine Rudolph v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-08-14 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility appeal cocaine-base criminal-appeal criminal-procedure drug-weight due-process obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Whether the circuit court of appeals erred in the assessment of a two point enhancement against the appellant for obstruction of justice |
| 19-8649 |
Angelo Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process guidelines guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines u-s-sentencing-commission |
Should a defendant be denied a three-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1 when the defendant enters a timely guilty… |
| 19-7698 |
Martin Calderon-Ortalejo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure extensive-scope extensive-scope-planning fifth-circuit-review judicial-abuse-of-discretion offense-level-enhancement plea-agreement sentencing-discretion substantial-interference substantial-interference-with-justice total-offense-level |
Did the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division, abuse its discretion in sentencing? |
| 19-7624 |
Jerome Shaw v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-02-12 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fatico-hearing sentencing |
Whether the District Court violated Petitioner's Due Process Rights |
| 19-7638 |
Rodrigo Cruz Perez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment split-among-circuits |
Can a court count a defendant's constitutionally-protected-conduct against the defendant when determining whether the defendant qualifies for a 2-poin… |
| 19-6638 |
Yannier Arias v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-enhancement trial-counsel |
Whether conflicting affidavits require an evidentiary hearing for ineffective-assistance-of-counsel |
| 19-5874 |
David Kirkland v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility constitutional-claim evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prejudice sentencing-reduction sixth-circuit strickland-standard third-circuit trial |
Whether the petitioner's attorney was ineffective for withholding information |
| 19-5742 |
Robert Gene Rand v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion factual-findings ninth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-application sentencing-reductions standard-of-review |
Whether a circuit court errs by affirming a district court's decision regarding the applicability of the United States Sentencing Guidelines based on … |
| 19-5738 |
Carlos Manuel Perez-Crisostomo v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process identity name obstruction-of-justice plea-agreement puerto-rico sentencing sentencing-court sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-3c1.1 |
Whether the Sentencing Court erred in finding Petitioner obstructed justice, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1, when Petitioner did not correct the name un… |
| 19-5718 |
Alexander Lee Salazar v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility appeal criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion mitigating-factors mitigating-role offense-level role-adjustment sentencing-guidelines |
Did the district court err when it declined to grant Mr. Salazar a mitigating role adjustment under the Guidelines? |
| 18-9739 |
Timothy Paul Malone v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility application-note application-note-2 chapter-5 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-interpretation offense-level sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court has misconstrued and misapplied U.S.S.G. Chapter 5, Part A, Application Note 2 by failing to limit the offense level to a leve… |
| 18-9677 |
Martin Arreola Zavala v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility contested-cases criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process evidence evidence-determination federal-courts federal-sentencing legal-sufficiency quantity-determinations sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether this court should grant certiorari to address the proper application of law to fact relating to sufficiency of the evidence for quantity deter… |
| 18-9085 |
Juan Antonio Hunter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility base-offense-level criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum u.s.s.g.-5g1.1(a) |
Whether the district court abused its discretion by deducting the three points awarded the petitioner for his acceptance of responsibility when those … |
| 18-8400 |
Travis Demond Johnson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness statutory-purposes-of-sentencing upward-departure |
Whether the district court erred in departing upward under the United States Sentencing Guidelines §4A1.3 |
| 18-8268 |
Alandis D. Patterson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-history criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process presentence-investigation sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance sexual-abuse |
Did the trial court err in overruling the Petitioner's objection to the Application of a two-level increase pursuant to U.S.S.G. Section 2G1.1(c)(1), … |
| 18-8079 |
Christopher Loran Bentley v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion notice-requirement relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness statutory-maximum substantive-reasonableness upward-departure |
Whether the district court erred in sentencing Mr. Bentley |
| 18-7740 |
Esequiel Joel Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility certificate-of-appealability due-process government-breach ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether it was error to deny Rodriguez a Certificate of Appealability to pursue his Sixth Amendment claim on appeal |
| 18-6980 |
Traveon Shaquille Martin v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility clear-error criminal-procedure district-court offense-level sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g-3e1.1 |
Whether the district court clearly erred in denying a three-level reduction in Petitioner's offense level for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S… |
| 18-6911 |
Adrian Pineda-Orozco v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility affirmative-defense criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-law-procedure duress-defense family-member fifth-circuit miscarriage-of-justice sentencing |
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion permitting Pineda-Orasco's conviction to stand resulted in a miscarriage of justice given the longs… |
| 18-5204 |
Jose Luis Morales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process enhancement evidence fact-finding immigration immigration-law judicial-error sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation undocumented-aliens |
Whether the lower court erred in applying the enhancement under section 2L1.1(b)(2)(B) for transporting aliens |
| 18-5072 |
Jill M. Evans v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility burden-on-court-system criminal-procedure due-process efficient-punishment federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines unrelated-offenses |
Should a defendant receive credit under the acceptance of responsibility guideline for entering a guilty plea, even if alleged to have committed unrel… |
| 18-5047 |
Keith Lamont Tutt v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility corporate-liability criminal-procedure-due-process discretion due-process environmental-regulations fair-opportunity officer-responsibility plea-bargaining regulatory-compliance sentencing statutory-interpretation withdraw-guilty-plea withdrawal-of-plea |
Whether the district court prejudiced the defendant by denying him due process of law and a fair opportunity to be heard concerning his reasons for wa… |