| 24-5027 |
Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-v-united-states causation-of-harm criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidentiary-hearing federal-statute heroin-distribution jury-instruction jury-instructions overdose sentencing-enhancement |
Did the trial court err when it refused to instruct the jury that the heroin distributed by the defendant was the same heroin that caused the victims'… |
| 23-5812 |
Jurmaine A. Jeffries v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense due-process mens-rea proximate-causation racial-disparities sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 'death results' element in 21 U.S.C. 841(b) requires proof of mens rea |
| 22-7137 |
Eric Deangelo Griggs v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-v-united-states criminal-conviction cross-examination drug-distribution due-process heroin-distribution jury-instruction perjured-testimony strict-liability |
Whether a person can be convicted for distribution of heroin causing death using a jury instruction that makes the offense a strict liability crime |
| 21-6924 |
John T. Veysey v. Louis Williams, II, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-v-united-states controlled-substance-act habeas-corpus mandatory-guidelines pre-booker sentencing-guidelines |
Whether § 2255 (E) 'savings clause' conflicts with SCOTUS and other courts' decisions on bringing a Burrage-type argument |
| 21-6111 |
Jonas Ross, III v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation causation circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution eighth-circuit evidence |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's conclusion that Mr. Ross distributed the controlled substance that resulted in the death of K.P. is in conflict with Burr… |
| 21-5595 |
Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-crimes drug-distribution due-process overdose proximate-cause sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
whether-the-enhanced-penalty-for-death-resulting-from-use-of-a-substance-requires-proof-of-proximate-cause |
| 20-7863 |
Martin G. Lewis v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 burrage-v-united-states detention-legality habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge merits-review procedural-bar retroactivity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government should be foreclosed from relying on prior litigation that it concedes incorrectly invoked a procedural bar to review on the me… |
| 20-7426 |
Rubin L. Williams v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
burrage-causation burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation criminal-law drug-related-death involuntary-manslaughter mixed-drug-overdose state-cases |
Can a conviction of involuntary manslaughter stand, when cause of death is a Mixed drug overdose and the accused is charged with only one of the contr… |
| 20-861 |
Arlene Fry v. Rand Construction Corporation |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bostock-v-clayton-county burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation causation-standard circuit-split employment-action fmla-claim fmla-retaliation legal-interpretation motivating-factor negative-factor |
Whether the lower court erred in adopting a 'sole cause' standard for FMLA retaliation claims, in direct conflict with this Court's holdings in Burrag… |
| 20-6108 |
Antoine Washington v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 burrage-precedent burrage-v-united-states but-for but-for-causation causation causation-standard criminal-law drug-sentencing forensic-pathology statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 'special rule' exception to but-for causation is inapplicable to a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) enhancement |
| 18-9719 |
Jason M. Lund v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act burrage-v-united-states federal-habeas federal-prisoner habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations summary-relief summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent |
Does the Seventh Circuit's decision directly conflict with the holding of McQuiggin v. Perkins? And does the error warrant summary relief? |
| 18-1304 |
Richard Ashbaugh v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burrage-decision burrage-v-united-states collateral-review criminal-law due-process habeas-corpus retroactive-application retroactivity sentence-enhancement sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-rule |
Whether the courts below erred by failing to hold that this Court's decision in Burrage announced a substantive rule that courts must apply retroactiv… |
| 18-8625 |
Jennifer N. Nere v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation constitutional-rights contributing-cause controlled-substances criminal-law drug-induced-homicide due-process illinois-supreme-court precedent reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation |
Whether the defendant may be convicted under the Minois drug induced homicide Statute when the use of the controlled substance was a coe. 'contributin… |
| 18-5678 |
Lee Andrew Paul v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-circuit burrage-causation burrage-v-united-states causation commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority commercial-sex-trafficking constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute-construction eighth-circuit-interpretation statutory-elements statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eight Circuit's decision conflicts with Burrage v. United States regarding causation |