| 23-7676 |
Romone Raphael Jackson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-enhancement circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances-act drug-distribution federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law |
Whether a state conviction for distributing a drug that includes substances not regulated under the federal Controlled Substances Act qualifies as a '… |
| 22-644 |
Anthony Lomax v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-01-11 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
auer-deference career-offender career-offender-enhancement circuit-split crime-of-violence judicial-interpretation kisor-v-wilkie seminole-rock sentencing-guidelines |
Whether courts must determine if a sentencing guideline is ambiguous before deferring to the Sentencing Commission's commentary |
| 20-5670 |
Henry Horace Givins v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender-enhancement circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-law eleventh-circuit mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession with intent to sell cocaine, in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13, a 'controlled-substance-… |
| 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 |
| 18-8760 |
James Bernard Jones, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca career-offender career-offender-enhancement constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process florida-battery-on-law-enforcement habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states non-violent-felony sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya unconstitutional violent-felony |
Whether a sentence as a career offender (ACCA) is valid when a prior violent offense conviction (Florida battery on law enforcement), deemed unconstit… |
| 18-8261 |
Cordell Berry v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-enhancement certificate-of-appealability collateral-review federal-rules-civil-procedure legal-error mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states procedural-reasonableness rule-59-motion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-4b1.1 sentencing-guidelines-enhancement sentencing-guidelines-miscalculation |
Whether the court of appeals committed clear legal error when it denied a certificate of appealability (COA), on my challenge to the application of a … |
| 18-7927 |
Tyrone Anderson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-enhancement criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington townsend-v-burke |
Whether trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel as required by the Sixth Amendment |
| 18-7498 |
Eddie Hall v. J. A. Terris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-enhancement controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense due-process fundamental-defect habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether the District and Circuit Courts erred in the denial of Hall's § 2241 Petition |
| 18-6761 |
Tellis T. Williams v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-sentencing-guidelines beckles-v-united-states career-offender-enhancement certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-coa due-process johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit vagueness-challenge |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's denial of Petitioner's COA was based on the merits of the appeal rather than whether reasonable jurists could debate the d… |
| 18-6581 |
Larry Hailey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-enhancement crimes-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-appeal prior-convictions section-2255-motion sentencing sentencing-guidelines virginia-prior-convictions |
Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner's Appeal from Denial of His Motion Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Wherein Petitioner's… |
| 18-5080 |
Derrick Pittman v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carachuri-rosendo-v-holder career-offender career-offender-enhancement criminal-sentencing north-carolina-justice-reinvestment-act north-carolina-law post-release-supervision predicate-felonies sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guideline united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the period of post-release supervision mandated for offenders punished under the North Carolina Justice Reinvestment Act is part of the term o… |