| 25-5816 |
William Loydellton Speed, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
buyer-seller-exception career-offender-guideline controlled-substance drug-conspiracy federal-law state-law |
1. Whether the term "controlled substance" in the definition of "controlled substance offense" in the Career Offender Guideline, § 4B1.2(b), refers to… |
| 23-5364 |
Christopher Alexander Nerius v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender-guideline controlled-substance-offense criminal-procedure federal-sentencing prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines timing-question united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether, in determining if a prior offense is a 'controlled substance offense' for purposes of the career offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b), sen… |
| 21-7609 |
Desmond Deleon Carviel v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law career-offender-guideline district-court-discretion guideline-commentary inchoate-offenses judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
May a district court defer to the Sentencing Guideline commentary without first determining if the guideline is genuinely ambiguous |
| 21-7057 |
Victor Nava, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act borden-v-united-states career-offender-guideline crime-of-violence enumerated-offense-clause reckless-aggravated-assault reckless-assault sentencing-guidelines texas-law |
Does a reckless injury-causing robbery qualify as a 'crime of violence' under the Career Offender Guideline? |
| 21-5999 |
Steven Dewayne Gilbert v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure career-offender-guideline circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guideline-interpretation holguin-hernandez procedural-reasonableness sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the holding in Holguin-Hernandez that a defendant's argument in the district court for a lower sentence preserves appellate review of the subs… |
| 20-7533 |
Preston James v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-03-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether it is a misapplication of the Sentencing Guidelines for a sentencing court to defer to guideline commentary that expands the definition of a c… |
| 20-7386 |
Andrew Chapnick v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation timeliness-provision |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 20-6807 |
Jamal Clinton, aka Moreless v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-01-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
bostock-precedent bostock-v-clayton-county career-offender career-offender-guideline controlled-substance-offense drug-conspiracy fair-and-not-arbitrary sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-3553a6 |
Whether sentencing courts are required to consider the need to avoid unwarranted sentencing disparities |
| 19-8191 |
Benjamin Velasquez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the preBooker care… |
| 19-8190 |
George Lyle Cullett, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-06 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker-sentencing residual-clause section-2255 timeliness timeliness-standard |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the preBooker care… |
| 19-7981 |
Marcos Robert Castaneda v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentencing-guidelines ninth-circuit residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines timeliness void-for-vagueness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7977 |
Robert Morris Hoff v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard vagueness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7976 |
Lonnie Victor Fleming v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7974 |
Jesse Moreno v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness-standard |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7958 |
Anthony Quinones v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard vagueness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7947 |
Bobby Joe Floyd v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timeliness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7933 |
Larry Donnell Bogard v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7706 |
Tommy Adams, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-law fourth-circuit modified-categorical-approach sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation taylor-descamps-mathis-precedent taylor-v-united-states |
Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly apply the line of authority from this Court beginning with Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575 (… |
| 19-7616 |
Fred Blajos v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline crime-of-violence elements-clause habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timeliness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7114 |
Joe Lewis Finley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-habeas federal-sentencing habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender sentencing statute-of-limitations vagueness |
Under the statute of limitations applicable to federal habeas proceedings, are habeas petitions challenging sentences fixed by the mandatory career of… |
| 19-6832 |
James Henry Lacy, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines timeliness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-6785 |
Bobbie London, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-habeas federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-petition johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline residual-clause statute-of-limitations unconstitutionally-vague vagueness-doctrine |
Are habeas petitions challenging sentences fixed by the mandatory career offender guideline timely if filed within one year of Johnson v. United State… |
| 19-6689 |
Frank Fernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-purposes |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-6686 |
Darren Kevin Hunter v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-6658 |
Booker Terry Simmons v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline civil-procedure constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-6492 |
Tylan Tremaine Autrey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Does a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the mandatory career offender guidelin… |
| 19-5652 |
Anthony Wayne Bettcher v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-08-21 |
GVR |
Relisted (4)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender-guideline circuit-split force-clause reckless-conduct sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether reckless crimes qualify categorically as crimes of violence under the force clause of these statutes and guidelines |
| 18-9330 |
Thomas Anthony Hammond v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender-guideline circuit-split criminal-justice criminal-law-sentencing due-process due-process-clause ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause federal-sentencing-guidelines robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether New York's Robbery Statute § 160.15 qualifies as a Crime of Violence under the Career Offender Guideline § 4B1.2 |
| 18-7751 |
Brian Bolton v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline collateral-review constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines welch-v-united-states |
Whether the government's arguments are incorrectly that the Supreme Court's ruling in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), is 'procedural… |
| 18-6915 |
Carlton Robinson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender career-offender-guideline collateral-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-law-procedure johnson-precedent residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing supreme-court-retroactivity vagueness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker career offender guid… |
| 18-5939 |
Gary Michael Allen v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-09-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timely-filing vagueness |
Whether a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 filed within one year of Johnson v. United States asserts a right recognized in Johnson |
| 18-5245 |
Jesus M. Rios-Ramos v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-07-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-law due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Whether the Supreme Court should address the application and contours of the residual clause of the Career Offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, in li… |