| 25-6751 |
Jeffrey W. Young, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-02-06 |
Pending |
IFP |
appellate-review controlled-substances drug-distribution medical-practice regulatory-definition subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the lower federal court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the defendant, who was an authorized practitioner with the authority to admini… |
| 25A865 |
Thomas Keller v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-02-02 |
Application |
|
attorney-general-regulation congressional-delegation controlled-substances criminal-liability intelligible-principle nondelegation-doctrine |
Question not identified. |
| 25-691 |
Lonnie Joseph Parker v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
controlled-substances criminal-conviction federal-regulation medical-prescription prescribing-authority standard-of-care |
Whether a doctor can be convicted of unlawfully prescribing controlled substances under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04(a) based on a de… |
| 25A537 |
Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. v. Vera Cooper, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-07 |
Application |
|
controlled-substances dangerous-persons firearm-possession historical-tradition medical-marijuana second-amendment |
Whether a federal statute prohibiting unlawful users of controlled substances from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment when applied to m… |
| 25A465 |
Christopher Wuchter v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-10-23 |
Application |
|
circuit-conflict constitutional-question controlled-substances criminal-justice firearms-possession second-amendment |
Whether the Second Amendment permits individuals who are unlawful users of controlled substances to possess firearms |
| 25-5913 |
Rashun Rafael Suncar v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-10-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-court-judgment circuit-split controlled-substances drug-statute federal-interpretation state-law-interpretation |
1a. Whether a court of appeals may disregard an unpublished but considered judgment of Pennsylvania's intermediate appellate court interpreting its ow… |
| 25-5908 |
Jean-Claude Okongo Landji v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-10-17 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split confrontation-clause conspiracy controlled-substances extraterritorial-prosecution sixth-amendment |
1. May the offense of conspiracy to distribute or possess with intent to distribute controlled substances while on a United States aircraft, pursuant … |
| 25-5830 |
Kortney Moore v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
agency-inaction career-offender controlled-substances federal-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Defendants who have at least two prior "controlled substance offense" convictions qualify as career offenders under the federal Sentencing Guidelines.… |
| 25-5790 |
Kyle Davey v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit |
Whether a person can be convicted of possessing a firearm by an "unlawful user"
of a controlled substance under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) even if no law p… |
| 25-5600 |
In Re Lonnie W. Hubbard |
|
2025-09-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review controlled-substances criminal-law federal-indictment jury-instructions mens-rea |
I. Whether the jury instructions informed the jury, as a matter of law, of the "knowingly or intentionally" mens rea of the 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) coun… |
| 25-5412 |
Ryan Daniel Richmond v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause controlled-substances federal-preemption marijuana-regulation necessary-and-proper-clause tax-deduction |
Whether 26 U.S.C. § 280E—which denies ordinary and necessary business deductions to enterprises trafficking in Schedule I controlled substances—may co… |
| 25-61 |
Mark Murphy and Jennifer Murphy v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-17 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-law drug-conspiracy jury-instructions statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in a § 846 prosecution for conspiracy to violate § 841, a trial court errs if it fails to correctly instruct the jury on the elements of the … |
| 25-5117 |
George P. Naum, III v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances jury-instructions medical-purpose mens-rea plain-error subjective-intent |
In Ruan v. United States, 597 U.S. ___ (2022), this Court answered the question on whether a physician alleged to have prescribed controlled substance… |
| 24-7147 |
Idris Quintell Wilkes v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act cocaine-definition controlled-substances due-process sentencing-enhancement state-vs-federal-law |
Does Michigan's broader definition of cocaine under state law preclude sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act when compared to feder… |
| 24-900 |
Parvez Anjum Qureshi v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-02-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
conspiracy constitutional-rights controlled-substances due-process jury-instructions mens-rea |
Whether a conspiracy conviction can be affirmed when the jury instructions for the underlying substantive offense were erroneous and misstated the men… |
| 24A778 |
Frank H. Bynes, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
controlled-substances criminal-intent drug-distribution healthcare-fraud medical-practice prescription-fraud |
Whether a physician's prescription of controlled substances outside the usual course of professional medical practice constitutes a knowing and intent… |
| 24-6489 |
Dzung Ahn Pham v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances criminal-intent mens-rea prescription-authorization regulatory-definition statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Controlled Substances Act's authorization is defined by regulatory prescription standards or statutory text, and what mens rea applies to … |
| 24-6051 |
Ralph Berry v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cannabis-regulation circuit-court controlled-substances cross-border-transactions federal-law interstate-commerce |
Whether a Second Circuit ruling violates federal prohibitions on cross-border cannabis transactions and interstate commerce regulations |
| 24-6006 |
Michael Tyrone Young v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-interpretation controlled-substances felony-disarmament gun-rights second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to an individual with nonviolent felony convictions for distributing controlled… |
| 24-525 |
John L. Stanton v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-11-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
commerce-clause controlled-substances criminal-prosecution medical-practice standard-of-care statutory-interpretation |
Whether the phrase 'outside the usual course of his professional practice, other than for a legitimate medical purpose' under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) can b… |
| 24-5457 |
Larome Deon Waiters v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances drug-offense prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether a Florida controlled substances offense that does not require proof of knowledge of the illicit nature of the substance can qualify as a 'seri… |
| 24-137 |
Ronald Stuart Lubetsky v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
|
commerce-clause controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process medical-practice standard-of-care statutory-interpretation |
Whether the phrase to measure authorization under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) can be applied in the disjunctive |
| 24-126 |
Benjamin Galecki, and Charles Burton Ritchie v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
|
chemical-structure continuing-criminal-enterprise controlled-substances criminal-law jury-instruction void-for-vagueness |
Whether the Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986 is void for vagueness when applied to unscheduled substances with no objective scien… |
| 24-5089 |
Devonte Antonio Veasley v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-rights controlled-substances due-process facial-challenge firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) facially unconstitutional? |
| 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… |
| 23-7388 |
Michael Andrew Taylor v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-act federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the definition of 'controlled substance offense' in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines §4B1.2(b) is limited to substances defined and regulated… |
| 23-1183 |
California Herbal Remedies, Inc. v. Sara Perez |
California |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
|
attorney-client-confidentiality cannabis-employees cannabis-employment class-action controlled-substances discovery-sanctions due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-integrity privacy privacy-rights |
Does the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause vindicate third-party privacy rights in State class action proceedings? |
| 23-7297 |
Marcus Bennett v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review control controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-house drug-house-enhancement federal-appellate-courts possessory-interest sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit |
Whether the drug-house sentencing enhancement applies with no evidence that the defendant maintained, held a possessory interest in, or otherwise cont… |
| 23-7190 |
Trivansky Swington v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-conviction criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 23-7096 |
Ethel Oyekunle-Bubu v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-law medical-practice medical-practitioner prescription-standards professional-practice professional-standards ruan-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Fifth Circuit failed to follow Ruan v. United States by holding that a registered medical practitioner or pharmacist can be convicted for … |
| 23-7075 |
Breon D. Hicks v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions section-924(c) section-924c unlawful-user |
Whether the district court erroneously instructed the jury concerning the Section 924(c) charges? |
| 23-959 |
Colin Montague v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-03-04 |
GVR |
Amici (4) |
circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-charging criminal-law drug-statute due-process federal-procedure indictment indictment-sufficiency statutory-interpretation |
Whether an indictment charging a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848 is invalid if it fails to set forth facts and circumstances that establish the elements … |
| 23-6692 |
Mustafa Deville Reynolds v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-02-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
aiding-and-abetting chain-of-distribution controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-distribution criminal-law due-process enhanced-penalty pinkerton-liability sentencing-enhancement |
Whether the prosecution must prove aiding and abetting or Pinkerton coconspirator liability before a remote seller in a chain of distribution may be s… |
| 23A734 |
Dalibor Kabov and Berry Kabov v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
brady-challenge controlled-substances drug-distribution ninth-circuit ruan-standard supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly applied the Supreme Court's Ruan decision by vacating only some drug convictions and refusing to apply the 'knowi… |
| 23A704 |
Ethel Oyekunle-Bubu v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-31 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-conviction prescription-law ruan-precedent standard-of-review |
Whether the Supreme Court's precedent in Ruan v. United States requires a different standard of review for criminal convictions involving controlled s… |
| 23-6492 |
Delondo Henderson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
complicity complicity-law controlled-substances criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-4b1.2 |
Does the State of Kentucky's complicity law state an inchoate offense, such that a conviction for complicity cannot constitute a 'controlled substance… |
| 23-6495 |
Peter Burno v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-law controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking drug-transfer due-process intent-to-distribute ninth-circuit sentencing |
Is the mere transfer of drugs from one person to another sufficient to prove a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substanc… |
| 23-6399 |
Michael Salinas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-conspiracy mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether, to prove conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance triggering mandatory-minimum and increased-maximum penalties, the government must pr… |
| 23A598 |
Lillian Akwuba v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-29 |
Presumed Complete |
|
controlled-substances criminal-intent drug-distribution good-faith jury-instructions mens-rea |
Whether the jury instructions for a controlled substances distribution charge improperly defined the good faith standard and mens rea elements under 2… |
| 23-6394 |
Andrew Tablack v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-statute indictment indictment-defect scheduling statutory-interpretation |
Is there a legal element in 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) that requires the CDS named in the indictment to be listed on the Controlled Substance Schedules at th… |
| 23-6314 |
Dana Jahmal Stevenson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review attempt attempt-offense controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a prior sentence for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) qualifies as a 'controlled-substance-offense' under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A) |
| 23-6130 |
Sylvia Hofstetter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error ruan-standard ruan-v-united-states sixth-circuit |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's ruling on the plain error standard is contrary to Supreme Court precedents, including Ruan and Henderson |
| 23-6116 |
Cynthia Clemons v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error ruan-v-united-states sixth-circuit supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's ruling on the plain error standard is contrary to Supreme Court precedents, including Ruan and Henderson |
| 23-6122 |
Courtney Newman v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error ruan-v-united-states |
Did the Sixth Circuit commit error by substituting the generic term 'illegally' for the language mandated in Ruan? |
| 23-6087 |
Ronell Whitehead v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
21-usc-841 21-usc-846 circuit-split conspiracy-law controlled-substances drug-conspiracy drug-distribution mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
How is the quantity of controlled substances 'involved' determined for purposes of sentencing for conspiracy under 21 U.S.C. § 846, when the offense o… |
| 23-5947 |
Kraig M. Trotter v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-procedure deterrence due-process federal-sentencing methamphetamine methamphetamines proportional-punishment sentencing-guidelines third-circuit |
Did the Third Circuit err in failing to consider the disparity in sentencing under U.S.S.G §2D1.1(c) of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for methamph… |
| 23-5665 |
Shajuan Orlando Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 23-5591 |
Patrick Andrew Groves v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting attempted-distribution attempted-transfer controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law drug-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation surplusage |
Whether an 'attempted transfer' of drugs, § 802(8), includes any conduct that would also constitute an 'attempted distribution' of drugs, § 846 |
| 23-5602 |
Curtis Morris Hartsfield, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
attempted-crime attempted-distribution attempted-transfer circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution drug-trafficking drug-transfer federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether an 'attempted transfer' of drugs under 21 U.S.C. § 802(8) includes any conduct that would also constitute an 'attempted distribution' of drugs… |
| 23-5587 |
Daniel Carrington v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof causation controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law death-causation due-process proximate-cause reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Court's decision in United States v. Burrage created a bright line rule on proof of proximate cause |
| 23-5303 |
Jeanne Germeil v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-procedure expert-testimony good-faith jury-instructions medical-practice ruan-v-united-states |
Whether the United States Supreme Court's Decision in Ruan v. United States Warrants Certiorari Review of the Court's Refusal to Instruct the Jury on … |
| 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… |
| 23-5236 |
Marvas Aurelien v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-law federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-drug-offenses |
Whether the 'controlled substance' definition in United States Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.2(b) incorporates the federal drug schedules in effect at th… |
| 22-7898 |
Anthony Lamart Lawrence v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-conviction eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-7903 |
Denvy Hoffman v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-conviction eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-7864 |
Tommy Lee Hubbard, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circumstantial-evidence civil-rights controlled-substance controlled-substances due-process federal-courts hemp legal-interpretation marijuana marijuana-classification thc-threshold |
Can the federal courts rely exclusively upon circumstantial evidence to decide that a marijuana substance is illegal, when the circumstances surroundi… |
| 22-7731 |
Roy Lee Jones, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process essential-elements evidence fifth-circuit-precedent jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-issue standard-of-proof |
Did the Fifth Circuit err when it 're-branded' a failure to prove an essential element of the government's methamphetamine case against Mr. Jones beyo… |
| 22-7690 |
Rodney Raphael Fluckes v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-act federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 'controlled substance[s]' in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines §4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the feder… |
| 22-7675 |
Quanathan Naiji Knox Ivery v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-05-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-conviction eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-1059 |
Jorge Marc Gonzalez-Betancourt v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-forfeiture collateral-estoppel controlled-substances double-jeopardy exhaustion fifth-amendment ruan-v-united-states state-prosecution |
Is Florida violating federal rights of its prisoners by preventing a defendant from arguing collateral-estoppel, claiming-exhaustion? |
| 22-7385 |
Timothy Eugene Brown v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-04-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-offender controlled-substance controlled-substances eleventh-circuit federal-enhancement florida-priors sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-law state-priors |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its decision in United States v. Jackson |
| 22-7359 |
Devin Baker v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-convictions drug-offense federal-sentencing prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Can a federal judge impose a sentence enhancement based on a prior drug conviction inclusive of a substance that is no longer controlled at the time o… |
| 22-7282 |
David William Linder v. Brian Lammer, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
analogue-drugs controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-statute federal-cases jury-instructions mens-rea standing supreme-court-rule-14.1(b) |
Can the drug death statute, 21 § 841(b)(1)(c) be enlarged to include analogue drugs? |
| 22-7263 |
Christopher L. Ramirez v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances due-process equal-protection federal-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 'controlled substance offenses' under United States Sentencing Guidelines §4B1.2(b) are limited to those offenses involving substances listed … |
| 22-6902 |
Roger Bryant Harbin v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-03-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law decontrol drug-convictions drug-policy due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-6881 |
James Clark, III v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law drug-convictions drug-policy due-process federal-sentencing retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-6825 |
Richie Lee Edmonds, III v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-21 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-history criminal-law drug-distribution due-process federal-sentencing federalism sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a prior state conviction for drug distribution qualifies as a 'controlled substance offense' under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) |
| 22-6503 |
Patrick Emeka Ifediba v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment intent medical-intent medical-practice sentencing sixth-amendment |
Was Petitioner denied his rights under Ruan v. United States |
| 22-6467 |
Louis Antonio Zayas v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-01-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-trial directed-verdict due-process evidence-disclosure harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions prosecutorial-conduct |
Whether the erroneous jury instruction on knowledge requirement constituted harmless error |
| 22-6211 |
In Re Patricia Ann Solomon |
|
2022-12-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-charge controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution heck-v-humphrey legitimate-purpose medical-prescription prescribing-authority prescription-drugs |
Can Ms. Patricia Solomon, a physician assistant who never prescribed any drug, be convicted under 21 U.S.C. §846 in the Eastern District of Kentucky L… |
| 22-6117 |
Tracy Lamont Miles v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-question sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the term 'controlled substance' from the 'controlled substance offense' definition in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) is limited to substances that are fe… |
| 22-6000 |
Norman Clement v. Drug Enforcement Administration |
District of Columbia |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
21-cfr-1306.04(a) administrative-deference controlled-substances corresponding-responsibility dea-registration medical-purpose pharmacy-responsibility prescription-legitimacy |
Whether a pharmacy violates its corresponding responsibility under 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04(a) by being required to operate beyond licensing requirement an… |
| 22-5877 |
Onterrail Remond Altman, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions eighth-circuit federal-sentencing prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-5693 |
Rosa Isela Acuna v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-conviction criminal-law drug-importation due-process mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a defendant can be convicted and subjected to enhanced punishment for drug type and quantity without proof of knowledge |
| 22-5665 |
Geoffrie Dill v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-offense federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Does 'controlled substance offense' refer only to substances prohibited by the Controlled Substance Act? |
| 22-5638 |
Hector Martinez-Robos v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instructions mandatory-minimum-sentences mens-rea plain-error sentencing statutory-interpretation |
whether-instructional-error-is-plain |
| 22-5394 |
Eric Christopher Falkowski v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance-act controlled-substances criminal-law due-process enhancement-clause overbreadth sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether USSG § 1B1.1's enhancement clause is impermissibly overbroad or void for vagueness |
| 22-5378 |
Robert Collazo, Lino Delgado-Vidaca, Julio Rodriguez, and Steven Amador v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-penalties drug-distribution due-process mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing |
Whether, to prove conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance triggering mandatory-minimum and increased-maximum penalties, the Government must sh… |
| 22-120 |
Suntree Pharmacy, et al. v. Drug Enforcement Administration |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-deference administrative-law controlled-substances dea dea-registration deference legitimate-medical-purpose medical-purpose prescription prescription-filling regulatory-interpretation |
Whether a pharmacy violates its corresponding responsibility under 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04(a) and knowingly fills a prescription for a controlled substanc… |
| 22-76 |
Keith L. Carnes v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
2nd-amendment circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-statute drug-use due-process firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation unlawful-user |
Whether the government must show the defendant's regular or habitual drug use to establish that the defendant is an 'unlawful user' of a controlled su… |
| 22-5075 |
Courtney Newman v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-07-12 |
GVR |
IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law health-care jury-instruction medical-practice prescription-drugs prescription-law ruan-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether an authorized physician or health care professional can be convicted under 21-U.S.C-§856(a)(1) if the sole allegation of unlawful activity is … |
| 22-5076 |
Holli Womack v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-07-12 |
GVR |
IFP |
constitutional-vagueness controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-liability due-process health-care health-care-professional professional-liability ruan-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Should Petition Womack's conviction be vacated? |
| 22-5077 |
Cynthia Clemons v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-07-12 |
GVR |
IFP |
21-usc-856 controlled-substances dea-authorization drug-enforcement-administration drug-involved-premises healthcare-provider legitimate-medical-purpose ruan-v-united-states scope-of-professional-practice subjective-standard |
Whether the Ruan standard of proof applies to prosecutions under 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1) for authorized healthcare providers |
| 21-8162 |
Darnell Pearson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution mens-rea reasonable-foreseeability serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation |
Whether a charge of drug distribution requires proof of defendant's knowledge of drug type and reasonable foreseeability of death/injury |
| 21-8148 |
Frank H. Bynes Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-15 |
GVR |
IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law due-process medical-practice prescription-drugs professional-ethics |
Whether a physician alleged to have prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice can be convicted of unlawful di… |
| 21-8099 |
Darnell McConnell, II v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-act federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 'controlled substance[s]' in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the fede… |
| 21-1418 |
Medardo Queg Santos v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
controlled-substances expert-testimony good-faith good-faith-defense medical-practice medical-purpose relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a physician's good faith is a complete defense to a prosecution for prescribing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose or … |
| 21-1409 |
Prince Bixler v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-05-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
controlled-substances cross-examination federal-rule-of-evidence-412 fifth-amendment prostitution sentencing-enhancement sex-trafficking sixth-amendment |
Whether Bixler's rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments were violated |
| 21-7623 |
Mary Ann Lara v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Section 841 burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-quantity drug-trafficking federal-prosecution mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Government must prove a defendant's knowledge of drug type and quantity in prosecutions under Title 21, Section 841 |
| 21-7574 |
Danyel Black v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-procedure fourth-amendment prior-conviction probation-search sentencing-enhancement warrantless-search |
Whether a Florida controlled substances offense can qualify as a predicate 'serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 21-7495 |
Terrol Debaun Travis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-sentencing delivery-definition drug-offense statutory-interpretation texas texas-controlled-substances united-states-supreme-court |
Does the definition of 'delivery' in the Texas controlled substances statute, which includes mere offers to sell, include conduct that does not qualif… |
| 21-7391 |
Isaiah Ramon Henderson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 'controlled substance[s]' in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the fede… |
| 21-7157 |
Richard Lucas v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split cocaine cocaine-definition controlled-substances criminal-arrest criminal-procedure plain-error probable-cause statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state statute's definition of 'cocaine' differs from the federal definition based on the plain, unambiguous language of the statutes |
| 21-7163 |
Nathaniel Ruth v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-procedure federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation |
Does the phrase 'controlled substance' in U.S.S.C. § 4B1.2(b) include substances that are excluded from the Controlled Substances Act? |
| 21-6952 |
Sunrise Lee v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-01-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-court judgment-of-acquittal legal-sufficiency physician prescription-drugs |
Whether a non-physician may be convicted of conspiring with a physician to prescribe controlled substances outside of the course of professional pract… |
| 21-994 |
John Kapoor v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-01-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-law due-process evidence-standard judgment-of-acquittal medical-prescription physician-liability professional-practice sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether a non-physician may be convicted of conspiring with a physician to prescribe controlled substances outside the course of professional practice |
| 21-6825 |
Diana Bustamante v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law modified-categorical-approach predicate-offenses sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Do statutes criminalizing simulated controlled substances count as predicate 'controlled substance offenses' for applicability of the career offender … |
| 21-6280 |
Johnny Williams v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-distribution-conspiracy due-process enhanced-sentence mens-rea statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
When the Government clearly defines the scope and object of a drug distribution conspiracy in a charging Indictment, do the lower courts err when they… |
| 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… |
| 21-5982 |
Marcus Matthews v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-precedent controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines georgia-criminal-code sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Does a conviction under OCGA § 16-13-30 qualify as a 'controlled substance offense' for purposes of enhancing a defendant's sentence under USSG § 2K2.… |
| 21-5731 |
Sheridan Sisk v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Does the phrase 'controlled substance' in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) include substances excluded from the Controlled Substances Act? |
| 21-5752 |
Ivan Alexandrovich Vetcher v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-court civil-rights controlled-substances court-access-rights deportation-challenge dismissal-with-prejudice due-process immigration immigration-law pleadings pro-se pro-se-pleading |
Whether the district court and court of appeals properly applied the requirements for pleadings as applied in most circuits |
| 21-5612 |
Geontay Patterson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment constitutional-rights controlled-substances prolonged-detention reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop |
Whether the district court and appellate court improperly found justification for the search and seizure of Mr. Patterson |
| 21-269 |
Anthony Carter v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
controlled-substances criminal-conviction drug-possession jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia molecular-structure statutory-interpretation sufficiency-analysis technical-elements |
Whether a reviewing court may uphold a conviction where the offense is defined by technical elements beyond the understanding of an ordinary factfinde… |
| 21-54 |
In Re Chad Anthony Ray |
|
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-rights controlled-substances criminal-law due-process habeas-corpus liberty liberty-rights marijuana-criminalization political-question search-and-seizure |
Whether federal marijuana laws are constitutional |
| 20-8310 |
Kenrick Brathwaite v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-06-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-rule circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-conspiracy jury-instructions jury-verdict sentencing sentencing-exposure statutory-interpretation statutory-penalties |
What is the statutory maximum sentence for a conspiracy conviction under 21 U.S.C. §§ 963 or 846, where the jury has declined to make any specific fin… |
| 20-8213 |
James Atwood v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-06-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (4)IFP |
career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law |
Does the undefined term 'controlled substance' in the federal Sentencing Guidelines refer to substances controlled by federal law or state law? |
| 20-8189 |
Heather Dawn Griffith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution federal-rule federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in a prosecution under 21 U.S.C. § 846, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(3) requires a statement sufficient to show an agreement to d… |
| 20-8138 |
Eddy Pena v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-05-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-846 conspiracy conspiracy-liability controlled-substances pinkerton-doctrine reasonable-foreseeability sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether under 21 U.S.C. § 846 it is proper to base a defendant's sentence on the weight of all controlled substances possessed by all members of a con… |
| 20-8084 |
Gregory Brown v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-courts federal-procedure mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 994(h)(2)(B) and the definition of a 'controlled substance offense' in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) require that a defendant's prior offens… |
| 20-8077 |
Kavoris Clayton v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-offense mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the drug conduct in the 'controlled substance offense' definition in U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.2(b) requires knowledge of the illicit na… |
| 20-1571 |
Andrew Raymond and Brian Requena v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-05-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
analogue-act analogue-enforcement-act controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process jury-unanimity sixth-amendment vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the Controlled Substances Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986 is void for vagueness |
| 20-7991 |
Bulmaro Contreras-Figueroa, aka Israel Contreras v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Is the Fifth Amendment right to a grand jury violated when a defendant is sentenced for a conspiracy offense that exceeds the maximum penalty for the … |
| 20-7974 |
Terrol Debaun Travis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-10 |
GVR |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances delivery offer-to-sell serious-drug-offense texas |
Whether the definition of 'delivery' in the Texas controlled substances statute, which includes an offer to sell, includes conduct that does not quali… |
| 20-7934 |
John Patrick Couch v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-05 |
GVR |
Relisted (6)IFP |
affirmative-defense controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instructions medical-practice standard-of-care |
Did the trial court err by conflating the valid defense of a crime as an element of that crime in its jury instructions? |
| 20-1480 |
George P. Naum, III v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-04-22 |
GVR |
Relisted (6) |
21-cfr-1306-04 21-usc-841 controlled-substances criminal-prosecution medical-practice opioid-prescription professional-standards statutory-interpretation united-states-v-moore |
Can the elements of 21 U.S.C. §841(a)(1) as defined in United States v. Moore, 423 U.S. 122 (1975) requiring the Government to prove unlawful distribu… |
| 20-1410 |
Xiulu Ruan v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-07 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (8)Relisted (5) |
controlled-substances criminal-conviction criminal-liability good-faith-defense medical-ethics medical-prescribing prescription professional-practice statutory-interpretation |
Whether a physician alleged to have prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice may be convicted under Section … |
| 20-7363 |
Lerone Bernard Butler v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-offenses due-process law-enforcement-misconduct possession-with-intent sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence |
whether-the-verdict-was-supported-by-sufficient-evidence |
| 20-7327 |
Timothy A. Ward v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-guidelines federal-law sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-drug-schedules state-law |
Whether the term 'controlled substance' in the federal sentencing guidelines should be defined by federal law or the law of the state where the prior … |
| 20-1205 |
Gazelle Craig v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-distribution dispensing distributing medical-necessity prescription prescription-law statutory-interpretation |
When a licensed physician writes a prescription for a controlled substance that is not medically necessary, does that conduct constitute 'dispensing,'… |
| 20-7204 |
Shane Faithful v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-distribution criminal-law federal-sentencing medical-care medical-prescription prescription-drugs sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether a physician who prescribes a controlled substance to a patient for reasons other than medical care has unlawfully 'dispensed' the substance, u… |
| 20-7167 |
Elin Robinson Mejia Romero v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-02-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-distribution due-process mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a defendant can be convicted and subjected to enhanced punishment under 21 U.S.C. § 841 without proof that he knew the drug type and quantity |
| 20-6730 |
Jose Lupe Corrall v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process federal-scheduling guilty-plea knowledge-standard mens-rea plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under McFadden v. United States, a defendant pleading guilty to knowingly distributing a controlled substance must admit that he knew the sub… |
| 20-6405 |
Joshua Cato v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process federal-scheduling guilty-plea knowledge-standard mens-rea plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under McFadden v. United States, a defendant who pleads guilty to knowingly distributing a controlled substance must admit that he knew the s… |
| 20-6346 |
Demarcus D. Morris v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy drug-conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment indictment-vagueness rico rico-statute sentencing |
Whether the RICO and drug conspiracy counts in the indictment are unconstitutionally vague, whether the evidence supports the crack cocaine distributi… |
| 20-6311 |
Russell Davis v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accomplice-liability co-conspirator-liability controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution due-process enhanced-penalty pinkerton-liability sentencing |
Whether the government must satisfy the evidentiary requirements for accomplice liability under 18 U.S.C. §2 or co-conspirator liability under Pinkert… |
| 20-6156 |
Arlene Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
black-v-romano burden-of-proof controlled-substances drug-identification due-process fundamental-fairness probation-revocation state-narcotics texas-narcotics |
Whether the Government's failure to prove a suspected substance is actually a dangerous drug or controlled substance in a probation revocation case pr… |
| 20-6027 |
Michael Moore v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
appellate-review controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing gvr mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether §924(e)(2)(A)(ii) requires knowledge of the substance's illicit nature |
| 20-221 |
Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-08-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
aircraft-transportation conscious-avoidance controlled-substances criminal-defendant criminal-intent deliberate-steps evidence jury-instruction knowledge sentencing-guidelines |
Can a jury be instructed on conscious-avoidance,criminal-defendant,knowledge,evidence,deliberate-steps |
| 20-5055 |
Juan Carlos Castellanos Muratella v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-07-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender circuit-conflict controlled-substance controlled-substances counterfeit-controlled-substances criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process imitation-controlled-substances simulated-substance statutory-interpretation |
Is a statute that includes simulated controlled substances, imitation controlled substances, and counterfeit controlled substances categorically a con… |
| 19-1313 |
Donovan Dave Dixon v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-05-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-liability drug-trafficking gonzalez-v-oregon medical-malpractice medical-practice mens-rea standard-of-care |
Whether juries must be instructed that the government must prove that a physician acted with the mens rea of intent as to issuing a prescription outsi… |
| 19-8525 |
Julio Gabriel Diaz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances conversion criminal-defendant drug-conversion due-process fifth-amendment lsd self-incrimination sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a criminal defendant's Fifth Amendment rights are implicated by the conversion required by U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 |
| 19-1296 |
Helix TCS, Inc. v. Robert Kenney |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-05-15 |
Denied |
|
controlled-substances controlled-substances-act fair-labor-standards-act federal-drug-crime federal-drug-crimes marijuana-trafficking minimum-wages private-right-of-action tenth-circuit-ruling uniform-application-of-federal-law |
Whether the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq., confers a private right of action to recover minimum wages for conduct that violates t… |
| 19-8380 |
Samory Azikiwe Monds v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-04-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
admissibility circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-procedure evidence evidence-rule federal-rule prior-bad-acts propensity-evidence |
Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) should be construed |
| 19-8218 |
Angel Paz-Alvarez v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-853 appeals controlled-substances criminal-forfeiture drug-trafficking due-process standing statutory-interpretation third-party third-party-interest |
Whether modern criminal forfeiture statutes can be squared with the Due Process Clause and whether petitioner can properly be considered a third-party… |
| 19-7957 |
Damar D. Ruffin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-review controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-law jury-instruction jury-trial reversible-error sentencing standard-of-review |
Whether the court of appeals committed reversible error in determining the amount of a controlled substance |
| 19-7965 |
Cedric Edney v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-law fifth-circuit-interpretation mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states u-s-s-g-section-4b1-2-b |
Did the Fifth Circuit Err in deciding as an issue of first impression, that Texas offenses of Distribution of controlled substances and possession wit… |
| 19-7797 |
Lonnie W. Hubbard v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process medical-necessity medical-practice medical-purpose prescription-dispensing prescription-drugs professional-practice statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding a jury could rationally conclude that defendant pharmacist abdicated his duty under §§ 1306.04(a) & 841(… |
| 19-7731 |
Michael Herrold v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary controlled-substance controlled-substances drug-distribution generic-burglary generic-definition intent intent-element overbreadth state-statute statutory-interpretation |
Where a state statute explicitly defines 'burglary' in a way that does not require proof of an intent to commit a crime, and thus lacks an element nec… |
| 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 (… |
| 19-7623 |
Sinyo Silkeutsabay, et al. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cannabis-regulation civil-rights controlled-substances court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-preemption federal-response medical-marijuana state-law state-legalization washington-marijuana-laws washington-state-law |
Did the Courts below err in their analysis of Washington State law governing growing and selling medical marijuana? |
| 19-7575 |
Rashaun Scott Carter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review appellate-waiver controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining presentence-investigation sentencing |
Does an appellate waiver bar an appeal based upon a flawed, prejudicial presentence investigation report performed between the trial court's acceptanc… |
| 19-7364 |
Ernest William Singleton v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-schedules drug-scheduling general-verdict ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-pain-clinic money-laundering surveillance-footage |
Whether the jury relied on an invalid conviction for distributing Ultram in finding the defendant guilty of money laundering |
| 19-6513 |
Deyoe R. Harris v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review controlled-substances criminal-justice drug-policy due-process federal-law federalism free-speech sentencing-disparity standing takings |
Whether the federal prohibition on certain substances has resulted in more crime and violence, and whether it is best to regulate or decriminalize the… |
| 19-6436 |
Bharanidharan Padmanabhan v. Drug Enforcement Administration |
District of Columbia |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
10th-amendment administrative-law agency-deference controlled-substances controlled-substances-act due-process federal-agencies individual-rights liberty-interest property-interest state-authority state-law tenth-amendment |
Are federal agencies exempt from complying with the Tenth Amendment such that they can deem State law 'irrelevant' and violate the individual rights o… |
| 19-6348 |
Billy J. Griffin v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender controlled-substances divisibility drug-statute federal-sentencing felony-convictions missouri-law state-convictions statutory-interpretation |
Is the Missouri Controlled Drug Statute indivisible such that the Defendant's two distribution of marijuana felony convictions in state court would no… |
| 19-6318 |
Damon Tracy Locke v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing drug-statute drug-statutes mathis-precedent mathis-v-united-states plain-error sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Is the Eighth Circuit interpretation and application of drug statutes as qualifying offenses for career offender status in opposition to Mathis v. Uni… |
| 19-6108 |
Corey Kidd v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting controlled-substances crime-of-violence criminal-law physical-force robbery statutory-interpretation |
Whether aiding and abetting robbery of controlled substances qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A) |
| 19-5983 |
Alejandro Llamas-Delgado v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking due-process statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the lower court's decision conflicts with Supreme Court and other circuit precedent concerning the government's burden to prove the evidence w… |
| 19-5975 |
Juan Jose Tull-Abreu v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-identity-theft compulsory-process confrontation-clause conspiracy controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment health-care-fraud identity-theft sixth-amendment |
Whether the petitioner participated in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud |
| 19-5871 |
Patrick Jones v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempt controlled-substance controlled-substances federal-crime federal-law guidelines-interpretation mandatory-minimum offer-to-sell preparatory-action sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantial-step tenth-circuit-precedent |
Did the district court err in increasing the defendant's sentence based on the Guidelines definition of 'controlled substance offense'? |
| 19-5491 |
Shed T. Woods v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-conviction divisibility drug-offense indiana-code-35-48-4-1 indiana-statute serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction for dealing in cocaine or narcotic drug under Indiana Code § 35-48-4-1 is improperly considered a 'serious drug offense' under th… |
| 19-5303 |
Mario Benitez-Pineda v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law constitutional-challenge constitutional-law controlled-substances criminal-law due-process federal-law penalty-provision sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 21 U.S.C. § 841 et. seq., is unconstitutional because it contains no penalty provision? |
| 19-5110 |
Barry Bays v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance-analog controlled-substance-analogue controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fifth-amendment fraud scienter scienter-requirement sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether a defendant's sentence for fraud offenses that applied 21 U.S.C. § 802(32), USSG § 2B1.1(b)(1), and USSG §2D1.1 and treated Bays as a 'control… |
| 18-1585 |
Kassim M. Nagi v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-06-27 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
8th-amendment controlled-substances cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-time-offender lockyer-v-andrade money-laundering proportionality proportionality-test racketeering sentencing solem-v-helm |
Whether a 90-year consecutive sentence for a 33-year-old first-time offender violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishme… |
| 18-1582 |
Bryan A. Krumm, CNP v. Drug Enforcement Administration |
District of Columbia |
2019-06-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law cannabis-scheduling controlled-substances controlled-substances-act dea federalism mandamus-relief medical-marijuana medical-use scheduling witness-testimony |
Can the Attorney General and DEA continue Schedule 1 placement of Cannabis now that it has 'accepted medical use' in 33 States, the District of Columb… |
| 18-9168 |
Melissa Owens v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights controlled-substances criminal-history drug-trafficking due-process equal-protection plea-agreement racial-discrimination school-desegregation sentencing sentencing-guidelines voting-rights |
Whether the district court erred in calculating the defendant's criminal history score and sentencing range under the United States Sentencing Guideli… |
| 18-8847 |
Javier Bocanegra, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody cocaine-conspiracy conspiracy controlled-substances cooperating-witnesses credibility criminal-conspiracy criminal-law deferred-adjudication drug-offense-enhancement evidence full-faith-and-credit reasonable-doubt |
Is there insufficient evidence for a conspiracy to transport cocaine conviction based upon the testimony of cooperating witnesses who are not credible… |
| 18-8861 |
Allen Louis Dorsey, Sr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
charging-documents charging-information confidential-informant confidential-informants controlled-substances criminal-procedure discovery double-jeopardy due-process prosecutorial-discretion substance-sale |
Can a citizen be convicted of an uncharged crime? |
| 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… |
| 18-8380 |
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) |
| 18-1141 |
Sandra Brown v. New Hampshire Board of Veterinary Medicine |
New Hampshire |
2019-03-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-agency controlled-drug-act controlled-substances criminal-law enforcement-authority jurisdiction pharmacy-board regulatory-inspection separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Lack of subject matter jurisdiction for the New Hampshire Board of Veterinary Medicine to inspect and enforce violations under the New Hampshire Contr… |
| 18-7264 |
Joel E. Miller v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-liability drug-trafficking gonzales-v-oregon jury-instructions medical-malpractice medical-practice medical-practitioner prosecutorial-discretion standard-of-care united-states-v-moore |
Whether the phrase 'issued for a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of his professional practice' mus… |
| 18-7079 |
Franklyn Morillo v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-waiver certiorari controlled-substances criminal-procedure district-court due-process first-impression first-impression' 'Should certiorari be granted i judicial-discretion knowing-intelligent-voluntary legal-standard plea-bargaining procedural-rights role-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review' 'Should certiorari be granted |
Should certiorari be granted to decide whether a district court can only ask a Petitioner a single question about an appellate waiver, even though tha… |
| 18-7032 |
Reginald L. Lomax v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-law drug-offense federal-drug-law federal-preemption mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences state-criminal-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state statute criminalizing possession of 'counterfeit' controlled substances qualifies as a 'serious drug offense' under the Armed Career C… |
| 18-6917 |
Rodolfo Portela v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal competency-hearing conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking evidence-suppression firearm-possession sentencing sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the district court erred in finding sufficient evidence of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance |
| 18-6413 |
Joshua Jackson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
21-usc-841 controlled-substances conviction criminal-adjudication criminal-law due-process federal-statute recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation youthful-offender |
Is an Alabama youthful-offender adjudication a 'conviction' for purposes of sentencing enhancement under 21 U.S.C § 841(b)(1)(A)? |
| 18-427 |
Masoud Bamdad v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
agency-policy controlled-substances court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure defective-indictment due-process fed.r.civ.p.-54(b) final-judgment habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings interstate-commerce jurisdiction medical-practice procedural-rules |
Whether a habeas court must adjudicate all claims of a habeas petitioner before making a final judgment and closing the case, or else the judgment is … |
| 18-6016 |
Fabian Sandoval-Ramos v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense due-process enhancement-factor mandatory-minimum-sentence mandatory-minimum-sentences sentencing sentencing-enhancements statutory-interpretation |
In order to trigger a mandatory minimum sentence, must the government allege and prove that an enhancement factor was the object of the conspiracy, or… |
| 18-5904 |
Donavan Cross v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause constructive-delivery constructive-possession controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-delivery due-process intent sentencing sentencing-guidelines testimonial-evidence |
Whether a statute that criminalizes a constructive delivery of drugs without bona fide intent to transfer possession is a felony 'controlled substance… |
| 18-5809 |
Robert Carl Sharp v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
analogue-drugs controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-statute drug-testing knowledge-requirement knowledge-standard mens-rea willful-blindness |
Can recklessness or negligence amount to willful blindness? |
| 18-5497 |
Timothy Edmun Johnson v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-history double-jeopardy drug-distribution federal-sentencing felony-possession occasions-different sentencing-enhancement separate-occasions serious-drug-offense |
Whether Oklahoma's crime of drug distribution is a 'serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act when state law defines 'distribution' to… |