| 22-7258 |
Brian Marc Fraser v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravated-robbery amendment commission-amendment criminal-classification due-process enumerated-offense robbery robbery-definition sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether there is a reasonable probability of a different result if the court of appeals were permitted to consider the Commission's Proposed Amendment… |
| 22-5532 |
Johnny Jasper Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split common-law common-law-offense criminal-classification criminal-law due-process generic-robbery legal-definition precedent statutory-interpretation |
Whether 'generic robbery' is equivalent to the common law form of the offense, or whether, instead, it carries a broader definition? |
| 21-6723 |
Jeremy L. Watson-Buisson v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights computer-aided-solicitation constitutional-challenge criminal-classification equal-protection indecent-liberties jurisdictional-comparison sex-offender-registration sex-offender-registry standing statutory-interpretation |
Does the Petitioner lack standing to raise an Equal Protection challenge to Code of Va. § 9.1-902(F) (formerly effective 2018) |
| 21-5789 |
KT Burgee, aka Kape Teal Burgee v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach criminal-classification federal-offense minor minor-protection residual-clause sex-offender-registration sex-offense sorna statutory-interpretation |
Should courts apply the categorical approach to determine if a prior conviction qualifies as a sex offense under the SORNA residual clause in 34 U.S.C… |
| 21-5386 |
Michael Kenneth Young v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal criminal-classification district-court drug-offense fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-appeal prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines serious-drug-offenses |
Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal err in reversing the decision of the District Court which had determined that Petitioner Michael Young was not … |
| 20-6451 |
Genesis Javon White v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act criminal-classification factual-finding occasions-different prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses |
Whether the district court erred in classifying Mr. Griffin as an armed career criminal |
| 18-9105 |
Samuel Eugene Geddie v. North Carolina |
North Carolina |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-crimes alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states court-of-appeals criminal-classification criminal-law due-process north-carolina north-carolina-law sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the North Carolina Court of Appeals erred by holding there are 'no aggravated crimes' in North Carolina, when the Supreme Court has held in Al… |
| 18-8145 |
Desmond Farmer v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-782 assault criminal-classification criminal-history drug-abuse drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection family-member judicial-discretion non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction violent-offender |
Whether the court erred in deeming the petitioner as a 'violent offender' instead of a 'drug abuser' and using that as a reason to deny a sentence red… |
| 18-6461 |
Gerren K. Love v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines causation-element circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-classification criminal-law force-definition sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-crime violent-force |
If a statute has a causation-of-harm element, does it also necessarily have an element of violent force for purposes of classifying the crime as a vio… |
| 18-6156 |
Hector Medina v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
career-offender career-offender-guidelines criminal-classification criminal-law dangerous-instrument first-degree-robbery new-york-penal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Should first degree robbery with use of a dangerous instrument under New York Penal Law § 160.15(3) qualify as a crime of violence for purposes of the… |