criminal-conspiracy

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25-6477 Warren Harold Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-05 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy double-jeopardy hobbs-act judicial-precedent sentencing Whether Callanan v. United States, 364 U.S. 587 (1961), should be overruled or limited as violative of the Double Jeopardy Clause where petitioner was…
25A294 Vincent Gerald Garcia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-09-15 Presumed Complete conspiracy-to-commit criminal-conspiracy racketeering rico-conspiracy specific-intent statutory-interpretation Whether a nonspecific RICO conspiracy without specific intent to commit the target crime can constitute a substantive criminal offense
25-2 Deon Reese v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-01 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-conspiracy due-process judicial-precedent pinkerton-doctrine statutory-interpretation vicarious-liability Whether this Court should overrule Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640 (1946).
24-1196 Dwaine Collymore v. United States Second Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) consecutive-sentencing criminal-attempt criminal-conspiracy hobbs-act inchoate-crimes sentencing-principles Whether a district court may impose consecutive terms of imprisonment for convictions of attempt and conspiracy under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(…
24-1172 Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States Second Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response Waived criminal-conspiracy enterprise-definition federal-criminal-law racketeering rico-statute statutory-interpretation Whether members of an 'enterprise' under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) must share a common illegal or fraudulent purpose
24-284 Andre Ricardo Briscoe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived criminal-conspiracy federal-prosecution overt-act statute-of-limitations substantive-offense tolling-doctrine Whether the five-year statute of limitations for federal crimes begins to run from the date of the last overt act in a criminal conspiracy or from the…
23-7481 Maurice Owen Wiley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy double-jeopardy fifth-amendment firearms firearms-possession hobbs-act Does the imposition of consecutive punishments for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of a crime…
23-7144 Dricko Dashon Huskey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conspiracy criminal-enterprise due-process jury-finding jury-findings racketeering racketeering-activity rico-act rico-conspiracy sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a district court can sentence a defendant to life imprisonment for a RICO conspiracy conviction when the jury found the defendant did not agre…
23-638 Kenneth Wendell Ravenell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied Amici (2) burden-of-proof circuit-split conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure federal-prosecution jury-instructions money-laundering non-overt-act-conspiracy statute-of-limitations Whether the government bears the burden of proving to a jury that a non-overt-act conspiracy existed within the limitations period
23-5282 Clarence Leonard Hearns, Jr. v. Andrew Whisnand, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied IFP absolute-immunity access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-conspiracy due-process first-amendment standing state-attorney-general Whether a state deputy attorney general has absolute immunity from suit for initiating criminal conspiracy?
22-876 Daniel L. Pohle v. Michael Pence, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy due-process international-treaty presidential-powers supremacy-clause treaty-violation united-nations-convention Whether the President is bound by the Supremacy Clause to seek injunction against a state governor violating the CISG
22-6837 James Randolph Sherman v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-fairness criminal-conspiracy drug-offense due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-speculation loose-practice non-incriminating-evidence unfairness-to-defendant Does the U.S. Constitution embrace a criminal conspiracy conviction when the government presents non-incriminating evidence of innocent conduct regard…
22-6791 Jerome Simmons v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy elements-clause fifth-amendment hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment vagueness-doctrine Whether a sentence predicated upon a finding that Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the elements clause in 18 U.S.C § 924 (c) violates th…
22-486 Texas v. John Wesley Baldwin Texas 2022-11-22 Denied 4th-amendment cell-phone cell-phone-search criminal-conspiracy fourth-amendment illinois-v-gates organized-crime probable-cause riley-standard riley-v-california search-warrant warrant-requirements Whether an officer's uncorroborated belief that co-conspirators who planned a crime over multiple days used their cell phones to do so is a 'bare conc…
22-6114 Phillip Scott Grigalanz v. Kristi Lynn Grigalanz Indiana 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy due-process felony fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment standing Should respondent benefit from a conspiracy to commit a felony crime?
22-5672 Luan Van Nguyen v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP and whether the ineffective assistance of counsel 4th-amendment carjacking civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy exclusionary-rule ineffective-assistance probable-cause search-and-seizure sixth-amendment standing Whether the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution prohibits or limits the government's ability to conduct warrantless searches and seizures?
21-5744 Joseph George v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-violation criminal-conspiracy due-process federal-law law-enforcement prisoner-rights public-officials standing Does Alowg AUN NING, Goeanmesst ruc/ Onegai eed Crimirirel Couspiieaey AAegedtissg Anil faanatng Ppetrtinier Aor. bahay cnses Meet the PLRA 3-sfhakés …
21-125 Constantino Basile v. The Los Angeles Film School, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied Response Waived civil-rights copyright criminal-conspiracy due-process racketeering rico Whether a Petitioner is entitled to a conservative summary judgement of 1 Billion dollars awarded
21-5039 Gavin Wayne Wright v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied IFP co-conspirator-statements co-defendant criminal-conspiracy due-process entrapment false-statements federal-rules-of-evidence government-agent jury-instruction materiality testimony Was the quantum and character of this evidence in the record sufficient to entitle him to a jury instruction on entrapment?
20-8362 Damion Sleugh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment judge-made-law Pinkerton-liability substantive-offense substantive-offenses May a defendant be found guilty of a substantive offense based on Pinkerton liability where that offense was not an object of the alleged conspiracy?
20-8231 Kevin Thomas Seigler v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-04 Denied IFP appellate-review burden-of-proof circuit-split conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law drug-distribution due-process federal-courts single-transaction Is evidence of a single sale of illegal drugs, from one seller to one buyer, sufficient to support a conviction for conspiracy to distribute illegal d…
20-8008 Eric Christopher Conn v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail-reform-act conspiracy-to-escape criminal-conspiracy custody escape-statute federal-corrections federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus home-confinement jurisdictional-review parole-violation prisoner-rights Whether an individual released on bond under the Bail Reform Act is in 'custody' and as to a 'conspiracy to escape' or a 'walk away' parole violation
20-7379 Miguel Angel Corujo Mercado v. Florida Florida 2021-03-09 Denied IFP conspiracy constitutional-protection continuous-act criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure defendant-rights double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment multiple-charges Can a criminal defendant be charged and convicted with multiple conspiracies for a single continuous conspiracy act without violating right to be free…
20-6481 Luis Francisco Murillo Morfin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP coercion conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law deliberate-ignorance due-process intent-requirement knowledge-standard mens-rea Whether the government may rely on a deliberate ignorance theory to establish a conspiracy conviction, when there is no evidence of deliberate action …
20-6367 Kissinger St. Fleur v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-18 Denied IFP appellate-review buyer-seller-transaction cocaine-distribution conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instruction jury-instructions Did the district court and the Eleventh Circuit deny Mr. St. Fleur a fair trial when it failed to give buyer-seller instructions to the jury?
20-5656 Priscilla Ann Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure district-prosecution due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge overt-act venue venue-requirement Does proof of venue require that at least one defendant charged in a criminal conspiracy case have participated in an overt act in furtherance of the …
20-5153 Jamiell Sims v. United States Third Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1594 conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute force-fraud-coercion offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines sex-trafficking What is the base offense level for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1594(c)?
19-8397 Domenico Alexander Lockhart v. North Carolina North Carolina 2020-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cole-v-arkansas constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-narcotic-offenses due-process judicial-review overt-act procedural-and-substantive-rights statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina's criminal conspiracy law and federal constitutional law of due process require proof of an overt act, as held in Cole v. Arkan…
19-8160 Eddie Vincent Rutledge v. Florida Florida 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment issue-preclusion solicitation Did the Florida trial court violate the Fifth Amendment's guarantee against double jeopardy?
19-8014 Michael Artis v. United States First Circuit 2020-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest criminal-activity criminal-conspiracy evidence-suppression fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure Whether the Fourth Amendment requires suppression of evidence where agents lacked probable cause to arrest two persons absent probable cause of crimin…
19-7479 Brian Price v. United States First Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied IFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant's constitutional rights are abridged when a district court bases its sentence solely on acquitted conduct
19-7027 Patrick T. Hughes v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability confrontation-clause criminal-conspiracy criminal-homicide due-process eighth-amendment evidence reasonable-doubt Whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain a conviction of criminal homicide, criminal conspiracy to commit homicide
19-6844 Fabian Santiago v. Arthur F. Hill, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County Illinois 2019-12-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus impartial-adjudication ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-representation right-to-counsel Whether the refusal of the legal representative of the Petitioner to disclose a conflict of interest and the judge's failure to address this issue con…
19-6293 Dwight Knowles v. United States District of Columbia 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-jurisprudence congressional-intent conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-conspiracy extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-offenses extraterritoriality federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-application Whether federal conspiracy statutes apply extraterritorially when the object of the conspiracy is an extraterritorial offense but there is no clear in…
19-5296 Ozzie Davis v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-v-us criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial-rights jackson-v-virginia prosecutorial-misconduct state-trial sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-precedent third-degree-murder Whether the Pennsylvania Superior Court's denial of the challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence resulted in an unreasonable application of Suprem…
19-5061 Akeem Young v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-law-procedure fifth-amendment hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether the least culpable means of committing a violation under 18 U.S.C. 1951 qualify as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B)
18-9806 Karlynn Romeo Tones, Donta Lyvoid Blackmon, and Arvin Terrill Carmen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment indictment-specificity jury-instructions jury-unanimity trial-evidence unanimity Do federal criminal defendants have a constitutional right to a specific unanimity instruction requiring the jury to unanimously define the duration a…
18-9757 Shanta G. Phillips-Berry v. Patricia Blackwell Scurlock, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fraud kidnapping technology-abuse civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process human-rights implant-technology justice-system kidnapping standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims without a trial or hearing, in violation of the petitioner's civil rights and d…
18-9512 Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conspiracy criminal-culpability double-jeopardy dry-conspiracy due-process guilt indictment jury reasonable-foreseeability subject-matter-jurisdiction Who does the jury have to be in order to establish guilt or criminal culpability in all dry conspiracy crimes?
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…
18-8584 Antwan Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-challenge criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-statute due-process federal-indictment federal-jurisdiction mens-rea statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness title-21-usc-846 vagueness Is Title 21 U.S.C. §846 ATTEMPT AND CONSPIRACY UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE BECAUSE IT FAILS TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED ESSENTIAL ELEMENT THAT THE DEFENDANT …
18-8494 Alberto Sostre-Cintron v. United States First Circuit 2019-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-371 18-usc-641 conspiracy conspiracy-18-usc-371 criminal-conspiracy criminal-law district-court-proceedings morissette-standard morissette-v-united-states parties-to-the-proceedings statutory-provisions sufficiency-of-evidence theft-of-government-property theft-of-government-property-18-usc-641 Whether there was sufficient evidence to support Alberto Sostre-Cintron's conviction of conspiracy pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §371
18-7399 Gene Donta Carter v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-01-14 Denied IFP consecutive-sentences criminal-conspiracy drug-delivery drug-offenses due-process non-violent-crime offense-gravity offense-gravity-scores sentence-proportionality sentencing sentencing-error Did the sentencing court err in applying incorrect offense gravity scores in violation of the appellant's due process rights based on the unproven wei…
18-7302 Angel Bartlett v. Stephen Gorsalitz, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied IFP civil-rights court-misconduct criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process false-allegations hate-crime judicial-abuse peonage retaliation witness-tampering Was it illegal or wrongful for Stephen Gorsalitz and the Kalamazoo Courts to frame, Set up and destroy Angel Bartlett when she first had her kids?
18-635 Brian M. Burmaster v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response Waived attorney-general criminal-conspiracy federal-court-judges federal-judges immunity international-criminal-court international-law judicial-immunity jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction u.s.-attorney-general Are US Federal Court Judges and former U.S. Attorney General immune from the International Criminal Court?
18-5948 Patrick Henry Murphy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied IFP conspiracy criminal-conspiracy death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing eighth-amendment enmund-v-florida-tison-v-arizona felony felony-murder jury-findings sentencing-requirements sixth-amendment Does the Sixth or Eighth Amendment require that before a party may be sentenced to death as a conspirator (rather than a trigger-person), the jury mus…