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25-6819 Brandon Prawl v. United States Second Circuit 2026-02-13 Pending IFP appellate-review constructive-amendment criminal-indictment due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment The Petitioner, Brandon Prawl, was indicted for one crime but convicted of a different crime and sentenced to a consecutive 60-month prison term. Does…
25-6600 Naveed Rasheed Shike v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-procedure evidence-suppression judicial-review legal-dismissal suppression-motion I. Whether Shike's suppression motion should have been granted? II. Whether Shike's indictment should have been dismissed?
25-6513 Alexander Jon Ogilvie v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment firearms-regulation gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(n), the federal statute that prohibits those under indictment from shipping, transporting, or receiving any firearm or ammunitio…
25-6199 Edgar Rene Garcia-Limon v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-sexual-abuse constitutional-sufficiency criminal-indictment criminal-procedure sexual-abuse statutory-language Whether an indictment charging violations of 18 U.S.C. § § 2241(c) and 2244 is constitutionally sufficient when it alleges only that the charged acts …
25-5181 Samuel Adam Sanchez-Tena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(n), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been indicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding o…
24-7342 Jose Gomez Quiroz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment federal-firearms-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(n), which prohibits individuals under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year from receiv…
24-779 Roger Paul Bradford v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-23 Denied Response Waived criminal-indictment criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction judicial-review prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether an indictment that alleges conduct outside the reach of a criminal statute precludes a district court from exercising jurisdiction to adjudica…
23-7242 Juan Avendano v. Illinois Illinois 2024-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment jury-instructions jury-verdict statutory-interpretation statutory-offense Whether a defendant's rights under the Double Jeopardy Clause are violated by multiple, factually identical counts of the same statutory offense using…
23-1036 Robert John Dodd v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied constitutional-violation criminal-indictment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object on Double Jeopardy grounds to nine identical carbon copy indictments
23-6849 Juan Salazar-Grimaldo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure criminal-indictment criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-6478 Michael Alan Welker v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-indictment deception due-process eighth-circuit fraud mail-fraud marital-property marriage property wire-fraud Whether a husband's actions in deceiving his wife regarding marital property constitutes federal mail and wire fraud?
23-6411 Gilberto Salvador Cortez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-indictment criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process jury-determination jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-5759 Meredith McConnell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment false-statements federal-statute materiality neder-v-united-states ninth-circuit omissions wire-fraud Does an indictment charging the offense of wire fraud require pleading and proof of a specific false statement or omission, or is the allegation of an…
23-5718 Adam Neftali Santana v. United States Third Circuit 2023-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment conspiracy-charge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency firearm-possession motion-to-suppress search-warrant standing Did the Court err when it denied Petitioner's Motion to Suppress the evidence obtained through the execution of the contingency search warrant?
23-5668 Maurice Bellamy v. United States District of Columbia 2023-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-vagueness count-severance criminal-indictment criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process indictment joinder severance trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court erred when it denied defendant's repeated motions to sever counts in the indictment
22-6691 Hugues-Denver Akassy v. Michael Kirkpatrick, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-charges criminal-indictment due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant judicial-procedure rape-case standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Can a court with lack of subject matter jurisdiction permit an indigent defendant to stand trial on trumped-up criminal charges not made in indictment…
22-5242 Tavaras Etone Warren v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-indictment due-process firearm-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-exclusion statutory-interpretation Is such other offense categorically excluded from being treated as a crime of violence?
22-5104 Nakia Adams v. United States Third Circuit 2022-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession indictment speedy-trial third-circuit Did the Third Circuit err by not dismissing Mr. Adams' indictment on speedy-trial-grounds and/or the Government's failure to prove that he is a felon-…
21-7832 Daniel Casamayor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute indictment knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if Casamayor's indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm is valid in light of Rehaif…
21-7047 In Re Daren Kareem Gadsden 2022-02-03 Dismissed IFP constitutional-violation criminal-indictment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-indictment federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-authority Whether the U.S. District Court exceeded its authority and/or jurisdiction
21-7005 Adam M. DeVore v. Kenneth Black, Warden Ohio 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-indictment due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-change location-modification ohio-supreme-court venue Whether the location of an alleged offense can be changed post-appeal and whether such a change violates due process
21-580 Vitaly Korchevsky v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Response Waived criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process evidence grand-jury grand-jury-clause insider-trading material-nonpublic-information securities-exchange-act securities-fraud stock-trading Whether the evidence at trial so dramatically changed the type, number, and scope of the specifically alleged trades that the defendant was denied his…
21-5286 Gerald M. Calmese v. Arizona Arizona 2021-08-04 Denied IFP conviction criminal-indictment double-jeopardy due-process essential-elements fraudulent-schemes indictment legal-sufficiency multiplicity sentencing-error Is there legally sufficient evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the required element for fraudulent schemes for which the petitioner was c…
20-8415 Demario Deshawn Simpson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP count-specific-plea criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-criminal-procedure jurisdiction partial-guilty-plea plea-bargaining plea-entry sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether a defendant has a right under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to enter a partial guilty plea (without a plea agreement or any plea bar…
20-7871 Jemone Lawrence Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure criminal-indictment fairness-integrity-public-reputation federal-jurisdiction intervening-supreme-court-decision plain-error-review subject-matter-jurisdiction substantial-rights trial-record Whether the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction
20-1514 Robert John Dodd v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2021-04-28 Denied child-sexual-abuse criminal-indictment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-proceeding statute-of-limitations trial-counsel Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object on Double Jeopardy grounds to nine identical carbon copy indictments
20-7838 Edward M. Vargas, Sr. v. Craig Koenig, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-charge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process fair-notice indictment jury-conviction jury-instructions ninth-circuit Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's precedents in ruling that Petitioner was not denied fair notice of the charges against him despite t…
20-7740 Jason Robert Vickers v. Kenneth Diggs, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-fabrication exculpatory-evidence guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether a criminal defendant can challenge an indictment and/or conviction after a coerced guilty plea
20-7502 Vaughn Alexander Cropper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-19 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms-regulation Second-Amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in upholding petitioner's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) despite his as-applied Second Amendment challenge
20-7207 Manuel de Jesus Gordillo-Escandon v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied IFP criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process interstate-agreement-detainers interstate-agreement-on-detainers-act judicial-procedure jurisdiction speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation trial-timing Did the district court err in failing to dismiss the indictment under the Speedy Trial Act and the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act?
20-6690 Randolph Burleson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment criminal-law federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment indictment jurisdiction mens-rea sixth-amendment Whether federal courts have jurisdiction over a criminal matter when the charging document omits an essential mens rea element of the offense
20-6583 Edgar Espinoza v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-defect criminal-indictment criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment guilty-plea indictment jurisdiction mens-rea sixth-amendment Whether federal courts have jurisdiction over a criminal matter when the charging document omits an essential mens rea element of the offense
20-6007 William Harold Wright, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process indictment judicial-review prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence venue Did the District Court err in denying the defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment?
20-5949 Timmy Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Relisted (4)IFP criminal-indictment criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession indictment jury-instructions mens-rea prohibited-status rehaif rehaif-challenge Whether Rehaif's mens rea requirement is limited to whether or not the defendant knew he was a convicted felon alone, or whether it requires him to kn…
20-338 Johnny Clyde Benjamin, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response Waived 11th-circuit controlled-substances-act criminal-indictment federal-district-court furanyl-fentanyl indictment jurisdictional-defect statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the district court have subject matter jurisdiction over this case?
20-5479 Santos Mondragon Benitez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-indictment criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
19-7916 Mark Gelazela v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3282 continuing-offense criminal-indictment criminal-procedure federal-prosecution lulling statute-of-limitations time-barred wire-fraud Whether after-the-fact 'lulling' allegations extend the statute of limitations for wire fraud beyond the five-year period authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 32…
19-7539 Shamir Kane v. United States Third Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-joinder federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence hobbs-act joinder severance witness-tampering Did the Court of Appeals err in upholding the District Court's joinder of counts related to one Hobbs Act robbery and witness tampering with unrelated…
19-7189 Kevin D. Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-08 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bias civil-rights criminal-indictment due-process federal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-bias judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal prosecutorial-misconduct recusal standing Did the United States District Court (USDC) judge abuse his discretion in refusing to recuse himself
19-6538 Levi Jermaine Griffin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof child-pornography criminal-indictment criminal-knowledge criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence jury-instructions mens-rea possession-of-child-pornography reasonable-doubt statutory-elements Whether the evidence was insufficient to satisfy the government's burden to prove the element of knowledge as to the possession of child pornography c…
19-300 Beth Lewis Maze, Circuit Judge v. Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission Kentucky 2019-09-05 Denied administrative-hearing civil-proceeding civil-rights criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment judicial-conduct self-incrimination stay Did the denial of the stay in the civil proceedings deprive Petitioner of her fundamental Fifth Amendment right to remain silent in the state criminal…
19-5623 Deshawn Legrier v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-16 GVR IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-possession indictment knowingly-element rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction where the indictment for violating § 922(g)(1) did not charge the defendant with any off…
18-7305 William Hilts v. United States Second Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury hearsay hearsay-testimony indictment witness-testimony Whether a criminal defendant's right to be prosecuted on an indictment voted by a Grand Jury under the Fifth Amendment is violated when the Grand Jury…
18-762 Jaime Valente Pina, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Relisted (2) conflict-of-interest criminal-indictment federal-prosecution plea-bargaining pre-indictment right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-charges state-prosecution Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches before the filing of a formal federal criminal charge
18-6948 William Gavidia v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights common-heritage crimes-of-violence criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process enterprise indictment pattern-of-activity pattern-of-racketeering racketeering racketeering-activity Whether those of common heritage constitute an enterprise that should be indicted and tried together and any crimes of violence they commit constitute…
18-6468 Bernabe Lugo-Santiago v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-regulation firearms indictment interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden Whether the Government must allege and prove a connection to interstate commerce for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)