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25A877 Dylann Storm Roof v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2026-02-04 Application criminal-justice death-penalty federal-procedure judicial-recusal post-conviction writ-of-mandamus Question not identified.
25-5983 Maurice Cruz-Webster v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2025-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice due-process evidentiary-standard police-testimony victim-declaration witness-statement pressing 'Saues o-£ na-HoncU impor^an^e ; Cuhc-Her and u)kxx+ exVm-V aKe CnmmcU JaS-We System -holera-tes 9ol\ce o-Wcejro -te5+ vmon\a\ beVe-p's on …
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
24A954 Altony Brooks v. Sergeant Sheila Johnston, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-04-07 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights court-fees criminal-justice due-process equal-protection indigent-defendant Whether a criminal defendant's inability to pay court fees and costs constitutes an unconstitutional deprivation of due process or equal protection ri…
23-7505 Daniel Lynn Goering-Runyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment judicial-review legal-petition parole procedural-document sentencing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supervised Release Statute/probation for life violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment for misdemeanor …
23-7303 Demetriaus L. Blaylock v. Illinois Illinois 2024-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment emerging-adults juvenile-justice miller-v-alabama sentencing Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment requires the protections granted under Miller v. Alabama to be extende…
23-6806 Bruce Wayne Harp v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-02-22 Denied IFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process jury jury-impartiality justice-system obstruction-of-justice penal-code pre-trial trial-rights When does Penal Code 21.02 adulterate the justice system, obstructing due process, pre-trial and an impartial jury?
23-6357 Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-justice due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion motion-for-relief sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the denial of the Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A) Motion is contrary to this Court's ruling in Concepcion?
23-6098 Ricardo Dinnall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether Concepcion v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2389 (2022), requires district courts to consider all nonfrivolous arguments raised by the patties in …
23-5699 Jose J. Galiany-Cruz v. United States First Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court district-court-authority extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines Does a district court have the authority to determine what constitutes 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' warranting compassionate release or are …
23-5688 Angel Marie Jordan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-waiver constitutional-challenge criminal-justice criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process plea-agreement right-to-appeal Does a facially valid and credible good faith claim of a Double Jeopardy violation constitute a 'constitutionally impermissible factor' which cannot b…
22-7797 Anurag Dass v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice due-process fundamental-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel money-laundering plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the 5th Circuit erred in affirming the district court's decision that allowed to convict Petitioner of money laundering based on transactions …
22-7532 In Re Rex Gard 2023-05-11 Denied IFP criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment Is Petitioner actually innocent and has a miscarriage of justice occurred?
22-7451 Bennie C. Rivera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-justice criminal-procedure fair-sentence-act first-step-act judicial-discretion judicial-review motion-denial sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation Did Judge John Anton II abuse his discretion in denying the petitioner's motion under the First Step Act and Fair Sentence Act without a hearing?
22-7412 Darryl Bryan Barwick v. Ron Desantis, Governor of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-29 Denied IFP clemency clemency-process criminal-justice due-process harbison-v-bell herrera-v-collins judicial-review mercy-standard parole-authority standing Whether a standardless clemency process satisfies the Court's mandate in Ohio Adult Parole Authority v. Woodard
22-7101 Charles Eugene Nolden v. United States Third Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing federal-statute sentence-reduction sentencing third-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abused its discretion in denying Nolden's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reduction …
22-7059 Aaron M. Haynes v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history-points criminal-justice federal-sentencing first-step-act mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether the 'and' in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) means 'and' or 'or'
22-806 John Doe v. United States First Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied Response Waived acca acca-predicates criminal-justice direct-appeal first-step-act remedial-purpose retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant whose case was pending on direct appeal at the time of enactment of the First Step Act is entitled to the benefit of §401 (limitin…
22-6737 John Edward Butler v. North Carolina North Carolina 2023-02-09 Denied IFP criminal-justice due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection parole sentencing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights under the Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause, and Eighth Amendment were violated by North Caro…
22-6335 Timothy Michael Unzueta v. Texas Texas 2022-12-19 Denied IFP clear-error criminal-justice criminal-procedure date-range due-process grand-jury legal-procedure material-element void-conviction Is it not clear error to allow a void conviction to continue (i.e., to not be vacated) knowing that a material (date-range essential) element was impr…
22-6104 Esteban Parra-Reyes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-review compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-sentencing judicial-discretion ninth-circuit prisoner-rights sentencing summary-affirmance Whether the Denial of Esteban Para Reyes's Motion for Compassionate Release Was an Abuse of Discretion?
22-5990 Leroy Brooks v. United States Third Circuit 2022-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3553a-factors abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons judicial-review sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Petitioner's motion for compassionate release/reduction in sentence
22-5940 Hugo Villarreal-Solis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion motion sentencing Whether it was error for the Fifth Circuit to deny Solis' motion for compassionate release?
22-5894 Terrence Gibbs v. United States Third Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing-law federal-statute judicial-discretion retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-law Whether non-retroactive changes in federal sentencing law comprise 'extraordinary and compelling' circumstances for compassionate release
22-275 Benjamin Braam, et al. v. Kevin A. Carr, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Corrections Seventh Circuit 2022-09-23 Denied criminal-justice fourth-amendment gps-tracking lifetime-monitoring post-supervision sex-offender sex-offenders special-needs special-needs-doctrine totality-of-the-circumstances Whether the Wisconsin Department of Corrections' program categorically requiring lifetime GPS tracking of individuals who have been convicted of certa…
22-5497 William C. Shaw v. Ed Hay, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights county-conspiracy criminal-justice due-process false-accusations false-allegations prosecutorial-misconduct standing victim-testimony wrongful-conviction Alleged-misconduct-by-government-officials
22-186 Troy Mansfield v. Williamson County, Texas Fifth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied Amici (6) brady-violation brady-vs-maryland circuit-split criminal-justice due-process exculpatory-evidence plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the due process right recognized in Brady requires the disclosure of exculpatory evidence (or at the very least, evidence of factual innocence…
22-5192 Jose Manuel Hernandez-Miranda v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release court-review covid-19 criminal-justice due-process eighth-amendment extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion petitioner-rights sentencing sentencing-relief Whether the Petitioner should receive compassionate release based on the stated extraordinary and compelling reasons
22-5143 Malia Arciero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-statute judicial-review motion-reconsideration reconsideration sentencing sentencing-modification Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Arciero's Motion for Compassionate Release Under 18 …
21-8048 Michael Ray Kapp v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-procedure judicial-discretion sentencing summary-affirmance Whether the Denial of Michael Kapp's Motion for Compassionate Release Was an Abuse of Discretion?
21-8021 Frank W. Coon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice district-court-discretion first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing standard-of-review Whether the District Court Abused its Discretion by Denying Mr. Coon's Motion for Compassionate Release?
21-7736 Bertha Montes de Oca v. Park Way Baptist Church Florida 2022-04-28 Denied IFP baptist-church civil-rights complots conspiracy constitutional-violation criminal-justice discrimination due-process government-agencies legal-proceedings murder-case Whether the petitioner's civil rights were violated through a conspiracy and complots by the Park Way Baptist Church and government agencies
21-7676 Robert Christopher Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice eighth-amendment juvenile-justice mandatory-sentencing miller-factors miller-v-alabama plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-challenge Whether a pre-Miller guilty plea bars a post-Miller sentencing challenge under the Eighth Amendment
21-7463 James Edward Sandford, III v. United States Second Circuit 2022-03-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-justice criminal-justice-reform judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief prison-population rehabilitation sentencing supervisory-power supreme-court-power When should a court consider a defendant's post-sentencing rehabilitation
21-7221 Alfred Lavoris Moody v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion juvenile-justice mitigating-factors mitigation-factors proportionality rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review Whether the 78-month sentence imposed on Mr. Moody was 'greater than necessary' considering his troubled childhood
21-6992 Michael Rocky Lane v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing ninth-circuit sentencing summary-affirmance Whether the denial of Michael Lane's motion for compassionate release was an abuse of discretion?
21-6604 Andre Bowers v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violations constitutional-rights criminal-justice due-process faulty-investigative-practices first-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct systemic-racism wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions wrongful-convictions,prosecutorial-misconduct,ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,faulty-investigative-practices,brady-violations,first-amendment,fourte…
21-715 In Re Jody Tremayne Wafer 2021-11-15 Denied Relisted (2) 4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-liberty criminal-justice drug-crime drug-policy due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus Is the incarceration of the petitioner for a marijuana-related offense a violation of their constitutional rights?
21-6179 Leoncio Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-04 GVR Relisted (3)IFP civil-rights criminal-justice due-process first-step-act sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Composing a Reduced Sentence Pursuant to § 404 of the First STEP Act of 2018 requires a Plenary Resentencing
21-6010 Robert D. Sutton v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Amici (1)IFP circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Can a district court consider a defendant's disproportionately long sentence under the earlier version of § 924(c) to find 'extraordinary and compelli…
21-5940 Jovani Jacobo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-courts federal-prisoners judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation Whether § 3582(c)(1)(A) permits sentencing courts to consider personal observation and anecdotal data in deciding motions for compassionate release
21-5944 Casey Ray Culp v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment reform sentencing Whether a guideline sentence of seventy-five months imprisonment violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment
21-5810 Mandell Rhodes, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-law criminal-justice double-jeopardy fifth-amendment good-conduct-time legislative-intent parole prisoner-rights sentencing Whether the administrator of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitut…
21-5603 Alphonse Gainer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeal appellate-discretion criminal-justice criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit first-step-act motion-for-reconsideration motion-reconsideration sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion in denying Gainer's Motion for Reconsideration of Denial of …
21-5615 Carlos Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-preservation criminal-justice due-process importation mens-rea methamphetamine-importation plain-error plain-error-review sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines whether-defendant-failed-to-preserve-argument-by-not-raising-it-at-sentencing-hearing
21-5545 John Richardson v. Mobile Sheriff's Department Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-justice due-process government-accountability police-brutality systemic-issues Question not identified
21-5231 Shaun J. Salazar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process federal-law imprisonment revocation sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum supervised-release united-states-v-haymond Whether a district court may impose a revocation imprisonment term under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3) that, when combined with a defendant's initial term of…
21-5104 John G. Tomes, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether 'Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons' to Reduce a Defendant's Sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be based on any Factor a Court …
21-5011 Anthony Farmer v. United States First Circuit 2021-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 abuse-of-discretion criminal-justice criminal-law federal-sentencing judicial-discretion public-confidence racial-disparities racial-disparity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a district court can or should consider the need to avoid unwarranted racial disparities in sentencing
20-8398 Jonathan Jerome Hills v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 criminal-justice criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection first-step-act judicial-discretion procedural-opportunity sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Whether differences in procedural opportunity arising from the fact that a defendant is statutorily eligible for relief under the First Step Act creat…
20-8284 Harold Gashe v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-court-split appellate-review criminal-justice due-process equal-protection extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion section-3582 sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Is the application of 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) for relief from 924(c) stacking sentences being applied inconsistently across appellate courts?
20-8224 Don Wayne Basey v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice Fifth Circuit 2021-06-04 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-division criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-post-facto Whether the petitioner's fundamental constitutional rights were improperly infringed upon by COVID-19 prison policies
20-8056 Aaron J. Bressi v. Tracy McCloud, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP amended-complaint civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-justice due-process federal-rules judicial-discretion motion-for-appointment public-issue standing How does this motion for appointment of counsel get dismissed and not be granted pursuant to Rule 22 U.S.C. 1915 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedu…
20-8062 Erold Martin Panopio v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing sentencing sentencing-reform supervised-release youthful-offender youthful-offenders Whether a near twenty year prison sentence followed by a fifteen year term of supervised release for a youthful offender such as Panopio violates the …
20-7964 John Riley, aka P. J. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-sentencing district-court federal-jurisdiction first-step-act motion-denial motion-to-modify sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying the Motion for Sentence Reduction under The First Step Act of 2018
20-7648 Kesner V. Joaseus, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2021-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP age constitutional-law criminal-justice culpability due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment juvenile-sentencing retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing whether-the-proportionality-principle-&-the-eighth-amendment-has-been-violated
20-7636 Marcus Anthony Barnes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice false-information false-testimony government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia judicial-proceedings motion-to-vacate procedural-default Whether and to the extent the criminal justice system tolerates false testimony and false information relied upon by the United States Court of Appeal…
20-7583 Thomas Mark Hild v. Colorado Colorado 2021-03-26 Denied IFP 6th-amendment autonomous-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-justice defendant-rights due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel habitual-criminal plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prior-convictions Whether there is a constitutional requirement that counsel engage in plea negotiations with prosecuting authorities to provide effective assistance an…
20-7520 Shante Bruce Rice v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-03-22 Denied IFP age-of-defendant constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-sentencing equal-protection equal-protection-clause life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the Pennsylvania Superior Court's decision that the ban on mandatory sentences of life without parole applies to only those defendants who wer…
20-7049 Edwin Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment age-based-sentencing brain-development constitutional-interpretation criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole rehabilitation Whether the Miller ban on mandatory life without parole sentences for juvenile homicide offenders should be extended to youths under the age of 21
20-6819 Frantz Sterlin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-sentencing eligibility fair-sentencing-act first-step-act section-404 sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction u.s.-senate-bill-756 Whether Petitioner was eligible for a First Step Act reduction of his sentence
20-6666 Sebastian L. Eccleston v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-justice due-process federal-prisoner federal-sentencing sentencing-statutes state-judiciary Whether federal sentencing statutes and the Constitution require the Bureau of Prisons to execute the sentence of a federal prisoner to effectuate the…
20-6095 Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-justice district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions home-confinement motion sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Chaney's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
20-5997 Zaira Franco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies compassionate-release criminal-justice exhaustion federal-procedure judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred by ruling that exhaustion of administrative remedies is required before a court can consider a motion for compassiona…
20-5979 Steven Dwayne Bailey v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-10-09 Denied IFP case-review compassionate-release criminal-justice district-court due-process early-release judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-standard parole procedural-error sentencing Whether the court can recall and/or resentence the defendant upon recommendation of the district attorney due to change in circumstances since the inm…
20-5548 James Michael Hood v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-predisposition digital-inducement digital-relationships due-process entrapment entrapment-defense law-enforcement-sting minor-enticement predisposition sting-operation Whether, when the government has induced a person to break the law and the defense of entrapment is at issue, the government need only show that its i…
20-5341 Erik Becerra v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied IFP affirmative-defense criminal-justice criminal-prosecution federal-law firearm-possession judicial-development lower-court-conflict statutory-interpretation Does federal law permit the judicial development of an innocent-transitory possession (ITP) affirmative defense in a criminal prosecution for unlawful…
19-8489 Jason Mitchell Abbo v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca acca-enhancement burden-of-proof criminal-justice due-process equal-protection juvenile-conviction predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement Does a juvenile conviction for possession of a controlled substance qualify as a prior predicate conviction for an ACCA enhancement?
19-8448 Lamont Dantzler v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-law de-facto-life-sentence due-process juvenile-justice proportionality proportionate-penalties sentencing Whether an 18-year-old defendant's de facto life sentence violates the Illinois proportionate penalties clause
19-7838 Anthony Shockey v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP addiction-treatment criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-addiction drug-test due-process parole probation sentencing-guidelines supervised-release violation-classification When an addict on supervised release fails a drug test, should the failure be treated as a crime or a manifestation of a disease?
19-7648 Otis Renaldo Harris v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure discretion discretionary-power district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-review sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the district court abused its discretion when it found that petitioner Harris was not eligible for a sentence reduction under Section 404?
19-7531 Joey D. Wiseman, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied IFP criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-sentencing direct-appeal due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the First Step Act Must be Applied To Cases Pending on Direct Appeal?
19-962 Travis Ray Norwood v. West Virginia West Virginia 2020-01-31 Denied Response Waived constitutional-review criminal-justice criminal-punishment drug-policy due-process equal-protection opioid-crisis opioid-sentencing recidivist-statute sentencing Whether defendants charged with crimes involving Schedule I opioids can be constitutionally treated differently for punitive purposes from defendants …
19-7297 Christopher J. Burton v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment collateral-consequences criminal-justice criminal-procedure deportation due-process professional-assistance sexually-violent-predator strickland-v-washington voluntary-plea Whether civil commitment proceedings are sufficiently similar to deportation proceedings such that the distinction between collateral and direct conse…
19-6909 Efrain J. Rosa v. R. L. Rhodes, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation conviction-reversal criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Has the government's suppression of exculpatory evidence violated due process under the Fifth Amendment?
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…
19-6521 Marcus T. Simmons v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP career-offender criminal-justice criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 guidelines johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (200…
19-6115 Jose Manuel Aguirre-Ganceda v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence collateral-attack criminal-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-conviction due-process federal-law federal-state-comity mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-court-reduction state-law Whether a defendant is actually innocent of a mandatory life sentence once a prior state drug conviction relied upon by the District Court is set asid…
19-5944 Jerry D. Scott v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment 8th-circuit appeal certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-justice criminal-procedure domestic-assault due-process eighth-circuit habeas-corpus legal-standard missouri-robbery sentencing violent-crime Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in not granting a certificate of appealability
19-5878 Darries Leon Jackson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-reasonableness criminal-justice criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel racial-bias racial-discrimination sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether sentences imposed upon Petitioner are unconstitutionally unreasonable or greater than necessary to satisfy the ends of justice
19-5870 Shakeem Heratio Crawford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender civil-rights criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment ex-post-facto first-step-act parole retroactivity sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation Did the judge abuse discretion by categorically denying career offenders benefits under the First Step Act?
19-5307 James D. Brigman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines
19-5141 William Wade v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924c-sentencing circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process johnson-dimaya physically-restrained-enhancement residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the 10th Circuit's declaration that the 924(c) 'residual' clause is unconstitutional requires resentencing when the sentencing court failed to…
19-5105 Rudy Espudo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-justice criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-statute firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u…
18-9546 Everett Charles Wills, II v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP collateral-review criminal-justice criminal-procedure danforth-v-minnesota federal-law greene-v-fisher mccoy-v-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana post-conviction-proceedings postconviction-review retroactive-application retroactivity retroactivity-of-new-rules teague-rule teague-v-lane watershed-rule Whether States must apply a 'watershed rule' under Teague v. Lane in post-conviction proceedings
18-9330 Thomas Anthony Hammond v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender-guideline circuit-split criminal-justice criminal-law-sentencing due-process due-process-clause ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause federal-sentencing-guidelines robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether New York's Robbery Statute § 160.15 qualifies as a Crime of Violence under the Career Offender Guideline § 4B1.2
18-8784 DiAngelo Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct pretextual-stops racial-profiling traffic-stops whren-v-united-states Should this Court overrule Whren?
18-8602 Enrico M. Ponzo v. United States First Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-affidavit false-statements franks-doctrine franks-v-delaware judicial-review law-enforcement-misconduct probable-cause sanctions standing Whether Franks v. Delaware should be revisited to allow sanctions for false affiant declarations even if there remains probable cause in the absence o…
18-8443 James F. Oliveira v. Patricia A. Coyne-Fague, et al. First Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdiction speedy-trial statutory-interpretation trial-procedure Whether the defendant James F. Oliveira was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial
18-8441 Gaetan Dinelle, aka Gates v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentence eighth-amendment first-time-offender marijuana-trafficking non-violent-offender non-violent-offense proportionality sentencing Whether a life-sentence for a non-violent, first-time offender, who trafficked in marijuana, is unreasonable, disproportionate, and amounts to cruel a…
18-8275 Brian Sawyers v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection implicit-bias jury-instruction jury-instructions jury-selection racial-bias racial-discrimination racial-prejudice sixth-amendment voir-dire Whether the federal district court should give an implicit-bias jury-instruction upon-request
18-8095 Enrique Gamino-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant should receive retroactive application of sentencing guidelines under 18 USC 3582(c)
18-8027 Michael Eugene Sample v. Tennessee Tennessee 2019-02-19 Denied IFP case-remand collateral-review criminal-justice death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus intellectual-disability judicial-review montgomery-v-louisiana moore-v-texas retroactive-application retroactivity supreme-court-precedent welch-v-united-states writ-of-certiorari Does Moore v. Texas apply retroactively to cases on collateral review?
18-7788 Sunny Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court and the Fifth Circuit erred in not granting relief under Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582
18-7800 Rene Antonio Aguilar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-justice procedural-obligations rita-standard rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-arguments Can a district court at sentencing fail to respond to a party's non-frivolous sentencing arguments?
18-7119 Stanley Grigsby v. Louisiana Louisiana 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-justice criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process excessive-sentence judicial-error jurisdiction louisiana-law sentencing sentencing-review subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Louisiana Court's have erred in determining that the sentence was not excessive?
18-7014 Muriel Collins v. Alan B. Epstein, et al. Third Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-hearing civil-rights code-of-conduct criminal-justice due-process employment employment-dispute last-chance-agreement retaliation termination termination-procedures whistleblower workplace-discrimination wrongful-termination Why was Plaintiff issued disciplinary actions for following Defendants' code-of-conduct and absolute-relief-procedures?
18-6669 Gernard Denez Chestnut v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2018-11-13 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-justice due-process equal-protection public-health standing civil-rights criminal-justice discrimination due-process equal-protection standing Can entry other cases in Florida with similar stakes be granted relief if not the one presented in this petition?
18-6615 Eugene Riley, III v. Stephanie Dorethy, Warden Seventh Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP 6th-amendment criminal-justice due-process evidence jury-instructions law legal-assessment legal-principles separateness-of-events Whether Ritey was denied his 6th Amendment right to have his jury assessed with instructions on the application of legal principles to the evidence an…
18-6120 Jose Ramon Pulido-Nolazco v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-procedure prior-conviction sentencing sex-offender sex-offender-treatment supervised-release Whether the age of a prior sex offense conviction is a factor the court must consider when determining whether to impose sex offender treatment as a c…
18-5034 Jodi Anderson v. North Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied IFP 4th-amendment administrative-law banking child-welfare civil-rights criminal-justice drug-policy due-process federalism property-rights taxation Can we legalize drugs in the form of the D.I.C. Policy?