| 25-6678 |
Isaac Ramirez Rodriguez v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2026-01-30 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment mandatory-minimum proportionality sentencing |
Are the mandatory minimum life sentence provisions of Virginia Code §§ 18.2-61(B)(2) and 18.2-67.2(B)(2) unconstitutional as constituting Cruel and Un… |
| 25-6599 |
Harry Whitman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-01-15 |
Pending |
IFP |
criminal-resentencing extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the fact that a prisoner is serving a sentence that is significantly longer than the law would now permit, in light of the First Step Act's no… |
| 25-6386 |
Gavin Michael Harold v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-16 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-punishment jury-trial mandatory-minimum restitution sixth-amendment |
In 2018, Congress enacted the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act, which established a mandatory minimum restitution amount o… |
| 25-6169 |
Elias Xavier Rosario Torres v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure firearm-statute mandatory-minimum mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
A person who is convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, but who… |
| 25A535 |
Shawn Russell Sorensen v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-11-07 |
Application |
|
controlled-substance drug-possession felony-drug-offense ineffective-assistance mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement |
This document does not contain a traditional "Question(s) Presented" section. The text contains questions posed within the Background section of an ex… |
| 25-6010 |
Karl Patrick Kluge v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-31 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
child-exploitation criminal-punishment jury-finding mandatory-minimum restitution sixth-amendment |
In 2018, Congress enacted the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act, which established a mandatory minimum restitution amount o… |
| 25-5144 |
Gregory Michael Hawes v. Seth Norris, Warden |
Wyoming |
2025-07-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process mandatory-minimum |
Whether this Court should resolve a 9'8 split amongst State Courts of Last Resort, when rulings, influenced by this Courts decisions, unconstitutional… |
| 25-5054 |
Eural Black v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Pending |
IFP |
circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction |
The compassionate-release statute permits courts to reduce a prisoner's sentence if the court finds that "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warran… |
| 24-6608 |
Felix Pusey v. Florida |
Florida |
2025-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
eighth-amendment firearm-possession juvenile-offender mandatory-minimum second-amendment sixth-amendment |
1. Whether section 790.23(1)(b), Florida Statutes, which criminalizes the possession and ownership of a firearm by people under the age of 24 who have… |
| 24-6387 |
Raymond Bradley v. Florida |
Florida |
2025-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-sentencing criminal-procedure juvenile-sentencing mandatory-minimum proportionality-principle youth-consideration |
Whether the mandatory penalty scheme at issue here is flawed where it prevents the sentencer from taking account of the central considerations of Grah… |
| 24-6287 |
Sean J. Trahan v. United States |
First Circuit |
2025-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography federal-law mandatory-minimum predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement state-conviction |
Whether a district court may impose an enhanced mandatory minimum sentence under 18 U.S.C. 2252A(b)(2) based on a prior state conviction "relating to"… |
| 24-6192 |
Ladonta A. Tucker v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-statute firearm-use mandatory-minimum predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a person uses or carries a firearm "during and in relation to" a predicate offense anytime the firearm has "the potential to facilitate" the c… |
| 24-6114 |
Davis Ennis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy-statute drug-quantity judicial-fact-finding mandatory-minimum rule-of-lenity sixth-amendment |
This case presents a question whether judicial fact-finding of a greater type and quantity of a controlled substance, an element of the offense, requi… |
| 24-5972 |
Alex N. Morales-Velez v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance mandatory-minimum plea-agreement sentencing-recommendation strickland-standard |
1. Whether defense counsel's failure to object to the government's high-end sentencing recommendation —contrary to the terms of the plea agreement fol… |
| 24-5905 |
Huosheng Xian v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure jury-verdict mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing |
Do the findings embodied in a jury's verdict constrain a sentencing judge's ability to find that a defendant has provided full and truthful informatio… |
| 24A423 |
Sean J. Trahan v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-10-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
categorical-approach child-pornography circuit-split mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under the "categorical approach," the Massachusetts child pornography statute is "overbroad" such that a prior conviction under that statute … |
| 24-5366 |
Marquise Thomas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-exploitation criminal-punishment jury-determination mandatory-minimum restitution-order sixth-amendment |
Does the Sixth Amendment require a jury to find the facts needed to justify a restitution order meeting or exceeding § 2259(b)(2)(B)'s $3,000 mandator… |
| 24-5060 |
Bert Hudson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole |
Pennsylvania |
2024-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment eighth-amendment furman-v-georgia mandatory-minimum parole parole-review second-degree-murder sentencing-guidelines sentencing-statutes |
After being rebuked for forbidden cruelty by this Court's own landmark 1972 Furman decision, Pennsylvania's sentencing statutes enacted in response to… |
| 24-5019 |
Daniel Salgado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-rule certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure-sentencing notice-clause prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review |
L Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled?
I. Should this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment bel… |
| 24-5016 |
Michael Medina v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-justice-reform first-step-act mandatory-minimum post-conviction-relief resentencing retroactivity sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
The First Step Act (FSA) significantly reduced the
mandatory minimum sentences for several federal drug
and firearm offenses. First Step Act of 2018, … |
| 24-5014 |
Aweis Haji-Mohamed v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split due-process ineffective-assistance mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-error strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
The Sixth Circuit deliberately applied a more demanding standard for showing prejudice for ineffective assistance of counsel than the standard establi… |
| 23A1167 |
Jay A. Liestman v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-06-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
child-pornography federal-criminal-law mandatory-minimum predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7650 |
Samuel Cuellar v. Jeff Tanner, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure constitutional-violation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informed-decision mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sentencing |
I. PETITIONER IS ENTITLED TO REINSTATEMENT OF PLEA OFFER WHERE COUNSEL FAILED TO INFORM HIM DURING PLEA NEGOTIATIONS THAT IF HE WAS CONVICTED UNDER MC… |
| 23-7643 |
Thomas Antonio Stuart v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alien-smuggling criminal-penalty criminal-procedure legislative-history mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-interpretation textualism |
Whether the five-year mandatory minimum penalty of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2), which applies to a defendant's third "violation" of subsection (a)(2)(B)(Gi)… |
| 23-7453 |
William Garrido v. Florida |
Florida |
2024-05-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
10-20-life-statute criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-authority statutory-interpretation trial-court-authority |
What authority does the trial court have to sentence beyond the selected mandatory minimum of 25 years under § 775.087 (2), (the 10-20-life Statute)? |
| 23-7283 |
Hector Manuel Gomez Rodriguez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
21-usc-841 constitutional-scrutiny criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences non-capital-sentences proportionality-review sentencing |
Did the Ninth Circuit contravene Harmelin's plurality and Ewing by essentially exempting all sentences that a district court imposes under 21 U.S.C. §… |
| 23-7061 |
Cody Dillon Hogan v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
8th-amendment child-pornography civil-rights criminal-law due-process eighth-amendment mandatory-minimum restitution statutory-interpretation |
1. Proximate causation. This Court has opined that holding possessors of illegal pornography liable for the conduct of many other independent actors m… |
| 23A850 |
Benjamin F. Whiteman v. Kathy Jennings, Attorney General of Delaware, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-03-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual due-process habitual-offender mandatory-minimum sentencing-statute |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7014 |
Stanley Ford v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act mandatory-minimum physical-force statutory-interpretation |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), are categorically crimes of violence under the elements clau… |
| 23-1002 |
Tony R. Hewitt v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-12 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split criminal-law first-step-act judicial-vacatur mandatory-minimum post-enactment-sentencing retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the First Step Act's sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally sentenced before the FSA's enactment when that original s… |
| 23-6953 |
Anthony Lamont Mason, II v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
federal-court federal-sentencing indian-major-crimes-act mandatory-minimum mcgirt-v-oklahoma sentencing-guidelines state-court state-sentencing statutory-interpretation |
This case presents a legal question under the Indian Major Crimes Act (IMCA), 18 U.S.C. § 1153, that is increasingly important in the wake of McGirt v… |
| 23-6942 |
Paulino Granda v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum predicate-conviction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a Petitioner demonstrates that he has made "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right " warranting the issuance of a certi… |
| 23-6879 |
Christopher Sean Burrus v. Washington |
Washington |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment evidentiary-requirements ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum mental-health sentencing-law |
1. Washington's personal identity petition hon eastern powers Conviction proceedings Who Are loucden & pcoa? a boty Sed +o Nhe. Setidioned oN ise.) Be… |
| 23-6590 |
Johnny Eugene Holton v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2024-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction mandatory-minimum res-judicata sentencing statutory-interpretation void-sentence |
1) Was Petitioner Deprived of His Due Process Clause of His Fourteenth Amendment fights and Equal Protection of the Law in Violation of His Rights Pro… |
| 23-6424 |
Taquarius Kaream Ford v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1591 18-usc-1594 circuit-split criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy mandatory-minimum sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation |
When two Sex Trafficking statutes combine into a single Count, does the penalty for Sex Trafficking Conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. Section 1594(c) which h… |
| 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… |
| 23-6323 |
Ryan F. Duncan v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-12-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process identification-evidence mandatory-minimum parole photo-array plea-bargaining sentencing witness-testimony |
I. Does (x. \t\&\ CUjurV c\. c*\<nvrwOi &&£erAdn\r cP di/ve. process ujWexA (\tde^Mf\c^ (x. o^aAVm pk^ u)^<mV v^ftAin^ -\h(y*\ dootxV (k. vmc,d{*Wu ■V… |
| 23-6091 |
Valentino Bernard Lee v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Florida |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession jury-instructions legal-principles mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence possession-of-firearm sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the trial court erred in sentencing defendant to a mandatory 11 year sentence under the 10-20-Life statute for possession of a firearm when th… |
| 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 |
1. Section 846 of title 21 provides that the available penalties for a controlled
substances conspiracy violation are "the same ... as those prescribe… |
| 23-531 |
Timothy I. Carpenter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-firearm-offense first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactivity sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Do the sentencing reforms in Section 403 of the First Step Act apply when a district court sentences an individual whose offense was committed before … |
| 23-6014 |
Curtis Conway Bailey v. Bryan Morrison, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sexual-conduct direct-appeal due-process immutable-fact ineffective-assistance-counsel judicial-notice mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence michigan-law sentencing |
1. Whether a trial court can find the fact of a defendant's age as an element of the offense of first-degree criminal sexual conduct under Michigan la… |
| 23-5868 |
Nicky S. Keo v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2023-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-penalty due-process felony firearm-licensing licensing mandatory-minimum second-amendment self-defense |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires its citizens to get permission from their local police departments before they can exercise their right to … |
| 23-5691 |
Ricardo Garcia, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-history due-process mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Pursuant to the "safety-valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute, a defendant convicted of certain nonviolent drug crimes can obtain relief … |
| 23-5627 |
Ronald Rene Deleon, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure mandatory-minimum plain-error revocation sentencing sentencing-procedure supervised-release |
Whether application of a mandatory minimum term of supervised release following a revocation amounts to plain error? |
| 23-5619 |
Jordan Winczuk v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing mandatory-minimum rule-of-lenity sentencing sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation |
The federal criminal statute entitled Sexual Exploitation of Children provides a series of mandatory-minimum penalties. 18 U.S.C. §2251(e). The penalt… |
| 23-5419 |
Seth Williams v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-authority mandatory-minimum rehaif-doctrine sentencing sentencing-modification |
Does the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania have the authority and jurisdiction to change a sentence after 12 years that was ORALL… |
| 23-5304 |
Jaquantious Hutchison v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-09 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-history federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
The Safety Valve provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), instructs district courts to sentence under the guidelines without regard to any statutory mandatory … |
| 23-5298 |
Edgar Sandoval Catarino v. California |
California |
2023-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sixth-amendment |
1. Do the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments confer a right to a
jury trial with respect to a fact that has the dual effect of (1) increasing
the mandato… |
| 23-88 |
Jerry L. Brown v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence resentencing sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction |
Whether non-retroactive changes in law can be "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting resentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 23-5149 |
Javier Escalera, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-history fifth-circuit mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Pursuant to the "safety-valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute, a defendant convicted of certain nonviolent drug crimes can obtain relief … |
| 23-2 |
Gerald Spruell v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-06-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-quantities evidence evidence-sufficiency jury-verdict mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding
there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's
verdict and drug quantities attributed to the … |
| 22-7650 |
Nolan Washington v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Whether the Di strict Court erred when i t (1) fel t constrai ned to i mpose the
mandatory mi nimum sentence, 120 months of i mpri sonment; (2) di d … |
| 22-7630 |
Daniel Nathaniel McCall v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-24 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense mandatory-minimum prior-state-drug-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense |
1. This Court has granted certiorari in Jackson v. United States, No. 22-6640, and Brown v. United States, No. 22-6389, and consolidated the cases. Th… |
| 22-7436 |
Chad Robert Kolkman v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-05-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-history criminal-sentencing legal-interpretation mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-text |
When the terms of a statute are unambiguous, "it's no contest" what a court should do—apply the law as written. Bostock v. Clayton County, 140 S. Ct. … |
| 22-7303 |
Patrick Dewayne Smith v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-law-change first-step-act mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform |
Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 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 |
The "safety valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute requires a district court to ignore any statutory mandatory minimum and instead follow … |
| 22-828 |
Roger E. Pace v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-03-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
circuit-split criminal-history federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Courts interpret statutes by applying Congress's plain language. In the First Step Act, Congress modified the federal sentencing statute to say that a… |
| 22-6843 |
Edgar Barrera v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction mandatory-minimum mens-rea non-elemental-facts plea-bargaining preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
1) Whether the Constitution permits a sentencing judge to find non-elemental facts by a preponderance of the evidence and then rely on those facts to … |
| 22-6803 |
Mario C. Thomas v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-history criminal-history-points criminal-procedure federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Section 3553(f) of Title 18, U.S. Code, is the "safety valve" which can allow a defendant to receive a sentence less than the statutory mandatory mini… |
| 22-6682 |
Ricky Douglas Haynes, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-occasions due-process jury-trial mandatory-minimum non-elemental-facts sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
1. Whether a sentencing judge may rely on non-elemental facts to conclude that a defendant's prior offenses were "committed on occasions different fro… |
| 22-6391 |
Nonami Palomares v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-history drug-crimes drug-offense federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Pursuant to the "safety-valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute, a defendant convicted of certain nonviolent drug crimes can obtain relief … |
| 22-6076 |
Joseph Rauber v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offenses mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-statute statutory-interpretation |
The federal sentencing statute contains a "safety valve" that protects defendants from mandatory minimum sentences if they meet certain criteria. 18 U… |
| 22-5902 |
Monica Rodriguez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 circuit-split controlled-substance drug-conspiracy mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
To prove conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance triggering mandatory-minimum and increased-maximum penalties, does the government need to est… |
| 22-5836 |
Laquan Kyle Duane Shakespeare v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-10-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3583k consecutive-sentences constitutional-challenge double-jeopardy due-process mandatory-minimum marks-doctrine marks-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-haymond |
1. Whether Mr. Shakespeare's five-year mandatory minimum revocation term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(k) is valid in light of … |
| 22-340 |
Mark E. Pulsifer v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-12 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (4)Relisted (3) |
circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-history criminal-justice-reform first-step-act mandatory-minimum rule-of-lenity safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The "safety valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute requires a district court to ignore any statutory mandatory minimum and instead follow … |
| 22-5680 |
Wigberto Viera v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-09-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
drug-sting due-process judicial-authority mandatory-minimum reverse-sting sentencing-manipulation separation-of-powers stash-house |
Whether this Court should recognize the defense of sentencing manipulation, in accordance with the majority of Courts of Appeals, and rule that senten… |
| 22-5584 |
Emru Kebede v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2022-09-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment age-discrimination due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences roper-v-simmons |
1.) DO THE DECISIONS OF THIS COURT IN ROPER V. SIMMONS AND MILLER V. ALABAMA ESTABLISH A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT FOR OFFENDERS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AS IT R… |
| 22-5458 |
Kenneth Lainell Davis v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-defendant criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process eighth-amendment felony jury jury-composition juvenile-sentencing mandatory-minimum sixth-amendment |
1. Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a twelve-person jury to try a criminal defendant accused of a felony offense.
2. Whether the imposition of a … |
| 22-5365 |
David Steve Elias v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure mandatory-minimum plain-error retroactivity rule-11 sentencing |
I. After Mr. Elias's plea but before his sentencing, the First Step Act amended § 924(c)(1) to clarify that the consecutive mandatory minimum sentence… |
| 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… |
| 22-5147 |
Ortavious Devon Wilson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres-v-united-states certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure jury-trial mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing prison-releasee-reoffender sixth-amendment |
1. Whether the Petitioner's sentence violated his Sixth Amendment right to
a jury trial when the trial court imposed a minimum mandatory sentence of l… |
| 22-5043 |
Romeo Valentin Sanchez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-law enhanced-sentencing indecent-acts mandatory-minimum military-justice sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation uniform-code-of-military-justice |
Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. § 920) was broadened in 2006 to include crimes of "indecent acts." Article 120 was ream… |
| 22-5023 |
Sam Jones, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit judicial-discretion less-culpable-defendant mandatory-minimum sentencing-entrapment supervisory-jurisdiction |
Whether in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction over the United States Courts, this Court should correct the correctable injustice, and violat… |
| 21-8201 |
Judel Espinoza-Gonzalez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-22 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-waiver constitutional-violation conviction-review criminal-procedure district-court-authority due-process jurisdictional-challenge mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentence sentencing unconstitutional-conviction |
L. A guilty plea that includes an appellate waiver does not bar jurisdictional challenges on appeal. Class v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 798 (2018). Th… |
| 21-7975 |
Amir Karim Beigali v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-05-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924-c consecutive-sentences constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment mandatory-minimum section-924c sixth-amendment supervised-release |
DOES THE FIFTH AND SIXTH AMENDMENT UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION PROHIBIT SECOND OR SUBSEQUENTLY SECTION 924 (c) (1) (C)(i) AND ITS CONSECUTIVE MANDATOR… |
| 21-7867 |
Jasper B. Mackey, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit government-discretion mandatory-minimum plea-agreement sentencing substantial-assistance |
I. The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's judgment which did not depart below the mandatory minimum… |
| 21-7773 |
Eric Middlebrook v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences constitutional-challenge constitutional-law double-jeopardy drug-crimes drug-offense guideline-range mandatory-consecutive-term mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines |
1. Does punishing an individual with both a statutory penalty that requires a
mandatory consecutive prison term and a Guideline Range enhancement for… |
| 21-7414 |
Gregory M. Hawes v. Michael Pacheco, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-maximum |
I. Whether this Court's decision in Patterson v. New York (1977), which permitted placing the burden on a criminal defendant to establish mitigating f… |
| 21-7086 |
William L. Whitefield v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c compassionate-release criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-940 |
Kentucky v. Jared McCarthy |
Kentucky |
2021-12-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
blood-test criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fourth-amendment impaired-driving mandatory-minimum search-and-seizure |
1. Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the admission of a defendant's refusal of a blood test in an impaired-driving prosecution.
2. Whether the F… |
| 21-6685 |
Christopher Dominguez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informed-consent mandatory-minimum plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-trial sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
The prosecutor, defense counsel, and the district court all informed Mr. Dominguez that if he went to trial he would face a mandatory minimum sentence… |
| 21-6592 |
Donald Stanley v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law drug-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea ninth-circuit-precedent rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the knowingly mens rea in 21 U.S.C. § 841 applies to the elements of drug type and quantity that establish mandatory minimum and enhanced maxi… |
| 21-6397 |
Viengxay Chantharath, aka OG v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-law |
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), district courts have the authority to reduce a sentence based on "extraordinary and compelling reasons."
In the F… |
| 21-6332 |
Daeron Johnson Merrett, aka Reez v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals-court-split buyer-seller-instruction circuit-split conspiracy-distribution controlled-substance drug-conspiracy federal-drug-offenses mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony |
A SPLIT EXISTS IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS REGARDING THE GRANTING BUYER-SELLER INSTRUCTION IN THE TRIAL OF FEDERAL CONSPIRACY AND DISTRIBUTION CASES.
PE… |
| 21-6282 |
Tannous Fazah v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy due-process federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum misdemeanor-reclassification prior-conviction prior-convictions retroactive-reclassification sentence-enhancement |
I. In August 2013, petitioner was indicted in federal court, in part, on charges of conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Petitioner was all… |
| 21-6253 |
Baltazar Aguirre-Rivera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sixth-amendment special-interrogatory |
When a jury's answer to a special interrogatory negates an element of the charged offense, must a district court enter a judgment of acquittal when th… |
| 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 |
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), a defendant may seek a sentence reduction based, in part, on "extraordinary and compelling reasons." In 2018, Congres… |
| 21-5825 |
Raqib Abdul Al-Amin v. South Carolina |
South Carolina |
2021-09-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment evidence expert-witness mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court error to akfirm the trial Coust's suling where the trial Court was convinced by the Sthte's 'thired-party gui… |
| 21-347 |
Michael Jackson v. Donald Hudson, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-09-03 |
Dismissed |
|
circuit-precedent federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mandatory-minimum saving-clause section-2255 statutory-maximum |
Whether a federal prisoner is entitled to bring a habeas claim under the saving clause of Section 2255(e) to challenge the unlawful application of a m… |
| 21-5503 |
Eric Henry Woodberry and Bradford Marselas Johnson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-length firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea prosecutorial-burden sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(B)(i) requires the government to prove that a defendant knew of the length of the firearm carried during the commission … |
| 21-5480 |
Charles Bryant v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-25 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
circuit-split crack-cocaine fair-sentencing-act first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 increased the threshold amounts of crack cocaine – from 5 and 50 grams to 28 and 280 grams – needed to trigger two man… |
| 21-5302 |
Roosevelt Rico Dahda v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne-v-united-states criminal-sentencing drug-quantity jury-determination mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence sixth-amendment statutory-maximum statutory-maximum-sentence |
1. Whether a finding on the issue of drug quantity that increases the statutory maximum sentence requires the jury to make an individualized determina… |
| 21-5100 |
Matthew James Haymond, Sr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-07-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing drug-offenses fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining retroactive-application sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether Mr. Haymond was improperly denied First Step Act § 404 relief from his mandatory life sentence under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A), where the distr… |
| 20-8354 |
Lewis Wesley Hickman, III v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process evidence-challenge felony-conviction judicial-review mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining sentencing-disparities sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines |
why was my 3 points for accepting responsibility taken for a fight in jail. I Know I didnt say} "Cooperator"; I didnt Know him at all.
why was I give… |
| 20-8383 |
Franklin Antonio Rios v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-history criminal-history-category drug-conspiracy firearm-charges first-step-act fourth-amendment mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences offense-level sentencing-guidelines |
I. WHETHER, AFTER THE PETITIONER PLED GUILTY TO A DRUG CONSPIRACY AND TWO FIREARM CHARGES UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 924(0), RESULTING IN MANDATORY MINIMUM SEN… |
| 20-8330 |
Ilmane Charone Campas Strong v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms judicial-fact-finding mandatory-minimum sixth-amendment supervised-release |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 20-8285 |
Enrique Hurtado v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-armed-bank-robbery hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences physical-force statutory-interpretation |
L. By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent physical force. The p… |
| 20-8217 |
Donald R. Turner, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-06-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance just-compensation mandatory-minimum private-property procedural-error sentencing-enhancement takings |
1. WHETHER DEFENDANTS RECEIVED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL DURING SENTENCING IN WHICH COUNSEL FAILED TO BRIEF OR PRESERVE THE SUPREME COURT'S RULI… |
| 20-8039 |
Matthew J. O'Neal v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
child-pornography criminal-law eighth-amendment mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by expanding the scope of the "relating to" language in 18 U.S.C. §2252A(b)(2) to include conduct under a state statut… |
| 20-1586 |
Artavis Desmond McGowan v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
conspiracy constructive-amendment criminal-procedure drug-conviction evidence first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-relief wiretap wiretap-evidence |
I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERR IN DENYING McGOWAN'S MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL BASED ON CONSTRUCTIVE AMENDMENT OF THE INDICTMENT WHEN IT ALLOWED THE GOVE… |
| 20-7851 |
Luis Noel Cruz, aka Noel v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment contemporary-standards-of-decency criminal-procedure due-process individualized-sentencing juvenile-sentencing legislative-trends life-sentence mandatory-minimum miller-rule sentencing-discretion |
Should the protections of Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S. Ct. 2455, 183 L. Ed. 2d 407 (2012), which prohibits mandatory life sentences and req… |
| 20-7575 |
In Re Ivory Lee Robinson |
|
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process equal-protection mandatory-minimum sentencing |
Question not identified. |
| 20-7581 |
Michael Hernandez v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights fact-finding first-amendment judicial-discretion juvenile-sentencing life-sentence mandatory-minimum sentencing-factors sixth-amendment trial-judge |
1. Whether Florida's juvenile sentencing statute - which mandates a life sentence if a certain finding is made and prohibits that sentence when that f… |
| 20-7465 |
Johnny Andres Asuncion, III v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-sentencing felony-drug-offense mandatory-minimum ninth-circuit-precedent predicate-offense recidivism sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The District Court Judge sentenced the Petitioner to life in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine , 21 U.S.C. Sect. 841(a)(… |
| 20-7405 |
Jorge Rangel v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
direct-appeal drug-cases first-step-act mandatory-minimum plain-error rehaif |
1. Does the provision of the First Step Act, Pub. L. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194 (Dec. 21, 2018), that amended 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1) to reduce mandatory-m… |
| 20-7296 |
Dane Schrank v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
appellate-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum oral-argument reasoned-decision sentencing-guidelines standing |
I. Must Circuit Courts provide reasoned decisions to deny parties oral argument under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2)?
II. Does a policy… |
| 20-7253 |
Nancy Cole v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-statutes due-process fifth-amendment mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation strict-liability |
1. Whether the knowingly mens rea in the federal drug statutes, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 960, applies to the elements of drug type and quantity that establis… |
| 20-7024 |
Randy Macario Ancheta v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing due-process hobbs-act mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation |
By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent force. Hobs Act robbery's p… |
| 20-6943 |
Ronald Lewis Coleman, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences sentence-reduction sentencing |
Whether the changes in applicable mandatory minimum sentences worked by the First Step Act can provide extraordinary and compelling reasons to support… |
| 20-6910 |
El-Asad Alsaedi v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-authority sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 20-6870 |
Antonio Harris v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crack-cocaine criminal-justice-reform first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactive-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines |
Can federal judges ignore the current United States Sentencing Guidelines calculation when considering whether to reduce a sentence for a "covered off… |
| 20-6832 |
Shannon Keith Harris v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
cocaine-sentencing criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums resentencing retroactivity sentencing-guidelines |
When deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404 of the First Step Act, are district courts required to apply the current, legally… |
| 20-6571 |
Antonio W. Smith v. M. Brecken, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Did the Fourth Circuit Appeals Court err by not hearing Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. §2241 petition on the merits where his misclassification as a career of… |
| 20-5887 |
Charles Kunta Lewis, Jr. v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2020-10-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
age-consideration brain-development constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment individualized-sentencing juvenile-offender juvenile-sentencing mandatory-minimum sentencing |
I. The Constitution prohibits punishments that are cruel and unusual. In addition to the crime committed, the juvenile offender's age must also be tak… |
| 20-5407 |
Dominique Mack v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
Relisted (4)IFP |
confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process evidence jailhouse-informant mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing plain-error sentencing statements-against-interest |
1. Should the Court should grant certiorari in order to consider whether this
Court's jurisprudence concerning the admission of statements against int… |
| 20-5349 |
In Re Daryl L. Zimmer |
|
2020-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-counsel due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum plea-agreement plea-bargain sentencing-guidelines |
THE TRIAL COURT DENIED PETITIONER DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW RIGHTS WHEN THE TRIAL COURT HAVING FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT PETITIONER PLED G… |
| 20-5264 |
Lakento Brian Smith v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing first-step-act guideline-range mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct resentencing sentence-reduction sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
The First Step Act changed the penalty for petitioner's crack cocaine crimes from life in prison to 10 years to life and changed petitioner's guidelin… |
| 20-5041 |
Justin L. Sain v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne-standard Alleyne-v-United-States burden-of-proof criminal-sentencing drug-statute federal-drug-statute mandatory-minimum Mullaney-v-Wilbur safety-valve |
The "safety valve," 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) is a federal statute that, in combination with the federal drug statute, 21 U.S.C. § 841, determines whether a… |
| 20-5015 |
James Latron Sumter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-step-act guilty-plea mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining sentencing |
1. WHETHER THE APPELLATE COURT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE
DISTRICT COURT'S RULING NOT ALLOWING SUMTER TO WITHDRAW
HIS GUILTY PLEA?
2. WHETHER THE APPELLA… |
| 19-1365 |
Ramon Hueso v. J. A. Barnhart, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
28-usc-2255 circuit-law circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mandatory-minimum post-conviction-relief retroactivity savings-clause sentence-enhancement sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Section 2255 of 28 U.S.C., which authorizes postconviction relief for federal prisoners, generally requires post-conviction motions be brought within … |
| 19-8694 |
Joseph D. Rouse v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-851 appeal-waiver appellate-review due-process mandatory-minimum notice-requirement plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Does the express language of 21 U.S.C. § 851 requiring prior written notice of the particular conviction the government seeks to use to enhance a mand… |
| 19-8645 |
Joe Cephus Ross v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography due-process mandatory-minimum prosecutorial-discretion sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 2252A violate the Due Process Clause and the separation-of-powers doctrine because the statute allows a prosecutor to unilaterally se… |
| 19-8474 |
Brittany Dawn Thomas v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(e) 18-USC-3553e criminal-procedure district-court judicial-authority mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-discretion separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
i. DOES A DISTRICT COURTS INABILITY TO DEPART BELOW A MANDATORY MINIMUM UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), FOR ANY FACTOR OTHER THAN DEFENDANT'S SUBSTANTIAL A… |
| 19-8469 |
Viengxay Chantharath v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-851 career-offender collateral-review criminal-procedure drug-convictions first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactive-application sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the First Step Act (FSA-2018) "altered "the statutes:
21 U.S.C.§ 841(a) (1)(b)(1) (A)-(B) also (C) for the prior drugI.
con
victions that qua… |
| 19-8445 |
Freddie Lee Curry, aka King of da Hood, aka Rat v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 alleyne alleyne-ruling criminal-procedure drug-quantity fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Did the District Court abused its discretion when it failed to to apply Alleyne to Appellant's sentence reduction under Section 404(b) of the First St… |
| 19-8034 |
Whitney Atkinson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crack-cocaine drug-offense fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactive-application sentence-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Did Mr. Atkinson receive a sentence for a covered drug offense, such that he should be eligible for retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act… |
| 19-8036 |
Odis Lee Jackson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction first-step-act judicial-review mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
I. What procedures does Section 404 of the First Step Act require a district court to follow when conducting its statutorily required "complete review… |
| 19-8013 |
Keith Alexander v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2020-03-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns criminal-sentencing due-process federal-appellate-review firearms ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation mandatory-minimum mental-capacity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction |
Question not identified. |
| 19-8005 |
Harrison Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing direct-appeal edwards-v-arizona first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 403 of the First Step Act of 2018, enacted while Petitioner's case was pending on direct appellate review, apply where his sentence is… |
| 19-7931 |
Nancy Arlene Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit government-misconduct methamphetamine-conspiracy miranda-rights sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance supreme-court unconstitutional-motive |
Petitioner, NANCY ARLENE LOPEZ, appealed her ten-year statutory minimum sentence imposed after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import 500 or more … |
| 19-7951 |
Rashad Taylor v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment juvenile-offender juvenile-sentencing mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence miller-v-alabama |
1. Does imposition of a mandatory sentence of forty years on a juvenile convicted of a homicide -a sentence imposed pursuant to a statutory scheme tha… |
| 19-7878 |
Joseph Ramon Santillan v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conviction-classification criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing felony-conviction mandatory-minimum misdemeanor-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-federal-interaction state-federal-law statutory-interpretation |
Did defendant's State of California marijuana conviction constitute a "prior conviction for a felony drug offense," increasing defendant's mandatory m… |
| 19-7760 |
Jeremy Achey v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-analogue criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy due-process federal-drug-law mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-penalties |
1. Whether, in cases where a drug conspiracy allegedly involves multiple substances, the government must prove that the defendant conspired to distrib… |
| 19-7561 |
Ramiro D. Ramirez, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
application-note-3(c) application-note-3c court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court federal-sentencing-guidelines mitigating-role mitigating-role-adjustment paid-tasks proprietary-interest sentencing-guidelines supervisory-authority united-states-sentencing-guidelines ussg-3b1.2 |
Whether the Court of Appeals inappropriately affirmed the
district court's denial of a mitigating role adjustment which contravened the
factors and th… |
| 19-7298 |
James Lee Bell v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-precedent blakely-rule criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury jury-trial mandatory-minimum recidivism recidivist-treatment sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Q 1: Was the limitation of Almendarez-Torres and the dictates of Apprendi and Blakely violated? Florida in deciding whether Petitioner qualified for r… |
| 19-7217 |
Rickey Thompson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause firearms johnson-davis-doctrine johnson-v-united-states mandatory-minimum second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
L. Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8) is unconstitutionally vague pursuant to Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and … |
| 19-7021 |
Otis Hunter and Deshawn Evans v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
bias confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination jury-instructions jury-nullification mandatory-minimum nullification sentencing sixth-amendment witness-cooperation |
Whether the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause is violated when a court bars a defendant from eliciting the mandatory minimum sentence a prosecution… |
| 19-6865 |
Delante L. Lunn v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
but-for-causation but-for-test causation criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-offenses drug-overdose mandatory-minimum overdose-causation sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether this Honorable Court should re-evaluate the but-for test established by Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014) for mixed drug overdoses… |
| 19-6774 |
Albert Allen, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process fair-sentencing-act ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum mens-rea prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner's Application for a Certificate of Appealability to Appeal the District Court's Denial of His… |
| 19-6420 |
Christopher Mark Heath v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy conspiracy-law criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
The mere presence of a firearm at the scene of a drug trafficking offense constitutes possession of the firearm "in furtherance of" the conspiracy for… |
| 19-6417 |
Doran Wilburn Walker v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing cumulative-sentences double-jeopardy due-process oral-pronouncement-of-sentence presence-of-defendant sentencing statutory-authority trial-court-authority written-judgment |
1. If a trial court wishes to cumulate sentences, must it so order at the time and place that sentence is orally pronounced? See Grays v State, 291 S.… |
| 19-6389 |
Quincy Dennis v. J. A. Terris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-10-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 categorical-approach drug-offense federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-relief-28-usc-2241 intervening-change mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence presidential-commutation presidential-pardon retroactive-application retroactively-applicable-decision sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
QUESTION # ONE: Whether petitioner Dennis is entitled to seek
federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the ground
that 28 U.S.C. § 225… |
| 19-6363 |
David Pearson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeal-rights armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act categorical-analysis drug-offense drug-offenses ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum |
1. Did the court of appeals, in rejecting petitioner's claim that his sentencing counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to challenge his a… |
| 19-6372 |
Kelby Germaine Parson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness |
I. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. … |
| 19-6328 |
Antonio Leonard Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection federalism habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue jury-selection mandatory-minimum state-criminal-procedure |
Does A State Constitutional violation Rise to the same severity As A United States Constitutional violation?
If a majority of en banc Justices in A s… |
| 19-6230 |
Claudius L. Fincher v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process factual-question jury-determination jury-trial mandatory-minimum safety-valve safetyvalve-statute sentencing sixth-amendment |
Does the district court's resolution of a contested factual question under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) (safety-valve statute) for the purpose of determining w… |
| 19-6113 |
Jose Armando Bazan v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
GVR |
Relisted (4)IFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review cocaine-conspiracy criminal-appeal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing downward-adjustment fact-question guidelines plain-error plain-error-review role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Petitioner, JOSE ARMANDO BAZAN, was charged with and pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. T… |
| 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… |
| 19-6019 |
Marco Antonio Murillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-defendants indictment indictment-right mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-haymond |
1. Whether federal defendants enjoy the right to indictment as to some facts that alter the likely sentence within a mandatory range of punishment? Su… |
| 19-6005 |
Robert L. Malone v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-history drug-quantity due-process jury-instructions mandatory-minimum methamphetamine-distribution prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervisory-power |
1.) Did the lower courts err when they imposed and affirmed Mr. Malone's sentence based on overreliance on his Criminal History?
2.) Is Mr. Malone's … |
| 19-5996 |
Michael J. W. Potter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment life-imprisonment mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing sentencing |
Whether entry of a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment violated Appellant's rights under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
| 19-5913 |
Sammie Lee Smith, IV v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-crime aggravated-offense alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-charging criminal-procedure due-process jury-determination jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sexual-felony |
Whether the facts triggering a mandatory minimum sentence under Florida's Dangerous Sexual Felony Offender Act, § 794.0115, Fla. Stat. (2016), togethe… |
| 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 |
1) Did the district court error in increasing Havis base offense level based upon its belief that the Commentary to &4Bli2 appropriately includes atte… |
| 19-5889 |
Jonathan Torres-Arroyo v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure judicial-findings jury-trial mandatory-minimum ring-v-arizona sentencing sentencing-court state-v-kiriakakis |
Did the New Jersey Courts make an invalid distinction from Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), in holding that the defendant's right to a ju… |
| 19-5641 |
David Anthony Gordon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver due-process government-breach judicial-assignment judicial-procedure mandatory-minimum plea-agreement safety-valve sentencing sentencing-discretion |
Whether, in reaching the decision to affirm in part and to dismiss in part, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has so far departed from the accepte… |
| 19-5622 |
Cairo Lopez, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment booker cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process executive-power mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences sentencing separation-of-powers standing |
1. This Court should consider whether combining in the Executive Branch the power to charge and the power to control sentences in statutory mandatory … |
| 19-109 |
Giovanni Montijo-Dominguez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
18-usc-3553 circuit-split criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking fact-finding judicial-discretion jury-findings jury-verdict mandatory-minimum preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-discretion standard-of-proof |
Whether a district court's findings of fact under 18 U.S.C. 3553(f) are constrained by the findings of fact implied by the jury's verdict |
| 19-5112 |
Rafael Jacob Stoffel v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-victim mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines sexual-assault sexual-offense sexual-offenses |
Whether a minimum mandatory sentence of twenty-five years' imprisonment imposed for the offense of touching a minor's breast violates the prohibition … |
| 19-5102 |
Dan Pizaro v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the life sentence imposed on 21 U.S.C. § 846 and § 841(a)(1) pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) and § 851 must be reduced to twenty-five (25… |
| 18-1572 |
Matthew D. Priset v. Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment life-sentence mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence mental-illness sentencing |
Does a mandatory minimum life sentence for one convicted under the guilty-but-mentally-ill designation constitute cruel and unusual punishment? |
| 18-9615 |
Shawn Russell Sorensen v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeal conflict-among-courts-of-appeals drug-felony drug-felony-offenses drug-offenses eighth-amendment first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement simple-possession |
Whether petitioner's prior simple possession drug convictions under Arizona and South Dakota state law qualify as 'prior drug felony offenses' under 2… |
| 18-9589 |
Nicholas Bradley Gilbert v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-07 |
GVR |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-penalties criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion felon-possession interstate-commerce sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether substantive reasonableness review requires or permits the courts of appeals to 'substantively second guess' the district court and/or to 'rewe… |
| 18-9549 |
Mauricio Lucas-Lopez v. Tony Trierweiler, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentence eighth-amendment federal-court-decisions federal-courts guidance-needed mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence proportionality sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Is petitioner's twenty-five year mandatory minimum sentence disproportionate to the offense committed violating the Eighth Amendment prohibition again… |
| 18-9495 |
Jason Jones v. Martha Underwood, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-remedy intervening-decision mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence post-conviction-relief retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing statutory-construction |
Whether petitioner is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 |
| 18-9368 |
Antonio Dean Blackstone v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 2255-motion criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit residual-clause section-2255 section-924c timeliness-standard united-states-v-davis vagueness |
Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-9070 |
Gabriel Urzua Sanchez v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure direct-appeal district-court fifth-amendment first-step-act mandatory-minimum privilege sentencing witness-testimony |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in failing to properly determine that Mr. Sanchez's proposed witnesses had a valid Fifth Amendment pr… |
| 18-9085 |
Juan Antonio Hunter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility base-offense-level criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum u.s.s.g.-5g1.1(a) |
Whether the district court abused its discretion by deducting the three points awarded the petitioner for his acceptance of responsibility when those … |
| 18-9019 |
Lony Tap Gatwas v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravated-identity-theft circuit-split criminal-law felony mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in interpreting 18 U.S.C. § 1028A's prohibition on the 'use' of another's identity without lawful authority |
| 18-8948 |
Angel Morales De-Jesus v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-04-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment conspiracy due-process leadership-enhancement mandatory-minimum sentencing sixth-amendment |
Whether the court erroneously applied a four-level leadership enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(a) in violation of Morales-De Jesus' Fifth and Sixth … |
| 18-8892 |
Carlos Hernandez Machin v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute due-process mandatory-minimum residual-clause samuel-johnson sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability is in conflict with this Court's precedent when reasonable jurists are current… |
| 18-8900 |
Juan Garcia Herrera v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne-v-united-states almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process judicial-factfinding jury-trial mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether the enhanced-penalty provisions of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b) and 851 that require judicial factfinding about a prior conviction to increase the mand… |
| 18-8821 |
Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 5k1.1-motion criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion koons-v-united-states mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance |
Can a defendant receive a 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) sentence reduction when the district court discarded the mandatory minimum because of a substantial-a… |
| 18-8792 |
Mario Devant Cheers v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-robbery career-offender constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-precedent mandatory-guidelines mandatory-minimum residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the Fifth Circuit misapplied Beckles to Mr. Cheers's pre-Booker sentence in light of Supreme Court precedent |
| 18-8737 |
Mario Bachiller v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-09 |
GVR |
IFP |
categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit johnson-retroactivity mandatory-minimum residual-clause retroactivity section-924c vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)'s residual clause is unconstitutionally vague under Johnson v. United States |
| 18-8472 |
James Allen Eapmon v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act life-imprisonment mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-interpretation |
whether-the-petitioner-was-denied-due-process |
| 18-8224 |
Antonio Dickerson, aka Girbaud v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
child-pornography constitutional-challenge fifth-amendment first-amendment mandatory-minimum mens-rea strict-liability |
Whether the child pornography offense set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) should be interpreted as including at least a recklessly mens rea element regar… |
| 18-8205 |
Elamin Bashir v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process individualized-jury-finding jury-finding jury-instructions mandatory-minimum sentencing |
Whether the mandatory minimum sentence was improperly imposed for drug-trafficking conspiracy, because individualized jury finding as to quantity of d… |
| 18-8044 |
Lois Brooks v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure government-rights judicial-integrity judicial-proceedings mandatory-minimum plain-error sentencing sentencing-error substantial-rights |
Does the government have 'substantial rights' such that actions taken in derogation of them may constitute 'plain error' under Fed. R. Crim. Pro. 52(b… |
| 18-8055 |
Kevin Ventura v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey apprendi-violation circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process jury-consideration jury-instructions jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Is Mr. Ventura is serving two life sentences imposed in violation of Apprendi v. New Jersey? |
| 18-7920 |
Harold A. Habeck, II v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure criminal-procedure,sentencing,mandatory-minimums,d criminal-sentencing discretion drug-offense drug-offenses firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums predicate-crime sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court has discretion to consider less than the mandatory sixty month consecutive sentence for a predicate drug offense under 21 U… |
| 18-7860 |
Timothy L. Barnes v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-finding mandatory-minimum retroactivity sixth-amendment substantive-rule watershed-rule |
Does the Alleyne rule apply retroactively on collateral review? |
| 18-7818 |
Marcos Castaneda v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process judicial-finding jury-trial mandatory-minimum preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court commits procedural error by basing its sentencing guideline calculation on a discretionary judicial finding by a preponderanc… |
| 18-7767 |
Joshua Sanchez v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-02-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-precedents texas-court-of-appeals |
Whether the interpretation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by the Texas Court of Appeals is in conflict with preceden… |
| 18-7745 |
Alrick A. Evans v. Connecticut |
Connecticut |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affirmative-defense alleyne-precedent criminal-statute element jury-determination mandatory-minimum sixth-amendment united-states-v-alleyne |
Whether a state court may interpret a criminal statute so that a fact that triggers a mandatory minimum is termed an 'affirmative defenses' rather tha… |
| 18-7623 |
James Goolsby v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582-c-2 appellate-procedure dillion-v-united-states exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing misapplication-of-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice official-victim-enhancement recall-of-mandate retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion in refusing to recall the mandate on the direct appeal to prevent a miscarriage of j… |
| 18-7587 |
Biven Hudson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-circuit 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability district-court eleventh-circuit magistrate-court mandatory-minimum minimum-mandatory-enhancement reasonable-jurists sentencing-enhancement sentencing-review |
Whether the appellate court erred in denying Mr. Hudson's motion for certificate of appealability |
| 18-7496 |
Nemiah Allan v. Connecticut |
Connecticut |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affirmative-defense alleyne-precedent criminal-statute element jury-determination mandatory-minimum sixth-amendment united-states-v-alleyne |
Whether a state court may interpret a criminal statute so that a fact that triggers a mandatory minimum is termed an 'affirmative defenses' rather tha… |
| 18-7417 |
Omari Robinson v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process illinois illinois-law mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-vagueness vagueness weapon-enhancement |
Is the mandatory 25-year-to-life weapon enhancement imposed by Illinois courts unconstitutionally vague? |
| 18-7351 |
Rahmad Lashad Geddes v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne appellate-review apprendi civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Can a court of appeals sanction a lower court's departure from this court's well-established precedents that effectively conflates the standard of rev… |
| 18-7340 |
Eric Dillon v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-01-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process federal-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-battle |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(j) requires a minimum 10-year consecutive sentence |
| 18-7098 |
Amos Junior Scott v. Heriberto H. Tellez, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 federal-habeas-corpus federal-statute habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective ineffective-assistance ineffective-remedy mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence nonexistent-prior-conviction prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement |
Whether Petitioner is Entitled to Seek Federal Habeas Corpus Relief Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, From an Erroneous Mandatory Minimum Sentence, That Was Bas… |
| 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… |
| 18-7000 |
Luis Rolando Bueno Jimenez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3553(f) circuit-split criminal-law drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act is eligible for relief from a mandatory minimum sentence under the 's… |
| 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 |
| 18-6801 |
Van McDuffy v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accidental-killing bank-robbery criminal-law criminal-statute felony-murder intent mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation |
What intent, if any, beyond the intent to commit bank robbery, is required to sustain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(e), which imposes a mandator… |
| 18-6737 |
Jose Lopez-Castillo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
booker booker-decision constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent title-21 |
Whether the mandatory-sentencing regime of Title 21 has been abrogated by United States v. Booker and its progeny |
| 18-614 |
In Re George Houston |
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2018-11-09 |
Denied |
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alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey collateral-review conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-quantity jurisdictional-error mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether the individualized drug quantity or the amount of drugs attributable to the conspiracy as a whole can trigger the mandatory minimum sentence f… |
| 18-6472 |
James Gibson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres criminal-procedure drug-offenses jury-trial mandatory-minimum prior-convictions reasonable-doubt recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether the Petitioner's sentence violated his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial |
| 18-6482 |
Roger Alfred Anchundia-Espinoza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3553(f) criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-safety-valve united-states-v-mosquera-murillo |
Whether a criminal defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq., and subject to a mandatory minim… |
| 18-6358 |
Alj Hilton v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
and Are Plain and Affect Petitioner's Substantial -and-Are-Plain-and-Affect-Petitioner's-Substantial 18-usc-3661 5th-amendment appeal-waiver appeal-waiver,sentencing-guidelines,criminal-histo criminal-history criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum plain-error sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights trial-court-error Whether the mandatory five-year minimum sentence u |
Whether Petitioner's Appeal Waiver Is Inapplicable to Issues of Trial Court Error in Applying Sentencing Guidelines' Enhancements or in Calculating Cr… |
| 18-6359 |
Uriel Gomez-Saavedra v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3661-3553 5th-amendment 5th-circuit-law constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the mandatory five-year minimum sentence under which Mr. Gomez-Saavedra was sentenced is unconstitutional and contravenes 18 U.S.C. 3661 and 3… |
| 18-6169 |
Tracy L. Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c)-statute conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-conspiracy drug-crimes due-process firearm-possession informant-testimony law-enforcement-conduct mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a defendant should be subject to a mandatory 25 year consecutive 924(c) sentence for the same drug Conspiracy |
| 18-6212 |
Thomas Burgess v. Nicole English, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255e amendment-782 criminal-procedure intervening-arrest mandatory-minimum miscarriage-of-justice precedent-change savings-clause sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-relief-28-usc-2255e |
Whether a defendant can seek relief under the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) when the court of appeals changes its binding precedent to what th… |
| 18-6162 |
Lyanne Lemeunier-Fitzgerald v. Maine |
Maine |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment blood-test civil-rights consent-coercion criminal-penalties due-process implied-consent mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement warrantless-search |
Does a motorist voluntarily consent to a warrantless blood draw if she has been warned that refusal to submit will result in a mandatory minimum perio… |
| 18-374 |
Wuilson Estuardo Lemus Castillo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-21 |
Denied |
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18-usc-3553(f) 21-usc-960 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a criminal defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act is eligible for relief from a mandatory minimum sentence und… |
| 18-5992 |
Amilcar C. Butler v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-782 commutation criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing executive-branch executive-commutation judicial-branch judicial-discretion judicial-executive-branch-interaction mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines |
Does Butler's statutory mandatory minimum sentence initially imposed by the judicial branch and later commuted by the executive branch bar him from se… |
| 18-5770 |
John Denton Rouse, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
but no text of a SCOTUS petition was provided in I cannot generate a question presented or identif please include the full text of the petition. chapman-v-united-states criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process mandatory-minimum market-oriented-approach sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government may commingle substances that pose an identifiable danger of misidentification to produce an aggregate mixture or substance con… |
| 18-5680 |
Reginald McGee v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-procedure indictment mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence plea-colloquy sentencing-enhancement violent-felony |
Whether the defendant's prior conviction for aggravated assault qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 18-5663 |
Curtis Lee Dale v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing,mandatory-minimum,ju drug-quantity due-process eighth-circuit-error fourth-amendment,search-and-seizure,drug-sniffing- fourth-amendment,search-and-seizure,reasonable-exp jury-findings jury-rejection mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Did the U.S. Court of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit err when it increased the Defendant's mandatory minimum sentence on the basis of a drug quantity … |
| 18-188 |
Ivy T. Tucker v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-08-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split constitutional-deficiency constitutional-law criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum offense-of-conviction out-of-circuit-precedent procedural-default sentencing sentencing-guidelines trial-counsel |
Whether trial counsel's failure to make an argument that courts of appeals outside the circuit have accepted amounts to constitutionally deficient ass… |
| 18-5384 |
Wendell Rivera-Ruperto v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment due-process due-process-clause eighth-amendment government-manipulation mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements statutory-manipulation sting-operation sting-operations |
Whether the Eighth Amendment forbids the creation of a de-facto mandatory life without parole sentence through stacking 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) charges |
| 18-5214 |
David R. McGinley v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review constitutional-error constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentencing new-substantive-rules retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rules supreme-court-holdings |
Whether the state courts erred in not declaring the unconstitutional mandatory minimum sentencing statute retroactively applicable to cases on collate… |
| 18-5112 |
Benjamin Fredrick Charles Robinson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
base-offense-level criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dismissed-count due-process mandatory-minimum restitution sentencing-guidelines statutory-minimum upward-departure |
Whether a four-level upward departure for conduct underlying a dismissed count is reasonable when the conduct was already accounted for in the base of… |