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25-6771 Kionnataya Shevil Reed v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-10 Pending IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-regulation second-amendment Does the lifetime criminalization of any convicted felon's possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-6749 Colin Williams v. United States Second Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending IFP constitutional-rights criminal-statute felony-possession firearms-restriction second-amendment self-defense Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime firearm prohibition for individuals with prior felony convictions violates the Second Amendment in light of t…
25-6750 Shawn Thomas Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-ban fourth-circuit Whether the Fourth Circuit applied the correct legal standard in rejecting Petitioner's as-applied challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and correctly co…
25-913 Keegan L. Lovell v. United States Armed Forces 2026-02-03 Pending court-martial criminal-solicitation criminal-statute military-justice statutory-interpretation ucmj-jurisdiction Where a federal criminal statute for solicitation requires the person solicited to fall within a narrow class, can a conviction be sustained if the pe…
25-6650 Michael Ledon Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
25-6574 Christopher Michael Arredondo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-14 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
25-796 Princewill Arinze Duru v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response Waived bank-fraud criminal-statute identity-theft means-of-identification sentencing-guidelines victim-definition Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1028A permits conviction based on a defendant's consensual use of his own identity and whether using a means of identification to …
25-6403 Miguel Abreu v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felony-possession gun-rights permanent-disarmament second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as a permanent disarmament of citizens with prior felony convictions under the Second Amendment
25-6371 Bobby Dale Simmons v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment
25-6375 Eddie White, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment
25A679 Matthew Lee Pelton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-09 Application criminal-statute ninth-circuit pecuniary-damages restitution statutory-interpretation victim-compensation Whether non-pecuniary 'productivity and quality of life losses' can be considered compensable restitution under 18 U.S.C. § 2259 for victims of crimin…
25-6223 Daniel Kroeker v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-24 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-statute dost-factors jury-instruction lascivious-exhibition sexual-offense Whether, in a non-production child-pornography prosecution, a trial court should define 'lascivious exhibition' by instructing the jury to consider th…
25A611 Paul Kenneth Cromar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-24 Application criminal-statute pro-se-petition property-seizure statutory-interpretation tax-law tenth-circuit Whether 26 U.S.C. § 7212(b) criminalizes interference with property seized under federal tax law in a manner that exceeds the statute's plain textual …
25-5972 Ramiro Gomez-Reyes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-statute federal-definition realistic-probability sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant must point to actual state prosecutions under a state statute to establish a 'realistic probability' of nonqualifying conduct for …
25-5903 Joseph Vicarlos Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-law criminal-statute federal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-5904 Lawrence Ray v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus criminal-statute enterprise-definition knowledge-requirement rico-conspiracy sex-trafficking Whether in a RICO conspiracy prosecution the government must prove a de facto enterprise affecting commerce or if a jury can be charged with guilt bas…
25-5860 Robert Matthew Bowman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) authorizes conviction based on interstate movement of a phone containing child pornography without direct evidence l…
25-5867 James Bradley Vlha v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-regulation gun-rights manufacturing-license second-amendment Whether the statute prohibiting manufacturing and dealing in firearms without a license, 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)(A), is constitutional pursuant to the S…
25A398 Osvaldo Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-07 Presumed Complete criminal-statute drug-possession eleventh-circuit-review federal-interdiction maritime-drug-law vessel-jurisdiction Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act's provisions criminalizing drug possession on vessels subject to U.S. jurisdiction are constitutional an…
25-5796 Daniel Matthew Matlock v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-statute federal-question mens-rea sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation Whether the term 'knowingly' in 18 U.S.C. § 2242(1) applies only to 'causing another person to engage in a sexual act' or whether it extends also to '…
25-372 Erik Matthew Harris v. United States Third Circuit 2025-09-30 Pending Amici (2) constitutional-vagueness controlled-substance criminal-statute firearm-possession marijuana-use second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3)'s prohibition on firearm possession by marijuana users violates the Second Amendment and is unconstitutionally vague
25-5577 Brandon Grunwaldt v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-statute federal-criminal-law minor-protection statutory-interpretation video-evidence Does a video of a minor in a bathroom engaged in ordinary grooming activities depict 'the lascivious exhibition of the anus, genitals, or pubic area' …
25-5565 Marcus Delars Branson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-05 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
25-5467 Patrick Lee Adams v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-26 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment
25-201 Mahsa Parviz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied consent-requirement criminal-statute identity-theft mandatory-sentencing means-of-identification statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove that a defendant used another person's means of identification without their consent to sustain a conviction for agg…
25-5347 Daniel Lee Lusk, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
25-163 Corrigan Clay v. United States Third Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied constitutional-interpretation criminal-statute extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause missouri-v-holland optional-protocol Whether the Foreign Commerce Clause empowers Congress to criminalize private, non-commercial conduct that occurs entirely abroad and whether Missouri …
25-160 Julian Omidi and Surgery Center Management, LLC v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review consent-element criminal-statute identity-theft jury-instruction mens-rea Whether the government must prove that the defendant used a means of identification without the consent of its owner to sustain an aggravated identity…
25A144 Stephen K. Bannon v. United States District of Columbia 2025-08-05 Presumed Complete congressional-subpoena criminal-statute executive-privilege mens-rea separation-of-powers willful-conduct Whether the criminal statute 2 U.S.C. § 192 requires more than mere intentional conduct to prove the mens rea element of 'willfully' when a congressio…
25-5208 Jessie Bullock v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-statute felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment self-defense Whether a lifetime firearm prohibition under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment for individuals with decades-old felony convictions s…
24-1328 United States v. Keshon Daveon Baxter Eighth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits firearm possession by unlawful drug users, violates the Second Amendment
24-7526 Dwayne Lamonica Ford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
24-7507 Osmar Alexis Alvarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24-7451 Walston Owen v. United States Second Circuit 2025-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute jury-finding racketeering-act rico-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement substantive-crime Whether a defendant convicted of RICO conspiracy under 18 USC § 1962(d) is subject to enhanced sentencing under § 1963(a) based on a jury finding of a…
24-7417 Michael Elias Jalomo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24-7419 Cardari Bradley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24-1247 United States v. La'Vance LeMarr Cooper Eighth Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied Relisted (3) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits firearm possession by unlawful drug users, violates the Second Amendment
24-1248 United States v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2025-06-06 Pending Relisted (3) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits firearm possession by unlawful drug users, violates the Second Amendment
24-1249 United States v. Kindle Terrell Sam Fifth Circuit 2025-06-06 Pending Relisted (3) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits firearm possession by unlawful drug users, violates the Second Amendment
24-7347 Joshua Caleb Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
24-7348 Spencer Wayne Bacon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause conviction-restriction criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior convictions violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause
24-7286 Christopher Glen Mason v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24-7244 Samuel York v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-19 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-statute felony-possession firearm-possession jurisdictional-burden second-amendment Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment and does it violate the Commerce Clause when the government's only juris…
24-7217 Ladarius Dean v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-statute felony-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior convictions violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause
24-7148 Julia Greenberg v. United States Second Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute document-fraud false-statement federal-criminal-law immigration-law statutory-interpretation Whether the first paragraph of 18 U.S.C.A. §1546(a) reaches 'authentic' immigration documents that are generated following a false statement
24-6936 Deveon Jamear Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-04-07 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment Whether the Charge of Unlawful User of or Addicted to Any Controlled Substance in Possession of a Firearm in Violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) is Fac…
24-6897 Joshua Michael Faust v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-03-31 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is invariably constitutional both facially and as applied to any defendant, no matter the case-specific circumstances
24-6703 Lewis Mobley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury crime-of-violence criminal-statute physical-force statutory-interpretation VICAR Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us…
24-6557 Steve Rosado v. United States Second Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attempted-enticement criminal-statute government-overreach motion-to-dismiss statutory-interpretation trial-court-error Whether the trial court committed clear error in denying the motion to dismiss the indictment for attempted enticement under 18 U.S.C. §2422(b)
24-6476 Reginald Creshawn Doss v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute facial-validity felon-rights firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is invariably constitutional both facially and as applied to any defendant, no matter the case-specific circumstances
24-6416 Carlos James Meeks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24A737 Frank Bell, Tyson Rhame, and James Shaw v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-27 Presumed Complete criminal-statute intent-to-defraud jury-instruction mail-fraud property-rights wire-fraud Whether a misrepresentation about a transaction that does not directly impact the fundamental characteristics or price of the property can constitute …
24-6345 Mark Jones v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-violation criminal-statute guilty-plea immigration-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether 'in violation of law' in 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) is limited to criminal immigration violations and does not include civil immigration vio…
24-6282 Dominique Kevion Drake v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 constitutional-challenge criminal-statute facial-unconstitutionality hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether the statute of conviction, Title 18, Section 1951 (The Hobbs Act), is facially unconstitutional?
24A669 Dajuan Martin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-08 Presumed Complete criminal-statute fifth-circuit firearm-possession plea-agreement prohibited-person sentencing Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person satisfies the elements of a substantive federal crimi…
24-6237 Charles Edward Harris, Jr. v. Whitney Gass, et al. Arkansas 2025-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-statute double-jeopardy fifth-amendment legislative-intent punishment-interpretation Whether Harris was twice put in jeopardy for one uninterrupted criminal episode under two separate statutes that punish the same conduct without a cle…
24-6197 Gail Manney v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-review criminal-statute firearm-regulation ninth-circuit second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6) impermissibly regulates a Second Amendment protected right to firearm purchase
24-6202 Kayne Russell Donath v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied IFP acceptance-of-responsibility circuit-split criminal-statute physical-force sentencing-enhancement ussg-guideline Whether a statute that does not require the affirmative use of force has, as an element, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force
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…
24-6185 Warren Siepman v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-statute digital-evidence federal-law peer-to-peer-networks transportation-of-illicit-material Whether a conviction for transportation of child pornography requires proof of actual download or merely making material available through peer-to-pee…
24-6128 Jonathan High v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-statute minor-protection sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation video-evidence Whether a defendant can be convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2251 for a video showing a minor engaging in innocuous conduct without editing the video to cre…
24A550 Zackary Ellis Sanders v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-12-05 Presumed Complete appellate-review child-exploitation criminal-statute federal-sentencing fourth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Fourth Circuit correctly interpreted the scope of criminal statutes related to child exploitation under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252
24-605 Jason Dee Taylor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response Waived criminal-statute federalism police-powers sex-trafficking states-rights tenth-amendment Whether the government's application of a federal criminal statute for sex trafficking to purely local prostitution violates states' traditional polic…
24A509 Willems Calixte, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-25 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-statute gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional in light of recent Supreme Court decisions interpreting criminal statutes and Second Amendment rights
24-6015 Tawanna Hilliard v. United States Second Circuit 2024-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute first-amendment law-enforcement-protection overbreadth-doctrine retaliation statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1513(e) of Title 18 is facially overbroad, unconstitutionally vague, and violates First Amendment protections when applied to speech-b…
24A392 Rhobashi Holmes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea sentencing Whether a conviction for possessing a firearm after a prior felony conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) requires proof of the defendant's knowledge …
24-5768 James H. Roane v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied IFP categorical-approach criminal-statute force-clause racketeering-enterprise VICAR-statute violent-force When a § 924(c) conviction is predicated on a VICAR offense, must a reviewing court apply the categorical approach to the state or federal statute und…
24-404 Ji Chaoqun v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-10-10 Denied Response Waived criminal-statute federal-criminal-law foreign-agent jury-unanimity prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Must a jury unanimously decide which act a defendant committed subject to the direction or control of a foreign government to convict under 18 U.S.C. …
24-5690 Rayzjaun Curry v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession gun-rights second-amendment Whether the federal statute criminalizing firearm possession by a felon is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
24-5639 Isaac Joel Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute federal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment
24-5646 Lisa Hofschulz, et vir v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-09-26 Denied IFP administrative-law controlled-substances-act criminal-statute medical-standards mens-rea prescription-authorization Whether Congress delegated authority to the Attorney General to define 'effective prescription' under the Controlled Substances Act and whether a pres…
24-5578 Randy Lamartiniere v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied IFP administrative-delegation controlled-substances-act criminal-statute medical-standards mens-rea prescription-authorization Whether Congress delegated authority to the Attorney General to define 'effective prescription' under the Controlled Substances Act and what mens rea …
24-5560 Adam Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment and whether conviction for possessing a firearm that has previously crossed …
24-5557 Michael Avenatti v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-liability criminal-statute identity-theft statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the 'key role' standard adopted by the Second Circuit conflicts with the Supreme Court's 'crux' nexus test for criminal liability under the ag…
24-5535 Cesar Yoaldo Castillo v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-statute federal-assault sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether a VICAR assault can qualify as a 'crime of violence' if the underlying assault does not satisfy 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)'s definition
24A250 Thomas John Boukamp v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-10 Presumed Complete criminal-statute cyber-stalking federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit sentencing sexual-enticement Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly applied the legal standards for convicting a defendant of cyber stalking and sexual enticement under federal crimi…
24-5479 Nathan Steward v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce prior-conviction second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause in prohibiting firearm possession for individuals with prior convi…
24-5424 Bryan C. O'Rourke v. Carrie Bridges, Warden Oklahoma 2024-08-30 Denied IFP brady-violation criminal-statute due-process evidence-suppression judicial-interpretation prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the State of Oklahoma violated due process by suppressing material exculpatory evidence and retroactively applying an expanded judicial interp…
24-5376 Donald Davis Gipson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession based on interstate travel and whether such statute is facially unconstitutional …
24-5261 Miguel Tejada-Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5243 Ryan Taybron, Eric Nixon, and Geovanni Douglas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c3a bodily-injury circuit-split criminal-statute delligatti-v-united-states omission omission-crime physical-force use-of-force Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us…
24-124 Brent Brewbaker v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied 5th-amendment-6th-amendment'\n\n'Did the court of antitrust-law appellate-review article-1 constitutional-challenge constitutional-error criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process fifth-amendment harmless-error jury-instructions presumption sherman-act sixth-amendment void-for-vagueness Is the criminal provision of Section 1 of the Sherman Act Constitutional?
24-125 Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied brady-disclosure brady-obligations conspiracy criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality-jurisdiction federal-agencies federal-agency improvised-explosive-devices statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 844(f) and (n) apply extraterritorially to offenses committed abroad by non-U.S. persons, despite the statute's lack of any affirmat…
24-5229 Justin Levar Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
24-87 Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied Response Waived child-protection criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law retroactive-legislation sex-offenses statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether the 2003 amendment to 18 U.S.C. § 3283 extended the statute of limitations for sex offenses against children to charges for conduct from the 1…
24-5131 John William Thomas Flechs v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt-crime criminal-statute federal-criminal-law sexual-enticement statutory-interpretation substantial-step Whether the government must establish a proposal for unlawful sexual activity to satisfy the substantial step element of attempted sexual enticement o…
24-5101 Luis Eduardo Baez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5103 David Thomas Overman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5112 Austin Wayne Massey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5087 Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defendant'…
24-5013 Jonathan Feliz v. United States Second Circuit 2024-07-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actus-reus bodily-injury criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause mens-rea omission physical-force use-of-force violent-crime Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us…
24-5007 David Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
23-7836 Thomas Joseph Brewer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether federal voluntary manslaughter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1112(a) qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 92…
23-7796 Stewart Bitman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2422(b) actual-innocence criminal-statute enticement ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel minor minor-protection plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner is actually innocent of the counts of conviction
23A1129 Stephen K. Bannon v. United States District of Columbia 2024-06-21 Presumed Complete Amici (1) contempt-of-congress criminal-statute knowledge-of-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation willfully Whether the criminal statute's mens rea requirement of 'willfully' necessitates a showing of specific knowledge of legal wrongdoing in a contempt of C…
23A1138 Mark Jordan v. United States Third Circuit 2024-06-21 Presumed Complete criminal-statute divisibility force-clause mens-rea section-924(c) sentencing-guidelines Whether a general intent crime under 18 U.S.C. 2113(a) satisfies the force clause definition of a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)
23-7767 In Re Jogaak Jogaak 2024-06-20 Denied IFP bodily-injury civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law north-dakota-law sentencing-enhancement serious-bodily-injury standing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Question not identified
23-7747 Keith Hager v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rule-60b6 conviction conviction-review criminal-law criminal-statute due-process judicial-correction legal-procedure sentencing statutory-interpretation Does Federal Civil Rule 60(b)(6) empower the judiciary to correct a conviction and ensuing sentence for conduct not criminalized by the statute?
23A1122 Anthony Pandrella v. United States Second Circuit 2024-06-18 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element Whether a potential or de minimis effect on interstate commerce is sufficient to satisfy the jurisdictional element of the Hobbs Act
23-7715 Noel Bender v. Iowa Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute domestic-violence due-process evidence federal-law firearm-possession gun-rights restraining-order standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation Whether Substubal Evidence Supports the District Court's Holding beyond a reasonable doubt that Noel Berd and Boyle Banks were Cohabiting at the time …
23-7689 Ardis Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7693 Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment?
23-1290 Michael Binday v. United States Second Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response Waived 598 U.S. 306 (2023) requires retroactive effect constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process fraud habeas-corpus retroactive-effect retroactivity section-2255 standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether Ciminelli v. United States
23-7632 Cordero Passley v. United States Second Circuit 2024-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute deliberate-intent deliberation first-degree-murder malicious-conduct mens-rea premeditation second-degree-murder willful-killing Whether the defendant committed a 'willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing' under 18 U.S.C. § 1(a)
23A1070 Thomas George Stanko v. United States Third Circuit 2024-05-30 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment supreme-court-review Whether a felon's possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutionally valid in light of recent Second Amendment jurisprudence
23A1022 Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-17 Presumed Complete 18-usc-844 courts-of-appeals criminal-statute extraterritorial-application foreign-citizen presumption-against-extraterritoriality Whether the presumption against extraterritoriality bars the application of a criminal statute to extraterritorial conduct by a foreign citizen under …
23-7439 Basil Loud Hawk v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute federal-crimes federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime violent-crimes Whether federal second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(…
23-7401 Kristopher Lee Rocco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7386 Jose Caban v. United States Second Circuit 2024-05-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-law inaction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant certiorari to resolve the conflict among the circuits on the question of whether a crime that can be committed by compl…
23-7179 Xavier Lamarr Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7181 Austin Drake Day v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7160 John Michael Carrasco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7163 Kyle Melkonian v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights criminal-statute due-process eleventh-circuit federal-statute government-property government-property-theft plain-text plain-text-analysis statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit's conflation of 18 U.S.C. § 641's two distinct offenses runs afoul of the plain text of the statute, its application by e…
23-7125 Alberto Jimenez Pastrana v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause
23-7075 Breon D. Hicks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions section-924(c) section-924c unlawful-user Whether the district court erroneously instructed the jury concerning the Section 924(c) charges?
23-7001 Todd Andre Whitfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-6973 Oren Javentay Pichon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-6934 Calvin C. Freeman v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute due-process minor-protection minors prosecutorial-discretion sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether Congress intended the Alternative sex trafficking of children 'OR' by force, fraud, or coercion as Alternative Elements or Alternative Means?
23-6881 Miguel Salinas, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-travel second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6793 Timothy Burks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-859 Zachary S. Spiegel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-09 Denied Response Waived attempted-enticement circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute free-speech mandatory-sentencing obscene-speech obscenity sentencing statutory-interpretation substantial-step Does speech alone constitute the 'substantial step' for a charge of attempted enticement of a minor?
23-6687 Darius James Francis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6652 Don Meeker v. United States Second Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting carjacking criminal-law criminal-statute due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-statutes intent rosemond-standard rosemond-v-us Insufficient-evidence-for-carjacking-conviction
23-6647 Davaudrick Antron EtchisonBrown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedent second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6602 Sylvester Cunningham v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-29 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge bruen circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felon-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied
23A686 Clifford Laines, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-24 Presumed Complete armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines serious-drug-offense Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's definition of 'serious drug offense' requires a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more for the unde…
23-6495 Peter Burno v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-law controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking drug-transfer due-process intent-to-distribute ninth-circuit sentencing Is the mere transfer of drugs from one person to another sufficient to prove a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substanc…
23-6413 Donald Bill Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-conspiracy mens-rea official-proceeding witness-tampering Whether the witness tampering resulting in death statute, 18 U.S.C. §§1512(a)(1)(A) and (k), requires the Government to prove beyond a reasonable doub…
23A559 Colin Montague v. United States Second Circuit 2023-12-18 Presumed Complete continuing-criminal-enterprise criminal-statute fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment predicate-violations Whether an indictment charging a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE) offense must specify the predicate violations with sufficient factual detail to …
23-6278 Devontae Nykel Racliff v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6218 Shaquille Dewayne Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
23-625 Tel James Boam v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Amici (1) child-pornography circuit-split criminal-statute due-process lascivious-exhibition minor-protection sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Does a defendant produce or possess a depiction involving the use of a minor engaging in 'lascivious exhibition,' and thus 'sexually explicit conduct,…
23-6161 Norman Javier Herrera Pastran v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-amendment free-speech internet-access sex-offender supervised-release Whether the constitutional holding of Packingham v. North Carolina applies to individuals on supervised release
23A504 Fernando Diaz Rodriguez v. United States First Circuit 2023-12-04 Presumed Complete aiding-and-abetting criminal-statute hobbs-act section-924(c) supreme-court-precedent vagueness-doctrine Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery remains valid in light of the Supreme Court's vagueness and …
23-6119 Amanda Lyn Walker v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-abuse constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process enabling-child-abuse judicial-discretion sentencing-range statutory-interpretation unconstitutionally-vague Whether a criminal statute with a sentencing range of not exceeding one year imprisonment in a county jail or not exceeding life imprisonment at the D…
23-553 William Clark Turner v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction flight-attendant free-speech intimidation jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Did the inclusion of multiple alternative definitions of 'intimidate' within the jury instructions for the charged violation of 49 U.S.C. section 4650…
23A375 Rico Lorodge Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-10-25 Presumed Complete almendarez-torres apprendi-rule criminal-statute jury-finding prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines Whether the different-occasions element of a criminal statute is subject to the Apprendi rule requiring jury finding or indictment, or falls under the…
23-5859 Matthew Steven Hackney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 and § 2252(a)(5)(B) authorize convictions upon proof that materials used to produce or possess child pornography once crossed…
23-5796 Jose Folch-Colon v. United States First Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-law mens-rea racketeering VICAR violent-crime Whether petitioner aided and abetted a VICAR crime absent evidence of payment to the enterprise and without need to prove the motive element
23-5815 Emily Claire Hari v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute free-exercise jurisdictional-element non-economic Whether the 'jurisdictional element' contained within 18 U.S.C. § 247, standing alone, serves to authorize congressional enactment of a criminal statu…
23-5649 Jonathan Monson v. United States First Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element minor-protection sexual-exploitation visual-depiction Does Section 2251(a) of Title 18 require evidence that a defendant sexually exploited a minor for the purpose of producing a visual depiction, and tha…
23-5309 Jerome Stanley Carlos, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review criminal-law criminal-statute due-process force-clause habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(3) is a 'crime of violence' under the 'force clause' of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)
23-94 Garret Miller v. United States District of Columbia 2023-08-01 GVR Relisted (3) congressional-proceedings criminal-law criminal-statute electoral-certification electoral-college intent-element mens-rea obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether the offenses in 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) cover only acts that affect the integrity or availability of evidence, or whether they criminalize advocac…
23-5194 Andra Green v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act predicate-crime sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
23-5036 Brandon Mason v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP federal firearm sentencing federal sentencing or prior state drug offense armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute drug-offense drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense federal-sentencing jackson-v-united-states prior-state-drug-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the 'serious drug offense' definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act incorporates the federal drug schedules
22-7851 George Poulo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied IFP child-pornography civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process free-speech minor-exploitation sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Whether a person 'uses' a minor 'to engage in' sexually explicit conduct, and thereby produces child pornography, when he creates a visual image of hi…
22-7855 Edgar Dawson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied IFP child-pornography civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law free-speech minor-exploitation sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Whether a person 'uses' a minor 'to engage in' sexually explicit conduct, and thereby produces child pornography, when he creates a visual image of hi…
22-7452 Lashawna Lashae Stewart v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery criminal-law criminal-statute divisible-offense double-jeopardy federal-sentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation uniform-administration united-states-code Does 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) define a single offense or two separate and divisible offenses?
22-7240 Cole Lusby v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process facial-vagueness mens-rea sex-offender-registration vagueness-challenge Whether SORNA's registration requirements are unconstitutionally vague
22-7241 Eric Matthew Ray v. Utah Utah 2023-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process facial-challenge first-amendment free-speech statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether Salerno's 'no set of circumstances' test, the Hoffman/Grayned 'more stringent vagueness test,' or some other test, should govern judicial revi…
22-7157 Andreqio Stevens v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-transportation jurisdictional-element prohibited-persons statutory-interpretation Does the different language used by Congress as to the possession crime require a jury to find more than a prior shipping or transportation of the fir…
22-945 Jonathan Dean Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-procedure criminal-statute misrepresentation money-laundering restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation victim-loss wire-fraud Is proof of misrepresentations sufficient to establish wire fraud or money laundering?
22-7079 Henry Joseph Stevens v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute due-process federal-courts physical-force state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code violent-felony Whether the ACCA's demand for certainty constrains a federal court's interpretation of conflicting state-law decisions
22-7065 Ahmed Abu Khatallah v. United States District of Columbia 2023-03-22 Denied IFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) apply extraterritorially?
22-7045 John Leendert Oskam v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus bank-robbery criminal-law criminal-statute intimidation mens-rea physical-force supreme-court-precedent Does the element of 'intimidation' in the crime of federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113 require the use, attempted use, or threatened use of ph…
22-7053 Jose Luis Ramirez-Dorantes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-statute duplicitous duplicitous-charge firearm-use sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense Whether a count charging the use of a firearm to further a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) that rests on multiple underlying offenses is …
22-7024 In Re Kevin Ogden 2023-03-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process insufficient-evidence jury-instructions legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether the evidence was insufficient to convict the defendant
22-6847 Philip M. Close v. United States Second Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-2251 18-USC-2252A child-pornography circuit-split criminal-statute federal-law genital-exposure sentencing sexual-conduct sexually-explicit-conduct Whether brief glimpses of children's genital areas in videos constitute 'sexually-explicit-conduct' under 18-USC-2251-and-2252A
22-6804 Joseph Mark Williams, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-procedure appellate-procedure civil-procedure criminal-statute due-process legal-timeline minor-protection motion-to-withdraw standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the 90 days under 28 U.S.C. § 1254 and Supreme Court Rule 13 applies to an order granting a motion to withdraw an appeal
22-6614 Omar Kashaka Taylor v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguous-term criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-instruction legal-principles statutory-interpretation Whether a jury instruction effectively directing a Whether an overly broad interpretation of an ambiguous term in a criminal statute carrying severe penalties complies with established principles of st…
22-6599 Herman Harris, Jr. v. Ohio, et al. Ohio 2023-01-23 Denied IFP criminal-statute due-process legislative-intent liberty-interest life-imprisonment parole parole-discretion sentencing sentencing-ambiguity statutory-interpretation vagueness Question not identified
22-558 Pedro Lance Soto v. Texas Texas 2022-12-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process electronic-communication first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine Is a law that criminalizes expressive speech immunized from First Amendment scrutiny if it also criminalizes non-expressive conduct?
22-6315 Iklas Richard Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federalism felon-in-possession rehaif-v-united-states scienter supreme-court-precedent Does the Third Circuit's presumption that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) defendants knew of their prohibiting status conflict with Rehaif?
22-6306 Marion Joseph Hare v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-force borden-v-united-states causation-of-injury circuit-split criminal-statute force-clause sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines violent-force Whether a statute that only requires causation-of-injury and not the affirmative application of force satisfies the violent-force requirement?
22-6267 Mack Doak v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-requirements interstate-commerce interstate-travel sexual-offense statutory-interpretation What connection must exist between the defendant's travel and the unlawful sexual act or sexual activity to support the exercise of federal jurisdicti…
22-497 Jasper Robin Chen v. Texas Texas 2022-11-28 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived communications criminal-law criminal-statute electronic-communication first-amendment free-speech harassment-law intent overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine Is a law that criminalizes expressive speech immunized from any First Amendment scrutiny if it also criminalizes non-expressive conduct?
22-434 Slade Alan Moore v. Texas Texas 2022-11-09 Denied criminal-law criminal-statute due-process electronic-communication first-amendment free-speech harassment intent-standard overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine Is a law that criminalizes expressive speech immunized from any First Amendment scrutiny if it also criminalizes non-expressive conduct?
22-430 Charles Barton v. Texas Texas 2022-11-08 Denied Amici (7) criminal-law criminal-statute due-process electronic-communication electronic-communications expressive-speech first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine public-concern Does the criminalization of expressive electronic communications in Texas Penal Code § 42.07(a)(7) implicate the First Amendment?
22-6002 Charles Morgan, Jr. v. United States District of Columbia 2022-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguity-standard criminal-statute criminal-statutes grievous-ambiguity gundy-v-united-states liberty-deprivation nondelegation nondelegation-doctrine rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the rule of lenity should apply to all ambiguous criminal statutes or only to those that are 'grievously' ambiguous
22-5930 Davon Young v. United States Second Circuit 2022-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the Reed rule applies to a Rehaif v. United States claim
22-5622 Todd Matthew Phillips v. Amber Phillips, nka Amber Korpark Nevada 2022-09-20 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process evidentiary-standard family-court family-law parental-rights standing subject-matter-jurisdiction whether-wife-has-standing-to-act-as-private-prosecutor-against-husband
22-5626 James Earl Jones v. New Jersey New Jersey 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault case-law criminal-law criminal-statute jurisdiction legal-procedure murder remand sexual-assault statutory-interpretation whether-the-term-on-another-applies
22-5610 Andre Thompson v. United States Third Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation When applying the categorical approach of 18 U.S.C. §924(c), the elements clause, are courts allowed or required to look to the nature of an offense a…
22-5491 John Michael Ward v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute federal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel overbreadth statutory-interpretation vagueness Was the U.S. District Court's interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) vague and overbroad, and did Petitioner's attorney render ineffective assistance o…
22-5406 Daniel Edward Gonzalez v. California California 2022-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute drug-possession due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession firearms second-amendment Whether California Health and Safety Code section 11370.1 violates the Second Amendment by making possessing certain drugs while armed a felony
22-5239 Edward Bishop v. Jonathan R. Hemingway, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute double-jeopardy due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment legal-interpretation offense-definition sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether § 924(c) criminalizes two separate offenses to determine if the Petitioner was convicted of an offense § 924(c) does not criminalize?
22-76 Keith L. Carnes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-07-26 Denied Amici (2) 2nd-amendment circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-statute drug-use due-process firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation unlawful-user Whether the government must show the defendant's regular or habitual drug use to establish that the defendant is an 'unlawful user' of a controlled su…
22-5169 Antoine Deshawn Barnes v. T.V. Nationwide Network, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-statute due-process free-speech legal-challenge mens-rea standing state-court statutory-construction takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-8272 Robert Edward Guerra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
21-8217 Herbert Bernard Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-code federal-criminal-law mens-rea prosecutorial-discretion sexual-activity sexual-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-language Whether the statutory language of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b)'s 'any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense' element requi…
21-8035 Charlie John Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) conviction-review criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis Whether Petitioner's conviction under 18 U.S.C. section 924 (c) remains valid under the Supreme Court's holding in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. …
21-1380 Seun Banjo Ojedokun v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response Waived civil-cases congressional-intent criminal-statute extraterritorial-application presumption-against-extraterritoriality statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether, as in civil cases, a clear indication of congressional intent is required to rebut the presumption against extraterritorial application of a …
21-7529 Jesse Dean Mince v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
21-7509 Jean Carlo Ferreira v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-statute davis-precedent due-process jury-instruction procedural-default sentencing standing vagueness Whether the Court should address the Circuit Split regarding whether, and under what circumstances, a movant's procedural default can be excused becau…
21-7459 Robbie Catchings, aka Robert Brown, aka Robbie Catching v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law firearm-possession firearms jury-instructions jury-verdict knowingly-possessed statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether sufficient evidence supported the jury's verdict that petitioner knowingly possessed a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)
21-7405 Joshua Guity-Nunez v. United States Third Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-section-1594 appeal base-offense-level criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-sentencing human-trafficking sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioner, who was convicted of 18 U.S.C. § 1594(c), is subject to a Base Offense Level of 34 or 14?
21-1215 Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment administrative-law agency-interpretation bump-stocks chevron-deference criminal-law criminal-statute firearms machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Whether the definition of 'machinegun' found in 26 U.S.C. §5845(b) is clear and unambiguous, and whether bump stocks meet that definition?
21-7195 James Leon Higgins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearms firearms-possession interstate-commerce perjury-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-7151 Quentin Jackson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause mens-rea predicate-offense reasonable-person sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation threat-of-force What constitutes a threat of physical force under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
21-7118 Joshua B. Davoren v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession home-defense racial-inequality second-amendment standing takings Is a statute that makes it a crime for every person, including responsible, law-abiding citizens, to possess a firearm, rifle, shotgun, or ammunition …
21-7069 Javar Dinsdale Clarke v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether bank robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
21-6991 Lloyd George Kenney v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act california-penal-code-207 categorical-analysis criminal-statute divisibility force-clause implicit-threat-of-arrest kidnapping violent-felony Whether California's simple kidnapping offense as it existed in 1974 was a 'violent felony' under the 'force clause' definition of 'violent felony' fo…
21-6915 Maxwell Gaffney v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-distribution drug-trafficking federal-law foreseeability judicial-review jury-instructions proximate-cause sentencing Whether the enhanced penalty provision of 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1)(C) requires a showing of proximate causation
21-6894 Arnoldo Alvarado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-111 18-usc-924c borden-v-united-states constitutional-review criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime whether-alvarado's-conviction-qualifies-as-violent-crime
21-6753 Trevin Nunnally, aka Rick v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-04 GVR Relisted (3)IFP apprendi cocaine-distribution constitutional-law constitutional-precedent criminal-justice-reform criminal-statute first-step-act intervening-developments sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments when deciding to impose a reduced sentence under the First St…
21-6589 Lamont Guinyard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause
21-6512 Jason Kiger v. Tim Hooper, Warden Louisiana 2021-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-offense constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-trial legislative-amendment legislative-power sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation unanimous-verdict Can Louisiana's 1997 and 1998 legislative amendments to La. 14:42 (C) and (D) qualify, absent a constitutional amendment, as the attendant provision n…
21-6532 Mary Noel Kruppe v. California California 2021-12-06 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process homicide malice murder-prosecution recklessness retroactive-law Whether the Appellate court's dramatic expansion of the law of homicides in People v. Watson (1981) 30 Cal. 3d 240 violates the defendant's due proces…
21-6503 Pradeep Gupte v. University of Connecticut Second Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review child-pornography civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
21-6459 Daniel Lowell v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1(a) carjacking criminal-procedure criminal-statute defendant-burden federal-criminal-law felony-murder-rule legal-standard temporary-safety When applying the felony murder rule under 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) to the crime of carjacking, what must a defendant show to establish that he has reached a …
21-760 Laura Kelly, Governor of Kansas, et al. v. Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) animal-facilities constitutional-law criminal-statute first-amendment free-speech property-rights trespass viewpoint-discrimination Whether Kan. Stat. Ann. § 47-1827(b), (c), and (d) violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment
21-6071 Aldridge Robinson, et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act section-1951 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act Robbery is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)
21-6005 Terrell Hunter v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-statute drug-proceeds drug-robbery federal-jurisdiction federal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-interpretation taylor-v-united-states Did the decisions of the district court and the court of appeals, that the commerce element of the Hobbs Act is satisfied by the robbery of moneys int…
21-5984 Zacharia Allen Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act causation-of-injury circuit-split criminal-statute failure-to-act force-clause statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether a statute that only requires causation-of-injury and not the affirmative application of force satisfies the violent force requirement of the A…
21-5960 Alexander Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied IFP actus-reus attempt attempt-offense criminal-law criminal-statute entrapment overt-act predisposition substantial-step Whether the requirement of a 'substantial step' can be satisfied by conduct occurring after the alleged attempt has ended
21-5915 Thomas D. Holmes v. Randy Gibbs, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-10-06 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-statute defendant-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure oral-verdict precedent sentencing Whether a Certificate of Appealability should have issued
21-5905 Mitchell L. Christen v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2021-10-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment alcohol-intoxication civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession self-defense standing state-regulation takings May the State criminalize Mr. Christen's otherwise constitutionally protected actions purely on the basis of his legal intoxication?
21-497 T. E. L., a Minor v. Florida Florida 2021-10-04 Granted Relisted (2) criminal-statute due-process elonis-v-united-states first-amendment free-speech intent-requirement speech-protection supreme-court-precedent virginia-v-black watts-v-united-states Whether Florida Statute § 790.162 violates the First Amendment
21-5827 Jerry Ray Craine v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession government-prosecution mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove, as an element of a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), that defendant knew his constitutionally protected cond…
21-5790 Patricia Ann Brown v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process felony-definition life-imprisonment sentencing-enhancement state-statute vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is a state statute, providing for an enhanced punishment (life imprisonment) for one convicted of a 'crime of violence,' unconstitutionally vague, whe…
21-5644 Michael Hall v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-10 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3a actus-reus aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-statute force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement violent-physical-force Whether aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery does not require the use, attempted use, or threatened use of violent physical force under 18 U.S.C. § 9…
21-5627 William Brinson Ball v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction international-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) extends to conduct occurring outside the United States
21-5595 Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-crimes drug-distribution due-process overdose proximate-cause sentencing sentencing-enhancement whether-the-enhanced-penalty-for-death-resulting-from-use-of-a-substance-requires-proof-of-proximate-cause
21-5559 Selvin Leonell Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-procedure criminal-statute evidence evidentiary-standard federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea Whether possession of a firearm is 'in or affecting commerce' when there is no evidence that the defendant moved the firearm across state lines or tha…
21-5523 Amos Kiprop Koech v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof cell-phone-evidence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-statutes interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element jury-instruction reasonable-doubt Does the jurisdictional element 'in or affecting interstate commerce' in federal criminal statutes require an actual effect on interstate commerce and…
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 …
21-5432 Deangelo Lenard Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession firearms knowledge-of-status mens-rea misdemeanor-conviction rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove the defendant's knowledge of the specific elements of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in a prosecution unde…
21-5154 Dakota Stewart v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process interstate-travel prosecutorial-discretion sex-offender-registration venue venue-jurisdiction In a prosecution for failing to update sex offender registration under 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a), does venue lie in the district where the offender resided …
21-5060 Kevin Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-921 18-usc-922 circuit-split criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-hayes Whether a defendant must know his prior conviction qualified as a 'misdemeanor crime of domestic violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9)
21-5065 Blake Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-09 GVR Relisted (2)IFP bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute divisible-offense double-jeopardy sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) defines a single offense or two (or more) separate and divisible offenses
20-1803 Evelyn Sineneng-Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied Response Waived alien-status constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute due-process first-amendment immigration-law standing statutory-interpretation vagueness Do the terms 'encouraging' and 'inducing' an alien to reside in the United States, within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv), extend to the f…
20-8300 Lonnie Norton v. Utah Utah 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000) and Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013) require that when a single statute creates a tier…
20-8161 Lisa Marie Belyew v. Mike Pallares, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure bail constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process evidence-standard federal-law judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's motion for release on own recognizance pending appeal
20-1635 Michael Anthony Casillas v. Minnesota Minnesota 2021-05-24 Denied civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-amendment free-speech mens-rea nonconsensual-dissemination obscenity protected-speech strict-scrutiny Does the First Amendment allow a state to criminalize protected speech by means of a statute aimed at prohibiting the nonconsensual dissemination of s…
20-1594 Murray Rojas v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-18 GVR Amici (1) criminal-statute drug-dispensing drug-regulation fdca federal-criminal-law federal-state-balance federalism lenity medical-practitioner statutory-interpretation young-v-united-states Whether the FDCA's felony prohibitions on 'dispensing' drugs reach the administering of drugs by practitioners, which has been left to state and local…
20-1595 Naum Morgovsky and Irina Morgovsky v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-17 Denied appellate-waiver arms-export-control-act class-v-united-states constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-statute executive-authority intelligible-principle rule-12(b)(3) separation-of-powers Whether the Executive had the authority to issue the regulations under the Arms Export Control Act, and whether those regulations and the Act violate …
20-8011 Troy Webb v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922(g)(1) 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-statute discarding-firearm due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to a substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by the lower court's co…
20-7958 Anderson Jean v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-felon aggravated-felony criminal-statute mens-rea scienter sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the mens rea requirement of 'knowingly' in a criminal statute applies to all elements of the offense, or only to those elements that separate …
20-7855 James Ayers v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-27 GVR IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute mens-rea recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Does the 'use of force' clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the ACCA) 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of recklessnes…
20-7816 Lassissi Afolabi v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix Third Circuit 2021-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2246 18-usc-2255(e) 18-usc-2423(b) constitutional-review conviction-and-sentence-enhancement conviction-challenge criminal-statute due-process savings-clause sexual-abuse-of-a-minor supreme-court-interpretation Whether the generic federal definition of sexual abuse of a minor defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2246 applies to 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b) statute
20-7778 Gerald Scott v. United States Second Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Amici (1)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-sentencing physical-force physical-inaction rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation use-of-force Does a crime of physical inaction, in which the inaction is deemed the cause of injury or death, have as an element the 'use of physical force against…
20-7785 Kevino Graham v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel human-trafficking sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether petitioner Graham was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel when counsel failed to challenge
20-7765 Jared Andrew Martin v. California California 2021-04-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-statute culpability due-process evidence jury mens-rea standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
20-7701 Samuel Alex Gann v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary burglary-statute circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute sentencing specific-intent statutory-interpretation trespass Whether a burglary statute that omits the element of specific intent qualifies as generic 'burglary' for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act
20-7678 Roshawn Deon Joiner, aka Shon Joiner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-08 GVR IFP 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-statute fifth-circuit mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force-clause Does the 'use of force' clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the 'ACCA)
20-1409 Graham B. Spanier v. Chad Libby, Director, Dauphin County Probation Services, et al. Third Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response Waived criminal-liability criminal-statute due-process ex-post-facto fourteenth-amendment jury-instruction retroactive-application retroactivity May a state prosecute a defendant for violating a statute enacted after the defendant's conduct, without violating the Ex Post Facto Clause, merely be…
20-7680 Jonathan Beasley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove the defendant knew his prior conviction prohibited firearm possession
20-7632 Shannon D. Hixon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP causation criminal-law criminal-statute death-results drug-overdose drug-trafficking due-process foreseeable-result jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing Whether a defendant may be convicted under the 'death results' provision of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) without instructing the jury that it must decide …
20-7609 Raynal King and Howard R. Ross, III v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-03-31 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c3a criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause force-clause mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a crime that requires a resulting death categorically includes, as an element, 'the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force ag…
20-7447 Elijah Hasan Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-15 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute mens-rea recklessness sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force use-of-force-clause Whether the 'use of force' clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the 'ACCA'), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of reckl…
20-7360 Emmanuel Feaster v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that petitioner Emmanuel Feaste…
20-7326 Tyrone Valentine v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied IFP 18-usc 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability criminal-statute criminal-statutes drunk-driving extreme-indifference physical-force violent-felony Whether criminal statutes encompassing drunk driving constitute a 'violent felony' under 18 U.S.C.
20-7305 Larry Daniel Harris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-statute hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery negligence physical-force predicate-conviction property-injury statutory-interpretation whether-a-conviction-for-hobbs-act-robbery-qualifies-as-a-crime-of-violence-under-18-usc-924c3a
20-1193 Christopher G. Lee v. United States Third Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-chapter-110 child-pornography constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process first-amendment image-cropping ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lascivious-exhibition minor-image sexually-explicit-conduct Can innocent, non-sexual conduct of a minor be retroactively converted into 'sexually explicit conduct'?
20-7243 David Linehan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce interstate-communication statutory-interpretation threat-transmission Whether 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) requires the government to allege and the jury to find that the defendant threatened to injure a specific natural person
20-7146 Frank Ray Gallardo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea specific-intent statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant charged with an offense under 18 USC § 2244 is entitled to a specific intent instruction and there is a conflict among Circuits
20-7122 Adam Lloyd Cooper v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea rosemond-v-united-states Whether Sec. 924(c) contains a specific mens rea requirement
20-7038 David Paul Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied IFP 18-usc-921-a-33 criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearms firearms-possession mens-rea misdemeanor-domestic-violence plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Martinez's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) must be reversed
20-1057 Oracle America, Inc. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-record agency-deference bid-protest conflicts-of-interest criminal-statute federal-law harmless-error procurement procurement-law Whether a bid protest that establishes a violation of federal law may be denied for 'harmless error' based on a rationale not present in the administr…
20-7020 Richie Wheeler v. United States Third Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury criminal-law criminal-statute deadly-weapon intent jury-finding law-enforcement reckless-driving sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether intent to cause bodily injury is required for 18 U.S.C. §111(b) violation
20-1017 Lawrence Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment affirmative-defense circuit-split civil-rights common-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession law-enforcement statutory-interpretation Whether innocent transitory possession is an affirmative defense to illegal possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)
20-6978 Chaka LeChar Castro v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process ethnic-targeting evidence evidence-sufficiency hate-crime hate-crimes religious-discrimination sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether sufficient evidence supported Petitioner's convictions under 18-U.S.C-924(c)
20-6840 Frederick D. Darrington, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause intimidation mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether a crime that requires proof of 'intimidation' of the victim satisfies the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A), when the offense does n…
20-6756 David Ray Wallace v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process habeas-corpus physical-force reckless-conduct sentencing successive-motion texas-robbery violent-crime Whether Texas robbery has 'the use of physical force against the person of another' as an element
20-6710 Marlon Iron Crow v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1 criminal-law criminal-statute jury-instruction jury-instructions malice-aforethought mens-rea second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation Whether the 'reckless' mens rea should be included in the jury instruction for 'malice aforethought' for second degree murder under 18 U.S.C. § 1
20-6641 Jose Angel Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) is unconstitutional by exceeding the scope of the commerce clause and whether the statute requires knowledge of the interst…
20-6420 Oscar Urias Espinoza, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
20-551 Jack Witt Voris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied 18-usc-111 assault assault-statute circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-use multiple-offenses rule-of-lenity sentencing-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether firing multiple gunshots in a single assaultive act can be construed as multiple, distinct offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 111
20-6075 Deshawn McCarter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-statute generic-extortion generic-robbery property-threat sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the California robbery statute criminalize a broader swath of conduct than generic robbery or generic extortion?
20-5871 Derrick Lenard Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 attempt bodily-injury borden-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(8)(A) includes all offenses that require an attempt to inflict bodily injury?
20-5596 Kevin Dean Green v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP beckles-v-united-states constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines vagueness-challenge vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Does Beckles v. United States foreclose a vagueness challenge to a sentencing guideline when the operative term in that guideline is defined by a crim…
20-5585 Denis Nikolla v. United States Second Circuit 2020-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute duenas-alvarez federal-criminal-statute federal-definition generic-definition generic-offense predicate-offense realistic-probability realistic-probability-test Whether the categorical approach requires courts to limit the plain language of a federal criminal statute to the generic definition, even when the st…
20-266 Bradley Bieganski v. Arizona Arizona 2020-09-02 Denied Response Waived affirmative-defense burden-of-proof child-molestation constitutional-limits criminal-statute due-process presumption-of-innocence sexual-intent Whether Arizona's molestation statute violates the Due Process Clause
20-5558 Anthony Smith v. United States Second Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions knowledge-element mens-rea plain-error prohibited-possession Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that appellant Anthony Smith kn…
20-256 Zavian Munize Jordan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied Amici (2) 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession predicate-crime statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether separate convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) require separate predicate crimes and separate acts of using, carrying, or possessing a firea…
20-5220 Gerald Lee Groomes v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-nudity child-pornography constitutional-rights criminal-statute first-amendment lewd-exhibition overbreadth protected-expression protected-speech vagueness Does a state's unreasonable application of a criminal statute prohibiting the possession of images depicting a 'lewd exhibition' of child nudity in a …
20-5079 Charles Monroe Finchum v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
20-5080 Christopher George Wiggin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP with no evidence of defendants' conduct causing s criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
20-5081 Clarence Hoffert v. United States Third Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1521 criminal-intent criminal-statute due-process false-lien federal-false-lien-statute intent-standard mens-rea statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the interpretation of the federal false lien statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1521, adopted by the court of appeals in this case is unconstitutionally vag…
20-5012 In Re Jeanette Woolsey-Ross 2020-07-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process equal-protection federal-state-laws judicial-interpretation jurisdiction legislative-intent standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
19-1412 Mark Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Amici (2) common-law common-law-interpretation contract criminal-statute criminal-statutes false-promises federal-criminal-statutes fraud integration-clause mail-fraud right-to-control wire-fraud Can an oral promise excluded from a fully-integrated written contract, which is unenforceable under the common law, be a 'false or fraudulent...promis…
19-8756 Kevin Ingram v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a attempted-hobbs-act-robbery attempted-offense categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-statute federal-sentencing james-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis If a completed offense is categorically a 'crime of violence' within 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause, is the attempted commission of that o…
19-8710 William Frazier v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-06-15 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation whether-the-vicar-statute-is-subject-to-standard-rules-of-statutory-interpretation
19-8663 Tesa Keith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-statute facial-challenge federal-courts federal-law plea-agreement procedural-challenge waiver Whether facial challenges to a federal criminal statute may be waived by plea agreement?
19-8606 Robert D. Thorson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-power criminal-statute due-process first-amendment free-speech intimate-images privacy-rights standing takings Whether Congress may enact broad and sweeping statutes to prohibit the production and possession of personal images of intimate and lawful conduct in …
19-8580 Lary James Plumlee v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada 2020-06-02 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule supreme-court-precedent teague-doctrine welch-v-united-states Whether a state court is required under the federal constitution to retroactively apply interpretations of a substantive criminal statute that narrow …
19-8567 Thintinus Noseth Taylor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constructive-possession criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-prohibition second-amendment standard-of-proof Whether the Ninth Circuit's low burden of proof for possession of a firearm in cohabitation cases extends the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) beyond its p…
19-8399 Reshon Tolliver v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute drug-payment drug-trafficking evidence federal-law money-laundering statutory-interpretation Whether mere payment for drugs constitutes sufficient evidence for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1956?
19-8333 Nekhent Supreme Ali, aka William Sean Perry, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 criminal-procedure criminal-statute currency-conversion drug-proceeds drug-weight due-process sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether federal courts are required to use the lowest drug present in the defendant's instant offense when converting currency drug proceeds into drug…
19-8269 Stella Rae James v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1791 conviction criminal-statute due-process federal-correctional-facilities federal-correctional-facility federal-criminal-law inmate-contraband possession possession-law statutory-interpretation Whether due process requires the government to establish actual or constructive possession of a prohibited object in order to sustain a conviction und…
19-8240 Richard Valentini v. United States First Circuit 2020-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction criminal-statute extortion hobbs-act personal-gain property-deprivation property-transfer statutory-interpretation third-party third-party-transfer Does a Hobbs Act conviction require the perpetrator to acquire the victim's property?
19-8195 Alens Charles v. Ric L. Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied IFP assault civil-rights-act-of-1991 criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritoriality federal-government federal-officers general-intent specific-intent statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §111 the dismissal was a specific-intent
19-8030 Robbie Shane Bateman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary burglary criminal-statute entry entry-definition generic-burglary sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation tennessee-law Whether Tennessee aggravated burglary qualifies as a generic burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act
19-7952 Michael Deon Thompson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 criminal-law criminal-statute drug-distribution drug-trafficking proximate-cause sentencing serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether the language 'death or serious bodily injury results from' in 21 U.S.C. § 841 creates a strict liability crime, without a foreseeability or pr…
19-7863 Delores L. Knight v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-statute due-process federal-appellate-review judicial-review ninth-circuit patent sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the lower court upheld the government's denial of her patent application
19-7797 Lonnie W. Hubbard v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process medical-necessity medical-practice medical-purpose prescription-dispensing prescription-drugs professional-practice statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding a jury could rationally conclude that defendant pharmacist abdicated his duty under §§ 1306.04(a) & 841(…
19-7732 Jerad Hanks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP bank-robbery circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-statutes firearm-use rule-of-lenity use-of-force vagueness-doctrine Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) is unconstitutionally vague
19-1032 Alphonso I. Waters, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process government-burden-of-proof government-evidence intent-to-harm jury-charge target-deception wire-fraud Whether petitioner's due process rights were violated
19-7665 Marvie Chapman, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-statute divisibility felony-drug-offense mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether a statute is indivisible for purposes of applying Mathis v. United States to 'controlled substance offense', 'serious drug offense', and 'felo…
19-7609 Juan Mauricio Castillo v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada 2020-02-07 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity state-courts statutory-interpretation substantive-rule welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Whether due process requires the states to retroactively apply a decision narrowing the interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
19-7409 Melvin Pryor v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm firearm-display physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-felony Do criminal statutes that prohibit angry or threatening firearm displays not targeted at a specific victim qualify as a 'violent felony' having as an …
19-7334 Edgardo Diaz-Cestary v. United States First Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) categorical-approach categorical-qualification criminal-statute elements-clause hobbs-act johnson-i johnson-standard physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether force required to commit Hobbs Act robbery satisfies the physical force standard of Johnson I to categorically qualify the elements clause of …
19-7313 Dalton Crutchfield v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statutes categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute entry entry-element entry-requirement generic-crimes generic-statutes predicate-offense sentencing state-conviction tennessee-law Whether Tennessee's burglary statutes are generic where the State can obtain a conviction by proving only attempted burglary because the element of 'e…
19-850 Mark Joseph Derrico v. Georgia Georgia 2020-01-07 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Does the void-for-vagueness doctrine extend to cases where courts have rested on the authority of judges and juries to ratify arbitrary enforcement?
19-7115 Alexander Faulkner v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca burglary burglary-definition categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause generic-burglary sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court Does an Indiana burglary conviction qualify as generic burglary?
19-805 Ben Adam v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-26 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-statute due-process first-amendment prosecution-threat religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act religious-practice standing standing-doctrine threat-of-prosecution Did the Second Circuit err in finding that petitioner lacked standing to challenge a criminal statute under the threat of prosecution doctrine
19-795 Paul D. Voorhees v. United States Armed Forces 2019-12-20 Denied conduct-unbecoming-an-officer criminal-prosecution criminal-statute due-process mens-rea military-justice negligence negligence-standard rehaif-v-united-states scienter sixth-amendment uniform-code-military-justice uniform-code-of-military-justice Does the mens rea principle apply to criminal prosecutions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice?
19-7003 Quintin Wright v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied IFP alternative-means arkansas-law armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute domestic-battering force-clause property-damage serious-physical-injury terroristic-threatening violent-felony Whether a conviction under Arkansas's terroristic threatening in the first degree statute qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Crimina…
19-759 Milo H. Segner, Jr. v. Cianna Resources Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied avoidance-power bankruptcy bankruptcy-code burden-of-proof criminal-statute good-faith jury-instructions ponzi-scheme reasonable-commercial-standards transfer-liability Can a party who receives transfers that are the undisputed proceeds of a Ponzi scheme—and who admits committing a crime in connection with every trans…
19-6904 Afries Sandonicaes Maham v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute federalism sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina Breaking and Entering, which criminalizes the breaking or entering into 'any other structure designed to house or secure within…
19-6850 Ledell Tyler v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process force-definition hobbs-act home-invasion interstate-commerce jurisdiction non-violent-conduct statutory-interpretation violent-conduct Whether The Meaning of The Word 'Force' Under The Hobbs Act Provision Encompasses Both Violent and Non-Violent Conduct
19-6826 Jennifer Castro v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defenses age-of-consent criminal-law criminal-statute human-trafficking mens-rea minor minor-victims prostitution prostitution-law reasonable-belief sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation strict-liability Is 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) a strict liability offense?
19-6793 Quentin Herndon v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-court federal-courts physical-force sentencing-guidelines state-court state-court-interpretation state-courts statutory-interpretation USSG-4B1.2(a) Whether a federal court must defer to a state court's interpretation of the elements of a state criminal statute to determine if that offense requires…
19-6784 Jermaine Whyte v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-victim criminal-law criminal-statute due-process mens-rea reasonable-opportunity sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1591(c) creates a strict-liability-offense-for-age-of-victim
19-6757 Jamal Bowens v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-6711 Luciano Diaz-Contreras v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-power felon-in-possession firearms firearms-possession statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
19-6586 Shane Inghels v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-statute divisibility indiana-code indiana-code-35-48-4-1.1 serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction for dealing in methamphetamine under Indiana Code § 35-48-4-1.1 is improperly considered a 'serious drug offense' under the Armed…
19-6569 Keyon W. Carraway v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether there is a reasonable probability that the court of appeals would conclude that Rehaif v. United States requires knowledge of a firearm's inte…
19-6484 In Re John Harry Steele 2019-11-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment arrest constitutional-violation conviction-review criminal-statute due-process procedural-fairness prosecution unfairness Was the petitioner denied due process of law in violation of the 14th Amendment?
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 Whether the mere presence of a firearm at the scene of a drug trafficking offense constitutes possession of the firearm 'in furtherance of' the conspi…
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 Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
19-6354 Brent Delvalen Blake v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-statute elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery intent physical-force vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 9…
19-6320 Nalen Pierre Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 criminal-law criminal-statute due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession legal-status mens-rea plain-error reasonable-doubt rehaif-precedent rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-6293 Dwight Knowles v. United States District of Columbia 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-jurisprudence congressional-intent conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-conspiracy extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-offenses extraterritoriality federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-application Whether federal conspiracy statutes apply extraterritorially when the object of the conspiracy is an extraterritorial offense but there is no clear in…
19-6249 Michael Terrill Faircloth v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 affirmative-defense circuit-split criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession innocent-possession safe-streets-act transitory-possession Whether a felon may assert an affirmative defense of innocent, transitory possession when charged as a felon-in-possession of a firearm under § 922(g)…
19-6025 Javier Segovia-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-24 GVR Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-sentencing force force-against-person immigration-law mens-rea mental-state reckless-conduct reckless-mental-state recklessness statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-5882 Rome Richard Chacon v. Nevada Nevada 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Whether the federal constitution requires a state court to retroactively apply a narrowing interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
19-5812 Mitchum Pastor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) bank robbery qualify as a 'crime of violence' under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(1)'s elements clause?
19-5771 Eric Allen Haensgen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252a age-of-consent child-pornography constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-amendment free-speech statutory-interpretation unconstitutional Whether amendments to the child pornography law set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A) have rendered the current version of the statute unconstitutio…
19-5709 Sam Newman v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-v-united-states constitutional-interpretation criminal-statute due-process firearm-discharge johnson-v-united-states reasonable-person-standard sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether Louisiana Revised Statute Annotated § 14:94(A) (1995) is unconstitutionally vague
19-5699 Robert Gray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-5654 Shederro Lemarc Brooks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-5521 Steven Michael Cox v. Nevada Nevada 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-standard welch-v-united-states Whether the federal constitution requires states to retroactively apply a decision narrowing the interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
19-5456 Ibrahim McCants v. United States Third Circuit 2019-08-05 GVR IFP anonymous-tip categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute divisibility-of-state-statutes domestic-violence due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms fourth-amendment mathis-v-united-states mens-rea police-stop-and-frisk reasonable-suspicion rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation stop-and-frisk supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court-of-appeals Whether the government established the knowledge-of-status element under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
19-151 United States v. Dominic Ladale Walton Fifth Circuit 2019-08-01 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act burglary burglary-definition criminal-law criminal-statute due-process dwelling-offense intent-to-commit-crime statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states unlawful-entry Whether a state offense that criminalizes continued unpermitted presence in a dwelling following the formation of intent to commit a crime qualifies a…
19-5309 William Dante Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearms-violation habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court violent-felony Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States
19-5330 Maurice Montrae Parks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-26 GVR IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-validity criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a new trial is warranted where the District Court failed to instruct the jury on a crucial element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)
19-5325 Alan Victor Gomez Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure force-element immigration-law mens-rea reckless-mental-state sentencing sentencing-law statutory-interpretation Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-5312 Kenneth H. Burke, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms-offense hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review violent-crime Whether Mr. Burke's § 924(c) conviction is invalid in light of United States v. Davis
19-5236 Seab Nolen v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprehension-of-physical-injury armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute immediate-physical-injury physical-force possession-of-weapon sentencing-enhancement violent-felony weapon-possession Is a prior conviction that includes as an element the possession of a weapon categorically a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act?
19-5261 Jorge Baez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process due-process,vagueness,18-usc-924(c),criminal-proce eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus statutory-vagueness united-states-v-davis vagueness Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and therefore his conviction under 18 …
19-5183 Miguel Grado v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process firearm-use firearms multiple-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u…
19-67 United States v. Evelyn Sineneng-Smith Ninth Circuit 2019-07-12 Judgment Issued Amici (11) civil-rights commercial-activity constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute facial-challenge financial-gain first-amendment free-speech immigration immigration-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing illegal immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in vi…
19-5063 Jose Thomas Barriera-Vera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery attempted-armed-robbery attempted-crime criminal-law criminal-statute person-or-property physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether attempted armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) has as an element 'the use .. . of physical force against the person or property of another,' …
19-5070 Carlos Lamar Mitchell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c3a bank-robbery bank-robbery-18-usc-2113 criminal-law criminal-statute demand-note intimidation physical-force physical-force-18-usc-924c3a sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) has as an element 'the use...of physical force against the person or property of another,' under 18 U.S.C. § 9…
19-5037 Gilberto Villanueva, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute descamps-v-united-states district-court-fact-finding felon-in-possession johnson-descamps-precedent johnson-v-united-states mens-rea Should the District Court be allowed to find the facts necessary in order to qualify defendant as an Armed Career Criminal or should precedent such as…
18-1552 Henry P. Alfano and William Hird v. United States Third Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response Waived criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federalism mail-fraud property property-rights statutory-interpretation traffic-tickets unadjudicated-charges unadjudicated-tickets wire-fraud Whether unadjudicated traffic tickets constitute 'property' under the mail- and wire-fraud statutes
18-9726 Lorenzo Hale v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-19 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea prior-occasion recent-past state-lines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
18-9661 William Kostopoulos v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-nexus law-enforcement mens-rea misdemeanor obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant's general denial to state law enforcement officers that he committed a misdemeanor offense is sufficient to meet the federal nexus…
18A1293 Jeffrey Fairbanks v. Indiana Indiana 2019-06-11 Presumed Complete child-neglect constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute due-process evidence-rule infant-death Whether Indiana's child neglect statute is unconstitutionally vague and violates due process by criminalizing behavior where a child dies in the prese…
18-9521 Christopher Anthony Jones v. Nevada Nevada 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity substantive-rule supreme-court-precedent teague-exception welch-v-united-states Whether due process requires the states to retroactively apply a decision narrowing the interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
18-9501 Bruce Mayo Ennis v. Nevada Nevada 2019-05-31 Denied IFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Whether the federal constitution requires a state court to retroactively apply a new interpretation of a substantive criminal statute that narrows its…
18-9436 William Edward Branham v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada 2019-05-28 Denied IFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Whether the federal constitution requires states to retroactively apply a narrowing interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
18-9444 Gregory Greer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-28 GVR IFP 922(g) 924(a)(2) commerce-clause congressional-authority criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez whether-congress-may-criminalize-intrastate-firearm-possession
18-9420 Le'Ardrus Burris v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute divisibility divisibility-analysis felonious-assault mathis-precedent mathis-v-united-states ohio-law ohio-revised-code-2903a sixth-circuit state-v-harris statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Circuit's divisibility analysis ignores this Court's decision in Mathis v. United States and Ohio Supreme Court precedent in State v…
18-9394 Ward T. Evans v. Delaware Delaware 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge constitutionality-of-statute criminal-law criminal-offenses criminal-procedure criminal-statute double-jeopardy due-process in-forma-pauperis indictment indictment-counts statutory-interpretation three-strike-rule three-strikes-law Whether Delaware's 11 Del. Crim. C. sec. 773(2) defines three distinct criminal offenses
18-9366 Michael T. Rivera v. Florida Florida 2019-05-22 Denied IFP collateral-review criminal-statute due-process eighth-amendment judicial-interpretation procedural-rule retroactivity substantive-law Whether the Federal Due Process Clause requires a state to apply a new interpretation of a state criminal statute retroactively to cases on collateral…
18-9378 In Re Tae Hon Chon 2019-05-22 Dismissed IFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-statute district-court due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-doctrine fair-warning substantive-law Does a District Court's ex post facto construction of a substantive criminal statute deprive a petitioner of the fair warning to which the Constitutio…
18-9360 Lazaro Veliz v. John V. Flournoy, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-step-act johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness
18-9344 Samuel J. Yarber v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g 18-usc-924c 21-usc-841a conviction-grouping criminal-statute federal-courts federal-law grouping judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines united-states-code Whether counts of conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) should be grouped under the United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G.…
18-1434 United States v. Pablo Lovo and Joel Sorto District of Columbia 2019-05-15 Denied 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-1338 United States v. Joseph Decore Simms Fourth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied 18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
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…
18-8642 DeJuan Leshae Hill v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-offense habeas-corpus hobbs-act post-conviction-relief sentencing tenth-circuit unconstitutionality Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in failing to address the unconstitutionality of use and carry of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offenses, in rela…
18-1182 Scott Ogle v. Texas Texas 2019-03-12 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights content-based-regulation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process electronic-communication electronic-communications first-amendment free-speech intent-standard overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine Does a statute criminalizing electronically communicated speech that is both intended and reasonably likely to annoy, alarm, or embarrass another pers…
18-8076 Elijah Loren Arthur, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1 18-usc-16 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) define one or two crimes?
18-8050 Alvaun Thompson v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP age-requirement aggravated-offense criminal-statute federal-criminal-law mens-rea minors sentencing sex-trafficking strict-liability under-14 Whether the mens rea requirement as to the person's being under 18 applies to the person's being under 14 or whether the aggravated under-14 offense i…
18-8064 Fernando Luviano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute document-falsification evidence federal-investigation obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-standard statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1519 requires the government to prove a 'reasonable likelihood' that the falsified reports were written in contemplation of a poss…
18-7833 Jerome Hayes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Relisted (4)IFP begay begay-v-united-states categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-statute mens-rea serious-drug-offense staples staples-v-united-states strict-liability Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession of cocaine with intent to sell in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a 'serious drug offense…
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…
18-989 United States v. Marvin Lewis Fifth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-offense firearms statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the subsection-specific definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-7511 Edwin J. Ortiz-Fagot v. United States First Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-3582-c-2 criminal-statute due-process non-delegation retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation Whether the district court's modification of a sentence via 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) to include deciding whether to retroactively apply the plain language …
18-7500 Clay O'Brien Mann v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-01-22 Denied IFP 18-usc-113 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act assault crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause firearm-discharge mens-rea recklessness violent-crime Whether a felony offense with a recklessness mens rea, such as reckless driving while intoxicated, satisfies the requirements of the elements clauses …
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…
18-7413 Billy Dean Smith v. Robert Corcoran, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied IFP alaska-statute brown-vs-board civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute disciplinary-actions due-process free-speech prison-discipline prison-regulations state-action state-law vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Does the Fell Faith and Credit Clause apply to the Bradshaw v. Ash case involving disciplinary actions against a prisoner?
18-7432 Cornell W. Barber v. United States District of Columbia 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act bodily-injury criminal-law criminal-statute curtis-johnson-v-united-states mens-rea reckless reckless-conduct reckless-mens-rea united-states-v-castleman violent-felony Whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act
18-7286 Johnathan Masters v. Kentucky Kentucky 2019-01-08 Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution criminal-statute first-amendment free-speech good-order-and-discipline school-speech vagueness void-for-vagueness Does criminalizing the content of free speech based solely on how a person who heard the content reacted, or interpreted the content, violate this Cou…
18-846 David Allen Anderton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response Waived criminal-statute due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech immigration-law overbreadth separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether to 'encourage' or 'induce' an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States in reckless disregard of the alien's 'in violation of la…
18-7192 Lavell Phillips v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-first-degree-murder attempted-murder attempted-use-of-force criminal-statute elements-clause first-degree-murder physical-force procedural-background sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony Where a completed offense satisfies the ACCA's elements clause, does the attempted commission of that offense necessarily do so as well?
18-7143 Derian Eidson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1956 18-usc-1956-a-3 criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-prosecution government-sting money-laundering proceeds-definition specified-unlawful-activity statutory-interpretation Whether the criminal prohibitions against money laundering contained in 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1) based on financial transactions that 'in fact involvel]…
18-6912 Bryant Lamar Monie v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-conviction persistent-felony-offender sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Defendant's Kentucky Drug trafficking conviction fulfills the conviction requirement under the Federal Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)?
18-6865 Adony Nina v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-statute due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-element prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation united-states Whether Title 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Aiding and Abetting) Requires the Prosecution to Prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt The Jurisdictional Element By Establishi…
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…
18-6748 Malachi M. Glass v. United States Third Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law criminal-statute drug-offense federal-law federal-sentencing pennsylvania pennsylvania-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the broader Pennsylvania delivery of a controlled substance statute, 35 Pa. C.S.A. § 780-113(a)(30), qualifies as a 'controlled-substance-offe…
18-6563 Jesus R. Gonzalez-Negron v. United States First Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process factual-basis firearm-possession firearms guilty-plea machine-gun-possession plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation Is evidence of a loaded machine gun and drugs within a person's residence an adequate factual basis to support a guilty plea to possession of a firear…
18-6474 Tyrone Hart v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act begay-v-united-states categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-offense elonis-v-united-states federal-law florida-statute intent-to-sell mens-rea serious-drug-offense staples-v-united-states Is a post-2002 conviction for possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver a controlled substance in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a 'se…
18-6398 Deon Pittman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-offense element-of-offense federal-law means-of-offense michigan-law sentencing-guidelines state-law state-statute Whether the specific type of controlled substance is an element of the offense or one of many means to commit the offense under a state statute that p…
18-6348 Eric M. Pence v. Illinois Illinois 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-prosecution criminal-statute disorderly-conduct due-process electronic-communication fighting-words first-amendment free-speech true-threat true-threats Whether a message stating 'Hey, long time no talk, how have you been?' can be criminally prosecuted under a disorderly conduct statute as 'fighting wo…
18-445 Tanya Ramirez v. Texas Texas 2018-10-10 Denied civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process equal-protection fundamental-right fundamental-rights intimacy legal-infringement privacy procreation sexual-conduct sexual-relationship texas-penal-code Is Texas Penal Code §21.12, which criminalizes an otherwise legal sexual relationship, unconstitutional in its infringement upon a constitutionally-pr…
18-6265 Samuel Silva v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute evidence evidence-prejudice federal-firearms federal-rule-403 federal-rules-of-evidence felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-possession jury-instruction jury-instructions prejudice prejudicial-evidence probative-value rule-403 Whether the practice of telling juries in a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prosecution that the defendant is a previously-convicted felon should be excluded un…
18-428 United States v. Clifford Raymond Salas Tenth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-431 United States v. Maurice Lamont Davis and Andre Levon Glover Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-6187 Antonio Martinez-Lopez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1425 acquisition-of-citizenship citizenship-application criminal-statute false-statement immigration-law judicial-interpretation maslenjak-v-us naturalization naturalization-fraud revocation-of-citizenship Did the appeals court err in affirming petitioner's conviction for unlawful procurement of naturalization
18-6036 Donald S. Harden v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP causation criminal-statute drug-trafficking mandatory-life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing proximate-cause racial-disparities rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether proof of proximate cause is required for the 'death results' sentencing enhancement under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)
18-6006 Gerson Gonzalez Tovar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions criminal-statute due-process interstate-commerce plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child-pornography crossed state-lines at an unspecified-prior-…
18-6009 Emile Myrthil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied IFP 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) attempt attempt-liability attempted-offense categorical-approach constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-statute intent-element sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-force Is 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague?
18-5838 Hosea Swopes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Relisted (4)IFP categorically constitutes a 'violent felony' unde interpreted by state law to be satisfied by the f armed-career-criminal-act circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-statute element-of-force force-element robbery-offense state-robbery-offense statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states violent-felony Whether a state robbery offense that includes 'as an element' the taking of property by another by force, interpreted by state law to be satisfied by …
18-5637 Afelix Desir v. Florida Florida 2018-08-17 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process fundamental-error information-charging jury-instructions minor minor-protection sexual-activity sexual-offense Does a trial court commit fundamental error when it instructs a jury regarding both 'Penile/Vaginal intercourse' unlawful sexual activity with specifi…
18-5576 DifAnkh Asar, aka James Walter Gist v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca categorical-approach civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute due-process fifth-amendment overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine sixth-amendment vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is South Carolina's Code Ann. 16-23-40 unconstitutional?
18-5314 Shannon Dale Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing criminal-statute firearm firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) criminalize the defendant's subjective intent or the firearm's objective potential?
18-5066 Edward Vincent Ray v. California California 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection gender-bias ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-interpretation overbreadth sentencing-disparities vagueness-doctrine Whether Petitioner's sentence of 36 years violates equal protection due to disparities in California sentences for female and male offenders for the s…
18-5146 Adam Darrick Toghill v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation conviction criminal-conviction criminal-statute due-process equal-protection lawrence-v-texas sodomy-statute substantive-due-process unequal-penal-consequences unequal-treatment Whether Virginia's anti-sodomy statute violates due-process, equal-protection
18-5164 George Adrien Brooks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-2422(b) attempted-inducement circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law intent intent-requirement mens-rea minor minor-protection minors sexual-abuse sexual-activity sexual-inducement statutory-interpretation Whether the required intent for attempted inducement under § 2422(b) is the intent to cause a minor to engage in sexual activity (as the Eleventh Circ…
18-5041 Louis Robinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States and Sessions v. Dimaya
18-5043 Guy St. Amour v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-interpretation administrative-law aviation-law criminal-statute due-process faa-regulation fair-notice over-criminalization rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit's novel interpretation of an FAA regulation in a criminal statute, to encompass conduct never before penalized by the FAA…
18-5061 Travis Horne v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process force-definition johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States, 1385 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) and …