| 25-6812 |
Himen Ross v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2026-02-13 |
Pending |
IFP |
constitutional-fairness criminal-trial district-court-discretion gang-evidence jury-prejudice mistrial-motion |
1. Whether the district court abused its discretion by allowing the government to introduce highly prejudicial evidence and argument linking Ross to a… |
| 25-6712 |
William Louis Armstrong v. Boyland Auto BGMC LLC, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Pending |
IFP |
civil-procedure district-court-discretion frcp-service in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation statutory-interpretation |
1. I filed with an IFP motion; the court found me indigent (including for counsel recruitment). I moved for service under FRCP 4(c)(3), but the distri… |
| 25-882 |
Andrew D. Parker, et al. v. Bill Gates, as a Member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
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district-court-discretion election-litigation first-amendment legal-procedure political-speech rule-11-sanctions |
Petitioners brought claims on behalf of candidates in advance of the 2022 election, challenging the procedures Arizona would use to count votes in tha… |
| 25A783 |
Crystal Greenlaw v. United States |
First Circuit |
2026-01-07 |
Application |
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18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-discretion pro-se procedural-due-process sentence-reduction |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6439 |
Marquis Melton v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-29 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split district-court district-court-discretion harmless-error procedural-error sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court's statement, asserting it would have imposed the same sentence regardless of any potential procedural error, renders that err… |
| 25-5737 |
Antwan Elvago Coplen v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-09-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
(1) WHETHER A COMBINATION OF "EXTRAORDINARY AND COMPELLING
REASONS" THAT MAY WARRANT A DISCRETIONARY SENTENCE
REDUCTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)U) (… |
| 25-5651 |
Jose Henry Hernandez-Garcia v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court-discretion evidence-weighing judicial-review motion-for-new-trial trial-standard |
Whether a district court abuses its discretion when ruling on a defendant's motion for a new trial by not independently weighing the evidence presente… |
| 25-5504 |
Justin Everett Kessler v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-conditions district-court-discretion lifetime-supervision sentencing-review supervised-release vagueness-doctrine |
I. Did the District Court Abuse Its Discretion by Imposing an Unconstitutionally Vague and Overbroad "Loitering" Supervised Release Condition?
II. Di… |
| 25-5470 |
Hombra Lavail Williams v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-08-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure district-court-discretion esteras-precedent sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Whether, in light of this Court's decision in Esteras v. United States, 145 S. Ct. 2031 (2025) and in order to maintain uniform application of this Co… |
| 25-5390 |
Brandon Desmond Medford v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-procedure judicial-interpretation policy-disagreement sentencing-guidelines |
Whether district courts must ever consider arguments for a lesser sentence based on a policy disagreement with the Guidelines? |
| 25-81 |
Lois Jochinto Orta v. United States, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-22 |
Pending |
|
circuit-split district-court-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, as four circuits permit but six others prohibit, a district court may consider disparities created by the First Step Act's prospective change… |
| 24A1144 |
Robert S. Pierce v. Demetric Godfrey, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim district-court-discretion habeas-corpus rule-60(b) section-2254 |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner can obtain relief under Rule 60(b) for alleged errors in a prior section 2254 proceeding |
| 24-1129 |
Joan Carol Lipin v. Arthur Dodson Wisehart, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-05-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
district-court-discretion prefiling-judgment res-judicata rooker-feldman-doctrine rule-41-dismissal voluntary-dismissal |
Whether a district court can reopen a case and issue a partial prefiling judgment on some claims after a plaintiff's voluntary dismissal without preju… |
| 24-7041 |
Javier A. Rodriguez v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-04-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion reasonableness-review sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines variance |
May the district court determine the extent of the appropriate variance without first correctly calculating the initial Guidelines range, and may the … |
| 24-6681 |
Sharif El-Battouty v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability district-court-discretion evidentiary-rulings indictment-sufficiency special-interrogatories venue-determination |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in not issuing a certificate of appealability by not reviewing the District Court's decisions regarding special int… |
| 24-726 |
DISH Network L.L.C. v. Dragon Intellectual Property LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2025-01-10 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
administrative-proceeding attorney-fees district-court-discretion fee-shifting joint-and-several-liability patent-law |
Whether the Patent Act's fee-shifting statute allows a district court discretion to impose joint and several liability for attorney fees and to award … |
| 24-5980 |
Vernell Moore v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
district-court-discretion eighth-amendment methamphetamine-enhancement proportionality-of-punishment sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the District Court and Sixth Circuit erred in applying the 10:1 methamphetamine enhancement under U.S.S.G. §2D1.1 given potential constitution… |
| 24-5596 |
Oren Snowden v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release district-court-discretion kidney-disease medical-conditions prisoner-rights sentencing |
Did the district court abuse its discretion in denying Oren Snowden's motion for compassionate release due to serious medical conditions? |
| 24-50 |
Marlo Helmstetter v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release concepcion-v-united-states district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the procedural approach adopted by several circuit courts of considering only the 18 U.S.C. §3553(a) factors, without first determining whethe… |
| 23-7502 |
Kevin Day v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4a1.3(b) criminal-history district-court-discretion downward-departure fourth-circuit motion-to-dismiss sentencing-guidelines variance-sentence |
Whether the District Court abused its discretion by failing to give a variance sentence and shorter incarceration period |
| 23-7445 |
Lloyd Kidd v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process electronic-evidence jurisdiction motion-to-suppress sufficiency-of-evidence summary-charts venue venue-challenge |
Was there legally insufficient evidence to establish that venue was proper in the Southern District of New York for each count of conviction? |
| 23-7256 |
John Pedelahore v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process eighth-amendment federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness supervised-release |
Whether the district court erred by ordering Mr. Pedelahore to serve 30 months in prison for nonviolent supervised release violations when the recomme… |
| 23-6904 |
Chance Joseph Seneca v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review categorical criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion due-process guidelines harmless-error judicial-procedure sentencing-guidelines |
Whether errors in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines are rendered categorically harmless by the district court's routine assertion that the Guideli… |
| 23-6826 |
Clifford D. Jackson v. Neil McDowell, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
60b6-motion attachments district-court-discretion dixon-v-baker habeas-corpus motion-recharacterization procedural-rules rhine-v-weber rhines-stay second-or-successive-petition slack-v-mcdaniels |
Question not identified |
| 23-6339 |
Juan Guzman, aka Juan Villarreal-Guzman, aka Juan Guzman-Villareal, aka Victor Nava, aka Francisco Lara, aka Francisco Lara-Paramo, aka Ayala Ramoro, aka Carlos Solorio, aka Daniel Solorio, aka Flaco v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion assault-with-a-firearm criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion evidence-admission firearm-possession prior-allegation prior-bad-acts sixth-circuit |
Does a District Court prejudicially abuse its discretion in a firearm-possession case when it receives evidence about a prior, unrelated allegation of… |
| 23-578 |
Christopher Kinzy v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion gall-standard gall-v-united-states guidelines judicial-explanation rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court can insulate from vacatur a sentence based on an erroneously enhanced Guidelines range |
| 23-6019 |
Luis Olivares v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion exceptional-circumstances fair-sentencing-act sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Fair Sentencing Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), permits a district court to modify Mr. Olivares' unusually long sentence in this exception… |
| 23-6008 |
Matthew Johnson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment district-court-discretion docket-control due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations statutory-limitations |
Does 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) require a federal district court to allow the full 1-year period for habeas applications? |
| 23-5838 |
Mario Reynoso, aka Mario Hernandez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
admissibility-of-evidence character-evidence district-court-discretion district-courts evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence non-propensity-purpose reasoning rule-404(b)(2) rule-404b ultimate-decision |
Whether Rule 404(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Evidence permits district courts the use of reasoning to reach an ultimate decision whether to admit th… |
| 23-5698 |
Roy Christopher West v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split compassionate-release concepcion-v-united-states district-court-discretion equal-protection extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-disparity |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's threshold for extraordinary and compelling reasons under the First Step Act of 2018 Compassionate Release is erroneous and… |
| 23-5675 |
Brandon A. House v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-court appellate-court-interpretation concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons section-3582 sentencing-modification |
When does the power to modify a sentence based on 'extraordinary and compelling' reasons rest with the district court that imposed the sentence? |
| 23-5636 |
Javon Montreal King v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal background criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum substantive-reasonableness youth youth-consideration |
Whether the district court erred, considering Mr. King's youth and background, when it sentenced him to the statutory maximum of 120 months' imprisonm… |
| 23-226 |
Antonio Soul Gonzalez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
covered-offense criminal-sentencing discretion district-court-discretion fair-sentencing-act first-step-act recalculation sentence-reduction sentencing-range statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court must recalculate a movant's sentencing range as if Sections 2 and 3 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 were in effect at the … |
| 23-181 |
Patricia L. Harrison v. South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure dismissal district-court-discretion federal-court-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standards rule-11-sanctions sanctions settlement sua-sponte-sanctions |
Did the district court abuse its discretion by sanctioning Petitioner sua sponte pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 11 after settlement… |
| 23-5389 |
Wilfredo Rodriguez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split colorable-claim criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion judicial-response sentencing sentencing-argument |
Where a federal criminal defendant raises a colorable sentencing argument, must the district court acknowledge and respond to it? |
| 23-5198 |
Richard Potts v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing discretionary-authority district-court-discretion fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty |
Whether the Fair Sentencing Act modified the statutory penalty for petitioner's offense, so that petitioner is eligible for a sentence reduction under… |
| 23-5137 |
Joshua Christopher Stockstill v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines section-3553a-factors sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness |
Whether the district court ordered a substantively unreasonable 30-year prison sentence |
| 22-7900 |
David Wright, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-range prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines state-statutes statutory-interpretation |
Whether the District Court erred by counting a prior conviction for violation of a state statute that had been changed to make the conduct not a crime… |
| 22-1239 |
Michael Jerome Files v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
concurrent-sentences crack-cocaine crack-cocaine-offenses district-court-discretion first-step-act powder-cocaine sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Does Section 404 of the First Step Act authorize district courts to impose a reduced sentence for both crack-cocaine offenses and related offenses tha… |
| 22-1216 |
Dwayne Ferguson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-06-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons first-step-act habeas-corpus legal-error sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2255 limits a district court's discretion to consider legal errors in prior proceedings as 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' … |
| 22-7792 |
Diante Turman v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act circuit-court-review circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-conviction criminal-procedure district-court-discretion drug-offense drug-schedule drug-schedules federal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing
22-7791" mcneill-precedent mcneill-v-united-states safety-valve sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction Whether the district court erred at sentencing in |
Does McNeill require courts to define 'controlled substance offenses' under Section 4B1.2(b) to include convictions under laws encompassing substances… |
| 22-7717 |
Christopher A. Bernard v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review below-guidelines-sentence circuit-split district-court-discretion holguin-hernandez procedural-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the holding in Holguin-Hernandez that a defendant's argument for a lower sentence preserves appellate review of the substantive reasonableness… |
| 22-7533 |
Terence Crawley v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure discretionary-relief district-court-discretion due-process first-step-act non-frivolous-arguments sentencing sentencing-relief supreme-court-ruling |
Whether the district court is obligated to consider a defendant's non-frivolous arguments when exercising its discretion to grant or deny relief under… |
| 22-7367 |
Christopher J. Bailey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act precedent sentence-reduction sentencing |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying petitioner's motion for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act |
| 22-7210 |
David McCall, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reason sentence-reduction sentencing-law |
whether-district-court-may-consider-sentencing-disparity |
| 22-7192 |
Dan Pizarro v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences criminal-sentencing district-court-authority district-court-discretion federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction future-events future-sentence-commencement judicial-sentencing-power sentencing-authority setser-v-united-states |
Does a district court exceed its authority by expressly or effectively ordering its sentence to run consecutively to a sentence in another federal cas… |
| 22-6560 |
Candido Gomez-Santacruz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a district-court-discretion federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states imprisonment-duration prior-term-of-imprisonment sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness |
Whether a district court may, consistent with 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), treat the duration of a prior term of imprisonment as a floor or baseline on its se… |
| 22-6429 |
Robert McKenna v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a appellate-review criminal-history district-court-discretion due-process public-safety sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-reasonableness |
Whether the First Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the defendant's sentence was procedurally and substantively reasonable under 18 USC §… |
| 22-6379 |
Leetavious Gaines v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release defendant-motion district-court-discretion first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an 'applicable' policy statement that binds the district court in considering a d… |
| 22-6336 |
James C. Tate v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union Local 8363 |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination discrimination-claim district-court-discretion due-process employment-law standing summary-judgment summary-motion union-representation |
Did the District Court's discretion deny the petitioner due process? |
| 22-6234 |
Rex Gainey v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-law covid-19 covid-19-impact district-court-discretion habeas-corpus prison-law-library pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation |
Should district courts adopt a holistic approach to late habeas filings caused by COVID-19 conditions? |
| 22-6135 |
Monzell Harding v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-discretion evidence extrinsic-evidence rico rico-conspiracy rule-404(b) rule-404b trial-error uncharged-crimes |
Was the district court required by JHuddleston v. United States, 485 U.S. 681 (1988) and Rule 404(b) to cure the reversible trial error that resulted … |
| 22-6141 |
Eric Lamont Wade v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion concepcion-ruling concepcion-v-united-states criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion due-process first-step-act section-404(c) sentence-reduction sentencing |
Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to comply with Section 404 (c) of the First Step Act of 2018 |
| 22-5990 |
Leroy Brooks v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
3553a-factors abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons judicial-review sentence-reduction sentencing |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Petitioner's motion for compassionate release/reduction in sentence |
| 22-5914 |
Dominique Lamar Johnson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3583 administrative-violations criminal-procedure criminal-supervision district-court-discretion due-process liberty liberty-deprivation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the District Court acted excessively by sentencing Petitioner to a sentence two and half times above the supervision guideline range for admin… |
| 22-5435 |
Rahsaan Johnson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-23 |
GVR |
IFP |
concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states district-court-denial district-court-discretion first-step-act judicial-review mitigating-information post-sentencing-conduct sentencing-mitigation vacatur |
Whether the district court's denial of Mr. Johnson's First Step Act motion must be vacated in light of Concepcion v. United States |
| 22-5161 |
Antonio M. Taylor v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider nonretroactive changes in sentencing law in determining whether a defendant has shown 'extraordinary and compell… |
| 22-5137 |
Clifford Raymond Salas v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process factual-errors plain-error prosecutorial-argument sentencing sentencing-variance tenth-circuit-review |
Did the Tenth Circuit wrongly hold that the district court did not plainly err, where (a) the prosecutor argued that a factually untrue reason support… |
| 22-5090 |
Michelle C. Cantatore v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability criminal-history district-court-discretion evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2255 sentencing sentencing-counsel sentencing-disparity |
Whether the Third Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability |
| 22-5017 |
Travaris Devon Bishop v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3553(a) criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the district court ordered a substantively unreasonable statutory maximum sentence |
| 22-5006 |
David Cadena v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum upward-variance |
Did the district court impose a substantively unreasonable sentence when it varied upward from the advisory sentencing range to the statutory maximum … |
| 21-8269 |
James Paris Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines advisory-range criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-variance |
Did the district court impose a substantively unreasonable sentence when it varied upward from the advisory sentencing range? |
| 21-8198 |
Ruben Cabrera Saucedo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure davis-precedent district-court-discretion double-jeopardy motion-to-vacate sentence-modification sentencing unconstitutional unconstitutional-conviction united-states-v-davis |
Whether, after a motion to vacate sentence is granted on a conviction that is unconstitutional under United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), a… |
| 21-8093 |
Albert Aiad-Toss v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-USC-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court-discretion procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness supervised-release |
Whether Mr. Aiad-Toss's lifetime supervised release term was procedurally unreasonable |
| 21-8014 |
Reginald Woods v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act policy-statement sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 is an 'applicable' policy statement that binds a district court in considering a defendant-filed motion for sentence reducti… |
| 21-8021 |
Frank W. Coon v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice district-court-discretion first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing standard-of-review |
Whether the District Court Abused its Discretion by Denying Mr. Coon's Motion for Compassionate Release? |
| 21-7954 |
Jordan Monroe v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-05-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court-discretion exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment prima-facie-showing probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant warrant-validity |
Is the warrant herein an invalid search and seizure warrant? |
| 21-7700 |
Ronald Hunter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons rehabilitation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider changes in sentencing law as a possible 'extraordinary and compelling' reason warranting a sentence reduction un… |
| 21-7662 |
Michael Wayne Cook v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-opinions appellate-review district-court district-court-discretion federal-sentencing judicial-standard prejudice prejudicial-error sentencing-guidelines |
Whether courts of appeals evaluating the prejudicial effect of a Guideline error must accept a district court's claim that the Guidelines exerted no i… |
| 21-7609 |
Desmond Deleon Carviel v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law career-offender-guideline district-court-discretion guideline-commentary inchoate-offenses judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
May a district court defer to the Sentencing Guideline commentary without first determining if the guideline is genuinely ambiguous |
| 21-7587 |
Jose Garcia Solorzano v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility appeal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion reduction-in-sentence sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§3e1.1 u.s.s.g.-interpretation |
Did the district court err in not granting Mr. Solorzano a reduction in sentence for his acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. §3E1.1? |
| 21-1331 |
Marcus A. Murphy v. Amanda Cameron Dalton, aka Mandy Moore, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-06 |
Denied |
|
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court-discretion due-process energy-company pro-se-plaintiff sanctions tort-law |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the plaintiff's claims and imposing sanctions |
| 21-7563 |
Alexander Kates v. New York |
Second Circuit |
2022-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure custody-determination district-court-discretion due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing state-law state-law-precedent |
Are district courts allowed to disregard State law and controlling federal precedent when handling state habeas corpus petitions? |
| 21-1319 |
Mark Nordlicht and David Levy v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-04-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
credibility criminal-procedure discretion district-court-discretion evidence-weighing federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure jury-verdict new-trial new-trial-motion rule-33 standard-of-review witness-credibility |
Whether district courts have discretion to weigh the evidence, including the credibility of witnesses, when deciding to grant a new trial under Rule 3… |
| 21-1274 |
Bobby Lee Ingram v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-21 |
GVR |
Relisted (4) |
criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act judicial-discretion legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) o… |
| 21-7386 |
Sandchase Cody v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court district-court-discretion due-process federal-criminal-procedure first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 121.15 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines on 'Applicable Data Statement' binds a district court when considering a motion for … |
| 21-7368 |
Antwan Boyd v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-15 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) o… |
| 21-7357 |
Joel Castro-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discretion district-court-discretion guidelines judicial-reasoning legal-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Whether a district court errs should reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range? |
| 21-1208 |
Eric Andrews v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-03-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act section-924(c) sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-7134 |
Anthony Jerome Bell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons first-step-act intervening-developments legal-developments sentencing sentencing-factors |
Must a district court specifically address a defendant's non-frivolous § 3553(a) arguments based on intervening developments when denying compassionat… |
| 21-7086 |
William L. Whitefield v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c compassionate-release criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-7062 |
Michael Devell Smith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
3553(a) criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guidelines section-3553a sentence-disparity sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness unwarranted-disparities |
Whether the district court ordered an unreasonable 24-month sentence considering the facts of this case and the Guidelines sentence range of 12 to 18 … |
| 21-7054 |
Ervin Walker, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction ussg-1b1.13 |
Whether the District Court abused its discretion in denying Petitioner's Motion for Compassionate Release |
| 21-6937 |
Colin Michael v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review district-court district-court-discretion judicial-presumption rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness united-states-sentencing-commission |
Should an appellate court automatically presume that a within-or-below-guideline sentence is substantively reasonable when the underlying rationale fo… |
| 21-6940 |
Ferney Salas Torres v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-01-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion criminal-appeal criminal-procedure district-court-discretion minor-role-adjustment pilot-enhancement plea-agreement procedural-reasonableness second-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming Ferney Salas Torres' judgment of conviction and sentence which was procedurally unreaso… |
| 21-6941 |
Tracy Vaughn v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-21 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a crack-cocaine criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act sentencing-factors sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court must consider 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors in deciding to impose a reduced sentence for a crack cocaine offense und… |
| 21-6913 |
Timothy Dewayne Littlejohn v. Sergeant Bowman, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
cell-phone-data complaint-amendment digital-privacy district-court-discretion fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence judicial-error leave-to-amend privacy pro-se-pleading procedural-due-process search-and-seizure |
Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable … |
| 21-1005 |
Heat On-The-Fly, LLC, et al. v. Energy Heating, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-285 attorney-fees civil-procedure district-court-discretion exceptional-case litigation-misconduct patent patent-litigation |
Must a district court consider litigation misconduct, or lack thereof, in determining whether a case is exceptional under 35 U.S.C. § 285? |
| 21-6739 |
Anthony Harris v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
covered-offense criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion factual-developments first-step-act intervening-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments before imposing a reduced sentence on an individual found eli… |
| 21-6738 |
Kadeem Willingham v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582c1a 924(c)-sentences 924c-sentences district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act nondelegation-doctrine sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines sub-delegation |
whether-us-sentencing-guidelines-1b1-13-binds-district-court |
| 21-6716 |
Fernando Romero v. Neil McDowell, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion counsel-appointment district-court-discretion expert-opinion ineffective-assistance investigation pro-se right-to-counsel state-court-claim |
Whether the district court abused its discretion by denying petitioner's motion to appoint counsel |
| 21-6687 |
Rory Lee Zirkelbach v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 career-offender district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-reasons sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-error sentencing-guideline statutory-interpretation |
Whether a sentencing error and resulting disparity can constitute an 'extraordinary and compelling reason' for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § … |
| 21-6594 |
James A. Hald, et al. v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
compassionate-release criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process extraordinary-reasons federal-prisoner-rights federal-prisons sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), a district court must first determine whether 'extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons' warrant such a reductio… |
| 21-6584 |
Gregory Donell Eatmon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-13 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-u.s.c.-3553(a) criminal-procedure district-court-discretion first-step-act section-404(b) sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court must or may consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, including the current sentencing range established by the U.… |
| 21-6575 |
Nathaniel Fields v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-10 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) o… |
| 21-6403 |
Garland Guillory v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
application-note commentary controlled-substance-offense district-court-discretion fifth-circuit inchoate-offenses kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines u.s.-sentencing-commission |
Whether a district court may rely on commentary in the U.S. Sentencing Commission's Guidelines Manual to determine a defendant's Guidelines range for … |
| 21-6362 |
Rocky Krupa v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
booker booker-standard district-court-discretion due-process family-circumstances probabilistic-model procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness u.s.s.g.-§5h1.6 |
Procedural-and-substantive-reasonableness-of-sentence |
| 21-6264 |
Marion Katrell Campbell v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
district-court-discretion due-process evidence evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence rule-404(b) rule-404b rule-702 trial-procedure |
Whether the district court improperly allowed Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) & 702 in petitioner's trial |
| 21-6224 |
Tony Ford v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-10 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) o… |
| 21-6220 |
Jehoni Kierre Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
2255-motion abuse-of-discretion amendment civil-procedure direct-appeal district-court-discretion evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal |
Whether the District Court denying petitioner's request to Amend is in conflict with The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15? |
| 21-6185 |
Rodney Smith v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion downward-departure judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines |
Was the District Court's decision not to depart downward appropriate? |
| 21-6144 |
Johnnie Sims v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-02 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation |
Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under… |
| 21-6107 |
Thomas Johnson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion factual-developments fair-sentencing-act first-step-act legal-developments presidential-commutation 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… |
| 21-6064 |
Robert William Knopping v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion downward-departure government-motion sentencing sentencing-guidelines third-level-reduction u.s.s.g. |
When can district court deny government's motion for 3rd-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 8E1.1(b)? |
| 21-5999 |
Steven Dewayne Gilbert v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure career-offender-guideline circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guideline-interpretation holguin-hernandez procedural-reasonableness sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the holding in Holguin-Hernandez that a defendant's argument in the district court for a lower sentence preserves appellate review of the subs… |
| 21-6007 |
Carlton Potts, aka Pep v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion factual-developments fair-sentencing-act first-step-act legal-developments 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… |
| 21-546 |
Michael G. Harper, aka Cuban Mike v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should 'impose a reduced sentence' on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … |
| 21-508 |
In Re William J. French, et al. |
|
2021-10-06 |
Denied |
|
abuse-of-discretion class-certification contract-law district-court-discretion economic-discrimination insurance-discrimination long-term-care-insurance qualified-long-term-care-insurance summary-judgment tax-benefits |
Whether the District Court exceeded its authority and clearly abused its discretion by ordering that the PSJ Motion, which confirms that NML's Scheme … |
| 21-5879 |
Dheadry Powell v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act guidelines justification money-laundering resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Under the First Step Act, did the district court fail to provide a sufficiently compelling justification that thoroughly explains its above the guidel… |
| 21-5841 |
Rafiq Sabir v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arabic-language-expert brady-claim brady-v-maryland district-court-discretion exculpatory-evidence factual-dispute government-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-amend rule-33 |
Could-reasonable-jurists-debate-whether-the-district-court-abused-its-discretion |
| 21-5773 |
Alex Baah v. AT&T Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion alternative-dispute-resolution civil-procedure district-court district-court-discretion motion-for-reconsideration ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review procedural-rules reconsideration timely-response untimely-response |
Did the Ninth Circuit Court and the District Court overlook a clear procedural rule? |
| 21-5716 |
Pecola Cousar v. New York-Presbyterian Queens |
Second Circuit |
2021-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights discovery district-court-discretion due-process pro-se-litigant procedural-error standing summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether the district court erred and/or abused its discretion |
| 21-5647 |
Adolphus Symonette v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-proceeding certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court-discretion habeas-corpus post-offense-rehabilitation reasonable-jurists resentencing sentencing |
Whether reasonable jurists would find the district court's decision to vacate Count 3 of the second superseding indictment while simultaneously denyin… |
| 21-5624 |
Ryan Scott Kibble v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion chronic-health-conditions chronic-health-issues compassionate-release district-court-discretion global-pandemic incarceration pandemic-incarceration sentencing-modification |
Whether a district court abuses its discretion by refusing to grant compassionate relief |
| 21-5418 |
Sergio Bucio v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion mitigating-role money-laundering role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-3b1.2 |
Whether the district court erred in calculating the amount of laundered funds attributable to Mr. Bucio |
| 21-5348 |
James H. Bates v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation section-404 sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation |
Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under… |
| 21-5350 |
Bobby Earl Keys v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process prisoner-release sentencing sentencing-factors standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals apply the wrong appellate standard of review? |
| 21-5291 |
Leonardo Miguel Garcia Morales, aka El Padrino v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-trial critical-stage defendant-presence district-court-discretion due-process judicial-discretion jury-deliberations right-to-presence testimony-of-accused testimony-rehearing |
Does the right to presence at critical stages of a criminal trial extend to proceedings before the jury in which the district court discourages the ju… |
| 21-5122 |
Juan Angel Velasquez-Canales v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion felony-enhancement guideline-interpretation immigration prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court erred in applying a six-level enhancement under Section 2L1.2(b)(2)(C) of the Sentencing Guidelines |
| 21-5068 |
Leonard Griffin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
age compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion family-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions motion-for-relief race sentencing |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Griffin's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) |
| 21-5047 |
Michael Carter v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation |
Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under… |
| 21-5030 |
Jonathan Mark Brinda v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process excessive-sentence sentencing sentencing-considerations statutory-considerations statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Whether the district court erred in sentencing the defendant excessively based on the statutory considerations in 18 U.S.C. §3553(a) and in imposing a… |
| 20-7625 |
James Arthur Ross v. John Myrick, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-discretion due-process judicial-error prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation property-exemption standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment |
Did the District Court error by ignoring Oregon's Wildcard Exemption Rule |
| 20-7509 |
Erik Santiago Leon Del Angel v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
continuance criminal-procedure defendant-rights district-court-discretion due-process immigration immigration-proceedings judicial-error jurisdiction procedural-fairness sentencing sentencing-continuance |
Did the District Court prejudicially err by denying petitioner's request to continue his sentencing so he may first appear in Immigration Court? |
| 20-7492 |
Justice Towan Roundtree v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alternative-sentence appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion guidelines harmless-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a Guidelines error is harmless when the district judge issues an alternative sentence |
| 20-1291 |
WPEM, LLC v. SOTI Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-03-17 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-282 35-usc-285 clear-and-convincing-evidence district-court-discretion exceptional-case patent-law patent-validity prior-art |
Does a patent's presumption of validity afforded by 35 U.S.C. §282 limit a district court's discretion to find a case exceptional under 35 U.S.C. §285… |
| 20-7316 |
Jose Luis Morales v. Stuart Sherman, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appellate-review district-court-discretion effective-counsel first-appeal post-conviction post-judgment-appeal sixth-amendment state-statutory-right statutory-right |
Does the Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel on appeal apply to a case when the appeal takes place years after conviction and the defendant had… |
| 20-1211 |
SynKloud Technologies, LLC v. Adobe, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
1404(a) civil-procedure discovery district-court-discretion federal-circuit-review mandamus patent patent-litigation transfer venue venue-transfer |
Whether the Federal Circuit wrongly overruled a district court judge's discretionary 1404(a) transfer decision |
| 20-7206 |
Pedro Gonzalez-Mendoza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2015-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraneous-factors mitigating-role sentencing-adjustment sentencing-guidelines u-s-sentencing-commission unrelated-cases |
Did the district court err by denying Mr. Gonzalez-Mendoza a mitigating-role-adjustment |
| 20-7124 |
George Skylar Cloud v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court-discretion evidence evidence-admission federal-charges federal-criminal-law firearm-discharge guilty-plea sentencing separation-of-powers |
Did the district court error when it allowed the government to introduce into evidence the Petitioner's guilty plea, in a separate pending matter, to … |
| 20-7034 |
Kelli Renee Bullard v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing defendant-rehabilitation district-court-discretion due-process judicial-review rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-maximum |
Did the district court impose a substantively unreasonable sentence of 60 months imprisonment—the statutory maximum—when it did so with a blind eye to… |
| 20-7018 |
Lawrence Westbrook, III v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion enhancement firearm-enhancement firearms sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court erred by applying a six-level enhancement pursuant to USSG § 2K2.1(b)(1)(C) |
| 20-6631 |
Aaron Sebastian Redmond v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-sentencing constitutional-law district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing fifth-circuit guidelines-error harmless-error sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's rule that a Guidelines error is harmless if the district court states it would have imposed the same sentence regardless o… |
| 20-794 |
Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-12-11 |
Granted |
Amici (13)Relisted (2) |
circuit-split district-court-discretion evidence-gathering foreign-tribunal international-arbitration international-tribunal judicial-assistance private-arbitration statutory-interpretation tribunal-definition |
Whether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C. §1782(a) encompasses private commercial arbitral tribunals |
| 20-6337 |
Tramaine Standberry v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acquitted-conduct crime-of-violence criminal-law district-court-discretion due-process guidelines-interpretation jury-trial sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional upward-variance |
Did the jury convict Mr. Standberry for a crime of violence that this Court has held is unconstitutional? |
| 20-5903 |
Christopher Younger v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing-law prison-sentence reasonableness-review sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the district court ordered an unreasonable 120-month prison sentence |
| 20-5767 |
William Emmett LeCroy, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
all-writs-act death-sentence district-court-discretion execution-date exigent-circumstances federal-district-court federal-procedure injunction judicial-modification stay-of-execution |
May a federal district court reset or modify an execution date for a federally death-sentenced inmate in order to manage unforeseen exigent circumstan… |
| 20-5439 |
Jesse Santibanez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ABUSE-OF-DISCRETION CONFRONTATION-CLAUSE confrontation-right CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE CROSS-EXAMINATION district-court-discretion SIXTH-AMENDMENT WITNESS-CREDIBILITY witness-testimony |
Did the District Court violate Santibanez's Sixth Amendment right to confront witness Evangeline Perez Vela against him? |
| 20-5155 |
Charles E. Coughlin v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2020-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 constitutional-right constitutional-rights district-court-discretion evidentiary-hearing expert-witness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-expert-witnesses strategic-decision unreasonable-determination |
Whether the court of appeals erred in denying petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel |
| 20-5090 |
Ronald Lynn Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing guidelines harmless-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether Guideline error is necessarily harmless if the district court is presented with the Guideline range later vindicated on appeal and disclaims a… |
| 19-8898 |
Angelo Peter Efthimiatos v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-07-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-circuit-split calendar criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion jury-selection presentation-of-evidence speedy-trial-act trial-delay uniformity |
Whether the Speedy Trial Act permits district courts to conduct jury selection within the time limits of the speedy trial clock but delay presentation… |
| 19-8867 |
Leonard Lashun Bradley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals civil-procedure district-court-discretion federal-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-review jurisdiction motion-for-permission out-of-time-appeal procedural-error standing time-limits |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Bradley's Motion for Permission to File Out of Time Appeal |
| 19-8819 |
Hector Rivera v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alternative-evidence confrontation-right cross-examination district-court-discretion evidentiary-limitation federal-rules-of-evidence rule-403 sixth-amendment |
Whether a district court's discretion to limit the Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses is as broad as the general discretion to limit evidence… |
| 19-8569 |
Brandon S. Wilson v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-05-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process procedural-error sentencing sentencing-reasonableness supervised-release |
Is Mr. Wilson's sentence procedurally and substantively infirm because the district court failed to consider the factors under 18 USC §3553(a) or offe… |
| 19-1187 |
Matco Tools Corporation, et al. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-validity district-court-discretion federal-jurisdiction forum-non-conveniens forum-selection-clause ninth-circuit-rule procedural-exception subject-matter |
May a district court create an exception to the rule that the validity of a forum-selection clause does not depend upon the validity of the underlying… |
| 19-8065 |
Reinaldo Vasquez-Rivera v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review district-court-discretion guidelines-range procedural-reasonableness sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness supervised-release |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in imposing an above-Guidelines sentence without adequately addressing the defendant's arguments for … |
| 19-7887 |
Juvenile Female v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adult-status congress-intent delinquency-prevention district-court-discretion due-process juvenile-justice juvenile-justice-and-delinquency-prevention-act juvenile-offenders juvenile-transfer sentencing supreme-court-precedent transfer-to-adult-status |
Whether a district court errs when it gives too much weight to the seriousness of charged offenses in deciding whether to transfer a juvenile to adult… |
| 19-7855 |
Jeremy T. Walker v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari criminal-procedure district-court-discretion federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession material-facts obstruction offense-level-enhancement sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines serial-number serial-number-obliteration |
Whether the district court erred at sentencing by increasing Mr. Walker's Sentencing Guidelines offense level for possessing a gun with an obliterated… |
| 19-1020 |
Florence Bikundi v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2020-02-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-of-proof continuance district-court-discretion due-process ends-of-justice ends-of-justice-continuance forfeiture fraud fraud-conduct restitution sentencing sentencing-guidelines speedy-trial-act |
Whether a district court granting an ends-of-justice continuance under the Speedy Trial Act violates the requirement to set forth reasons |
| 19-7518 |
Baltazar Reyes Garcia, Angel Serrano Carreno, and Hector Contreras Ibarra v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment civil-procedure criminal-procedure defendant-rights district-court-discretion due-process juror-bias juror-inquiry juror-safety jury-bias jury-inquiry ninth-circuit-precedent standing |
Whether a district court must hold a requested jury inquiry after a juror makes statements indicating the juror has a potential source of bias because… |
| 19-842 |
Mark J. Schwartz v. Clark County, Nevada, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-03 |
Denied |
|
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-discretion federal-jurisdiction judicial-bias qualified-immunity section-1983 seniority-manipulation state-law supplemental-jurisdiction |
Does the district court abuse its discretion when it fails to differentiate between federal and state law claims under 28 U.S.C. §1367? |
| 19-7132 |
Ric Thomason, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure defendant-presence defendant-rights district-court-discretion due-process judicial-procedure modified-sentence resentencing sentencing |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in failing to hold a resentencing hearing, with the defendant present, prior to imposing a modified s… |
| 19-7033 |
Ali Darwich v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appeals-court appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-b-6 district-court district-court-discretion due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-review motion-for-reconsideration rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) sixth-circuit-appeal standing |
Whether the panel erred in construing Darwich's motion as a motion for reconsideration under local rule 7.1(h)(1) and remanding the case back to the d… |
| 19-7038 |
Angela Maxine Lee v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 3553-a-factors 3553a-factors appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the above-Guidelines 84-month sentence ordered by the district court is substantively unreasonable under the § 3553(a) factors |
| 19-6828 |
Reginald Jerry Shaw v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review application-notes certificate-of-appealability commentary district-court-discretion ineffective-assistance legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Are the commentary and application notes in the Sentencing Guideline manual authoritative or left to the District Court's discretion? |
| 19-665 |
John Doe v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure rule-35 rule-35b sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-factors substantial-assistance |
May a district court deny a government's Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) motion for reduction of sentence based on substantial assistance wit… |
| 19-587 |
Jimmie Eugene White, II v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-05 |
Denied |
|
continuance criminal-procedure district-court-discretion ends-of-justice on-the-record-findings speedy-trial speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation stipulation time-exclusion |
Whether a district court may exclude time pursuant to a stipulation between the parties without making on-the-record findings under the Speedy Trial A… |
| 19-501 |
Shawn C. Rutland v. Warden, Smith State Prison |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
aedpa aedpa-tolling assistance-of-counsel discretion-of-district-courts district-court-discretion equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit improperly created a new bright-line rule that equitable tolling of AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations automatically… |
| 19-6142 |
Santo Leone v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion amendment categorical-approach civil-procedure district-court-discretion divisibility drug-convictions due-process first-step-act marijuana-convictions motion-to-amend prior-convictions section-851 standing timeliness |
Whether district court abused its discretion by concluding motion to amend should be denied as untimely? |
| 19-5742 |
Robert Gene Rand v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion factual-findings ninth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-application sentencing-reductions standard-of-review |
Whether a circuit court errs by affirming a district court's decision regarding the applicability of the United States Sentencing Guidelines based on … |
| 19-5718 |
Alexander Lee Salazar v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility appeal criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion mitigating-factors mitigating-role offense-level role-adjustment sentencing-guidelines |
Did the district court err when it declined to grant Mr. Salazar a mitigating role adjustment under the Guidelines? |
| 19-5681 |
Raphael Person, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process federal-courts harmless-error judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether, when a district court imposes a sentence based on several factors, one of which is improper, the court of appeals should affirm the sentence … |
| 19-5613 |
Luis Samayoa-Castillo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines gall-v-united-states harmless-error molina-martinez-v-united-states rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-error |
Whether the district court's reliance on a clearly erroneous fact in selecting the defendant's sentence was harmless error |
| 19-182 |
Francisca Guillen v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
california-labor-code california-law district-court-discretion electronic-records employee-protection employee-rights jury-instructions labor-code labor-law labor-standards-enforcement statutory-interpretation wage-statements |
Whether it was error not to instruct a jury on the law set forth in almost 20-years of opinions of California's Department of Labor Standards Enforcem… |
| 19-5529 |
Kendrick Ledelle Dotstry v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing dismissed-charges district-court-discretion divisible-elements divisible-offenses felony-enhancement felony-offense misdemeanor-elements sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-misdemeanor |
Whether the district court can enhance a sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. provisions under Section 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) when the concomitant felony offense con… |
| 19-5333 |
Charles York Walker, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
GVR |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion case-specific-factors criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 discretion district-court district-court-discretion felon-in-possession grand-jury incorrect-assumptions opioid-crisis plea-agreement plea-bargaining policy-disagreement rehaif-standard rule-11 |
Whether a district court abuses its discretion in rejecting plea agreements based on policy disagreements |
| 19-5251 |
Thomas Cascio v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
below-guidelines below-guidelines-sentence criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion due-process prison-time rehabilitation rehabilitative-needs sentencing sentencing-guidelines tapia-error tapia-v-united-states |
Should certiorari be granted to find that a Tapia error occurs anytime a district court considers rehabilitative needs in imposing prison time, even f… |
| 19-5240 |
James Butler v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-18 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion actual-innocence civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act district-court-discretion due-process equity equity-jurisdiction fraud-on-the-court government-misconduct grand-jury rule-6(e) rule-6e-violation |
Did the district court abuse its discretion when it filed suit in equity under civil law docket |
| 19-61 |
Maritime Life Caribbean Limited v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-11 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appointment attorney-general attorney-general-power civil-procedure department-of-justice district-court-discretion federal-government harmless-error harmless-error-review litigation-authority representation separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation united-states-code |
Whether a district court's usurpation of the Attorney General's power to appoint a private attorney to represent the interests of the United States—ov… |
| 19-5071 |
Erwin Burley v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion eleventh-circuit judicial-discretion sentencing-explanation sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines supervisory-power upward-variance |
Whether this Court should exercise its supervisory power and grant review because the Eleventh Circuit has permitted an upward variance sentence almos… |
| 18-9803 |
Salvador Galvan v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a appeal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process guidelines procedural-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-2b1.1 victim victim-definition victim-impact |
Whether the district court committed procedural error by considering every resident of the City of Compton as a victim for purposes of its 18 U.S.C. §… |
| 18-9819 |
Jose Francisco Rodriguez-Reyes v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion arrest-consideration arrests-without-convictions criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process excessive-sentence procedural-error sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-methodology substantive-error substantive-review |
Whether the district court's sentencing methodology was procedurally and substantively sound and that the district court did not abuse its discretion … |
| 18A1314 |
Andrew J. Johnston v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
conviction-reversal criminal-appeal district-court-discretion federal-criminal-procedure motion-denial release-pending-appeal |
Whether a federal district court can deny a defendant's motion for release pending appeal when there is a likelihood of reversal of the underlying con… |
| 18-9589 |
Nicholas Bradley Gilbert v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-07 |
GVR |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-penalties criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion felon-possession interstate-commerce sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether substantive reasonableness review requires or permits the courts of appeals to 'substantively second guess' the district court and/or to 'rewe… |
| 18-1482 |
Semyya Lanise Cunningham v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-29 |
Denied |
|
circumstantial-guarantees circumstantial-guarantees-of-trustworthiness credibility credibility-of-witnesses district-court district-court-discretion evidence-law evidence-rule-807 federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay-exception hearsay-rule judicial-discretion residual-hearsay-exception rule-807 trustworthiness witness-credibility |
Whether a finding of 'circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness' may be premised on a district court's belief in the truth of the hearsay statement… |
| 18-1484 |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., et al. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-29 |
Denied |
|
atlantic-marine convenience-of-parties district-court-discretion federal-courts federal-policy forum-selection forum-selection-clause judicial-precedent mandamus mandamus-relief public-policy state-policy transfer-of-venue |
Whether a district court's disregard of Atlantic Marine is sufficient grounds for mandamus relief |
| 18-1476 |
Randy Lee Carney v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
alternative-sentence alternative-sentencing appellate-review career-offender circuit-split collateral-consequences criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guidelines harmless-error judicial-discretion judicial-error legal-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-error united-states-v-vonn |
When sentencing defendants, some district courts announce that they would impose the same length of imprisonment even if their conclusions of law and … |
| 18-9233 |
Michael Perales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-appeals criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process plain-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-explanation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure |
Is a district court's gross failure to explain an above-range sentence or to respond to arguments for a lesser sentence reversible on plain error? |
| 18-9206 |
Mitchell Felix Brooks v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plea-bargaining plea-compliance rule-11 sentencing supervisory-powers supervisory-powers-of-lower-courts |
Whether the District Court Judge abused its discretion in violation pursuant to Rule 11 |
| 18-9085 |
Juan Antonio Hunter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility base-offense-level criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum u.s.s.g.-5g1.1(a) |
Whether the district court abused its discretion by deducting the three points awarded the petitioner for his acceptance of responsibility when those … |
| 18-8404 |
Adrian Laroy Seymore v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process evidence evidentiary-standard government-evidence presentence-investigation-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Whether a District Court erred in applying a guideline enhancement based solely on allegations contained in the Presentence Investigation Report after… |
| 18-1196 |
In Re William Kinney, et ux. |
|
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment all-writs-act civil-rights district-court-discretion district-court-jurisdiction due-process equitable-tolling fair-debt-collection fdcpa fdcpa-claim federal-jurisdiction mandamus state-court-jurisdiction state-court-proceedings stay-of-proceedings title-42-claims |
Challenging dismissal of FDCPA and civil rights claims, seeking reinstatement and stay of state court proceedings |
| 18-8352 |
Lino Hernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582(c)(2) 3553(a)-factors 3582(c)(2)-motion amendment-782 amendment-782-788 criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion procedural-reasonableness sentence-disparity sentence-reduction sentencing-disparities sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the District Court committed substantive error in sentencing |
| 18-8328 |
Maritza Burgueno-Gonzalez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(a) 18-USC-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion federal-sentencing sentencing-considerations sentencing-disparities smuggling smuggling-scheme unwarranted-sentences |
Whether the district court violated 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)'s rule that a district court must consider unwarranted sentencing disparities |
| 18-8314 |
Jose Nino-Carreon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion guidelines plain-error sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights |
Whether a court of appeals that finds a plain Guideline error should ordinarily find an effect on the defendant's substantial rights if the district c… |
| 18-8181 |
Feliciano Soto-Lugo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure defendant-leniency district-court-discretion due-process judicial-response preservation-of-error reasonableness reasonableness-objection sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review |
Must challenges to the district court's failure to respond to a defendant's non-frivolous grounds for leniency be preserved by a separate 'reasonablen… |
| 18-8161 |
Kali Lord v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
above-guidelines-sentence appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion plain-error preservation-of-error procedural-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-arguments sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness |
Is a district court's gross failure to explain an above-range sentence or to respond to arguments for a lesser sentence reversible on plain error? |
| 18-7918 |
Rutilio Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-924 abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-directive statutory-interpretation substantive-error sufficient-but-not-greater-than-necessary |
Whether the District Court Committed substantive error when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to comply w… |
| 18-7861 |
Gary Don Boyd Graves v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3014 criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion future-earning-capacity future-earnings indigency mandatory-assessment mandatory-special-assessment non-indigent sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether district courts can consider future earning capacity in determining whether a person is 'non-indigent' for the purposes of assessing the $5000… |
| 18-7788 |
Sunny Robinson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the District Court and the Fifth Circuit erred in not granting relief under Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582 |
| 18-7715 |
Jose Flores v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court-discretion drug-quantity due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure minor-role minor-role-reduction plea-bargaining plea-colloquy rule-11 sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review ussg-3b1.2 |
Was the District Court's failure to determine a factual basis, and to insure that defendant understood the nature of the charges, in violation of Rule… |
| 18-7666 |
Rowy De Jesus Vasquez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 advisory-guidelines criminal-sentencing departure district-court-discretion due-process notice notice-requirement sentencing-departures sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-1b1.1 ussg-5k2.0 |
Whether the district court must have provided defendant notice for the grounds for a sentence above the range recommended by the advisory guidelines r… |
| 18-7454 |
Tyshaun St. Vallier v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582(c)(2) constitutional-statutory-provisions district-court district-court-discretion lodestone lodestone-principle sentence-reduction sentence-reductions sentencing sentencing-decisions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation third-circuit |
Are district courts required to maintain the Sentencing Guidelines as the lodestone of the sentencing decision when ruling on motions for sentence red… |
| 18-919 |
Robert R. Davies v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guidelines-range interest-of-justice presumption-of-reasonableness public-perception sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-intent sentencing-procedures sentencing-reliability unjust-procedures |
Whether a sentence that lacks reliability because of unjust procedures satisfies the 'interest of justice' prong of 18 U.S.C. §3583(e)(1) |
| 18-7348 |
Edgar Arnold Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-USC-3582c2 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dillon-v-united-states district-court-discretion due-process legal-error sentence-modification sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-methodology statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
Whether Dillon v. United States requires reevaluation of original sentencing methodology in sentence modification proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c… |
| 18-7236 |
Dwayne Stoutamire v. Christopher La Rose, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alternative-grounds appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure clear-error-of-findings-of-fact district-court-discretion federal-civil-procedure federal-civil-rule-60(b) federal-civil-rule-60(d) federal-rules-of-civil-procedure findings-of-fact habeas-corpus rule-60 |
Do a Habeas Corpus petitioner need to obtain a Certificate of Appealability(COA) from the denial of a federal civil rule 60(b) and (d)? |
| 18-7140 |
Tommy Ray Hull, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
chavez-meza-precedent chavez-meza-v-united-states circuit-split district-court district-court-discretion due-process fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-standard mitigation mitigation-arguments sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in its standard of review when a district court fails to address arguments of counsel in mitigation of sentencing |
| 18-7129 |
Brennan Christian, aka Twin, aka Trey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carpenter-precedent carpenter-v-united-states cell-phone-records cell-site-records circuit-split constitutional-rights district-court-discretion fourth-amendment fourth-circuit pro-se-petition stare-decisis |
Has the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied this Court's ruling in Carpenter v. United States regarding cell phone records being Constitutional… |
| 18-7084 |
Anthony Steven Young v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion child-pornography close-scrutiny criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion internet-access relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review ussg-2g2.2 |
What standard of review applies to the district court's decision to use the guideline for receiving or distributing child pornography to sentence a ch… |
| 18-759 |
Matthew D. Sample v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-authority district-court-discretion imprisonment income-earning probation restitution sentencing-discretion victim-compensation |
Whether a district court may reduce a prison sentence, or impose a probationary term in lieu of imprisonment, to enable a defendant to earn income to … |
| 18-706 |
Esther Kiobel, By and Through Her Attorney-In-Fact, Channa Samkalden v. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
confidentiality-order discovery-standards discretion discretion-of-district-court district-court-discretion foreign-court-receptivity foreign-legal-assistance foreign-legal-assistance-statute-28-usc-1782 foreign-non-discoverability intel-case intel-v-advanced-micro-devices non-discoverability second-circuit-court-of-appeals section-1782 |
Under Intel, may a district court in its discretion allow Section 1782 discovery where the foreign court is receptive to U.S. discovery, but the docum… |
| 18-642 |
Morris E. Zukerman v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
18-usc-3742 appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion sentencing-explanation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-variance shocks-the-conscience substantive-reasonableness substantive-unreasonableness |
Whether a court of appeals that finds that a district court has failed adequately to explain a sentence can simply request further elaboration without… |
| 18-6694 |
Timothy Weakley v. Eagle Logistics, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure district-court-discretion due-process inconsistent-position inconsistent-positions judicial-discretion judicial-estoppel new-hampshire-v-maine standing v-amendment |
Whether a district court within the context of a judicial estoppel claim exceeds the boundaries of judicial discretion when it dismisses plaintiff's 1… |
| 18-6652 |
Michael Carlton Lowe v. Tom Roy, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections |
Minnesota |
2018-11-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court-discretion due-process federal-question habeas-corpus jurisdiction liberty-interest standing |
Did the district court abuse its discretion by answering a federal question on petitioner's liberty interest in a state court? |
| 18-6518 |
Gregory Crum v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court-discretion drug-crimes drug-offense drug-offenses foreign-origin leadership-enhancement methamphetamine relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in determining relevant conduct |
| 18-6498 |
Gildardo Majalca-Aguilar v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 amendment-782 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion drug-conspiracy drug-quantity due-process equal-protection sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court erred in denying the motion for sentence reduction under Amendment 782 §3582(c)(2) despite the minimal quantities of drugs … |
| 18-408 |
Kohn Law Group, Inc. v. Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
appellate-review appellate-review-standard armour-standard armour-v-united-states civil-contempt civil-contempt-standard consent-decree district-court-discretion federal-circuit fifth-circuit injunction-interpretation interpleader legal-standard mccomb-v-jacksonville-paper mccomb-v-jacksonville-paper-co non-consent-order |
What is the standard for judging allegations of civil contempt of an injunction or other disputed order, as distinct from a consent decree? |
| 18-6171 |
Dion Terry Taylor v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review district-court-discretion district-court-proceedings inter-circuit-inconsistency pinney-dock proof-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-standard standard-of-proof standard-of-review u-s-sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§5k2.1 unraised-claims |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's 'Pinney Dock' standard for reviewing unraised claims should be clarified |
| 18-6083 |
Jesus Manuel Laureano-Perez v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process government-prosecution plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review uncharged-conduct |
Whether the district court erred in enhancing Laureano's sentence based on uncharged conduct |
| 18-5693 |
Arlow Antone Kay v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
making robust appellate review unnecessary appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-booker |
Have the departure provisions of the United States Sentencing Guidelines been rendered 'obsolete' and 'superfluous' by this Court's opinion in United … |
| 18-5554 |
Carlos Troche-Alvarado v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-U.S.C-3553 18-usc-3553 above-guidelines-sentence adequate-explanation appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion erroneous-factual-basis judicial-discretion procedural-reasonableness prosecution-recommended-sentence sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a sentencing court violates 18 U.S.C. § 3553 when it imposes an above-Guidelines sentence, which also exceeds the prosecution's recommended se… |
| 18-5326 |
Mario Howard Lloyd v. Scott Moats, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights counsel counsel-recruitment district-court-discretion due-process eighth-amendment fundamental-error intercircuit-conflict jury-trial medical-care standing summary-judgment |
Whether the District Court's 'persuasive authority' test order this case to be trial by a jury trial on February 27, 2017, and than less then two mont… |