| 24-5484 |
Irvin Abreu v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split divisibility modified-categorical-approach sentencing-enhancement state-law-interpretation |
The First Circuit affirmed application of a sentencing enhancement under 18
U.S.C. § 2251(e), based on Petitioner Irvin Abreu's prior state-court conv… |
| 23-7818 |
Mark Jordan v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c)(8)(a) categorical-approach crime-of-violence divisibility general-intent mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether, in applying the categorical approach, a federal offense that incorporates by reference the commission of an underlying offense is divisibl… |
| 23A1138 |
Mark Jordan v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-06-21 |
Denied |
|
criminal-statute divisibility force-clause mens-rea section-924(c) sentencing-guidelines |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7021 |
Darron Henderson v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach divisibility federal-courts mathis-standard modified-categorical-approach state-law statutory-construction third-circuit-test |
Whether the Third Circuit's test for divisibility —which makes subsection organization dispositive, and which permits examination of facts if a statut… |
| 23-6702 |
Nardino Colotti, et al. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-02-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law divisibility modified-categorical-approach racketeering-activity rico rico-statute state-law-offenses |
1. Does § 1961(1)(A) of RICO incorporate—and thereby require the
Government to plead and prove beyond a reasonable doubt—the elements of
specific stat… |
| 22-7635 |
Deandre Hykeem Jackson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law divisibility federal-courts federal-law precedent precedent-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §1951(a) is divisible into attempted and completed robberies for the purposes of the categorical approach? |
| 22-7455 |
Vernon Lee Wheeler v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-claim divisibility federal-appeals-court federal-court-of-appeals juror-unanimity means-versus-elements state-law statutory-interpretation |
1. When deciding whether "state law" provides
"clear answers" about divisibility and juror unanimity,
Mathis v. United States, 579 U.S. 500, 517-18 (2… |
| 22-946 |
Martin Jay Manley v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
borden categorical-approach circuit-split divisibility extreme-recklessness fourth-circuit mathis use-of-force vicar-statute violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering |
1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred, in conflict
with decisions of other circuits, in holding that for
purposes of applying the categorical approach t… |
| 22-5982 |
Richard Allen Jackson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law divisibility divisibility-analysis federal-statutes felony-murder first-degree-murder schad-v-arizona statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
1. Is federal first-degree murder, 18 U.S.C. § 1(a), which includes
felony murder, a crime of violence within the meaning of the force
clause of 18 U.… |
| 21-8230 |
David Matthews v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach civil-rights criminal-law criminal-sentencing divisibility due-process physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation |
1. In Texas, a thief is guilty of robbery if he "intentionally or knowingly
threatens or places another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death." T… |
| 21-7878 |
Jermaine Alonzo Mitchell v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender categorical-analysis criminal-sentencing divisibility due-process first-step-act retroactivity sentencing-enhancement |
When receiving a reduced sentence in 2020 for a crack-cocaine offense under the First Step Act, Petitioner Mitchell asked the district court to find h… |
| 21-7483 |
Ruben Aguilera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure criminal-statute-interpretation divisibility fifth-circuit-interpretation generic-burglary sentencing-enhancement texas-burglary-statute |
1. Can the Texas burglary statute — which the Fifth Circuit has held to be indivisible and descriptive of generic burglary — properly be the basis for… |
| 21-7158 |
Alfonso Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law divisibility elements-means elements-versus-means federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text |
I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach?
II. Is the Texas statute prohibiting the of… |
| 21-6991 |
Lloyd George Kenney v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act california-penal-code-207 categorical-analysis criminal-statute divisibility force-clause implicit-threat-of-arrest kidnapping violent-felony |
1. When a state's highest court has interpreted a state criminal statute to allow for a conviction even if no physical force is used in certain circum… |
| 21-6320 |
Devon Carl Jordan-McFeely v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ambiguous-statute criminal-procedure divisibility divisibility-inquiry federal-court federal-sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancement state-court state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-ambiguity supreme-court-precedent |
When a state statute is ambiguous as to its divisibility at the time of the defendant's state conviction, may a federal court certify the divisibility… |
| 21-6231 |
Christopher Lee Scott v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offenses divisibility fourth-circuit-review modified-categorical-approach precedent remand sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether this case should be remanded for the Fourth Circuit to decide the issue presented below, which is whether S.C. Code §§ 44-53-370 and 44-53-… |
| 20-8292 |
Pete Anthony Tyndale v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing divisibility due-process federal-prosecution reckless-conduct serious-violent-felony sovereign-authority state-prosecution statutory-interpretation three-strikes-statute Whether the life sentence imposed under the Federa |
Does the government have the authority to dictate sovereign particular state, federal trial will be prosecuted other than the state according to the D… |
| 20-8291 |
Scott Wehmhoefer v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
divisibility federal-three-strikes johnson-v-united-states serious-violent-felony sessions-v-dimaya texas-aggravated-robbery |
Mr. Wehmhoefer is serving a life sentence under the rarely invoked Federal Three Strikes statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c). The strikes alleged here were v… |
| 20-7394 |
Joaquin Ramos De La Cruz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-922 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split divisibility felon-in-possession guilty-plea knowledge-requirement sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation structural-error |
I. Is it structural error when a defendant pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a), witho… |
| 20-400 |
James Avery, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute circuit-split criminal-procedure divisibility divisible-statute sentence-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state burglary statute that disjunctively lists places that may be burgled under the statute is divisible for purposes of a sentence enhance… |
| 20-5658 |
Martin Racioppi v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-procedure divisibility divisible-statute mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states robbery-statute state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation third-circuit |
Whether the Third Circuit's approach, in United States v. McCants, 952 F.3d 416 (3d Cir. 2020), to determining that New Jersey's second-degree robbery… |
| 19-8688 |
Richard Dale Ingram, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arkansas-law categorical-approach criminal-law divisibility divisibility-analysis eighth-circuit jury-unanimity mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states statutory-interpretation terroristic-threatening |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly applied the divisibility analysis prescribed in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016… |
| 19-7665 |
Marvie Chapman, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-02-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-statute divisibility felony-drug-offense mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation |
How to determine whether a statute is indivisible for purposes of applying Mathis v. United States to "controlled substance offense", "serious drug of… |
| 19-6939 |
Anthony Scott Hunt v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
base-offense-level categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense divisibility drug-statute modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g-§-4b1.2(b) u.s.s.g.-§-2k2.1(a)(4)(a) u.s.s.g.-§-4b1.2(b) |
WHETHER A STATE DRUG STATUTE, THAT IS EITHER COMPLETELY INDIVISIBLE OR AT MOST ONLY DIVISIBLE INTO NO MORE THAN THREE GENERALLY SEPARATE OFFENSES, ALL… |
| 19-6720 |
James Dwayne Myers v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure divisibility divisibility-analysis eighth-circuit jury-unanimity mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation |
May a court properly apply the divisibility analysis prescribed in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), without considering the question o… |
| 19-6586 |
Shane Inghels v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-11-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-statute divisibility indiana-code indiana-code-35-48-4-1.1 serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction for dealing in methamphetamine under Indiana Code § 35-48-4-1.1 is improperly considered a "serious drug offense" under the Armed… |
| 19-6348 |
Billy J. Griffin v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender controlled-substances divisibility drug-statute federal-sentencing felony-convictions missouri-law state-convictions statutory-interpretation |
Question 1. Is the Missouri Controlled Drug Statue indivisible such that the Defendant's two distribution of marijuana felony convictions in state cou… |
| 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?
Whether district court erred when failure to… |
| 19-5491 |
Shed T. Woods v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-conviction divisibility drug-offense indiana-code-35-48-4-1 indiana-statute serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction for dealing in cocaine or narcotic drug under Indiana Code § 35-48-4-1 is improperly considered a "serious drug offense" under th… |
| 18-9793 |
Timothy Dale Gould v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c categorical-approach criminal-law divisibility statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Is 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) is divisible for purposes of categorical analysis? |
| 18-9420 |
Le'Ardrus Burris v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute divisibility divisibility-analysis felonious-assault mathis-precedent mathis-v-united-states ohio-law ohio-revised-code-2903a sixth-circuit state-v-harris statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's divisibility analysis ignores this Court's decision in Mathis v. United States, 579 U.S. __, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016) and Oh… |
| 18-8110 |
In Re LaShawn Anderson |
|
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act-18-usc-924-e categorical-approach circuit-split constitutional-review descamps-v-united-states divisibility fundamental-defect habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states retroactivity saving-clause sentencing-enhancement |
This petition presents two important issues concerning the proper interpretation of the Saving Clause, 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e); and the appropriate applic… |
| 18-7127 |
Christopher French v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-burglary armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-court-review divisibility non-generic-crime sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation tennessee-burglary-statute |
Can a Tennessee Aggravated Burglary conviction serve as an armed Career Criminal Act predicate?
May a federal circuit court change a statutory burden… |
| 18-7096 |
Reinaldo Santos v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
acca acca-violent-felony armed-career-criminal-act battery categorical-approach circuit-split descamps divisibility florida florida-battery mathis mens-rea modified-categorical-approach sixth-amendment violent-felony |
1. Is the "touches or strikes' language in the Florida battery statutes divisible under Descamps v. United States, 133 S.Ct. 2276 (2013) and Mathis v.… |
| 18-6859 |
James Myers v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-sentencing divisibility enumerated-offenses force-clause mathis-principles mathis-v-united-states statutory-divisibility statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Do the principles regarding a statute's divisibility announced in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), apply both to offenses analyzed und… |
| 18-6757 |
Ronald Ray Norman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law descamps-v-united-states divisibility divisibility-analysis federal-sentencing means-versus-elements sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text violent-felony |
I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach of the Armed Career Criminal Act?
II. Is the… |
| 18-6705 |
Richard A. Jiles v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary divisibility divisible-statute felon-in-possession georgia georgia-burglary-statute predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement |
Was correct to find that Mr. Jiles' prior burglary conviction under O.C.G.A. § 16-7-1 was a predicate offense under the ACCA, 18 U.S.C. §924(e)? |
| 18-6495 |
Richard Anthony Trent v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split demand-for-certainty divisibility divisible-statute federal-courts federal-statute-interpretation mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach state-law-materials statutory-interpretation |
Is the demand for certainty satisfied where, after a survey of relevant, state-law materials, the federal court can only say what is "suggestive" and … |
| 18-5504 |
William Lem Posey, II v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing descamps-approach divisibility element-analysis element-based-approach grammar-based-approach mandatory-guidelines non-generic-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
To decide whether a non-generic offense is divisible under Descamps v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2276 (2013), does a sentencing court need to take a g… |
| 18-5321 |
Salvador Ortiz-Uresti v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split colorado-drug-statute criminal-law divisibility drug-statute federal-predicate federal-sentencing immigration-consequences nationwide-impact sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
When deciding whether a conviction under Colorado's primary drug statute qualifies as a federal predicate for an increased sentence, should a court tr… |
| 18-5056 |
Joshua D. Bouziden v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924e armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing divisibility juror-unanimity modified-categorical-approach predicate-conviction prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a predicate prior conviction under the Armed Career
Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), is divisible for purposes of the
modified categorical ap… |