| 23-7174 |
Richard Lee David Brown v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-04-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure defense-instruction drug-convictions due-process evidence jury-instructions plain-error prior-convictions propensity-evidence |
Whether the admission of prior drug convictions constitutes impermissible propensity |
| 23-5665 |
Shajuan Orlando Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-7904 |
Andrew Ryan Demont v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review armed-career-criminal circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-law drug-convictions federal-guidelines federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of decontrolled substances can be used for federal sentencing enhancements |
| 22-7582 |
Rodolfo A. Cuellar, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-law drug-convictions federal-prisoner first-step-act resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
Whether the defendant is entitled to a reduced sentence under the First Step Act, and the proper interpretation of the statutory maximum authorized by… |
| 22-7359 |
Devin Baker v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-convictions drug-offense federal-sentencing prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Can a federal judge impose a sentence enhancement based on a prior drug conviction inclusive of a substance that is no longer controlled at the time o… |
| 22-6902 |
Roger Bryant Harbin v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-03-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law decontrol drug-convictions drug-policy due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-6881 |
James Clark, III v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law drug-convictions drug-policy due-process federal-sentencing retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-5877 |
Onterrail Remond Altman, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions eighth-circuit federal-sentencing prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-5569 |
Dylan Darelle Scott v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 21-8127 |
Russell Kimble Jackson, aka Russell Kimble Jackson, V v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 20-7068 |
Jerry Davis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights conspiracy criminal-procedure discretionary-sentencing drug-convictions drug-crimes due-process first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals created a circuit split by declining to find that the defendant's conviction for a mixed crack and powder co… |
| 19-8469 |
Viengxay Chantharath v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-851 career-offender collateral-review criminal-procedure drug-convictions first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactive-application sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the First Step Act (FSA-2018) altered the statutes: 21 U.S.C. § 851 enhancement for prior drug convictions |
| 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? |