| 23-7654 |
Tildren Sherron Hunter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-standard criminal-evidence criminal-law drug-crimes evidence fourth-circuit-review intent intent-to-distribute jury-verdict methamphetamine-possession standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the Fourth Circuit improperly upheld Mr. Hunter's conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine |
| 23-5178 |
Bobby Dean Robey v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-crimes evidence sentencing |
Whether there was insufficient evidence that Mr. Robey was involved in the 'importation' of methamphetamine? |
| 22-6391 |
Nonami Palomares v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-history drug-crimes drug-offense federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a defendant is ineligible for relief from a mandatory minimum sentence if her criminal history runs afoul of any one of the disqualifying crit… |
| 22-5854 |
Willie Ricardo Gordon v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-weights fourth-circuit obstruction-of-justice presentence-investigation presentence-investigation-report sentencing |
Did the trial court err in accepting the findings of the presentence investigation report, regarding the weights of the drugs attributable to Mr. Gord… |
| 21-8173 |
Vincent Raymond Rios v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel language-barrier language-rights plea-bargaining |
Should the Ninth Circuit have vacated Mr. Rios's guilty plea for lack of a knowing and voluntary waiver of his constitutional rights |
| 21-7957 |
Samuel Morales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-crimes elements-of-crime reasonable-doubt |
Whether the government fails to prove the elements of a drug conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt when it has only circumstantial evidence and that ev… |
| 21-7773 |
Eric Middlebrook v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences constitutional-challenge constitutional-law double-jeopardy drug-crimes drug-offense guideline-range mandatory-consecutive-term mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines |
Does punishing an individual with both a statutory penalty that requires a mandatory consecutive prison term and a Guideline Range enhancement for the… |
| 21-7072 |
Dontrell R. Wise v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-conviction criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-dealing due-process expert-testimony sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming Dontrell Wise's conviction which was not supported by sufficient evidence to prove his … |
| 21-6990 |
Roger D. Roberts v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-violation criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process evidence-standard habeas-corpus informant-credibility police-misconduct search-and-seizure state-court-review |
Whether the prosecutor's use of evidence obtained from a confidential informant was lawful, where the informant's credibility was questionable |
| 21-6788 |
Bernard Lindsey v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review cell-phone-search cell-phones drug-crimes drug-investigation fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-particularity |
Whether the mere presence of two cell phones in the petitioner's home provided sufficient grounds to search their entire contents |
| 21-6427 |
Antonio Lorensito Garrido v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing drug-crimes mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the two-level enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. §2D1.1(b)(5) for the importation of methamphetamine requires some level of intent or knowledge |
| 21-5595 |
Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-crimes drug-distribution due-process overdose proximate-cause sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
whether-the-enhanced-penalty-for-death-resulting-from-use-of-a-substance-requires-proof-of-proximate-cause |
| 21-5431 |
Jereme Eugene Mackey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-crimes due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel pre-trial-custody sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court erred in finding the appellant guilty due to ineffective counsel |
| 21-5228 |
Dwayne Sheckles v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-dealing evidence-seizure home-invasion probable-cause residential-searches search-warrant search-warrants |
Whether a person's status as a suspected drug dealer, alone, provides probable cause to allow for a warrant to be issued for that person's residence |
| 21-5077 |
Herbert Jonathan Castillo Juarez and Paola Valenzuela Arevalo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-type knowledge-requirement mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-2d1.1 |
Whether the government is required to prove a defendant's mens rea and knowledge with respect to the requisite drug type for penalties under Title 21 … |
| 20-7079 |
Lorenzo Liwayne Barnes v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel narcotics-distribution perjury sentencing sentencing-factors |
Whether the United States Court of Appeal 4th Circuit violated the Appellant appeal rights |
| 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… |
| 20-6837 |
Jacob Ray Owens v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure drug-crimes fact-finding judicial-fact-finding methamphetamine-distribution plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment |
Whether Petitioner's sentence violates the Sixth Amendment |
| 20-6367 |
Kissinger St. Fleur v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review buyer-seller-transaction cocaine-distribution conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instruction jury-instructions |
Did the district court and the Eleventh Circuit deny Mr. St. Fleur a fair trial when it failed to give buyer-seller instructions to the jury? |
| 19-7341 |
Joey D. Wiseman, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-intent criminal-law drug-crimes drug-felonies drug-policy drug-trafficking due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress should re-evaluate the inequity in changing the enhancement level for prior drug felonies under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A)-(B) but not… |
| 19-7335 |
Chad Prodoehl v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-law drug-conspiracy drug-crimes drug-trafficking due-process inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses overt-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a 'results in death' statutory enhancement can apply to a 21 U.S.C. § 846 conspiracy offense, and if so, whether that element must be agreed u… |
| 19-6849 |
Cedric Sharrod Williams v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-review controlled-substance criminal-law drug-crimes due-process firearm-proximity firearms fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the fourth circuit court of appeals erred in concluding that, despite the controlled substance [heroin] in this matter having been locked in a… |
| 19-6341 |
Charles Raymond Stagner v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-intent criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process evidence-admissibility fifth-amendment intent methamphetamine-possession sentencing sentencing-reduction sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the Fifth Amendment Guarantees the Petitioner the Right to a Judgment of Acquittal If the Government Fails to Prove the Petitioner Intended to… |
| 18-9422 |
Davaus L. McCown v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment controlled-buys criminal-pattern criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-enterprise drug-sales fourth-amendment ongoing-activity ongoing-criminal-activity probable-cause probable-cause-search search-and-seizure search-warrant stale-information |
Whether two police-orchestrated, controlled buys demonstrate an ongoing pattern of drug sales sufficient to support probable cause for an otherwise-st… |
| 18-8793 |
Larry Burstein v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-proportionality constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing drug-crimes drug-dealing drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment elderly-defendant elderly-offenders non-violent-crime non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a forty-eight (48) month prison sentence for a first time non-violent, drug dealing, sixty-nine (69) year old grandfather is unreasonable, vio… |
| 18-1122 |
Alpenglow Botanicals, LLC, et al. v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
26-usc-280e administrative-determination administrative-determinations administrative-law civil-rights criminal-culpability criminal-law criminal-penalties drug-crimes drug-trafficking due-process irs irs-investigation section-280e standing tax tax-deductions tax-law |
Taxpayer's challenge to IRS authority to investigate federal drug law crimes and administratively determine criminal culpability under 26 U.S.C. §280E… |
| 18-1054 |
Jason Allen Jackson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
|
admissibility circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution drug-crimes drug-possession due-process evidence evidence-admissibility knowledge-intent prior-conviction prior-convictions |
Whether the mere fact of a prior drug possession conviction is admissible to show knowledge and intent in a subsequent drug distribution prosecution |
| 18-7737 |
Tyshawn Simmons v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law controlled-substances-act criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process federalism sentencing standing statutory-interpretation tenth-amendment |
Whether the Controlled Substances Act's prohibition on the distribution of marijuana violates the Due Process Clause and the Tenth Amendment |
| 18-7313 |
Lewis Templeton v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure drug-crimes firearms sentencing spatial-connection sufficiency-of-evidence u.s.s.g.-2k2.1(b)(6)(b) waiver |
Whether the Tenth Circuit correctly concluded that Mr. Templeton had waived his argument that the evidence was insufficient to support increasing Mr. … |
| 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 |
| 18-6169 |
Tracy L. Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c)-statute conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-conspiracy drug-crimes due-process firearm-possession informant-testimony law-enforcement-conduct mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a defendant should be subject to a mandatory 25 year consecutive 924(c) sentence for the same drug Conspiracy |
| 18-6028 |
Maurice Baum v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-amount drug-crimes due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment |
Was Trial Counsel's failure to object to the District Court's determination and findings of the drug amount attributable to the Petitioner objectively… |
| 18-5332 |
Davon Merkiese Kemp v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-trafficking evidence fourth-amendment home-search probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant unreasonable-search |
Whether a police officer's generalized opinion that drug dealers often keep drugs and other evidence of their trafficking activities in their homes is… |
| 18-5157 |
In Re Jose Luis Arevalo |
|
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice cause-and-prejudice-doctrine certificate-of-appealability drug-crimes due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment jurisdiction money-laundering reasonable-doubt |
Whether the due process clause was violated by failure to prove every element of money laundering beyond a reasonable doubt |