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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6751 | Jeffrey W. Young, Jr. v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2026-02-06 | Pending | IFP | appellate-review controlled-substances drug-distribution medical-practice regulatory-definition subject-matter-jurisdiction | Whether the lower federal court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the defendant, who was an authorized practitioner with the authority to admini… |
| 25-6397 | Mark Dyer v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2025-12-18 | Pending | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | burden-of-proof conspiracy criminal-intent drug-distribution statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent | Whether a conspiracy conviction under 21 U.S.C. § 846 predicated on the § 841 unlawful distribution offense requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt t… |
| 25-5652 | Federico Jose Maldonado-Aleman v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-09-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-court conspiracy drug-distribution jury-trial sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment | Whether the Fifth Circuit's decision that a defendant may be sentenced for drugs that he was not shown to have agreed to distribute violates the Court… |
| 24A778 | Frank H. Bynes, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-02-11 | Presumed Complete | controlled-substances criminal-intent drug-distribution healthcare-fraud medical-practice prescription-fraud | Whether a physician's prescription of controlled substances outside the usual course of professional medical practice constitutes a knowing and intent… | |
| 24-5869 | Shawn Eric Durrah, Jr. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-10-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure dangerous-weapon-enhancement drug-distribution firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines | Whether mere presence of a firearm and nexus to narcotic activity is sufficient to apply the dangerous weapon enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(1)… |
| 24-5027 | Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burrage-v-united-states causation-of-harm criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidentiary-hearing federal-statute heroin-distribution jury-instruction jury-instructions overdose sentencing-enhancement | Did the trial court err when it refused to instruct the jury that the heroin distributed by the defendant was the same heroin that caused the victims'… |
| 23-7676 | Romone Raphael Jackson v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-06-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender career-offender-enhancement circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances-act drug-distribution federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law | Whether a state conviction for distributing a drug that includes substances not regulated under the federal Controlled Substances Act qualifies as a '… |
| 23A1090 | Victor Vargas v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-06-06 | Presumed Complete | clear-error constitutional-rights drug-distribution post-indictment-delay sixth-amendment speedy-trial | Whether the Sixth Amendment speedy trial right requires dismissal of an indictment when there is a 35-month delay between indictment and trial | |
| 23-7156 | Robert Shields v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-04-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | chain-of-custody chemical-identity constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process evidence evidence-standard | Does the Constitutional right to due process of law require some evidence that a drug that resulted in death was chemically identical to the drug a De… |
| 23A734 | Dalibor Kabov and Berry Kabov v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-02-07 | Presumed Complete | brady-challenge controlled-substances drug-distribution ninth-circuit ruan-standard supreme-court-precedent | Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly applied the Supreme Court's Ruan decision by vacating only some drug convictions and refusing to apply the 'knowi… | |
| 23-6400 | Michael Hewitt v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-01-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy criminal-law double-jeopardy drug-distribution evidence jury-instructions | Should the trial court have acquitted Petitioner of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine |
| 23A598 | Lillian Akwuba v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-12-29 | Presumed Complete | controlled-substances criminal-intent drug-distribution good-faith jury-instructions mens-rea | Whether the jury instructions for a controlled substances distribution charge improperly defined the good faith standard and mens rea elements under 2… | |
| 23-6087 | Ronell Whitehead v. United States | Third Circuit | 2023-11-21 | Denied | IFP | 21-usc-841 21-usc-846 circuit-split conspiracy-law controlled-substances drug-conspiracy drug-distribution mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | How is the quantity of controlled substances 'involved' determined for purposes of sentencing for conspiracy under 21 U.S.C. § 846, when the offense o… |
| 23-5602 | Curtis Morris Hartsfield, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-09-15 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | attempted-crime attempted-distribution attempted-transfer circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution drug-trafficking drug-transfer federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation | Whether an 'attempted transfer' of drugs under 21 U.S.C. § 802(8) includes any conduct that would also constitute an 'attempted distribution' of drugs… |
| 23A106 | Patrick Andrew Groves v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-08-07 | Presumed Complete | aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach controlled-substances drug-distribution predicate-offense statutory-interpretation | Whether the categorical approach to determining whether a prior conviction constitutes a predicate offense requires courts to compare the specific con… | |
| 23-5266 | Mantell Alabi Stevens v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-08-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-conviction criminal-law drug-distribution due-process jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-enhancement sufficiency-of-evidence | Can a court send a case to the jury when the evidence is only sufficient to give them a choice between probabilities instead of being sufficient to pr… |
| 22-7500 | Safara Echo Shortman v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-05-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | continuing-offense controlled-substances-act criminal-charging distribution drug-distribution plain-error plea-bargaining possession-with-intent possession-with-intent-to-distribute statutory-interpretation | Whether 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) permits the government to charge a continuing offense of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance bas… |
| 22-7437 | Kevin Darrell Miller v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-05-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | contemporaneous-conduct criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-use evidence evidence-admissibility intent-standard mens-rea possession | Whether evidence of a defendant's drug use and simple possession is admissible to prove mens rea in a drug distribution trial |
| 22-7137 | Eric Deangelo Griggs v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-03-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burrage-v-united-states criminal-conviction cross-examination drug-distribution due-process heroin-distribution jury-instruction perjured-testimony strict-liability | Whether a person can be convicted for distribution of heroin causing death using a jury instruction that makes the offense a strict liability crime |
| 22-6834 | Michael Laury v. United States | Third Circuit | 2023-02-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split controlled-substance crackhouse-statute drug-activity drug-distribution purpose purpose-element statutory-interpretation title-21-section-856 | Whether the Government is required to show that drug activity constitutes the primary or principal purpose of the property, or only that drug distribu… |
| 22-6825 | Richie Lee Edmonds, III v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-02-21 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-history criminal-law drug-distribution due-process federal-sentencing federalism sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether a prior state conviction for drug distribution qualifies as a 'controlled substance offense' under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) |
| 22-6211 | In Re Patricia Ann Solomon | 2022-12-02 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-charge controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution heck-v-humphrey legitimate-purpose medical-prescription prescribing-authority prescription-drugs | Can Ms. Patricia Solomon, a physician assistant who never prescribed any drug, be convicted under 21 U.S.C. §846 in the Eastern District of Kentucky L… | |
| 22-5472 | Aaron Michael Shamo v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-08-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | anti-drug-abuse-act chemical-compound chemical-compounds controlled-substance counsel-waiver cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-distribution drug-sentencing eighth-amendment essential-elements fentanyl statutory-interpretation | Whether Petitioner's counsel's actions constituted a waiver or forfeiture of the argument that the government failed to prove Petitioner distributed t… |
| 22-5378 | Robert Collazo, Lino Delgado-Vidaca, Julio Rodriguez, and Steven Amador v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-08-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-penalties drug-distribution due-process mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing | Whether, to prove conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance triggering mandatory-minimum and increased-maximum penalties, the Government must sh… |
| 22-5183 | Douglas Emmanuel Carey, III v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-07-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constructive-possession drug-distribution drug-quantity evidence-reliability expert-testimony opinion-witness sentencing-determination voice-identification wiretap-evidence wiretap-necessity | Whether the district court improperly allowed the admission of lay witness testimony identifying the defendant's voice, and whether the appellate cour… |
| 21-8162 | Darnell Pearson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 21-usc-841 controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution mens-rea reasonable-foreseeability serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation | Whether a charge of drug distribution requires proof of defendant's knowledge of drug type and reasonable foreseeability of death/injury |
| 21-8020 | Ronald Mitchell v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-06-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | §2255-motion 21-usc-841 certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure drug-abuse drug-distribution heroin-possession ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel serious-bodily-injury | Was trial counsel constitutionally ineffective for failing to consult or hire an expert witness in drug abuse |
| 21-6915 | Maxwell Gaffney v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-01-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-distribution drug-trafficking federal-law foreseeability judicial-review jury-instructions proximate-cause sentencing | Whether the enhanced penalty provision of 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1)(C) requires a showing of proximate causation |
| 21-6111 | Jonas Ross, III v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-10-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation causation circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution eighth-circuit evidence | Whether the Eighth Circuit's conclusion that Mr. Ross distributed the controlled substance that resulted in the death of K.P. is in conflict with Burr… |
| 21-5661 | Raymond Moya v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-09-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | causation causation-of-death criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidence evidence-suppression expert-testimony motion-in-limine motion-to-dismiss | Whether the District Court erred in denying Moya's Motion to Dismiss Count 2 |
| 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 |
| 21-5518 | John Perez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-08-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | atascosa-county base-offense-level criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-quantity mass-marketing relevant-conduct sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines traffic-stop | Was it improper for the Court to find the base offense level was 34 because Mr. Perez should only have been held accountable for the 15 pounds of 'bot… |
| 21-5266 | Alla V. Stepanets v. United States | First Circuit | 2021-07-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | causation-chain chain-of-causation criminal-misdemeanor drug-dispensing drug-distribution federal-drug-laws medical-facility proximate-cause statutory-interpretation strict-liability | Whether a defendant 'dispenses' drugs pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353(b)(1)(B) when they are shipped to a medical facility where a physician will write a … |
| 20-8231 | Kevin Thomas Seigler v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-06-04 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review burden-of-proof circuit-split conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law drug-distribution due-process federal-courts single-transaction | Is evidence of a single sale of illegal drugs, from one seller to one buyer, sufficient to support a conviction for conspiracy to distribute illegal d… |
| 20-8189 | Heather Dawn Griffith v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-06-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution federal-rule federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether, in a prosecution under 21 U.S.C. § 846, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(3) requires a statement sufficient to show an agreement to d… |
| 20-8020 | Charleston Pierre Wiggins v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-05-13 | Denied | IFP | categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance-offense drug-distribution guideline-commentary sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation USSG-4B1.2(b) | Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a 'controlled substance offense' under the USSG § 4B1.2(b)? |
| 20-7167 | Elin Robinson Mejia Romero v. United States | First Circuit | 2021-02-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-distribution due-process mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether a defendant can be convicted and subjected to enhanced punishment under 21 U.S.C. § 841 without proof that he knew the drug type and quantity |
| 20-6730 | Jose Lupe Corrall v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-12-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process federal-scheduling guilty-plea knowledge-standard mens-rea plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation | Whether, under McFadden v. United States, a defendant pleading guilty to knowingly distributing a controlled substance must admit that he knew the sub… |
| 20-6424 | Deloyd Jones v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-11-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-conflict common-purpose criminal-enterprise drug-distribution fifth-circuit legal-interpretation rico rico-statute shared-profits statutory-construction statutory-interpretation | Is concerted criminal activity by individuals within a group sufficient to establish an 'enterprise' under RICO even if there is no evidence of shared… |
| 20-6405 | Joshua Cato v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-11-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process federal-scheduling guilty-plea knowledge-standard mens-rea plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation | Whether, under McFadden v. United States, a defendant who pleads guilty to knowingly distributing a controlled substance must admit that he knew the s… |
| 20-6311 | Russell Davis v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-11-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | accomplice-liability co-conspirator-liability controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution due-process enhanced-penalty pinkerton-liability sentencing | Whether the government must satisfy the evidentiary requirements for accomplice liability under 18 U.S.C. §2 or co-conspirator liability under Pinkert… |
| 20-6243 | Okeiba Sadio v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-11-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights covered-offense criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment statutory-penalties | Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing Mr. Sadio's constitutional right to due process, when clearly Mr. Sadio is eligible fo… |
| 19-8692 | Robert Lee Shields v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | buyer-seller buyer-seller-relationship conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-distribution jury-instructions narcotics-law pinkerton-liability substantive-drug-charges | When the evidence in a drug distribution case demonstrates only two sales, what additional factors support an inference of a drug distribution conspir… |
| 19-1163 | Bernard Rottschaefer v. United States | Third Circuit | 2020-03-23 | Denied | Response Waived | appeals collateral-estoppel court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy drug-distribution due-process judicial-deference judicial-review jurisdiction medical-professional precedent standard-of-review substantial-question | May the District Court overrule the previous unanimous Court of Appeals decision in the same case? |
| 19-7986 | Wesley Scott Hamm v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-03-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bodily-injury conspiracy cooperation criminal-law-bodily-injury criminal-law-conspiracy criminal-law-cooperation criminal-law-sentencing criminal-law-withdrawal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-acquittal drug-distribution due-process evidence judgment-of-acquittal law-enforcement-cooperation sentencing withdrawal | Shouldn't a judgment of acquittal have been granted? |
| 19-7952 | Michael Deon Thompson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-03-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 21-usc-841 criminal-law criminal-statute drug-distribution drug-trafficking proximate-cause sentencing serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation strict-liability | Whether the language 'death or serious bodily injury results from' in 21 U.S.C. § 841 creates a strict liability crime, without a foreseeability or pr… |
| 19-7731 | Michael Herrold v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-02-21 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act burglary controlled-substance controlled-substances drug-distribution generic-burglary generic-definition intent intent-element overbreadth state-statute statutory-interpretation | Where a state statute explicitly defines 'burglary' in a way that does not require proof of an intent to commit a crime, and thus lacks an element nec… |
| 19-7364 | Ernest William Singleton v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-01-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brady-v-maryland brady-violation controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-schedules drug-scheduling general-verdict ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-pain-clinic money-laundering surveillance-footage | Whether the jury relied on an invalid conviction for distributing Ultram in finding the defendant guilty of money laundering |
| 19-7363 | Richard Grady Romans v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-distribution felony-enhancement occasions-different predicate-offense serious-drug-offense substantive-offense violent-felony | Whether a drug conspiracy committed on an occasion different from the drug distribution offenses committed during and in furtherance of that same cons… |
| 19-774 | Marcus Terrelle Marsh v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-12-17 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (3) | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-statute federal-sentencing predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation | Whether a state drug statute that lists a variety of means by which it can be violated, including purchasing, which does not meet the definition of a … |
| 19-6865 | Delante L. Lunn v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-12-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | but-for-causation but-for-test causation criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-offenses drug-overdose mandatory-minimum overdose-causation sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether the but-for test in Burrage v. United States should be re-evaluated for mixed drug overdoses that result in death where no drug distributed by… |
| 19-28 | Kenneth Daniels v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-07-02 | Denied | Relisted (2) | aggravated-felony armed-career-criminal-act attempt controlled-substances-act criminal-attempt drug-distribution immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law solicitation uniform-administration | Whether solicitation can by itself constitute an 'attempt' within the meaning of the Controlled Substances Act |
| 18A1355 | Richard Johnson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-06-24 | Presumed Complete | crack-cocaine drug-distribution eleventh-circuit intent-to-distribute school-zone sentencing-guidelines | Whether the sentencing guidelines for drug offenses near schools violate due process or constitute disproportionate punishment for crack cocaine posse… | |
| 18-9657 | Joseph Howard Davis v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-06-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split confrontation-clause criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-dealer drug-distribution due-process evidence fourth-circuit hearsay informant methamphetamine-offense non-testifying-witness second-circuit | Is an out-of-court statement by a non-testifying informant which identifies the defendant as a drug dealer hearsay? |
| 18-9574 | Fayez Abu-Aish v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-06-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 21-usc-841 21-usc-846 conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-intent distribution drug-distribution mcfadden-precedent specific-knowledge statutory-interpretation | Whether the Government must prove that a defendant had specific knowledge of a controlled substance identified as XLR-11 in order to convict the defen… |
| 18-9461 | Antonio Tillmon v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-05-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conviction criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process evidence fourth-amendment fourth-circuit-review insufficient-evidence judicial-review right-to-a-fair-trial sufficiency-of-evidence undercover-agent undercover-operations | Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming Mr. Tillmon's convictions on certain counts |
| 18-9431 | William Maurice Smith v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-05-28 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-retroactivity,sentencing-reform drug-distribution due-process first-step-act griffith-v-kentucky ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review resentencing retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation | Does Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, (1987) apply to First Step Act of 2018? |
| 18-9300 | Devon Waters, aka Devon Jones v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-05-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal-waiver appellate-review career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-defendant-appeal-waiver criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-distribution-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Does a criminal defendant's waiver of his right to appeal a within guidelines sentence bar appellate review where the district court improperly senten… |
| 18-7579 | David L. Price v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-enterprise drug-conspiracy drug-distribution due-process felon-in-possession heroin-conspiracy money-laundering restitution sentencing straw-purchaser | Whether the district court erred in sentencing the petitioner to a 37-year sentence for a non-violent drug conspiracy and related offenses |
| 18-851 | Bryan Christopher Marshall v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-01-04 | Denied | Response Waived | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-statute due-process federal-law first-amendment law-enforcement predicate-offense sentencing speech-protection statutory-interpretation | Whether a state drug statute that lists a variety of means by which it can be violated, including one which does not meet the definition of a drug dis… |
| 18-6858 | Micah G. Pritchett v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-11-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-law distribution drug-distribution federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation virginia virginia-law | Whether the Virginia offense of distribution of a controlled substance categorically qualifies as a 'controlled substance offense' under the U.S. Sent… |
| 18-5497 | Timothy Edmun Johnson v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-08-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-history double-jeopardy drug-distribution federal-sentencing felony-possession occasions-different sentencing-enhancement separate-occasions serious-drug-offense | Whether Oklahoma's crime of drug distribution is a 'serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act when state law defines 'distribution' to… |
| 18-5267 | Arthur Waters v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2018-07-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment categorical-exception drug-distribution exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment in-home-arrest precedent protective-sweep reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure | Should Buie be expanded to permit protective sweeps in all cases involving in-home arrests of suspected drug distributors? |