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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25A55 | Dawn Eagle Feather Floyd v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-07-14 | Presumed Complete | drug-offenses fourth-amendment probable-cause search-warrant standing suppression-motion | Question not identified. | |
| 24-6730 | Richard David Degout v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-03-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-offenses due-process first-step-act sentencing-reduction | This Court should GVR tnis case to the lower court to aadress whether the procedural protections enshrined m the Due Process of Law allows a criminal … |
| 23-7126 | Alberto Perez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-04-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | arbitrary-sentences criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offenses due-process judicial-discretion methamphetamine methamphetamine-distribution sentencing-guidelines sentencing-standards | Does the district court's blind reliance upon United States Sentencing Guideline § 2D1.1(c)(1)'s draconian base offense level of 38 for distribution o… |
| 23-6555 | Luis Aceves-Ramirez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-01-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses enhancement importation knowledge-requirement mens-rea methamphetamine sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether the two-level enhancement in U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(5) for a drug offense that involves imported methamphetamine requires that the defendant knew… |
| 23-6062 | Holli Womack v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-11-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offenses jury-instructions plain-error ruan-standard sixth-circuit standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent | On October 17, 2022, this Court vacated Petitioner Womack's conviction in light of Ruan v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2370, 213 L. Ed. 2d 706 (2022) an… |
| 23-6042 | Joel Flores v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-11-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses due-process fair-warning firearm-possession firearms statutory-ambiguity statutory-interpretation vagueness | Whether 18 U.S.C.§924(c) provides fair warning of what constitutes possession of a firearm "in furtherance of" a drug offense as opposed to possession… |
| 23-6029 | Brianna Irene Bustam v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-11-16 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-history drug-offenses first-step-act rule-of-lenity safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | The question presented is whether the "and" in § 3553(f)(1) means "and," so that a defendant satisfies the provision so long as she does not have (A) … |
| 23-5591 | Patrick Andrew Groves v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-09-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting attempted-distribution attempted-transfer controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law drug-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation surplusage | For certain recidivist guideline enhancements, "[t]he term 'controlled substance offense' means an offense under federal or state law, punishable by i… |
| 22-736 | Willie Lumarris Baxter v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-02-07 | Denied | Response Waived | 18-usc-924(e) armed-career-criminal congressional-intent drug-offenses fourth-circuit predicate-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Was the Fourth Circuit's rejection of the Petitioner, Willie Baxter's argument that the prior offenses for serious drug offenses included in a prior i… |
| 22-6076 | Joseph Rauber v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-11-16 | Denied | Relisted (3)IFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offenses mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-statute statutory-interpretation | The federal sentencing statute contains a "safety valve" that protects defendants from mandatory minimum sentences if they meet certain criteria. 18 U… |
| 22-5421 | Henry Wilke Eilders v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-08-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy criminal-history drug-conspiracy drug-offenses federal-sentencing-guidelines methamphetamine methamphetamine-distribution relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines | 1. Whether Petitioner's prior methamphetamine related convictions occurring within two years of the conspiracy for distributing methamphetamine should… |
| 22-5288 | Kendale Welborn v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-08-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-decision alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-sentencing drug-offenses methamphetamine-actual methamphetamine-mixture plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment | The Appellant's Appeal was denied on April 29, 2022 by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In this case, the Appellant raises one (1) issue for determ… |
| 21-7638 | Carlos Jimenez v. United States | First Circuit | 2022-04-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-defendant criminal-law drug-offenses drug-quantity mandatory-minimums mens-rea scienter sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court | Whether the government can subject a criminal defendant to the escalating mandatory minimums and maximums under 18 U.S.C. § 841(b), without proving th… |
| 21-7269 | Joseph Peter Clarke v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-03-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion covid-19 criminal-history downward-variance drug-offenses juvenile-offenses sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines stash-house-robbery | Issue 1: Whether the appellate court erred affirming the district court's abuse of discretion in overruling petitioner's objections to the PSI Report … |
| 21-917 | Abel Diaz v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Bennettsville | Fourth Circuit | 2021-12-21 | Denied | Response Waived | drug-offense drug-offenses habeas-corpus jurisdiction jury-trial savings-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum | WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT HAD JURISDICTION UNDER THE SAVINGS CLAUSE OF 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) TO ADJUDICATE THE MERITS OF PETITIONER DIAZ'S § 2241 PETIT… |
| 21-6068 | Ronald Tingle v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-10-25 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-3582 district-court drug-offenses extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether a district judge is categorically prohibited from considering the First Step Act's amendment to penalties for drug offenses when determining w… |
| 21-6049 | Aaron Christopher Pena v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-10-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law drug-offenses importation knowledge-standard mens-rea methamphetamine offense-level-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation strict-liability | Whether an offense level enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines that applies when "the offense involved the importation of amphetamine or methamp… |
| 21-5715 | Ronald George Whitehouse v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-09-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review burden-of-proof co-defendant criminal-procedure drug-offenses drug-quantity due-process fifth-circuit probation-officer reversible-error sentencing | 1. THE PETITIONER OBJECTED TO THE PROBATION OFFICER'S CONCLUSION THAT THIS DEFENDANT WAS RESPONSIBLE TO 10 KILOS OF METHAMPHETAMINE AS A RESULT OF GIV… |
| 21-5100 | Matthew James Haymond, Sr. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-07-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing drug-offenses fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining retroactive-application sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether Mr. Haymond was improperly denied First Step Act § 404 relief from his mandatory life sentence under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A), where the distr… |
| 20-7363 | Lerone Bernard Butler v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-03-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-offenses due-process law-enforcement-misconduct possession-with-intent sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence | WHETHER THE VERDICT OF GUILT WAS SUPPORTED BY SUFFCIENT EVIDENCE TO SUSTAIN A CONVICTION, AND THE EVIDENCE, VIEWED IN A LIGHT MOST FAVORABLE TO THE GO… |
| 20-7164 | Marcelino Hernandez-Martinez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-02-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeals criminal-procedure drug-offenses due-process sentencing supervisory-powers | Whether the decision of the United State s Cour t of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–whi ch affirmed the significant increase of the b… |
| 20-7033 | Otto Edward Christofferson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-02-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-sentencing drug-offenses evidence judicial-review mandatory-minimums sentencing-guidelines | Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–which affirmed the significant increase of the base… |
| 20-6949 | Neally Cunningham v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-01-26 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | cocaine-base criminal-law criminal-resentencing drug-offenses federal-drug-offense first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation | Whether Appellant's offense of conviction, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) occurring before August 3, 2010, and involving cocaine base, is a "… |
| 20-6529 | Wesley Wayne Wakeford v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-12-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2d1.1(b)(5) circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense drug-offenses methamphetamine-importation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | This Court should grant this petition to interpret Sentencing Guide-lines section 2D1.1(b)(5). What an "offense that involved the importa-tion" of met… |
| 20-5975 | Nathaniel Ruth v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2020-10-09 | Denied | IFP | career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance drug-offenses federal-sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. Does the phrase "controlled substance" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) include substances that are excluded from the CSA? 2. When defining an operative, bu… |
| 20-5854 | Trumaine Muller v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-09-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense drug-offenses intervening-act jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error proximate-cause | I. THE TRIAL COURT COMMITTED PLAIN ERROR IN FAILING TO INSTRUCT THE JURY THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO PROVE MENS REA AS TO EACH DRUG OFFENSE AND THE RES… |
| 20-5409 | Johnathan Scott Keen v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-08-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender constitutional-law criminal-law drug-offenses due-process felony-enhancement mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether, as preserved, the District Court erred as a matter of (Constitutional) Law in finding Mr. Keen's prior Florida drug convictions qualified as … |
| 19-7878 | Joseph Ramon Santillan v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-03-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conviction-classification criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing felony-conviction mandatory-minimum misdemeanor-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-federal-interaction state-federal-law statutory-interpretation | Did defendant's State of California marijuana conviction constitute a "prior conviction for a felony drug offense," increasing defendant's mandatory m… |
| 19-7562 | Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-02-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach drug-offenses fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-categorical-approach mathis-v-united-states rehaif-v-united-states serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses shular-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | 1. b18-6662 (January 2019) 2. United States, 136 S.Ct. 2243 (2016). 3. Did this Court's intervening decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2… |
| 19-6885 | Antonio Escobar v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-12-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offenses drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states fourth-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation traffic-stop | 1. Whether, in light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), and Alleyne v. United … |
| 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 this Honorable Court should re-evaluate the but-for test established by Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014) for mixed drug overdoses… |
| 19-6363 | David Pearson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-10-24 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appeal-rights armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act categorical-analysis drug-offense drug-offenses ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum | 1. Did the court of appeals, in rejecting petitioner's claim that his sentencing counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to challenge his a… |
| 19-6288 | Ron Christopher Whitley v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-10-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-case drug-offense drug-offenses judicial-discretion proportionality-review sentencing-departure sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines | Whether the 156-month sentence is greater than necessary to comply with the purposes of sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) where the district court … |
| 19-6282 | Aldo Salazar-Martinez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-10-17 | Denied | IFP | alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-offenses drug-statute due-process federal-criminal-code flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation strict-liability | Whether, in light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), and Alleyne v. United Sta… |
| 19-5929 | Abisai Ramirez-Anguiano v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-09-16 | Denied | IFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense drug-offenses mens-rea methamphetamine scienter sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Section 2D1.1(b)(5) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines provides that "[i]f (A) the offense involved the importation of ... methamphetamine or … |
| 19-5574 | Anthony Ray Welch v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-13 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-split criminal-law drug-importation drug-offenses fifth-circuit listed-chemicals mens-rea methamphetamine methamphetamine-offense scienter scienter-requirement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Section 2D1.1(b)(5) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines provides that "[i]f (A) the offense involved the importation of ... methamphetamine or … |
| 19-5480 | Andrew Dorsey v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-08-06 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | acca cocaine criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses florida florida-statute possession sentencing statutory-interpretation | I. Whether a Florida conviction for selling cocaine, delivering cocaine, or possessing cocaine with the intent to sell or deliver it, in violation of … |
| 19-5102 | Dan Pizaro v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-07-08 | Denied | IFP | criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent | Whether the life sentence imposed on 21 U.S.C. § 846 and § 841(a)(1) pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) and § 851 must be reduced to twenty-five (25… |
| 18-9789 | Dan Pizarro v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-06-25 | Denied | IFP | criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing direct-appeal drug-offenses drug-trafficking first-step-act prior-convictions prior-felony-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-minimum | Because Pizarro is still in the direct appeal process, is he entitled to the application of the First Step Act amendments to the statutory minimum sen… |
| 18-9772 | William Jerome Howard, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-06-24 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 21-usc-841 cocaine-possession controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-offenses federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines felony-drug-offense florida florida-drug-law mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 | Drug offenses in Florida are unlike most states insofar as in Florida, the prosecution does not have to prove a defendant knew the illicit nature of a… |
| 18-9615 | Shawn Russell Sorensen v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-06-12 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appeal conflict-among-courts-of-appeals drug-felony drug-felony-offenses drug-offenses eighth-amendment first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement simple-possession | THIS COURT SHOULD GRANT MR. SORENSEN's PETITION FOR CERTIORARI TO RESOLVE A CONFLICT AMONG THE UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS AS TO WHETHER PETITIONE… |
| 18-8380 | Woodrow Pressey, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-03-12 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) acca acca-predicate armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-enhancement criminal-history drug-conviction drug-offenses florida-statute florida-statute-893.13 predicate-offense prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses | 1. Whether prior convictions under Fla. Stat. §893.13 qualify as "serious drug offenses" for purposes of the ACCA, §924(e)(2)(A)(ii). 2. Whether Flor… |
| 18-8145 | Desmond Farmer v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-02-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | amendment-782 assault criminal-classification criminal-history drug-abuse drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection family-member judicial-discretion non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction violent-offender | The District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division denied the petitioner a reduction in his sentence under 3582 and Amend… |
| 18-7920 | Harold A. Habeck, II v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-02-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure criminal-procedure,sentencing,mandatory-minimums,d criminal-sentencing discretion drug-offense drug-offenses firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums predicate-crime sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation | "Whether; Dean v. United States, 581 U.S. (2017) permits a district court the discretion to consider less than the mandatory sixty month consecutive s… |
| 18-7419 | Fausto Becerra v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | accountability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-offenses drug-quantity due-process maximum-punishment plea-agreement plea-bargain prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines | Because the stipulation in the plea bargain which limited the amount and type of drugs was not followed or advocated by the Government, Mr. Becerra wa… |
| 18-7399 | Gene Donta Carter v. Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 2019-01-14 | Denied | IFP | consecutive-sentences criminal-conspiracy drug-delivery drug-offenses due-process non-violent-crime offense-gravity offense-gravity-scores sentence-proportionality sentencing sentencing-error | THE SENTENCING CURT ERRED IN APPLYING INCORRECT OFFENSE GRAVITY SCORES IN VIOLATION OF APPELLANT'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS BASED UPON THE UNPROVEN WEIGHT O… |
| 18-6707 | Alberto Jair Proa-Dominguez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offenses drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea statutory-interpretation strict-liability | L In light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), does the "knowingly or intentionally' mens rea contained in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) a… |
| 18-6665 | Maurice T. Smith v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-analysis categorical-approach criminal-law drug-offenses drug-trafficking due-process felony-drug-offense recidivism recidivist-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine | 1). Whether it was the intent of congress to restrict the application of § 841 recidivist enhancement to previous drug trafficking crimes which are te… |
| 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 | I. Whether the district court abused its discretion in determining relevant conduct. 2; Whether Greg Crum should receive a leadership enhancement. 3… |
| 18-6472 | James Gibson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-10-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | almendarez-torres criminal-procedure drug-offenses jury-trial mandatory-minimum prior-convictions reasonable-doubt recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment | Whether the Petitioner's sentence violated his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial when the district court imposed a minimum mandatory sentence of l… |
| 18-6408 | Tiffany A. Prince v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-10-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law drug-offenses drug-overdose federal-courts federal-law physical-injury sentencing-guidelines significant-physical-injury sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation | Whether a non-fatal drug overdose is a "significant physical injury" under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.2. |
| 18-5935 | Julio Cesar Velasquez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-09-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses due-process flores-figueroa mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability | I. In light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), does the "knowingly or intentionally" mens rea contained in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) … |
| 18-5839 | James Frederick Rebmann v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-08-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines felony-classification plain-reading possession-offenses prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation | The Federal Sentencing Guidelines require a base offense level of 43 if the defendant is "convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), or (b)(… |
| 18-5748 | Rory Allen Meeks v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2018-08-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-v-united-states appellate-review constructive-amendment criminal-procedure drug-offense drug-offenses jury-instructions mccoy-v-louisiana mens-rea sentencing sixth-amendment | QUESTION I: Whether reasonable jurists might debate the following three questions: - In light of Alleyne v. United States., 135 S. Ct. and Apprendi v.… |
| 18-5520 | James Morris Sellers v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-08-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act conclusion constitutional-provisions drug-offenses index prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court-precedent table-of-contents | Question not identified. |
| 18-5383 | James Rodney Shuman v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-07-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act-acca controlled-substances-act drug-offenses due-process mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states vagueness void-for-vagueness | WHETHER THE APPELLATE COURT'S INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF THE ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT (ACCA), SPECIALLY 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), IS CONTR… |
| 18-5311 | Jack Reid v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-07-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure drug-forfeiture drug-offenses due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines property-rights property-seizure sentencing standing substantial-connection | Under 21 U.S.C. §853 (a)(2), a person convicted of violating a federal drug law must forfeit to the government "any of the person's property used, or … |