| 25-6714 |
Ivan Granillo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Pending |
IFP |
criminal-law federal-crime immigration-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation transportation |
What mens rea is required for the element that the defendant transport or move a noncitizen 'in furtherance' of a violation of law? |
| 25-5942 |
Ky Tan Le v. Stephen H. Locher, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-10-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection false-statement federal-crime judicial-misconduct |
Whether making a false writing statement to fault a party in a case constitutes a federal crime under 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(3), and whether the Chief Ju… |
| 24-7291 |
John R. Moore, Jr. and Tanner J. Mansell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-05-27 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
criminal-intent federal-crime intent-element maritime-jurisdiction property-theft statutory-interpretation |
Whether a person acts with 'intent to steal or purloin' for purposes of the felony offense in 18 U.S.C. § 661 whenever he knowingly takes and carries … |
| 24-7078 |
Guillermo Vasquez-Landaver v. United States |
First Circuit |
2025-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
drug-quantity federal-crime possession-with-intent schedule-drug standard-of-review state-offense |
Did the drug quantity determination and its application to either the federal crime of possession with intent to distribute or the state offense of fu… |
| 23-6949 |
Jose Salomon Madrid-Paz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach criminal-law federal-crime federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act statutory-interpretation |
Whether aiding and abetting is a means of committing a Hobbs Act violation under the categorical approach |
| 23A661 |
Andrew Tablack v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Presumed Complete |
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controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-indictment federal-crime scheduling statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal drug indictment fails to state a valid offense when the alleged controlled substance is not explicitly scheduled in the U.S. Code or… |
| 23-5924 |
Festus Okwudili Ohan v. American Medical Association, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-crime genocide human-rights international-law judicial-procedure standing whistleblower-protection |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims for lack of standing and due process violations |
| 23-108 |
James E. Snyder v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-08-03 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9) |
18-usc-666 circuit-split corruption criminal-law federal-bribery federal-crime government-business official-corruption quid-pro-quo state-local-official statutory-interpretation |
Whether section 666 criminalizes gratuities |
| 22-7117 |
Noel Macapagal v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adult-intermediary commerce-clause criminal-enticement enticement federal-crime interstate-commerce minor minor-protection state-authority statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §2422(b) exceeds Congress's commerce-clause-authority by reaching in-person enticement of a real or fictive minor that is arranged o… |
| 21-5776 |
Bobby John Kobito v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process federal-crime sentencing-guidelines silencer silencer-possession terrorism terrorism-enhancement trial-court-discretion |
Whether the trial court erred in finding that the defendant's possession of a silencer was intended to promote a federal crime of terrorism, pursuant … |
| 20-7435 |
Steven G. Knickerbocker v. Wisconsin, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process evidence-destruction excessive-force federal-crime judicial-misconduct law-enforcement-misconduct medical-care |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the alleged physical abuse and denial of medical care while in custody |
| 20-980 |
Veena Sharma v. Santander Bank |
First Circuit |
2021-01-25 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-crime judicial-review preclusion standing statute-of-limitations summary-judgment |
whether-district-court-and-appeals-court-dismissal-is-sufficient-for-review |
| 19-8536 |
In Re Robert P. Russell |
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2020-05-26 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitutional-right federal-crime federal-habeas habeas-corpus liberty-interest liberty-interests murder-conviction retroactive-application statutory-interpretation successive-motions |
Whether Petitioner Robert Peter Russell retains a federal constitutional right to be released from federal prison upon existing record of uncontrovert… |
| 19-8002 |
Humberto Herrera v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-jurisdiction federal-crime federal-offense federalism hobbs-act interstate-commerce retail-robbery stirone-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states |
Whether the Hobbs Act makes the robbery of any retail store that engages in interstate commerce a federal offense |
| 19-7778 |
James William Hill, III v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
bias-motivated-assault civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law due-process federal-crime federal-jurisdiction hate-crimes hate-crimes-act hate-crimes-prevention-act jurisdictional-prong statutory-interpretation |
Does 18 U.S.C. §249(a)(2)(B)(iv)(D) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 19-6609 |
Chad Michael Stoner v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-875c 18-usc-876c criminal-law due-process federal-crime first-amendment-speech free-speech internet interstate-threat interstate-transmission private-correspondence statutory-interpretation threat video-reposting |
Whether a person may be convicted of the federal crime of interstate transmission of a threat for reposting video of a threatening incident on the ind… |
| 19-5871 |
Patrick Jones v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempt controlled-substance controlled-substances federal-crime federal-law guidelines-interpretation mandatory-minimum offer-to-sell preparatory-action sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantial-step tenth-circuit-precedent |
Did the district court err in increasing the defendant's sentence based on the Guidelines definition of 'controlled substance offense'? |
| 18-9320 |
Domenick James Howard v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach criminal-law due-process federal-crime federal-state-relations lockhart-v-united-states mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states ninth-circuit prior-conviction sentencing sexual-assault statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty |
Whether a prior sexual assault conviction should be used to increase the statutory penalty where the prior state conviction is over-inclusive vis-a-vi… |
| 18-8394 |
Asim Shakir Daniels v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process equal-protection federal-crime federal-jurisdiction judicial-interpretation legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8327 |
Robert Nathan Alm v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8302 |
Dominique Dontae Lasker v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition specific-intent statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8266 |
Tamim Abdul-Samad, aka Tamin Abdul-Samad, aka Brandon Harris v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 924(c) bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8068 |
Frankie Hill, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction sufficiency-of-the-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-7061 |
Francisco Reza v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-crime federal-crimes felon-in-possession firearms-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing state-misdemeanor |
Did Petitioner's prior crimes qualify as Federal Crimes for enhancement? |
| 24A294 |
In Re Kesean Calvin Wilson |
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Presumed Complete |
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bail-pending-appeal bank-robbery equal-protection federal-crime habeas-corpus tenth-amendment |
Whether the Tenth Amendment limits states' power to prosecute bank robbery as a state crime when the offense involves a federally insured credit union |