| 25-863 |
G'Ante Butler v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-01-20 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
assault-definition circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law officer-safety statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 111(b) is violated only by forcibly assaulting a federal officer, or may be violated by forcibly resisting, opposing, impeding, in… |
| 25-619 |
Zhe Zhang, aka Zack v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-penalty disjunctive-language federal-criminal-law murder-for-hire sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the disjunctive language at 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a) providing "if death results, [the offender] shall be punished by death or life imprisonment, o… |
| 25-6250 |
Richard Ruston v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-11-26 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
circuit-split federal-criminal-law sentencing-conditions statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Whether the "and" in 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d)(1), as well as the "and" in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1), as cross-referenced in section 3583(d)(1), means "and," o… |
| 25A484 |
Ralph Kevin Tovar v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-28 |
Application |
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circuit-split federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation |
Whether the use of internet-based interstate communication instrumentalities alone is sufficient to satisfy the 'in or affecting interstate commerce' … |
| 25-5781 |
Michael Cobbs v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
1.) Whether the Seventh Circuit errored in holding that Petitioner's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c) remains valid despite the court's decision i… |
| 25-5577 |
Brandon Grunwaldt v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-statute federal-criminal-law minor-protection statutory-interpretation video-evidence |
Does a video of a minor in a bathroom engaged in ordinary grooming activities depict "the lascivious exhibition of the anus, genitals, or pubic area" … |
| 25-5063 |
John Armstrong, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-09 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
aiding-and-abetting bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
I. Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and United States v. Taylor, 596 U.S. 845 (2022), is a conviction for federal bank robbery under Section 2113(a) categoric… |
| 24-1183 |
Antonio Lamont Lightfoot v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
categorical-approach circuit-split federal-criminal-law predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement three-strikes-law |
Whether a categorical mismatch occurs when the elements of a predicate state offense criminalize conduct outside the enumerated offense under the thre… |
| 24-1172 |
Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-05-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-conspiracy enterprise-definition federal-criminal-law racketeering rico-statute statutory-interpretation |
Whether members of an 'enterprise' under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) must share a common illegal or fraudulent purpose |
| 24-7148 |
Julia Greenberg v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-statute document-fraud false-statement federal-criminal-law immigration-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether the first paragraph of 18 U.S.C.A. §1546(a) reaches 'authentic' immigration documents that are generated following a false statement |
| 24-6971 |
D. R. v. T. R. |
Hawaii |
2025-04-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law family-court-dispute federal-criminal-law judicial-corruption mental-incompetence |
Whether a mentally incompetent father can challenge the Hawaii state judiciary's alleged constitutional and civil rights violations through a Supreme … |
| 24-6922 |
Lorenzo Vazquez-Alba v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
federal-criminal-law illegal-entry immigration-law judicial-procedure sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Did the district court properly enter judgment under both 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2)? |
| 24-6913 |
Johnson Saint-Louis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the federal bank robbery statute, 18 USC §2113(a) is indivisible and thus not a qualifying 'Crime of violence' under 18 USC §924(c) |
| 24-735 |
Raymond Liddy v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-13 |
Denied |
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circuit-split federal-criminal-law internet-crime interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element statutory-interpretation |
Whether statutes containing 'in interstate or foreign commerce' language require proof of actual interstate transmission or merely internet use |
| 24-6126 |
Joel S. Elliott v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-12-11 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
circuit-split discretionary-sentence extraordinary-compelling-reasons federal-criminal-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a combination of 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) can include reasons also alleged as grounds for vacatu… |
| 24-6000 |
Rafael Antonio Bracero-Navas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography circuit-split federal-criminal-law lascivious-exhibition minor-protection statutory-interpretation |
Does secretly photographing a nude minor in ordinary bathroom activities constitute 'sexually explicit conduct' under federal child pornography statut… |
| 24-5752 |
Norman Thurber v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-10-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-responsibility federal-criminal-law intent mens-rea scienter statutory-interpretation |
Whether there is a mens rea requirement for Scienter in 18 U.S.C. Section 2251 |
| 24-404 |
Ji Chaoqun v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-10-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-statute federal-criminal-law foreign-agent jury-unanimity prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Must a jury unanimously decide which act a defendant committed subject to the direction or control of a foreign government to convict under 18 U.S.C. … |
| 24A310 |
Rafael Antonio Bracero-Navas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-10-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review criminal-conviction eleventh-circuit federal-criminal-law standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit correctly applied the standard of review in affirming a criminal conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742 |
| 24-286 |
Peter Bolos v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
deception federal-criminal-law mail-fraud property-interest statutory-interpretation transaction-scheme |
Does a scheme to induce a transaction through deception, without harming any property interest, constitute mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341? |
| 24-5421 |
In Re Tiran R. Casteel |
|
2024-08-29 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
congressional-quorum constitutional-validity federal-criminal-law jurisdictional-challenge legislative-procedure statutory-enactment |
Whether Public Law 80-772 and Title 18 USC were constitutionally enacted without a proper congressional quorum, rendering federal criminal statutes nu… |
| 24-170 |
Jake Delahney Taylor v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
child-pornography circuit-split federal-criminal-law lascivious-exhibition statutory-interpretation visual-depiction |
Whether the terms 'visual depiction' and 'lascivious exhibition' in 18 U.S.C. Chapter 110 refer to the same or different things in the context of chil… |
| 24-5329 |
Timothy Scott Hardin v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
age-of-consent categorical-approach circuit-split federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction under state statutes criminalizing consensual sex between a 21-year-old and a 17-year-old qualifies as 'abusive sexual conduct in… |
| 24-5330 |
Xavier Daughtry v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carjacking crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal carjacking conviction qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A) post-Borden |
| 24-5261 |
Miguel Tejada-Cruz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 24-5131 |
John William Thomas Flechs v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempt-crime criminal-statute federal-criminal-law sexual-enticement statutory-interpretation substantial-step |
Whether the government must establish a proposal for unlawful sexual activity to satisfy the substantial step element of attempted sexual enticement o… |
| 24-5112 |
Austin Wayne Massey v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 24-5042 |
Carlos Emanuel Kinard v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-1959 18-usc-924 assault-definition circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law mens-rea racketeering-enterprise vicar-statute |
If the state or federal crime incorporated into an 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(3) conviction categorially does not meet the 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) definition of a… |
| 24-5031 |
Keith White v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-u.s.c.-§-846 career-offender controlled-substance controlled-substance-offenses criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-§-4b1.2 |
Whether an offense under 21 U.S.C. § 846 may be included in the U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 definition of 'controlled substance offenses' for purposes of sentenc… |
| 23-7836 |
Thomas Joseph Brewer v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether federal voluntary manslaughter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1112(a) qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 23A1167 |
Jay A. Liestman v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-06-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
child-pornography federal-criminal-law mandatory-minimum predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether state child pornography laws can serve as predicate offenses triggering enhanced mandatory minimum penalties under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(b)(1) |
| 23-7693 |
Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment? |
| 23-1288 |
Nicholas Newman v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-06-10 |
Denied |
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actual-innocence assault-federal-officer collateral-attack-waiver criminal-law-procedure criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law habeas-corpus plea-agreement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit |
Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether assault on a federal officer under 18 U.S.C. § 111 can be committed by reckless contact with another p… |
| 23-7660 |
Michael Steven Smith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-7653 |
Tayron Deshawn Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-7439 |
Basil Loud Hawk v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute federal-crimes federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime violent-crimes |
Whether federal second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(… |
| 23-7401 |
Kristopher Lee Rocco v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-7354 |
Warren Baker v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether Hobbs Act Robbery is a predicate 'crime of violence' for 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 23-7305 |
Ronald Jerome Davis, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-7293 |
Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-04-23 |
GVR |
IFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment |
| 23-7235 |
Troy Dontae Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-7160 |
John Michael Carrasco v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-7001 |
Todd Andre Whitfield v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-7002 |
Ayoob Wali v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-criminal-law miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing waiver-of-appeal |
Should the court of appeals recognize a miscarriage-of-justice exception to a waiver-of-appeal provision in a federal criminal defendant's plea agreem… |
| 23-6973 |
Oren Javentay Pichon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-6770 |
Juan Carlos Burns v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing second-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-definition statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Does second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1 categorically qualify as a 'crime of violence' within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)? |
| 23-6744 |
Darrel R. Fisher v. Robert E. Larsen, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-1519 bodily-injury civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-criminal-law jurisdictional-challenge mireles-v-waco |
Whether Smith was improperly sent to FMC Butner, NC 27509 |
| 23-6753 |
Michael Avenatti v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-1343 18-usc-1346 civil-litigation criminal-extortion federal-criminal-law honest-services-fraud legal-ethics settlement-negotiations statutory-vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Is § 1346 void for vagueness? |
| 23-6686 |
Clarence Lee Davis v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) 28-usc-2255(f)(3) armed-career-criminal attempted-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-violence davis-v-united-states federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
In a proceeding timely filed under 28 U.S.C. 2255(f)(3), does Attempted Bank Robbery qualify as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. 924(c)'s residual … |
| 23-6665 |
Ole Hougen v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
badges-of-slavery bodily-injury civil-rights congressional-power criminal-law federal-criminal-law federalism hate-crimes race-discrimination thirteenth-amendment |
Whether Congress's power to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition on slavery and involuntary servitude authorizes Congress to criminalize ass… |
| 23-832 |
Moshe Porat v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-02-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (5) |
18-usc-1341 18-usc-1343 circuit-split commercial-deception commercial-exchange economic-harm federal-criminal-law mail-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud |
Whether deception to induce a commercial exchange can constitute mail or wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343, even if the defendant does not i… |
| 23-6520 |
Gary Von Bennett v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power federal-authority federal-criminal-law firearm-regulation firearms-regulation interstate-commerce scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) requires a more substantial connection to interstate commerce |
| 23-6514 |
Tiffany Janis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1 18-usc-924 criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law federal-murder-statute force-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether federal second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(… |
| 23A601 |
Shannon Donoho v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
child-pornography federal-criminal-law photographic-evidence sentencing-guidelines sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation |
Whether the definition of 'sexually explicit conduct' in federal child pornography statutes turns on objective characteristics of the depicted images … |
| 23-6285 |
Kenneth Paiva v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation legislative-power statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 23-6263 |
Freddy Abad v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) 924(j) criminal-charging criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-criminal-law lora-v-united-states robbery-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution united-states-v-davis |
Whether the two §$§ 924(C), 924(J) Counts Five and Six, were based on a single 'unit of prosectution |
| 23A541 |
Carl Ray McNeil, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fourth-circuit |
Whether the Fourth Circuit's interpretation of a federal criminal procedural rule improperly limits a defendant's constitutional right to effective ap… |
| 23-6219 |
Manuel Rodrigues-Barios v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-criminal-law immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation |
Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment |
| 23-6096 |
Thomas Oliver v. Joseph Leonard Michaud, et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-litigation civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-activity criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law judicial-misconduct legal-ethics standing |
Can a party to civil litigation commit crimes to win its case while judges violate laws to assist the party? |
| 23A414 |
Monterial Wesley v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-11-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review discretionary-authority extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court has discretionary authority to reduce a federal criminal sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) when a defendant demonstrat… |
| 23-5954 |
Arthur Picklo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) consecutive-sentences consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the rule of lenity requires a sentencing court to impose a § 924(c) sentence consecutive to only the predicate crime of violence or drug offen… |
| 23-5934 |
Walter Leonard Jenkins v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-5876 |
Christian Lamar Porter v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-5742 |
Joseph Michael Easton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-354 |
Wolfgang Von Vader v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582 changes-in-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether courts may consider changes in the law in assessing whether 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' warrant a sentence reduction under section … |
| 23-5623 |
Patrick Medearis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-846 conspiracy controlled-substance-offense crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law overt-act sentence-enhancement sentencing-guidelines ussg-4b1.2 |
Does conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance qualify as a 'controlled substance offense' under the Sentencing Guidelines? |
| 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… |
| 23-5566 |
Scott A. Anthony v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-09-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
3rd-circuit 4th-circuit 8th-circuit child-abuse circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction |
What defines sexually explicit conduct under 18 USC § 2251(a)? |
| 23-64 |
Bennie Charles Phillips, Jr. v. United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attempted-robbery criminal-attempt criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act mens-rea mere-preparation substantial-step uniform-test |
What particularized standard should be adopted to create a uniform test for when conduct surpasses 'mere preparation' and constitutes a 'substantial s… |
| 23-5168 |
Isaac Silversmith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 8-usc-1 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law ninth-circuit second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that second-degree murder is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) |
| 23-5139 |
Jacinto Alvarez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law intent-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
Does the 'attempted use of force' clause in the crime of violence definition at 18 U.S.C. § 16(a) require an 'intent' to use force against another? |
| 22-7855 |
Edgar Dawson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-pornography civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law free-speech minor-exploitation sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction |
Whether a person 'uses' a minor 'to engage in' sexually explicit conduct, and thereby produces child pornography, when he creates a visual image of hi… |
| 22-7818 |
Marshall M. Cohen v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-06-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2256 child-pornography circuit-split creator's-intent federal-criminal-law four-corners-of-image intent-context lascivious-exhibition statutory-interpretation |
Whether lasciviousness under 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v) may be determined by examining the context or creator's intent, or must be determined solely fr… |
| 22-6829 |
Quinton Birdinground, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law mens-rea recklessness second-degree-murder sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crimes |
Whether federal second-degree murder is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3) |
| 22-6418 |
Christopher Brian Cosimano v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process eleventh-circuit federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing first-degree-murder omission-liability statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred by finding that Florida's First-Degree Premeditated Murder Statute is categorically a crime of violence for purpose… |
| 22-6132 |
Michael Dominick Mencher v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing first-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Florida's First-Degree Premeditated Murder Statute is categorically a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(C)? |
| 22-6039 |
Jonathan Francis Kimbrell v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-solicitation due-process entrapment entrapment-defense federal-criminal-law internet-crimes law-enforcement-conduct predisposition sexual-offense sexual-offenses undercover-operations |
Was Kimbrell entitled to an entrapment instruction? |
| 22-5895 |
Quinton Deairre Gardner v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravating-facts armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-criminal-law maximum-term maximum-term-of-imprisonment presumptive-sentencing-standards sentencing-standards statutory-interpretation statutory-limits |
Where a state sentencing regime sets mandatory legal limits on courts' sentencing power, is the upper limit of the presumptive range the 'maximum term… |
| 22-5634 |
Nelson Jean Dion v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bail bail-condition criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law interstate-travel protection-order statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state bail order/condition of release is a protection order under 18 U.S.C. § 2266(5) for purposes of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2262 |
| 22-5239 |
Edward Bishop v. Jonathan R. Hemingway, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute double-jeopardy due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment legal-interpretation offense-definition sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether § 924(c) criminalizes two separate offenses to determine if the Petitioner was convicted of an offense § 924(c) does not criminalize? |
| 22-5226 |
Oyeyemi Olatunji Owagboriaye, aka Prince v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1343 accomplice-liability circuit-split criminal-law federal-criminal-law procedural-history scheme-to-defraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud |
Whether a wire transfer merely distributing funds amongst alleged accomplices is 'for the purpose of executing' a fraudulent scheme, as contemplated b… |
| 22-49 |
Efrain Lora v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(D)(ii) applies to sentences imposed under 18 U.S.C. § 924(j) |
| 21-1600 |
Jian-Yun Dong, aka John Dong v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2461c asset-seizure breach-of-contract contract-breach criminal-forfeiture federal-criminal-law honeycutt-precedent honeycutt-v-united-states ownership-interest personal-gain statutory-interpretation |
Whether a criminal forfeiture judgment is permitted under Honeycutt v. United States |
| 21-8233 |
Barkley Gardner v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-1959 criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-law punishment-alternatives racketeering sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether a court may punish a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) by a fine instead of death or life imprisonment |
| 21-8217 |
Herbert Bernard Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-code federal-criminal-law mens-rea prosecutorial-discretion sexual-activity sexual-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-language |
Whether the statutory language of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b)'s 'any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense' element requi… |
| 21-8035 |
Charlie John Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) conviction-review criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis |
Whether Petitioner's conviction under 18 U.S.C. section 924 (c) remains valid under the Supreme Court's holding in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. … |
| 21-7819 |
Kevin Ray Smith v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion article-iii-standing collateral-attack constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process federal-criminal-law habeas-corpus jurisdictional-defect |
Whether Petitioner has Article III standing to challenge conduct not within the precise subject matter of nationwide Federal police power enforcement |
| 21-7259 |
Keith Prescott Gace v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-pornography circuit-split d-c-circuit dost-factors federal-criminal-law first-amendment judicial-precedent lascivious-exhibition seventh-circuit statutory-interpretation |
Should a jury or court consider the Dost factors when determining whether a visual depiction of a minor constitutes a 'lascivious exhibition' for purp… |
| 21-7195 |
James Leon Higgins v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearms firearms-possession interstate-commerce perjury-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-7069 |
Javar Dinsdale Clarke v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether bank robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 21-6934 |
Donnie Barnes, Sr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-pornography circuit-split dost-factors federal-criminal-law lascivious-exhibition model-jury-instructions statutory-interpretation |
Whether the definition of 'lascivious exhibition' in the federal child pornography statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2256, is limited by the term it is defining an… |
| 21-6894 |
Arnoldo Alvarado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-111 18-usc-924c borden-v-united-states constitutional-review criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
whether-alvarado's-conviction-qualifies-as-violent-crime |
| 21-6762 |
Karina Lizett Juarez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administration-of-justice criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-criminal-law federal-law fifth-circuit mitigating-role sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's review of the facts related to a mitigating adjustment under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 violated federal law |
| 21-6743 |
Juan Carlos Reyes v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law intentional-force statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force |
Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation, under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), is a crime of violence under the elements… |
| 21-6503 |
Pradeep Gupte v. University of Connecticut |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review child-pornography civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated |
| 21-6459 |
Daniel Lowell v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1(a) carjacking criminal-procedure criminal-statute defendant-burden federal-criminal-law felony-murder-rule legal-standard temporary-safety |
When applying the felony murder rule under 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) to the crime of carjacking, what must a defendant show to establish that he has reached a … |
| 21-6278 |
Joseph Fenelon Cooper v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
attempted-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach clean-vehicle crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether an attempted bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113 falls outside the definition of a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(8)(A) |
| 21-6232 |
Jason Stallcup v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Does completed Hobbs Act robbery qualify as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? |
| 21-6176 |
Dwaine Collymore, aka Twin v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-11-04 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(c)(8)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery attempted-robbery crime-of-violence exceptional-importance federal-criminal-law hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery falls outside the definition of a 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A) |
| 21-5664 |
Maurice L. Ross v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924c appellate-review attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 924(c) |
| 21-5650 |
Carl Richard Samson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-13 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 21-5657 |
Chris Eugene Cosner v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery career-offender categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether armed bank robbery constitutes a crime of violence under the categorical approach of the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 21-5604 |
Daniel Chase Harris v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3261 18-usc-7 circuit-split civilian-jurisdiction due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-law military-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
Whether U.S. military or civilian courts have exclusive jurisdiction of service members for their overseas conduct on foreign U.S. military installati… |
| 21-5586 |
Tyrone Simmons v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-09-07 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act motion-to-vacate sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery meets the definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A) |
| 21-332 |
William A. White v. Daniel Sproul, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-USC-1503 18-USC-373 28-USC-2241 28-USC-2255(e) federal-criminal-law habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge non-existent-offense post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation |
When, if ever, is relief available under 28-USC-2241 and 28-USC-2255(e), where a person stands convicted and remains in custody for a non-existent-off… |
| 21-5332 |
Efrain Hidalgo v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-11 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certiorari circuit-conflict circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation |
Whether attempted Hobbs Act Robbery constitutes a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 21-5326 |
Juan Marquis Holiday v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-09 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924 attempted-crime attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of 'crime of violence' excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a) |
| 21-102 |
Marcus Walker v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-07-26 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
18-usc-1951(a) 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) |
| 21-5132 |
Michael Curtis Reynolds v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
arson-statute constitutional-law constitutional-voidness covid-19-risk criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statutes predicate-offense statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness |
Did Davis render 18 U.S.C. §2332b(a)(1)(B) equal to 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B), and thus equally make void and Unconstitutional both statute subsections … |
| 21-5057 |
Lance Lamont Lavert v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act property-rights robbery statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery is necessarily violent |
| 21-5028 |
David Copes, aka David Henderson-Copes v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-07-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a predicate crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 20-8295 |
Jose Antonio Martinez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law rico rico-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether substantive RICO is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) |
| 20-1594 |
Murray Rojas v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-18 |
GVR |
Amici (1) |
criminal-statute drug-dispensing drug-regulation fdca federal-criminal-law federal-state-balance federalism lenity medical-practitioner statutory-interpretation young-v-united-states |
Whether the FDCA's felony prohibitions on 'dispensing' drugs reach the administering of drugs by practitioners, which has been left to state and local… |
| 20-7800 |
Jacqueline Moore v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure fairness-standard federal-criminal-law indictment mens-rea plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-decision trial-record |
Whether an appellate court may consider information outside the trial record to determine if a Rehaif error affected the fairness, integrity, or publi… |
| 20-1459 |
United States v. Justin Eugene Taylor |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-04-16 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5)Relisted (2) |
attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of 'crime of violence' excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a) |
| 20-7610 |
Jose Hernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-30 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(3) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether an attempted Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951) qualifies as a categorical 'crime of violence' for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3) |
| 20-7430 |
Carlos Torres v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act predicate-offense robbery-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether a completed Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a predicate crime of violence |
| 20-7244 |
Melvin Landry, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery as defined by Title 18 U.S.C. §1951(b)(1) is a 'crime of violence' within the meaning of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(a) |
| 20-7235 |
Michael Alvarez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-law intent-standard mens-rea predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) can serve as a predicate offense for the substantial sentencing enhancements under § 924(c)(1) |
| 20-7223 |
Angelo C. Douglas v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery crime-of-violence davis-precedent federal-criminal-law force-and-violence intimidation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether petitioner's argument under United States v. Davis, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019), deserves closer scrutiny |
| 20-1116 |
Anthony Seward v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-02-12 |
Denied |
|
criminal-procedure criminal-venue due-process federal-criminal-law federalism interstate-registration sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation venue venue-jurisdiction |
Whether venue lies in the state where the defendant formerly resided for a prosecution of failure to register as a sex offender |
| 20-7146 |
Frank Ray Gallardo v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea specific-intent statutory-interpretation |
Whether a defendant charged with an offense under 18 USC § 2244 is entitled to a specific intent instruction and there is a conflict among Circuits |
| 20-1092 |
Brandon Jones v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-rights document-fraud due-process federal-criminal-law fraud free-speech government-securities legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 514(a) prohibits the use of fake versions of actual, existing types of documents and instruments |
| 20-7124 |
George Skylar Cloud v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court-discretion evidence evidence-admission federal-charges federal-criminal-law firearm-discharge guilty-plea sentencing separation-of-powers |
Did the district court error when it allowed the government to introduce into evidence the Petitioner's guilty plea, in a separate pending matter, to … |
| 20-6964 |
Dallas Ray Morales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ammunition-possession commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 20-1000 |
Monico Dominguez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
GVR |
Relisted (4) |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(8)(A) attempted-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation |
Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act qualifies as a 'crime of violence' |
| 20-6742 |
Edward Davis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis violent-crime |
Whether petitioner's argument under United States v. Davis, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019), deserves closer scrutiny |
| 20-6720 |
Terek Harper v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consideration contract-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law plea-agreement plea-bargaining void-agreement void-for-lack-of-consideration |
Whether a federal criminal plea agreement is void and unenforceable when it lacks consideration |
| 20-6671 |
Sarah Melisa Cox, aka Sarah Cox, aka Sarah Cunningham v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
print or publish the distribution of child pornog child-pornography circuit-split communication communication-standard criminal-law federal-criminal-law notice notice-requirement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a communication between just two individuals is sufficient contact to satisfy the requirement of giving notice to make, print or publish the d… |
| 20-6640 |
James David Perryman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 20-6622 |
Devon Mitchell v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924 armed-robbery bank-robbery crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that bank robbery and armed bank robbery are 'crimes of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)? |
| 20-6447 |
Michael Anthony Cernak v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause extortion federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law intimidation mandatory-sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(… |
| 20-6414 |
Daniel Ray v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-7 adams-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction maritime-jurisdiction prison-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's rule that prison personnel testimony that they 'work at a United States prison' contravenes the requirements necessary to … |
| 20-6359 |
Andrew Rey Ybaben v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction child-pornography discretionary-conditions due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified p… |
| 20-6073 |
Desmond Littlejohn v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c certiorari-review civil-rights crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fourth-amendment ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the government from using a person's prior convictions for a crime of violence as a basis to enhance the senten… |
| 20-5926 |
Rolando Candia v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) carjacking carjacking-statute crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law intimidation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the federal carjacking statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2119, qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 20-5861 |
Alijah Jaquez Mitchell v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime weapons-offense |
Whether a Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 20-5595 |
Joshua Glen Box v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-circuit categorical-approach child-pornography criminal-law eighth-circuit federal-criminal-law predicate-offense predicate-offenses sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erred when it failed to properly apply the categorical approach to determine whether Mr. Box's pri… |
| 20-5396 |
Austin Peterson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-18 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(… |
| 19-8899 |
Michael Wayne Blanche v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-06 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) aiding-and-abetting armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law jury-finding jury-instructions sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether aiding and abetting armed bank robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 19-8710 |
William Frazier v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
whether-the-vicar-statute-is-subject-to-standard-rules-of-statutory-interpretation |
| 19-8611 |
Adam Scott v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-circuit-split appellate-review assault crime-of-violence dangerous-weapon due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Does applying this automatic rule ignore or misinterpret this Court's caselaw, given the variety of items that are classified as dangerous weapons and… |
| 19-8269 |
Stella Rae James v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1791 conviction criminal-statute due-process federal-correctional-facilities federal-correctional-facility federal-criminal-law inmate-contraband possession possession-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether due process requires the government to establish actual or constructive possession of a prohibited object in order to sustain a conviction und… |
| 19-8053 |
Daniel Rodriguez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law hobbs-act property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b) is categorically a 'crime of violence' as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 19-8054 |
Nathan Richard Vineyard v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-code eleventh-circuit federal-criminal-law federal-registration-requirements notification-requirements sex-offender-registration sex-offender-registration-and-notification-act sexual-contact statutory-interpretation united-states-v-vineyard |
Whether SORNA extends to anything meeting the dictionary definitions of 'sexual' and 'contact' or is instead limited to the intentional touching of ce… |
| 19-8043 |
Christopher Lamont Steward v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 924(c)-conviction categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is categorically a 'crime of violence' that may serve as a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(… |
| 19-7999 |
Christopher Parker v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Is federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d) categorically a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) w… |
| 19-7661 |
Redinel Dervishaj, aka Redi, aka Red v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c)(3)(A) appellate-review crime-of-violence extortion federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-threat second-circuit title-18 title-18-924(c)(3)(a) |
Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in determining that the underlying offense of Hobbs Act extortion, threatening physical violence in … |
| 19-7458 |
Kaleb Jermaine Myers v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts federal-criminal-law hobbs-act legal-standard statutory-interpretation |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A) |
| 19-7337 |
Kinney Lee Palmer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aggravated-assault assault crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-law threat |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2? |
| 19-7260 |
Darin Kaufmann v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-01-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-2252 categorical-approach child-pornography federal-criminal-law first-amendment predicate-offense prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether the categorical approach applies to determining if a state conviction triggers a sentencing enhancement under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(b) |
| 19-7113 |
Raynard Gray v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) bank-robbery categorical-analysis crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law intent sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-force |
Whether bank robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' |
| 19-6707 |
Ricky Lee Tyndall v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process element-of-force federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-damage property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s force clause is unconstitutionally vague due to the inclusion of 'physical force against property' as a basis for a… |
| 19-6653 |
Quinton Omar Jackson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-criminal-law force force-and-violence intimidation legislative-intent mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation violence |
Whether Congress intended the phrase 'by force and violence, or by intimidation,' that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the us… |
| 19-6466 |
Eric Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) aiding-and-abetting armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Does aiding and abetting armed bank robbery qualify as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? |
| 19-6315 |
John David Stahlman v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment sentencing statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-2422(b) |
Did the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit violate the petitioner's Fif… |
| 19-6131 |
Derrick Estell v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 bodily-harm crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-offense due-process federal-criminal-law negligence sentencing statutory-interpretation threat-of-bodily-harm unintentional |
Can a criminal offense that involves as an element an unintentionally or negligently communicated threat of bodily harm qualify as a 'crime of violenc… |
| 19-5813 |
Alejandro Plaza-Montecillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-16 aggravated-robbery appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-code federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation texas-law violent-crime |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery constitutes a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. §16? |
| 19-5571 |
Carlos Eloy Garcia-Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure burden-of-proof criminal-law deportation due-process federal-criminal-law illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
Whether an alien may be 'found' within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. §1326 before immigration authorities achieve actual knowledge of his or her actual pres… |
| 19-5093 |
Jason Ellis Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 18-9522 |
Renee Lopez-Galvan v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 18-9424 |
Lamar Eady, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-922 18-usc-924 appellate-review criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statute felon-in-possession knowingly legal-elements mens-rea possession rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status statutory-interpretation |
Does the 'knowingly' provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) apply to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime? |
| 18-1434 |
United States v. Pablo Lovo and Joel Sorto |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-15 |
Denied |
|
18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-1338 |
United States v. Joseph Decore Simms |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-24 |
Denied |
|
18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-8956 |
Jordan M. Jucutan v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fraud global-war-on-terror prosecution-tolling repose statute-of-limitations time-barred-offenses wartime-suspension wartime-suspension-of-limitations wartime-suspension-of-limitations-act |
Does the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act permit a prosecution, otherwise time-barred, for offenses not involving fraud against the United States… |
| 18-8536 |
Elmar K. Scott v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 18-8537 |
Daniel Salinas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 18-8525 |
Robert Brian Winston v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 18-8469 |
Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2422(b) age-of-consent coercion consensual-sexual-activity criminal-attempt criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process enticement entrapment federal-criminal-law mens-rea minor sexual-activity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the crime of attempted enticing of a minor is committed when a person agrees to engage in consensual sexual activity with an adult that the pe… |
| 18-8366 |
Anthony Eudean Woollis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-sanctions due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified … |
| 18-8329 |
Aristides Duartez, Jr., aka Aristedes Duartez, Jr. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the elements cause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(A) |
| 18-8330 |
Martin Fitzgerald Connors v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 18-8076 |
Elijah Loren Arthur, Sr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-1 18-usc-16 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) define one or two crimes? |
| 18-8043 |
Victor Alanis v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 18-8050 |
Alvaun Thompson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
age-requirement aggravated-offense criminal-statute federal-criminal-law mens-rea minors sentencing sex-trafficking strict-liability under-14 |
Whether the mens rea requirement as to the person's being under 18 applies to the person's being under 14 or whether the aggravated under-14 offense i… |
| 18-8026 |
Sergio Ramirez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 18-7993 |
Ronald Bedford v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-111 18-usc-1114 contractor criminal-law employee-status federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction government-contracts obstruction-of-justice official-duties postal-service statutory-interpretation trucking-contractor |
Whether an employee of a private trucking contractor that maintains a contract with the United States Postal Service is a person assisting an officer … |
| 18-7784 |
Liston David, aka Liston Oswanio David, aka Smiley, aka Seal A. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation |
Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the off… |
| 18-7722 |
Rodrigo Escobedo-Coronado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault circuit-split criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-offense federal-sentencing mens-rea model-penal-code state-survey statutory-interpretation |
Does the federal generic aggravated assault offense require more than a merely reckless mens rea? |
| 18-7726 |
Carlton Williams v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender categorical-approach criminal-law federal-criminal-law pattern-of-racketeering predicate-crime racketeering racketeering-activity rico rico-conviction sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Is a sentencing court limited to applying a categorical approach when determining whether a conviction for violating the Federal Racketeer Influence a… |
| 18-7420 |
Joe Ray Alires v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary criminal-sentencing federal-criminal-law generic-burglary generic-crime residential-burglary sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether a conviction for residential burglary under N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-16-3(A) falls within the generic crime of burglary in the Armed Career Crimin… |
| 18-7176 |
Jose A. Garcia-Ortiz v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c3a circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property pattern-jury-instructions statutory-interpretation |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery can be a categorical 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) when pattern jury instructions extend it to causing … |
| 18-6798 |
Elvin Hill v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-force |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery, which can be committed by causing the victim to fear economic loss to an intangible asset, categorically qualifies as a cri… |
| 18-6533 |
Anthony Lewallyn v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-registration-requirements due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-travel nichols-precedent nichols-v-united-states registration sex-offender sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation |
Can a sex offender be prosecuted for failing to register or update his registration in the district where he began his interstate travel but in which … |
| 18-6360 |
Jocelyn Faurisma v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether armed bank robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3) |
| 18-6346 |
Mark A. Dubarry v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a 'crime of violence' under the 'force clause' of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 18-6292 |
Anthony Robinson v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-10-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-provisions federal-criminal-statute force-element statutory-interpretation third-circuit united-states |
Whether the categorical approach applies in determining whether an offense has an element of force and thereby qualifies as a 'crime of violence' for … |
| 18-6302 |
Francisco Melgar-Cabrera v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-felony predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 18-6303 |
Jeffrey Joseph Pendleton v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment force-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness |
Is the Force Clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) invalid under the Fifth Amendment void-for-vagueness doctrine? |
| 18-6198 |
Carlos Rafael Acosta-Joaquin v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-408(a)(7)(B) criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process false-representation federal-criminal-law identity-theft social-security-fraud social-security-number statutory-interpretation |
Is a defendant guilty of social-security-fraud under 42-usc-408(a)(7)(B) |
| 18-428 |
United States v. Clifford Raymond Salas |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-431 |
United States v. Maurice Lamont Davis and Andre Levon Glover |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-373 |
Floyd Rose v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-09-21 |
Denied |
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atm atm-robbery circuit-split commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-law federal-criminal-law fifth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce robbery second-circuit |
Whether the Second Circuit erred by holding, in direct conflict with the Fifth Circuit, that a robbery in which an individual victim is forced to with… |
| 18-5967 |
Matthew Wade Howard v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-law federal-guideline guideline-application sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit |
Whether the Tenth Circuit and other circuits have broadened the application of U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) beyond the plain language of the guideline's … |
| 18-5866 |
Nathan Mosley v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. 1951 qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 18-5762 |
Pedro Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-5444 |
Kenyan Deon Buchanan v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause commerce-clause-limits commerce-clause-limits,criminal-law,federal-power, constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
Whether the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause |
| 18-5164 |
George Adrien Brooks v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-2422(b) attempted-inducement circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law intent intent-requirement mens-rea minor minor-protection minors sexual-abuse sexual-activity sexual-inducement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the required intent for attempted inducement under § 2422(b) is the intent to cause a minor to engage in sexual activity (as the Eleventh Circ… |