| 25-6459 |
Oscar Dillon, III v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-31 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
In Fischer, 144 S. Ct. at 2185, this Supreme Court focused on what conduct was prohibited by the "otherwise" clause in 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) and emph… |
| 25-5978 |
Edgard Velasquez v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review federal-criminal-procedure fifth-amendment grand-jury-transcripts judicial-discretion supervisory-authority |
Does the district court's clearly erroneous denial of Petitioner's motion for grand jury transcripts pursuant Fed. R. Crim. P. 6 and the Fifth Amendme… |
| 24A569 |
Jarrell Raeshon Bordeaux v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
co-conspirators drug-conspiracy federal-criminal-procedure indictment-sufficiency intent-to-distribute narcotics-charges |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5933 |
Garry David Gallardo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-11-07 |
Closed |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-rights due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-review structural-defects |
1) In the federal criminal cases, this petition presents for the Court to review, do the structural defects presenting in the Criminal cases below war… |
| 24A321 |
Jawan Fortia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appointed-counsel criminal-justice-act federal-criminal-procedure indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5650 |
Roberto Yepez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split compassionate-release federal-criminal-procedure sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Whether, as the Second and Seventh Circuits have indicated, the compassionate-release statute in 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1) permits reducing supervised re… |
| 24-5558 |
Bryant D. Aron v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
fairness-doctrine federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plea-agreement review-standard sentencing |
1) Plea agreements under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C) bind a district court if the court accepts the agreement. A district court can also reject the a… |
| 23-7668 |
Roylee Richardson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
arthur-andersen-llp-v-united-states criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute foreseeability official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subjective-intent witness-tampering |
This Court has held that the federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, requires proof that the defendant "contemplate [d] a[] particular of… |
| 23-6751 |
Delon Joseph Adams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 concurrent-sentence concurrent-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute firearm-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(1)(D)(ii) precludes a sentencing court from imposing a sentence for a Section 924(c) firearm offense partially concur… |
| 23-6357 |
Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release criminal-justice due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion motion-for-relief sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
1. Whether the denial of the Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) Motion is contrary to this Court's ruling in CONCEPCION? see infra. |
| 23-6187 |
Jamar Green v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Rehearing |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plea-bargaining pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sentencing waiver-of-counsel waiver-of-rights |
1. Whether an uncounseled felony guilty plea is Constitutionally valid when
the defendant was not properly warned by the trial court of the perils of
… |
| 23-5990 |
Kirk A. Simmons v. Thomas Scarantino |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2241 aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-procedure entrapment-defense federal-criminal-procedure government-fraud government-misconduct habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review |
1. Does fraud, perpetrated by the federal government during a federal criminal proceeding so as to obstruct a defendant from mounting an entrapment de… |
| 23-5426 |
Christopher Robertson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempted-robbery constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act jury-instructions misstatement-of-law residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
1) CAN A DEFENDANT BE CONVICTED OF A 4(c) OFFENSE IF DEFENDANT WAS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED HOBBS ACT ROBBERY?
2) CAN A DEFENDANT BE CONVICTED OF A OFF… |
| 23-5389 |
Wilfredo Rodriguez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split colorable-claim criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion judicial-response sentencing sentencing-argument |
Where a federal criminal defendant raises a colorable sentencing argument, must the district court acknowledge and respond to it? |
| 23-5063 |
Bradley M. Cox v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure interstate-commerce interstate-nexus judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal sufficiency-of-evidence threat-of-damage |
Regarding generally motions for judgment of acquittal and their consideration and review:
1. Has the "light most favorable to the Government/prosecut… |
| 22-7352 |
Samuel Jesus Avila v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-rule plain-error precedent second-amendment standing |
In Henderson v. United States, this Court held that "it is enough that an error be plain at the time of appellate consideration" to meet the second pr… |
| 22-7192 |
Dan Pizarro v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences criminal-sentencing district-court-authority district-court-discretion federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction future-events future-sentence-commencement judicial-sentencing-power sentencing-authority setser-v-united-states |
1. Does a district court exceed its authority by expressly or effectively ordering its sentence to run consecutively to a sentence in another federal … |
| 22-6751 |
Ernest Kyle Dyer v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-02-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appellate-review conditional-guilty-plea federal-criminal-procedure federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-11(a)(2) harmless-error motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining prevail |
When a defendant enters a conditional guilty plea, reserving the right to appeal an adverse decision on a motion to suppress, what harmless-error stan… |
| 22-5833 |
Carlos Alejandro Zuniga-Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administration-of-justice criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-law fifth-circuit leader-organizer-role leader-role preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines |
I. Whether the Eifth Circuit violated federal law when it conducted a cursory review of the facts related to a four-level increase in sentencing point… |
| 22-5599 |
Denzell Russell v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation plain-error plain-error-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
1. Is the Sixth Circuit's application of plain error review under Fed. R. Crim. P. 52(b) in conflict with this Court's decisions?
2. Have the courts … |
| 22-5554 |
In Re Melvin T. Bell |
|
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights deportation due-process federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-criminal-procedure mail-fraud personal-liberty subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Whether or not Mr. Bell is restrained of his personal liberty by virtue of a judgment or order of a district court in which that district court had… |
| 22-5264 |
Cody Gober v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentence constitutional-scrutiny criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentence post-conviction-relief sentencing sixth-circuit state-sentence |
Whether the due process rights of the Petitioner were violated by the failure of the trial court to address, first at sentencing and then in a post-se… |
| 22-5111 |
Robert Doyle Harper v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-law defendant-rights due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-procedure judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice waiver |
Whether appellate waivers in federal criminal cases contain an implied exception for judgments that represent a miscarriage of justice? |
| 21-7386 |
Sandchase Cody v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court district-court-discretion due-process federal-criminal-procedure first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an "Applicable" policy statement that binds a district court when considering "ex… |
| 21-6910 |
Juan Manuel Cruzado-Laureano v. W. Stephen Muldrow |
First Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion attorney-for-government attorney-for-the-government criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure grand-jury grand-jury-procedure indictment indictment-validity judicial-discretion mandamus mandamus-petition |
1- An Indictment whose "True Bill" is only signed by the US District Attorney to arrest and criminally prosecute an accused is valid, even when the si… |
| 21-6652 |
Salatheo Fluid v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion attorney-representation criminal-procedure district-court federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-standing motion-for-new-trial |
WHETHER THE LOWER COURTS ABUSED THEIR RESPECTIVE DISCRETION BY DISMISSING PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL (Fed.R.Crira.P. 33(b)), BASED ON A MOTIO… |
| 21-6625 |
Derrick Harrell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b) is a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), i.e., one that "has as an elem… |
| 21-6605 |
Jermaine Jackson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
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). |
| 21-6071 |
Aldridge Robinson, et al. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act section-1951 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act Robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a "crime of violence" as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3). |
| 21-6060 |
Ance Payton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions motion sentencing |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Payton's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 21-5844 |
James Malcolm Hale v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-disposition federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion pretrial-motion pretrial-motions procedural-waiver waiver |
Whether, in a federal criminal prosecution, a defendant who has not reserved in writing his right to appellate court review of an adverse determinatio… |
| 21-5627 |
William Brinson Ball v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction international-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) extends to conduct occurring outside the United States. |
| 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). |
| 21-351 |
Courtney Wild v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-03 |
Denied |
Amici (6) |
alexander-v-sandoval crime-victims-rights-act enforcement federal-criminal-procedure judicial-enforcement non-prosecution-agreement pre-indictment prosecutorial-discretion rights-creating-language victim-rights |
Whether the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3771 (2004), a comprehensive bill of rights for federal crime victims with specific enforcem… |
| 21-5129 |
Gary E. Peel v. Barbara Zarrick |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence appellate-review district-court due-process federal-criminal federal-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus non-capital standing writ-of-mandamus |
Whether a stand-alone (a/k/a free-standing) claim of "actual innocence " is
cognizable in a federal non-capital criminal case. |
| 20-7183 |
Shameke Walker v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery identification-evidence jury-instruction plain-error violent-crime |
1. Should the Court grant certiorari to review whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b), categorically fails to constitute "a crime of violence"… |
| 20-6783 |
Jaelon David Harris v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abduction administration-of-justice circuit-split federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines location-definition room-or-area sentencing-guidelines victim-movement |
I. Whether the forced movement of victims from one room or area to another room or area within the same building constitutes an abduction for purposes… |
| 20-6739 |
Larun E. Miller v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-criminal-procedure jurisdictional-challenge outrageous-government-conduct sixth-circuit-conflict standing statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Question not identified. |
| 20-6686 |
Benjamon Ray Stewart v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-appointment due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus standing supreme-court-review |
Question not identified. |
| 20-6459 |
David Lee Garrett v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-27 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(e) civil-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure sentencing-enhancement simple-robbery statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-code texas-offense violent-felony |
I. Whether the Texas offense of simple robbery constitutes a "violent felony" under 18 U.S.C. §924(e)?
II. Whether the Texas offense of burglary cons… |
| 20-6095 |
Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-justice district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions home-confinement motion sentencing |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Chaney's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 20-5942 |
John Tran v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule federal-criminal-procedure good-faith-exception judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction procedural-error rule-41 search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant-validity |
1. Whether the First Circuit erroneously applied the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule where the government violated Fed. R. Crim. P. 41 i… |
| 20-5746 |
Brandon Thomas Finnesy v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-09-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-636 consent-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-criminal-procedure guilty-plea judicial-consent magistrate-judge statutory-interpretation |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(3) authorizes a federal magistrate judge to accept a guilty plea with the parties' consent? |
| 20-5615 |
Michael Gordon v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-prosecution juror-impartiality jury-impartiality jury-selection marijuana-legalization marijuana-prosecution voir-dire |
1. When empaneling a jury for a federal marijuana prosecution in a state where marijuana is legal, does a voir dire inquiry focusing on whether the po… |
| 19-8056 |
Brian Alan Matalka v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administration-of-justice criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutes fifth-circuit-review indigency indigent-status plain-error plain-error-review special-assessment standard-of-review |
Did the Fifth Circuit's cursory review of the district court record reached the wrong conclusion that Matalka was not indigent under the standard pros… |
| 19-900 |
Jessica Vennie v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
conspiracy criminal-joinder criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure joinder legal-enterprise racketeering rico rico-act |
Whether charging two defendants with participating in the conduct of a single legal enterprise that has many legal purposes is sufficient to permit jo… |
| 19-7201 |
Casey Lee Jones v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure rule-11 supervisory-powers |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Cireuit")-which held Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal… |
| 19-6706 |
Ramsin Jonathan Malek v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crimes federal-criminal-procedure force-clause ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether this Court should grant certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's decision because armed robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d) does not categorical… |
| 19-6280 |
Jose Soto v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-procedure harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct |
Should the government bear the burden of establishing the harmlessness of a
properly preserved claim of prosecutorial misconduct in a federal criminal… |
| 19-6086 |
Luis Alberto Torres v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-conflict criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure harmless-error sentencing sentencing-error standard-of-review |
In recent years, the Court has granted certiorari to clarify how the plain-error standard of review applies to unpreserved claims of sentencing error.… |
| 19-5856 |
Amando Villarreal Heredia v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 drug-quantity fed-r-crim-p-11 federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guidelines-range modification-proceeding plea-agreement sentence-recalculation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification |
QUESTION #1: In a " Modification Proceeding pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)," as to a retroactively applicable amendment
to the U.S. Sentencing Gu… |
| 19-230 |
Douglas Prade v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-08-21 |
Denied |
|
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence state-courts state-criminal-procedure trial-rights |
With a single exception, criminal defendants in the
United States seeking a new trial based on newly
discovered evidence are required to establish onl… |
| 19-5515 |
Lester Leon Sanders v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-U.S.C-2255 28-usc-2255 circuit-conflict criminal-defendant district-court district-court-judgment federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutory-provision original-judgment retroactive-constitutional-decision second-successive-motion statutory-provision |
What standard governs a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, asserting relief pursuant to a retroactive c… |
| 19-5456 |
Ibrahim McCants v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-08-05 |
GVR |
IFP |
anonymous-tip categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute divisibility-of-state-statutes domestic-violence due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms fourth-amendment mathis-v-united-states mens-rea police-stop-and-frisk reasonable-suspicion rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation stop-and-frisk supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court-of-appeals |
Whether the government established the knowledge-of-status element under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) |
| 19-5312 |
Kenneth H. Burke, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms-offense hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review violent-crime |
Whether Mr. Burke's § 924(c) conviction is invalid in light of United States v. Davis |
| 19-5311 |
Ivaylo Dodev v. Bank of New York Mellon |
Arizona |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review arizona-court-of-appeals arizona-rules-of-civil-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure,eviction,dismissal,arizona-rules-o criminal-law due-process eviction eviction-proceedings federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act judicial-discretion rule-41 second-amendment united-states-v-davis voluntary-dismissal Whether Mr. Burke's § 924(c) conviction is invalid |
Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One abused its discretion by not ruling on the applicability of Rule 41(a)(1) of the Arizona Rules of C… |
| 19-5154 |
James Wardell Quary v. N. C. English, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appellate-review circuit-precedent circuit-split detention-challenge erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-defendants federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief |
May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to raise arguments foreclosed by erroneous circuit precedent |
| 19-52 |
Alfred J. Walker v. N. C. English, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent circuit-split erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-procedure federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation |
May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to challenge an unlawful conviction or sentence foreclosed by binding … |
| 18-9808 |
Manuel Reyes v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute statutory-vagueness vagueness |
Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 9… |
| 18A1314 |
Andrew J. Johnston v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
conviction-reversal criminal-appeal district-court-discretion federal-criminal-procedure motion-denial release-pending-appeal |
Whether a federal district court can deny a defendant's motion for release pending appeal when there is a likelihood of reversal of the underlying con… |
| 18-9124 |
Garland D. Miller v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
coram-nobis criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-criminal-procedure illegal-sentence judicial-jurisdiction restitution rule-35 sentencing sentencing-correction statutory-interpretation title-18 |
Does jurisdiction exist to correct an illegal sentence at any time? |
| 18-9063 |
Tyrone Leonard James v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3584 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b certificate-of-appealability concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentences,federal-sentencing,state-sent Does the Supreme Court's grant of writ of certiora federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-consideration sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors state-sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rule-10 third-circuit unrelated-crimes vagueness |
Whether a district court's finding that a state crime and federal crime were unrelated is sufficient, in itself, to satisfy its obligation under 18 U.… |
| 18-8868 |
Amilcar C. Butler v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
clerical-error commitment court-filing criminal-procedure fed-r-crim-p-36 federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judgment judgment-correction judicial-error procedural-rule record |
Is it error for the district court to file an order granting a petition to correct a clerical error in the judgment under Fed. R. Crim. P. 36, but fai… |
| 18-1276 |
Andrew Levert v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
28-usc-2255 appellate-court-split constitutional-law criminal-defendant district-court-judgment due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutory-provision habeas-corpus record-silent retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactivity second-or-successive-2255-motion second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation |
Whether a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is entitled to relief under a retroactive constitutional de… |
| 18-8626 |
Aaron Murray v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arrest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process federal-criminal-procedure initial-appearance magistrate-judge plea-bargaining plea-hearing right-to-counsel |
Was Petitioner Aaron Murray Entitled to an initial appearance before a United States Magistrate Judge under Fed. R. Criminal P Rule 5? |
| 18-8604 |
Ivan Vazquez-Gonzalez v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-03-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 appeals criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel rule-35 sentence-modification sentencing statute-of-limitations |
Whether a district court's modification of sentence under Rule 35, Fed. R. Crim. P., resets the one-year clock under 28 U.S.C. §2255(f)(1) for a timel… |
| 18-8558 |
Jorge Edwin Rivera v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guidelines judicial-discretion plain-error plain-error-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights supervised-release |
Whether a district court's imposition of a term of supervised release double the Guidelines range without first calculating the range or providing an … |
| 18-8125 |
Darrell D. Walker v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-25 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 circuit-court-split criminal-defendant district-court-judgment federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutory-provision original-judgment record-silent retroactive-constitutional-decision second-successive-motion statutory-provision |
Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to relief under a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory provision, where the r… |
| 18-7835 |
Iouri Mikhel v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-judiciary hostage-taking judicial-discretion mental-health recusal standard-of-proof treaty-power trial-procedure |
Where significant evidence of competency is susceptible to conflicting inferences, what standard of proof is required for a competency hearing and wha… |
| 18-7720 |
Howard Webber v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split consent consent-defense criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute identity-theft mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
Can consent be a defense to aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A? |
| 18-7692 |
Byron Anthony Horn v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indictment plea-bargaining pleading reasonable-doubt reasonable-sentence sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether facts that alter the range of 'reasonable' federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases? |
| 18-7249 |
John Doe v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-court-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dillon-v-united-states federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Whether the holding in Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817 (2010) applies to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(B) in the same manner it applies to 18 U.S.C. § … |
| 18-6920 |
Clyde Retiz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indictment plea-bargaining reasonable-sentence sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether facts that alter the range of 'reasonable' federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases? |
| 18-405 |
Shabnam Dastmalchian v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-immunity government-overreach government-seizure innocent-third-party property-rights takings third-party-property |
Whether the interplay of the Constitution, Fed.R.Crim.P.7(c)(2), and 21 U.S.C. § 853 allow government employees to seize an innocent third party Calif… |
| 18-5273 |
Davian Wilson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
authentication criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sufficiency-of-evidence criminal-trial evidence-authentication federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction guilty-verdict jury-verdict native-american reasonable-jury sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparity standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the district court erred in finding sufficient evidence for a guilty verdict against Mr. Wilson |
| 18-5234 |
Marcos Rodriguez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-07-13 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-924c3b co-defendant-motions criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure legal-joinder second-amendment sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness |
Whether the 'risk of force' clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness |
| 18-30 |
Gary Jefferson Byrd v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-innocence coram-nobis due-process equitable-approach federal-criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-equity laches legal-standard morgan-decision procedural-delay statute-of-limitations time-delay writ-of-error writ-of-error-coram-nobis |
actual-innocence,coram-nobis,due-process,federal-criminal-procedure,harmless-error,statute-of-limitations |