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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