| 25-675 |
Lawrence Rudolph v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-12-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation federal-prosecution forum-shopping prosecutorial-discretion tenth-circuit venue-statute |
Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in interpreting a federal venue statute enacted by the First Congress to mean the government can prosecute a federal c… |
| 25-6041 |
Kaleb Layne Nix v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifi… |
| 25A445 |
Thomas Steven Sanders v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-conviction death-penalty double-jeopardy executive-clemency federal-prosecution fifth-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 25A414 |
Larry Householder v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-10-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
federal-prosecution hobbs-act official-misconduct public-corruption quid-pro-quo sixth-circuit |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5704 |
Jeanie Reese v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. |
California |
2025-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aggregate-effects child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-authority federal-prosecution interstate-commerce |
1. Does-the "Aggregate Effects'! doctrine under Gonzales v Raich ,
545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the
original limits desi… |
| 25-5460 |
Joseph Thompson, Sr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-08-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
common-law federal-prosecution homicide self-defense stand-ground violent-felony |
In Beard v. United States, 158 U.S. 550 (1895) and Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335 (1921), this Court recognized the common law right to stand on… |
| 25-5400 |
Andrew Charles Beard v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-19 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
constitutional-claim criminal-procedure federal-prosecution plea-waiver sentencing-enhancement statutory-construction |
1. Whether challenging an invalid 18 U.S.C. §924(c) conviction is a "constitutional claim" that extinguishes the government's power to enforce defenda… |
| 25-5306 |
In Re Alexander Kawleski |
|
2025-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce |
1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich ,
545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the
original limits desig… |
| 25-5139 |
In Re Michael Stevens |
|
2025-07-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce |
1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich ,
545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the
original limits desig… |
| 25A17 |
Brandon Keith Thompson v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
commerce-clause constitutional-challenge federal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5036 |
Wilfredo Feliciano-Rodriguez v. United States |
First Circuit |
2025-07-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-provisions federal-prosecution grand-jury interstate-commerce jurisdiction puerto-rico-statehood |
Can a federal court attempt a prosecution without verifying, as the first
step before any proceeding, jurisdiction?
Can the Respondent take away jur… |
| 25-5032 |
In Re John Alan Conroy |
|
2025-07-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce |
1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designa… |
| 24-7453 |
In Re Curtis Baldwin |
|
2025-06-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggregate-effects child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-prosecution interstate-commerce |
1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designa… |
| 24-7408 |
In Re Stephen Brewer |
|
2025-06-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce |
1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich, 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designat… |
| 24-7328 |
In Re William Hopmeier |
|
2025-05-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce |
1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich ,
545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the
original limits desig… |
| 24-1220 |
Mark Joseph Uhlenbrock v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
cyberstalking emotional-distress federal-prosecution first-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
1. Can a Federal Cyberstalking prosecution pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2261A be used to target repeated communications on the sole basis that they would b… |
| 24-7321 |
In Re Adolfo Herrera-Sustaita |
|
2025-05-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution intrastate-activity |
Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich, 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designated … |
| 24-7110 |
In Re Phillip James Colwell |
|
2025-05-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-pornography-prevention commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce |
Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich, 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designated … |
| 24-6129 |
In Re Jason Clark |
|
2024-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-ii categorical-approach federal-prosecution mandamus-writ sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
1) Can Petitioner be denied Categorical approach relief on his 18 USCS 924, enhanced sentence under United States v. Taylor?
2) Can the US Attorney p… |
| 24A472 |
Joseph R. Johnson, Jr. v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-11-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
but-for-cause certificate-of-innocence exoneree federal-prosecution misconduct statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5763 |
David Earl Boyd v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
L. Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252A exceed Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials — such a… |
| 24-5678 |
Reginald L. Hopkins v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
federal-prosecution ruse-exception speedy-trial-act state-arrest statutory-interpretation third-circuit |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred as a matter of statutory interpretation in rejecting a "Ruse Exception" to the Speedy Trial A… |
| 24-5626 |
Julio Reynaldo Rivera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-sanctions federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifi… |
| 24-284 |
Andre Ricardo Briscoe v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
criminal-conspiracy federal-prosecution overt-act statute-of-limitations substantive-offense tolling-doctrine |
Prosecutors, judges, and defense lawyers know that the statute of limitations for almost all federal crimes is five years. 18 U.S.C. § 3282(a). Yet th… |
| 24-5419 |
Jonathan Fitzpatrick Koen v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 exceeds Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials — such as a cell phon… |
| 24-5176 |
Antonio Santonastaso v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1001 criminal-law false-statements federal-prosecution judicial-review jurisdiction maslenjak-v-united-states materiality materiality-standard statutory-interpretation |
Section 1001(a)(2) of title 18 only criminalizes the making of material false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States gove… |
| 23-849 |
Louis Wayne Ratfield v. Ellen L. Cohen, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment authority biven's-claim civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-prosecution fraud prosecutorial-immunity statute-of-limitations |
1. Can each individual of the three federal prosecutors,
to ensure that their government branch recognizes the
limits of its own power by presenting… |
| 23-638 |
Kenneth Wendell Ravenell v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
burden-of-proof circuit-split conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure federal-prosecution jury-instructions money-laundering non-overt-act-conspiracy statute-of-limitations |
Whether, to comply with 18 U.S.C. § 3282(a) in a prosecution for a non-overt act conspiracy, the government bears the burden of proving to a jury that… |
| 23-6220 |
Daniel Thomason Smith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-violations corporate-liability discriminatory-practices due-process federal-prosecution fraud medical-billing standing statutory-interpretation takings |
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| 23-6205 |
Jeriah Scott Budder v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-jurisdiction due-process ex-post-facto federal-prosecution indian-country major-crimes-act mcgirt-v-oklahoma self-defense |
Whether the Tenth Circuit contravened this Court's precedents in ruling that Petitioner was not denied due process of law — based on ex post facto pri… |
| 23-5960 |
Brandon Keith Wright v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie… |
| 23-5741 |
Hewitt A. Grant, II v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Florida |
2023-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-prosecution jurisdiction standing witness-testimony |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5511 |
Jay F. Elhage v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers federal-prosecution federalism legislative-authority state-prosecution |
Whether Congress has authority to criminally punish under the Commerce Clause |
| 23-5074 |
Juan Carlos Valles, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons federal-prosecution fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment selective-enforcement selective-prosecution statutory-obligations |
Is the Federal Bureau of Prisons a statutory corporation governed by federal laws, and are federal prosecutors obligated to prosecute all federal inma… |
| 22-7722 |
Félix Vega-La Torres v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ancestry constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing Does the State Court Decision to deny Petitioner's due-process economic-status equal-justice equal-protection
22-7721" ethnicity federal-prosecution federal-questions guidelines-interpretation judicial-bias national-origin petition-for-appeal puerto-rico-defendants race reversible-error sentencing-discrimination state-court-decision |
Does a federal judge's increased sentence targeting a Puerto Rico defendant for higher punishment violate constitutional, statutory, and guidelines pr… |
| 22-7528 |
Joshua Omar Garcia v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process federal-prosecution sixth-amendment sovereign-delay speedy-trial state-prosecution |
Under what circumstances is waiting for another sovereign to complete their proceedings against a defendant a justifiable reason for delay under the S… |
| 22-7146 |
Daren Bernard Razz, III v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3161 criminal-procedure due-process federal-prosecution government-delay indictment-timing sixth-amendment speedy-trial statutory-delay |
Denial of motion to dismiss indictment alleging unconstitutional delay |
| 22-6878 |
Roger Keith Lunsford v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-attack constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court double-jeopardy due-process federal-prosecution habeas-corpus hearing-requirement legal-relief |
Could the theft of a defendant's substantive and procedural right to due process be so egregious that it would bar a future federal prosecution? |
| 22-796 |
Johnny Ellery Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
assimilative-crimes-act federal-prosecution general-crimes-act indian-country state-law-offenses treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the Assimilative Crimes Act applies to Indian country |
| 22-6058 |
Justin David Martin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-of-record criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admission federal-prosecution procedural-error record search-warrant structural-error waiver |
Whether the federal prosecution's reliance on a state search warrant without making it part of the formal record constitutes structural error |
| 22-5371 |
Darrell Harris v. Robert Hudgins, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-estoppel federal-court federal-offense federal-prosecution issue-preclusion res-judicata sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Whether principles of res judicata triggered application of issue preclusion and collateral estoppel |
| 22-5327 |
Lavone Ganithus Dixon, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-procedure court-record due-process evidence-admission federal-prosecution record-of-court search-warrant structural-error |
Whether the federal prosecution's reliance on an unfiled state search warrant constitutes structural error |
| 22-5154 |
Myron Baker v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-record criminal-procedure district-court evidence evidence-admission federal-prosecution record-of-court search-and-seizure search-warrant state-search-warrant structural-error |
Whether the federal prosecution's reliance on a state search warrant without making it part of the formal record of the United States District Court c… |
| 22-5100 |
Joshua Eric Townley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
burks-v-united-states constitutional-claim criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-prosecution insufficient-evidence reinstatement-of-convictions state-prosecution supreme-court-precedent trial-court-reversal |
Whether there is a constitutional claim of double jeopardy, reinstatement of convictions after acquittal, when a federal or state trial court rescinds… |
| 22-5097 |
Hidey Diaz, aka Silvio Manuel Amador, aka Celio Alvarez-Carrasco v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
10th-circuit circuit-court-review criminal-sentencing federal-prosecution government-action guideline-range sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-directive substantive-reasonableness unwarranted-disparity |
Did the Tenth Circuit err in concluding that it was barred from considering, on review for the substantive reasonableness of Mr. Diaz's sentence, the … |
| 21-8268 |
Roger Acosta v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution indictment indictment-defect mens-rea rehaif-standard structural-error |
Whether a federal prosecution is structural error when a grand jury indicts a defendant for conduct that is not a federal offense? |
| 21-1487 |
Brian Bilodeau v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-05-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appropriations appropriations-rider controlled-substances-act department-of-justice federal-prosecution medical-marijuana standing state-law |
Whether and under what circumstances the rider prohibits the DOJ from spending federal funds to prosecute criminal defendants for medical marijuana-re… |
| 21-7623 |
Mary Ann Lara v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Section 841 burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-quantity drug-trafficking federal-prosecution mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Government must prove a defendant's knowledge of drug type and quantity in prosecutions under Title 21, Section 841 |
| 21-1135 |
Goyko Gustav Kuburovich v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud criminal-procedure due-process false-statements federal-prosecution fraud jury-instructions jury-unanimity statutory-interpretation sua-sponte |
Whether a district court has an obligation to issue a sua sponte jury unanimity instruction when a criminal defendant is prosecuted for a single count… |
| 21-6122 |
Malek Lassiter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-of-appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal rico rico-conspiracy sentencing standard-of-review |
Whether the court of appeals erred by affirming the district court's denial of Lassiter's motion for judgment of acquittal on the RICO conspiracy char… |
| 20-8292 |
Pete Anthony Tyndale v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing divisibility due-process federal-prosecution reckless-conduct serious-violent-felony sovereign-authority state-prosecution statutory-interpretation three-strikes-statute Whether the life sentence imposed under the Federa |
Does the government have sovereign authority to dictate a particular state's choice in which federal law will be prosecuted other than the state accor… |
| 20-8143 |
Merwin Smith v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-05-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution evidence evidence-rule-404b federal-prosecution federal-rules-of-evidence gun-possession prior-convictions propensity-evidence rule-404(b) |
Whether federal prosecutors can introduce evidence of a person's prior conviction for unlawful gun possession in a prosecution based on police testimo… |
| 20-8066 |
James Hill v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law due-process federal-prosecution federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the federal government may obtain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on the purely local possession of a firearm that has previous… |
| 20-7900 |
Monique A. Lozoya v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aircraft-crime airspace aviation constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution trial-procedure venue venue-statute |
Is the airspace above a State part of that State, for purposes of the Constitution's provisions permitting venue only in the State and district where … |
| 20-7680 |
Jonathan Beasley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government must prove the defendant knew his prior conviction prohibited firearm possession |
| 20-7438 |
Christopher Stegawski v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
addiction chronic-pain chronic-pain-treatment criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-enforcement due-process federal-prosecution medical-licensing medical-practice-standard medical-prescribing opioid-prescribing |
When does chronic pain treatment prescribing to addicts become illegal? |
| 20-1241 |
Michael Paul Miselis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
anti-riot-act civil-rights constitutional-validity criminal-prosecution due-process federal-prosecution first-amendment free-speech overbreadth protest-rights standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2101, the Anti-Riot Act, is facially invalid under the First Amendment |
| 20-7340 |
Christopher Welshans v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federal-prosecution oath-of-office positive-law standing |
Can the United States claim a constitutionally viable cause of action against the people? |
| 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 |
When empaneling a jury for a federal marijuana prosecution in a state where marijuana is legal, must the voir dire be more keenly focused on whether a… |
| 19-1409 |
Howard B. Bloomgarden v. California |
California |
2020-06-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split crime-of-violence double-jeopardy extortion federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation travel-act unlawful-activity |
Whether the court below erred in holding that 'extortion' was both the 'unlawful activity' and 'crime of violence' in Petitioner's conviction under 18… |
| 19-7916 |
Mark Gelazela v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3282 continuing-offense criminal-indictment criminal-procedure federal-prosecution lulling statute-of-limitations time-barred wire-fraud |
Whether after-the-fact 'lulling' allegations extend the statute of limitations for wire fraud beyond the five-year period authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 32… |
| 19-7536 |
James Henry Simpson v. Martesha Bishop, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure criminal-liability criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution federal-rules immunity judicial-docketing prisoner-filing standing statutory-interpretation |
Should a U.S. District Court docket a Criminal Complaint as a civil action? |
| 19-7361 |
Edward Shevtsov v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-decisionmaker circuit-split civil-procedure decisionmaker-test federal-fraud federal-prosecution fraud fraud-statute materiality materiality-standard private-victim reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard |
Whether in a federal fraud prosecution involving a private victim, materiality turns on the misrepresentation's ability to influence the actual decisi… |
| 19-5664 |
Curtis Lee Sheppard, Jr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appeals appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-motivation criminal-procedure Does the application of the 'enterprise profits' t double-jeopardy due-process federal-prosecution jurisdiction pecuniary-gain rico-enterprise standing standing-issue statutory-interpretation vcar-statute |
Whether the trial court lacked the authority to set aside the conviction and dismiss the cause |
| 18-9183 |
Zachary Wayne Jones v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach civil-procedure due-process federal-law federal-prosecution fifth-amendment generic-federal-standard predicate-offense state-statute |
Is it a violation of Due Process under the Fifth Amendment for the federal government to utilize a state statute in the prosecution of a federal law a… |
| 18-9001 |
Steven P. Reed v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
campaign-finance due-process fair-notice federal-power federal-prosecution mcdonnell-v-united-states money-laundering state-campaign-finance-law state-regulation wire-fraud |
Can the federal government convict a politician for complying with a state's ambiguous campaign finance law? |
| 18-8456 |
Roberto Miramontes Roman v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-USC-924(c)(1)(A) acquittal conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy Double-Jeopardy-Clause drug-trafficking due-process federal-prosecution Firearm-Possession firearm-statute Prosecution state-court-acquittal state-federal-prosecution statutory-interpretation |
Did it violate the Double Jeopardy Clause for the United States to prosecute Mr. Roman for the same offense and conduct for which he was acquitted in … |
| 18-1126 |
Mufasa Wilson Sejour v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution hobbs-act interstate-commerce jurisdictional-reach local-business robbery sentencing |
Robbery-of-local-gas-station-for-$200-prosecuted-under-Hobbs-Act |
| 18-7721 |
Laron Darrell Carter, aka Birdd, aka Gardena Pimpin Birdd, aka Garr Birdd, aka Pi Birdd, aka Pi Pimpin Birdd v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure double-jeopardy dual-sovereignty-doctrine federal-prosecution prejudice prejudice-showing rule-48(b) rule-48b separate-sovereign-doctrine separate-sovereign-exception state-prosecution |
What type of prejudice showing is required to obtain dismissal under Fed. R. Crim. P. 48(b) for delayed federal prosecution after state conviction? |
| 18-989 |
United States v. Marvin Lewis |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-offense firearms statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-7451 |
Shane Cox v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
affirmative-defense criminal-procedure due-process due-process-right-to-present-defense federal-preemption federal-prosecution firearms-regulation kansas-law second-amendment short-barreled-rifles silencers state-rights |
Did the district court deny Mr. Cox his due process right to present a defense when it precluded Mr. Cox from arguing to the jury that his reliance on… |
| 18-7143 |
Derian Eidson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1956 18-usc-1956-a-3 criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-prosecution government-sting money-laundering proceeds-definition specified-unlawful-activity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the criminal prohibitions against money laundering contained in 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1) based on financial transactions that 'in fact involvel]… |
| 18-7152 |
Yosnel Bonet v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-power federal-prosecution firearm-possession firearms intrastate intrastate-commerce legal-authority possession second-amendment standing supreme-court-review |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-7133 |
Paul Burks v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-tax due-process elements federal-courts federal-prosecution indictment indictment-elements pretrial-motion statutory-interpretation substantive-law tax-law uncertainty |
Whether the substantial existence of uncertainty in the governing substantive tax law is irrelevant to the determination of a pretrial motion to dismi… |
| 18-762 |
Jaime Valente Pina, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
conflict-of-interest criminal-indictment federal-prosecution plea-bargaining pre-indictment right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-charges state-prosecution |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches before the filing of a formal federal criminal charge |
| 18-6222 |
Donte Timothy Bacon v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
as-applied-challenges class-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure de-novo district-of-colombia-v-heller federal-criminalization federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-regulation guilty-plea interstate-commerce intrastate-firearm-possession intrastate-firearm-sale plain-error second-amendment standard-of-review statutory-interpretation unconditional-guilty-plea united-states-v-lopez |
Whether as-applied constitutional challenges to statutes of conviction are waived by an unconditional guilty plea, and the standard of review |
| 18-5858 |
Lance Edward Gloor v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-31 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
10th-amendment due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-prosecution medical-marijuana rohrabacher-farr-amendment separation-of-powers states-rights tenth-amendment |
Were the Tenth Amendment, Due Process Clause, and the separation of powers doctrine violated? |
| 18-5788 |
James Everett Dutschke v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
biological-agents bioweapon-offenses civil-rights constitutional-separation-of-powers due-process federal-prosecution jurisdiction jurisdictional-ambiguity plea-agreement select-agents separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation statutory-validity subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction treaty treaty-enactment |
Is it constitutional for an Article III judge to act as an Article I lawmaker by rewriting or nullifying existing written law, writing new law or as a… |