| 25-5343 |
Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-13 |
Pending |
Relisted (7)IFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
II. Whether Stinson v. United States still accurately state the level of deferen… |
| 25-5205 |
Jesus Garcia, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-statistics sentencing-commission sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the detailed Judiciary Sentencing Information (JSIN) statistics compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission are relevant to considerin… |
| 24-7205 |
Oscar Pliego-Pineda v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure evidence-standard federal-sentencing-guidelines leadership-role sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a Leadership Sentencing Enhancement Is Erroneous Without Evidence That a Defendant Supervised any Specific Individual. |
| 24-6161 |
Leonard Hatten, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
co-defendant-comparison criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion reasonableness-review sentencing-disparity |
1. Was the sentence of the Defendant unreasonable because it resulted in unwarranted sentencing disparities among his co-defendants? |
| 24-5231 |
Dean Terry v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances-act drug-conviction federal-drug-crimes federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Statutory directives to administrative agencies have one permissible interpretation: "[T]he one the court, after applying all relevant interpretive to… |
| 23-7471 |
Shauntavus Berklin v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure district-court due-process eleventh-circuit evidence federal-sentencing-guidelines gun-accountability sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines |
1. WHETHER CERTIORARI REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL OF BERKLIN'S OBJECTION TO THE… |
| 23-7388 |
Michael Andrew Taylor v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-act federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether "controlled substance[s]" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines §4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the feder… |
| 23-7355 |
Demario Barker v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-calculation hearsay hearsay-statements reliability-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether presumptively unreliable hearsay statements should be permitted in sentencing hearings to substantially increase a Defendant's guideline calcu… |
| 23-7190 |
Trivansky Swington v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-conviction criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been
decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 23-6907 |
Tryton Alonzo Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C… |
| 23-6485 |
Keaton Lamar Shaw v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie policy-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C… |
| 23-6347 |
Trayone Lefferio Bell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-loss administrative-deference circuit-split federal-sentencing-guidelines fraud-guidelines intended-loss kisor-v-wilke loss-calculation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Does the intended loss commentary to the fraud guidelines § 2B1.1(b)(1) violate this court's decision Kisor v. Wilke, 139 S.Ct. 2400 (2019). |
| 23-6314 |
Dana Jahmal Stevenson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review attempt attempt-offense controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether the court of appeal s erred in ruling that a prior sentence for a
violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) qualified as a "controlled substance … |
| 23-6157 |
Mario Alberto Netro-Perales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law circuit-split deference federal-courts federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stinson-v-united-states |
1. The circuits have split over the extent of deference that is to be given to the commentaries to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines after the decisio… |
| 23-6118 |
T'Shaun Omar Jones v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance federal-law federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-construction legal-definition state-law statutory-interpretation vehicle-for-review |
In the absence of an explicit definition, is the definition of "controlled substance" in the federal sentencing guidelines controlled by federal or st… |
| 23-6085 |
Randall Gray Stoneman, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment criminal-procedure district-court evidence evidence-seizure federal-sentencing-guidelines motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure sentencing sentencing-guidelines video-surveillance |
A. WAS THE DISTRICT COURT IN ERROR IN DENYING THE MOTION TO SUPPRESS THE EVIDENCE SEIZED PURSUANT TO THE APRIL 19, 2020 VIDEO?
B. WAS THE SIX LEVEL E… |
| 23-5665 |
Shajuan Orlando Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been
decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 23-5164 |
Ermin Adzemovic v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-07-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-offense federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-range prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines ussg-4b1.2 |
Does a prior drug conviction under a statute that included now decontrolled substances qualify as a "controlled substance offense" to enhance a defend… |
| 23-5137 |
Joshua Christopher Stockstill v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines section-3553a-factors sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness |
Whether the district court ordered a substantively unreasonable 30-year
prison sentence. |
| 23-5114 |
Leroy C. Tate v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-07-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance eighth-circuit-interpretation federal-sentencing-guidelines mcneill-precedent mcneill-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines state-law |
Does McNeill require courts to define "controlled substance" under § 4B1.2 of the federal sentencing guidelines by consulting superseded state schedul… |
| 23-46 |
United States v. Cassity Danielle Jones |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-07-17 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in order for a defendant to satisfy the prerequisite for "safety-valve" sentencing relief in 18 U.S.C. 3553(f)(1), a court must find that the… |
| 22-7900 |
David Wright, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-range prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines state-statutes statutory-interpretation |
Whether the District Court erred by counting a prior conviction for violation of a state statute that had been changed to make the conduct not a crime… |
| 22-7898 |
Anthony Lamart Lawrence v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-conviction eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-7903 |
Denvy Hoffman v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-conviction eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-7814 |
Joshua E. Preece v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-06-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chapter-four criminal-history criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines recidivism recidivist-enhancement relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission |
Do the relevant conduct principles of USSG § 1B1.3 govern application of Chapter Four recidivist enhancements? |
| 22-7806 |
Travis Charles Werkmeister v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-trafficking federal-sentencing-guidelines mens-rea methamphetamine-importation scienter-requirement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether this Court should grant the Writ to resolve a circuit split as to whether the two level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 (b) (5) contains… |
| 22-7755 |
Jerome Williams v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance federal-sentencing-guidelines mcneill-precedent mcneill-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines state-drug-laws |
Does McNeill require courts to define "controlled substance" under §§ 4B1.1 and 4B1.2 of the federal sentencing guidelines by consulting superseded st… |
| 22-7725 |
James Earl Green, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily requires the court of appeals to reweigh the sentencing factors? |
| 22-7690 |
Rodney Raphael Fluckes v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-act federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether "controlled substance[s]" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
§4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the feder… |
| 22-7675 |
Quanathan Naiji Knox Ivery v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-05-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-conviction eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-7526 |
Charles Edward Krupalla v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release |
The United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long list of "standard" conditions of supervised release. Standard Condition 12 reads:
… |
| 22-851 |
United States v. Julian Garcon |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-03-08 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
criminal-history criminal-history-points criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines jurisdiction safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in order for a defendant to satisfy the prerequisite for "safety-valve" sentencing relief in 18 U.S.C. 3553(f)(1), a court must find that the… |
| 22-6212 |
Eric Cain v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (9)IFP |
criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines fifth-amendment jury-trial-right sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment |
After a jury acquitted the petitioner of a firearms charge, the district court relied on the same conduct to increase his sentence range under the Fed… |
| 22-5421 |
Henry Wilke Eilders v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-history drug-conspiracy drug-offenses federal-sentencing-guidelines methamphetamine methamphetamine-distribution relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines |
1. Whether Petitioner's prior methamphetamine related convictions occurring within two years of the conspiracy for distributing methamphetamine should… |
| 21-8099 |
Darnell McConnell, II v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-act federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether "controlled substance[s]" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the fede… |
| 21-8075 |
Ricky Bagola v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-801 advisory-range controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2(b) |
Is the term "controlled substance" in § 4B1.2(b) limited to those substances defined and regulated under the federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S… |
| 21-7891 |
William Ramirez-Frechel v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-05-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion reasonableness reasonableness-review sentencing |
Whether The Sentence Imposed is Unreasonable. |
| 21-7784 |
Idania Renteria Madrid v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3583 consecutive-incarceration consecutive-sentences criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines immigration-detention liberty-deprivation sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the District Court excessively sentenced Petitioner to consecutive incarceration and deprived the Petitioner of liberty within the terms of 18… |
| 21-7510 |
Ramon Lopez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-corrections federal-sentencing-guidelines sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether Criminal Defendants may use the "recently amended"
Compassionate Release Statute [18 U.S.C. Sec. 3582(c)(1)(A)]'to
reduce or correct an exce… |
| 21-7438 |
Tramone Horne v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion judicial-review preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Should the Court require proof by more than a preponderance of the evidence of facts that significantly increase the defendant's sentence range under … |
| 21-7391 |
Isaiah Ramon Henderson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether "controlled substance[s]" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the fede… |
| 21-1118 |
Duianete Moore v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-02-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
career-offender criminal-history criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines juvenile-conviction juvenile-offenses predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Is a conviction committed 24 years ago, when Petitioner was 16 years old, a proper predicate offense for classification of Career Offender status purs… |
| 21-6418 |
Emmanuel Ashemuke v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law circuit-split due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference legal-interpretation plain-meaning plain-meaning-rule sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal courts should defer to the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines when it expands the definition of a term used in the text o… |
| 21-6207 |
Philip Bernard Friend v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review comparable-cases comparative-sentencing criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines juvenile-offenders sentencing-disparities sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness substantive-review |
The question presented is whether an appellate court reviewing a sentence for substantive reasonableness should consider, when presented, a comparison… |
| 21-6078 |
Melvin Jackson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 21-5982 |
Marcus Matthews v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-precedent controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines georgia-criminal-code sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Does a conviction under Official Code of Georgia Annotated ("OCGA") § 1613-30 qualify as a "controlled substance offense" for purposes of enhancing a … |
| 21-5731 |
Sheridan Sisk v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The Guideline applicable to a felon in possession, U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, increase s a defendant's base offense level if a defendant has prior "controlled … |
| 21-5633 |
Roland J. McLain v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-law due-process federal-guidelines federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
1. Does the phrase "controlled substance" in U.S.S.G. § 4Bl.2(b) , including as it is incorporated into U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, include substances that are … |
| 21-5499 |
Joel Reyna-Aragon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof court-of-appeals-division federal-sentencing-guidelines molina-martinez-v-united-states presumption-of-prejudice sentencing-error |
1. Whether an error in applying the Federal Sentencing Guidelines occasions a presumption of prejudice?
2. What is the government's burden of persuas… |
| 21-256 |
Bilal Hamid Love v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard |
Is defense counsel required, in order to provide effective assistance
of counsel, to give the defendant an estimate of the potential guideline
sentenc… |
| 21-5111 |
Joenell L. Rice v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit time-served |
Question not identified. |
| 20-7446 |
Juan Luis Rivera Arreola v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split co-defendant-liability criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense federal-sentencing-guidelines firearm-enhancement reasonable-foreseeability sentencing-guidelines tools-of-the-trade U.S.S.G.-2D1.1(b)(1) |
In order to warra nt a two-level enhance ment for possession of a fir earm, pursuant to U.S .S.G. § 2D1.1 (b)(1), is it suffic ient to simply label fi… |
| 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… |
| 20-6556 |
Harvey Bass v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER CERTIORARI REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMED BASS' SENTENCE WHERE BASS' SENTENCE WAS UNREASONABLE IN LIGHT OF THE S… |
| 20-6281 |
Kevin Lamar Ratliff v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-782 career-offender criminal-law criminal-procedure discretion federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-amendment judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Lower Courts have discretion to reduce Whether the
Petitioner's sentence under U.S.S. Guideline Amendment 782,
regardless of Petitioner's career offen… |
| 20-5975 |
Nathaniel Ruth v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-10-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance drug-offenses federal-sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
1. Does the phrase "controlled substance" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) include substances that are excluded from the CSA?
2. When defining an operative, bu… |
| 20-5915 |
Perry Cortese v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals-court criminal-procedure district-court enhancement federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing |
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| 20-5648 |
Damien Guidry v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines imprisonment-aggregation probation-modification probation-revocation rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Federal Sentencing Guidelines permit the aggregation of a prior sentence of imprisonment with a subsequent probation modification imposed … |
| 20-5278 |
Melvin Whitehead v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
crime-of-violence federal-court federal-recidivism-enhancement federal-sentencing-guidelines intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence negligence-standard recidivism-enhancement state-offense |
1) Where the definition of a crime of violence under federal recidivism
enhancement provisions, such as U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(1), include the limiting
l… |
| 19-8830 |
Justin Michael Oxendine v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion legal-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines upward-variance |
Whether the district court abused its discretion by varying upward when an applicable guideline provision addressed conduct that formed part of the ra… |
| 19-8680 |
Adrian Zitalpopoca-Hernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 circuit-split comparative-sentencing criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
To avoid "unwarranted sentence disparities," does 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6) require federal judges to compare a defendant's sentence to the sentences of … |
| 19-8605 |
Courtland Barnes v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-06-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-sentencing district-court federal-appeals federal-sentencing-guidelines fourth-circuit mitigating-evidence sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the district court's reliance on the child pornography guideline and the mitigating evidence Petitioner offered to the court require the vacat… |
| 19-7561 |
Ramiro D. Ramirez, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
application-note-3(c) application-note-3c court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court federal-sentencing-guidelines mitigating-role mitigating-role-adjustment paid-tasks proprietary-interest sentencing-guidelines supervisory-authority united-states-sentencing-guidelines ussg-3b1.2 |
Whether the Court of Appeals inappropriately affirmed the
district court's denial of a mitigating role adjustment which contravened the
factors and th… |
| 19-7479 |
Brian Price v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a defendant's constitutional rights are abridged when a district court bases its sentence solely on acquitted conduct.
Whether a criminal con… |
| 19-7038 |
Angela Maxine Lee v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 3553-a-factors 3553a-factors appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the above-Guidelines 84-month sentence ordered by the district court is substantively unreasonable under the § 3553(a) factors. |
| 19-6620 |
John Kevin Waldrip v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines special-assessments statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
I. In a consolidated Appeal JOHN KEVIN WALDRIP argued that the district court erroneously applied 18 U.S.C. § 3014 when it imposed a total of $15,000 … |
| 19-6509 |
William Gaudet v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2423(a) appeals-court appellate-review conviction criminal-sentencing district-court evidence-exclusion evidence-rule-403 federal-rules-of-evidence federal-sentencing-guidelines judgment-of-acquittal motion-in-limine prior-testimony sentencing standard-of-review whether-the-appeals-court-erred-in-upholding-the-d |
I. WHETHER THE APPEALS COURT ERRED IN UPHOLDING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL OF THE PETITIONTER'S MOTION IN LIMINE SEEKING TO EXCLUDE THE PRIOR TESTIMO… |
| 19-5987 |
Ronald Richard Brown v. Washington |
Washington |
2019-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-vindictiveness north-carolina-v-pearce presumption-of-vindictiveness reversed-convictions sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act state-courts supreme-court washington-state |
1. Can the Washington State Courts refuse to adhere to this Courts holding in North Carolina v. Pearce?
2. Since Washington State's Sentencing Reform… |
| 19-5613 |
Luis Samayoa-Castillo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines gall-v-united-states harmless-error molina-martinez-v-united-states rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-error |
When the district court expressly relies upon a clearly erroneous fact in selecting its sentence, is the error harmless if there are other factors in … |
| 19-5197 |
Eric T. Roden v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal article-iii-judge criminal-defendant criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion ninth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines waiver |
WHETHER THE NINTH CIRCUIT PANEL CORRECTLY CALCULATED GUIDELINES RANGE FOR USE AT A FEDERAL SENTENCING HEARING. |
| 19-5032 |
Tyrone Felder v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adjudication adult-conviction adult-convictions career-offender criminal-history criminal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation youthful-offender |
Whether New York youthful offender adjudications qualify as adult convictions for purposes of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines career offender provis… |
| 18-9772 |
William Jerome Howard, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
21-usc-841 cocaine-possession controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-offenses federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines felony-drug-offense florida florida-drug-law mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 |
Drug offenses in Florida are unlike most states insofar as in Florida, the prosecution does not have to prove a defendant knew the illicit nature of a… |
| 18-9639 |
Dustin E. Ash v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-06-12 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
circuit-split crimes-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-law-sentencing criminal-sentencing due-process federal-firearms-law federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines reckless-crime reckless-crimes sentencing-guidelines ussg-4b1.2 violent-crimes |
Whether reckless crimes, like Mr. Ash's Kansas reckless aggravated battery conviction, qualify as crimes of violence under USSG § 4B1.2. |
| 18-9499 |
Chad Austin v. Timothy Stewart, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal bureau-of-prisons civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-review retroactive-application sentencing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation time-bar |
1.) Hows Can the Bureay of Prisons make petitioners Federal
Sentence, when petitioner was sentenced on 11/iz/1999
under manttory sentencing Gidelines"… |
| 18-9330 |
Thomas Anthony Hammond v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender-guideline circuit-split criminal-justice criminal-law-sentencing due-process due-process-clause ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause federal-sentencing-guidelines robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
The United States Court Of Appeals has entered a decision in conflict with the decisions of the United States Courts of Appeals for the First and Seco… |
| 18-9245 |
Martin Paul De-La-Rosa v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-history drug-quantity due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-calculation judicial-review methamphetamine section-2d1.1 section-4a1.1 section-4a1.2 sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The Court of Appeals erred by not requiring the District Court to correctly apply the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Specifically, the sentencing cour… |
| 18-9085 |
Juan Antonio Hunter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility base-offense-level criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum u.s.s.g.-5g1.1(a) |
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY DEDUCTING THE THREE POINTS AWARDED THE PETITIONER FOR HIS ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THOSE … |
| 18-8825 |
Timeiki Hedspeth v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-history criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process evidentiary-rulings fair-trial federal-sentencing-guidelines offense-level reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
1. Did the District Court use an incorrect criminal history category to sentence Ms. Hedspeth?
2. Did the District Court use an incorrect offense lev… |
| 18-1277 |
William F. Sorin v. Department of Justice |
Second Circuit |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
' °° ae federal-sentencing-guidelines foia-exemptions foia-improvement-act-2016 government-transparency presidential-memorandum prosecutorial-discretion |
Question not identified. |
| 18-8636 |
Brian Hoskins v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure custis-v-united-states federal-guidelines federal-sentence federal-sentences federal-sentencing-guidelines habeas-corpus plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-conviction state-convictions |
Whether, this Court's decisions in Custis v. United States, 511 U.S. 485 (1995), Daniels v. United States, 532 U.S. 374 (2001), and Johnson v. United … |
| 18-8362 |
Pedro Rodriguez-Cortez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 9th-circuit appellate-review criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines immigration-offense sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness supervised-release |
Whether a combined 70-month sentence on an immigration offense and the underlying supervised release violation was substantively unreasonable? |
| 18-8294 |
Demetrius Fitzgerald v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law deadly-weapon federal-sentencing-guidelines florida-law florida-statute sentencing sentencing-guidelines violent-crime violent-felony |
I. Whether the Florida offense of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in violation of Fla. Stat. § 784.045, is a violent felony as defined by the … |
| 18-8095 |
Enrique Gamino-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER A CLARIFYING AMENDMENT UNDER UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES SHOULD APPLY RETROACTIVELY UNDER 18 USCS 3582(C) |
| 18-7566 |
Pedro Goris, aka Pedro Goriz, aka Pedro Abreu v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-review constitutional-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion reasonableness sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness |
Whether Petitioner's sentence was both procedurally and substantively unreasonable. |
| 18-7304 |
Juan Rodriguez-Mantos v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines fifth-circuit judicial-review reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness supervisory-power |
Whether the impositi on of an outside Guideli nes sentence is reasonabl e
when the district court more than triples the already enhanced Guideli nes
s… |
| 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. §… |
| 18-7126 |
Ishmael Abdullah v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault court-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-guidelines federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-criminal-statute state-statute statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's holding that New Jersey Statute §2C:12-1(b)(2), one of the subsections of New … |
| 18-7068 |
Nelson Figueroa v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi apprendi-rule constitutional-protections due-process due-process-clause federal-sentencing-guidelines jury-trial prior-conviction prior-conviction-exception sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment |
The first question for the Court is, in light of the Guidelines' development into the de facto range of punishment in all but a very small percentage … |
| 18-6812 |
Jack Ferranti v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 criminal-sentencing federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines good-time-credits life-expectancy post-conviction-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b sentencing |
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IMPOSED A DEF'AC']X) LIFE SENTENCE THAT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE STATUTE OF CONVICTION BY CALCULATING THE DEFENDANT'S LIFE… |
| 18-6768 |
Michael Perez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines mens-rea resisting-arrest state-criminal-law statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime |
1. Whether the quantum of force required by the elements of the Florida offense of resisting with violence, Fla. Stat. § 843.01, is sufficient to qual… |
| 18-6737 |
Jose Lopez-Castillo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
booker booker-decision constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent title-21 |
Whether the mandatory-sentencing regime of Title 21 has been abrogated by
United States v. Booker and its progeny. |
| 18-6007 |
Valerie Louise Williams v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines appellate-review criminal-procedure downward-variance federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
Whether The Court Should Grant Certiorari to Provide Further Clarification as to the Presumption of Substantive Reasonableness for Downward Variances … |
| 18-5839 |
James Frederick Rebmann v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines felony-classification plain-reading possession-offenses prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation |
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines require a base offense level of 43 if the defendant is "convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), or (b)(… |
| 18-5072 |
Jill M. Evans v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility burden-on-court-system criminal-procedure due-process efficient-punishment federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines unrelated-offenses |
Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, should a defendant be entitled to credit under the acceptance of responsibility guideline (USSG §3E1.1) if sh… |