| 24-6271 |
Javier Francisco Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach criminal-procedure felony-offense probation-revocation sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
Does the policy statement's text require the categorical approach? |
| 24-5113 |
Steven Alexander Mantecon v. Florida |
Florida |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process felony felony-offense fourteenth-amendment jury jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a twelve-person jury to try a criminal defendant accused of a felony offense |
| 23-5290 |
Littleton William Clark v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-08-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law district-court double-jeopardy due-process felony-offense firearms guideline-application sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the District Court erred in interpreting Note 14(@) of §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) when it applied a four-level enhancement pursuant to §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) fo… |
| 22-1175 |
Xiulu Ruan and John Patrick Couch v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-05 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
agency-rulemaking controlled-substances-act criminal-conviction federal-agency felony-offense jury-instruction jury-instructions medical-practice prescription-authority statutory-interpretation |
Whether 21 C.F.R. § 13806.04(a) may replace the 'except as authorized' requirement in a Controlled Substances Act jury instruction, thereby permitting… |
| 22-5546 |
Jhon Albert Carrizales Pretell v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-09-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process felony felony-offense fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a twelve-person jury to try a criminal defendant accused of a felony offense |
| 21-658 |
Rodolfo Canales, Jr. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Texas |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-standard criminal-law due-process facial-challenge felony-offense indefinite-financial-support statutory-interpretation texas-supreme-court vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether a statute with no definitions, explicit standards, reasonably clear guidelines, or objective criteria that allows a court to order indefinite … |
| 21-6059 |
Terry Jonathan Phillips v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process felony felony-offense fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a twelve-person jury to try a criminal defendant accused of a felony offense |
| 20-7950 |
Antonio Serrano-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process felony-offense illegal-reentry immigration-law prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and hold that a prior conviction is an element of the aggravated form of the ille… |
| 19-8331 |
Jose A. Rodriguez v. Thomas Griffin, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2020-04-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-error constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process felony-offense grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance penal-law right-to-counsel |
Whether the State Court constructively amended the indictment |
| 19-7781 |
John Charles Fortner v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-crimes felony-offense minor minor-involvement minors sentencing sentencing-enhancement sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 2260A require the underlying listed offense to involve an actual minor? |
| 19-5529 |
Kendrick Ledelle Dotstry v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing dismissed-charges district-court-discretion divisible-elements divisible-offenses felony-enhancement felony-offense misdemeanor-elements sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-misdemeanor |
Whether the district court can enhance a sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. provisions under Section 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) when the concomitant felony offense con… |
| 19-5272 |
Pereneal Kizzee v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-appeals criminal-procedure-error-correction criminal-sentencing federal-appeals federal-law felony-offense fifth-circuit firearm-possession guidelines-enhancement judicial-discretion judicial-integrity plain-error plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it refused to exercise its discretion to correct the forfeited error that seriously affected the f… |
| 18-5593 |
Maurice Mitchell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
as-applied-challenge commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felony-enhancement felony-offense firearm-possession preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-standard second-amendment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancement-2k2.1-b-6-b ussg-2k2.1 |
Whether the District Court committed error by failing to sustain the defense objection to the four-level enhancement of the sentence under USSG sectio… |