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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 23-7451 | Hector Patricio Galvan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-05-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment congressional-power criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment on its face or as applied in this case? 2. Does the mere movement of a firearm from one st… |
| 23-7293 | Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2024-04-23 | GVR | IFP | 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(¢)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Borne, in light of New York State… |
| 23-6679 | Quaysean Tikii Williams v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2024-02-06 | Denied | IFP | conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process evidence firearm jackson-v-virginia robbery sufficiency-of-evidence | Whether the evidence was sufficient under Jackson v. Virginia, 99 S.Ct. 2781 (1979), to support petitioner's conviction for conspiracy to commit robbe… |
| 23-6260 | Charles E. Linder, Jr. v. Kenneth Black, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2023-12-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-law criminal-procedure detective-testimony evidence evidentiary-objection firearm ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment testimony witness-credibility | 1. Trial counsel was ineffective in violation of his Sixth Amendment right under the US Constitution due to his failure to: (1) object to Detective Re… |
| 23-5920 | Leopoldo Ramirez-Moreno v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-10-31 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation federal-authority firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce scarborough state-affairs united-states-v-lopez | Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because the firearm crossed state lines at some point before the defendant … |
| 22-7155 | Kalid Koron Ocean-Avent v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-03-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-errors fair-trial firearm firearm-possession jury reasonable-doubt | I. Whether the Government proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Ocean-Avent possessed a firearm. II. right to a fair trial. |
| 21-7055 | Eugene Willis v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-02-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brandishing carjacking carjacking-statute criminal-intent due-process-rights firearm ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intent judgment-of-acquittal jury-instructions statutory-interpretation | I. In compliance with Holloway V. United States, 526 U.S. 1 (1991), is an attorney ineffective for failing to argue before the jury the Government f… |
| 21-7003 | Latique Johnson v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | admissibility admissibility-standard ballistics ballistics-testimony evidence expert-testimony expert-witness federal-rules-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence firearm forensic-science scientific-reliability | Whether testimony by ballistics toolmark experts that a particular firearm fired recovered bullets or casings is presently so flawed as to be inadmiss… |
| 21-6769 | Luke Joseph Burning Breast v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-01-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-921(a)(20) 18-usc-922(g) civil-rights-restoration criminal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm firearm-components interstate-commerce rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | Can the government establish the interstate commerce element in a § 922(g) prosecution by showing that a single interchangeable part of a firearm trav… |
| 21-6130 | Brett Allan Corrigan, Jr. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-10-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review clear-error criminal-procedure drug-offense firearm sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review weapon-enhancement | WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT'S FINDING THAT A WEAPON WAS CONNECTED TO THE DRUG OFFENSE UNDER §2D1.1(b)(1) WAS CLEAR ERROR. |
| 21-5766 | Dionte Dortch v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-09-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-amendment criminal-procedure deportation due-process firearm immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining rico-statute simple-possession | I WHETHER thE DUE PROCESS ClOUSE ANC THE SIth AMENdMENT PRotECTS ThE ACCUSEd FROM A PlEA of Guly To MatRial FActs Of SIMple PosSESSION OF CocaINe aNd … |
| 21-5514 | Diandra Marie Harvey v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-08-30 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-3553(f) constructive-possession discretionary-review fifth-circuit firearm supervisory-powers | Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–which affirmed the decision of the District Court t… |
| 21-5182 | Pedro Ray Tejeda v. Minnesota | Minnesota | 2021-07-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | ammunition constitutional-rights criminal-possession criminal-procedure due-process firearm jury-instruction possession trial-procedure unanimous-verdict | I. Must my conviction for Ineligible Person in Poss. of Ammo or firearm be reversed, remanded for new trial and or vacated based on Unanimous Verdict … |
| 20-8421 | Braulio Perez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-06-25 | Denied | IFP | 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 911-call armed-career-criminal body-camera body-camera-footage constitutional-rights'\n'Issue 4 criminal-history criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 2 criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 3 criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 4 enhancement evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment firearm fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-enhancement statements statutory-interpretation witness witness-testimony | 1. Whether Mr. Perez's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when his motion to suppress the firearm was denied? 2. Whether Mr. Perez's Fifth Amendme… |
| 20-8216 | Justin Michael Wilson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-06-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brady-violation brandishing carjacking carjacking-statute criminal-intent due-process firearm firearm-possession intent prosecutorial-misconduct serious-bodily-injury witness-impeachment | 1. In Holloway v. United States, 526 U.S. 1 (1999), this Court held that an "empty threat" of violence is not sufficient to demonstrate that a person … |
| 20-7181 | Quincy O'Neill Taylor v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-02-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm firearm-possession government-burden-of-proof ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dye united-states-v-frady | The Statute 18 U.S.C.924 (c)(1)(A) which states: Except to the extent that'a -greater minimumsentence is otherwise provided by this subsection or by… |
| 20-6189 | Francisco Javier Nunez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-11-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-amendment base-offense-level constructive-possession due-process fifth-amendment firearm firearm-enhancement scienter sentencing-enhancement substantive-due-process | Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment in this constructive poss… |
| 20-5363 | Reginald Jones v. Louisiana | Louisiana | 2020-08-14 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction firearm jury-trial jury-unanimity obstruction-of-justice ramos-precedent ramos-v-louisiana | In light of this court's recent decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S.Ct. 1390 (2020), finding nonunanimous jury verdicts in serious criminal cases un… |
| 19-8773 | Quincy Harrison v. Vance Laughlin, Warden | Georgia | 2020-06-22 | Denied | IFP | armed-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearm jurisdiction vehicle-theft | Vx^W+W -fk* fi-f+K A/vi&mdimior op reunited S^Tcte S Constitv^t)'Double ^Jeopardy (LlauSe, I 5 V l^lcrte^i VJh'eve peWf/oner charged O-nd Con \Jicied… |
| 19-8387 | Robert C. Caldwell v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-05-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | carjacking constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy enhanced-penalty evidentiary-finding firearm public-choice-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation two-strike-statute | The Government seehs to have defendants sentenced under both the CarJacking statute and the firearm statute. The issue befire the Court is whether sen… |
| 19-7409 | Melvin Pryor v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-01-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 2nd-amendment criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm firearm-display physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Do criminal statutes that prohibit angry or threatening firearm displays not targeted at a specific victim qualify as a "violent felony" having as an … |
| 19-6517 | Lynden Brown v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-11-06 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-922g 2nd-amendment bond-v-united-states commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea nfib-v-sebelius rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is … |
| 18-1338 | United States v. Joseph Decore Simms | Fourth Circuit | 2019-04-24 | Denied | 18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness | Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr… | |
| 18-8783 | Daniel R. Kendricks v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-04-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | arrest-warrant firearm fourth-amendment law-enforcement officer-safety plain-view search-and-seizure search-warrant | The Fourth Amendment permits law enforcement officers, already searching pursuant to a valid warrant, to search and seize readily apparent contraband … |
| 18-8739 | Armando Lopez v. Massachusetts | Massachusetts | 2019-04-09 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | ammunition burden-of-proof burden-shifting constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-possession unauthorized-possession | Does the Due Process Clause permit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to shift the burden to criminal defendants charged with unauthorized possession o… |
| 18-7779 | Kenneth William Kirkland v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law destructive-device federal-courts federal-courts-split federal-statute firearm firearm-regulation firearms parts-possession statutory-interpretation unregistered-firearm | Whether a combination of parts designed or intended for use as a bomb can qualify as a "destructive device" under 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(4) and 26 U.S.C. … |
| 18-7612 | Nathaniel Bowens v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) advance-knowledge aiding-and-abetting court-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking-crime firearm firearm-use mens-rea statutory-interpretation | Whether the Court of Appeals' decision below contravenes this Court's holding in Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65, 78 (2014) that in order to ai… |
| 18-6468 | Bernabe Lugo-Santiago v. United States | First Circuit | 2018-10-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-regulation firearms indictment interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden | This case presents 3 narrow and discrete questions for this Court to consider, viz. - what happens when (a) the Government fails to allege in an indic… |
| 18-6352 | Joseph Kelvin Aberant v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-10-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempted-murder cross-reference firearm firearm-offense fourth-circuit imperfect-self-defense indictment self-defense sentencing-guidelines | I. WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN FINDING THAT THE CROSS REFERENCE UNDER SECTION 2K2.1(C)(l) OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES WAS AP… |
| 18-5464 | Jose Benitez, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-08-03 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-bank-robbery closing-argument constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-specification indictment indictment-variance jury-instructions prosecutorial-discretion variance | 1. Does a constructive amendment occur where the jury instructions relieve the Government of proving, as alleged in the indictment, that a defendant c… |
| 18-5314 | Shannon Dale Smith v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-07-25 | Denied | IFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing criminal-statute firearm firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) increases the sentence of "any person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence . . . uses or carries a firearm, o… |