| 23-780 |
Eugene Misquith v. St. Mary's Medical Center |
Florida |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-procedure florida-constitution florida-statute judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdiction-decline legal-process motion-to-dismiss standing |
Did the Supreme Court of Florida invalidate the law itself when it did not assume mandatory jurisdiction? |
| 23-6325 |
James E. Downs v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Florida |
2023-12-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection florida-statute habitual-offender sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether petitioner's 14th Amendment right to equal protection and proportionality of sentence has been violated |
| 22-337 |
Jeffrey Lance Hill, Sr. v. Suwannee River Water Management District |
Florida |
2022-10-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-agency administrative-law county-judge cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process florida-statute florida-statutes judicial-assignment state-circuit-court trial-by-jury |
Whether a county judge can be elevated to permanent state circuit court duty outside his county solely by assignment of a state circuit judge, ignorin… |
| 22-5767 |
Silas Kendricks v. Okeechobee Correctional Institution, et al. |
Florida |
2022-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process equal-protection florida-statute legal-adherence procedural-violation respondent-liability |
Whether the detention of detainees by the respondent is unconstitutional due to the respondent's failure to adhere to the applicable Florida statute, … |
| 20-7101 |
Anthony Jerome Billings, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-split controlled-substance-offense crime-of-violence Eleventh-Circuit florida-statute mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Is a conviction for sale of cocaine a 'controlled-substance-offense' under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) without proof of defendant's knowledge of the illicit n… |
| 19-7314 |
Johnny L. Dawson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
acca acca-predicate-offense actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act drug-offense eleventh-circuit elonis-v-united-states florida-statute mens-rea serious-drug-offense shular strict-liability supreme-court-review united-states-v-smith |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erroneously concluded that Petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug offenses qualify … |
| 19-421 |
In Re William Henry Hamman |
|
2019-09-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights-education dual-enrollment due-process education equal-protection florida-statute home-education procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process |
Does the 14th amendment's guarantee of equal protection extend to Florida's children here, or may the executive willfully break the black letter of la… |
| 19-5480 |
Andrew Dorsey v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-06 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
acca cocaine criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses florida florida-statute possession sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a Florida conviction for selling cocaine, delivering cocaine, or possessing cocaine with the intent to sell or deliver it, in violation of Fla… |
| 18-8911 |
Gerald Humbert v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-22 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
11th-circuit acca acca-serious-drug-offense armed-career-criminal-act certiorari criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense eleventh-circuit florida-statute florida-statute-893-13 mens-rea serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-v-smith |
Whether a Florida drug offense qualifies as a 'serious drug offense' under the ACCA without mens rea |
| 18-8941 |
Sheldon Lamont Jackson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-history elements-clause florida-statute johnson-v-united-states leocal-v-ashcroft mens-rea possession-with-intent-to-sell sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense violent-felony |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously affirmed Mr. Jackson's sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) |
| 18-8380 |
Woodrow Pressey, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (4)IFP |
924(e)(2)(A)(ii) acca acca-predicate armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-enhancement criminal-history drug-conviction drug-offenses florida-statute florida-statute-893.13 predicate-offense prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses |
Whether prior convictions under Fla. Stat. §893.13 qualify as 'serious drug offenses' for purposes of the ACCA, §924(e)(2)(A)(ii) |
| 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 |
Whether the Florida offense of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon is a violent felony under the ACCA and a crime of violence under the Federal Se… |
| 18-7116 |
Lonnie Anthony Jones v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act curtis-johnson-v-united-states denard-stokeling-v-united-states edwin-deshazior-v-united-states florida-statute florida-statutes johnson-definition physical-force second-degree-murder violent-felony |
Whether second-degree murder in Florida is a 'violent felony' within the meaning of the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) |
| 18-6474 |
Tyrone Hart v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act begay-v-united-states categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-offense elonis-v-united-states federal-law florida-statute intent-to-sell mens-rea serious-drug-offense staples-v-united-states |
Is a post-2002 conviction for possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver a controlled substance in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a 'se… |
| 18-5746 |
Kenneth Eugene Nix v. Florida |
Florida |
2018-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arbitrary-enforcement criminal-law discriminatory-enforcement due-process florida-statute statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Is Florida Statute 784.045 impermissibly vague and/or does it encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement? |
| 18-5329 |
Mario Donate Lockhart v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law drug-offense elements-clause florida-criminal-law florida-statute florida-statute-843.01 mens-rea resisting-arrest statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether the Florida crime of resisting an officer with violence, in violation of Fla. Stat. §843.01, is a violent felony' under the Armed Career Crimi… |