| 25-106 |
Ronald DeWitt Vines v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-07-29 |
Denied |
|
attempted-crime bank-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence force-definition statutory-interpretation |
Whether attempted armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d) and the first paragraph of § 2113(a) involves the 'use, attempted use, or threatened us… |
| 22-7872 |
Carmelita Barela v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
borden-v-united-states circuit-split crime-of-violence force-definition hobbs-act mens-rea stokeling-v-united-states violent-felony |
Whether a Hobbs Act robbery conviction can be sustained where the only claimed use of 'violent force' is coughing and claiming to have 'Covid' while s… |
| 22-7760 |
Todji Kijuan Martin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempt-crime attempt-crimes criminal-interpretation criminal-law force-definition statutory-construction statutory-interpretation substantive-crime supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor use-of-force |
Whether this Court's 2022 opinion in United States v. Taylor is applicable to all attempt crimes particularly when the crime in question may be commit… |
| 20-7087 |
Brian James Holland v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2241 conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency force-definition statutory-interpretation witness-credibility |
What is the definition of the term 'force' under 18 U.S.C. § 2241? |
| 19-6850 |
Ledell Tyler v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process force-definition hobbs-act home-invasion interstate-commerce jurisdiction non-violent-conduct statutory-interpretation violent-conduct |
Whether The Meaning of The Word 'Force' Under The Hobbs Act Provision Encompasses Both Violent and Non-Violent Conduct |
| 19-6623 |
Mario Denane Fultz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
intentional physical force or by intimidation' to include the use of violent criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-crimes federal-criminal-statutes federal-robbery-statutes force force-clause force-definition intentional-force legislative-intent physical-force statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime |
Whether Congress intended the phrase 'by force and violence, or by intimidation' that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the use… |
| 18-6461 |
Gerren K. Love v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines causation-element circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-classification criminal-law force-definition sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-crime violent-force |
If a statute has a causation-of-harm element, does it also necessarily have an element of violent force for purposes of classifying the crime as a vio… |
| 18-5061 |
Travis Horne v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process force-definition johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime |
Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States, 1385 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) and … |