| 25-6075 |
Derek Muñoz-Gonzalez v. United States |
First Circuit |
2025-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
breach-of-contract criminal-procedure guideline-range plea-agreement prosecutorial-conduct sentencing-enhancement |
Whether the prosecution breached the plea agreement by vigorously advocating, at sentencing, for the application of two enhancements, that the parties… |
| 23-6079 |
Santos David Ramirez-Ortega v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review conflict-with-other-courts criminal-procedure district-court guideline-range holguin-hernandez judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines substantial-arguments |
Whether a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Gui… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 22-6316 |
Kalvin Walker v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court guideline-range harmless-error judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines |
Whether errors in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines are automatically rendered harmless by a district court's statement that the correctness of th… |
| 22-5625 |
Orville Tucker v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
3553(a)-factors circuit-split compassionate-release guideline-range non-delegation-doctrine sentencing-commission sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Did Congress delegate complete authority to the U.S. Sentencing Commission to define extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons for sentence-reduction |
| 22-5097 |
Hidey Diaz, aka Silvio Manuel Amador, aka Celio Alvarez-Carrasco v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
10th-circuit circuit-court-review criminal-sentencing federal-prosecution government-action guideline-range sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-directive substantive-reasonableness unwarranted-disparity |
Did the Tenth Circuit err in concluding that it was barred from considering, on review for the substantive reasonableness of Mr. Diaz's sentence, the … |
| 22-5012 |
Kielan Brett Franklin v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence due-process fifth-amendment guideline-range hearsay hearsay-statements hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reliability |
Is substantive reliability required under the due process clause when a district court relies on hearsay statements to enhance a person's sentencing G… |
| 21-7970 |
Oscar Geovanny Campos v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court guideline-range holguin-hernandez judicial-discretion sentencing-arguments sentencing-guidelines substantial-arguments |
Whether a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Gui… |
| 21-7773 |
Eric Middlebrook v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences constitutional-challenge constitutional-law double-jeopardy drug-crimes drug-offense guideline-range mandatory-consecutive-term mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines |
Does punishing an individual with both a statutory penalty that requires a mandatory consecutive prison term and a Guideline Range enhancement for the… |
| 21-7759 |
Mikkel McKinnie v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 8th-amendment burrage-precedent causation drug-offense drug-related-death due-process guideline-range sentencing sentencing-reasonableness upward-variance |
Whether the Lower Courts Erred in Not Applying the Court's Precedent in Burrage v. United States |
| 21-7626 |
Joseph Martinez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court guideline-range holguin-hernandez judicial-discretion sentencing-argument sentencing-guidelines substantial-arguments |
Whether a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Gui… |
| 21-7443 |
Roberto Arenas-Tellez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court guideline-range holguin-hernandez-v-united-states judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines substantial-arguments |
Whether a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Gui… |
| 21-5634 |
Michael D. Forbes v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-09-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act guideline-range reasonableness-standard section-404 sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review |
Should the reasonableness standard apply on appellate review of a ruling on a motion under Section 404 of the First Step Act? |
| 20-8439 |
Francisco Coto-Mendoza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-review guideline-range judicial-discretion objection plain-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-arguments |
Whether a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range,… |
| 20-7872 |
Jeremy Darnell Morton v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment appeal attempt-offense career-offender controlled-substance criminal-procedure guideline-range harmless-error search-and-seizure sentencing |
Did the court of appeals err in using the harmless error rule to resolve the illegal search and seizure of $8,300? |
| 20-5264 |
Lakento Brian Smith v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing first-step-act guideline-range mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct resentencing sentence-reduction sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Should the district court have held a hearing to consider petitioner's post-sentencing conduct and any other arguments before ruling on the motion? |
| 19-8912 |
Giezi Arce-Calderon v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-07-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process guideline-range guideline-sentence judicial-discretion plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the sentence imposed on Mr. Arce is substantively unreasonable |
| 19-7804 |
Ramon F. Flores v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appeal criminal-procedure drug-quantity guideline-range guidelines procedural-bar sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-amendment |
Whether a defendant is procedurally barred from appealing the district court's original drug quantity determination in a sentence reduction applicatio… |
| 19-6838 |
Joshua Smith v. Sandra Butler, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appellate-review caselaw federal-procedure guideline-range habeas-corpus incorrect-guideline-range mandatory-guidelines savings-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Courts of Appeals have incorrectly interpreted the 'savings clause' found in 28 USC 2255(e) |
| 19-6119 |
Masnik Sainmelus v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court firearm-possession firearms guideline-enhancement guideline-range sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-2k2.1 |
Whether the district court erred in increasing the appellant's guideline range by finding the offense involved 8-24 firearms under U.S.S.G. 2K2.1(b)(1… |
| 19-5465 |
Isela Alejandra Campos v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court district-court-error guideline-range guidelines molina-martinez plain-error plain-error-review prejudice prejudice-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the defendant may rely on the district court's error alone to show prejudice under plain error review |
| 19-5300 |
Fremo Santana v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination guideline-range ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-proceedings |
Whether defense counsel's performance was constitutionally ineffective for erroneously miscalculating petitioner's guideline range which was the decid… |
| 18-9079 |
Steven Dedual, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alternate-sentences appellate-review district-court guideline-range harmless-error judicial-discretion sentencing-discretion sentencing-enhancement sentencing-procedure unsupported-alternate-sentences unsupported-claims |
Can a district court that has erroneously applied a sentencing enhancement shield itself from appellate review by claiming, without providing specific… |
| 18-8498 |
Oryan Yazzie v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process guideline-range mental-health sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness supervised-release |
Is a supervised release revocation sentence of a length more than double the top of the advisory Guideline range substantively unreasonable if the dis… |
| 18-8269 |
Alejandro Casillas Prieto v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-782 chapter-5-part-a criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process guideline-range guidelines life-imprisonment notice offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Does the sentencing judge's oral pronouncement of the offense level 43 control? |
| 18-6347 |
Adam Brake v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burglary criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-counting firearm-enhancement firearm-theft guideline-enhancements guideline-range sentencing-considerations sentencing-guidelines stolen-firearm u.s.s.g-2k2.1 |
Whether the district court erred in applying impermissible double counting when calculating the guideline range |
| 18-5930 |
Timothy Walker v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender double-jeopardy drug-offense due-process guideline-amendments guideline-range post-sentencing-litigation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g. |
Does it comport with the Due Process Clause and the prohibition against Double Jeopardy to simultaneously impose two sentences for a drug offense and … |
| 18-5811 |
Eusebio Escobar De Jesus v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appeals-court criminal-procedure district-court due-process gall-v-united-states guideline-range guidelines molina-martinez-v-united-states offense-level procedural-error rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Appeals Court erroneously concluded Petitioner failed to state a claim, reasoning for want of a substantial question |