| 25-6582 |
Demonya Marquise Swarn v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-01-14 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach crime-of-violence fifth-circuit guidelines mens-rea robbery-definition |
Did the Fifth Circuit misapply the categorical approach by dismissing an elemental mismatch as a mere variation in terminology and misconstruing the m… |
| 25-6424 |
Sherrod Goodspeed v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-12-23 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach crime-of-violence fifth-circuit guidelines mens-rea robbery-definition |
Did the Fifth Circuit misapply the categorical approach by dismissing an elemental mismatch as a mere variation in terminology and misconstruing the m… |
| 23-7512 |
Dallas M. Acoff v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-sentencing district-court due-process fifth-amendment guidelines harmless-error judicial-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court committed error and imposed a procedurally unreasonable sentence |
| 23-7508 |
Matias Zarate v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-05-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process guidelines reasonableness reasonableness-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines seventh-circuit supervised-release |
Whether a sentence within the guidelines range is unreasonable when the defendant has already served more time on supervised release than originally s… |
| 23-7022 |
Elvis Edgardo Molina v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burns-v-united-states due-process evidence-disclosure fifth-amendment guidelines guidelines-range judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-variance upward-variance |
Whether the district court's failure to disclose gun statistics from unknown sources of questionable validity to justify an unprecedented 30-month upw… |
| 23-6904 |
Chance Joseph Seneca v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review categorical criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion due-process guidelines harmless-error judicial-procedure sentencing-guidelines |
Whether errors in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines are rendered categorically harmless by the district court's routine assertion that the Guideli… |
| 23-6461 |
Luis Armando Jimenez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-justice federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Under Rita v. United States, can a district court ignore a party's nonfrivolous arguments for a greater or lesser sentence |
| 23-578 |
Christopher Kinzy v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion gall-standard gall-v-united-states guidelines judicial-explanation rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court can insulate from vacatur a sentence based on an erroneously enhanced Guidelines range |
| 23-6018 |
Calvin F. Currica v. Richard Miller, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-standard brady-vs-maryland criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit guidelines judicial-review plea-agreement plea-bargaining post-conviction-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the decision below should be summarily reversed because the Fourth Circuit substituted its judgment for an erroneous factual decision by the s… |
| 23-6025 |
Deunta Finch v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure guidelines plain-error-review preservation-of-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit |
Has the Sixth Circuit erred by creating a novel doctrine that says, to avoid plain-error review, a criminal defendant must object after the sentencing… |
| 22-6651 |
Michael Vanous v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure guidelines ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion jury pretrial-proceedings sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment |
Was defense counsel ineffective in the pretrial proceedings? |
| 21-8133 |
Gary L. Boyle v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-precedent course-of-conduct criminal-acts criminal-sentencing discretionary-sentencing federal-guidelines guidelines judicial-interpretation same-course-of-conduct sentencing-discretion separate-course-of-conduct united-states-v-booker |
What constitutes a 'separate course of conduct' in the discretionary sentencing context? |
| 21-7666 |
Izell Delorean Grissett, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-04-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi apprendi-ruling collateral-review constitutional-claim criminal-procedure guidelines mandatory-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires the fact of a first-degree murder cross reference under § 2A1.1 to be treated as an element when that finding is … |
| 21-7616 |
Andrew Ussery v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process guidelines methamphetamine sentencing supervisory-powers |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with decisions of this Court on an important matter |
| 21-7519 |
Nathan Lee Tamez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
discretionary-review due-process firearms guidelines sentencing supervisory-powers |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with decisions of this Court on an important matter |
| 21-7357 |
Joel Castro-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discretion district-court-discretion guidelines judicial-reasoning legal-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Whether a district court errs should reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range? |
| 21-7062 |
Michael Devell Smith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
3553(a) criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guidelines section-3553a sentence-disparity sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness unwarranted-disparities |
Whether the district court ordered an unreasonable 24-month sentence considering the facts of this case and the Guidelines sentence range of 12 to 18 … |
| 21-7031 |
Joseph D. Davis v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release court-of-appeals criminal-sentencing district-of-columbia-court-of-appeals federal-procedure guidelines inconsistent-opinions judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-commission |
Whether the opinion of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals concerning the Petitioner's motion for Compassionate Release is inconsistent with oth… |
| 21-6946 |
Gregory Lozado v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
borden-decision circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law felony-menacing force-clause general-intent guidelines guidelines-interpretation sentencing |
Does Colorado felony menacing qualify as a crime of violence under the Guidelines force clause after Borden v. United States? |
| 21-6758 |
Cameron Taevon Jones v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-law federal-law guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-law |
Does the term 'controlled substance offense' as defined in the Guidelines include offenses under state law that are not categorical matches under fede… |
| 21-6454 |
Kyle Leroy Myers v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conversion criminal-sentencing fifth-circuit guidelines narcotics supervisory-powers |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with decisions of this Court on an important matter and thu… |
| 21-5899 |
Joseph Vasquez, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender guidelines individualized-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness substantive-review |
Whether a below guidelines sentence can still result in a substantively unreasonable sentence? |
| 21-5879 |
Dheadry Powell v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act guidelines justification money-laundering resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Under the First Step Act, did the district court fail to provide a sufficiently compelling justification that thoroughly explains its above the guidel… |
| 21-5717 |
Brandon Demon Blackmon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aggravated-assault criminal-law guidelines sentencing statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat constitutes a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2? |
| 20-8347 |
Terron McAllister v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion criminal-resentencing discretion first-step-act guidelines guidelines-range judicial-discretion resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-discretion |
Whether a District Court abuses its discretion in denying a sentence reduction under the First Step Act |
| 20-8215 |
Aaron Walton v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-06-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-law eighth-circuit guidelines inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly found that an inchoate offense such as an attempt is included in the definition of a 'controll… |
| 20-8021 |
Jason Scott Pedro v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guidelines harmless-error procedural-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review statutory-maximum |
Can a significant procedural error be deemed harmless when the sentencing judge uses the statutory maximum as the baseline for imposition of sentence? |
| 20-7931 |
Oscar Segura-Resendez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal constitutional-due-process due-process ex-post-facto fifth-circuit guidelines harmless-error post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-retroactivity |
Whether violation of the ex post facto clause of the U.S. Constitution is harmless if the specific definition of the conduct was done by the court |
| 20-7492 |
Justice Towan Roundtree v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alternative-sentence appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion guidelines harmless-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a Guidelines error is harmless when the district judge issues an alternative sentence |
| 20-7138 |
Patrick Begay v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 aggravated-assault criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion native-american native-american-defendants sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission |
Whether a district court may consider reports generated by the United States Sentencing Commission's advisory groups that concluded the Guidelines for… |
| 20-6261 |
Damien Edward Desjardins-Racine v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act guidelines sentencing |
Does a DGQM0VS OP Astin give rise to an extraordinary and compelling reasons pursuant to [1423] of the Sentencing Guidelines? |
| 20-5983 |
Omar Sierre Folk v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines career-offender criminal-procedure guidelines habeas-corpus pre-beckles section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines statute-of-limitations third-circuit |
Whether the Third Circuit erred in not addressing Erroneous Career Offender Designation under the Advisory Sentencing Guidelines Cognizable under 28 U… |
| 20-5948 |
Christopher Michael Sevier v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault borden-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines remand sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court texas-law violent-crime |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat constitutes a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2? |
| 20-5857 |
Alimamy Barrie v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3582 criminal-procedure discretion federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion retroactivity sentencing sentencing-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether a post-sentencing clarifying guideline amendment is applicable to a defendant |
| 20-5561 |
Craig Edward Hunnicutt, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review discretion federal-sentencing first-step-act guidelines judicial-discretion motion-denial sentence-reduction sentencing |
Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by refusing to review the denial of the defendant's First Step Act motion |
| 20-5507 |
Laci Landers v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure discretionary-review drug-offense guidelines judicial-review reasonableness reasonableness-standard revocation-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines totality-of-circumstances |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial pr… |
| 20-5090 |
Ronald Lynn Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing guidelines harmless-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether Guideline error is necessarily harmless if the district court is presented with the Guideline range later vindicated on appeal and disclaims a… |
| 19-8649 |
Angelo Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process guidelines guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines u-s-sentencing-commission |
Should a defendant be denied a three-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1 when the defendant enters a timely guilty… |
| 19-8263 |
Larry Wesley Brown v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-possession drug-trafficking felony-enhancement guidelines gun-possession sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with the decisions of other Circuits on an important matter… |
| 19-7854 |
Howronda Overstreet v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-procedure Did Ms. Overstreet's waiver of appeal unenforceabl Did the district court commit plain error when it due-process guidelines guidelines-calculation plain-error plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines waiver |
Did Ms. Overstreet preserve her right to appeal the district court's inapplicable guidelines calculation? |
| 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… |
| 19-7663 |
Ryan Douglas LaSalle v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review categorical-analysis congressional-definition criminal-procedure federal-regulations guidelines guidelines-miscalculation plain-error regulatory-definition sentencing statutory-interpretation taylor-categorical-analysis taylor-v-united-states |
Can a court of appeals successfully avoid undertaking plain error review of a Guidelines miscalculation by relying on a federal regulatory definition … |
| 19-7454 |
Kenneth James Barfield v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-32 due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-circuit gall-v-united-states guidelines preponderance-of-evidence presentence-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-watts |
Where the Government offers no evidence at sentencing in response to an objection to a factual assertion in the presentence report that increases a se… |
| 19-7404 |
Joseph James Roe v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process enhancement-factors essential-factor guideline-interpretation guidelines judicial-discretion leadership-role lower-court-guidance sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-3b1.1(a) |
Whether a district court may impose a sentence enhancement under USSG § 3B1.1(a) for leadership role based on a factor not mentioned in the Sentencing… |
| 19-7337 |
Kinney Lee Palmer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aggravated-assault assault crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-law threat |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2? |
| 19-7045 |
Michael Jones v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense guidelines ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense |
Whether the determination of a 'controlled substance offense' under the Guidelines requires the same categorical approach used in the determination of… |
| 19-7042 |
Christian Rosado v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-law guidelines judicial-interpretation judicial-opinions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines state-law state-law-offense statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a state-law offense qualifies as a 'crime of violence' for purposes of the career-offender enhancement of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines even … |
| 19-6650 |
Fidel Rios, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a 8th-circuit criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court downward-variance guidelines judicial-discretion life-circumstances sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines u-s-code |
Whether the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and District Court for the Southern District of Iowa failed to adequately consider the sentencing factors set… |
| 19-6521 |
Marcus T. Simmons v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender criminal-justice criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 guidelines johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (200… |
| 19-6510 |
Timothy L. Douglas v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255f3 career-offender criminal-law criminal-sentencing-guidelines-4b1.1-4b1.2 due-process guidelines johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (200… |
| 19-6431 |
Jose Armando Bazan v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-29 |
GVR |
Relisted (4)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure fact-question guidelines plain-error role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a district court's failure to apply a minor or mitigating role adjustment under the Sentencing Guideli… |
| 19-6113 |
Jose Armando Bazan v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
GVR |
Relisted (4)IFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review cocaine-conspiracy criminal-appeal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing downward-adjustment fact-question guidelines plain-error plain-error-review role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a defendant's claim for a minor or mitigating role downward adjustment under the Sentencing Guidelines… |
| 19-5946 |
Anthony Carl Spence v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritoriality federal-sentencing foreign-conduct guidelines offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a federal sentencing court can enhance a defendant's offense level based on conduct occurring entirely in a foreign country and not a crime ag… |
| 19-5788 |
James Nunley, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-law ussg-4b1.2 violent-crime |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery constitutes a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2? |
| 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 |
| 19-5262 |
Eulos Ceasar Knight v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-error criminal-record due-process guidelines johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-tucker welch-v-united-states |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in requiring more than evidence that the sentence 'might have been different' to establish a due process violation und… |
| 19-5202 |
Doroteo Zambrano-Ruiz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-authority circuit-split federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-review molina-martinez molina-martinez-v-united-states plain-error-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Should the Court address the division of circuit authority over the Court's application of plain-error review in Molina-Martinez v. United States when… |
| 19-5189 |
Michael Tyler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process exculpatory-evidence guidelines liberty post-conviction-relief procedural-barriers sentencing standing statutory-interpretation takings |
Whether the Sentencing Court Erred in Calculating the Defendant's Sentencing Guidelines Range |
| 19-5026 |
Melvin Lewis Andrews v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court crime-of-violence criminal-law guidelines johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervisory-powers |
Should this Court exercise its supervisory powers where a circuit court of appeals continues to allow trial courts to apply 'crime of violence' analys… |
| 18-9803 |
Salvador Galvan v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a appeal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process guidelines procedural-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-2b1.1 victim victim-definition victim-impact |
Whether the district court committed procedural error by considering every resident of the City of Compton as a victim for purposes of its 18 U.S.C. §… |
| 18-9790 |
Alexander Monzoni v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guideline-calculation guidelines judicial-review molina-martinez plain-error plain-error-review prejudice prejudice-prong sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Should the Court address the division of circuit authority over application of the prejudice prong of plain-error review for Guideline error as set ou… |
| 18-9658 |
Eric Daniel Doyle v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing grouping guidelines judicial-discretion legal-calculation procedural-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum total-punishment |
Whether due process requires the correct calculation of Doyle's Guidelines sentencing range |
| 18-1476 |
Randy Lee Carney v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
alternative-sentence alternative-sentencing appellate-review career-offender circuit-split collateral-consequences criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guidelines harmless-error judicial-discretion judicial-error legal-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-error united-states-v-vonn |
When sentencing defendants, some district courts announce that they would impose the same length of imprisonment even if their conclusions of law and … |
| 18-8855 |
Eric A. Hicks v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-error criminal-procedure guidelines molina-martinez molina-martinez-standard molina-martinez-v-united-states prejudice prejudice-standard procedural-default sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the court of appeals' decision conflicts with this Court's decision in Molina-Martinez v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1338 (2016), in concluding… |
| 18-8558 |
Jorge Edwin Rivera v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guidelines judicial-discretion plain-error plain-error-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights supervised-release |
Whether a district court's imposition of a term of supervised release double the Guidelines range without first calculating the range or providing an … |
| 18-8314 |
Jose Nino-Carreon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion guidelines plain-error sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights |
Whether a court of appeals that finds a plain Guideline error should ordinarily find an effect on the defendant's substantial rights if the district c… |
| 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? |
| 18-7872 |
Steven Torres v. Randee Rewerts, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights guidelines habeas-corpus judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit upward-departure |
Did the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erroneously den… |
| 18-7585 |
Lemuel Gay v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-court appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court guideline-enhancement guidelines judicial-discretion procedural-error sentencing-court sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Can the sentencing court's statement—that it would impose the same sentence irrespective of any error in its application of a guideline enhancement—ab… |
| 18-7240 |
Charles Jermaine King, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender constitutional-rights criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process guidelines habeas-corpus recidivism recidivist sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a defendant was properly treated as a recidivist? |
| 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 |
| 18-5538 |
Shawn J. Gieswein v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing guidelines molina-martinez-v-united-states peugh-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-errors sentencing-guidelines tenth-circuit volina-martinez-v-united-states |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit erroneously speculated that the District Court would have imposed the same sentence o… |
| 18-5373 |
Otis Sykes v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process guidelines guidelines-range harmless-error judicial-error molina-martinez-v-us rosales-mireles-v-us sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights |
Whether the defendant's substantial rights were affected by the district court's use of 'additional evidence' in imposing a guidelines sentence within… |