guidelines-calculation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A456 Marquis Melton v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-21 Application appellate-review circuit-split firearm-possession guidelines-calculation harmless-error sentencing-guidelines Whether the Eighth Circuit's harmless error analysis in sentencing guidelines calculations improperly prevents meaningful appellate review and conflic…
23-5995 Jake Messer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion character-testimony commerce-clause federal-kidnapping-statute guidelines-calculation interstate-commerce noneconomic-violent-crime procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the Sixth Circuit's interpretation of the Federal Kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(), as applied to Petitioner, exceeded Congressional …
21-6390 Marcial Carrillo-Serna v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-error guidelines-calculation molina-martinez-v-united-states ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review plain-error plain-error-review prejudice sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights When the district court fails to calculate the guideline range at sentencing, whether the defendant may rely on the district court's error alone to sh…
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?
19-5027 Eddie David Cox v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rehaif-v-united-states,sentenci double-jeopardy eighth-circuit guidelines-calculation procedural-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states resentencing section-2241 sentencing sentencing-review Should the Court GVR the judgment of the Eighth Circuit so the appeals court may consider, whether Cox is entitled to relief from his conviction in li…
18-6729 Jesus Santiago v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure district-court due-process guidelines-calculation guidelines-range judicial-discretion sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines upward-variance Whether a circuit court can competently conclude that the Sentencing Guidelines were immaterial to a district court's sentencing determination