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25A869 Robyn Abraham v. Abby Leigh, as Executrix of the Estate of Mitch Leigh Second Circuit 2026-02-03 Application due-process ex-parte-communication hobbs-act judicial-bias political-lobbying settlement-funds Question not identified.
25A843 Harold Edward Spencer, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-23 Application circumstantial-evidence conspiracy criminal-attempt firearm-possession hobbs-act substantial-step Question not identified.
25-6477 Warren Harold Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-05 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy double-jeopardy hobbs-act judicial-precedent sentencing Whether Callanan v. United States, 364 U.S. 587 (1961), should be overruled or limited as violative of the Double Jeopardy Clause where petitioner was…
25-6462 Jamaur Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-31 Pending Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether, in light of United States v. Taylor, 142 S. Ct. 2015 (2022), and United States v. Jackson, 36 F.4th 1294 (11th Cir. 2022), Hobbs Act robbery …
25-6137 Devon Chance v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor In light of United States v. Taylor , 142 S. Ct. 2015 (2022), is Hobbs Act robbery categorically a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A),…
25A414 Larry Householder v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-10-10 Presumed Complete federal-prosecution hobbs-act official-misconduct public-corruption quid-pro-quo sixth-circuit Whether a federal public corruption conviction under the Hobbs Act requires proof of an explicit quid pro quo exchange or can be sustained based on ci…
25A383 Devon Chance v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-02 Presumed Complete categorical-approach circuit-conflict crime-of-violence hobbs-act jury-instruction section-924(c) Whether a Hobbs Act robbery conviction qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) based on the categorical approach after Unite…
25A299 Curtis Solomon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-16 Presumed Complete categorical-approach crime-of-violence hobbs-act section-924(c) sentencing-enhancement supreme-court-precedent Whether a Hobbs Act robbery conviction qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) after the Supreme Court's decisions in Mathis…
25-5427 Rufus E. Dennis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP base-offense-level criminal-procedure district-court hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines upward-variance 1. Did the Defendant "possess" a handgun for the purposes of the sentencing court assessing a 5 point level increase to his base offense level, pursua…
25-5087 Tashawn Burns v. United States Second Circuit 2025-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review 1. Is Hobbs Act robbery a "crime of violence" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), a question left open after United States v. Taylor, 596 …
24-7379 Andra G. Green v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law firearms-offense hobbs-act jurisdictional-elements sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) can be used to punish a person for a Hobbs Act robbery when the robbery is not located in § 924(c)
24-1196 Dwaine Collymore v. United States Second Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) consecutive-sentencing criminal-attempt criminal-conspiracy hobbs-act inchoate-crimes sentencing-principles Whether a district court may impose consecutive terms of imprisonment for convictions of attempt and conspiracy under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(…
24-1057 Jerry Peoples v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-04-08 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure drug-dealing hobbs-act interstate-commerce motion-for-acquittal rule-29-motion Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by affirming the district court's denial of a Rule 29 Motion for Acquittal where the Government failed to prove the …
24-6686 Deonta Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law hobbs-act interstate-commerce substantial-effect In order to convict a defendant of robbery of a local business establishment under the Hobbs Act, must the prosecution prove beyond a reasonable doubt…
24-6364 Cedric Cromwell v. United States First Circuit 2025-01-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-liability extortion hobbs-act indian-tribes official-right sovereign-immunity Whether the Hobbs Act's prohibition against extortion 'under color of official right' unambiguously extends to leaders or officials of federally recog…
24-6312 Tisheem Rich v. United States Second Circuit 2025-01-15 Denied IFP crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under § 924(c)(3)(A)
24-6282 Dominique Kevion Drake v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 constitutional-challenge criminal-statute facial-unconstitutionality hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether the statute of conviction, Title 18, Section 1951 (The Hobbs Act), is facially unconstitutional?
24-6141 Martin Garcia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-procedure force-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether Circuits have improperly applied categorical analysis to aiding and abetting's elements under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s force clause and misi…
24-5774 Dwayne Barrett v. United States Second Circuit 2024-10-17 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split crime-of-violence double-jeopardy hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause permits two sentences for an act that violates 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and § 924(j), and whether Hobbs Act robbery quali…
24A363 Terius Thomas, aka Terius Brown, aka Terry Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-17 Presumed Complete attempted-robbery criminal-intent eleventh-circuit hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) for attempted Hobbs Act Robbery requires specific intent or meets constitutional standards for criminal l…
24-5772 Stephen Sewalk v. Valpak Direct Marketing Systems, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-stay due-process erisa extortion hobbs-act settlement-agreement Whether the Eleventh Circuit sanctioned a violation of due process rights by affirming a trial court's refusal to hold a hearing on a potentially exto…
24-5683 Ronald Champney v. United States Third Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach crime-of-violence hobbs-act section-924c third-circuit-court In light of the holding in United States v. Taylor that attempted Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)…
24-260 Anthony Pandrella v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-09 Denied Response Waived criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce loansharking robbery Whether a robbery of a former loanshark victim can establish federal jurisdiction under the Hobbs Act when the victim had previously withdrawn from th…
24-5050 Juan Marquis Holiday v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Does aiding and abetting a completed robbery constitute a crime of violence?
23-1352 Holtec International v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-27 GVR Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action atomic-energy-act circuit-split hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission nuclear-waste-policy-act standing statutory-interpretation ultra-vires Whether there is an exception to the party-aggrieved requirement of the Hobbs Act for an ultra vires challenge to an agency action
23-1341 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. v. Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-25 GVR Relisted (2) agency-review atomic-energy-act hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission nuclear-waste-policy-act statutory-authority Whether the Hobbs Act allows nonparties to obtain review of agency orders that allegedly exceed statutory authority, and whether the Atomic Energy Act…
23-7797 Nicholas Brodigan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-liability force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-elements Whether Circuits have failed to apply categorical analysis to aiding and abetting and Hobbs Act robbery's distinct elements, which do not meet the req…
23A1122 Anthony Pandrella v. United States Second Circuit 2024-06-18 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element Whether a potential or de minimis effect on interstate commerce is sufficient to satisfy the jurisdictional element of the Hobbs Act
23-1312 Interim Storage Partners, LLC v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-14 Judgment Issued administrative-law agency-action hobbs-act jurisdictional-limitations nuclear-regulation nuclear-regulatory-commission spent-nuclear-fuel standing ultra-vires Whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's exercise of authority to issue a license to a private party to temporarily possess spent nuclear fuel at a…
23-1300 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Judgment Issued administrative-law agency-authority agency-review atomic-energy-act hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission spent-nuclear-fuel standing statutory-authority Whether the Hobbs Act allows nonparties to obtain review of claims asserting that an agency order exceeds the agency's statutory authority
23-7679 Thaddeus Rhodes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act jury-instructions property-rights realistic-probability-test statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor Is Hobbs Act robbery categorically a crime of violence?
23-1226 McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-21 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure district-court fcc fcc-interpretation hobbs-act legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
23-7481 Maurice Owen Wiley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy double-jeopardy fifth-amendment firearms firearms-possession hobbs-act Does the imposition of consecutive punishments for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of a crime…
23-7354 Warren Baker v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act Robbery is a predicate 'crime of violence' for 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
23-7014 Stanley Ford v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act mandatory-minimum physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), are categorically crimes of violence under the elements clau…
23A839 McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc., et al. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-13 Presumed Complete agency-deference fcc-ruling hobbs-act judicial-review statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the Hobbs Act requires district courts to categorically defer to FCC interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act without independ…
23-6949 Jose Salomon Madrid-Paz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach criminal-law federal-crime federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether aiding and abetting is a means of committing a Hobbs Act violation under the categorical approach
23-6871 Jeremy Glenn Powell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach civil-rights criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause hobbs-act texas-robbery united-states-v-taylor Does placing another in fear qualify as a threatened use of force under the ACCA's elements clause?
23-6656 Robert Kevin Boddie v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
23-6615 Jason James Veal v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) attempted-murder crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Whether attempted murder with the same elements as attempted Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
23A504 Fernando Diaz Rodriguez v. United States First Circuit 2023-12-04 Presumed Complete aiding-and-abetting criminal-statute hobbs-act section-924(c) supreme-court-precedent vagueness-doctrine Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery remains valid in light of the Supreme Court's vagueness and …
23-577 Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Surface Transportation Board, et al. District of Columbia 2023-11-29 Denied administrative-law circuit-split court-of-appeals deference hobbs-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-question kisor-v-wilkie legal-background procedural-background statutory-provisions surface-transportation-board Whether a court of appeals has jurisdiction to review a Surface Transportation Board ruling
23-552 Ambassador Animal Hospital, Ltd. v. Elanco Animal Health Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split fax fcc-regulation hobbs-act junk-fax-prevention-act marketing telephone-consumer-protection-act unsolicited-advertisement Whether the TCPA's definition of 'unsolicited advertisement' permits consideration only of the content on the face of a junk fax or also permits consi…
23-6065 Tyrone Kevin Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(o) actual-innocence circuit-split criminal-procedure hobbs-act jurisdiction post-conviction post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit's wanton disregard for Taylor and its progeny in erecting an illogical and legally erroneous barrier to relief for § 2255…
23-6039 Selbourne Waite v. United States Second Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery falls outside the definition of a 'crime of violence'
23-5942 Christopher Rayquaz Singletary v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1951(a) 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
23-5469 Peonte Shamar Spencer v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit hobbs-act standing statutory-interpretation violent-conduct Question not identified
23-5426 Christopher Robertson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-robbery constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act jury-instructions misstatement-of-law residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a defendant can be convicted of a 924(c) offense if the defendant was convicted of attempted Hobbs Act robbery
23-5377 Anthony Seides Gaines v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)
23-5194 Andra Green v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act predicate-crime sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
23-64 Bennie Charles Phillips, Jr. v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-24 Denied Response Waived attempted-robbery criminal-attempt criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act mens-rea mere-preparation substantial-step uniform-test What particularized standard should be adopted to create a uniform test for when conduct surpasses 'mere preparation' and constitutes a 'substantial s…
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…
22-1190 Lavelle Hatley v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-06-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split extortion hobbs-act robbery takings violent-felony Whether a prior conviction for Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act
22-1172 Dejuan Andre Worthen v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting attempted-hobbs-act-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the elements clause
22-7638 Jesus Mendez v. United States Second Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-enhancement hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
22-7606 Yvette Crystal Wade v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)
22-7239 Edward Knight v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process felony hobbs-act in-person jury-trial public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error Whether allowing a seated juror to appear virtually via Zoom in a federal felony trial is structural error violating the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rig…
22-7167 Quentin Truley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining probable-cause sentencing Whether the appellant's conviction for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery does not constitute a crime of violence predicate under 18 U.S.C. § 924(…
22-7098 Rashid Turner v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment bank-robbery-act cell-phone cell-phone-search double-jeopardy exclusionary-rule good-faith good-faith-exception hobbs-act search-and-seizure warrant warrant-requirement Whether good faith should apply when law enforcement agency has a policy, written or unwritten, where the officer who conducts a search of a cell phon…
22-6848 Maurice Daniels v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-interference criminal-obstruction due-process federal-law federal-revised-code free-speech hobbs-act public-corruption standing threats-of-violence vagueness Whether the Hobbs Act's prohibition on interference with commerce by threats or violence is unconstitutionally vague as applied to the facts of this c…
22-6791 Jerome Simmons v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy elements-clause fifth-amendment hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment vagueness-doctrine Whether a sentence predicated upon a finding that Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the elements clause in 18 U.S.C § 924 (c) violates th…
22-6586 Reginald Daushawn Earl Tate v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP brandishing criminal-procedure firearm-brandishing fourth-circuit hobbs-act rule-11 sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Court of Appeals properly affirmed the trial court's improper sentencing of the defendant pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(1)(A…
22-6522 Charvez Brooks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process federal-courts hobbs-act ineffective-assistance interstate-commerce judicial-discretion jury-instructions reasonable-doubt standard-of-proof Does a federal district court possess meaningful discretion to define 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' in jury instructions?
22-6468 Herbert Isaac Perkins v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law felony-classification hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the Armed Career Criminal Act
22-6358 Bernard Thomas Edmond v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 924(c)(3) armed-career-criminal-act due-process hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense residual-clause sixth-circuit Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously decided that the petitioner's predicate offense for his Sec. 924(c) is the conspiracy charge an…
22-6194 Jordan Huff v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery pinkerton-liability predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Where 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires proof of active participation and prior knowledge for aiding and abetting, does Pinkerton liability have a role in s…
22-6067 Yazan Al-Madani v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review enterprise fraud hobbs-act mens-rea public-official rico rico-act sentencing-error victim Whether an entity can be both an 'enterprise' and a 'victim' under RICO
22-5919 Devonta Doyle v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-criminalization fourth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-crime morrison-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez Whether the Hobbs Act's jurisdictional element violates the Constitution when applied to the federal criminalization of traditionally local violent cr…
22-5866 Gregory A. Milton, aka G v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 924(c) categorical-approach certiorari-petition constitutional-claim hobbs-act section-924c supreme-court-review united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor Whether a Hobbs Act conviction can support a violation of 18 U.S.C. §924(c) under the categorical approach
22-5535 Eric Kamahele v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-09-08 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act intangible-property pattern-jury-instructions united-states-v-taylor Whether Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a 'crime of violence' under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
22-5538 Kepa Maumau v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act intangible-property statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery categorically qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
22-5477 Tracey L. Brown v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender case-law circuit-split criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act jurisdiction ninth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines Should the Ninth Circuit's decision be vacated due to vacated case law?
22-5451 John That Luong v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied IFP and remand for further proceedings in light of Ta vacate the Ninth Circuit's judgment 18-usc-924c constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence davis-v-united-states hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit section-2255 section-924(c) section-924c taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor writ-of-certiorari Whether the Court should grant Luong's petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate the Ninth Circuit's judgment, and remand for further proceedings in l…
22-5440 Joseph Griego v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states-v-taylor Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
22-5404 Charles Anthony Walker, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied IFP abduction abduction-definition circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure fourth-circuit hobbs-act robbery sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines Whether movement of an employee within the confines of a store qualifies as abduction under U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1(b)(4)(A)
22-139 Sari Alqsous v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response Waived charge-conference confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act mens-rea public-official sentencing sixth-circuit Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in analyzing ruling that Petitioner was not entitled to be present during the Charge Conference under Fed. R. Crim. P.…
22-5235 Louis McIntosh v. United States Second Circuit 2022-08-01 GVR IFP §924(c) criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction forfeiture hobbs-act interstate-commerce rule-32.2 sentencing Whether petitioner's §924(c) conviction based on an attempted Hobbs Act robbery should be vacated in light of United States v. Taylor
22-5170 Cristian Serrano-Delgado v. United States First Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting conspiracy crime-of-violence davis-v-united-states hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery jury-instructions pinkerton-doctrine pinkerton-liability section-924c Can a valid Section 924(c) conviction be based on jury findings that may have been based on Hobbs Act conspiracy, Pinkerton Hobbs Act conspiracy, and …
22-5042 Phillip Shiel v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery is a 'crime of violence' under the elements clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)
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…
21-8253 Silas Lee Sneed v. United States Third Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(8)(a) appellate-review attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence hobbs-act statutory-interpretation third-circuit united-states-v-taylor Whether an attempted Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)
21-8199 Yuri Chachanko, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery predicate-crime predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vacatur Whether the Defendants' convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) must be vacated because Hobbs Act robbery based on an aiding and abetting t…
21-7233 William Sardinas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-01 Denied IFP attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states procedural-default united-states-v-taylor Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence
21-7088 Selbourne Waite v. United States Second Circuit 2022-02-09 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-procedure eighth-amendment hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery are crimes of violence
21-7093 Jameson LaForest, Robert Wesley Johnson, and Keith Marvel Walton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c criminal-law due-process hobbs-act pinkerton-liability reconsider-pinkerton May a defendant be found guilty of a substantive offense based on Pinkerton liability where that offense was not an object of the alleged conspiracy?
21-7034 Jeriton Lavar Curry, aka Cheese v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-procedure district-court-error due-process hobbs-act legal-analysis sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether a Conviction for Hobbs Act Robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the Sentencing Guidelines
21-6929 Rozelle Summerise v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-crime sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
21-6834 In Re Hosea Jackson 2022-01-13 Denied IFP acquittal aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability double-jeopardy fifth-amendment hobbs-act insufficient-evidence jeopardy judicial-precedent Whether judicial precedent concerning double jeopardy defines an acquittal to encompass any ruling that the prosecutions proof is insufficient to esta…
21-6748 Jose Luis Wong v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-30 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts habeas-corpus hobbs-act procedural-default vagueness-doctrine Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence
21-6614 Mario Martell Spencer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law fifth-amendment hobbs-act interstate-commerce sentencing sentencing-enhancement witness-tampering Whether the Hobbs Act, in accordance with constitutional limits, only punishes a robbery when the Government proves that the robbery itself affected i…
21-6625 Derrick Harrell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b) is a crime of violence
21-6605 Jermaine Jackson v. United States Second Circuit 2021-12-14 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of 'crime of violence' excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a)
21-6490 Earl McCoy v. United States Second Circuit 2021-12-02 GVR Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review crime-of-violence fair-trial hobbs-act impartial-jury juror-bias jury-impartiality mcdonough-standard new-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Court of Appeals erred in analyzing the Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to trial by a fair and impartial jury
21-6389 Thamud Eldridge v. United States Second Circuit 2021-11-23 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery attempted-robbery categorical-crime-of-violence crime-of-violence hobbs-act sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-right statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a categorical crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)
21-6232 Jason Stallcup v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does completed Hobbs Act robbery qualify as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)?
21-6176 Dwaine Collymore, aka Twin v. United States Second Circuit 2021-11-04 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(8)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery attempted-robbery crime-of-violence exceptional-importance federal-criminal-law hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery falls outside the definition of a 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)
21-6076 Lukeen Gerald v. United States Third Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether Hobbs Act Robbery remains a predicate crime of violence for 18 U.S.C § 924(c)
21-6071 Aldridge Robinson, et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act section-1951 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act Robbery is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)
21-6054 Benjamin Koziol v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-criminal-interpretation criminal-liability extortion hobbs-act legal-precedent leocal-v-ashcroft ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Should certiorari be granted to resolve the circuit split on criminalizing baseless threats to sue as Hobbs Act extortion?
21-6005 Terrell Hunter v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-statute drug-proceeds drug-robbery federal-jurisdiction federal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-interpretation taylor-v-united-states Did the decisions of the district court and the court of appeals, that the commerce element of the Hobbs Act is satisfied by the robbery of moneys int…
21-5873 Justin Douglas Jones v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence federal-prisoner hobbs-act ninth-circuit physical-force sentencing-enhancement Should the Ninth Circuit have issued a certificate of appealability on the issue of whether conviction for Hobbs Act robbery qualified as a 'crime of …
21-447 Matthew Nix v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-22 GVR Relisted (2) actual-bias categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure hobbs-act implied-bias juror-bias juror-dishonesty mcdonongh-power-equipment mcdonough-standard new-trial new-trial-standard Whether a new trial is warranted upon a showing of intentional or inadvertent juror dishonesty
21-5664 Maurice L. Ross v. United States Third Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)
21-5650 Carl Richard Samson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-13 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
21-5644 Michael Hall v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-10 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3a actus-reus aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-statute force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement violent-physical-force Whether aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery does not require the use, attempted use, or threatened use of violent physical force under 18 U.S.C. § 9…
21-386 Andre Barnaby, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-09 GVR Relisted (2) 18-usc-924 attempted-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act section-924c sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act qualifies as a 'crime of violence'
21-5586 Tyrone Simmons v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-07 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act motion-to-vacate sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery meets the definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A)
21-5457 Brian Fierro v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP actus-reus circuit-interpretation criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force plain-language robbery robbery-statute statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Whether the Circuits have interpreted the actus reus of Hobbs Act robbery too narrowly and against its plain language by requiring violent physical fo…
21-5461 Tyrone Felder v. United States Second Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) cell-site-evidence crime-of-violence hobbs-act intangible-asset new-york-robbery physical-force property statutory-interpretation Is Hobbs Act violence a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)?
21-5332 Efrain Hidalgo v. United States Second Circuit 2021-08-11 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certiorari circuit-conflict circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether attempted Hobbs Act Robbery constitutes a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
21-5326 Juan Marquis Holiday v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-09 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 attempted-crime attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of 'crime of violence' excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a)
21-102 Marcus Walker v. United States Third Circuit 2021-07-26 GVR Relisted (2) 18-usc-1951(a) 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)
21-5097 Johann Brito v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation Is the attempted commission of an offense, like Hobbs Act robbery, automatically and categorically a crime of violence, whether or not the substantial…
21-5112 David Starks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Is the attempted commission of an offense, like Hobbs Act robbery, automatically and categorically a crime of violence, whether or not the substantial…
21-5081 James Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied IFP campaign-contributions evans-v-united-states explicit-quid-pro-quo extortion hobbs-act hobbs-act-extortion honest-services-fraud official-right overrule quid-pro-quo under-color-of-official-right When-campaign-contributions-are-not-at-issue,-the-quid-pro-quo-need-not-be-explicit
21-5057 Lance Lamont Lavert v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied IFP circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act property-rights robbery statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery is necessarily violent
21-5066 Aquabeus Moore v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment 924(c)-enhancement crime-of-violence eighth-amendment equal-protection first-step-act fourteenth-amendment hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery Whether Petitioner's conviction of Hobbs Act Robbery constitutes a 'crime of violence' considering new case law and the passage of the First Step Act?
21-5028 David Copes, aka David Henderson-Copes v. United States Third Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a predicate crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
21-5013 Arnold Council v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-07-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) accomplice-liability crime-of-violence criminal-law direct-liability elements-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the elements clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) as to either direct or accomplice l…
20-8469 Lamont Benedict Nelson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 borden-standard borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to permit the lower court to consider whether a conviction for Hobbs Act robbery under 18…
20-8452 Keith Lamar Lott, aka Kevin Moore v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 borden-standard borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to permit the lower court to consider whether a conviction for Hobbs Act robbery under 18…
20-8372 Martez Howard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-21 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Is the attempted commission of an offense, like Hobbs Act robbery, automatically and categorically a crime of violence, whether or not the substantial…
20-8285 Enrique Hurtado v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-armed-bank-robbery hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether the Circuits have interpreted the actus reus of Hobbs Act robbery too narrowly by requiring violent physical force as an element of the offens…
20-8275 Paul Xavier Espinoza v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actus-reus circuit-split criminal-law hobbs-act plain-language robbery robbery-definition statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Whether the Circuits have interpreted the actus reus of Hobbs Act robbery too narrowly and against its plain language by requiring violent physical fo…
20-8256 Terry Alonzo Wilson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting civil-rights conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act Whether the lower court clearly abused its discretion and prejudiced the petitioner by materially objecting to the charged Hobbs Act offense as a non-…
20-1676 Public Watchdogs v. Southern California Edison Company, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process hobbs-act nrc-licensees nuclear-power nuclear-waste price-anderson-act regulatory-authority state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Hobbs Act deprives a federal district court of subject matter jurisdiction over state law and Price-Anderson Act claims asserted by a priv…
20-7998 Tuan Ngoc Luong v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commercial-transaction craigslist criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-robbery Does Hobbs Act jurisdiction extend to a local robbery of a local individual not engaged in interstate commerce or any federally regulated activity, by…
20-1459 United States v. Justin Eugene Taylor Fourth Circuit 2021-04-16 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of 'crime of violence' excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a)
20-7749 Eric Kamahele v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-04-14 GVR IFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process force-clause hobbs-act intangible-property reckless reckless-conduct statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)'s force clause
20-7750 Kepa Maumau v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-04-14 GVR IFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process force-clause hobbs-act jury-instructions reckless reckless-conduct Whether Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)'s 'force clause'
20-7610 Jose Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-30 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(3) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether an attempted Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951) qualifies as a categorical 'crime of violence' for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)
20-7497 Kevin Reid v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-18 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act negligence predicate-offense statutory-interpretation surplusage Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act qualifies as a 'crime of violence'
20-7417 Allen Pace, III v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-7430 Carlos Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act predicate-offense robbery-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether a completed Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a predicate crime of violence
20-7402 Sylas Glenn Brownridge v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-7404 De Andre Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act individual-victim interstate-commerce intra-state-robbery mandatory-sentencing robbery software-purchase Whether the intra-state robbery of an individual satisfies the interstate commerce nexus sufficient for a Hobbs Act prosecution
20-7412 Anthony W. Gardner v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-statutes force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-crimes statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-7383 Jorge Zamora-Suarez, aka Pedro Moncada v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-7393 Edward Coleman, aka Keith, aka Tiny Keith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-7322 Kelsey Videl Coffee v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aiding-and-abetting conspiracy criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process hobbs-act jury-instructions Whether Petitioner Is Actually Innocent Of Counts 4-8, Based On Conspiracy To Hobbs Act Robbery And Aiding And Abetting Hobbs Act Robbery
20-7305 Larry Daniel Harris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-statute hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery negligence physical-force predicate-conviction property-injury statutory-interpretation whether-a-conviction-for-hobbs-act-robbery-qualifies-as-a-crime-of-violence-under-18-usc-924c3a
20-7244 Melvin Landry, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery as defined by Title 18 U.S.C. §1951(b)(1) is a 'crime of violence' within the meaning of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(a)
20-7183 Shameke Walker v. United States Second Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery identification-evidence jury-instruction plain-error violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery constitutes a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
20-7024 Randy Macario Ancheta v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing due-process hobbs-act mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-6966 Charles Eloys Johnson, aka Adam White v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error substantial-rights Whether an acknowledged instructional error requires reversal where a reviewing court cannot determine if the jury based its verdict on the legally er…
20-6967 Justin Loper v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge conviction crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in dismissing the appeal where the conviction and sentence were unconstitutional because Hobbs Act robbery is not a…
20-1000 Monico Dominguez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-01-26 GVR Relisted (4) 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(8)(A) attempted-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act qualifies as a 'crime of violence'
20-6909 Brian Gale v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law district-court due-process elements-clause hobbs-act residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence'
20-6493 Neelam Uppal v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC Florida 2020-12-01 Denied IFP abuse-of-authority bias civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process foreclosure hobbs-act judicial-bias standing Whether a litigant is deprived of due process of law
20-6418 Michael A. Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting brandishing brandishing-firearm conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentence-reduction sentencing supreme-court-precedent Whether the petitioner is entitled to a sentence reduction after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting bra…
20-6272 Domonic Devarrise Usher v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-10 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-6148 Smith Merinord v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 924(c)-statute brandishing criminal-justice-reform direct-appeal firearms-offense first-step-act hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the First Step Act applies to cases pending on direct appeal at the time of its enactment
20-5861 Alijah Jaquez Mitchell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime weapons-offense Whether a Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
20-5672 David Kareem Turpin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c3a crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts force-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery, which can be committed by putting another in fear of future injury to himself, his property, or even his intangible propert…
20-308 La Boom Disco, Inc. v. Radames Duran Second Circuit 2020-09-09 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-court-interpretation federal-communications-commission hobbs-act human-intervention random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-definition telephone-consumer-protection-act Does the statutory definition of ATDS encompass any device that can 'store' telephone numbers, even if the device does not 'us[e] a random or sequenti…
20-5620 Ivan Soto-Barraza and Jesus Lionel Sanchez-Meza v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP consent conspiracy constructive-amendment criminal-procedure extortion hobbs-act jury-instructions robbery Can a conviction for conspiracy to commit robbery and attempted interference with commerce by robbery stand if the jury was instructed on the elements…
20-294 Lamont Kortez Gaines v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process equipoise evidence evidence-standard hobbs-act motion-for-acquittal standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether a trial court must grant a motion for acquittal when, in viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the evidence pro…
20-5347 Bakari McCant v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 attempt crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element of the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as 'a crime of vio…
20-149 Cheryl D. Uzamere v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied antitrust civil-rights court-corruption due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech genocide hobbs-act new-york-state-law Whether New York State Law S2942—A is unconstitutional
20-5245 Victor John Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act attempt attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as 'a crime of violen…
20-60 Sheldon Silver v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) appeals-court bribery criminal-law due-process extortion harmless-error hobbs-act public-official Can a public official be convicted of bribery absent proof of an agreed exchange with the alleged bribe payor, based solely on his unexpressed, unilat…
20-5144 Rykeith Andre Levatte v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement violent-felony Whether, categorically, aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery is a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act's (ACCA) elements clause, 18 U…
19-8914 Bobby W. Ferguson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law criminal-liability defendant-conduct due-process economic-loss extortion fear-definition hobbs-act statutory-construction statutory-interpretation victim-state-of-mind Hobbs Act extortion definition
19-8828 Michael Jerald Leggett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-crimes attempted-offense crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act specific-intent statutory-interpretation substantial-step violent-crimes Whether attempted commission of an offense categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause
19-8582 Brandon Lee Edwards v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a attempted-offense crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery james-v-united-states specific-intent substantial-step Is the attempted commission of an offense, like Hobbs Act robbery, automatically and categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'…
19-8568 James Stephen Thorpe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-prosecution due-process hobbs-act home-invasion interstate-commerce private-residence robbery targeting-rule Whether the United States Court of Appeals properly held that there exists an interstate commerce connection for a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 an…
19-1317 Efrain Areizaga v. ADW Corporation Fifth Circuit 2020-05-28 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts attorney-client-privilege constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hobbs-act mediation-confidentiality retaliation subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the United States court of appeals affirm a decision that exceeds their authority and lacks subject matter jurisdiction
19-1282 Avery Terry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-924c appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal-waiver due-process force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime Whether the court of appeals erred in dismissing the appeal pursuant to an invalid appeal waiver
19-8240 Richard Valentini v. United States First Circuit 2020-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction criminal-statute extortion hobbs-act personal-gain property-deprivation property-transfer statutory-interpretation third-party third-party-transfer Does a Hobbs Act conviction require the perpetrator to acquire the victim's property?
19-8188 Anthony Wayne Hamilton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence hobbs-act ninth-circuit-conflict physical-confrontation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-florida Whether a Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
19-8053 Daniel Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law hobbs-act property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b) is categorically a 'crime of violence' as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
19-8043 Christopher Lamont Steward v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 924(c)-conviction categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is categorically a 'crime of violence' that may serve as a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(…
19-8002 Humberto Herrera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction federal-crime federal-offense federalism hobbs-act interstate-commerce retail-robbery stirone-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states Whether the Hobbs Act makes the robbery of any retail store that engages in interstate commerce a federal offense
19-7824 Dexter Fisher v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure firearm-brandishing hobbs-act section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Fisher's § 924(c) convictions for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the Hobbs Act robbery offenses …
19-7776 Mickel L. Marzouk v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause fair-sentencing-act fourth-circuit hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioner's sentence on the second § 924(c) conviction and twenty-five year sentence enhancement was incorrectly affirmed
19-7661 Redinel Dervishaj, aka Redi, aka Red v. United States Second Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c)(3)(A) appellate-review crime-of-violence extortion federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-threat second-circuit title-18 title-18-924(c)(3)(a) Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in determining that the underlying offense of Hobbs Act extortion, threatening physical violence in …
19-7539 Shamir Kane v. United States Third Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-joinder federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence hobbs-act joinder severance witness-tampering Did the Court of Appeals err in upholding the District Court's joinder of counts related to one Hobbs Act robbery and witness tampering with unrelated…
19-7458 Kaleb Jermaine Myers v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts federal-criminal-law hobbs-act legal-standard statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)
19-912 Albert T. Robles v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bribery campaign-contribution campaign-contributions federal-officials federal-statute first-amendment hobbs-act quid-pro-quo Whether conviction of a federal bribery charge against a state or local official under 18 U.S.C. § 666 requires proof of a quid pro quo where the alle…
19-7334 Edgardo Diaz-Cestary v. United States First Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) categorical-approach categorical-qualification criminal-statute elements-clause hobbs-act johnson-i johnson-standard physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether force required to commit Hobbs Act robbery satisfies the physical force standard of Johnson I to categorically qualify the elements clause of …
19-7261 Gibron Lopez v. United States Second Circuit 2020-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP co-conspirator criminal-procedure criminal-relationship criminal-relationship-development evidence evidence-admissibility evidence-rule-404(b) hobbs-act inextricably-intertwined-evidence intimate-relationship narcotics-sales relationship rule-404(b) rule-404b sexual-relationship trust trust-relationship Where evidence of prior narcotics sales was introduced at trial to establish both a relationship of trust among co-conspirators, as well as how their …
19-7072 Tyrone Walker v. United States Second Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) actual-or-threatened-force crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act physical-force property-crime property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states Whether the substantive offense of Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a 'crime of violence' for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
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
19-6707 Ricky Lee Tyndall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process element-of-force federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-damage property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s force clause is unconstitutionally vague due to the inclusion of 'physical force against property' as a basis for a…
19-6306 Jonathan Mota v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied IFP circuit-split commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act interstate-commerce ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Hobbs Act requires an actual impact on interstate commerce or merely a potential/probable impact
19-6076 Tamela M. Lee v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied IFP constituent-contacts constitutional-limits criminal-conviction federal-officials government-contact hobbs-act honest-services mcdonnell-v-united-states municipal-officials official-act Can a county official be convicted of Honest Services and Hobbs Act violations for contacting federal and municipal officials on behalf of constituent…
19-5888 David Tkhilaishvili v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict criminal-procedure due-process extortion hobbs-act interstate-commerce legal-nexus property-rights property-transfer third-party Whether the government may sustain a Hobbs Act extortion charge based on evidence that the defendant 'obtained' property for the benefit of a third pa…
19-176 R. David Weisskopf v. Jewish Agency for Israel, et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response Waived aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting anti-filing-injunction circuit-split civil-rights domestic-injury extortion extraterritorial hobbs-act mail-fraud rico rico-act Whether the appellate court below erroneously held, in conflict with the decisions of this Court, and in a three-way split with the Third Circuit and …
19-5311 Ivaylo Dodev v. Bank of New York Mellon Arizona 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review arizona-court-of-appeals arizona-rules-of-civil-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure,eviction,dismissal,arizona-rules-o criminal-law due-process eviction eviction-proceedings federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act judicial-discretion rule-41 second-amendment united-states-v-davis voluntary-dismissal Whether Mr. Burke's § 924(c) conviction is invalid Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One abused its discretion by not ruling on the applicability of Rule 41(a)(1) of the Arizona Rules of C…
19-5312 Kenneth H. Burke, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms-offense hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review violent-crime Whether Mr. Burke's § 924(c) conviction is invalid in light of United States v. Davis
19-5172 Jesus Hilario-Bello v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process economic-loss fair-trial hobbs-act intangible-asset judicial-intervention physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) because it can be committed without using physical force, by causing the …
19-5124 Arthur Durham v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process economic-harm federal-sentencing force-clause hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states retroactivity statutory-interpretation violent-crime welch-v-united-states Whether Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
19-5061 Akeem Young v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-law-procedure fifth-amendment hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether the least culpable means of committing a violation under 18 U.S.C. 1951 qualify as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B)
18-9725 Jose Munoz v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-law-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidentiary-rule hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement vagueness Whether the definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-9673 George Djura Jakubec v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split courts-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-bank-robbery hobbs-act legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18A1245 Michael St. Hubert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-31 Presumed Complete circuit-court-procedure crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act precedential-value second-successive-motion Whether a published three-judge panel order issued in a second or successive § 2255 motion application constitutes binding precedent for direct appeal…
18-1434 United States v. Pablo Lovo and Joel Sorto District of Columbia 2019-05-15 Denied 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-9244 Danny Herrera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-13 GVR IFP and whether a conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robb 18-usc-924 conspiracy constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-vagueness vagueness Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-1338 United States v. Joseph Decore Simms Fourth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied 18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-8898 Melinda J. Campbell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-prosecution economic-harm hobbs-act hobbs-act,economic-harm,criminal-law,mens-rea,prec mens-rea precedent sixth-circuit supreme-court-precedent wrongful-conduct Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals disregarded this Court's established precedent set forth in United States v. Enmons, 410 U.S. 396 (1973), a…
18-8642 DeJuan Leshae Hill v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-offense habeas-corpus hobbs-act post-conviction-relief sentencing tenth-circuit unconstitutionality Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in failing to address the unconstitutionality of use and carry of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offenses, in rela…
18-8603 Gralyn Leon White v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting brandishing consecutive-sentences criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit first-step-act hobbs-act united-states-v-lewis Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err by failing to apply the holdings of United States v. Lewis, 907 F.3d 891, 894-95 (5 Cir. 2018) to Hobbs Act…
18-8329 Aristides Duartez, Jr., aka Aristedes Duartez, Jr. v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the elements cause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(A)
18-1126 Mufasa Wilson Sejour v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution hobbs-act interstate-commerce jurisdictional-reach local-business robbery sentencing Robbery-of-local-gas-station-for-$200-prosecuted-under-Hobbs-Act
18-7996 Emory Watkins v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-conspiracy residual-clause statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause at 18 USC Sec. 924 (c) (3) (B) is void for vagueness
18-7204 Julio Rolon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied IFP Alleyne alleyne-v-united-states Almendarez-Torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states Apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey crimes-of-violence Dimaya due-process hobbs-act Johnson-II johnson-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya Whether the mandatory life sentence for a reverse sting Hobbs Act robbery case with no actual drugs should be overturned based on conflicts with Supre…
18-7176 Jose A. Garcia-Ortiz v. United States First Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property pattern-jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery can be a categorical 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) when pattern jury instructions extend it to causing …
18-7036 Frank Richardson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-14 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-6914 Daniel Rojas v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law force hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states physical-force section-2255 section-924c sentencing violent-crime What amount of force satisfies the definition of 'physical force' under Johnson v. United States?
18-6808 Harlem Suarez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-power criminal-procedure eighth-amendment first-time-offender hobbs-act interstate-commerce proportionality taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons-of-mass-destruction Whether the federal offense of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, 18 U.S.C. § 2332a, only requires a de minimis effect on interstate comme…
18-6809 Desmond Camp v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act Hobbs-Act-robbery physical-violence residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness May Hobbs Act robbery serve as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
18-669 Shane M. Gates v. Walter Reed, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response Waived civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process hobbs-act insurance-interference malicious-prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct substantive-due-process Whether a District Attorney violated the Hobbs Act and denied due process by prosecuting a misdemeanor case at the behest of a liability insurer
18-518 Charles G. Kinney v. Clerk, Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-19 Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights clean-water-act color-of-law due-process federal-clean-water-act free-speech hobbs-act honest-services judicial-discretion professional-speech state-nuisance-law Whether the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in dismissing Kinney's appeals, violating his First Amendment rights and depriving him of due process,…
18-504 Charles G. Kinney v. Roger W. Boren, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment Hobbs-Act Janus judicial-misconduct NIFLA professional-speech section-1983 vexatious-litigant Issue being raised
18-510 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele R. Clark, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process federal-law free-speech hobbs-act judicial-discretion professional-speech state-court-proceedings vexatious-litigant Whether the dismissal of multiple appeals was an abuse of discretion to cover up violations of federal law and civil rights
18-6346 Mark A. Dubarry v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a 'crime of violence' under the 'force clause' of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
18-6302 Francisco Melgar-Cabrera v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-felony predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
18-6232 Dion Dakota Johnson v. United States Third Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c categorical-approach categorical-approach-18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation third-circuit vagueness Does the categorical approach apply in determining whether an offense is a crime of violence' for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)?
18-431 United States v. Maurice Lamont Davis and Andre Levon Glover Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-373 Floyd Rose v. United States Second Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied atm atm-robbery circuit-split commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-law federal-criminal-law fifth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce robbery second-circuit Whether the Second Circuit erred by holding, in direct conflict with the Fifth Circuit, that a robbery in which an individual victim is forced to with…
18-5890 Mark D. Whitfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law force hobbs-act property robbery statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force violent-crime Whether jurists of reason could debate whether robbery under the Hobbs Act possesses the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force against the pe…
18-5866 Nathan Mosley v. United States Third Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. 1951 qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
18-5840 George Stoney v. United States Third Circuit 2018-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c3a categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Under the categorical approach, does a Hobbs Act conviction qualify as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
18-160 Charles G. Kinney v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Ninth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion civil-rights civil-rights-violation civil-rights-violations due-process first-amendment hobbs-act honest-services judicial-discretion pre-filing-order prosecutorial-acts prosecutorial-misconduct Did this Ninth Circuit panel abuse its discretion in issuing a global pre-filing review order against Kinney?
18-5269 Michael St. Hubert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-16(b) 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-5194 Teofil Brank v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-875d criminal-law extortion hobbs-act reputation reputational-harm rule-of-lenity scheidler-v-now statutory-interpretation Whether threats to reputational harm fall within the ambit of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951
18-5074 Clifton McLean, aka Little Clif v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 922(g)(1) 924(c) crimes-of-violence due-process entrapment firearm-possession hobbs-act interstate-commerce Did the trial court unconstitutionally deny Petitioner's request for an entrapment instruction?