interstate-communication

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5072 Khaled Miah v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-10 Denied IFP criminal-law first-amendment interstate-communication social-media statutory-interpretation terroristic-threat Can an online social media post that at most forewarns of a possible future terroristic attack violate 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), if the post does not identi…
20-7243 David Linehan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce interstate-communication statutory-interpretation threat-transmission Whether 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) requires the government to allege and the jury to find that the defendant threatened to injure a specific natural person
18-9435 Steven Jacob Seibert v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Georgia 2019-05-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel interstate-communication jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge restraining-order retroactivity. stalking-statute standing Whether the petitioner's conviction for aggravated stalking was unconstitutional due to lack of jurisdiction, ineffective assistance of counsel, and r…
18-651 Jason Craig Montgomery v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied 18-usc-2422b attempt coerce criminal-attempt entice induce intent interstate-communication interstate-communications minor minor-solicitation persuade sexual-activity statutory-interpretation substantial-step telecommunications-act Does a defendant attempt to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a minor, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b), where the defendant communicates so…
18-5052 Thomas Cureton v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP 924(c) constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence interstate-communication johnson-v-united-states ransom-request residual-clause section-924c unconstitutionally-vague Whether Mr. Cureton's § 924(c) conviction for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated