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24-63 Kalvin Schanz v. City of Otsego, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights degree-of-aid fair-housing-act interference intimidation protected-activity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Fair Housing Act's prohibition on intimidation or interference with a person who has 'aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise…
23-553 William Clark Turner v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction flight-attendant free-speech intimidation jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Did the inclusion of multiple alternative definitions of 'intimidate' within the jury instructions for the charged violation of 49 U.S.C. section 4650…
22-7045 John Leendert Oskam v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus bank-robbery criminal-law criminal-statute intimidation mens-rea physical-force supreme-court-precedent Does the element of 'intimidation' in the crime of federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113 require the use, attempted use, or threatened use of ph…
22-5278 Jordan Jenkins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-conflict circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process force force-or-intimidation intimidation property-rights property-taking robbery statutory-interpretation Whether generic robbery requires the taking of property from another person or from the immediate presence of another person by force or by intimidati…
21-1556 Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance, Inc., et al. v. Zhang Jingrong, et al. Second Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied commerce-clause congress-authority congressional-power federal-jurisdiction freedom-of-access-to-clinic-entrances-act intimidation lopez-morrison-test places-of-worship religious-worship statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether 18 U.S.C. § 248(a)(2) is unconstitutional as exceeding Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause
21-1263 Marvin Gerber v. Henry Herskovitz, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived anti-israel anti-jewish first-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-of-religion harassment intimidation judicial-review religious-freedom speech-restriction Whether the First Amendment's guarantee of the free exercise of religion requires restriction adjacent to a house of worship of harassing and intimida…
21-5611 In Re Andrew James Johnston 2021-09-08 Dismissed IFP attempted-crime bank-robbery civil-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process intimidation jury-instructions prosecutorial-discretion Whether the district court erred in instructing the jury on the elements of attempted bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) when the evidence did not…
21-297 Travis Croft v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response Waived armed-career-criminal-act carjacking categorical-approach force-clause fourth-circuit intimidation south-carolina statutory-interpretation Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in concluding that a conviction for South Carolina carjacking is categorically a crime of violence under the Armed Ca…
21-5319 John Louis Devencenzi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking circuit-split crime-of-violence intimidation mandatory-minimum-sentences physical-force residual-clause statutory-interpretation Whether the Circuits have interpreted the actus reus of federal carjacking too narrowly by requiring the threat of violent physical force as an elemen…
20-7223 Angelo C. Douglas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery crime-of-violence davis-precedent federal-criminal-law force-and-violence intimidation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether petitioner's argument under United States v. Davis, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019), deserves closer scrutiny
20-7081 Nijul Quadir Alexander v. United States Third Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c bank-robbery crime-of-violence element-clause general-intent intimidation sentencing-enhancement Did the Third Circuit err in holding that Federal Bank Robbery is a Crime of Violence under the Element Clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A)
20-6840 Frederick D. Darrington, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause intimidation mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether a crime that requires proof of 'intimidation' of the victim satisfies the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A), when the offense does n…
20-6447 Michael Anthony Cernak v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause extortion federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law intimidation mandatory-sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(…
20-5993 Keith A. James v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach force-clause impersonation intimidation physical-force subjective-intimidation violent-felony Does a prior offense categorically qualify as a violent felony under ACCA's force clause if it only requires a use of 'intimidation' that can be satis…
20-5926 Rolando Candia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) carjacking carjacking-statute crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law intimidation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the federal carjacking statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2119, qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
19-8004 Lamarcus Harvey v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-924(c) attempted-bank-robbery bank-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause intimidation statutory-interpretation Whether bank robbery by intimidation qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)'s elements clause
19-7320 Jurden Rogers v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3a armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery bank-robbery-18-usc-2113 circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause intimidation physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
19-7067 Michael Baird Jordan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation physical-force specific-intent statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
19-6979 Joassaint Josiah Aristil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) carjacking categorical-approach criminal-law federal-statute force intent intimidation physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119 requires an element of 'the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the pe…
19-6653 Quinton Omar Jackson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-criminal-law force force-and-violence intimidation legislative-intent mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation violence Whether Congress intended the phrase 'by force and violence, or by intimidation,' that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the us…
19-5093 Jason Ellis Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92…
19-5070 Carlos Lamar Mitchell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c3a bank-robbery bank-robbery-18-usc-2113 criminal-law criminal-statute demand-note intimidation physical-force physical-force-18-usc-924c3a sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) has as an element 'the use...of physical force against the person or property of another,' under 18 U.S.C. § 9…
18-9522 Renee Lopez-Galvan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92…
18-8537 Daniel Salinas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92…
18-8536 Elmar K. Scott v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92…
18-8525 Robert Brian Winston v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92…
18-8445 Tommy McAdoo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-bank-robbery federal-statute intimidation physical-force sentencing violent-physical-force Should this Court accept review to resolve the conflicting 'intimidation' interpretations the Circuits have given the federal bank robbery statute?
18-8330 Martin Fitzgerald Connors v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92…
18-8327 Robert Nathan Alm v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction 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…
18-8302 Dominique Dontae Lasker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition specific-intent 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…
18-8313 John Allen Newton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) carjacking crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Is federal carjacking by intimidation not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) because the offense fails to requi…
18-8266 Tamim Abdul-Samad, aka Tamin Abdul-Samad, aka Brandon Harris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 924(c) bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-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…
18-8068 Frankie Hill, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction 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…
18-8043 Victor Alanis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92…
18-8026 Sergio Ramirez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92…
18-7883 Daniel Arthur Carter v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause force-clause general-intent intent intimidation retroactivity sentencing Whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)
18-7838 William Floyd Moore v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause general-intent intimidation specific-intent statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) is a crime of violence under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act's violent fel…
18-7836 Michael Travis Moore v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-crimes general-intent intimidation specific-intent statutory-interpretation Whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) because the offens…
18-7470 Carl Lee Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied IFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking categorical-approach crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-carjacking intimidation physical-force residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether federal carjacking by way of intimidation is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)'s force clause
18-6269 Matthew Clayton Lloyd v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence extortion force-clause intimidation johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states physical-force sentencing-review weapon-enhancement Is federal bank robbery a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
18-5435 Martin Michael Ybarra v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery elements-clause intimidation physical-force statutory-interpretation supreme-court violent-felony Whether federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act's elements clause