| 23-7649 |
Rodolfo Ortiz v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent constitutional-vagueness habeas-corpus harmless-error johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-default section-2255 vagueness-challenge |
Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether controlling circuit precedent precludes issuance of a certificate of appealability |
| 23-6942 |
Paulino Granda v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum predicate-conviction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a petitioner demonstrates a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right warranting a certificate of appealability |
| 23-5913 |
Julio Rolon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent circuit-split constitutional-vagueness habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-default vagueness-challenge |
Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether controlling circuit precedent precludes issuance of a certificate of appealability |
| 23-5256 |
Joseph Fenelon Cooper v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 crime-of-violence criminal-procedure elements-clause firearm-conviction johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states section-2255 successive-petition united-states-v-taylor welch-v-united-states |
Whether a petitioner in a properly filed successive petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging his conviction for possession of a firearm durin… |
| 22-6965 |
Seth Grant Huntington v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act common-law-battery eighth-circuit-interpretation johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states state-assault-statute statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether treating a state assault statute as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act when that statute requires no more than the intent … |
| 22-5897 |
Unises Chapotin v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states section-2255 sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the residual clause in Section 4B1.2 of the previously binding United States Sentencing Guidelines is void for vagueness pursuant to Johnson v… |
| 21-7959 |
Salito Marques Good v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fourth-circuit johnson-precedent sentencing-maximum statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum supervised-release |
Whether a defendant can be required to serve more than the statutory maximum sentence for his offense of conviction |
| 21-7053 |
Iramm Wright v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-default statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine |
Whether a movant's procedural default may be excused due to a constitutional vagueness challenge not reasonably available prior to Johnson v. United S… |
| 21-6590 |
Terry Lynn King v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment categorical-approach constitutional-vagueness death-penalty death-sentence due-process elements-based-approach johnson-precedent prior-conviction prior-violent-felony sentencing-aggravator vagueness |
Is the 'prior violent felony conviction' aggravating factor in Tennessee's death penalty statutes unconstitutional under Johnson v. United States, 135… |
| 21-6355 |
Everett Earl Parker v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-conviction criminal-sentencing federal-jurisdiction johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement serious-violent-felony statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-felony |
Whether Mr. Parker's life sentence for count 1 should be vacated due to lack of two prior qualifying 'serious violent felony' convictions |
| 21-6171 |
Carlos Granda v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924c3b circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure harmless-error harmless-error-review johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-default |
Whether the Court should resolve the three-way circuit split regarding whether, and under what circumstances, a movant's procedural default may be exc… |
| 20-8334 |
Jerome Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-motion acca armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states legal-landscape section-2255 sentencing-review |
Where a § 2255 movant relies on evidence of the legal background at the time of his sentencing to prove he was sentenced under an unconstitutional law… |
| 20-8053 |
William Leroy Sanders v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-05-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act iowa-interference-with-official-acts johnson-precedent mathis-analysis mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach residual-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-overbreadth violent-felony |
Whether Mr. Sanders was improperly denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief from his fifteen-year Armed Career Criminal Sentence |
| 20-7042 |
Ronald Morris Hoenig v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states merits-ruling section-2255 sentencing standing successive-2255-motion successive-motion |
Where an authorized successive § 2255 motion argues that an Armed Career Criminal Act sentence should be set aside under Johnson v. United States, 135… |
| 20-6995 |
Floyd Clark v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2021-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment johnson-precedent motion-for-new-trial newly-discovered-evidence recanting-affidavit residual-clause |
Whether there was a sufficient final determination by the trial court such that the Circuit Court could have reached a determination of the substantiv… |
| 20-6992 |
Bobbie Lewis Mayes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
booker criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process johnson johnson-precedent mandatory-guidelines pre-booker pre-booker-era sentencing-challenge sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a defendant has a right under Johnson to challenge a sentence ordered pre-Booker, when applying the Sentencing Guidelines was mandatory |
| 20-6980 |
Michael Ray West v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states section-2255 sentencing standing successive-2255-motion successive-motion |
Where an authorized successive § 2255 motion argues that an Armed Career Criminal Act sentence should be set aside under Johnson v. United States, 135… |
| 20-6221 |
Miguel Nunez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-challenge federal-law johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of the mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely… |
| 19-8646 |
Leonard Griffin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states resentencing section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether Mr. Griffin should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 19-6858 |
David Lamont Liddell v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery constitutional-law criminal-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states mississippi-state-law prior-conviction resentencing section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether Mr. Liddell should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 19-6209 |
John Hudson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-appellate-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states prior-convictions resentencing section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review violent-felony |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred by denying Mr. Hudson a Certificate of Appealability in this § 2255 case |
| 19-5770 |
Danny Lee Banks v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment johnson-precedent residual-clause sentencing sixth-amendment unconstitutional unconstitutional-sentencing |
Did the appeals court and district court violate bank's fifth, sixth and fourteenth amendment rights by upholding a sentence that was based on the unc… |
| 19-5111 |
Avery Blodgett v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-U.S.C.-§2113 18-U.S.C.-§924(c)(3) 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c3 crime-of-violence federal-bank-robbery force-clause johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states retroactivity statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states |
Whether federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. §2113 is a categorical crime-of-violence under the force-clause of 18-U.S.C.-§924(c)(3) |
| 19-5026 |
Melvin Lewis Andrews v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court crime-of-violence criminal-law guidelines johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervisory-powers |
Should this Court exercise its supervisory powers where a circuit court of appeals continues to allow trial courts to apply 'crime of violence' analys… |
| 18-9782 |
Carlous Lindell Daily v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c constitutional-rights crime-of-violence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Johnson johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states resentencing sentencing sentencing-error statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum USSG-4B1.2 |
Whether the lower court(s) erred in concluding that petitioner did not suffer ineffective assistance of counsel |
| 18-9760 |
Andrew D. Dixon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca acca-sentence-enhancement acca-statute armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure elements-clause johnson-precedent post-johnson precedent predicate-prior residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Did the court error denying claims that the residual clause didn't apply to defendant by using Post-Johnson precedent claims and raising elements clau… |
| 18A1217 |
Jorge Baez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge habeas-corpus johnson-precedent section-924c vagueness-doctrine |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(B) is unconstitutionally vague under Johnson v. United States in light of the Supreme Court's vagueness jurisprudence |
| 18-7801 |
Calvin Fitzgerald Tannehill v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit misapplied this Court's precedents by denying a certificate of appealability on whether Mr. Tannehill's § 2255 claim reli… |
| 18-6915 |
Carlton Robinson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender career-offender-guideline collateral-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-law-procedure johnson-precedent residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing supreme-court-retroactivity vagueness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker career offender guid… |
| 18-6816 |
Vicente Garcia v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-battery constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment |
Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its holding that Garcia had failed to show a denial of his constitutional Sixth Amendment rights |
| 18-5298 |
Reuben Stewart v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-07-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-922g 18-usc-924 18-usc-924e2bii 8th-amendment aggravated-assault criminal-law due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states means-rea mens-rea recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Does a prior conviction predicated on a mens rea of recklessness qualify as a violent felony under 18 U.S.C. section 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) in light of John… |
| 18-5245 |
Jesus M. Rios-Ramos v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-07-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-law due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Whether the Supreme Court should address the application and contours of the residual clause of the Career Offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, in li… |
| 18-5187 |
Verissimo Tavares v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
beckles-v-united-states career-offender congressional-directive crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing-guidelines due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-error residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether application of the residual clause of the definition of crime of violence' in U.S.S.G. §4B1.2(a)(2) constitutes procedural error in light of J… |