| 25-6897 |
Jesse Fernando Perez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2026-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
beyond-reasonable-doubt burden-of-proof federal-criminal-jurisdiction judicial-notice jurisdictional-element special-maritime-and-territorial-jurisdiction |
Dozens of federal offenses require, as a jurisdictional element, that the offense be committed "within the special maritime and territorial jurisdicti… |
| 25-6344 |
Ralph Kevin Tovar v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-11 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause de-novo-review internet-crime jurisdictional-element rule-29 sufficiency-of-evidence |
I. Whether a general challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, pursuant to Rule 29(a), preserves for de novo review the full range of sufficiency … |
| 25A484 |
Ralph Kevin Tovar v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-split federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 25A17 |
Brandon Keith Thompson v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
commerce-clause constitutional-challenge federal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element |
Question not identified. |
| 24-735 |
Raymond Liddy v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-13 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split federal-criminal-law internet-crime interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element statutory-interpretation |
This case raises a fundamental question that has split the Circuits regarding the intersection between the use of the Internet and federal criminal la… |
| 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 |
Question not identified. |
| 23A835 |
Alif Jan Adil v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-03-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
age-of-consent criminal-law federal-criminal-statute jurisdictional-element sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5815 |
Emily Claire Hari v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute free-exercise jurisdictional-element non-economic |
Whether the "jurisdictional element" contained within 18 U.S.C. § 247, standing alone, serves to authorize congressional enactment of a criminal statu… |
| 23-5649 |
Jonathan Monson v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-09-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2251 child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element minor-protection sexual-exploitation visual-depiction |
Section 22 51(a) of Title 18 criminalizes the use o f a minor to engage in any sexually
explicit conduc t "for the pu rpose o f producing an y visual … |
| 23-5506 |
Alisbey Santillon Gata v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-powers criminal-law criminal-offense interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element statutory-interpretation |
Whether a jurisdictional element satisfied by a de minimis connection to interstate commerce, such as 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)'s requirement that a prohibit… |
| 22-7157 |
Andreqio Stevens v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-03-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-transportation jurisdictional-element prohibited-persons statutory-interpretation |
18 U.S.C. § 922(g) criminalizes three different offenses relating to a firearm for "prohibited persons": transporting a firearm, possessing a firearm,… |
| 22-5057 |
Wade Lawrence Duchaine v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922(g) commerce-clause criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element minimal-nexus scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation substantial-nexus |
I. In a prosecution for possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), the government must prove that the possession was in or affected interstate … |
| 21-7979 |
Robert Allen Stanford, aka Sir Allen Stanford, aka Allen Stanford v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-transmission jurisdictional-element miscarriage-of-justice separation-of-powers wire-fraud |
(1) Whether the federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. 1343, as properly interpreted, can be used to charge, prosecute and punish, a wire communication… |
| 21-5559 |
Selvin Leonell Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-procedure criminal-statute evidence evidentiary-standard federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea |
Whether possession of a firearm is "in or affecting commerce" when there is no evidence that the defendant moved the firearm across state lines or tha… |
| 21-5523 |
Amos Kiprop Koech v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof cell-phone-evidence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-statutes interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element jury-instruction reasonable-doubt |
I. Does the jurisdictional element "in or affecting interstate commerce" in federal criminal statutes require an actual effect on interstate commerce … |
| 20-8361 |
Josh Small and Joni Amber Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-06-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element kidnapping kidnapping-statute statutory-interpretation |
18 U.S.C. § 1201 (the federal kidnapping statute) requires, as an element, a nexus between the kidnapping and interstate commerce, Does a purely local… |
| 20-6151 |
Thomas Mario Costanzo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-by-case-inquiry commerce-clause constitutional-limits constitutional-reach facilities-used-for-interstate-transactions interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element lopez-precedent transaction-analysis |
In United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), this Court held that a federal statute's interstate commerce "jurisdictional element" can prevent the … |
| 20-5079 |
Charles Monroe Finchum v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed
state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i… |
| 19-8662 |
Jason Paris Scott v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i… |
| 19-6896 |
Jeffrey Antonio v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-12-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-action criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-element jury-determination land-claims preliminary-finding pueblo-lands pueblo-lands-act statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence |
I. Whether, when Congress relinquished all federal claims and extinguished all interest of the Pueblo of Sandia in privately held lands within pueblo … |
| 19-6178 |
Jose Bryan Gonzalez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no … |
| 19-6039 |
Camilo Andres Landazuri Vargas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
congress-powers-limits congressional-power criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment foreign-national international-law international-waters jurisdiction jurisdictional-element maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
WHETHER THE PROSECUTION OF MR. VARGAS - AN
ECUADORIAN NATIONAL WITH NO TIES TO THE UNITED
STATES — FOR TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN
INTERNATIO… |
| 19-5699 |
Robert Gray v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed
state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i… |
| 19-5654 |
Shederro Lemarc Brooks v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i… |
| 18-9726 |
Lorenzo Hale v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
GVR |
IFP |
2nd-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea prior-occasion recent-past state-lines statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed
state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i… |
| 18-8719 |
Ciaran Paul Redmond v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-conflict criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal federal-jurisdiction judicial-notice jurisdictional-element jury-instructions jury-trial sentencing standards-of-review statutory-interpretation |
1. A jury convicted petitioner of federal assault offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 113. Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 201, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit … |
| 18-6865 |
Adony Nina v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-statute due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-element prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation united-states |
Whether Title 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Aiding and Abetting) Requires the Prosecution to prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt The Jurisdictional Element By Establishi… |
| 18-6186 |
Alvin Gaitan Benitez, aka Pesadilla, aka Lil Pesadilla, aka Lil Tuner, aka Tooner, aka Lil Tunnel v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
antagonistic-defense antagonistic-defenses codefendant criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial interstate-commerce jurisdiction jurisdictional-element motion-for-severance severance |
I.
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