| 24-7205 |
Oscar Pliego-Pineda v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure evidence-standard federal-sentencing-guidelines leadership-role sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a Leadership Sentencing Enhancement Is Erroneous Without Evidence That a Defendant Supervised any Specific Individual |
| 24-6972 |
Michael John Stitts v. Brian Eller, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure drug-quantity guidelines-interpretation indictment leadership-role sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a federal sentencing enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(a) is permissible when leadership participants are charged in a separate indictment |
| 23-1078 |
Gregory Jamal Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
direct-appeal fifth-circuit gun-enhancement importation-guideline leadership-role methamphetamine-distinction sentencing-guidelines united-states-district-court united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the lower court should have remanded for the recalculation of sentencing |
| 22-6658 |
Wade Bonk v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal circuit-court-ruling conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion leadership-role retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Did the District Court err by refusing to apply the Seventh Circuit's ruling in U.S. v. Carnell retroactively since Petitioner's conviction was not fi… |
| 21-6208 |
Daliang Guo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
control-over-others criminal-procedure criminal-scheme criminal-sentencing leader-enhancement leadership-role ninth-circuit participant-control role-model sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a defendant who took part in a criminal scheme with multiple participants is properly subject to the leader/organizer enhancement at USSG § 3B… |
| 20-5614 |
Derrick Anthony Felton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-activity defendant-status due-process judicial-determination leadership-role legal-error plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement trial-court vagueness |
Did the Trial Court error in finding that Mr. Felton was an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor of the criminal activity? |
| 20-5108 |
Salvador Ojeda-Amarillas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure firearms-enhancement leadership-role necessity necessity-requirement sentencing-enhancement sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines waiver wiretap wiretap-application |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding the July 2006 wiretap application met the necessity requirements and whether it erred in holding Mr. Oje… |
| 19-7404 |
Joseph James Roe v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process enhancement-factors essential-factor guideline-interpretation guidelines judicial-discretion leadership-role lower-court-guidance sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-3b1.1(a) |
Whether a district court may impose a sentence enhancement under USSG § 3B1.1(a) for leadership role based on a factor not mentioned in the Sentencing… |
| 19-6332 |
Walter Glenn v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment consent-to-search criminal-procedure fourth-amendment leadership-role obstruction-of-justice rental-vehicle search-and-seizure sentencing-guidelines standing standing-civil-procedure standing-doctrine traffic-stop |
Whether a relief driver of a rental vehicle had standing to challenge evidence seized from the car |