mathis-v-united-states

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22-6407 Steven L. Haden v. California California 2022-12-28 Denied IFP categorical-approach criminal-sentencing descamps-v-united-states elements-test mathis-v-united-states prior-conviction prior-conviction-enhancement retroactivity sixth-amendment teague-doctrine Are the Sixth Amendment holdings of Descamps v. United States and Mathis v. United States fully retroactive?
22-6094 William Milton v. California California 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing descamps-v-united-states due-process mathis-v-united-states prior-conviction-enhancement retroactivity sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent Are the Sixth Amendment holdings of Descamps v. United States, 570 U.S. 254 (2013) and Mathis v. United States, 579 U.S. 500 (2016) fully retroactive
22-5857 Bango Benjamin Enyinnaya v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-or-entering burglary categorical-approach entry-requirement fourth-circuit generic-burglary mathis-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states violent-felony Whether North Carolina breaking or entering is categorically broader than generic burglary
21-7657 Kirk L. Floyd v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split georgia-burglary-statute mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states shepard-documents violent-felony Whether the Georgia burglary statute is divisible for ACCA purposes
21-316 Lorenzo Williams v. Steve Kallis, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-conflict circuit-split federal-habeas habeas-corpus mathis-decision mathis-v-united-states section-2241 section-2255 statutory-interpretation What type of change in the law allows a person to file a § 2241 petition?
21-5516 In Re Freddy Perkins 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 841-b-1-a 846 851-enhancement actual-innocence cocaine-base criminal-procedure mathis-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-enhancement Whether Mathis applies retroactive to Petitioner Perkin's claim of 'Actual Innocent' under 841 (b)(1)(a) & 846, 280 grams or more Cocaine Base and 851…
21-5147 Firas Ayoubi v. Illinois Illinois 2021-07-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law descamps-v-united-states divisible-statutes due-process equal-protection jury-selection mathis-v-united-states peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation united-states-v-cardena Whether the Tihnors Kidnapping Statute's divisible state statutes, as defined in Mathis v. United States (136 S.Ct. 2243 (2016)) and Descamps v. Unite…
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
20-5658 Martin Racioppi v. United States Third Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-procedure divisibility divisible-statute mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states robbery-statute state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit's approach to determining that New Jersey's second-degree robbery statute is divisible is contrary to Mathis v. United State…
19-8688 Richard Dale Ingram, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP arkansas-law categorical-approach criminal-law divisibility divisibility-analysis eighth-circuit jury-unanimity mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states statutory-interpretation terroristic-threatening Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly applied the divisibility analysis prescribed in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016…
19-7965 Cedric Edney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-law fifth-circuit-interpretation mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states u-s-s-g-section-4b1-2-b Did the Fifth Circuit Err in deciding as an issue of first impression, that Texas offenses of Distribution of controlled substances and possession wit…
19-7665 Marvie Chapman, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-statute divisibility felony-drug-offense mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether a statute is indivisible for purposes of applying Mathis v. United States to 'controlled substance offense', 'serious drug offense', and 'felo…
19-7562 Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach drug-offenses fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-categorical-approach mathis-v-united-states rehaif-v-united-states serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses shular-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Does the Fourth Circuit's non-traditional definition of the categorical approach permit an overbroad definition of 'serious drug offenses' for career …
19-6798 Corey Eugene Gill v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure habeas-corpus mathis-v-united-states retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower courts erred in holding that the decision of this Honorable Court in Mathis v. United States, 136 S.Ct. 2243 (2016), could not be li…
19-6720 James Dwayne Myers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure divisibility divisibility-analysis eighth-circuit jury-unanimity mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation May a court properly apply the divisibility analysis prescribed in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), without considering the question o…
19-6643 John Forrest v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure descamps-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states retroactive-precedent retroactivity sentencing sentencing-correction sentencing-review successive-motion supreme-court Can a successive §2255 motion under Johnson open the door and allow for collateral review of enumerated clause predicates invalidated under Descamps a…
19-6318 Damon Tracy Locke v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing drug-statute drug-statutes mathis-precedent mathis-v-united-states plain-error sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is the Eighth Circuit interpretation and application of drug statutes as qualifying offenses for career offender status in opposition to Mathis v. Uni…
19-5456 Ibrahim McCants v. United States Third Circuit 2019-08-05 GVR IFP anonymous-tip categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute divisibility-of-state-statutes domestic-violence due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms fourth-amendment mathis-v-united-states mens-rea police-stop-and-frisk reasonable-suspicion rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation stop-and-frisk supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court-of-appeals Whether the government established the knowledge-of-status element under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
18-9842 Alpidio Gonzalez v. Ralph Hanson, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2241 2241-petition 2255 2255-motion habeas-corpus judicial-review mathis-v-united-states prior-conviction saving-clause savings-clause sentence-enhancement How can a person show that a Writ of Habeas Corpus 2241 is the proper way to demonstrate he is entitled relief when the lower courts deny a motion, wi…
18-9420 Le'Ardrus Burris v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute divisibility divisibility-analysis felonious-assault mathis-precedent mathis-v-united-states ohio-law ohio-revised-code-2903a sixth-circuit state-v-harris statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Circuit's divisibility analysis ignores this Court's decision in Mathis v. United States and Ohio Supreme Court precedent in State v…
18-9320 Domenick James Howard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law due-process federal-crime federal-state-relations lockhart-v-united-states mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states ninth-circuit prior-conviction sentencing sexual-assault statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty Whether a prior sexual assault conviction should be used to increase the statutory penalty where the prior state conviction is over-inclusive vis-a-vi…
18-9197 Earl Moore v. Stephen Kallis, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender crime-of-violence descamps-v-united-states due-process due-process-clause mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states retroactivity saving-clause section-2241 stash-house-robbery statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states Whether Mathis v. United States represents a substantive change in law and should be applied retroactively in a § 2241 petition
18-8708 Charles Clark v. Joe Coakley, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 circuit-split controlled-substance-act drug-offense felony-drug-offense habeas-corpus mathis-v-united-states retroactivity sentencing-enhancement Whether the decision handed down in Mathis v United States, 136 S.Ct. 2243 (2016) is retroactive in a post-conviction petition, as some courts have st…
18-8654 Karyea Williams v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach collateral-review descamps mathis Mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines teague Teague-exception Did the Court of Appeals err in dismissing the appeal on Mathis applicability to Karyea Williams on collateral review?
18-8261 Cordell Berry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-enhancement certificate-of-appealability collateral-review federal-rules-civil-procedure legal-error mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states procedural-reasonableness rule-59-motion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-4b1.1 sentencing-guidelines-enhancement sentencing-guidelines-miscalculation Whether the court of appeals committed clear legal error when it denied a certificate of appealability (COA), on my challenge to the application of a …
18-8110 In Re LaShawn Anderson 2019-02-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act-18-usc-924-e categorical-approach circuit-split constitutional-review descamps-v-united-states divisibility fundamental-defect habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states retroactivity saving-clause sentencing-enhancement Whether the Eleventh Circuit has effectively suspended the writ of habeas corpus by narrowing the circumstances under which a federal prisoner can pro…
18-8065 James Steven Maxwell v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act assault-and-battery categorical-analysis categorical-approach elements-clause force-standard mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states oklahoma-law taylor-precedent Does Taylor's holding that Oklahoma's offense of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon meets the force standard in the elements clause incorrect…
18-7915 Arthur Sean Warner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-locational-elements categorical-approach categorical-match categorical-matching criminal-statute-interpretation descamps descamps-v-united-states federal-statute mathis mathis-descamps-standard mathis-v-united-states school-property state-criminal-statute state-statute Did the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals findings result in a decision that was(1) Unreasonable in light of the evidence present…
18-7735 Michael Kenta Davis v. Justin Andrews, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process mathis-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE S$. C. CODE ANN 44-53-370 TS OVERLYBRO&D AND INDIVISBLE AND NO LONGER QUALIFIES IN LIGHT OF BOTH MATHIS V US AND DESCAMPS?
18-7204 Julio Rolon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied IFP Alleyne alleyne-v-united-states Almendarez-Torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states Apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey crimes-of-violence Dimaya due-process hobbs-act Johnson-II johnson-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya Whether the mandatory life sentence for a reverse sting Hobbs Act robbery case with no actual drugs should be overturned based on conflicts with Supre…
18-6859 James Myers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-11-28 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-sentencing divisibility enumerated-offenses force-clause mathis-principles mathis-v-united-states statutory-divisibility statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether the principles regarding a statute's divisibility announced in Mathis v. United States apply to offenses analyzed under the 'force clause' and…
18-6747 Gibran Richardo Figueroa-Beltran v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure divisibility-analysis divisibility-inquiry due-process federal-courts federal-divisibility-doctrine federalism mathis-doctrine mathis-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court-certification state-courts state-statutes three-part-test When applying the federal divisibility doctrine to state statutes, may federal courts terminate the three-part test set forth in Mathis v. United Stat…
18-6495 Richard Anthony Trent v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split demand-for-certainty divisibility divisible-statute federal-courts federal-statute-interpretation mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach state-law-materials statutory-interpretation Is the demand for certainty satisfied where, after a survey of relevant, state-law materials, the federal court can only say what is 'suggestive' and …
18-6317 Desmond DeWayne Turner v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach eleventh-circuit mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states predicate-offense sentencing united-states-v-ovalles Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the convictions for Burglary in the first degree under Alabama law qualified as a …
18-6241 Edward Jewell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP class-precedent constitutional-challenge controlled-substance-offense criminal-law direct-appeal due-process mathis-precedent mathis-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Does this Court's holding in Mathis v United States apply to determinations under the United States Sentencing Guidelines of whether a prior convictio…
18-5884 Matthew Gary Richardson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split generic-burglary intent-requirement judicial-factfinding mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing mathis mathis-peek mathis-v-united-states reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation taylor Whether the 'Mathis peek' used by the court below to guess if a fact is an element or a means of committing an offense violates the Sixth Amendment
18-5654 Willie Lee Daniels v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 collateral-review constitutional-challenge controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law descamps-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity retroactivity-of-new-rules sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether Mathis v. United States is retroactive to cases on collateral review
18-5620 Mario Zuniga v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b) 28-usc-2255(h) attempted-murder criminal-law habeas-corpus mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states second-or-successive-2255-motion second-or-successive-motion section-2255 section-924e sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that attempted murder in Illinois is categorically a violent crime under 18 U.S.C. §924(…
18-5439 Adam Longoria v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure descamps-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states non-elemental-facts occasions-different sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-jury-trial statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states violent-felony Whether the ACCA's 'occasions different from one another' clause requires a sentencing court to rely solely on elemental facts, or whether it can rely…
18-5383 James Rodney Shuman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act-acca controlled-substances-act drug-offenses due-process mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states vagueness void-for-vagueness whether-the-appellate-court's-interpretation-and-application-of-the-armed-career-criminal-act-(acca)-is-contrary-to-supreme-court-precedent
18-5274 Manuel Vega v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-health-and-safety-code-11378 categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-conviction divisible-statute drug-offense federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guideline mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach sentencing-enhancement state-court-decision Whether a court fulfills the mandate of Mathis v. United States if it looks only to whether a state defendant can be punished more than once for posse…
18-5083 Rahman Fulton v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process extortion force-clause mathis-v-united-states mens-rea residual-clause statutory-interpretation Whether the federal bank robbery statute requires a knowing or intentional mens rea, and whether the 'force' clause of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A) applies …