| 24-5116 |
Mohamad Jamal Khweis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-history-category due-process federal-crime-of-terrorism offense-level sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-enhancement sentencing-paradigm terrorism-enhancement |
Whether the Terrorism Enhancement under U.S.S.G. §3A1.4 was properly applied when the evidence failed to prove the defendant's conduct met the statuto… |
| 23-6048 |
Elvis Redzepagic v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing material-support offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorist-organizations |
Whether the correct offense level should be used in sentencing violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339B(a)(1), (d) |
| 22-7804 |
Ricky Simmonds v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
breach-of-contract constitutional-law contract-law criminal-procedure district-court due-process offense-level plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-hearing |
Whether the United States breaches a negotiated plea agreement |
| 22-7498 |
Joel Armando Rodriguez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cooperating-defendants cooperating-witnesses criminal-procedure drug-weight fourth-circuit methamphetamine offense-level plea-bargaining relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court improperly expanded Guideline § 1B1.3 by including as relevant drug weight uncorroborated statements of two cooperating def… |
| 20-8383 |
Franklin Antonio Rios v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-history criminal-history-category drug-conspiracy firearm-charges first-step-act fourth-amendment mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences offense-level sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court erred in raising the petitioner's criminal-history-category and offense-level to achieve a comparable sentence after the Fi… |
| 20-5812 |
Jason Andrew Dunlap v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure defendant-responsibility federal-sentencing guilty-plea offense-level plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the sentencing Guidelines limit the maximum offense level to 43, so that, there is a reduction when a defendant accepts responsibility by ente… |
| 20-5533 |
Gayle McNamara v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review criminal-history district-court-error downward-variance judicial-discretion offense-level sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Should the petitioner's appeal be reinstated? |
| 20-5153 |
Jamiell Sims v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1594 conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute force-fraud-coercion offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines sex-trafficking |
What is the base offense level for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1594(c)? |
| 19-5946 |
Anthony Carl Spence v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritoriality federal-sentencing foreign-conduct guidelines offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a federal sentencing court can enhance a defendant's offense level based on conduct occurring entirely in a foreign country and not a crime ag… |
| 19-5718 |
Alexander Lee Salazar v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility appeal criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion mitigating-factors mitigating-role offense-level role-adjustment sentencing-guidelines |
Did the district court err when it declined to grant Mr. Salazar a mitigating role adjustment under the Guidelines? |
| 18-9739 |
Timothy Paul Malone v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility application-note application-note-2 chapter-5 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-interpretation offense-level sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court has misconstrued and misapplied U.S.S.G. Chapter 5, Part A, Application Note 2 by failing to limit the offense level to a leve… |
| 18-8825 |
Timeiki Hedspeth v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-history criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process evidentiary-rulings fair-trial federal-sentencing-guidelines offense-level reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Did the District Court use an incorrect criminal history category to sentence Ms. Hedspeth? |
| 18-8269 |
Alejandro Casillas Prieto v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-782 chapter-5-part-a criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process guideline-range guidelines life-imprisonment notice offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Does the sentencing judge's oral pronouncement of the offense level 43 control? |
| 18-7391 |
Gadiel Romero v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment kidnapping kidnapping-offense offense-level ransom-demand sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines |
Is it proper to apply a 6-level increase for a ransom demand in a kidnapping offense when not communicated? |
| 18-6980 |
Traveon Shaquille Martin v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility clear-error criminal-procedure district-court offense-level sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g-3e1.1 |
Whether the district court clearly erred in denying a three-level reduction in Petitioner's offense level for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S… |
| 18-6833 |
Jose Ramon Zuniga, aka Josue Ararel Zuniga-Zaragoza, aka Jose Ramon Zuniga-Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure discretion due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion offense-level residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-standards statutory-interpretation |
Whether a Guideline which incorporates by reference § 16(b)'s residual clause may serve as the basis for increasing the defendant's offense level unde… |
| 18-5811 |
Eusebio Escobar De Jesus v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appeals-court criminal-procedure district-court due-process gall-v-united-states guideline-range guidelines molina-martinez-v-united-states offense-level procedural-error rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Appeals Court erroneously concluded Petitioner failed to state a claim, reasoning for want of a substantial question |