réhaif-v-united-states

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23-7222 Evaristo Contreras Silva v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-firearm-possession criminal-law firearms immigration immigration-status intent-element mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the government must offer direct evidence of a defendant's vicious or evil intent to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in 18 U.S.C. § 922(…
23-6823 Troy Raynard Alexander v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-02-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment guilty-plea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment Whether the lower court abused their discretion by denying a COA
23-5639 Damaso Rivera-Fonseca v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge convicted-felon criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rehaif-v-united-states strickland-standard Was the defense counsel ineffective under Strickland v. Washington?
23-5314 Joe Crawford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency felony-conviction jury-instructions mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-standard réhaif-v-united-states Whether the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction when the government fails to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner knew or…
23-5059 Savon Hardaway v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure felon-in-possession guilty-plea harmless-error mens-rea plea-agreement rehaif-advisement rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-error Whether Mr. Hardaway made a sufficient showing that if he had been properly advised, there is a reasonable probability that he would not have pleaded …
22-6568 Duraid Hussein v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection procedural-due-process rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit denied procedural due process and equal protection by not dismissing an insufficient indictment under circuit precedent
22-6315 Iklas Richard Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federalism felon-in-possession rehaif-v-united-states scienter supreme-court-precedent Does the Third Circuit's presumption that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) defendants knew of their prohibiting status conflict with Rehaif?
22-6288 Mangwiro Sadiki-Yisrael v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP base-offense-level first-degree-murder guilty-plea mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states rico-conspiracy sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-max Whether the government must prove a defendant's mens rea and knowledge of first-degree murder to establish the statutory max and base offense level un…
22-398 Marcos F. Santiago v. J. C. Streeval Seventh Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied Relisted (2) criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-status knowledge-requirement post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-relief Whether a felon who has spent less than a year in custody is entitled to a presumption that he lacked knowledge of his felon status and therefore, abs…
22-5930 Davon Young v. United States Second Circuit 2022-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the Reed rule applies to a Rehaif v. United States claim
22-357 Mashour Howling v. Maryland Maryland 2022-10-18 Denied Response Waived criminal-felony due-process inter-state-comity lambert-v-california mens-rea morissette-v-united-states rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status-violation Whether the presumption of 'guilty mind' mens rea element for a jury to convict, previously adopted for all federal cases in Rehaif v. United States, …
22-5529 Anthony H. Lett v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states standing Did the court of appeals err in denying Petitioner's Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 204 claim?
22-5138 Arthur Frank Cardenas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession habeas-corpus knowledge-element ninth-circuit rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states right-to-counsel sentencing Whether a certificate of appealability should be granted due to the District Court and Ninth Circuit's error in not granting it
21-8182 Reuben Conway v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-defect jurisdiction mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether an indictment's failure to charge the essential mens rea element renders federal courts without jurisdiction
21-8009 Joshua Rodney Meech v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922a6 appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process firearm-regulation huddleston-v-united-states mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states standing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-bailey Whether the prosecution was lawfully brought under 18 USC §922(a)(6) where the petitioner never possessed, acquired, paid for, or left a deposit for a…
21-7832 Daniel Casamayor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute indictment knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if Casamayor's indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm is valid in light of Rehaif…
21-7623 Mary Ann Lara v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP Section 841 burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-quantity drug-trafficking federal-prosecution mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the Government must prove a defendant's knowledge of drug type and quantity in prosecutions under Title 21, Section 841
21-7403 James Calvin Breeden v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states rule-29 rule-29-motion Whether the district court erred under Rehaif v. United States by denying requested jury instructions and a Rule 29 motion for acquittal on the felon-…
21-6993 Damon Willis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions prohibited-status rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment sovereign-citizen Does Rehaif v. United States preclude a jury instruction that the federal government must prove a defendant knew his prohibited status made it illegal…
21-6926 Willie Wilcher v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-law due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard procedural-requirements rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether the Lower Courts had jurisdiction to decide the case based on Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 814 (2019), and the government never proved …
21-6769 Luke Joseph Burning Breast v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-921(a)(20) 18-usc-922(g) civil-rights-restoration criminal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm firearm-components interstate-commerce rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Can the government establish the interstate commerce element in a § 922(g) prosecution by showing that a single interchangeable part of a firearm trav…
21-6592 Donald Stanley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea ninth-circuit-precedent rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the knowingly mens rea in 21 U.S.C. § 841 applies to the elements of drug type and quantity that establish mandatory minimum and enhanced maxi…
21-816 Melvyn Gear v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied appellate-procedure burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process firearms greer-v-united-states legal-status plain-error rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether other subdivisions of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) require knowledge of collateral law
21-6119 Roger Edward Picard v. United States First Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states scienter sorna SORNA-registration supervised-release Whether the First Circuit erred in finding a violation of supervised release when the defendant reported to register per SORNA requirements within 24 …
21-6034 Clifton James Jackson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-conduct criminal-procedure discovery-violations federal-jurisdiction government-agencies indictment-defect mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states speedy-trial-act Whether an indictment defect can strip federal courts of jurisdiction
21-5804 Kenneth Randale Door v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency judgment-of-acquittal jurisdiction plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states Is review of a claim that the evidence was insufficient to establish the knowledge of status required by Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (201…
21-5432 Deangelo Lenard Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession firearms knowledge-of-status mens-rea misdemeanor-conviction rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove the defendant's knowledge of the specific elements of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in a prosecution unde…
21-5230 Maurice Stewart v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split felon-in-possession knowledge-of-status plain-error-review protective-sweep rehaif-v-united-states Whether a circuit court of appeals errs in relying on a petitioner's stipulation of prior felony conviction to infer the petitioner had knowledge of h…
21-5077 Herbert Jonathan Castillo Juarez and Paola Valenzuela Arevalo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-type knowledge-requirement mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-2d1.1 Whether the government is required to prove a defendant's mens rea and knowledge with respect to the requisite drug type for penalties under Title 21 …
21-5060 Kevin Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-921 18-usc-922 circuit-split criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-hayes Whether a defendant must know his prior conviction qualified as a 'misdemeanor crime of domestic violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9)
21-5062 Ricardo Burgos v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights-restoration criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing felon-in-possession plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states Whether the district court erred in refusing to grant an evidentiary hearing under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 where the defendant asserted he did not know he wa…
20-7870 Scott Raymond Tignor v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-offense guilty-plea plea-voluntariness rehaif-v-united-states standard-of-review united-states-v-gary When a defendant argues for the first time on appeal that his guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary because he was not informed of the elements of…
20-7800 Jacqueline Moore v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure fairness-standard federal-criminal-law indictment mens-rea plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-decision trial-record Whether an appellate court may consider information outside the trial record to determine if a Rehaif error affected the fairness, integrity, or publi…
20-7680 Jonathan Beasley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove the defendant knew his prior conviction prohibited firearm possession
20-7549 Shane Arnold v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied IFP criminal-procedure defense district-court due-process evidence evidence-introduction knowledge-of-status plain-error rehaif-standard Rehaif-v-United-States trial-error Whether a defendant satisfies the final two prongs of plain-error review for a Rehaif-v-United-States trial error
20-7414 James Innocent v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied IFP circuit-court criminal-procedure greer-v-united-states judicial-review plain-error rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights supreme-court-decision trial-record Whether when applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters…
20-7360 Emmanuel Feaster v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that petitioner Emmanuel Feaste…
20-7282 Earl Malloy v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearms-offense guilty-plea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether this petition should be held pending the decision in United States v. Gary, No. 20-444, given that both this petition and Gary present the sam…
20-1167 Jose Susumo Azano Matsura v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied firearm-possession guilty-knowledge plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment-rights statutory-exceptions unconstitutionally-vague visa-holder Should the Court grant review to clarify the guilty knowledge element under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(B)
20-7194 Lamar Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights supreme-court-decision trial-record Whether when applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters…
20-7140 Cesar Raul Aceves v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure immigration immigration-law mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states status-elements statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rehaif unlawful-reentry Whether the government must prove that a defendant charged with illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) knew he fell within the relevant status categ…
20-7038 David Paul Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied IFP 18-usc-921-a-33 criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearms firearms-possession mens-rea misdemeanor-domestic-violence plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Martinez's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) must be reversed
20-6975 Cortez Maurice Crumble v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-court-conflict criminal-law criminal-procedure mens-rea outside-trial-record plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights trial-error Whether prejudice should be presumed under the 'substantial rights' prong of plain-error review for Rehaif-derived trial errors
20-6781 Bernard Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession felon-status jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing substantial-rights Whether the courts of appeals may consider the entire record, including a presentence report, in determining if the defendant's substantial rights wer…
20-6688 Arthur Tyrone Lee, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure plain-error rehaif-v-united-states sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the defendant's stipulation at trial was plain error warranting relief on the sufficiency of the evidence
20-6662 Ian D. Goolsby v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP specifically allowing review beyond the trial rec circuit-conflict criminal-procedure due-process element-of-offense jury-instruction plain-error-review presentence-report rehaif-v-united-states scope-of-review supreme-court-decision Whether plainerror-review-for-failure-to-instruct-on-an-element-of-the-offense-based-upon-an-intervening-U.S.-Supreme-Court-decision-allows-a-federal-…
20-6610 Luis Sanabria-Robreno v. United States Third Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-922g constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements firearm-possession guilty-plea plea-bargaining rehaif-v-united-states When defendants plead guilty, can a court treat a plea as constitutionally valid when it was entered without knowledge of an offense element?
20-6572 Deshawn Legrier v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure evidence-consideration felon-in-possession judicial-proceedings jury-instructions plain-error-review rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states sufficiency-of-evidence trial-record Whether an appellate court can consider evidence outside the trial record to conclude that a Rehaif-based error did not seriously affect the fairness,…
20-6585 Bernard Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-09 Dismissed IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession fifth-amendment jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights Whether courts of appeals may consider the entire record, including a presentence report, in determining if the defendant's substantial rights were af…
20-6569 Quincey Frye v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review felon-in-possession judicial-proceedings jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error rehaif-v-united-states second-circuit trial-record Should the Court of Appeals have looked beyond the trial record to Frye's presentence investigation report to decide that there was no plain error tha…
20-6551 Andy Williams v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment inventory-search probable-cause reasonable-suspicion rehaif-v-united-states warrantless-search Was the second warrantless search of the car -which followed the completed inventory search and was prompted by an officer's later-developed suspicion…
20-6486 Rakeem Asaad Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-history firearm-possession jury-instructions rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation substantial-rights Whether a reviewing court may consider a defendant's criminal history facts not admitted at trial when determining if an omission of an essential elem…
20-6476 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1495 28-usc-2513 certificate-of-innocence court-of-appeals dismissal district-court federal-court-of-claims fourth-circuit jurisdiction rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation technical-claim Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of a certificate of innocence in 28 U.S.C. § 2…
20-6460 Reginald Hollie v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure drug-offense interstate-commerce jury-trial plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement Whether courts of appeals may rely on information not proven to the jury to affirm a conviction on plain-error review
20-6388 Joel Latrent Fletcher v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should grant review to resolve a split between the circuits courts' determination of whether error under Rehaif v. United States, 1…
20-6347 Christopher Mikelinich v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felony-possession knowing-plea mens-rea plain-error plea-agreement plea-bargaining rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-elements Where a defendant claims his plea was not knowing and intelligent because he was unaware of all the elements of the offense, does it matter whether he…
20-6212 Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant's conviction for felon-in-possession can be affirmed despite failure to prove knowledge of prohibited status
20-6162 Frank Trujillo v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-offense federal-courts guilty-plea plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness rehaif-v-united-states standard-of-review Whether a defendant's guilty plea was knowing and voluntary when the defendant was not informed of an element of the offense
20-6165 James Edward Sandford, III v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance plain-error-rule rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states second-circuit sixth-amendment Should the Court grant certiorari to resolve the Circuit split regarding the plain error rule between the Second and Fourth Circuits as it applies to …
20-6109 Rashawn D. Watson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession guilty-plea indictment indictment-sufficiency knowledge-element mens-rea plea-bargaining rehaif-decision rehaif-v-united-states Whether the decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) requires that Petitioner's guilty plea and conviction be vacated
20-6027 Michael Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-review controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing gvr mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether §924(e)(2)(A)(ii) requires knowledge of the substance's illicit nature
20-5959 Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether error under Rehaif v. United States constitutes plain error
20-5969 Robert Dinkins v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif vacate the judgement below certiorari criminal-law criminal-participation due-process gun-buy-program illegal-guns non-profit-organization police-department public-announcement rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant Certiorari, vacate the judgement below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Cts 2…
20-5939 Kadeem Burden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Relisted (4)IFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession jury-instructions plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment Whether a reviewing court may affirm a conviction under plain error review based on speculation about the defendant's knowledge of his prohibited stat…
20-5852 Robert Louis Brandon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-30 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-review automatic-reversal circuit-split criminal-procedure guilty-plea prejudice-inquiry rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states structural-error Is a district court's error under Rehaif v. United States a structural error that warrants automatic reversal of a guilty plea?
20-5824 Trenard Caldwell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit fourth-circuit guilty-plea plea-withdrawal rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation structural-error Whether a defendant's guilty plea to a violation of 18 U.S.C. §922(g) is reversible error per se where the plea was neither knowing nor voluntary due …
20-5796 Isaac Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Relisted (3)IFP 922(g)(1) 922(q)(2)(A) commerce-clause due-process guilty-plea rehaif-v-united-states Whether a defendant's guilty plea entered before Rehaif v. United States constitutes a due-process-violation
20-5645 Virgil Nickens v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-courts criminal-law federal-courts federal-courts-of-appeals jury-instructions jury-verdict plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states united-states-v-olano Can the appellate courts' divergent approaches to plain error review of pre-Rehaif jury verdicts be reconciled with one another?
20-5646 Sean Justin Owens v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-conviction firearm-possession jury prior-conviction prior-convictions rehaif-v-united-states sentencing serious-drug-offense Whether courts of appeals may affirm a defendant's conviction by relying on facts about the defendant's prior convictions that were not proven to the …
20-5499 Savannah Rolle v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements guilty-plea plea-bargaining rehaif-precedent rehaif-v-united-states vacatur Whether a defendant's guilty plea entered before Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2020), in which the defendant was not advised of the essent…
20-5404 Jermaine Isaac Ross v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea non-elemental-facts prior-offenses rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense whether-federal-court-may-increase-sentence-under-acca
20-5252 Garry Grace v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process firearm-offense knowingly-element mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states status-elements statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Grace was illegally charged with, and unknowingly convicted of, a crime that was not an offense against the United States
20-5157 Denard Stokeling v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining plea-validity rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement violent-felony Whether a guilty plea entered without knowledge of the knowledge-of-status element is reversible error per se
20-5132 Antwan R. Cray v. Warden, FCI Coleman - Medium Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied IFP criminal-innocence criminal-law due-process factual-innocence federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus legal-innocence rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Petitioner is actually, factually, legally, and lawfully innocent of his Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) conviction
19-8911 Lee Montez Thompson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari criminal-procedure davis-v-united-states district-court due-process habeas-corpus plain-error pleading-defendant reasonable-probability rehaif-v-united-states sentencing Whether there is a reasonable probability of a different result in the event that the court below is instructed to reconsider the decision in light of…
19-8816 Willie Edward Blackshire v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split constitutional-validity due-process guilty-plea henderson-v-morgan rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states structural-error Whether a guilty plea is structural error?
19-8720 Ankit Puri v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law firearms immigration jury-instructions rehaif-v-united-states sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the indictment and jury instructions omitted an essential element of the 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) offense
19-8709 Gregory Greer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-15 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP circuit-court-of-appeals circuit-court-review criminal-procedure fairness-integrity-public-reputation judicial-fairness plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights supreme-court-decision trial-record Whether when applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters…
19-8679 Dan Reed v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states status-knowledge statutory-interpretation substantial-rights united-states-v-reed Whether the courts of appeals may consider the entire record, including a presentence report, in determining if a defendant's substantial rights were …
19-8555 James Troiano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus harmless-error rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states structural-error Whether Rehaif error is structural and requires automatic reversal, or is subject to harmless error review
19-8274 Tracy Anthony Scott v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea mens-rea plea-bargaining rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment Does the Constitution require that the accused know the elements of a crime in order to validly plead guilty?
19-7705 Michael Roman Burghardt v. United States First Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-defendant criminal-procedure-waiver direct-appeal element-of-offense elements-of-offense indictment plain-error-review plea-colloquy rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement supreme-court-precedent waiver Whether a criminal defendant has waived a claim that the indictment failed to charge an element of the offense
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 …
19-7271 Eric Hall v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statute burglary-statutes categorical-approach conviction conviction-requirements criminal-plea entry entry-element firearm-possession generic-crime generic-crimes instrument plea-withdrawal rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement Whether Tennessee's burglary statutes are generic
19-795 Paul D. Voorhees v. United States Armed Forces 2019-12-20 Denied conduct-unbecoming-an-officer criminal-prosecution criminal-statute due-process mens-rea military-justice negligence negligence-standard rehaif-v-united-states scienter sixth-amendment uniform-code-military-justice uniform-code-of-military-justice Does the mens rea principle apply to criminal prosecutions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice?
19-7011 Carl Golden v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea intent knowledge-of-elements mens-rea plea-bargaining rehaif-v-united-states Does the Constitution require that the accused know the elements of a crime in order to validly plead guilty?
19-7022 Jesus D. Cruz v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rehaif-v-united-states search-and-seizure search-warrant sentencing toxicology-report Whether Counsel was ineffective for not showing the Petitioner and or verifying to the Petitioner, that the officers never producted a valid search wa…
19-6834 Lee Hope v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g3 constitutional-vagueness controlled-substance criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process-rehaif-v-united-sta due-process federal-statute judgment-of-acquittal rehaif-v-united-states unlawful-user vagueness Whether the Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal was properly denied by the District Court
19-6722 Robin Leach, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-25 Denied IFP 18-usc-922 constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession firearms legal-status mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Did the Petitioner know that finding mens-rea of knowing in a gun or firearm statute, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1)
19-6684 Rakeem Asaad Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-19 GVR IFP 18-usc-922g 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-right-to-jury-trial charged-theories-of-prosecution criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process felon-in-possession jury-unanimity knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states richardson-standard richardson-v-united-states sixth-amendment unanimous-jury-verdict uncharged-theories-of-prosecution Does the failure to require a unanimous jury verdict on either charged or uncharged theories of prosecution violate the Sixth Amendment right to a ver…
19-6655 Terrence Leonard Mathis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied IFP certiorari criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights detention due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus interrogation rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states remand right-to-counsel Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 189 S. Ct. 2…
19-6569 Keyon W. Carraway v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether there is a reasonable probability that the court of appeals would conclude that Rehaif v. United States requires knowledge of a firearm's inte…
19-6517 Lynden Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g 2nd-amendment bond-v-united-states commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea nfib-v-sebelius rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-566 Devan Pierson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-10-30 GVR 922(g)-felon-in-possession criminal-procedure direct-appeal firearm-possession first-step-act first-step-act-2018 rehaif rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing status-based-possession statutory-interpretation Whether a sentence is 'imposed' within the meaning of §401(c) of the First Step Act when it is first issued by the district court, or when it becomes …
19-568 Jose Susumo Azano Matsura v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-30 GVR 18-usc-922 constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process firearm-regulation mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness Should the Court grant review, vacate the judgment below, and remand to the Ninth Circuit based on this Court's holding in Rehaif v. United States, 13…
19-6320 Nalen Pierre Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 criminal-law criminal-statute due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession legal-status mens-rea plain-error reasonable-doubt rehaif-precedent rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-6282 Aldo Salazar-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-offenses drug-statute due-process federal-criminal-code flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether the 'knowingly or intentionally' mens rea in 21 U.S.C. § 960(a) applies to the drug type and quantity elements in 21 U.S.C. § 960(b)
19-6289 Brian Thomas Mohr v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure case-review circuit-court-case criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-reconsideration jury-instructions legal-probability rehaif-v-united-states remand standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether there is a reasonable probability of different result if the court below is directed to reconsider its judgment in light of Rehaif v. United S…
19-6033 Christopher Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-24 GVR IFP claim-preservation claim-preservation-yee-v-city-of-escondido crime-of-violence federal-rule-criminal-procedure federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-32 federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure moncrieffe-v-holder ninth-circuit rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines yee-v-city-of-escondido Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously find Johnson forfeited his sentencing claim, disregarding this Court's claim preservation holding i…
19-5789 Jamar Lynn McMillan v. United States Third Circuit 2019-09-03 GVR Relisted (2)IFP career-offender career-offender-enhancement categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense pennsylvania-law predicate-offense rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines third-circuit Does the categorical approach apply in determining whether an offense qualifies as a predicate for the career-offender enhancement under the Sentencin…
19-5753 Trayone Lefferio Bell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1029 constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-law-mens-rea criminal-procedure due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states intent jury-instructions knowingly knowledge mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation To satisfy the 'knowingly' and with 'intent' in 18 U.S.C. § 1029(A)(3), do Courts have to prove precise 'mens rea' as set forth in Rehaif v. United St…
19-5623 Deshawn Legrier v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-16 GVR IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-possession indictment knowingly-element rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction where the indictment for violating § 922(g)(1) did not charge the defendant with any off…
19-5565 Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-13 GVR IFP criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-possession rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Perez's 18 U.S.C. §922(g) conviction should be reversed and remanded in light of Rehaif v. United States
19-5572 Rickie Markiece Atkinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-13 GVR IFP 18-usc-922g armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary categorical-approach circuit-precedent fourth-amendment guilty-plea north-carolina-breaking-or-entering rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina breaking or entering is categorically broader than the enumerated offense of burglary in the Armed Career Criminal Act
19-5501 Mandrail Jamar Woodberry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-07 GVR IFP appellate-procedure counsel-withdrawal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit jurisdiction rehaif rehaif-decision rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review withdrawal-of-counsel Whether the court should vacate the opinion of the 4th Circuit and remand for further proceedings in light of Rehaif v. United States
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)
19-5383 Christopher Stacy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-31 GVR IFP case-law certiorari criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-review mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent vacatur Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-5330 Maurice Montrae Parks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-26 GVR IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-validity criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a new trial is warranted where the District Court failed to instruct the jury on a crucial element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)
19-5181 Lamar Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-16 GVR IFP arrest-procedure circuit-split custodial-arrest felon-in-possession fourth-amendment probable-cause rehaif-v-united-states search-incident-exception search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search Whether a warrantless search may be upheld under the search-incident-to-arrest exception when the search precedes the arrest
19-5196 Malcolm Omar Robinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-15 GVR IFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary criminal-law fourth-amendment fourth-circuit rehaif-v-united-states remand sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina Breaking and Entering is broader than Armed Career Criminal Act burglary
19-5025 Isaac Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federal-statute firearm-possession firearms rehaif rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether the Court should grant the petition, vacate the judgment, and remand for further proceedings on Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) conviction …
19-5027 Eddie David Cox v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rehaif-v-united-states,sentenci double-jeopardy eighth-circuit guidelines-calculation procedural-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states resentencing section-2241 sentencing sentencing-review Should the Court GVR the judgment of the Eighth Circuit so the appeals court may consider, whether Cox is entitled to relief from his conviction in li…
18-9707 Blair Cook v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-06-18 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process facial-challenge facial-vagueness fifth-amendment rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation threshold-question vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether § 922(g)(3) is unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-9424 Lamar Eady, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 appellate-review criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statute felon-in-possession knowingly legal-elements mens-rea possession rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status statutory-interpretation Does the 'knowingly' provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) apply to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime?
18-9403 In Re Christopher Johnson 2019-05-23 Denied IFP 2255-motion 28-usc-2241 922g-offense binding-precedent circuit-precedent commerce-clause criminal-procedure erroneous-precedent federal-prisoner foreclosed-arguments habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether a federal prisoner may file a habeas-corpus petition under 28-usc-2241 to raise arguments foreclosed by binding-but-erroneous circuit-preceden…
18-7490 Dan Reed v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-24 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the 'knowingly' provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) applies to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime?
18-6191 Quordalis V. Sanders v. Carlo Esqueda, Dane County Clerk of Court Wisconsin 2018-10-03 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process felon-in-possession free-speech mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states standing Whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court erred in upholding the conviction of Quovadis Sanders for violating the Wisconsin statute prohibiting the possessi…