| 23-7679 |
Thaddeus Rhodes v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act jury-instructions property-rights realistic-probability-test statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor |
Is Hobbs Act robbery categorically a crime of violence? |
| 23-5962 |
Leon Curtis Eckford v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law federal-crimes federal-predicate-statute generic-crimes generic-federal-crime predicate-offenses realistic-probability-test statutory-interpretation |
Whether the realistic probability test first set forth in Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2007), applies when comparing a federal predicate … |
| 21-8191 |
Michael Christian Tinlin, et al. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
case-specific-example categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-context criminal-sentencing gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez overbroad-language realistic-probability-test sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether plainly overbroad statutory language is sufficient to establish a prior conviction is broader than the generic definition of a criminal senten… |
| 20-5585 |
Denis Nikolla v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute duenas-alvarez federal-criminal-statute federal-definition generic-definition generic-offense predicate-offense realistic-probability realistic-probability-test |
Whether the categorical approach requires courts to limit the plain language of a federal criminal statute to the generic definition, even when the st… |
| 19-5024 |
William Thrower v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach elements-based-inquiry elements-clause new-york-penal-law realistic-probability-test robbery sentencing-enhancement violent-felony |
Whether robbery in the third degree under New York Penal Law § 160.05 categorically qualifies as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Ac… |