| 25-6730 |
Daniel Carlos-Ramos v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-law judicial-precedent precedent-overruling recidivism supreme-court-review |
Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). |
| 25-6514 |
Epifanio Leos-Morales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres criminal-law notice-clause prior-conviction recidivism sixth-amendment |
Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p… |
| 24-6553 |
Ramon Caldwell v. Bryan Morrison, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process jury-determination prior-convictions recidivism sentence-enhancement |
I. It was a Jurisdictional Defect of the proceedings, by not allowing the jury to find Petitioner guilty, with proof beyond a reasonable doubt, of a s… |
| 24-5128 |
Selvyn Gustavo Mejia-Marroquin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled. |
| 23-7787 |
Enrique Martinez-Flores v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-enhancement criminal-procedure historical-analysis notice-clause prior-conviction-exception recidivism sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-notice-clause |
L Can the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical practic… |
| 23-7707 |
Martin Ochoa-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey common-law-history criminal-sentencing notice-clause prior-conviction-exception recidivism sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-notice-clause |
Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres
can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p… |
| 23-7405 |
In Re Patrick Christian |
|
2024-05-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-conspiracy completed-sentence court-interpretation double-jeopardy legal-precedent lower-court-errors probation recidivism retroactive-punishment sentencing |
1. In the eyes of the Court when is Punishment Retroactive?
2. Is the Legal Definition of Double Jeopardy described here?
3. In considering the reco… |
| 23-7366 |
Carlos Enrique Navarro-Trevino v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres appellate-procedure case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-7166 |
Charles Edward Jones v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-04-09 |
GVR |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-law habeas-corpus recidivism recidivist-enhancement residual-clause retroactivity second-successive-motion sentencing three-strikes-statute vagueness |
Whether a constitutional challenge to 18 U.S.C. §3559(c)'s residual clause predicated on Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), is cognizable … |
| 23-7109 |
Edgar Garcia-Heredia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure jury-trial precedent-overruling recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-6512 |
Douglas Wayne Sokell v. David Pedro, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-review life-sentence prisoner-detention recidivism sentencing three-strikes-law |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6419 |
Anthony Harris v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-sentencing due-process free-speech jurisdiction recidivism standing state-law-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
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| 23-5555 |
Alfredo Garcia-Aleman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5504 |
Jabriel Fitzgerald Lakes v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
classification criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-criminal-procedure incarceration-classification judicial-error presentence-report recidivism right-to-appeal sentencing sentencing-procedure |
Did the District Court commit "error" that substantively
—violated Lakes' right when it failed to enclude the disputes
of the objection to the PRS w… |
| 23-5058 |
Gabriel Simental-Murillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7899 |
Enrique Lopez-Cristobal v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7814 |
Joshua E. Preece v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-06-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chapter-four criminal-history criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines recidivism recidivist-enhancement relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission |
Do the relevant conduct principles of USSG § 1B1.3 govern application of Chapter Four recidivist enhancements? |
| 22-7479 |
Mario Rodolfo Chairez-Avila v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7432 |
Willie Glover, Jr. v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2023-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment executive-order human-rights recidivism sentencing-guidelines standing |
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| 22-7316 |
Hugo Perez-Mendoza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent-overturning recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). |
| 22-7220 |
Geronimo Juarez-Medellin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure Apprendi-v-New-Jersey certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-6998 |
David Arroyo-Ramon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent legal-standard precedent-overturning recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). |
| 22-6986 |
Paulo Bernal-Ceto v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent recidivism sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-6826 |
Marcos Juan Martin-Andres v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-review recidivism sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-6823 |
Abraham Conde-Herrera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-6300 |
Edman Castro-Salazar v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres criminal-procedure due-process indictment recidivism recidivism-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-offense |
L. Whether the government's failure to allege a prior conviction necessary to support a statutory recidivism enhancement violated Mr. Castro's right "… |
| 22-6266 |
Earl Moore v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender civil-rights criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act recidivism sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 22-6168 |
Jose Santos Perez-Gonzalez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-precedent legal-review precedent-overturning recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). |
| 22-6125 |
Carlos Bladimir Rodriguez-Juarez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-5981 |
Jose Refugio Nieto-Uribe v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998)
should be overruled. |
| 22-5951 |
Cavon C. Clark v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal concurrent-sentence consecutive-sentence criminal-appeal due-process recidivism recidivist-enhancement resentencing sentencing vindictiveness |
1. Must a "more severe" sentence of incarceration be numerically longer than the sentences of incarceration previously imposed; and if not
2. Ata thi… |
| 22-5459 |
Jose Socorro Gonzalez-Ruiz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998)
should be overruled. |
| 22-5389 |
Antonio Molina-Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-review precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-5241 |
Silvino Vasquez-Jacinto v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-jurisdiction constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-5214 |
Martin Rios-Galicia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-analysis criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent-overturning recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). |
| 22-5084 |
Luciano Felipe-Pascual v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres case-precedent criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial legal-challenge recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-8214 |
Miguel Andres-Tomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Apprendi-v-New-Jersey constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial precedent-review recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-8108 |
Daniel Gallegos-Quirino v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres case-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-8101 |
Marco Antonio Marin-Maldonado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres certiorari constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-8072 |
Erik Daniel Salgado-Castellano v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres appellate-procedure case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-8052 |
Rene Sanchez-Quintero v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7915 |
Amado Rodriguez-Navarrete v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit precedent-review recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7791 |
Aaron Ramirez-Almader v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure judicial-review legal-precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7786 |
Ignacio Trevizo-Cortez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres case-jurisdiction constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7721 |
Juan Francisco Cruz-Mora v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7621 |
Jose Miguel Perez-Vides v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7560 |
Martin Andres-Tomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres certiorari constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7503 |
Lucas Victorino-Tista v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7291 |
Bonifacio Eduardo Trujillo-Gutierrez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7256 |
Clemente Rosales-Sanchez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7196 |
Luis Alonso Ramirez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres certiorari criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7094 |
Gustavo Guillermo Gutierrez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Apprendi-v-New-Jersey constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial precedent-review recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-6882 |
Alexi Lenin Argueta-Urbina v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres case-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-6640 |
Kennedy Terrell Walker v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
borden-standard carjacking criminal-procedure elements-clause first-time-motion florida-robbery habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states recidivism section-2255 sentencing violent-felony |
1. Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for the first time should be subject to the statutory hurdles applicable to m… |
| 21-6366 |
Juan Alberto Ceron-Ortiz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial recidivism sentencing |
The Court Should Grant Certiorari to Consider Whether to Overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). |
| 21-6201 |
Reginald Kindle v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-11-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure jury-trial preponderance-of-evidence recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-maximum |
Whether a sentencing court violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial when it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that he commi… |
| 21-6131 |
Jose Alfredo Gonzalez-Mares v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-6067 |
Johnnie Franklin Wills v. Karen Pszczolkowski, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Facility |
West Virginia |
2021-10-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-v-united-states recidivism recidivist-statute residual-clause sentencing sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Is a judicially crafted residual clause, which allows a life sentence to be imposed via a state recidivist statute only when certain underlying crimes… |
| 21-5402 |
Ronald E. West v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2021-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-issue criminal-procedure due-process election-dispute election-procedure judicial-review legal-challenge recidivism rehabilitation sentencing supreme-court |
Question not identified. |
| 21-5175 |
Alfredo Jesus Chavez-Portillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-5174 |
Domingo Cruz-Miguel v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-5096 |
Jaime Martinez-Rojas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-5029 |
Antonio Domingo-Morales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 20-7884 |
Roel Gilberto Melendez-Davila v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 20-7548 |
David Antoine Luster v. Bradley M. Trate, Warden |
Third Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law career-offender constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 20-7465 |
Johnny Andres Asuncion, III v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-sentencing felony-drug-offense mandatory-minimum ninth-circuit-precedent predicate-offense recidivism sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The District Court Judge sentenced the Petitioner to life in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine , 21 U.S.C. Sect. 841(a)(… |
| 20-6930 |
Marco Antonio Lopez-Sanchez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 20-6692 |
Juan Manuel Lopez-Canales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 20-6301 |
Alfornia Jason Wall, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-law federal-state-interaction recidivism sentencing-enhancement state-law |
Question not identified. |
| 20-5758 |
Damon Woodard v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c1c congressional-amendment congressional-amendments first-time-offender first-time-offenders mandatory-minimum-sentences recidivism sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether this Court should revisit and recede from its decision in Deal v. United States, 508 U.S. 129 (1993), which permits the "stacking" of mandator… |
| 20-5741 |
Juan Gabriel Sanchez-Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial recidivism sentencing Sixth-Amendment |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States , 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 20-5093 |
Dion Clayborn v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender congressional-intent deference-to-agency drug-trafficking guideline-commentary recidivism sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Title 28 U.S.C. § 994(h) authorized the Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines that, based on legislative history, were intended harshly punis… |
| 19-8884 |
Samuel Gray v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3559 categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elemental-analysis georgia-robbery prior-convictions recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
I. THERE IS A LACK OF CLARITY AND UNANIMITY AMONG LOWER COURTS OF WHETHER A PRIOR GEORGIA ROBBERY CONVICTION CONSTITUTES A "CRIME OF VIOLENCE" FOR ENH… |
| 19-8573 |
David Konepachit v. California |
California |
2020-05-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
DOES THE SENATE BILL 1393 INHERENTLY DEPRIVE THE PETITIONER FROM EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS BECAUSE OF THE AMELIORATIVE STATUTE THAT 1893 AMENDS, LA… |
| 19-7528 |
David Lee Smith v. Rick Jackson |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus incarceration innocence-claim legal-release parole recidivism rehabilitation sentencing |
IS APPELLANT ENITITLED TO
RELEASE ON HISWN
RECOGNANICES,AFTER DEMDNISTRATING NI.C.G.S.I4-7.I
IS PATENTLY UNCANLSTITUTI ONAL COLORABLY SHAINIING HIS IN… |
| 19-7298 |
James Lee Bell v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-precedent blakely-rule criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury jury-trial mandatory-minimum recidivism recidivist-treatment sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Q 1: Was the limitation of Almendarez-Torres and the dictates of Apprendi and Blakely violated? Florida in deciding whether Petitioner qualified for r… |
| 19-6205 |
Ruben Navarrete-Felix v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-policy recidivism sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors |
Is it an abuse of discretion to sentence a recidivist pursuant to a blanket policy of always imposing a longer sentence than the defendant previously … |
| 19-6211 |
Barry L. Clark v. Mark Gwyn, et al. |
Tennessee |
2019-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
academic-studies civil-rights constitutional-review due-process judicial-precedent landmark-decisions legislative-intent recidivism sex-offender sex-offenders standing state-sponsored-surveys |
Is it proper and timely for this Supreme Court to give redress to pronouncements incorporated within earlier landmark decisions stating that recidivis… |
| 19-5749 |
Juan Manuel Perez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation |
1) Whether, when determining whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence, a federal court is bound by the decision of the state's highest… |
| 19-5727 |
Trayvon Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court-interpretation state-law |
1) Whether, when determining whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence, a federal court is bound by the decision of the state's highest… |
| 18-7699 |
Facundo Ruiz-Ruiz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process recidivism sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 18-7240 |
Charles Jermaine King, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender constitutional-rights criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process guidelines habeas-corpus recidivism recidivist sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
IN ROSALES MIRELES V US, JUSTICE ALITO ASKED DURING THE ORAL ARGUMENTS... "SUPPOSE THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER A DEFENDANT WAS PROPERLY TREATED… |
| 18-7185 |
Santos Orlando Diaz-Martinez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres-precedent constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-reconsideration recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review |
Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which holds that a prior conviction that increases the maxi… |
| 18-7141 |
Luis Rey Gonzalez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-analysis constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent overruling precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Should this Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998)? |
| 18-6692 |
Richard D. Waterson, II v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing double-counting fairness justice procedural-reasonableness reasonableness recidivism recidivism-risk sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines |
Whether in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction over the Courts of the United States, this Court should determine that the sentence imposed on… |
| 18-6665 |
Maurice T. Smith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-analysis categorical-approach criminal-law drug-offenses drug-trafficking due-process felony-drug-offense recidivism recidivist-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
1). Whether it was the intent of congress to restrict the application of § 841 recidivist enhancement to previous drug trafficking crimes which are te… |
| 18-6472 |
James Gibson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres criminal-procedure drug-offenses jury-trial mandatory-minimum prior-convictions reasonable-doubt recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether the Petitioner's sentence violated his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial when the district court imposed a minimum mandatory sentence of l… |
| 18-6413 |
Joshua Jackson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
21-usc-841 controlled-substances conviction criminal-adjudication criminal-law due-process federal-statute recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation youthful-offender |
Is an Alabama youthful-offender adjudication a "conviction" for purposes of sentencing enhancement under 21 U.S.C § 841(b)(1)(A)? |
| 18-6121 |
Benjamin Vega-Garcia, aka Carlos Moreno Molina v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari-standard constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent precedent-overruling recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which holds that a prior conviction qualifying an enhanced … |
| 18-5668 |
Thomas Blackledge v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adam-walsh-act civil-commitment civil-rights due-process recidivism sexually-dangerous-persons volitional-control |
I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming the civil commitment of petitioner under the Adam Walsh Act where the evidence does not establish by … |
| 18-5559 |
Travis Michael Easter v. Brigitte Amsberry, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-enhancement due-process factual-innocence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel legal-innocence miscarriage-of-justice recidivism recidivist-enhancement recidivist-statute sentencing-error three-strikes three-strikes-law |
WHETHER THE STATE OF OREGON'S IMPOSITION OF A TRUE LIFE
SENTENCE UNDER A THREE STRIKES SENTENCING RECIDIVIST ENHANCEMENT STATUTE IS A MISCARRIAGE OF J… |
| 18-5127 |
Martinez Orlando Black v. North Carolina |
North Carolina |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process felony-classification habitual-offender ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-delinquency prior-conviction recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Did the failure of defense counsel to object to the increase in Petitioner's sentence into the "aggravated range" at Felony Class C, by use of a prior… |
| 18-5073 |
Victor Armando Cruz-Colocho v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi apprendi-rule criminal-procedure due-process prior-conviction recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
1. Should the Court consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Apprendi… |