| 24-7479 |
Johnnie Franklin Wills v. Michael Reger, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Facility |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process recidivist-statute residual-clause supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a judicially crafted residual clause allowing life sentences under a state recidivist statute is unconstitutional in light of recent Supreme C… |
| 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 unconstitutional? |
| 19-962 |
Travis Ray Norwood v. West Virginia |
West Virginia |
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-review criminal-justice criminal-punishment drug-policy due-process equal-protection opioid-crisis opioid-sentencing recidivist-statute sentencing |
Whether defendants charged with crimes involving Schedule I opioids can be constitutionally treated differently for punitive purposes from defendants … |
| 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… |