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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
23-5314 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…
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…
22-5529 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
21-8268 Roger Acosta v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution indictment indictment-defect mens-rea rehaif-standard structural-error Whether a federal prosecution is structural error when a grand jury indicts a defendant for conduct that is not a federal offense?
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-…
21-5804 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…
21-5062 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…
20-8346 Juan Anibal Patrone v. United States First Circuit 2021-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error immigration-status rehaif rehaif-standard sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court's violation of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) entitles a defendant to relief, irrespective of whether the …
20-8071 Delson Marc v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms mens-rea rehaif-standard statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant's conviction under 18 U.S.C. §922(g) may be affirmed even though the indictment did not charge, and the government did not prove, …
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
20-7360 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…
20-6811 Jesus Eder Moreno Ornelas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP attempted-murder due-process felon-in-possession firearms jury plain-error-review rehaif-standard sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether a sentence may be enhanced for an offense tried to but not found by the jury
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…
20-6585 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…
20-6388 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…
20-6212 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
20-6165 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 …
20-5959 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
20-5939 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…
20-5824 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 …
20-5645 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?
20-5252 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
20-5132 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
19-8816 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?
19-8679 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 …
19-7074 Victor J. Stitt, II v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary criminal-sentencing generic-burglary rehaif rehaif-standard sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tennessee-law Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States
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…
19-566 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 …
19-6033 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…
19-5852 Roosevelt Leon Cooper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-06 GVR IFP case-law certiorari criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review mens-rea rehaif-standard 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…
19-5623 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…
19-5572 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
19-5456 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…
19-5333 Charles York Walker, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR IFP abuse-of-discretion case-specific-factors criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 discretion district-court district-court-discretion felon-in-possession grand-jury incorrect-assumptions opioid-crisis plea-agreement plea-bargaining policy-disagreement rehaif-standard rule-11 Whether a district court abuses its discretion in rejecting plea agreements based on policy disagreements
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…