| 25-6454 |
Derek Capozzi v. United States |
First Circuit |
2025-12-30 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review johnson-retroactivity residual-clause section-2255 sentence-enhancement |
1. Whether, to qualify under 18 U.S.C. § 2255 for relief from a sentence enhancement imposed by operation of the now abrogated residual clause of 18 U… |
| 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… |
| 24-7240 |
Luis Fernandez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-05-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
crime-of-violence elements-clause habeas-corpus judicial-review residual-clause section-2255 |
Are federal courts precluded from granting a federal prisoner's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate an illegal conviction in light of Davis where the re… |
| 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 … |
| 23A789 |
Charles Edward Jones v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
§2255-motion constitutional-retroactivity jurisdictional-limitation mandatory-life-sentence residual-clause successive-habeas |
Whether a federal appellate court lacks jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §2255(h)(2) to review a successive habeas motion challenging a mandatory life sen… |
| 23-479 |
Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies, Inc. |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-07 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split contract-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce intrastate-transportation residual-clause seamen-railroad-employees statutory-interpretation transportation-worker-exemption transportation-workers |
Does the FAA's residual clause exempt a class of transportation workers that directly transports passengers across state lines, but primarily performs… |
| 23-5933 |
Samuel Lee Lynch v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-battery constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-v-united-states residual-clause statutory-interpretation vagueness violent-felony |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c)(1)'s residual clause is unconstitutional |
| 23-5426 |
Christopher Robertson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempted-robbery constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act jury-instructions misstatement-of-law residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Whether a defendant can be convicted of a 924(c) offense if the defendant was convicted of attempted Hobbs Act robbery |
| 23-5331 |
Al Douglas Wordly v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine |
Whether Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), establishes 'cause' to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predicate… |
| 22-7862 |
Lazaro Veliz v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause-exception circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause vagueness |
Whether Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), establishes 'cause' to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predicate… |
| 22-6866 |
Antonio Rosello v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), establishes 'cause' to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predicate… |
| 22-6705 |
Charles Wesley Clearwater v. K. Bennett, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process inmate-rights rdap rdap-program residual-clause time-credit vagueness |
Is it a violation of an inmate's Constitutional Rights to due process to use the Residual Clause criteria to deny him from receiving the one-year time… |
| 22-6497 |
Timothy Martin Kendrick v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-01-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender categorical-approach criminal-law due-process johnson-ruling residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Does the struck-down 18 USC 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) residual under Johnson(2015) as applied to ACCA equally apply to Mandatory Guideline USSG§4B1.2(a)(ii) Ca… |
| 22-6358 |
Bernard Thomas Edmond v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 924(c)(3) armed-career-criminal-act due-process hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense residual-clause sixth-circuit |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously decided that the petitioner's predicate offense for his Sec. 924(c) is the conspiracy charge an… |
| 22-5720 |
Mark Julian Edmonds v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge procedural-standard residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional |
Whether Mr. Edmonds was required to prove that it is 'more likely than not' that the sentencing judge 'actually relied on' the ACCA's unconstitutional… |
| 22-5549 |
Emmanuel Maxime v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924 28-usc-2255 cause-exception circuit-split constitutional-vagueness habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states procedural-default residual-clause |
Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), establishes 'cause' to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predica… |
| 22-5503 |
Jose Vargas-Soto v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge direct-appeal due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus johnson-decision procedural-default residual-clause sentencing vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the doctrine of procedural default bars a court from granting relief to a defendant whose conviction and sentence were predicated on an uncons… |
| 21-7434 |
Darryl Williams v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender circuit-split crime-of-violence due-process equal-protection residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the residual clause in the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines is unconstitutionally vague under the Due Process Clause, resulting in unequal… |
| 21-7276 |
Julio Rodriguez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus harmless-error residual-clause standing unconstitutional-vagueness |
Whether a certificate of appealability can be issued despite controlling circuit authority to the contrary |
| 21-6750 |
Claude Jerome Wilson, II v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split constitutional-rule habeas-corpus johnson-claim residual-clause sentencing-enhancement violent-felony |
When the record is silent as to which enhancement clause applied, what showing is a § 2255 movant required to make to prove he is entitled to relief o… |
| 21-6534 |
Wilfredo Rodriguez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict harmless-error jury-verdict residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether a general verdict that was obtained in reliance on the unconstitutionally vague residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) may be sustained b… |
| 21-780 |
Ewin Oscar Martinez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-2119 actual-innocence carjacking carjacking-statute crime-of-violence criminal-procedure habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause |
Whether a person violates the federal carjacking statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2119, by taking a motor vehicle not in the presence of its owner and without any… |
| 21-6217 |
Alberto Grajales v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict harmless-error judicial-review residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a general verdict that was obtained in reliance on the unconstitutionally vague residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(B) may be sustained b… |
| 21-6192 |
Benjamin Joseph Langford v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process habeas-relief iowa-robbery-statute johnson-ruling predicate-conviction residual-clause sentencing serious-violent-felony statutory-interpretation three-strikes united-states-v-johnson |
Whether Mr. Langford was improperly denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief from his mandatory life sentence |
| 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? |
| 21-5789 |
KT Burgee, aka Kape Teal Burgee v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach criminal-classification federal-offense minor minor-protection residual-clause sex-offender-registration sex-offense sorna statutory-interpretation |
Should courts apply the categorical approach to determine if a prior conviction qualifies as a sex offense under the SORNA residual clause in 34 U.S.C… |
| 21-5319 |
John Louis Devencenzi v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carjacking circuit-split crime-of-violence intimidation mandatory-minimum-sentences physical-force residual-clause statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Circuits have interpreted the actus reus of federal carjacking too narrowly by requiring the threat of violent physical force as an elemen… |
| 20-8053 |
William Leroy Sanders v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-05-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act iowa-interference-with-official-acts johnson-precedent mathis-analysis mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach residual-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-overbreadth violent-felony |
Whether Mr. Sanders was improperly denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief from his fifteen-year Armed Career Criminal Sentence |
| 20-8016 |
Rico Blackwell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence collateral-attack-waiver criminal-procedure davis-challenge federal-sentencing habeas-corpus plea-bargaining procedural-default residual-clause section-924c statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
Whether a defendant can ever show cause and prejudice to avoid the procedural default bar on a meritorious Davis challenge to a § 924(c) conviction? |
| 20-7866 |
Paul Demetrius Lamar Gray v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause physical-force pinkerton-conspiracy pinkerton-liability postal-robbery residual-clause statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether a conviction sustained under a Pinkerton conspiracy theory satisfies the elements clause of the 'crime of violence' definition |
| 20-7792 |
Ralph Stephen Gambina v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender criminal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation timeliness timeliness-provision |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 20-7629 |
Robert Earl Martin v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states legal-precedent residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether application of Johnson to the virtually identical residual clause in § 3559(c) does not require a new rule of constitutional law, but merely r… |
| 20-7522 |
Joshua R. Jones v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (200… |
| 20-7386 |
Andrew Chapnick v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation timeliness-provision |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 20-7091 |
Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states jurisdictional-challenge residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review violent-felony |
Whether Mr. Chaney should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 20-6995 |
Floyd Clark v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2021-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment johnson-precedent motion-for-new-trial newly-discovered-evidence recanting-affidavit residual-clause |
Whether there was a sufficient final determination by the trial court such that the Circuit Court could have reached a determination of the substantiv… |
| 20-7007 |
Vernon Allen Collins v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-iii-standing civil-procedure constitutional-minimum coram-nobis due-process johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing |
Whether the appellate court adoptions of the district court dispositive procedural conclusions erred in holding Collins had failed to prove Article II… |
| 20-6909 |
Brian Gale v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law district-court due-process elements-clause hobbs-act residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' |
| 20-6478 |
Barry Addison Gray v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-U.S.C.-§-2255 career-offender career-offender-sentencing-guideline due-process johnson-ruling Johnson-v-United-States residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Are 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motions raising due-process-vagueness challenges to fixed sentences imposed through application of the pre-2005 mandatory career-… |
| 20-6466 |
Louis Anthony Jackson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
924(c) 924(c)-sentence certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-decision due-process hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing |
Whether a certificate of appealability should have been granted |
| 20-6428 |
Ronald Herron v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924c advance-knowledge aiding-and-abetting criminal-conviction due-process firearm-conduct firearm-related-conduct jury-instruction residual-clause section-924c unconstitutional |
Did the second circuit err by affirming petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) convictions |
| 20-6356 |
Ryan Dennis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
acca criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus physical-force reckless-injury residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether an offense that can be committed by recklessly causing serious injury has 'the use of physical force against the person of another' as an elem… |
| 20-6290 |
Orlando Sanchez v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender constitutional-vagueness johnson-v-united-states postconviction-motion residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version of the Sentencing Guidelin… |
| 20-6221 |
Miguel Nunez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-challenge federal-law johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of the mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely… |
| 20-6143 |
Saul Mangual-Corchado v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carjacking-statute civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process force-clause johnson-standard residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the federal carjacking offense constitutes a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 20-5927 |
Gene Michael Diulio v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 circuit-split due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentencing mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Are 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motions filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), raising due-process, vagueness, mandatory-sent… |
| 20-5928 |
Rick Lee Archer v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Are 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitions filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), raising due process vagueness challenges to … |
| 20-5757 |
Jerrieus Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process firearms-offense plea-agreement plea-bargaining residual-clause sentencing void-for-vagueness |
Whether the petitioner's convictions for aiding and abetting interference with commerce by robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951(a) and 2, and ai… |
| 19-8924 |
William R. Jenkins v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-motion residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether a post-conviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging a sentence under the pre-2005 mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely when … |
| 19-8820 |
Cesar Velazquez v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-relief residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether a post-conviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging a sentence under the pre-2005 mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely when … |
| 19-8745 |
Bernard Scott, Jr. v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-relief residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether a post-conviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging a sentence under the pre-2005 mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely when … |
| 19-8735 |
Michael A. Jackson v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-relief residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a post-conviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging a sentence under the pre-2005 mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely when … |
| 19-8640 |
Paul N. Littles v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-U.S.C-2255 career-offender constitutional-vagueness Johnson-v-United-States mandatory-sentencing-guidelines postconviction-motion residual-clause sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent unconstitutionally-vague |
Whether a postconviction motion under 28-U.S.C-2255 challenging a sentence under the pre-2005 mandatory U.S-Sentencing-Guidelines is timely when filed… |
| 19-8597 |
Lewis McKenzie v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof gatekeeping-requirement johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement violent-felony |
When the record is silent as to which enhancement clause applied, what showing is a § 2255 movant required to make to satisfy the requirements of § 22… |
| 19-1282 |
Avery Terry v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-924c appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal-waiver due-process force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime |
Whether the court of appeals erred in dismissing the appeal pursuant to an invalid appeal waiver |
| 19-8190 |
George Lyle Cullett, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-06 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker-sentencing residual-clause section-2255 timeliness timeliness-standard |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the preBooker care… |
| 19-8191 |
Benjamin Velasquez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the preBooker care… |
| 19-8100 |
Jorge Rodriguez-Luca v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (200… |
| 19-8041 |
Stanley Edward Jamison, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-right timely-motion |
Whether Mr. Jamison's § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), claiming that Johnson invalidates the p… |
| 19-7958 |
Anthony Quinones v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard vagueness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7974 |
Jesse Moreno v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness-standard |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7976 |
Lonnie Victor Fleming v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7977 |
Robert Morris Hoff v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard vagueness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7981 |
Marcos Robert Castaneda v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentencing-guidelines ninth-circuit residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines timeliness void-for-vagueness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7933 |
Larry Donnell Bogard v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7947 |
Bobby Joe Floyd v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timeliness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7755 |
Scott Michael Patrick v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness |
Whether the right recognized in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory Guidelines |
| 19-7726 |
Larry Watkins, Sr. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-02-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bail bail-reform-act constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence moot-question mootness pretrial-bail residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness |
Whether the judgment below should be vacated for deciding a moot question |
| 19-7616 |
Fred Blajos v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline crime-of-violence elements-clause habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timeliness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-7604 |
Richard Allen Lumpkin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines |
| 19-7434 |
Andrea Zambrano v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3b carjacking-statute crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis |
Whether United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), retroactively invalidates the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) |
| 19-7412 |
Alford D. Embry, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (2000) |
| 19-7242 |
Bryan Whitehead v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 5th-amendment conviction conviction-and-sentence crime-of-violence due-process fifth-amendment jury-determination residual-clause sentence sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis |
Whether the Petitioner was denied his Fifth Amendment right to due process of law by virtue of his conviction and sentence under the residual clause o… |
| 19-6884 |
Glen B. Clay, aka Glenn B. Clay v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act district-court-review due-process johnson-v-united-states procedural-default residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-proof successive-motion |
Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's decision that it could not consider on the merits Mr. Clay's successive motion ba… |
| 19-6818 |
John D. Ward v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines |
| 19-6832 |
James Henry Lacy, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines timeliness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-6785 |
Bobbie London, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-habeas federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-petition johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline residual-clause statute-of-limitations unconstitutionally-vague vagueness-doctrine |
Are habeas petitions challenging sentences fixed by the mandatory career offender guideline timely if filed within one year of Johnson v. United State… |
| 19-6755 |
Frederick Garcia-Cruz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure debatable-among-jurists-of-reason due-process habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason mandatory-sentencing ninth-circuit residual-clause sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's 'debatable among jurists of reason' standard for a certificate of appealability |
| 19-6759 |
James A. Lackey v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-deference jurists-of-reason mandatory-sentencing-guidelines ninth-circuit residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's 'debatable among jurists of reason' standard for a certificate of appealability |
| 19-6686 |
Darren Kevin Hunter v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-6689 |
Frank Fernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-purposes |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-6658 |
Booker Terry Simmons v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline civil-procedure constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-6670 |
Michael Bridge v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure brief-formatting career-offender constitutional-rights due-process johnson-v-united-states judicial-discretion mandatory-guidelines procedural-fairness residual-clause sentencing-guidelines timeliness Whether Pennsylvania Superior Court can dismiss an |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-6510 |
Timothy L. Douglas v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255f3 career-offender criminal-law criminal-sentencing-guidelines-4b1.1-4b1.2 due-process guidelines johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (200… |
| 19-6521 |
Marcus T. Simmons v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender criminal-justice criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 guidelines johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (200… |
| 19-6492 |
Tylan Tremaine Autrey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Does a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the mandatory career offender guidelin… |
| 19-6379 |
Timothy Edward Holz v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender collateral-review crime-of-violence johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentence-enhancement mandatory-sentencing pre-booker pre-booker-mandatory residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-4b1.2a |
Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), invalidated U.S. Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(a)---the career offender guideline's residual… |
| 19-6353 |
Bekir Buluc, aka Celebi Buluc, aka Bekir Celibi v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-penalties deportation due-process immigration immigration-law residual-clause rule-of-lenity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the general, residual phrase 'takes any other action' in 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1)(C) must be interpreted to embrace only actions like those in th… |
| 19-6357 |
James Alton Turner, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 acca-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process,criminal-procedure,sentencing,acca,joh elements-clause habeas-relief johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-court sentencing-guidelines violent-felonies |
Whether a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner must affirmatively prove the sentencing court relied on the residual clause |
| 19-6287 |
Seferino Martinez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-10-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender criminal-sentencing-guidelines johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the analogous residual clause in the mandatory guidelines |
| 19-6037 |
John Anzures v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach commercial-burglary generic-burglary johnson-motion johnson-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach residual-clause sentencing-enhancement stitt-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states |
Whether a commercial burglary conviction under New Mexico law categorically does not qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act's… |
| 19-5793 |
Anton Jevon Alexander v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c bank-robbery constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness supreme-court-precedent underlying-crime vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether Alexander's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction must be vacated in light of United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019) |
| 19-5770 |
Danny Lee Banks v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment johnson-precedent residual-clause sentencing sixth-amendment unconstitutional unconstitutional-sentencing |
Did the appeals court and district court violate bank's fifth, sixth and fourteenth amendment rights by upholding a sentence that was based on the unc… |
| 19-5460 |
Jose Ortega v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924c categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure grant-vacate-remand residual-clause section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis |
Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand Mr. Ortega's case in light of United States v. Davis |
| 19-5425 |
Damien Riley v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review career-offender criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process residual-clause sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness united-states-code united-states-v-booker |
Whether the district court's sentence is substantively unreasonable in reliance on the career offender guidelines residual clause |
| 19-5308 |
Oscar Minaya v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
GVR |
IFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924c civil-rights conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentence sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis void-for-vagueness |
Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness |
| 19-5307 |
James D. Brigman v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines |
| 19-5315 |
Raymond Aguilar v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-U.S.C-§-2244 28-U.S.C-§-2255 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 court-of-appeals district-court habeas-corpus johnson-rule residual-clause section-2244 section-2255 successive-motion successive-petitions void-for-vagueness |
When a court of appeals grants authorization to file a successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)(2), does 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(4) permit a district c… |
| 19-5316 |
Abelee Bronson v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-guidelines-mandatory habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sessions-v-dimaya void-for-vagueness |
Whether the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the analogous residual clause in the mandatory guidelines |
| 19-5262 |
Eulos Ceasar Knight v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-error criminal-record due-process guidelines johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-tucker welch-v-united-states |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in requiring more than evidence that the sentence 'might have been different' to establish a due process violation und… |
| 19-5219 |
Bobby G. Pullen v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 circuit-split criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 criminal-sentencing guidelines-interpretation habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines successive-habeas-petitions successive-motion vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the residual clause of the mandatory guidelines, USSG §4B1.2(a)(2) (2004), is void for vagueness |
| 19-5141 |
William Wade v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924c-sentencing circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process johnson-dimaya physically-restrained-enhancement residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Whether the 10th Circuit's declaration that the 924(c) 'residual' clause is unconstitutional requires resentencing when the sentencing court failed to… |
| 18-9830 |
Michael Franklin Einfeldt v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-petition burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines violent-felonies violent-felony |
Whether a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner should be required to affirmatively prove the sentencing court relied on the residual clause |
| 18-9807 |
Robert Wilson, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 acca-enumerated-offense-clause acca-statute criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 due-process habeas-corpus johnson-relief johnson-v-united-states procedural-default residual-clause sentencing sentencing-court sentencing-guidelines violent-felonies violent-felony |
Whether a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner must affirmatively prove sentencing court relied on residual clause |
| 18-9781 |
Adam J. Winarske v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 acca-enhancement armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2255 requires a Johnson petitioner to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the residual clause provided the basis for his … |
| 18-9760 |
Andrew D. Dixon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca acca-sentence-enhancement acca-statute armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure elements-clause johnson-precedent post-johnson precedent predicate-prior residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Did the court error denying claims that the residual clause didn't apply to defendant by using Post-Johnson precedent claims and raising elements clau… |
| 18-9653 |
Todd Ricks v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion |
When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was a basis for enhancing his sentence, but fails to show th… |
| 18-9506 |
Kenyon Raheen Gadsden v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Whether a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is timely under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3) when it claims that Johnson v. United States invalidates the residual c… |
| 18-9415 |
Michael Don Neely v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-interpretation illegal-sentence johnson-v-united-states judicial-review residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional |
Whether a district court can vacate an illegal sentence enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) if it finds that the record established th… |
| 18-9360 |
Lazaro Veliz v. John V. Flournoy, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-step-act johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court void-for-vagueness |
Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness |
| 18-9368 |
Antonio Dean Blackstone v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 2255-motion criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit residual-clause section-2255 section-924c timeliness-standard united-states-v-davis vagueness |
Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-9343 |
Joe Carroll Ziglar v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split gatekeeping-requirement johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement violent-felony |
When the record is silent as to which enhancement clause applied, what showing is a § 2255 movant required to make to satisfy the requirements of § 22… |
| 18-9302 |
Xing Lin v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-16 |
GVR |
IFP |
18-usc-924 appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness |
Is the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) void for vagueness? |
| 18-9277 |
Melvin Scott Morman v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
§-2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure enumerated-offenses-clause johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement violent-felony |
When the record is silent as to which enhancement clause applied, what showing is a § 2255 movant required to make to prove he is entitled to relief o… |
| 18-9244 |
Danny Herrera v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-13 |
GVR |
IFP |
and whether a conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robb 18-usc-924 conspiracy constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-vagueness vagueness |
Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-9210 |
Curtis Solomon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
categorical-approach collateral-review constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity successive-petition vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the 'crime of violence' definition in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-9211 |
Leon Escourse-Westbrook v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability collateral-review conduct-based-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence residual-clause retroactivity vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the 'crime of violence' definition in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-9217 |
Kirk Lurton Grummitt, et al. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender-guidelines collateral-review criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statute-of-limitations |
Whether the 'right' in Johnson, which invalidated the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, triggers this statute of limitations for a pet… |
| 18-9185 |
Bobby Martin v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-08 |
GVR |
IFP |
18-usc-16 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process residual-clause sentencing sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent void-for-vagueness |
Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether Sessions v. Dimaya and Johnson v United States invalidated the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3… |
| 18-9161 |
Robert Leonard Wood v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states criminal-law johnson johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether the Court should resolve the question left open by Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886 (2017), that continues to divide the courts of app… |
| 18-8892 |
Carlos Hernandez Machin v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute due-process mandatory-minimum residual-clause samuel-johnson sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability is in conflict with this Court's precedent when reasonable jurists are current… |
| 18-8792 |
Mario Devant Cheers v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-robbery career-offender constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-precedent mandatory-guidelines mandatory-minimum residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the Fifth Circuit misapplied Beckles to Mr. Cheers's pre-Booker sentence in light of Supreme Court precedent |
| 18-8737 |
Mario Bachiller v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-09 |
GVR |
IFP |
categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit johnson-retroactivity mandatory-minimum residual-clause retroactivity section-924c vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)'s residual clause is unconstitutionally vague under Johnson v. United States |
| 18-8703 |
Alan Wade Johnson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act federal-prisoner legal-background procedural-review residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement silent-record successive-habeas-motion successive-motion |
When a federal prisoner demonstrates that, due to a silent record and the relevant legal background, the sentencing court may have relied on the Armed… |
| 18-8435 |
Roy Allen Green v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review constitutional-vagueness due-process mandatory-sentencing residual-clause retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Whether this Court's rulings in Johnson and Welch, retroactively invalidating the residual clause of the ACCA because it was unconstitutionally vague,… |
| 18-8324 |
Johnny Madison Williams, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? |
| 18-8309 |
Darwin Zoch v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
acca-interpretation armed-career-criminal-act due-process due-process,sentencing,acca,johnson-v-united-state habeas-corpus johnson-relief johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner must affirmatively prove the sentencing court relied on the residual clause to be entitled to relief under Johns… |
| 18-8042 |
Aaron Maurice Blaylock, aka Stephan Blaylock v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-U.S.C-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge due-process habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states motion-to-vacate residual-clause unconstitutional |
Should a certificate of appealability have issued after the district court denied as untimely a 28-U.S.C-2255-motion |
| 18-8025 |
Michael St. Hubert v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation unconstitutionally-vague vagueness |
Is the definition of 'crime of violence' in the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague? |
| 18-7996 |
Emory Watkins v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924 circuit-split crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-conspiracy residual-clause statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness |
Whether the residual clause at 18 USC Sec. 924 (c) (3) (B) is void for vagueness |
| 18-7751 |
Brian Bolton v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline collateral-review constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines welch-v-united-states |
Whether the government's arguments are incorrectly that the Supreme Court's ruling in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), is 'procedural… |
| 18-7804 |
Denandias Watson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a § 2255 defendant may prove that his ACCA-enhanced or § 3559(c)-enhanced sentence was based on the now-unconstitutional residual clause throu… |
| 18-7783 |
Todd Eugene Cannady v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
california-penal-code california-penal-code-211 categorical-approach commentary crime-of-violence johnson johnson-ruling residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-4b1.2 |
Can California robbery under California Penal Code § 211 be a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, where Johnson invalidated the residual clause … |
| 18-7801 |
Calvin Fitzgerald Tannehill v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit misapplied this Court's precedents by denying a certificate of appealability on whether Mr. Tannehill's § 2255 claim reli… |
| 18-7765 |
Burgess Massey v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause habeas-corpus johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states new-york-robbery residual-clause retroactivity second-or-successive-habeas sentencing-enhancement violent-felony |
Whether the New York State offense of robbery in the third degree is a 'violent felony' under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 18-7723 |
Randy Dempsey v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-prisoner residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement successive-motion |
When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was a basis for enhancing his sentence, but fails to show th… |
| 18-7680 |
Hector Cirino v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924c3b armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional |
Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? |
| 18-7570 |
Anthony Eugene Hardeman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion |
When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was the only lawful basis to enhance his sentence, but fails… |
| 18-7573 |
Matthew Hearn v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity statutory-interpretation |
Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? |
| 18-7577 |
Roland Castro v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act due-process habitual-offender johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states prior-convictions residual-clause sentencing sentencing-ambiguity statutory-maximum united-states-v-herrold united-states-v-johnson violent-felony |
Whether petitioner's 240-month sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) must be vacated because it is unclear whether he was sentenced unde… |
| 18-7586 |
Zachary T. Frey v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation post-sentencing-case-law post-sentencing-law residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a defendant can prove his ACCA-enhanced sentence was based on the unconstitutional residual clause by relying on post-sentencing case law |
| 18-7538 |
Jeffrey Russo v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statute-of-limitations suspension-clause |
Whether the 'right' recognized in Johnson v. United States triggers the statute of limitations under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3) for a petitioner seeking t… |
| 18-7543 |
Rodney Landingham v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime void-for-vagueness |
Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? |
| 18-7470 |
Carl Lee Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking categorical-approach crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-carjacking intimidation physical-force residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether federal carjacking by way of intimidation is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)'s force clause |
| 18-7379 |
Edward Bruno Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 acca-sentence armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 |
Whether a § 2255 movant raising a Johnson claim can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his ACCA sentence 'may have' been based on the residual cla… |
| 18-7252 |
Eddie Ray Wiese, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act federal-prisoner fifth-circuit johnson-claim residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion |
When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was the only lawful substantive basis to enhance his sentenc… |
| 18-7238 |
Antron Edwards v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof civil-rights collateral-review due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-burden-of-proof statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states |
Whether a § 2255 defendant may prove that his ACCA-enhanced sentence was based on the residual clause through a process of elimination or by surveying… |
| 18-7086 |
Alex Joe Hernandez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-retroactivity due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states judicial-interpretation prior-convictions residual-clause sentencing sentencing-error standing welch-v-united-states |
When a Johnson movant would not be an armed career criminal if sentenced today, how can he show that his sentence is infected with error under Johnson… |
| 18-6989 |
Jessie Lee Smith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
acca-sentencing armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states post-sentencing-case-law residual-clause retroactivity statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states |
May a § 2255 defendant prove that his ACCA-enhanced sentence was based upon the residual clause through a process of elimination? |
| 18-6915 |
Carlton Robinson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender career-offender-guideline collateral-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-law-procedure johnson-precedent residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing supreme-court-retroactivity vagueness |
Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker career offender guid… |
| 18-6936 |
Anthony Bernard Harris v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a § 2255 defendant may prove that his ACCA-enhanced sentence was based on the now-unconstitutional residual clause through a process of elimin… |
| 18-6833 |
Jose Ramon Zuniga, aka Josue Ararel Zuniga-Zaragoza, aka Jose Ramon Zuniga-Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure discretion due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion offense-level residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-standards statutory-interpretation |
Whether a Guideline which incorporates by reference § 16(b)'s residual clause may serve as the basis for increasing the defendant's offense level unde… |
| 18-6809 |
Desmond Camp v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c categorical-analysis constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act Hobbs-Act-robbery physical-violence residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness |
May Hobbs Act robbery serve as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 18-6760 |
David Junior Upshaw v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca-sentencing armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-procedure mandatory-guidelines post-sentencing-law pre-booker-mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether a defendant can prove his ACCA-enhanced sentence was based on the residual clause through a process of elimination and rely on post-sentencing… |
| 18-6675 |
In Re Ryan Lee Zater |
|
2018-11-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus residual-clause section-2244 section-924c sentencing supervisory-powers vagueness |
Whether the Fourth Circuit's denial of Zater's §2244 application, which would have been granted in other circuits under divergent gatekeeping protocol… |
| 18-6599 |
Horace Vonche Jordan v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability collateral-review criminal-sentencing due-process mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether USSG § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness with respect to defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines |
| 18-6569 |
Mark Lee Murray v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states mandatory-consecutive-sentence residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively invalidates the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) |
| 18-6548 |
Salvatore Leone v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement successive-habeas-motion welch-v-united-states |
Are federal courts precluded from granting a federal prisoner's successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate an illegal sentence based on Johnson wher… |
| 18-6370 |
Charles Harper v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement welch-v-united-states |
May a § 2255 defendant prove that his ACCA-enhanced sentence was based upon the residual clause through a process of elimination? |
| 18-6385 |
Jeffrey Bernard Beeman v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule residual-clause sentencing-challenge statutory-interpretation |
Whether a defendant may prove that his ACCA-enhanced sentence was based on the now-unconstitutional residual clause through a process of elimination o… |
| 18-6328 |
Carlton Roland Hunter v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split collateral-review johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states post-sentencing-case-law residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement welch-v-united-states |
Whether a defendant in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding may prove that his enhanced sentence was based on the now-unconstitutional residual clause of the… |
| 18-6281 |
Terry E. Callins v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split collateral-review habeas-corpus mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-retroactivity teague-v-lane timeliness |
Whether Mr. Callins filed his § 2255 motion within one year of the date on which the right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court |
| 18-6284 |
Alphonso Churchwell, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender collateral-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness with respect to defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines |
| 18-6232 |
Dion Dakota Johnson v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-10-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c categorical-approach categorical-approach-18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation third-circuit vagueness |
Does the categorical approach apply in determining whether an offense is a crime of violence' for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)? |
| 18-6096 |
Michael Jackson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-09-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-U.S.C.-2255 28-usc-2255 acca armed-career-criminal-act case-law evidentiary-record johnson johnson-ruling predicate-conviction residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
May a court grant a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition challenging a sentence under Johnson when the evidentiary record is silent as to whether the petitioner'… |
| 18-6013 |
Richard Carl Wyatt v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states presumption presumption-of-regularity residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a § 2255 petitioner seeking relief under Johnson must affirmatively prove that he was sentenced under the residual clause of the ACCA |
| 18-5939 |
Gary Michael Allen v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-09-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timely-filing vagueness |
Whether a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 filed within one year of Johnson v. United States asserts a right recognized in Johnson |
| 18-5876 |
Steven Sanford v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split collateral-review johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a court may grant a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition collaterally challenging a sentence under Johnson |
| 18-5808 |
Rafael Angel Rondon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c 6th-amendment constitutional-law crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-law jury-instructions residual-clause sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-crime |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) pattern jury instruction violates the Sixth Amendment |
| 18-229 |
Ralph Curry v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split johnson-v-united-states judicial-review post-sentencing-caselaw residual-clause section-2255-motion sentencing-court sentencing-enhancement standard-of-proof successive-28-usc-2255-motion |
Whether a sentencing court may grant a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate a sentence based on the Supreme Court's invalidation of the Armed … |
| 18-5692 |
Melvin Jordan, III v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability enumerated-clause habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing violent-felony |
Whether a § 2255 petitioner seeking relief under Johnson must affirmatively prove that he was sentenced under the residual clause of the ACCA |
| 18-5674 |
Roger Clay Swain v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender collateral-review due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-ruling mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-retroactivity timeliness |
Whether federal prisoners who were sentenced under the mandatory career-offender guideline filed timely § 2255 motions within one year of Johnson v. U… |
| 18-5594 |
Cory Devon Washington v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus illegal-sentence judicial-review residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional |
Whether a district court can vacate an illegal sentence enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) if it finds that the record established th… |
| 18-5475 |
Johnaton Sampson George v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act habeas-corpus habeas-relief habeas-relief-eligibility johnson-v-united-states procedural-eligibility procedural-requirements residual-clause substantive-eligibility substantive-requirements |
Whether courts should look to the factual record, the law at the time of sentencing, the law as it currently stands, or a combination of these factors… |
| 18-5431 |
Melvin Andrew Morris v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process residual-clause sentencing standing |
Whether Michigan's felony domestic violence conviction qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the 'residual clause' of the U.S. Sentencing Guideline… |
| 18-5398 |
Kenneth Floyd Prutting v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 2nd-amendment armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause samuel-johnson section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a § 2255 movant raising a Samuel Johnson claim can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his ACCA sentence may have been based on the residua… |
| 18-5293 |
George Anthony Autobee v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 armed-bank-robbery constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence felony-force-clause johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation timeliness |
Whether Mr. Autobee's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) was timely |
| 18-5263 |
Bobby Ree McGee, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability elements-clause johnson-claim residual-clause samuel-johnson section-2255 statutory-maximum violent-felony |
Whether a § 2255 movant raising a Samuel Johnson claim can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his ACCA sentence may have been based on the residua… |
| 18-5268 |
Jeremiah T. Sailor v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 acca burden-of-proof collateral-review johnson johnson-v-united-states record residual-clause sentencing |
Whether a court may grant a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition collaterally challenging a sentence under Johnson when the sentencing judge never specified - an… |
| 18-5245 |
Jesus M. Rios-Ramos v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-07-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-law due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Whether the Supreme Court should address the application and contours of the residual clause of the Career Offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, in li… |
| 18-5238 |
Hassanh Bey Wright, aka Hassanh Bay Wright v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-history criminal-law culpable-negligence force-clause intent mens-rea residual-clause sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
Whether a crime with a mens rea of culpable negligence meets the definition of a 'crime of violence' under either the force clause or the residual cla… |
| 18-5217 |
Audy Perez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing sentencing-enhancement successive-2255-motion successive-habeas vagueness welch-v-united-states |
Are federal courts precluded from granting a federal prisoner's successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate an illegal sentence in light of Johnson w… |
| 18-5187 |
Verissimo Tavares v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
beckles-v-united-states career-offender congressional-directive crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing-guidelines due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-error residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether application of the residual clause of the definition of crime of violence' in U.S.S.G. §4B1.2(a)(2) constitutes procedural error in light of J… |
| 18-5193 |
William Brown v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states crime-of-violence due-process federal-sentencing-law johnson-v-united-states procedural-error residual-clause sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness |
Whether reliance on the 'residual clause' of the 'crime of violence' definition in the United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2), is… |
| 18-5176 |
In Re Winex Eugene |
|
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence article-iii career-offender case-or-controversy categorical-approach constitutional-review redressability residual-clause sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers standing standing-civil-procedure |
Whether Mr. Eugene's incarceration constitutes a case involving substantial injury and satisfies the Article III case or controversy requirement |
| 18-5147 |
Edward Nathan Wing v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 crime-of-violence habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity timeliness |
Whether Mr. Wing's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) was timely because it was fi… |
| 18-5126 |
Jamal Hamilton v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-barahona void-for-vagueness |
Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. 16(b) is unconstitutionally void for vagueness under Johnson v. United States and whether 18 U.S.C. 16(b) can… |
| 18-5100 |
Ras Rahim v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1651 28-usc-2255 all-writs-act armed-career-criminal-act collateral-attack consecutive-sentencing coram-nobis due-process elements-clause postconviction-remedy residual-clause sentencing-scheme |
Whether the writ of coram nobis is the proper avenue for a federal inmate to challenge a portion of a consecutive sentencing scheme when the federal p… |
| 18-5083 |
Rahman Fulton v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924c bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process extortion force-clause mathis-v-united-states mens-rea residual-clause statutory-interpretation |
Whether the federal bank robbery statute requires a knowing or intentional mens rea, and whether the 'force' clause of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A) applies … |
| 18-5052 |
Thomas Cureton v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
924(c) constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence interstate-communication johnson-v-united-states ransom-request residual-clause section-924c unconstitutionally-vague |
Whether Mr. Cureton's § 924(c) conviction for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated |
| 18-5061 |
Travis Horne v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process force-definition johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime |
Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States, 1385 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) and … |