robbery-definition
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6747 | Brad McLennan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-02-06 | Pending | IFP | categorical-approach circuit-split elements-comparison robbery-definition sentencing-enhancement taylor-precedent | Did the Fifth Circuit misapply the categorical approach by dismissing an elemental mismatch as a mere variation in terminology? |
| 25-6582 | Demonya Marquise Swarn v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-01-14 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach crime-of-violence fifth-circuit guidelines mens-rea robbery-definition | Did the Fifth Circuit misapply the categorical approach by dismissing an elemental mismatch as a mere variation in terminology and misconstruing the m… |
| 25-6424 | Sherrod Goodspeed v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-12-23 | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach crime-of-violence fifth-circuit guidelines mens-rea robbery-definition | Did the Fifth Circuit misapply the categorical approach by dismissing an elemental mismatch as a mere variation in terminology and misconstruing the m… |
| 25-5947 | Darrell Wickware v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach circuit-split elements-comparison robbery-definition sentencing-enhancement taylor-precedent | Did the Fifth Circuit misapply the categorical approach by dismissing an elemental mismatch as a mere variation in terminology? |
| 22-7258 | Brian Marc Fraser v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-04-12 | Denied | IFP | aggravated-robbery amendment commission-amendment criminal-classification due-process enumerated-offense robbery robbery-definition sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether there is a reasonable probability of a different result if the court of appeals were permitted to consider the Commission's Proposed Amendment… |
| 21-5397 | Jesse Carey v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-08-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence criminal-law enumerated-offense generic-robbery legal-interpretation robbery-definition sentencing-guidelines third-circuit third-degree-robbery | Whether the Third Circuit misapplied the law and rendered a decision in conflict with other federal courts of appeals by holding that Petitioner's thi… |
| 20-8275 | Paul Xavier Espinoza v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-10 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | actus-reus circuit-split criminal-law hobbs-act plain-language robbery robbery-definition statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | Whether the Circuits have interpreted the actus reus of Hobbs Act robbery too narrowly and against its plain language by requiring violent physical fo… |
| 18-5095 | Tron Lakey Davis v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-07-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach force generic-crime generic-robbery minimal-contact minimal-force robbery robbery-definition sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states violent-crime | Whether theft offenses requiring only minimal contact and no threat of violence satisfy the generic, contemporary meaning of robbery under the categor… |