| 24-5829 |
Ricky Donnell Abner v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constructive-amendment criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process geographical-location section-924c |
Whether a §924(c) 'Possession In furtherance of' offense requires geographical location proof when possession is alleged to have occurred simultaneous… |
| 24-5683 |
Ronald Champney v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach crime-of-violence hobbs-act section-924c third-circuit-court |
In light of the holding in United States v. Taylor that attempted Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)… |
| 23-7568 |
Malek Lassiter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-statute section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-taylor |
Whether The Court Of Appeals Erred By Holding Lassiter's Convictions Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) On Counts 25 And 28 Remain Lawful After United States v.… |
| 23-7075 |
Breon D. Hicks v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions section-924(c) section-924c unlawful-user |
Whether the district court erroneously instructed the jury concerning the Section 924(c) charges? |
| 23A853 |
Christopher Dominguez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
collateral-review crime-of-violence first-step-act ineffective-assistance plea-agreement section-924c |
Whether a defendant's guilty plea to a § 924(c) charge precludes collateral review of the underlying crime of violence in light of the Supreme Court's… |
| 22-5866 |
Gregory A. Milton, aka G v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
924(c) categorical-approach certiorari-petition constitutional-claim hobbs-act section-924c supreme-court-review united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor |
Whether a Hobbs Act conviction can support a violation of 18 U.S.C. §924(c) under the categorical approach |
| 22-5451 |
John That Luong v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
and remand for further proceedings in light of Ta vacate the Ninth Circuit's judgment 18-usc-924c constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence davis-v-united-states hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit section-2255 section-924(c) section-924c taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Court should grant Luong's petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate the Ninth Circuit's judgment, and remand for further proceedings in l… |
| 22-5170 |
Cristian Serrano-Delgado v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting conspiracy crime-of-violence davis-v-united-states hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery jury-instructions pinkerton-doctrine pinkerton-liability section-924c |
Can a valid Section 924(c) conviction be based on jury findings that may have been based on Hobbs Act conspiracy, Pinkerton Hobbs Act conspiracy, and … |
| 21-7975 |
Amir Karim Beigali v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-05-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924-c consecutive-sentences constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment mandatory-minimum section-924c sixth-amendment supervised-release |
Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendment prohibit a consecutive mandatory penalty under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C)(i) when the second § 924(c) offense was … |
| 21-6234 |
Edward Stain v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting conviction crimes-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense section-924c shepard-documents statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is unconstitutional when the Shepard documents do not clearly establish that a jury unanimously based it… |
| 21-6071 |
Aldridge Robinson, et al. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act section-1951 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act Robbery is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8) |
| 21-5891 |
Archie Ned Williams v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accomplice-liability crime-of-violence criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process hobbs-act-robbery physical-force pinkerton-liability section-924c statutory-interpretation |
Must the use of physical force required to establish a predicate crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) be personal to the defendant convict… |
| 21-386 |
Andre Barnaby, et al. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-09-09 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
18-usc-924 attempted-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act section-924c sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act qualifies as a 'crime of violence' |
| 21-5563 |
William Ferguson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-242 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-ruling due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense section-924c statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis |
Whether a defendant's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) should be vacated |
| 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? |
| 20-7845 |
Oscar Minaya v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) actual-innocence court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence section-924c statutory-interpretation yates-precedent yates-v-united-states |
Whether a court should consider evidence of the defendant's actual innocence of the charged offenses in evaluating error under Yates v. United States |
| 20-7126 |
Dominic Anthony Davis, et al. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting armed-bank-robbery circuit-split fact-based-harmless-error-review harmless-error jury-verdict modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense section-924c shepard-documents |
Where an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction rests on more than one possible predicate offense, the Shepard documents must conclusively establish that a jur… |
| 20-6787 |
Matthew Lee Pryor v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-sentencing direct-appeal direct-review first-step-act retroactive-application retroactivity section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Does Congress' express 'Clarification of Section 924(c) of Title 18, United States Code' in Section 403 of the First Step Act apply to a defendant con… |
| 20-6713 |
Danielle Devona Jones v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process fifth-amendment firearm-offense grand-jury-indictment indictment section-924c statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 924(c) criminalizes two separate offenses - 'carry or use' and 'possession in furtherance of' - and whether both elements must be expl… |
| 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 |
| 20-5875 |
Terrence D. Marsh v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 6th-amendment criminal-procedure defense-right evidence firearm-prosecution firearms rosemond-precedent rosemond-v-united-states section-924c sixth-amendment statements-against-interest |
Whether the Court violated Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65 (2014), when finding Marsh had advance knowledge of the presence of a firearm in his… |
| 19-8044 |
Brian Vidrine v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
924(c) career-offender criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-enhancement section-924c sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Are Vidrine's § 924(c) convictions invalid in light of this Court's decision in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and its progeny? |
| 19-7824 |
Dexter Fisher v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure firearm-brandishing hobbs-act section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether Mr. Fisher's § 924(c) convictions for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the Hobbs Act robbery offenses … |
| 19-6718 |
James Douglas Pridgen v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery carjacking certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit section-924(c) section-924c unanimous-jury |
Whether the Ninth Circuit wrongly denied the request for a certificate of appealability |
| 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 |
| 18A1217 |
Jorge Baez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge habeas-corpus johnson-precedent section-924c vagueness-doctrine |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(B) is unconstitutionally vague under Johnson v. United States in light of the Supreme Court's vagueness jurisprudence |
| 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 |
| 18-9234 |
Rudy Mendoza v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-10 |
GVR |
IFP |
constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process federal-procedure jury-determination second-amendment section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-davis vagueness |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 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 |
| 18-8619 |
In Re Derrell L. Gilchrist |
|
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924 criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process first-step-act habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Can petitioner seek relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 2241 to address clarification of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C) in the First Step Act of 2018? |
| 18-8040 |
Quinton Bannister v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence dimaya-standard due-process elements-clause johnson-doctrine johnson-v-united-states ovalles-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability by relying on Ovalles v. United States |
| 18-7204 |
Julio Rolon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
Alleyne alleyne-v-united-states Almendarez-Torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states Apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey crimes-of-violence Dimaya due-process hobbs-act Johnson-II johnson-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya |
Whether the mandatory life sentence for a reverse sting Hobbs Act robbery case with no actual drugs should be overturned based on conflicts with Supre… |
| 18-6914 |
Daniel Rojas v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law force hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states physical-force section-2255 section-924c sentencing violent-crime |
What amount of force satisfies the definition of 'physical force' under Johnson v. United States? |
| 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… |
| 18-5052 |
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 |