| 21-7676 |
Robert Christopher Jones v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-04-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice eighth-amendment juvenile-justice mandatory-sentencing miller-factors miller-v-alabama plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-challenge |
Whether a pre-Miller guilty plea bars a post-Miller sentencing challenge under the Eighth Amendment |
| 21-5462 |
James Michael Kerns v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-16 18-usc-924 constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence plea-bargaining plea-validity sentencing-challenge sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis |
Whether Count 3 conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924 is valid given the unconstitutionality of the predicate crime of violence in Count 2 |
| 20-6992 |
Bobbie Lewis Mayes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
booker criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process johnson johnson-precedent mandatory-guidelines pre-booker pre-booker-era sentencing-challenge sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a defendant has a right under Johnson to challenge a sentence ordered pre-Booker, when applying the Sentencing Guidelines was mandatory |
| 19-8080 |
Julio Solorzano v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence-exception civil-rights collateral-attack criminal-procedure davis-ruling due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-challenge waiver-doctrine |
Whether a defendant who previously waived collateral attack may seek relief under Davis v. United States |
| 19-5603 |
Jonathan Javier Aleman v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver certificate-of-appealability collateral-review constitutional-counsel criminal-case-defendant-rights criminal-defense evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement right-to-appeal sentencing sentencing-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Was defense counsel's advice constitutionally inadequate? |
| 18-8673 |
Jamael Stubbs v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
133 S.Ct. 2151 (2013) 6th-amendment alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states constructive-amendment due-process ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-challenge sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
Whether trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance |
| 18-8198 |
Brandon Lisi v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review appellate-waiver conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure curcio-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing sentencing-challenge |
whether-petitioner's-guilty-plea-was-involuntary |
| 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… |