| 25-6703 |
Pedro Cesar Villalobos-Espinoza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-03 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent |
Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? |
| 25-6007 |
Gabriel Escalera-Diaz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent precedent-overruling statutory-analysis supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25-5485 |
Taylor Dan Truex v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (4)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-conviction firearm-prohibition historical-tradition second-amendment statutory-analysis |
Does § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment facially, and must courts examine historical traditions of disarmament when assessing its constitutional… |
| 24-7268 |
Oscar Olalde-Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent |
Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? |
| 24-6916 |
David C. Lettieri v. Suffolk County Police |
Second Circuit |
2025-04-02 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
judicial-review legal-standard procedural-interpretation statutory-analysis strikes vacated-judgments |
Does vacated judgments count as 'strikes' under the legal standard? |
| 24-6490 |
Jose Omero Carrizal-Osornia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-standard statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent |
Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? |
| 24-5128 |
Selvyn Gustavo Mejia-Marroquin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled |
| 23-6954 |
Charles B. Thomas v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review case-law circuit-court-conflict criminal-procedure double-jeopardy judicial-interpretation sentencing statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-blackwell united-states-v-phipps witte-v-united-states |
Whether the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision conflicts with Supreme Court precedent |
| 23-5684 |
William J. Dahl v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
armed-robbery civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process felony judicial-review legal-procedure precedent sentencing statutory-analysis |
Whether a felon can be convicted of armed robbery without having a firearm or weapon and without being present at the scene of the crime? |
| 22-7588 |
Eric Lee Coleman v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-05-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affirmative-defense categorical-approach criminal-law due-process judicial-interpretation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-analysis statutory-interpretation |
Whether a court must consider the availability (or non-availability) of an affirmative defense in the categorical approach |
| 22-6098 |
Quartshezz Leonard Lewis v. Texas |
Texas |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-error legal-review statutory-analysis |
Whether the lower courts erred in failing to rule on a constitutional claim that deprived the petitioner of due process |
| 21-5200 |
Walter Himmelreich v. Stephen Spaulding, Warden |
First Circuit |
2021-07-23 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-issues constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federal-sovereignty habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights standing statutory-analysis |
Did the lower courts err in failing to grant a hearing on the constitutional issues raised by the petitioner in habeas corpus? |
| 20-5302 |
Edwin Daniel Gongora-Baltan v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-interpretation criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application judicial-construction rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-analysis statutory-interpretation |
Whether a court must employ the presumption against extraterritorial application and the rule of lenity in interpreting a sentencing guideline enhance… |
| 19-6986 |
Jarvis H. Neely v. John R. Baldwin, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-amendment circuit-court-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process eminent-domain federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-review jurisdiction pension-regulations property-rights standing statutory-analysis takings |
Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the government from requiring a property owner to dedicate a portion of their property for… |
| 19-6846 |
James W. Riley v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeal-as-of-right constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-analysis third-circuit-court |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel applies to a defendant's first appeal as of right |
| 18-8572 |
Christopher Jones v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-03-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
community-control-violations community-controller constitutional-interpretation continuance counsel-of-choice due-process judicial-review legal-procedure right-to-counsel speedy-trial statutory-analysis unconstitutional-conditions unrepresented-defendant violation-proceedings |
Whether there is a minimum set of guidelines to be considered by a Court, in violation proceedings, before denying an unrepresented Community controll… |
| 18-7364 |
Brandon M. Chambers v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
court-interpretation grammar grammatical-construction judicial-deference judicial-discretion legislative-intent punctuation state-court statutory-analysis statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
What responsibility/power does a State District court have in interpreting a provision of a statute, and when interpreting a statute to determine legi… |