| 22-7756 |
Andre Zeno v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-history criminal-history-points criminal-procedure safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum |
Whether the 'and' in § 3553(f)(1) means 'and' or 'or' |
| 22-5575 |
Ronald Mickel v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum statutory-minimum violent-felony |
Whether facts increasing statutory maximum must be pleaded and proven |
| 21-6578 |
Gregory Leri v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-history downward-adjustment drug-trafficking first-step-act safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-minimum |
Whether the safety valve criteria under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) are conjunctive or disjunctive |
| 21-5723 |
Juan Manuel Pardo-Oseguera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure plain-error presentence-report safety-valve sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-minimum weapons-enhancement |
Whether the failure to include a safety-valve reduction is a plain error that should be corrected by the district court and appellate court |
| 19-8788 |
Travis Job v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review prior-conviction prior-criminal-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum statutory-minimum |
Whether the Court should overrule the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States |
| 19-7557 |
Lance Yarbough v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-activity double-jeopardy drug-conspiracy jointly-undertaken-criminal-activity relevant-conduct sentencing statutory-minimum substantive-offenses successive-prosecution |
Where a prosecution for drug conspiracy under 21 U.S.C. §846 is successive to separate sentences for substantive offenses that are included in the con… |
| 19-5259 |
Edgar Armand Hernandez-Castillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-minimum |
Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the statutory minimum is 'not greater than necessary' to achieve… |
| 18-9789 |
Dan Pizarro v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing direct-appeal drug-offenses drug-trafficking first-step-act prior-convictions prior-felony-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-minimum |
Whether Pizarro is entitled to the application of the First Step Act amendments to the statutory minimum sentences applicable to his drug trafficking … |
| 18-9563 |
Cody Shane Sorrels v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum |
Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the statutory minimum is 'not greater than necessary' to achieve… |
| 18-6327 |
Rolando Humphrey v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-determination judicial-discretion jury-role jury-trial sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-minimum |
Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the statutory minimum is 'not greater than necessary' to achieve… |
| 18-420 |
United States v. Gerald Adrian Wheeler |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent collateral-review federal-prisoner habeas-corpus retroactivity saving-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum |
Whether a prisoner whose Section 2255 motion challenging the applicability of a statutory minimum was denied based on circuit precedent may later seek… |
| 18-5112 |
Benjamin Fredrick Charles Robinson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
base-offense-level criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dismissed-count due-process mandatory-minimum restitution sentencing-guidelines statutory-minimum upward-departure |
Whether a four-level upward departure for conduct underlying a dismissed count is reasonable when the conduct was already accounted for in the base of… |