| 25-5866 |
Davon Anthony Beckford v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-10-10 |
Pending |
IFP |
miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance third-circuit waiver-of-appeal |
1. DOES ENFORCEMENT OF APPELLANT'S WAIVER OF APPEAL AND THE GOVERNMENT'S SUMMARY AFFIRMANCE MOTION OF MR. BECKFORD'S SENTENCE CONSITUTE A MISCARRIAGE … |
| 23-7794 |
Michael T. Washington v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-violation due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence perjury procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct substantial-assistance |
Is state-attorney-undisclosed-substantial-assistance-motion-newly-discovered-evidence-resulting-in-brady-violation |
| 21-1496 |
Twitter, Inc. v. Mehier Taamneh, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-31 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (19) |
aiding-and-abetting anti-terrorism-act foreign-terrorist-organization generic-services international-terrorism justice-against-sponsors-of-terrorism-act knowingly-provided knowingly-providing-substantial-assistance substantial-assistance terrorist-use-of-services |
Whether a defendant that provides generic, widely available services to all its numerous users and 'regularly' works to detect and prevent terrorists … |
| 21-7867 |
Jasper B. Mackey, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit government-discretion mandatory-minimum plea-agreement sentencing substantial-assistance |
Whether the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's judgment which did not depart below the mandatory mi… |
| 21-381 |
Tzvi Weiss, et al. v. National Westminster Bank, PLC |
Second Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (5)Relisted (2) |
18 U.S.C. § 2333(d)(2) aiding-abetting civil-liability civil-rights due-process foreign-terrorist-organizations free-speech material-support standing substantial-assistance terrorism terrorist-organizations |
Whether a person who knowingly transfers substantial funds to a designated FTO aids and abets that organization's terrorist acts for purposes of civil… |
| 20-1807 |
Dontour D. Drakes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 amendment-782 career-offender criminal-sentencing retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance united-states-v-hughes |
Whether a career offender who provided substantial assistance is eligible for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the judge's c… |
| 20-6170 |
Justin David Brown v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-action constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation substantial-assistance |
did-the-court-err-by-not-holding-a-hearing |
| 20-5323 |
Alfred Domenick Wright v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-08-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure fair-sentencing-act government-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sentencing-reduction sibron-v-new-york statutory-interpretation substantial-assistance united-states-v-gall |
Should the Government correct error committed when applying 'The Fair Sentencing Act' |
| 19-8193 |
John Purifoy v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review booker booker-decision criminal-procedure downward-departure jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance |
Whether the courts of appeal have jurisdiction under Booker to review a district court's denial of a motion for downward departure under 5K1.1 |
| 19-7931 |
Nancy Arlene Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit government-misconduct methamphetamine-conspiracy miranda-rights sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance supreme-court unconstitutional-motive |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the defendant's sentence by concluding there was no unconstitutional motive for the government's failure … |
| 19-665 |
John Doe v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure rule-35 rule-35b sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-factors substantial-assistance |
May a district court deny a government's Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) motion for reduction of sentence based on substantial assistance wit… |
| 18-8821 |
Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 5k1.1-motion criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion koons-v-united-states mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance |
Can a defendant receive a 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) sentence reduction when the district court discarded the mandatory minimum because of a substantial-a… |