taylor-precedent
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6747 | Brad McLennan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-02-06 | Pending | IFP | categorical-approach circuit-split elements-comparison robbery-definition sentencing-enhancement taylor-precedent | I. In Taylor v. United States , this Court announced a categorical approac h to recidivism enhancements in federal sentencing. See 495 U.S. 575, 602 (… |
| 25-5947 | Darrell Wickware v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach circuit-split elements-comparison robbery-definition sentencing-enhancement taylor-precedent | I. In Taylor v. United States , this Court announced a categorical approac h to recidivism enhancements in federal sentencing. See 495 U.S. 575, 602 (… |
| 24-5008 | Glynzo Clark v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burglary circuit-split criminal-law generic-burglary sentencing statutory-interpretation taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states trespass | Whether Texas burglary, defined to include a trespass followed by the commission of a reckless crime, constitutes generic 'burglary' under 18 U.S.C. §… |
| 21-6951 | Jacob Allen Adair v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-01-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-analysis categorical-matching civil-procedure descamps-ruling due-process fifth-circuit generic-offense generic-offenses state-offenses taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-descamps | Whether—in contravention of this Court's precedent and every other circuit—the Fifth Circuit's approach allowing for variations between a given offens… |
| 19-7965 | Cedric Edney v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-law fifth-circuit-interpretation mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states u-s-s-g-section-4b1-2-b | Did the Fifth Circuit Err in deciding as an issue of first impression, that Texas offenses of Distribution of controlled substances and possession wit… |
| 18-8065 | James Steven Maxwell v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act assault-and-battery categorical-analysis categorical-approach elements-clause force-standard mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states oklahoma-law taylor-precedent | Does Taylor's holding that Oklahoma's offense of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon meets the force standard in the elements clause incorrect… |
| 18-5095 | Tron Lakey Davis v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-07-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach force generic-crime generic-robbery minimal-contact minimal-force robbery robbery-definition sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states violent-crime | Whether theft offenses requiring only minimal contact and no threat of violence satisfy the generic, contemporary meaning of robbery under the categor… |