| 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. §… |
| 23-7691 |
Robert A. Espinoza v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 924c-offense attempt-offense attempt-offenses crime-of-violence criminal-law predicate-crimes statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent taylor-decision taylor-v-united-states |
Can an Illinois' attempt offense be a predicate crime of violence for an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offense? |
| 23-6686 |
Clarence Lee Davis v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) 28-usc-2255(f)(3) armed-career-criminal attempted-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-violence davis-v-united-states federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
In a proceeding timely filed under 28 U.S.C. 2255(f)(3), does Attempted Bank Robbery qualify as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. 924(c)'s residual … |
| 22-6540 |
Brandon Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-case-requirement categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez precedent sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
When the underlying state statute is plainly broader than the generic definition of a criminal sentencing enhancement provision, must the defendant al… |
| 22-6432 |
Edward Sanchez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault categorical-approach circuit-split federal-sentencing generic-offense model-penal-code taylor-v-united-states |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's exclusive reliance on the MPC misapplies the categorical approach announced by this Court in Taylor v. United States, 495 … |
| 22-6130 |
Darvill Jimmy Joseph Bragg v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
Whether plainly overbroad statutory language is sufficient to establish a prior state conviction is broader than the generic definition of a criminal … |
| 22-5857 |
Bango Benjamin Enyinnaya v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act breaking-or-entering burglary categorical-approach entry-requirement fourth-circuit generic-burglary mathis-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states violent-felony |
Whether North Carolina breaking or entering is categorically broader than generic burglary |
| 22-5451 |
John That Luong v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
and remand for further proceedings in light of Ta vacate the Ninth Circuit's judgment 18-usc-924c constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence davis-v-united-states hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit section-2255 section-924(c) section-924c taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Court should grant Luong's petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate the Ninth Circuit's judgment, and remand for further proceedings in l… |
| 21-8221 |
Isiah Paul Mendez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering criminal-law north-carolina north-carolina-criminal-law predicate-offense statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states united-states-supreme-court united-states-v-johnson |
Whether the North Carolina crime of breaking and entering can be a predicate for the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 21-7907 |
Christopher Jo Stringer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-definition categorical-approach generic-offense state-law-interpretation taylor-standard taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-shepard |
Whether the categorical approach requires federal courts to defer to a state supreme court's interpretation of state law when identifying the elements… |
| 21-7451 |
Michael Shawn Bell v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach generic-offense sentencing-enhancement state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
Whether the ACCA's demand for certainty applies to federal courts' application and interpretation of state-court decisional law |
| 21-7333 |
Andrew Michael Penny v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres-v-united-states armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach generic-offense sentencing-enhancement state-law-interpretation taylor-v-united-states violent-felony |
Whether the categorical approach requires federal courts to defer to a state supreme court's interpretation of state law when identifying the elements… |
| 21-7078 |
Jawan Fortia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-rights drug-trafficking due-process interstate-commerce judicial-fact-finding racketeering rico-act taylor-v-united-states |
Whether the government can obtain a RICO conviction without proving the targeted enterprise's activities affected interstate commerce, if members enga… |
| 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… |
| 21-6005 |
Terrell Hunter v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-statute drug-proceeds drug-robbery federal-jurisdiction federal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
Did the decisions of the district court and the court of appeals, that the commerce element of the Hobbs Act is satisfied by the robbery of moneys int… |
| 20-7242 |
Xavier Lister v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach generic-offense shepard-v-united-states state-law-interpretation taylor-definition taylor-v-united-states |
Whether the categorical approach requires federal courts to defer to a state supreme court's interpretation of state law, including its determination … |
| 20-7188 |
Sedric Rashad Marion v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary burglary-definition categorical-approach criminal-sentencing fourth-circuit north-carolina-law taylor-v-united-states violent-felony |
Whether North Carolina breaking or entering is categorically broader than generic burglary and thus cannot be a violent felony under the Armed Career … |
| 20-6979 |
Eddie Charles Webb v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach generic-offense intent-element shepard-v-united-states state-law-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
Whether the categorical approach requires federal courts to defer to a state supreme court's interpretation of state law when determining if a prior c… |
| 20-6941 |
Frank Joseph Dodge v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary categorical-approach civil-rights due-process fourth-circuit generic-burglary stitt-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states violent-felony |
Whether North Carolina breaking or entering is categorically broader than generic burglary and thus cannot be a violent felony under the Armed Career … |
| 20-6450 |
Lee Yerkes v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary categorical-approach criminal-law entry generic-burglary georgia-criminal-statute sentencing-enhancement taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-stitt |
Does Georgia burglary qualify as 'generic burglary' under the ACCA? |
| 19-8002 |
Humberto Herrera v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-jurisdiction federal-crime federal-offense federalism hobbs-act interstate-commerce retail-robbery stirone-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states |
Whether the Hobbs Act makes the robbery of any retail store that engages in interstate commerce a federal offense |
| 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… |
| 19-7663 |
Ryan Douglas LaSalle v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review categorical-analysis congressional-definition criminal-procedure federal-regulations guidelines guidelines-miscalculation plain-error regulatory-definition sentencing statutory-interpretation taylor-categorical-analysis taylor-v-united-states |
Can a court of appeals successfully avoid undertaking plain error review of a Guidelines miscalculation by relying on a federal regulatory definition … |
| 19-7706 |
Tommy Adams, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
career-offender career-offender-guideline controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-law fourth-circuit modified-categorical-approach sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation taylor-descamps-mathis-precedent taylor-v-united-states |
Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly apply the line of authority from this Court beginning with Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575 (… |
| 19-7326 |
Jimmy Lee Allred v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1513 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act bodily-injury categorical-approach modified-categorical-approach taylor-v-united-states violent-felony violent-force witness-retaliation |
when-to-use-categorical-approach |
| 19-6037 |
John Anzures v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach commercial-burglary generic-burglary johnson-motion johnson-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach residual-clause sentencing-enhancement stitt-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states |
Whether a commercial burglary conviction under New Mexico law categorically does not qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act's… |
| 19-151 |
United States v. Dominic Ladale Walton |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-01 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary burglary-definition criminal-law criminal-statute due-process dwelling-offense intent-to-commit-crime statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states unlawful-entry |
Whether a state offense that criminalizes continued unpermitted presence in a dwelling following the formation of intent to commit a crime qualifies a… |
| 18A1259 |
Rickie Markiece Atkinson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering generic-burglary johnson-v-united-states north-carolina-statute taylor-v-united-states |
Whether North Carolina's breaking or entering statute categorically qualifies as generic burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 18-9197 |
Earl Moore v. Stephen Kallis, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender crime-of-violence descamps-v-united-states due-process due-process-clause mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states retroactivity saving-clause section-2241 stash-house-robbery statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
Whether Mathis v. United States represents a substantive change in law and should be applied retroactively in a § 2241 petition |
| 18-8320 |
Darius Andre Holmes v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
buford-v-united-states career-offender categorical-approach circuit-court-review criminal-history de-novo-review eleventh-circuit federal-enhancement predicate-offense serious-drug-offense taylor-v-united-states |
Whether the circuit court departed from the established rule of Taylor v. United States, 495 US 575(1990), requiring a categorical approach to determi… |
| 18-6808 |
Harlem Suarez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause commerce-clause-power criminal-procedure eighth-amendment first-time-offender hobbs-act interstate-commerce proportionality taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons-of-mass-destruction |
Whether the federal offense of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, 18 U.S.C. § 2332a, only requires a de minimis effect on interstate comme… |
| 18-6574 |
Curtis D. Hall v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence firearm-use sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
Whether the categorical approach applies in cases where the defendant was also convicted of using a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) |
| 18-5525 |
Jonathan E. Jouette v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach charging-instrument constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process enhanced-sentencing felon-in-possession fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sentencing-enhancement taylor-v-united-states |
Whether application of the Taylor rule bars consideration of materials beyond the charging instrument in determining a defendant's qualification for e… |
| 18-5439 |
Adam Longoria v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure descamps-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states non-elemental-facts occasions-different sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-jury-trial statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states violent-felony |
Whether the ACCA's 'occasions different from one another' clause requires a sentencing court to rely solely on elemental facts, or whether it can rely… |
| 18-5383 |
James Rodney Shuman v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act-acca controlled-substances-act drug-offenses due-process mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states vagueness void-for-vagueness |
whether-the-appellate-court's-interpretation-and-application-of-the-armed-career-criminal-act-(acca)-is-contrary-to-supreme-court-precedent |
| 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… |