violent-force

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5768 James H. Roane v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied IFP categorical-approach criminal-statute force-clause racketeering-enterprise VICAR-statute violent-force When a § 924(c) conviction is predicated on a VICAR offense, must a reviewing court apply the categorical approach to the state or federal statute und…
22-6306 Marion Joseph Hare v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-force borden-v-united-states causation-of-injury circuit-split criminal-statute force-clause sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines violent-force Whether a statute that only requires causation-of-injury and not the affirmative application of force satisfies the violent-force requirement?
21-5984 Zacharia Allen Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act causation-of-injury circuit-split criminal-statute failure-to-act force-clause statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether a statute that only requires causation-of-injury and not the affirmative application of force satisfies the violent force requirement of the A…
20-5347 Bakari McCant v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 attempt crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element of the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as 'a crime of vio…
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
19-7113 Raynard Gray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) bank-robbery categorical-analysis crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law intent sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether bank robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence'
18-6870 James Frederick v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca-elements-clause bodily-harm categorical-approach causation-of-harm circuit-split criminal-law curtis-johnson duenas-alvarez florida-battery-statute statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-force Whether causation of harm necessarily entails the use of 'violent force' under Curtis Johnson
18-6798 Elvin Hill v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether Hobbs Act robbery, which can be committed by causing the victim to fear economic loss to an intangible asset, categorically qualifies as a cri…
18-6711 Ricardo Deleon Colon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act bodily-harm criminal-sentencing curtis-johnson eleventh-circuit johnson-standard predicate-offense united-states-v-castleman united-states-v-vail-bailon violent-force Does the causation of bodily harm necessarily entail the use of 'violent force'?
18-6461 Gerren K. Love v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines causation-element circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-classification criminal-law force-definition sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-crime violent-force If a statute has a causation-of-harm element, does it also necessarily have an element of violent force for purposes of classifying the crime as a vio…
18-6009 Emile Myrthil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied IFP 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) attempt attempt-liability attempted-offense categorical-approach constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-statute intent-element sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-force Is 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague?
18-5965 Rayburn Scott Harmon v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied IFP bodily-injury castleman-standard civil-rights criminal-law due-process felony-force-clause misdemeanor-force-clause statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-castleman violent-act violent-felonies violent-felony violent-force violent-physical-force Whether the mere causation of bodily injury necessarily includes the use of violent, physical force
18-5923 Brent Eugene Sanchez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied IFP bodily-injury castleman-standard civil-rights criminal-law due-process felony-force felony-force-clause misdemeanor-force misdemeanor-force-clause precedent standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-act violent-force violent-physical-force Whether the mere causation of bodily injury necessarily includes the use of violent, physical force
18-5561 Jose Nieves-Galarza v. United States Third Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-criminal-career-act johnson-v-united-states new-york-penal-law new-york-penal-law-160.15(1) new-york-robbery-statute physical-force sentencing-enhancement serious-physical-injury third-circuit violent-felony violent-force Did the Third Circuit misread Castleman to erroneously require that a conviction under New York's first-degree robbery statute (N.Y. Penal Law § 160.1…
18-5107 Willard Quinn v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause injury sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-requirement violent-force Whether the force clause of the Sentencing Guidelines' definition of 'crime of violence' can be satisfied by a statutory requirement that a defendant'…
18-5008 Autrey Canadate v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery attempted-armed-robbery attempted-robbery certificate-of-appealability curtis-johnson-v-united-states due-process elements-clause florida-criminal-law use-of-force violent-felony violent-force Whether the Florida offense of attempted armed robbery categorically requires the use of 'violent force' to qualify as a 'violent felony' under the Ar…