waiver-of-appeal
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6321 | Wenlasombo Ilboudo v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-12-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure due-process language-barrier rule-11-colloquy sentencing-rights waiver-of-appeal | Whether a defendant who speaks no English may properly be determined to have waived his right to appeal a substantively unreasonable sentence without … |
| 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 … |
| 23-7002 | Ayoob Wali v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-03-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-criminal-law miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing waiver-of-appeal | Should the court of appeals recognize a miscarriage-of-justice exception to a waiver-of-appeal provision in a federal criminal defendant's plea agreem… |
| 23-5174 | Dionte Houff v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-07-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal-waiver circuit-split constitutional-statute jurisdiction plea-agreement retroactive-application statutory-and-constitutional-issues supreme-court-precedent waiver-of-appeal | Can a plea agreement that contains a waiver of appeal bar a direct appeal of a conviction and/or sentence based on a statute that this Court later rul… |
| 23-5159 | Juan Jabari Hollis v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-07-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | advisory-guidelines appeal-waiver categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense controlled-substance-offenses criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-guidelines waiver-of-appeal | Whether the calculation of the defendant's advisory guideline range, which influenced the sentence imposed, constituted a miscarriage of justice when … |
| 22-7290 | Michael Kenneth Howard v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-04-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure district-court fourth-circuit right-to-appeal sentencing-guidelines waiver waiver-of-appeal | Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by ruling that Mr. Howard waived his right to appeal whether the District Court erred by not applying Acceptance of R… |
| 21-8235 | Joshua Dicks v. Natasha Davis | Arkansas | 2022-06-27 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | attorney-diligence civil-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment indigent-litigants parental-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant waiver-of-appeal | Whether the Arkansas Court's application of 'attorney diligence' waiver of right to appeal rules to pro se litigants in private termination of parenta… |
| 21-6447 | Logan Bailey Lawrence v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-11-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-sentencing due-process estoppel government-discretion waiver-of-appeal | Whether the Government should be estopped from precluding appellate review of the District Court's refusal to impose a below-Guidelines sentence by in… |
| 20-6737 | Christian Alejandro Perez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-12-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process knowingly-and-voluntarily plea-bargain right-of-appeal waiver-of-appeal | Was a dismissal of the appeal improper considering the court of appeals' reliance on a waiver of appeal pursuant to a plea bargain in which Mr. Perez … |
| 20-6049 | Isidoro Gonzalez-Ferretiz v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-10-16 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | aggravated-felony criminal-procedure deportation-order due-process fifth-amendment immigration judicial-review mendoza-lopez pro-se-alien waiver waiver-of-appeal | Whether a pro se alien's waiver of the right to appeal is 'considered and intelligent' under Mendoza-Lopez in the absence of an opportunity to dispute… |
| 19-1060 | Victor Thomas v. New York | New York | 2020-02-26 | Denied | Amici (2)Response Waived | appeal appellate-jurisdiction criminal-defendant criminal-procedure garza-v-idaho jurisdiction right-to-counsel sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent waiver waiver-of-appeal | Whether a provision in a waiver of appeal that forbids a criminal defendant from filing a notice of appeal, and in so doing also strips superior court… |
| 19-6314 | Ralph Willard Savoie v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-10-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process haymond-v-united-states parole plea-agreement precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation suborned-perjury supervised-release supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-watts waiver-of-appeal | Can United States v. Watts stand in light of recent holdings in Haymond v. United States? |
| 19-5830 | William H. Danielson v. New York | New York | 2019-09-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal-waiver civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct regulatory-authority standing waiver-of-appeal | Should judicial misconduct survive a waiver of appeal and guilty plea? |
| 19-5636 | Roger Garcia v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal-waiver due-process first-amendment overbreadth-doctrine plea-bargain procedural-bar special-condition special-conditions waiver-of-appeal | Does a waiver of appeal procedurally bar a petitioner's appeal arguing that a special condition prohibiting the viewing of sexual material is unconsti… |
| 19-5538 | Timothy Jamaras Burns v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus plea-agreement plea-bargaining section-2255 waiver-of-appeal | Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by ruling that Mr. Burns § 2255 claims are barred by the Waiver of Appeal provision in his Plea Agreement |
| 18-7997 | Samuel Gregg Allen v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-02-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal civil-rights constitutional-provision criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit plea-agreement unconstitutional waiver waiver-of-appeal | Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by enforcing the unconstitutional Waiver of Appeal provision in Petitioner Allen's Plea Agreement |
| 18-7447 | Christopher E. Lemon v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional constitutional-provision constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit plea-agreement waiver-of-appeal | Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by enforcing the unconstitutional Waiver of Appeal provision in Petitioner Lemon's Plea Agreement |
| 18-6946 | Sergio Louis Trevino v. Texas | Texas | 2018-12-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal appeal-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining presentencing-waiver right-to-appeal sentencing sentencing-procedure waiver waiver-of-appeal waiver-validity | Can a presentencing waiver of appeal be knowingly and intelligently entered when potential errors cannot be anticipated and the consequences of the wa… |
| 18-6204 | Jermaine Franklin v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit plea-agreement plea-bargaining unconstitutional waiver-of-appeal | Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by enforcing the unconstitutional Waiver of Appeal provision in Petitioner Franklin's Plea Agreement |