18-USC-924c
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 24-5141 | Marcus Jay Davis v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-07-25 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c attempted-murder attempted-murder-virginia-law categorical-approach crime-of-violence fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-court-of-appeals section-924(c) united-states-v-taylor | Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in deciding that attempted murder under Virginia law is a crime of violence under the categorical ap… |
| 23-7836 | Thomas Joseph Brewer v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-07-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether federal voluntary manslaughter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1112(a) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 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 | Illinois' Attempt offenses have two elements: an intent to commit a specific offense and a substantial step towards commission of the offense. Neither… |
| 23-7568 | Malek Lassiter v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-05-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-statute section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-taylor | Whether The Court Of Appeals Erred By Holding Lassiter's Convictions Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) On Counts 25 And 28 Remain Lawful After United States v.… |
| 23-1168 | Dearnta Lavon Thomas v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-04-30 | Denied | 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924c categorical-approach crime-of-violence mens-rea predicate-offense racketeering-enterprise vicar VICAR-statute | The question presented is whether, when a defendant's § 924(c) conviction is predicated on a VICAR offense, a court must apply the categorical approac… | |
| 23-5852 | Kareem Davis v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-10-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence modified-categorical-approach racketeering statutory-interpretation | Is murder in aid of racketeering ("VICAR murder'), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1), an indivisible offense requiring a categorical analysis bas… |
| 23-5834 | Herbert Johnson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-10-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c appellate-waiver categorical-analysis criminal-procedure illegal-conviction illegal-sentence jurisdictional-challenge plea-agreement statutory-interpretation | For convictions and sentences to stand, they must not violate the Constitution. Challenges to illegal 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) convictions necessarily encom… |
| 23-5377 | Anthony Seides Gaines v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-08-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A), where the offense encom… |
| 22-7638 | Jesus Mendez v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-05-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-enhancement hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor | Whether Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), qualifies as a "crime of violence" capable of sustaining a conviction under 18 U.S.C. … |
| 22-7053 | Jose Luis Ramirez-Dorantes v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-03-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-statute duplicitous duplicitous-charge firearm-use sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense | Whether a count charging the use of a firearm to further a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) that rests on multiple underlying offenses is … |
| 22-6554 | Adrian Gordon v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-01-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924c conspiracy-theory crimes-of-violence criminal-liability gun-enhancement pinkerton-liability racketeering vicar-statute | Are Instructions under Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640 (1946) appropriate for crimes of violence in aid of racketeering under 18 U.S.C. § 195… |
| 22-6194 | Jordan Huff v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-12-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery pinkerton-liability predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | 1. Where 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is a double-barreled crime that, at least in the context of aiding and abetting, requires proof both of a defendant's acti… |
| 22-6037 | Spencer Jean v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-11-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 6th-amendment criminal-procedure disclosure-requirements due-process expert-witness fair-trial government-misconduct rule-16-disclosure sixth-amendment | I. This Court should Grant certiorari review, Vacate the lower court's judgment, and Remand the case (GVR) based on the court of appeals error in affi… |
| 22-5754 | Jamal Laurent v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-10-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-conviction district-court insufficient-evidence joint-trial joint-trials missing-witness missing-witness-instruction rico-act rico-statute unavailable-witness warrantless-seizure witness-statement | 1. Whether RICO is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c)? 2. Whether the district court erred when it admitted Merritt's statements or alternat… |
| 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… |
| 22-5440 | Joseph Griego v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-08-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states-v-taylor | Petitioners Griego and Romero ask this Court to address whether Hobbs Act robbery is a qualifying crime of violence under § 924(c). The statutory elem… |
| 21-7714 | Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-04-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis crime-of-violence federal-predicate federal-statute generic-definitions judicial-review predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation | Whether categorical analysis of the predicate crime of violence for a 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) offense allows a reviewing court to "look through" the … |
| 21-1208 | Eric Andrews v. United States | Third Circuit | 2022-03-04 | Denied | Response Waived | 18-usc-3582 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act section-924(c) sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-7086 | William L. Whitefield v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-02-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c compassionate-release criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-7088 | Selbourne Waite v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-02-09 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-procedure eighth-amendment hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement | Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, which may be completed through an attempted threat alone, see 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), and aiding and abetting a Hobb… |
| 21-7093 | Jameson LaForest, Robert Wesley Johnson, and Keith Marvel Walton v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-02-09 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c criminal-law due-process hobbs-act pinkerton-liability reconsider-pinkerton | 1. May a defendant be found guilty of a substantive offense based on Pinkerton liability where that offense was not an object of the alleged conspirac… |
| 21-7035 | Seville Williams v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-02-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3582c1a1 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act judicial-discretion sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-6894 | Arnoldo Alvarado v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-01-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-111 18-usc-924c borden-v-united-states constitutional-review criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | WHETHER, IN LIGHT OF THE COURT'S RULING IN BORDEN V. UNITED STATES, 593 U.S. _ (2021), ALVARADO'S CONVICTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. §111 (a) AND (b) QUALIFIE… |
| 21-6786 | Semaji Warren v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-USC-3582(c) 18-usc-3582c1a1 18-USC-924(c) 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-6692 | Alex D. Ramos v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-12-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-905 | Nathaniel Rimpson, III, Charles Scott, and Carl Buggs v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-12-20 | Denied | Response Waived | 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-6601 | Austin Woods v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-12-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c co-conspirator conspiracy crime-of-violence pinkerton-liability statutory-interpretation substantive-offense | In 1946, this Court enunciated the Pinkerton theory of liability, which permits a defendant to be held liable for a substantive offense committed by a… |
| 21-877 | Ross Thacker v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-12-14 | Denied | 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons federal-procedure first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … | |
| 21-6232 | Jason Stallcup v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-11-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Does completed Hobbs Act robbery qualify as a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? |
| 21-551 | John J. Watford v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-10-14 | Denied | Amici (2) | 18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) 18-USC-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-5875 | Kenneth J. Jackson, Jr. v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-10-04 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c criminal-sentencing de-novo-sentencing first-step-act retroactivity statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the sentencing amendments to 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) enacted by the First Step Act of 2018 (the "First Step Act", "FSA", or "Act"), Pub. L. No. … |
| 21-5829 | Amar Taylor v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-09-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 2nd-amendment crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process firearm-statute statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis | 1. Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) remains valid in light of United … |
| 21-5664 | Maurice L. Ross v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-09-14 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c appellate-review attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 24(c), since the elements of Hobbs Act robbery, especially atte… |
| 21-5563 | William Ferguson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-09-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-242 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-ruling due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense section-924c statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis | Whether a defendant's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) should be vacated, where each § 924(c) charge had, as an underlying predicate, a vi… |
| 21-5097 | Johann Brito v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-07-15 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation | A conviction for a completed offense, say Hobbs Act robbery, is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause whe… |
| 21-5112 | David Starks v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-07-15 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | A conviction for a completed offense, say Hobbs Act robbery, is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause whe… |
| 21-5028 | David Copes, aka David Henderson-Copes v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-07-07 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a predicate crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). |
| 20-8372 | Martez Howard v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-06-21 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | A conviction for a completed offense, say Hobbs Act robbery, is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause whe… |
| 20-8295 | Jose Antonio Martinez v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-06-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law rico rico-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether substantive RICO is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. §924(c)? |
| 20-8184 | Ronald Centeno v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-06-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constructive-amendment mens-rea specific-intent | I. Whether it is a violation of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to submit aiding and abetting to the jury when aiding and abetting is not charged in th… |
| 20-7749 | Eric Kamahele v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-04-14 | GVR | IFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process force-clause hobbs-act intangible-property reckless reckless-conduct statutory-interpretation | 1. Model jury instructions define Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, to include takings caused by fear of future economic harm to "intangible proper… |
| 20-7750 | Kepa Maumau v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-04-14 | GVR | IFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process force-clause hobbs-act jury-instructions reckless reckless-conduct | 1. Model jury instructions define Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, to include takings caused by fear of future economic harm to "intangible proper… |
| 20-7183 | Shameke Walker v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-02-19 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery identification-evidence jury-instruction plain-error violent-crime | 1. Should the Court grant certiorari to review whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b), categorically fails to constitute "a crime of violence"… |
| 20-7126 | Dominic Anthony Davis, et al. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-11 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting armed-bank-robbery circuit-split fact-based-harmless-error-review harmless-error jury-verdict modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense section-924c shepard-documents | I. Where an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction rests on more than one possible predicate offense, the Shepard documents must conclusively establish that a … |
| 20-7081 | Nijul Quadir Alexander v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-02-08 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c bank-robbery crime-of-violence element-clause general-intent intimidation sentencing-enhancement | Did the Third Circuit err in holding that "Federal Bank Robbery is a Crime of Violence under the Element Clause of 18 U-S.C. §924(c )(3)( A) of this C… |
| 20-7024 | Randy Macario Ancheta v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing due-process hobbs-act mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation | By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent force. Hobs Act robbery's p… |
| 20-6966 | Charles Eloys Johnson, aka Adam White v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c appellate-review conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error substantial-rights | Charles Johnson was convicted of two counts of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The district court instructed the … |
| 20-6840 | Frederick D. Darrington, Jr. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-01-12 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause intimidation mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether a crime that requires proof of "intimidation" of the victim satisfies the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), when the offense does n… |
| 20-6788 | Brian Gene McCoy v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-01-08 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c criminal-law federal-crime-of-violence felony-definition firearm-statute person-of-another prenatal-conduct reckless-conduct statutory-interpretation voluntary-manslaughter | 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) prohibits the use of a firearm during and in relation to a federal "crime of violence." "Crime of violence" is defined in § 9… |
| 20-6428 | Ronald Herron v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-11-24 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c advance-knowledge aiding-and-abetting criminal-conviction due-process firearm-conduct firearm-related-conduct jury-instruction residual-clause section-924c unconstitutional | Did the second circuit err by affirming petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) convictions – either under § 924(c)(3)(b), which has been declared unconstitut… |
| 20-6148 | Smith Merinord v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-10-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 924(c)-statute brandishing criminal-justice-reform direct-appeal firearms-offense first-step-act hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation | I. WHETHER THE FIRST STEP ACT APPLIES TO CASES PENDING ON DIRECT APPEAL AT THE TIME OF ITS ENACTMENT, WHERE THE PETITIONER WAS CONVICTED OF THREE HOBB… |
| 20-6073 | Desmond Littlejohn v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-10-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c certiorari-review civil-rights crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fourth-amendment ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). |
| 20-5875 | Terrence D. Marsh v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-10-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 6th-amendment criminal-procedure defense-right evidence firearm-prosecution firearms rosemond-precedent rosemond-v-united-states section-924c sixth-amendment statements-against-interest | Whether the Court violated Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65 (2014), when finding Marsh had advance knowledge of the presence of a firearm in his… |
| 20-256 | Zavian Munize Jordan v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-09-01 | Denied | Amici (2) | 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession predicate-crime statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), "any person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime * ** uses or carries a firearm… |
| 20-5144 | Rykeith Andre Levatte v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-07-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement violent-felony | Whether, categorically, aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery is a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act's (ACCA) elements clause, 18 U… |
| 19-8878 | Frank Richardson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-07-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c criminal-law first-step-act retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation | On December 21, 2018, President Trump signed into law the First Step Act of 2018 which dramatically changes the penalties imposed for gun-related crim… |
| 19-8710 | William Frazier v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-06-15 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit is correct that—contrary to every other circuit's application of the plain statutory language—the VICAR statute, 18 U.S.C… |
| 19-1282 | Avery Terry v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-05-12 | Denied | Response Waived | 18-usc-924c appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal-waiver due-process force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime | WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL PURSUANT TO AN INVALID APPEAL WAIVER, AFTER MAKING ERRONEOUS FINDINGS, OVERLOOKING AND MIS… |
| 19-8188 | Anthony Wayne Hamilton v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-04-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence hobbs-act ninth-circuit-conflict physical-confrontation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-florida | 1. Whether a Hobbs Act robbery, which statutorily can be committed by a threat of future harm, categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18… |
| 19-7780 | Frank Harper v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-02-26 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-USC-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking-by-intimidation collateral-review consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure dean-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Predicate-Offense retroactivity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | I. A. Should certiorari be granted to determine whether Harper was denied the effective assistance of counsel for the failure to challenge on appeal a… |
| 19-7569 | Stanley Noel Ames v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-02-05 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery carter-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law-procedure federal-bank-robbery force-clause general-intent intent sentencing-standard specific-intent | Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that federal bank robbery is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), in light of this C… |
| 19-7242 | Bryan Whitehead v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 5th-amendment conviction conviction-and-sentence crime-of-violence due-process fifth-amendment jury-determination residual-clause sentence sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis | I. Whether the Petitioner was denied his Fifth Amendment right to due process of law by virtue of his conviction and sentence under the residual claus… |
| 19-6530 | Vincent Williams v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-11-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924j concurrent-sentence-doctrine criminal-procedure davis davis-ruling davis-v-united-states habeas-corpus life-sentence life-sentences post-conviction post-conviction-relief section-2255 third-circuit | whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred by not applying the Davis ruling to Mr Williams firearm habeas corpus petition towards his firearm co… |
| 19-6354 | Brent Delvalen Blake v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-23 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-statute elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery intent physical-force vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime | Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 9… |
| 19-6238 | Brannon D. Taylor v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-10-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) 18-USC-924c categorical-approach contemporary-interpretation crime-of-violence elements-clause predicate-crime statutory-interpretation | Whether, in applying the categorical approach to the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), courts must analyze the least of the acts historical… |
| 19-6078 | Terreall McDaniel v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-09-26 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c appeal armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | I. Does Section 403 of the First Step Act , which dramatically clarifies the applicable penalties for which a defendant may be sentenced for gun rela… |
| 19-5964 | In Re Dwight Carter, Sr. | 2019-09-17 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c 2255-motion constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-2255-habeas-corpus davis-rule due-process habeas-corpus hobbs-act-robbery merits-analysis prima-facie-standard retroactivity second-or-successive-motion sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis | 1.) Because Petitioner's 18 U.S.C.j924(c) conviction identified conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery, 18 U.S.C. 1951, predicate to support his 924(c… | |
| 19-5793 | Anton Jevon Alexander v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-09-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c bank-robbery constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness supreme-court-precedent underlying-crime vagueness vagueness-doctrine | In United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), this Court held that the residual clause contained in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(b) is unconstitutionall… |
| 19-5631 | Joe Fernandez v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-08-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c aider-and-abettor aider-and-abettor-liability aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error-analysis harmless-error jury-instruction rosemond-standard rosemond-v-united-states statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence | 1. Whether the failure to give an instruction on aider and abetter liability for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) that comported with this Court's de… |
| 19-5460 | Jose Ortega v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-08-07 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure grant-vacate-remand residual-clause section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis | Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand Mr. Ortega's case in light of United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), after the Court of Ap… |
| 19-5450 | Paul Suarez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c appeal conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm-offense jury-unanimity law-of-the-case legal-sufficiency manifest-injustice sufficiency-of-evidence | 1) DID THE PANEL ERR BY HOL DING THAT THE "LAW OF THE CASE" GOVERNED ITS DECI SION IN HOLDING THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN THE … |
| 19-5392 | Kurt J. Myrie v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-30 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-371 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-retroactivity due-process federal-conspiracy retroactivity violent-crime | 1. Does this Court's ruling in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), striking as unconstitutionally vague the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. §… |
| 19-5401 | Thomas Lewis v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-371 18-usc-924c ambiguous-record circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure-retroactivity due-process federal-conspiracy mandatory-sentencing retroactive-invalidation retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis | 1. Does this Court's ruling in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), striking as unconstitutionally vague the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. §… |
| 19-5308 | Oscar Minaya v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-07-25 | GVR | IFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c civil-rights conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentence sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis void-for-vagueness | 1. Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness, a question that the Court has now answered in United States v. Davis… |
| 19-5267 | Michael St. Hubert v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-07-23 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit first-step-act habeas-corpus pending-on-direct-review preclusion pro-se section-2255 successive-2255-motion successive-motion successive-petitions | 1. Is a criminal defendant's right to Due Process in his direct appeal violated by the Eleventh Circuit's rule affording binding force and preclusive … |
| 19-5261 | Jorge Baez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-07-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process due-process,vagueness,18-usc-924(c),criminal-proce eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus statutory-vagueness united-states-v-davis vagueness | 1. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and therefore his conviction under … |
| 19-5172 | Jesus Hilario-Bello v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-07-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process economic-loss fair-trial hobbs-act intangible-asset judicial-intervention physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) because it can be committed without using physical force, by causing the … |
| 19-5183 | Miguel Grado v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process firearm-use firearms multiple-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u… |
| 18-9793 | Timothy Dale Gould v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-06-27 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c categorical-approach criminal-law divisibility statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Is 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) is divisible for purposes of categorical analysis? |
| 18-9808 | Manuel Reyes v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-06-26 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute statutory-vagueness vagueness | 1. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. … |
| 18-9782 | Carlous Lindell Daily v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-06-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-USC-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c constitutional-rights crime-of-violence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Johnson johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states resentencing sentencing sentencing-error statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum USSG-4B1.2 | (1). Whether The Lower Court(s) Erred In Concluding That Petitioner Did Not Suffer Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel At His Resentencing On Appeal … |
| 18-9368 | Antonio Dean Blackstone v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-05-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 2255-motion criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit residual-clause section-2255 section-924c timeliness-standard united-states-v-davis vagueness | 1. Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case, where Petitioner filed a § 2255 claiming that Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2… |
| 18-9344 | Samuel J. Yarber v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-05-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-922g 18-usc-924c 21-usc-841a conviction-grouping criminal-statute federal-courts federal-law grouping judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines united-states-code | Whether counts of conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) should be grouped under the United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G.… |
| 18-9325 | Davion L. Jefferson v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-05-17 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c constitutional-rights crime-of-violence directed-verdict due-process jury-trial jury-trial-clause sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation | I. Did the district court violate the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Sixth Amendment's Jury Trial Clause when it directed a verdict on 1… |
| 18-9063 | Tyrone Leonard James v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-05-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3584 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b certificate-of-appealability concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentences,federal-sentencing,state-sent Does the Supreme Court's grant of writ of certiora federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-consideration sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors state-sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rule-10 third-circuit unrelated-crimes vagueness | Whether a district court's finding that a state crime and federal crime were unrelated is sufficient, in itself, to satisfy its obligation under 18 U.… |
| 18-9064 | Adonijah Lindsay v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-05-01 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | §-2255-motion §-924(c)-conviction 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b certificate-of-appealability supreme-court-rule-10 third-circuit vagueness writ-of-certiorari | Does the Supreme Court's grant of writ of certiorari on the same question of law establish a per se ground for obtaining a certificate of appealabilit… |
| 18-8642 | DeJuan Leshae Hill v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-04-01 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-offense habeas-corpus hobbs-act post-conviction-relief sentencing tenth-circuit unconstitutionality | Whether The Tenth Circuit Erred In Failing To Address In Its Order Denying A Certificate Of Appealability, The Unconstitutionality Of Use And Carry Of… |
| 18-8603 | Gralyn Leon White v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-03-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting brandishing consecutive-sentences criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit first-step-act hobbs-act united-states-v-lewis | Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Err by Failing to Apply the Holdings of United States v. Lewis, 907 F.3d 891, 894-95 (5th Cir. 2018). to Hobb's… |
| 18-8327 | Robert Nathan Alm v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence | Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8329 | Aristides Duartez, Jr., aka Aristedes Duartez, Jr. v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-03-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the elements cause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(A). |
| 18-8311 | Ademolla Wahhed Adeyemi, Jr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery general-intent-crime sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § … |
| 18-8281 | Michael Torres v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c bank-robbery carter-v-united-states circuit-split crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence criminal-intent criminal-law intimidation-statute leocal-v-ashcroft reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation | Did, as the First, Fourth, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits seemed to believe, this Court in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255 (2000), add an addit… |
| 18-8266 | Tamim Abdul-Samad, aka Tamin Abdul-Samad, aka Brandon Harris v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 924(c) bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence | Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8076 | Elijah Loren Arthur, Sr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-22 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-1 18-usc-16 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | I. Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) define only one crime, as held by the Seventh and Ninth Circuits, or two crimes, as held by the Sixth and Eighth Circuits? … |
| 18-8040 | Quinton Bannister v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence dimaya-standard due-process elements-clause johnson-doctrine johnson-v-united-states ovalles-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya | This case presents important issues concerning the proper application of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which prohibits the use or carrying of a firearm during a… |
| 18-8042 | Aaron Maurice Blaylock, aka Stephan Blaylock v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-U.S.C-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge due-process habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states motion-to-vacate residual-clause unconstitutional | Should a certificate of appealability have issued after the district court denied as untimely a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate that sought to chall… |
| 18-8055 | Kevin Ventura v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey apprendi-violation circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process jury-consideration jury-instructions jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Is Mr. Ventura is serving two life sentences imposed in violation of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), bec… |
| 18-7609 | Merlin Alston v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 18-usc-926b criminal-law-enforcement-officer-exemption criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms law-enforcement sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. Is the conviction of a local poli ce officer, required to carry a service pistol when off duty, excluded from prosecution for violating 18 U.S.C. 9… |
| 18-7470 | Carl Lee Williams v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-01-17 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking categorical-approach crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-carjacking intimidation physical-force residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states vagueness vagueness-doctrine | 1. Is federal carjacking by way of intimidation a crime of violence as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s force clause? 2. In light of this Court'… |
| 18-7387 | James Dennis Lenihan, III v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3a carjacking crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-offense force-clause statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether the federal offense of carjacking, as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 2119, categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(… |
| 18-7287 | Lamont LaPrade v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-01-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c appeal collateral-attack crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process firearm-offense predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation | 1) To Charge with 924c) (crime of violence) must sustain Conviction with connection, with Predicate Offense. 2) That, if on Collateral Attack (2255),… |
| 18-7036 | Frank Richardson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-12-14 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness | In Sessions v. Dimaya , 138 S. Ct. 1204, 1223 (2018) this Court recently struck down as unconstitutionally vague the Immigration and Nationality Act's… |
| 18-6914 | Daniel Rojas v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-12-06 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law force hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states physical-force section-2255 section-924c sentencing violent-crime | I. What amount of force satisfies this Court's definition of "physical force," that is, force capable of causing physical pain or injury to another pe… |
| 18-6809 | Desmond Camp v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-11-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act Hobbs-Act-robbery physical-violence residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness | 1. May Hobbs Act robbery serve as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(c) when Hobbs Act robbery does not match the elements clause of S… |
| 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 | 1. Under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), an offense qualifies as a "crime of violence" -- required for conviction under § 924(c)(1), … |
| 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 | 1. Whether (as the court of appeals held) the categorical approach does not apply in any case in which the defendant was also convicted of "use[ of] a… |
| 18-6569 | Mark Lee Murray v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2018-11-05 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states mandatory-consecutive-sentence residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively invalidates the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B). 2. Whether ge… |
| 18-6346 | Mark A. Dubarry v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-10-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense committed by causing fear of harm to inta… |
| 18-6302 | Francisco Melgar-Cabrera v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-10-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-felony predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit | Whether Hobbs Act robbery as set forth as a predicate felony offense in Count 4 of the Second Superseding Indictment qualifies as a "crime of violence… |
| 18-6232 | Dion Dakota Johnson v. United States | Third Circuit | 2018-10-09 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c categorical-approach categorical-approach-18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation third-circuit vagueness | Does the categorical approach apply in determining whether an offense is a "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)? In light of Johnso… |
| 18-5808 | Rafael Angel Rondon v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-08-29 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c 6th-amendment constitutional-law crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-law jury-instructions residual-clause sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-crime | Whether the Eleventh Circuit's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) pattern jury instruction violates the Sixth Amendment because it concludes that the crutial question… |
| 18-5655 | Cory D. Foster v. United States | Third Circuit | 2018-08-20 | Denied | IFP | a question that has split the circuits 10-1 18-usc-924c categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts federal-criminal-provision federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-definition statutory-interpretation | Whether the categorical approach applies in determining whether an offense is a "crime of violence" supporting conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), a … |
| 18-5293 | George Anthony Autobee v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-07-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 armed-bank-robbery constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence felony-force-clause johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation timeliness | 1. Whether Mr. Autobee's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) was timely because it … |
| 18-5147 | Edward Nathan Wing v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-07-06 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 crime-of-violence habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity timeliness | 1. Whether Mr. Wing's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) was timely because it was… |
| 18-5083 | Rahman Fulton v. United States | Third Circuit | 2018-07-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process extortion force-clause mathis-v-united-states mens-rea residual-clause statutory-interpretation | Petitioner comes forth with Question base under Graham v. United States ; U.S., No. 16-6308, friend of the Court brief filed 10/28/16. To Be Held ThAb… |
| 18-5041 | Louis Robinson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-06-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine | I. Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States , 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) a… |
| 18-5061 | Travis Horne v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-06-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process force-definition johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime | Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (Samu… |