18-usc-1951
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6282 | Dominique Kevion Drake v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 constitutional-challenge criminal-statute facial-unconstitutionality hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | Whether the statute of conviction, Title 18, Section 1951 (The Hobbs Act), is facially unconstitutional? |
| 23-7014 | Stanley Ford v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-03-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act mandatory-minimum physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), are categorically crimes of violence under the elements clau… |
| 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… |
| 22-7606 | Yvette Crystal Wade v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-05-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-guidelines 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… |
| 21-5650 | Carl Richard Samson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-09-13 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), meaning that it "ha… |
| 20-8469 | Lamont Benedict Nelson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-07-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 borden-standard borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review | Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to permit the lower court to consider whether a conviction for Hobbs Act robbery under 18… |
| 20-8452 | Keith Lamar Lott, aka Kevin Moore v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 borden-standard borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review | Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to permit the lower court to consider whether a conviction for Hobbs Act robbery under 18… |
| 20-7610 | Jose Hernandez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-30 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(3) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether an attempted Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951) qualifies as a categorical "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3) because… |
| 20-7383 | Jorge Zamora-Suarez, aka Pedro Moncada v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas… |
| 20-7244 | Melvin Landry, Jr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery as defined by Title 18 U.S.C. §1951(b)(1) is a "crime of violence" within the meaning of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(a). |
| 20-1000 | Monico Dominguez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-01-26 | GVR | Relisted (4) | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(8)(A) attempted-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, qualifies as a "crime of violence," meaning that it "has as an element the use, attem… |
| 19-8053 | Daniel Rodriguez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-03-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law hobbs-act property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | I. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (b) is categorically a "crime of violence" as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(3)(A) , if the plain … |
| 19-8043 | Christopher Lamont Steward v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-03-18 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 924(c)-conviction categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-crime | I. Whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is categorically a "crime of violence" that may serve as a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(… |
| 19-7458 | Kaleb Jermaine Myers v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2020-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts federal-criminal-law hobbs-act legal-standard statutory-interpretation | (1) Whether this Court should grant certiorari to resolve the conflict among the lower federal courts and decide the important legal question of wheth… |
| 19-5061 | Akeem Young v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-07-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-law-procedure fifth-amendment hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | Whether the least culpable means of committing a violation under 18 U.S.C. 1951: conspiring to commit a Hobbs Act robbery, qualify as a "crime of viol… |
| 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… |
| 18-6914 | 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… |
| 18-5866 | Nathan Mosley v. United States | Third Circuit | 2018-09-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | 1. In accord with the categorical approach, rather than the Third Circuit's outlier contemporaneous act approach, should a conviction under the Hobbs … |
| 18-5840 | George Stoney v. United States | Third Circuit | 2018-08-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c3a categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | 1. Under the categorical approach, rather than the Third Circuit's outlier contemporaneous act approach, does a conviction under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S… |