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24-5243 Ryan Taybron, Eric Nixon, and Geovanni Douglas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c3a bodily-injury circuit-split criminal-statute delligatti-v-united-states omission omission-crime physical-force use-of-force Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us…
23-7797 Nicholas Brodigan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-liability force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-elements The Circuits have confused the categorical analysis—which examines only statutory elements—with the contextually distinct rule that an aider and abett…
21-5644 Michael Hall v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-10 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3a actus-reus aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-statute force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement violent-physical-force Aiding and Abetting Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951(a) and 2, does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violen…
20-7609 Raynal King and Howard R. Ross, III v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-03-31 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c3a criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause force-clause mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a crime that requires a resulting death categorically includes, as an element, "the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force ag…
20-7305 Larry Daniel Harris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-statute hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery negligence physical-force predicate-conviction property-injury statutory-interpretation 1. Circuit courts, including the Ninth Circuit here, are analogizing the element of "intimidation" in 18 U.S.C. § 2113 with the element of "fear of in…
20-5672 David Kareem Turpin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c3a crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts force-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery, which can be committed by putting another in fear of future injury to himself, his property, or even his intangible propert…
19-8756 Kevin Ingram v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a attempted-hobbs-act-robbery attempted-offense categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-statute federal-sentencing james-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis If a completed offense is categorically a "crime of violence" within 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause, is the attempted commission of that o…
19-8582 Brandon Lee Edwards v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a attempted-offense crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery james-v-united-states specific-intent substantial-step The courts of appeals have universally held that a conviction for a completed offense is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)…
19-7320 Jurden Rogers v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3a armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery bank-robbery-18-usc-2113 circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause intimidation physical-force statutory-interpretation I. Whether bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) which may be committed by unintentionally intimidating a victim or by presenting a teller with a demand not…
19-6878 Robert L. Bolden Sr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-intent elements-clause inchoate-offense mens-rea substantial-step 1. Whether an inchoate offense, whose non-inchoate form would constitute a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A), aut…
19-5093 Jason Ellis Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92…
19-5070 Carlos Lamar Mitchell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c3a bank-robbery bank-robbery-18-usc-2113 criminal-law criminal-statute demand-note intimidation physical-force physical-force-18-usc-924c3a sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113), which may be committed by unintentionally intimidating a victim or by presenting a teller with a demand note,…
18-9522 Renee Lopez-Galvan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-9467 Koran McKinley Allen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-2113a-d 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3a bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery physical-force sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. 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.…
18-8537 Daniel Salinas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-8536 Elmar K. Scott v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-8525 Robert Brian Winston v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-8330 Martin Fitzgerald Connors v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-8043 Victor Alanis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-8026 Sergio Ramirez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a crime of violence under the force cla…
18-7836 Michael Travis Moore v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-crimes general-intent intimidation specific-intent statutory-interpretation Given this Court's holding in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255, 268 (2000), that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) is …
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)(…
18-7176 Jose A. Garcia-Ortiz v. United States First Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property pattern-jury-instructions statutory-interpretation In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense that can be committed by causing fear of har…
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…