burrage-precedent
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-7759 | Mikkel McKinnie v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-05-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 21-usc-841 8th-amendment burrage-precedent causation drug-offense drug-related-death due-process guideline-range sentencing sentencing-reasonableness upward-variance | I. Whether the Lower Courts Erred in Not Applying the Court's Precedent in Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014), to Upward Variances When a D… |
| 20-6108 | Antoine Washington v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-10-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 21-usc-841 burrage-precedent burrage-v-united-states but-for but-for-causation causation causation-standard criminal-law drug-sentencing forensic-pathology statutory-interpretation | I. Whether the "special rule" exception to but-for causation mentioned in dicta in Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014) is inapplicable to an… |
| 18-6605 | Joseph Perrone v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2018-11-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | adversarial-proceeding appellate-review burrage-precedent causation causation-standard due-process government-assertions judicial-procedure record standard standard-of-proof united-states-v-burrage | Did the lower courts refuse to follow the decision and 134 S.Ct. 881, 187 L.Ed.2d 715 (2014), and thereby violate fundamental principles of due proces… |