| 25-6847 |
Andre Lamont Rawls v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-18 |
Pending |
IFP |
appellate-review concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
Whether the judge in the Southern District of Mississippi erred by ordering the 60-month supervised release revocation sentence at issue to run consec… |
| 25-6786 |
Cornell Clisby v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-02-11 |
Pending |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion circuit-court extraordinary-reasons federal-sentencing rehabilitation-factors sentence-reduction |
Whether the Sixth Circuit and the district court abused its discretion by failing to hold that extraordinary and compelling reasons existed to qualify… |
| 25-6710 |
Jose Ramon Castillo-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Pending |
IFP |
appellate-waiver federal-sentencing fifth-circuit guilty-plea plea-agreement withdrawal-of-plea |
1. Based on his plea agreement's boilerplate waiver of most appellate rights, the Fifth Circuit dismissed Petitioner's challenge to his federal senten… |
| 25-6622 |
Alante Martel Nelson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2026-01-20 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-law federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
1. To determine a controlled substance offense under USSG § 4B1.2(b) using the categorical approach, do courts compare the elements of the prior convi… |
| 25-6451 |
Thomas Steven Sanders v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-12-30 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
appellate-review case-or-controversy commutation death-penalty federal-sentencing mootness |
Following commutation of a death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of release, does a case or controversy regarding the death penalty… |
| 25A594 |
Keith Lashon Bell v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-11-20 |
Application |
|
appeal-waiver constitutional-exception criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus plea-agreement |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6138 |
Michael Chance v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split federal-sentencing life-expectancy parsimony-principle sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Where 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) mandates that federal courts "shall impose a sentence sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with [its] purpo… |
| 25A526 |
Martin Gutierrez-Barba v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-06 |
Application |
|
18-usc-3553a appellate-review circuit-split federal-sentencing preservation-of-error sentencing-error |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5776 |
Thomas Scott Perkins v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-01 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
comparative-analysis federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-commission sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the detailed Judiciary Sentencing Information (JSIN) statistics compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission are relevant to considerin… |
| 25-5631 |
Brian Goorahoo v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-09-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-appeal federal-sentencing preservation-of-error procedural-error sentencing-procedure |
Whether, to preserve for appeal a claim that the sentencing court committed procedural error by failing to explain its sentence adequately or relying … |
| 25A253 |
Patrick Miller Webb, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-09-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
controlled-substance criminal-conviction federal-sentencing fifth-amendment pro-se sixth-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5226 |
Nashaun Drake v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance criminal-law federal-sentencing prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
When defining a controlled substance offense under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) do courts look to the substances that were controlled on the date of the prior … |
| 24-7303 |
Donterrian M. Lavender v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-appeal defendant-rights federal-sentencing sentencing substantive-reasonableness |
Whether Lavender's sentence is substantively unreasonable. |
| 24-6827 |
Charles Anthony Giovinco v. Caryn Flowers, Warden |
Second Circuit |
2025-03-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
agency-deference concurrent-sentences first-step-act recidivism-reduction statutory-interpretation time-credits |
The First Step Act of 2018 ("FSA") provides that an eligible prisoner "shall earn" time credits if he participates in the FSA's flagship recidivism-re… |
| 24-6674 |
Kevin Millette v. United States |
First Circuit |
2025-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction compassionate-release criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus sentencing-modification |
Whether a sentencing judge may impose a condition of supervised release that substantially restricts a defendant's access to his own children without … |
| 24-6615 |
Gregory P. Damm v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure federal-sentencing hearsay plain-error revocation-proceeding supervised-release |
Can a federal supervised release defendant can ever obtain relief on plain error for the erroneous admission of hearsay in a revocation proceeding? |
| 24-6106 |
In Re Freeman William Stanton |
|
2024-12-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
concurrent-sentences guilty-plea ineffective-counsel mental-disability plea-agreement resentencing |
1. WHETHER OR NOT THE PETITIONER IS ENTITLED TO BE RESENTENCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT THAT IN
VOLVES A "QUID PRO QUO" AND … |
| 24-6112 |
Dekeilon Marquel Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-12-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender circuit-split federal-sentencing predicate-offense rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines |
I. Should Mr. Johnson be sentenced as a career offender under the United States Sentencing Guidelines based upon the current Circuit split of whether … |
| 24A550 |
Zackary Ellis Sanders v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-05 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review child-exploitation criminal-statute federal-sentencing fourth-circuit statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5599 |
David Martins v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-knowledge drug-prosecution federal-sentencing mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in a 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) prosecution, the knowingly mens rea contained in section 841(a)(1) also requires the government to prove that the … |
| 24-5481 |
Cody Mercure v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure eighth-amendment federal-sentencing judicial-review proportionality sentencing-guidelines |
Did the sentence of three hundred months violate the grossly disproportionate protection afforded by the unusual sentence prohibition under the Eighth… |
| 24A237 |
Andre Michael Dubois v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-09-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
amendment-821 criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit federal-sentencing retroactive-relief sentencing-guidelines |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5224 |
Michael Paul Gianfrancesco v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review court-proceedings criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing jurisdiction sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5086 |
Isaias Delgado v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial federal-law federal-sentencing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel self-incrimination |
I. Whether The Government Violated Mr. Delgado's Right to Due Process and a Fair Trial by Withholding Evidence?
II. Whether The Improper Admission of… |
| 23-7565 |
Juan Aguiera-Guzman v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-reasoning mitigation-arguments plain-error sentencing sentencing-discretion silent-record |
Does the holding in Molina -Martinez apply to non -Guidelines calculation sentencing errors, such as the clear Rule 32 violation here? If not, how doe… |
| 23-7431 |
Avery Lans v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-review criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
QUESTON NUMBER ONE:
Did the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion by the affirmance of
Petitioner's 240-month federal sentence when the district cou… |
| 23-7440 |
Michael Paul Puzey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-review rehabilitation sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation |
"Balancing Justice and Compassion: A Case for Revisiting Compassionate Release under the First Step Act" |
| 23-7327 |
Zachariah Jay Histed v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-sentencing judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a defendant who plea ds guilty, admits the substantive elements of the
criminal charge, and spares the government the time and expense of a tr… |
| 23-7256 |
John Pedelahore v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process eighth-amendment federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness supervised-release |
Whether the district court erred by ordering Mr. Pedelahore to serve 30 months in prison for nonviolent supervised release violations when the recomme… |
| 23-7190 |
Trivansky Swington v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-conviction criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been
decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 23-6977 |
Dasmore T. Coleman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-appeal criminal-sentencing defendant-rights due-process federal-sentencing procedural-history sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether Coleman's sentence is substantively unreasonable. |
| 23-6953 |
Anthony Lamont Mason, II v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
federal-court federal-sentencing indian-major-crimes-act mandatory-minimum mcgirt-v-oklahoma sentencing-guidelines state-court state-sentencing statutory-interpretation |
This case presents a legal question under the Indian Major Crimes Act (IMCA), 18 U.S.C. § 1153, that is increasingly important in the wake of McGirt v… |
| 23-6854 |
Danny Lee Hampton v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense federal-sentencing prior-state-drug-offense sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense state-drug-offense |
Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug sch… |
| 23-6799 |
Leon King v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion legal-reasoning sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) requires a sentencing court which rejects a defendant's nonfrivilous arguments in favor of a lower sentence to explain its… |
| 23-6770 |
Juan Carlos Burns v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing second-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-definition statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Does second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1 categorically qualify as a "crime of violence" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)? |
| 23-6751 |
Delon Joseph Adams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 concurrent-sentence concurrent-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute firearm-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(1)(D)(ii) precludes a sentencing court from imposing a sentence for a Section 924(c) firearm offense partially concur… |
| 23-6629 |
Gilbert Dean Bicknell v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a brady-materiality brady-v-maryland district-court-finding due-process federal-sentencing guidelines-determination judicial-discretion materiality prosecutorial-disclosure sentencing-information united-states-v-booker |
1) Whether the materiality analysis from Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), which has developed almost entirely around proceedings with binary out… |
| 23A687 |
Danilo Arturo Velasquez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-appeal federal-sentencing ninth-circuit rico-conspiracy sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6499 |
Pete Manning v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-schedules federal-law federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-law time-of-consequences time-of-conviction |
In federal sentencing, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines typically call for a higher advisory Guidelines range if the defendant has been convicted of a p… |
| 23-6476 |
Phillip Thomas Green v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness rebuttal sentencing-guidelines |
With the understanding that federal sentences are accompanied by a presumption of reasonableness if they fall within a properly calculated advisory gu… |
| 23-6461 |
Luis Armando Jimenez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-justice federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Under Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007), can a district court at sentencing ignore a party's nonfrivolous arguments for a greater or lesser s… |
| 23-6452 |
Shannon R. Thomas v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
compassionate-release criminal-procedure federal-sentencing first-step-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation |
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| 23A599 |
William Phillip Neidinger v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
cruel-and-unusual due-process eighth-amendment federal-sentencing identity-preservation judicial-discretion |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6387 |
Montgomery Lebeau v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anticipated-imprisonment concurrent-sentence concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-interpretation same-incident sentencing-guidelines state-charges ussg-5g1.3(c) |
When a state term of imprisonment is anticipated to result from another offense that is relevant conduct to the federal offense of conviction, the Fed… |
| 23-6169 |
Juan Carlos Soto v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3553 appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing ninth-circuit-court remand sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
A. Selective Remand
Petitioner asks: Why does the 4th Circuit Court of appeals Remand (Almost Cases Where Not all of the appellant's Non-Frivolous Pa… |
| 23-6129 |
Jarmaine Carter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach crime-of-violence extortion federal-sentencing ohio-revised-code ohio-robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Ohio robbery under Ohio Revised Code § 2911.02(A)(2) categorically matches the enumerated offense of "extortion" under United States Sentencin… |
| 23-6118 |
T'Shaun Omar Jones v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance federal-law federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-construction legal-definition state-law statutory-interpretation vehicle-for-review |
In the absence of an explicit definition, is the definition of "controlled substance" in the federal sentencing guidelines controlled by federal or st… |
| 23-6121 |
Jemare Ray McNair, aka Head v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver appeal-waivers career-offender criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
WHETHER CAREER OFFENDER STATUS SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO APPEAL WAIVERS IN PLEA AGREEMENTS WHERE A DEFENDANT HAS A LEGITIMATE ARGUMENT THAT HE WAS NOT A CA… |
| 23-6098 |
Ricardo Dinnall v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Whether Concepcion v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2389 (2022), requires district courts to consider all nonfrivolous arguments raised by the parties in … |
| 23-6048 |
Elvis Redzepagic v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing material-support offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorist-organizations |
Whether this Court should grant certiorari to resolve the circuit split regarding the correct offense level that is to be used in sentencing violation… |
| 23-5940 |
John Paul Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 23-5947 |
Kraig M. Trotter v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-procedure deterrence due-process federal-sentencing methamphetamine methamphetamines proportional-punishment sentencing-guidelines third-circuit |
Did the Third Circuit err in failing to consider the disparity in sentencing under U.S.S.G §2D1.1(c) of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for methamph… |
| 23-5832 |
William R. Abbott v. Loretta Otis-Sanders, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights crack-cocaine criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment equal-protection fair-sentencing-act federal-sentencing federal-statute-of-limitations first-step-act prison-rape-elimination-act retroactivity |
Whether the State of Louisiana Constitution's Equal Protection Clause embodies through the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Federal sta… |
| 23-5773 |
Adrian De La Torre v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
When a district court imposes a term of supervised release as part of a sentence, the United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long l… |
| 23-5699 |
Jose J. Galiany-Cruz v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court district-court-authority extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Does a district court have the authority to determine what constitutes "extra ordinary and compelling reasons " warranting compassionate release or ar… |
| 23-5665 |
Shajuan Orlando Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been
decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 23-5556 |
William L. Gladney v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split crack-cocaine federal-sentencing first-step-act offense-grouping rico sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
May district courts reduce the sentence of those convicted of covered and non-covered offenses under the First Step Act, when the offenses intertwined… |
| 23-5512 |
Robinson Mendoza-Gomez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure double-counting due-process enhancement-application federal-sentencing governmental-officer obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the guidelines' enhancement for obstruction of justice requires some conduct above and beyond the conduct comprising the offense of conviction… |
| 23-5503 |
Roman Alvarado, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
When a district court imposes a term of supervised release as part of a sentence, the United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long l… |
| 23-5364 |
Christopher Alexander Nerius v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender-guideline controlled-substance-offense criminal-procedure federal-sentencing prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines timing-question united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether, in determining if a prior offense is a "controlled substance offense" for purposes of the career offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b), sen… |
| 23-5304 |
Jaquantious Hutchison v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-09 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-history federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
The Safety Valve provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), instructs district courts to sentence under the guidelines without regard to any statutory mandatory … |
| 23-5236 |
Marvas Aurelien v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-law federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-drug-offenses |
I. Whether the "controlled substance" definition in United States Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.2(b) incorporates the federal drug schedules in effect at… |
| 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 |
Despite waiving his right to appeal his sentence except under limited circumstances, did the calculation of his advisory guideline range, which influe… |
| 23-5170 |
Peter Robert Jordan, aka Richard Mercer v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-07-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggregate-sentence covered-counts criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion non-covered-counts sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 404(b) of the First Step Act authorizes the lower courts to impose a reduced aggregate sentence on both covered and non-covered counts… |
| 23-46 |
United States v. Cassity Danielle Jones |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-07-17 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in order for a defendant to satisfy the prerequisite for "safety-valve" sentencing relief in 18 U.S.C. 3553(f)(1), a court must find that the… |
| 23-5113 |
Charleton Maxwell v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-07-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-circuit conservative-estimate criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines walton-rule |
Issue 1.
In the case at bar the sentencing judge refused to a apply a higher
standard than a mere preponderance when the issue was, based
on a drug… |
| 23-5072 |
Dorothy Pearl Smith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense federal-sentencing prior-state-drug-offense sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation |
Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug sch… |
| 23-5036 |
Brandon Mason v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
federal firearm sentencing federal sentencing or prior state drug offense armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute drug-offense drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense federal-sentencing jackson-v-united-states prior-state-drug-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-drug-offense statutory-interpretation |
Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug schedules … |
| 22-7898 |
Anthony Lamart Lawrence v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-conviction eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-7903 |
Denvy Hoffman v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-conviction eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-7904 |
Andrew Ryan Demont v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review armed-career-criminal circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-law drug-convictions federal-guidelines federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enha… |
| 22-1239 |
Michael Jerome Files v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
concurrent-sentences crack-cocaine crack-cocaine-offenses district-court-discretion first-step-act powder-cocaine sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Does § 404 of the First Step Act authorize district courts to impose a reduced sentence for both crack-cocaine offenses and related offenses that are … |
| 22-7833 |
Jeremy Randall Ezell v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-presumption reasonableness-standard rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the Court should clarify how a defendant who challenges
the substantive reasonableness of a within-Guidelines sentence may
rebut an appellate … |
| 22-7807 |
Chayna Holguin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-history federal-sentencing first-step-act rule-of-lenity safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The question presented is whether the "and" in § 3553(f)(1) means "and," so that a defendant satisfies the provision so long as she does not have (A) … |
| 22-7791 |
Clark Downs v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
15-year-old circuit-court-review criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-sentencing interstate-commerce safety-valve sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sexual-exploitation visual-depiction |
WHETHER THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT AS TO THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ELEMENT ON COUNT ONE, WHICH CHARGED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A FIFTEEN YEAR … |
| 22-7792 |
Diante Turman v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act circuit-court-review circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-conviction criminal-procedure district-court-discretion drug-offense drug-schedule drug-schedules federal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing
22-7791" mcneill-precedent mcneill-v-united-states safety-valve sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction Whether the district court erred at sentencing in |
Congress and the U.S. Sentencing Commission require judges to impose criminal sentences that take account of a penalty range advised by the Sentencing… |
| 22-7702 |
Antonio Montero v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3553(f) criminal-history criminal-procedure federal-sentencing safety-valve sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
A defendant is entitled to the safety-valve sentencing provision of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) unless he violates all three subsections of the statute: (1) m… |
| 22-7675 |
Quanathan Naiji Knox Ivery v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-05-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-conviction eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-7659 |
Darrien D. Johnson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion motion-to-reduce sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
1. Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it imposed a sentence of 360 months when the applicable guideline range was 235-293 months?
2. Di… |
| 22-7452 |
Lashawna Lashae Stewart v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery criminal-law criminal-statute divisible-offense double-jeopardy federal-sentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation uniform-administration united-states-code |
In Prince v. United States, 352 U.S. 322 (1957), this Court construed the first and second paragraphs of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) —bank robbery and entry i… |
| 22-7359 |
Devin Baker v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-convictions drug-offense federal-sentencing prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The United States Sentencing Guidelines significantly increase the recommended sentencing range for a defendant who has at least two prior felony conv… |
| 22-7336 |
Shawn Kaleb Drake v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons credit criminal-procedure duty-to-determine federal-sentence federal-sentencing judicial-discretion presentence-detention sentencing |
1. If a defendant requests that he be given credit towards his federal sentence for presentence detention time, is a district court – knowing that the… |
| 22-7261 |
Susan Elise Prophet v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-procedure eighth-circuit federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Prophet's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reductio… |
| 22-7059 |
Aaron M. Haynes v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-03-21 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-history-points criminal-justice federal-sentencing first-step-act mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
The "safety valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute requires a district court to ignore any statutory mandatory minimum and instead follow … |
| 22-851 |
United States v. Julian Garcon |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-03-08 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
criminal-history criminal-history-points criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines jurisdiction safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in order for a defendant to satisfy the prerequisite for "safety-valve" sentencing relief in 18 U.S.C. 3553(f)(1), a court must find that the… |
| 22-6902 |
Roger Bryant Harbin v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-03-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law decontrol drug-convictions drug-policy due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-828 |
Roger E. Pace v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-03-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
circuit-split criminal-history federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Courts interpret statutes by applying Congress's plain language. In the First Step Act, Congress modified the federal sentencing statute to say that a… |
| 22-6881 |
James Clark, III v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
controlled-substances criminal-law drug-convictions drug-policy due-process federal-sentencing retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-6825 |
Richie Lee Edmonds, III v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-21 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-history criminal-law drug-distribution due-process federal-sentencing federalism sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a prior state conviction for drug distribution qualifies as a "controlled substance offense" under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b), when the state statute… |
| 22-6803 |
Mario C. Thomas v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-history criminal-history-points criminal-procedure federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Section 3553(f) of Title 18, U.S. Code, is the "safety valve" which can allow a defendant to receive a sentence less than the statutory mandatory mini… |
| 22-6808 |
Erich Deolax Riker v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fact-finding federal-sentencing jury-finding jury-trial sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
Whether a factual finding that is necessary to render a federal sentence substantively reasonable must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. |
| 22-6732 |
David Alvarado-Rios v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-discretion presumption-of-reasonableness rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
How does a defendant who challenges the substantive reasonableness of a within-Guidelines sentence rebut an appellate presumption of reasonableness of… |
| 22-6699 |
Marquita Leigh Meredith v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing policy-statement sentencing statutory-interpretation |
The questions presented here is whether 2007 statement is an "applicable" policy Statement that binds a district court when deciding whether to grant … |
| 22-6626 |
Jonathan Jefferson Ferris v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 22-6628 |
Johnell Lewis Britton, Sr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure fact-specific-reasons federal-sentencing judicial-discretion non-guidelines-sentences procedural-error reasonableness-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether district courts are required to articulate fact-specific reasons for imposing non-guidelines sentences? |
| 22-6560 |
Candido Gomez-Santacruz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a district-court-discretion federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states imprisonment-duration prior-term-of-imprisonment sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness |
In light of its nuanced, holistic approach to federal sentencing, whether a district court may, consistent with § 3553(a)'s plain text, treat the dura… |
| 22-6510 |
Daniel Marmolejo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 22-6444 |
Stephen Duane Burgess v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing federal-statute second-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether a conviction for federal "second degree murder" under 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3). |
| 22-6432 |
Edward Sanchez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault categorical-approach circuit-split federal-sentencing generic-offense model-penal-code taylor-v-united-states |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's exclusive reliance on the MPC misapplies the categorical approach announced by this Court in Taylor v. United States, 495 … |
| 22-6418 |
Christopher Brian Cosimano v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process eleventh-circuit federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing first-degree-murder omission-liability statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred by finding that Florida's First-Degree
Premeditated Murder Statute is categorically a crime of violence for purpose… |
| 22-6408 |
Samuel Lawrence Wood v. Mike Brown, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-review federal-sentencing habeas-corpus sentencing state-prisoner state-sentencing statutory-authority |
Is the state of Michigan in the Absence of Statutory Authority.
See 18 U.S.C. 9 3584 (a)
Petitioner was Already subject to the state sentences.
Petiti… |
| 22-6391 |
Nonami Palomares v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-history drug-crimes drug-offense federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Pursuant to the "safety-valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute, a defendant convicted of certain nonviolent drug crimes can obtain relief … |
| 22-6364 |
Fairly W. Earls v. Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-12-21 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-sentence |
I. Whether Earls should have to serve the same Federal Sentence a Second Time. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit violated Ear… |
| 22-6246 |
Antonio Osorio-Mendez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 22-6132 |
Michael Dominick Mencher v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing first-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Florida's First-Degree Premeditated Murder Statute is categorically a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(C)? |
| 22-6104 |
Esteban Parra-Reyes v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-review compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-sentencing judicial-discretion ninth-circuit prisoner-rights sentencing summary-affirmance |
I.
Whether The Denial Of Esteban Para Reyes's Motion For Compassionate
Release Was An Abuse Of Discretion?
II.
Whether the Ninth Circuit's Summary Af… |
| 22-6025 |
Christopher Alan Mitchell v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure district-court final-order finality habeas-corpus section-2255 sentencing sentencing-range statutory-interpretation |
(1) Is an order granting relief and resentencing under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 final when the order changes the statutory sentencing range such that the dist… |
| 22-5877 |
Onterrail Remond Altman, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions eighth-circuit federal-sentencing prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-5847 |
Lindsey Orr v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation term-of-imprisonment |
WHEN ARE THE SECTION 3553 (d) FACTORS SATISFIED?
THE 3553 OPINION JUSTIFIED BASED UPON?
THE COMPLETION OF THE TERM OF IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFIED FROM … |
| 22-5832 |
Robert Joseph Schmitt v. Texas |
Texas |
2022-10-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
concurrent-sentences criminal-sentencing cumulation due-process legislative-intent sentence-cumulation statutory-interpretation texas-law texas-legislature trial-court |
Was respondent denied due process of law when the trial court cumulated
respondent 's two twenty year sentences when the law in effect enacted by the
… |
| 22-5665 |
Geoffrie Dill v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-offense federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Does "controlled substance offense", as that term is used in U.S.S.G. §4B1.1 and defined by U.S.S.G. §4B1.2(b), refer only to those controlled substan… |
| 22-5569 |
Dylan Darelle Scott v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-5480 |
Manuel Ralios-Chajal v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing |
Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? |
| 22-5449 |
Antonio Rodriguez, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-conflict controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense drug-trafficking federal-conviction federal-drug-trafficking federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Is it obvious error to find a prior federal drug trafficking conviction is a "controlled substance offense" under the Sentencing Guidelines when the s… |
| 22-5427 |
Jade Christian Nichols v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing preemption sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation |
Does a state definition of "controlled substance" control a federal sentencing enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines, when the state lists subst… |
| 22-5342 |
Patrick LaJuan Jones, Jr. v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-08-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing preemption sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation |
Does a state definition of "controlled substance" control a federal sentencing enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines, when the state lists subst… |
| 22-5303 |
George Daniel McGavitt v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing minor-sexual-conduct minors sentencing-guidelines sexual-offense-definition sexual-offenses statutory-interpretation |
Whether self-penetration by a minor (not prepubescent) using a benign household item is "sadistic or masochistic" under USSG § 2G2.1(b)(4)(A). |
| 22-5260 |
David Perez v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempted-murder federal-sentencing racketeering-activity rico rico-sentencing sentencing state-law state-law-maximum statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
State sentencing law determines the statutory maximum sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 1963(a) for a RICO conviction based on a racketeering activity that i… |
| 22-5232 |
Jesus Javier Cruz-Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-presumption reasonableness-standard rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the Court should clarify how a defendant who challenges the substantive reasonableness of a within-Guidelines sentence may rebut an appellate … |
| 22-49 |
Efrain Lora v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(D)(ii), which provides that "no term of imprisonment imposed … under this subsection shall run concurrently with any oth… |
| 22-5132 |
Joe Octavio Granado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3583 concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences district-court incarceration liberty-deprivation liberty-interest revocation sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Whether the District Court, in revoking supervised release, excessively sentenced Petitioner with consecutive incarceration from an original concurren… |
| 22-5028 |
Damien Dre Gonzales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adam-walsh-act appeals commerce-clause criminal-procedure district-court federal-kidnapping federal-sentencing guidelines-error harmless-error sentencing-guidelines |
IL Is a district court's Guidelines error always harmless when the court states that it would have imposed the same sentence regardless of the Guideli… |
| 21-8247 |
Johnathan Carter v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abduction abduction-enhancement bank-robbery circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The four-level abduction enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2B 1.3(b)(4)(A) was applied
to Appellant's bank robbery conviction based on moving victims… |
| 21-8127 |
Russell Kimble Jackson, aka Russell Kimble Jackson, V v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 21-8079 |
Kenyad Laquan Kelly v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion legal-standard sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Whether the District Court Erred in Applying a Different Starting Point for Defendant's Sentence than the United States Sentencing Guidelines? |
| 21-8062 |
Bryant Love v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing modified-categorical-approach sentencing-enhancement state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
When applying the categorical and modified categorical approach sentencing courts are instructed to use a states statutory definition df it's elements… |
| 21-7936 |
Jeffrey E. Akard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
benefits civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus incarceration retroactive-rule section-2255 special-appointment standing substantive-law |
Does a disabled veterar have a "personal stake,
interest, or standing" on seing that his wlthheld 20%
bereFit, dve to his incarcerator, recelve a 'spe… |
| 21-7767 |
Michael Don Billups v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-opinions appellate-review district-court federal-sentencing judicial-discretion prejudice prejudicial-error sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Whether courts of appeals evaluating the prejudicial effect of a Guideline error must accept a district court's claim that the Guidelines exerted no i… |
| 21-1414 |
Barton Ray Crandall v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(A) 18-usc-924(c) criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion 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 … |
| 21-7662 |
Michael Wayne Cook v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-opinions appellate-review district-court district-court-discretion federal-sentencing judicial-standard prejudice prejudicial-error sentencing-guidelines |
Whether courts of appeals evaluating the prejudicial effect of a Guideline error must accept a district court's claim that the Guidelines exerted no i… |
| 21-7625 |
Jonathan Scott May v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court enhancement federal-sentencing judicial-discretion plain-error sentencing-guidelines |
1. Did the district court plainly err when applying an enhancement under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2G2.2(b)(5)? |
| 21-7586 |
Jaako Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing generic-offense robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code texas-robbery violent-crime |
Whether Texas robbery, a crime defined differently than similarly named crimes in a majority of states, is a crime of violence under the United States… |
| 21-7520 |
Isaiah Wilson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 2nd-amendment burglary-statute career-offender civil-rights crime-of-violence due-process federal-sentencing free-speech sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation |
1. Should the court exercise it's Power to resolve a
split amongst the sister Circuits regarding New Jersey
Third degree burglary designation as a cri… |
| 21-7438 |
Tramone Horne v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion judicial-review preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Should the Court require proof by more than a preponderance of the evidence of facts that significantly increase the defendant's sentence range under … |
| 21-7405 |
Joshua Guity-Nunez v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-03-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-section-1594 appeal base-offense-level criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-sentencing human-trafficking sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
I, Whether Petitioner, who was convicted of 18 U.S.C. § 1594(c), is subject to a Base Offense Level of 34 or 14? |
| 21-7393 |
Travis Ryan Skaggs v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-802 21-usc-841 concurrent-sentences first-step-act sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony statutory-interpretation term-of-imprisonment |
Whether the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred by holding that Mr. Skaggs' conviction in Wise County, Virginia on July 27, 2… |
| 21-7351 |
Miguel Angel Cruz-Polanco, aka Luis Hernandez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure federal-sentencing plain-error plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines |
I- wheter the Federal
SeNten cing Guidelines
Manvel Reguire a Plea oF
Guilty and
PoiNt ReductioN
three
guarantee
a
?
For accePtaNCe OF ResPoN sability… |
| 21-7245 |
Julia Ann Poff v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-filing sentence-reduction sentencing |
Question not identified. |
| 21-7226 |
Christopher Ronald Martin v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing generic-robbery mens-rea recklessness sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
() Whether generic robbery, as used in federal sentencing enhancement provisions, encompasses robbery offenses that only require a mens rea of mere re… |
| 21-7158 |
Alfonso Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law divisibility elements-means elements-versus-means federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text |
I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach?
II. Is the Texas statute prohibiting the of… |
| 21-1118 |
Duianete Moore v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-02-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
career-offender criminal-history criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines juvenile-conviction juvenile-offenses predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Is a conviction committed 24 years ago, when Petitioner was 16 years old, a proper predicate offense for classification of Career Offender status purs… |
| 21-6992 |
Michael Rocky Lane v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing ninth-circuit sentencing summary-affirmance |
I. Whether The Denial Of Michael Lane's Motion For Compassionate Release Was An Abuse Of Discretion?
II. Whether the Ninth Circuit's Summary Affirman… |
| 21-6671 |
Valente Arias-Avila v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion sentencing-factors standard-of-review |
I. When conducting their substantive-reasonableness review of sentences, can appellate courts reweigh the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), a… |
| 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 … |
| 21-6658 |
Donald Ray Johnson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-sentencing guideline-commentary judicial-deference judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal sentencing courts are bound by the illustrations found in Guideline Commentary? |
| 21-6570 |
Bo Jack Kelley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing |
Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? |
| 21-829 |
Timothy Scott Hardin v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-03 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
18-usc-2252 18-usc-2252a age-of-consent categorical-approach criminal-law federal-sentencing minor sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements state-statutes statutory-interpretation |
Under federal law, the Model Penal Code, and the laws of 39 states and the District of Columbia, consensual sex between a 21-year-old and a 17-year-ol… |
| 21-6357 |
Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-sentencing-act federal-sentencing habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel jurisdiction procedural-default retroactivity sentencing |
When the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Vacated and Remanded case #19-7803 back to the District Court shouldn't the district Court have given Mr. Reid a… |
| 21-767 |
Clinton Williams v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion 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 … |
| 21-6282 |
Tannous Fazah v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy due-process federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum misdemeanor-reclassification prior-conviction prior-convictions retroactive-reclassification sentence-enhancement |
I. In August 2013, petitioner was indicted in federal court, in part, on charges of conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Petitioner was all… |
| 21-6256 |
Macario Andrew Gomez, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing jury-determination jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? |
| 21-6178 |
Henry Baird v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-defense criminal-law drug-cases entrapment federal-drug-cases federal-sentencing judicial-doctrine manipulation sentencing sentencing-entrapment |
WHETHER THE COURT SHOULD RESOLVE THE CIRCUIT SPLIT ON RECOGNIZING SENTENCING ENTRAPMENT AND SENTENCING MANIPULATION DOCTRINES AS VIABLE DEFENSES AT SE… |
| 21-6105 |
Saul Hernandez-Serrano v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
courts-of-appeals federal-sentencing molina-martinez-v-united-states numerical-range-of-imprisonment presumption-of-prejudice sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the presumption of prejudice recognized in Molina-Martinez v. United States extends to Federal Sentencing Guideline errors that do not affect … |
| 21-6062 |
Craig Schenvinsky James v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-review sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
I. BECAUSE THERE IS A CONFLICT AMONG THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL OVER THIS MATTER, CAN THE SENTENCING COMMISSION'S COMMENTS TAKE PRECED… |
| 21-6028 |
Johnny Jasper Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-20 |
GVR |
IFP |
borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing intervening-development sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-robbery ussg-4b1.2 |
Whether the Texas offense of simple robbery by injury, Tex. Penal Code §29.02(a)(1) constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2? |
| 21-5982 |
Marcus Matthews v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-precedent controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines georgia-criminal-code sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Does a conviction under Official Code of Georgia Annotated ("OCGA") § 1613-30 qualify as a "controlled substance offense" for purposes of enhancing a … |
| 21-5985 |
DeCarlos Titington v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing discharged-sentences due-process equal-protection relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines undischarged-sentences |
The federal Sentencing Guidelines treat discharged and
undischarged sentences based on conduct relevant to a case
before the court for sentencing diff… |
| 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 … |
| 21-5787 |
In Re Randall Thomas McArty |
|
2021-09-24 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus parole sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
1. Whethe the prima fai requiement in 28uss 2244() wud funtion
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of nelease or paude.
2). Whether 28 usc 246 … |
| 21-5694 |
Shawn Travis Paschal v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights elements-of-offense federal-sentencing maximum-sentence minimum-sentence sentencing |
I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be treated as elements of the defendant's offense for constitutio… |
| 21-5657 |
Chris Eugene Cosner v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery career-offender categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing statutory-interpretation |
This petition presents a straightforward case for certiorari review. The question presented is whether, under the categorical approach of the elements… |
| 21-5639 |
Siliaivaoese Fuimaona v. D. Hudson, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences criminal-appeal custody federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review ninth-circuit parole sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
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| 21-5508 |
Marc Norfleet v. John R. Baldwin, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-U.S.C.-3582 access-to-courts civil-rights compassionate-release due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing indigent-status prisoner-rights sanctions sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
Upon 8/04/15 (9) Court's Denial of Petitioner's Constitutional Violation of Petitioner's USC Fourteenth Amendment due process Clause, equal protection… |
| 21-5477 |
Clifford Senter v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act collateral-attack criminal-law due-process federal-procedure federal-sentencing non-existent-offense sentencing-enhancement state-conviction state-law |
Where state law holds that a particular offense is non-existent, but a defendant has a conviction for the non-existent offense, and a federal sentenci… |
| 21-5400 |
Maria Gonzalez Maldonado v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking federal-sentencing methamphetamine-possession minor-participant sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
1. Did Maria Gonzalez Maldonado conspire to possess and/or actually and knowingly possess between 5kg-15kg kilograms of methamphetamine pursuant to U.… |
| 21-5244 |
Burudi Jarade Faison v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause commerce-jurisprudence congressional-power constitutional-interpretation federal-sentencing firearm-possession overrule precedent scarborough-v-us tenth-amendment us-v-lopez |
If the current precedent case law for commerce jurisprudence, i.e, U.S. Lopez 514 US 549, conflicts with another currently applied case decision, i.e,… |
| 21-5044 |
Ncholeion Kashana Hollie v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abduction abduction-definition change-in-location circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-sentencing robbery robbery-enhancement sentencing-guidelines ussg-2b3.1 |
Under Section 2B3.1 (b)(4)(A) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines ("USSG"), courts apply a four-level increase to the offense level for Robbery… |
| 21-5011 |
Anthony Farmer v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 abuse-of-discretion criminal-justice criminal-law federal-sentencing judicial-discretion public-confidence racial-disparities racial-disparity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6), a district court can or should consider the need to avoid unwarranted racial disparities in sentencing among de… |
| 20-8388 |
Jonathan Aaron Leal v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver appellate-review due-process federal-sentencing illegal-sentence plea-agreement post-conviction-relief |
Should an appeal waiver provision in a plea agreement bar appellate or post-conviction relief from an illegal federal sentence? |
| 20-8172 |
Jorge Antonio Perez, aka Steven Mark Hamm v. Gavin Newsom, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-due-process constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-sentencing free-speech judicial-interpretation prior-conviction-doctrine standing state-secrets-doctrine |
Is the Circuit Court wrong in applying the "State Decisis Doctrine" and also is the Circuit Court wrong by stating in writing that the murders of litt… |
| 20-8094 |
Corey L. Johnson v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
covered-offense criminal-law drug-conspiracy federal-sentencing first-step-act multi-object-conspiracy rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation |
Where there is ambiguity as to which penalty applies in a multi-object conspiracy that is a "covered offense" pursuant to the First Step Act of 2018, … |
| 20-1593 |
Devon E. Sanders v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
child-pornography criminal-law disaggregation double-jeopardy federal-sentencing paroline-v-united-states restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation |
1. Petitioner pleaded guilty to two counts under federal statutes relating to possession of child pornography. One count charged knowing receipt of th… |
| 20-8016 |
Rico Blackwell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence collateral-attack-waiver criminal-procedure davis-challenge federal-sentencing habeas-corpus plea-bargaining procedural-default residual-clause section-924c statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
Mr. Blackwell is serving a long federal prison sentence for the paired crimes of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and use of a firearm during and rel… |
| 20-8021 |
Jason Scott Pedro v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guidelines harmless-error procedural-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review statutory-maximum |
Can a significant procedural error be deemed harmless when the sentencing judge uses the statutory maximum as the baseline for imposition of sentence? |
| 20-7936 |
Jose Oribel Ponce-Ulloa v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-courts federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines temporal-connection ussg-2d1.1 weapon-possession |
The question presented which has divided federal courts of appeal is whether a sentencing court can add two offense levels for possession of a weapon … |
| 20-7832 |
Chadwick Marvin Thompson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
What qualifies as 'extraordinary and compelling circumstances under a Motion for Compassionate release, 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)?
(2) Does the lower c… |
| 20-7778 |
Gerald Scott v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-sentencing physical-force physical-inaction rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Does a crime of physical inaction, in which the inaction is deemed the cause of injury or death, have as an element the "use of physical force against… |
| 20-7580 |
Trinidad Jesus Garcia v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing individualized-circumstances judicial-discretion plain-error reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
whether Formal objection after pronouncement of Sentence is necessary to invoke appellate review of Sentence (Ground Four) and Sentence Prejudice the … |
| 20-7524 |
Mathew Ryan Byrd v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing fourth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-review parolee probationer search-and-seizure |
Question not identified. |
| 20-7410 |
Edward McCain v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
case-remand certiorari concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure eighth-amendment fourth-circuit-judgment jones-v-mississippi judicial-review juvenile-offenders plain-error sentencing supreme-court-procedure |
I. Whether an invalid conviction affects a criminal defendant's substantial rights and must be vacated on plain error review, irrespective of whether … |
| 20-7369 |
Antonia Janai Hickmon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing |
I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? |
| 20-7213 |
Nathan Ray Dent v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis |
I. The government concedes that one of the possible predicate offenses used to convict Petitioners under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) —conspiracy—is not a § 924… |
| 20-7215 |
Sunni Askari Newell v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment eighth-circuit federal-sentencing firearms firearms-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT HAS MISCONSTRUED
U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), CONTRARY TO EVERY OTHER
CIRCUIT, RESULTING IN DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF
FIREARMS … |
| 20-7204 |
Shane Faithful v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-distribution criminal-law federal-sentencing medical-care medical-prescription prescription-drugs sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether a physician who prescribes a controlled substance to a patient for reasons other than medical care has unlawfully "dispensed" the substance… |
| 20-7138 |
Patrick Begay v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 aggravated-assault criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion native-american native-american-defendants sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission |
In carrying out the mandate of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) to impose a sentence that is "sufficient but not greater than necessary on a defendant," may a dist… |
| 20-6794 |
Oscar Guevara Salamanca v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-01-07 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process federal-sentencing illegal-reentry judicial-discretion prior-conviction revocation-of-probation right-to-be-heard sentencing-enhancement state-sentencing |
The state of South Carolina provided Oscar Guevara Salamanca no notice of the date, location, or time of a hearing to revoke his probation. Then, in h… |
| 20-6754 |
Alford Donta Tarpley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
borden-v-united-states burris-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing precedent robbery sentencing sentencing-guidelines texas-law ussg-4b1.2 |
Whether the Texas offense of robbery by injury constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2? |
| 20-6666 |
Sebastian L. Eccleston v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-justice due-process federal-prisoner federal-sentencing sentencing-statutes state-judiciary |
In Setser v. United States, this Court construed the third sentence of 18 USC §3584(a) to be inapplicable in cases where a federal sentence is imposed… |
| 20-6631 |
Aaron Sebastian Redmond v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-sentencing constitutional-law district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing fifth-circuit guidelines-error harmless-error sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines |
The Fifth Circuit agreed with Mr. Redmond that the district court erred when it applied the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, which resulted in a higher adv… |
| 20-6552 |
Ignacio Arreola-Mendoza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-08 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 20-6541 |
Alejandro Pineda-Campuzano v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-07 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 20-6517 |
Elvis Basic v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure drug-quantity federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
1. Whether a federal district court must use the "err on the side of caution" principle when approximating the drug quantity? |
| 20-6539 |
Alfonso Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-04 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law physical-force reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of physical force against the person or property of another, for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 16(a), when a con… |
| 20-6409 |
Hugo Humberto Perez Rangel v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
advisory-opinions appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guideline-error harmless-error incentive-to-object judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines |
Whether Guideline error is necessarily harmless if the district court is presented with the Guideline range later vindicated on appeal and disclaims a… |
| 20-6332 |
Cecil Salyers v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2020-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice sentencing-prejudice sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard |
Did the Kentucky Court of Appeals correctly interpret the Sixth Amendment in holding Petitioner "cannot demonstrate prejudice under Strickland", when … |
| 20-6281 |
Kevin Lamar Ratliff v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-782 career-offender criminal-law criminal-procedure discretion federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-amendment judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Lower Courts have discretion to reduce Whether the
Petitioner's sentence under U.S.S. Guideline Amendment 782,
regardless of Petitioner's career offen… |
| 20-6282 |
Darius Tirrell Thomas v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation u.s.-code |
Whether, the Trial Court Erred in Finding the Defendant to Be a "Career Offender" and Sentencing Him Accordingly? |
| 20-6274 |
Fernando Juarez, aka Fernando Perez-Juarez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a appellate-review criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-discretion overarching-goal presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-standard rita-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the presumption of reasonableness for within-guidelines sentences approved in Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007) has proved incompatib… |
| 20-6180 |
Naquan Reyes v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court federal-sentencing procedural-reasonableness procedural-unreasonableness sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
I. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in rejecting Reyes's contention that the sentence was procedurally unreasonable based on the district court's fa… |
| 20-6027 |
Michael Moore v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
appellate-review controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing gvr mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
1. Petitioner questions wehether even if §924(e)(2)(A)(ii) does not call for a generic-offense-matching analysis, does it require knowledge of the sub… |
| 20-5948 |
Christopher Michael Sevier v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault borden-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines remand sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court texas-law violent-crime |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2?
Subsidiary question: whether the decis… |
| 20-5951 |
Joshua Scott Richards v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness u.s.-sentencing-commission u.s.s.g.-§-2g2.2 |
Whether a sentence imposed pursuant to the United States Sentencing Guidelines covering the crimes of accessing or possessing child pornography, U.S.S… |
| 20-5937 |
Rosa Enedia Pazos Cingari v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law authority commentary federal-sentencing guideline-commentary inconsistency judicial-interpretation legal-authority sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether United States Sentencing Guideline Commentary which adds to a sentencing guideline is necessarily inconsistent with the guideline such that th… |
| 20-5857 |
Alimamy Barrie v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3582 criminal-procedure discretion federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion retroactivity sentencing sentencing-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 20-5812 |
Jason Andrew Dunlap v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure defendant-responsibility federal-sentencing guilty-plea offense-level plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines |
Do the sentencing Guidelines limit the maximum offense level to 43, so that, from that highest level, there is a reduction when a defendant accepts re… |
| 20-5772 |
Michael Portanova v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the "categorical approach," which this
Court has repeatedly held must be applied in assessing whether a prior state conviction qualifies as a
… |
| 20-5709 |
Rickey Cole v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
and proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? placed in the indictment burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing grand-jury indictment jury-trial sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be found by a grand jury, placed in the indictment, and proven to… |
| 20-5561 |
Craig Edward Hunnicutt, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review discretion federal-sentencing first-step-act guidelines judicial-discretion motion-denial sentence-reduction sentencing |
1. A First Step Act (FSA) sentence reduction denial should come only after a
"complete review on the merits." Yet the Sixth Circuit held that it had n… |
| 20-5586 |
Jose Zamudio-Silva v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-sentencing sentencing-departures sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
When considering guidelines rulings, should appellate courts review the decision to depart from the guideline range in the same way as other guideline… |
| 20-5549 |
Javier Lopez-Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review credibility-determination credibility-determinations fact-finding factual-issues federal-sentencing judicial-standard precedent reasonableness-review standard-of-review wrongful-incarceration |
Whether review for reasonableness in federal sentencing requires a separate, more deferential, standard of review for credibility determinations than … |
| 20-5424 |
Alfred Lee Hanzy, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing fourth-circuit gall-precedent gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the Fourth Circuit's decision is in conflict with the Court's decision
in Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 (2007). |
| 20-5433 |
Gregory Wind v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-deference circuit-split deference district-court federal-courts-of-appeals federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Did the district court impose a substantively unreasonable sentence upon Mr. Wind? |
| 20-5408 |
Robert Richard Jodoin v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment federal-sentencing military-veteran non-violent-offense reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines veteran-status |
WHETHER A ONE HUNDRED THIRTY MONTH PRISON SENTENCE FOR A NON-VIOLENT, DRUG DEALING, FIFTY (50) YEAR OLD, MILITARY VETERAN IS UNREASONABLE. |
| 20-5156 |
Manuel Contreras Saucedo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fact-finding federal-sentencing jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing |
I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? |
| 20-5090 |
Ronald Lynn Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing guidelines harmless-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether Guideline error is necessarily harmless if the district court is presented with the Guideline range later vindicated on appeal and disclaims a… |
| 20-5016 |
Ashton Charles Butler v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery criminal-law divisible-offense double-jeopardy federal-sentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation uniform-administration-of-justice united-states-code |
In Prince v. United States, 352 U.S. 322 (1957), this Court
construed the first and second paragraphs of 18 U.S.C.
§ 2113(a)—bank robbery and entry in… |
| 20-5007 |
Anthony Ray Foley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review appellate-standard booker-standard circuit-split due-process federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review supervised-release |
1. Is the "reasonableness" standard, under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), the proper standard for appellate review of a sentence impose… |
| 19-8868 |
Rodrecas Tims v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-discretion prison-sentence reasonableness-review sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range sentencing-reasonableness |
Whether the district court ordered an unreasonable 108-month prison sentence under the facts of this case, and under the recommended Sentencing Guidel… |
| 19-8830 |
Justin Michael Oxendine v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion legal-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines upward-variance |
Whether the district court abused its discretion by varying upward when an applicable guideline provision addressed conduct that formed part of the ra… |
| 19-8770 |
Carl St. Preux v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-851 28-usc-2255 circuit-split drug-conviction federal-habeas-corpus federal-sentencing habeas-corpus mandatory-life-sentence post-conviction-relief prior-state-convictions sentencing-enhancement statute-of-limitations |
As such, the question presented here is whether 21 U.S.C. § 851(e), which clearly applies at and during federal sentencing proceedings, usurps and sup… |
| 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… |
| 19-8680 |
Adrian Zitalpopoca-Hernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 circuit-split comparative-sentencing criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
To avoid "unwarranted sentence disparities," does 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6) require federal judges to compare a defendant's sentence to the sentences of … |
| 19-8659 |
Steven Adam Segovia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fact-finding federal-sentencing jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing |
I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? |
| 19-8548 |
Shawndell Lee Harrison v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-05-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states retroactive-rule retroactivity sentencing |
A second or successive motion to vacate, set aside, or correct a federal sentence may be filed if it "contain[s] . . . a new rule of constitutional la… |
| 19-8339 |
Juan M. Santiago v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver booker booker-error criminal-procedure federal-sentencing mandatory-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice sentencing sentencing-guidelines waiver |
WHETHER AN ESTABLISHED BOOKER ERROR (MANDATORY APPLICATION OF THE USSG) CAN BE CONSIDERED PER SE A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE EXCEPTION THAT IS NOT WAIVED… |
| 19-8199 |
Dwight Bullard v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 advisory-guidelines career-offender collateral-attack collateral-review criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing section-2255 sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a defendant erroneously sentenced as a career offender under the advisory Guidelines can collaterally attack his enhanced sentence under 28 U.… |
| 19-8137 |
Rafael Posadas-Gonzalez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing procedural-reasonableness sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-departure |
Whether the District Court and Court of Appeals misapplied the law under U.S.S.G § 4A1.3 and 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a) sentencing factors in granting an up… |
| 19-8144 |
Franco Nicholas Padgett v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure concurrent-sentence-doctrine convictions courts-of-appeals federal-postconviction-motions federal-sentences federal-sentencing judicial-review postconviction-motion sentence-challenge sentences |
Whether the concurrent sentence doctrine applies to challenges to federal sentences when there is no challenge to a conviction.
Whether the concurren… |
| 19-8098 |
Juan Carlos Rodriguez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance motion-to-vacate plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-consequences |
This case concerns petitioner's claim that he was misled concerning the sentencing consequences of his guilty plea to a conspiracy charge.
The questi… |
| 19-7878 |
Joseph Ramon Santillan v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conviction-classification criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing felony-conviction mandatory-minimum misdemeanor-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-federal-interaction state-federal-law statutory-interpretation |
Did defendant's State of California marijuana conviction constitute a "prior conviction for a felony drug offense," increasing defendant's mandatory m… |
| 19-7851 |
Lenin Martinez-Alvarado v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court downward-departure eleventh-circuit jurisdiction substantive-reasonableness u.s.s.g-§4a1.3 |
I. WHETHER CERTIORARI REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT HELD THAT IT DID NOT HAVE JURISDICTION TO REVIEW THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL… |
| 19-7763 |
Jean Bernier v. J. C. Holland, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3585 18-usc-3621 18-usc-3621b administrative-discretion barden-determination bureau-of-prisons custody-credit federal-custody federal-sentencing sentence-commencement state-custody statutory-authority statutory-interpretation |
DOES THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS EXCEED THE STATUTORY
AUTHORITY CONFERRED UPON THE AGENCY BY CONGRESS
IN 18 U.S.C. § 3585(a), WHEN IT COMMENCES A … |
| 19-7525 |
Gregory Joel Sitzmann v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2020-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-of-laws conflict-with-other-courts-of-appeals conflict-with-supreme-court court-of-appeals criminal-procedure drug-smuggling evidence federal-sentencing foreign-drug-smuggling ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdiction-over-evidence pro-se-petition prosecutorial-misconduct |
1) WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT LACKED "JURISDICTION" OVER EVIDENCE OF FOREIGN DRUG SMUGGLING: AND WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DI… |
| 19-7531 |
Joey D. Wiseman, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-sentencing direct-appeal due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
1) Whether the First Step Act Must be Applied To Cases Pending on Direct Appeal?
2) Whether there is An Inherent Disparity In Congress Amending the R… |
| 19-7470 |
Agustin Martinez-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a appellate-review appellate-standard circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing,appellate-review,18-usc-3553(a federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness |
L When conducting their substantive-reasonableness review of sentences, can appellate courts reweigh the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), as… |
| 19-7427 |
Rodolfo Perez-Jimenez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure deference due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors? |
| 19-7433 |
Anthony Russell Wilson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3583 criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy federal-sentencing fifth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release united-states-v-haymond |
The question presented to this Court is whether Petitioner, Wilson, who suffered a criminal prosecution by way of a supervised release revocation hear… |
| 19-7388 |
Aaron Perez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-prosecution categorical-match categorical-overbreadth circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-sentencing felon-in-possession insufficient-evidence prior-conviction prior-felony-conviction rehaif |
I. Whether a defendant who seeks to demonstrate that a prior conviction is not a categorical match for federal sentencing purposes must point to an ac… |
| 19-7337 |
Kinney Lee Palmer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aggravated-assault assault crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-law threat |
1. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B 1.2? |
| 19-7338 |
David P. Moran v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-interpretation prosecutorial-charging same-conduct same-victim sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines |
1. Should two charges for the same episode of conduct and the same victim with
no temporal break whatsoever be sentenced to consecutive prison terms e… |
| 19-7293 |
Desmond Bowen v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(a) appellate-review booker-v-united-states federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states judicial-standard sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness |
18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) states: "The court shall impose a sentence sufficient, but not greater than necessary." Indeed, there are factors found in § 3553(… |
| 19-7248 |
Christopher Omar Hinton v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempted-robbery crime-of-violence dangerous-weapon federal-sentencing north-carolina north-carolina-law sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-commission united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether North Carolina attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon qualifies as a crime of violence under Section 4B1.2 of the United States Sentencing … |
| 19-7188 |
John Jay Powers v. M. L. Stancil |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3584 18-usc-3584a administrative-deference administrative-law bureau-of-prisons criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deference federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-courts federal-sentencing sentencing-interpretation statutory-ambiguity statutory-interpretation |
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ANY OF THE CIRCUITS, THE TENTH CIRCUIT HELD THE LANGUAGE OF 18 U.S.C. 3584(a)'S PHRASE "AT THE SAME TIME" TO BE AMBIGUOUS. THE T… |
| 19-7114 |
Joe Lewis Finley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-habeas federal-sentencing habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender sentencing statute-of-limitations vagueness |
1. Under the statute of limitations applicable to federal habeas proceedings, are habeas petitions challenging sentences fixed by the mandatory career… |
| 19-7078 |
Braun Nathan Thompson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 aggravated-robbery armed-robbery-statute criminal-law criminal-procedure elements-clause federal-sentencing firearms-offense minnesota-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether aggravated robbery under Minnesota law is a violent felony within the scope of the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(e)(2)(b)(i). |
| 19-774 |
Marcus Terrelle Marsh v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-statute federal-sentencing predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state drug statute that lists a variety of means by which it can be violated, including purchasing, which does not meet the definition of a … |
| 19-780 |
Willie Newton v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-procedure custis-v-united-states drug-offense due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states post-conviction-relief prior-conviction proposition-47 sentence-enhancement sentencing state-law state-sentencing |
In Johnson v. United States, 544 U.S. 295 (2005), and Custis v. United States, 511 U.S. 485 (1994), this Court held that a defendant who "successfully… |
| 19-6948 |
Michael Eugene Spry v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3553 criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness supervised-release |
I.
WHETHER
THE
APPELLANT
MICHAEL
EUGENE
SPRY'S
SENTENCE WAS UNREASONABLE AS IT WAS GREATER THAN
NECESSARY AND AS SUCH, FAILS TO COMPLY WITH TITLE 18,
… |
| 19-6926 |
Roger William Campbell, II, aka Roger William Campbell v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure federal-sentencing revocation sentence-revocation sentencing-guidelines supervised-release united-states-sentencing-commission |
Is the "stacking" of multiple consecutive sentences, upon revocation of
multiple concurrent terms of supervised release, consistent with the United St… |
| 19-6908 |
Margarito Olvera-Martinez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-11 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 19-6775 |
James Marione Butchee v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender controlled-substance criminal-history due-process federal-sentencing ineffective-counsel sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
The Federal Minimum Mandatory sentence for Career offender clause [21 USC 841(b)] is at question in this petition, Do having one violent felony and on… |
| 19-6758 |
Michael Tryance Anderson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment appellate-standard booker-standard circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing sentencing-review standing substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's substantive reasonableness review satisfies the standards set forth in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), Gall… |
| 19-6644 |
Darrell Freeze v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing fifth-amendment judicial-fact-finding sentencing sixth-amendment substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments permit judges to find the facts necessary to support an otherwise substantively unreasonable federal sentence. |
| 19-6601 |
Kevin Battle v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-prosecution categorical-approach categorical-match circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing prior-conviction realistic-probability sentencing state-conviction state-court state-crime |
Whether a defendant who seeks to demonstrate that a prior conviction is not a categorical match for federal sentencing purposes must point to an actua… |
| 19-6502 |
Cory Dale Fields v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-district-court federal-sentencing grand-jury no-bill prior-conduct reliability reliability-of-evidence reliability-standard sentencing sentencing-considerations uncharged-conduct |
Is alleged prior uncharged conduct that had been no-billed by a Grand
Jury sufficiently reliable for a federal district court to consider at sentencin… |
| 19-6505 |
Michael Ingram v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-851 21-usc-851-enhancement 28-usc-2255 28-usc-2255-f-4 federal-law federal-procedure federal-sentencing geographic-disparities geographic-disparity habeas-corpus sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-report statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation time-limit time-limitation |
Where the United States Sentencing Commission publishes a report summarizing the geographic disparities in the application of the 21 U.S.C. §851 enhan… |
| 19-6489 |
Clifford Gene Wallace v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault aggravated-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines texas-criminal-law texas-law threat ussg-4b1.2 |
1. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2?
2. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated r… |
| 19-6348 |
Billy J. Griffin v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender controlled-substances divisibility drug-statute federal-sentencing felony-convictions missouri-law state-convictions statutory-interpretation |
Question 1. Is the Missouri Controlled Drug Statue indivisible such that the Defendant's two distribution of marijuana felony convictions in state cou… |
| 19-6025 |
Javier Segovia-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-sentencing force force-against-person immigration-law mens-rea mental-state reckless-conduct reckless-mental-state recklessness statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 19-5946 |
Anthony Carl Spence v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritoriality federal-sentencing foreign-conduct guidelines offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether, absent a clear indication of extraterritoriality, a federal sentencing court is permitted to enhance a defendant's offense level under the se… |
| 19-5963 |
Jesus Yugopicio-Rojas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-consistency criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-review molina-martinez non-calculation plain-error sentencing-guidelines |
Does failure to calculate the applicable Sentencing Guidelines attract the same protocol for plain error as set out in Molina-Martinez v. United State… |
| 19-5922 |
Pedro Munoz, aka Pedro Munoz Ruiz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure deference district-court federal-courts-of-appeals federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors? |
| 19-5905 |
Ricky Davis v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
fairness-integrity federal-sentencing guideline-calculation judicial-discretion procedural-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-proportionality sentencing-uniformity statutory-maximum substantial-rights uniformity-proportionality USSG-5G1.1(a) |
When this Court held in Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1897 (2018) that a failure to correctly calculate the guideline range, which anch… |
| 19-5788 |
James Nunley, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-law ussg-4b1.2 violent-crime |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2? |
| 19-5763 |
Jose Lara-Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-30 |
GVR |
Relisted (4)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law federal-law federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law mens-rea reckless-mental-state recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 19-5730 |
Lawrence Michael Lynde v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sex-offender-treatment sixth-circuit-appeal standing statutory-interpretation victim-restitution |
Question not identified. |
| 19-5447 |
Erbey Botello, aka Erbey Botello-Alanis, aka Javier Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion plea-hearing plea-revocation reasonableness-of-sentence revocation-hearing sentencing sentencing-review supervisory-powers |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit-which refused to unequivocally recognize the constitutional right to … |
| 19-5350 |
Stevie Elbert Jones v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
career-offender crime-of-violence federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states texas-robbery ussg-4b1.1 ussg-4b1.2 |
Whether, after Stokeling v. United States , __U.S.__, 139 S.Ct. 544 (2019), the Texas offense of robbery satisfies the definition of "crime of violenc… |
| 19-5268 |
Thomas Bois v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
assault-with-dangerous-weapon crime-of-violence enumerated-offenses federal-sentencing force-clause massachusetts-assault massachusetts-assault-with-dangerous-weapon massachusetts-law sentence-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Where the Massachusetts offense of "Assault with a Dangerous Weapon," Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265 § 15B, may be committed merely by means of an offensive … |
| 19-5223 |
Bobby Minnis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-modification state-sentencing |
Whether a federal district judge can make the internally contradictory oral pronouncement that a federal sentence is to be served concurrent with one … |
| 19-5259 |
Edgar Armand Hernandez-Castillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-minimum |
1. Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the
statutory minimum is "not greater than necessary " to ach… |
| 19-5197 |
Eric T. Roden v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal article-iii-judge criminal-defendant criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion ninth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines waiver |
WHETHER THE NINTH CIRCUIT PANEL CORRECTLY CALCULATED GUIDELINES RANGE FOR USE AT A FEDERAL SENTENCING HEARING. |
| 19-5202 |
Doroteo Zambrano-Ruiz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-authority circuit-split federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-review molina-martinez molina-martinez-v-united-states plain-error-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Should the Court address the division of circuit authority over the Court's application of plain-error review in Molina-Martinez v. United States when… |
| 19-5124 |
Arthur Durham v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process economic-harm federal-sentencing force-clause hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states retroactivity statutory-interpretation violent-crime welch-v-united-states |
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… |
| 19-5102 |
Dan Pizaro v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the life sentence imposed on 21 U.S.C. § 846 and § 841(a)(1) pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) and § 851 must be reduced to twenty-five (25… |
| 19-5085 |
Darren L. Lee v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure divisible-offense federal-sentencing full-faith-and-credit modified-categorical-approach physical-force plea-bargain sentencing shepard-documents united-states-v-horse-looking violent-felony |
Where a divisible offense may be committed two ways, one of which satisfies the "violent felony" element of physical force, and one of which does not,… |
| 19-5036 |
Craig Alan Toaz v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentencing criminal-conduct criminal-procedure federal-convictions habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-review procedural-grounds sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-5g1.3 |
I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT AND CIRCUIT COURTS ERRONEOUSLY DISMISSED PETITIONER'S HABEAS PETITION UNDER PROCEDURAL GROUNDS, AND IF SO THEN;
II. WHETHER T… |
| 19-5032 |
Tyrone Felder v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adjudication adult-conviction adult-convictions career-offender criminal-history criminal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation youthful-offender |
Whether New York youthful offender adjudications qualify as adult convictions for purposes of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines career offender provis… |
| 18-9790 |
Alexander Monzoni v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guideline-calculation guidelines judicial-review molina-martinez plain-error plain-error-review prejudice prejudice-prong sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Should the Court address the division of circuit authority over application of the prejudice prong of plain-error review for Guideline error as set ou… |
| 18-9763 |
Stirling Michael Heaton v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentencing criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discretion federal-guidelines federal-jurisdiction federal-plea-agreement judicial-discretion modification retroactive-amendment retroactive-guidelines-amendment sentence-concurrency sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification sentencing-reform-act |
(1). In § 3582(c)(2) proceedings to modify a federal sentence in light of a retroactive amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, does the… |
| 18-9772 |
William Jerome Howard, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
21-usc-841 cocaine-possession controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-offenses federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines felony-drug-offense florida florida-drug-law mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 |
Drug offenses in Florida are unlike most states insofar as in Florida, the prosecution does not have to prove a defendant knew the illicit nature of a… |
| 18-9739 |
Timothy Paul Malone v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility application-note application-note-2 chapter-5 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-interpretation offense-level sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether the lower court has misconstrued and misapplied U.S.S.G. Chapter 5, Part A, Application Note 2 by failing to limit the offense level to a l… |
| 18-1550 |
Gilberto Ramos v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
due-process federal-sentence-enhancement federal-sentencing habeas judicial-review legal-remedy post-conviction-remedy prior-state-sentence proposition-64 resentencing retroactive-relief sentence-enhancement state-conviction state-post-conviction-remedy state-sentence successful-attack |
When does a state post-conviction remedy qualify as a "successful attack" on a prior state sentence, such that a subsequent federal sentence enhanceme… |
| 18-9734 |
Hector Dominguez-Gabriel, aka Kinko, aka John Richard Bellefleur v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-courts federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentencing-guidelines sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER THE LOWER COURT(S) ABUSED ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT DENIED APPELLANT SECTION 3582(c)(2) RELIEF? |
| 18-9658 |
Eric Daniel Doyle v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing grouping guidelines judicial-discretion legal-calculation procedural-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum total-punishment |
Whether due process requires the correct calculation of
Doyle's Guidelines sentencing range. |
| 18-9677 |
Martin Arreola Zavala v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility contested-cases criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process evidence evidence-determination federal-courts federal-sentencing legal-sufficiency quantity-determinations sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
1. WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD GRANT CERTIORARI TO ADDRESS THE PROPER APPLIATION OF LAW TO FACT RELATING TO SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE FOR QUANTITY DET… |
| 18-9639 |
Dustin E. Ash v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-06-12 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
circuit-split crimes-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-law-sentencing criminal-sentencing due-process federal-firearms-law federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines reckless-crime reckless-crimes sentencing-guidelines ussg-4b1.2 violent-crimes |
Whether reckless crimes, like Mr. Ash's Kansas reckless aggravated battery conviction, qualify as crimes of violence under USSG § 4B1.2. |
| 18-9563 |
Cody Shane Sorrels v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum |
1. Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the
statutory minimum is "not greater than necessary " to ach… |
| 18-9456 |
Gary Giovon Lynn v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons constitutional-law federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-sentencing nunc-pro-tunc procedural-error sentencing sentencing-authority sentencing-procedure-error separation-of-powers setser-v-united-states ussg-5g1-3c |
I. When the district court failed to follow the Court's ruling in Setser v. United States, 566 U.S. 231 (2012) at sentencing did it engage in an imper… |
| 18-9245 |
Martin Paul De-La-Rosa v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-history drug-quantity due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-calculation judicial-review methamphetamine section-2d1.1 section-4a1.1 section-4a1.2 sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The Court of Appeals erred by not requiring the District Court to correctly apply the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Specifically, the sentencing cour… |
| 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.… |
| 18-8767 |
Antonio Slaton v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alford-plea criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-of-innocence federal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-supervised-release revocation-hearing supervised-release |
Whether a state conviction entered via an Alford plea creates an irrebuttable presumption such that a defendant in a federal supervised release revoca… |
| 18-8700 |
Dorian Givens v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing standard-of-review supervised-release |
What is the proper standard of appellate review for sentences imposed on defendants following revocation of supervised release? |
| 18-8328 |
Maritza Burgueno-Gonzalez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(a) 18-USC-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion federal-sentencing sentencing-considerations sentencing-disparities smuggling smuggling-scheme unwarranted-sentences |
1. Whether the district court violated 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)'s rule that a district court must consider unwarranted sentencing disparities when it refus… |
| 18-8225 |
Barry Druilhet, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-enhancement witness-testimony |
obstruction of justice where the defendant was seeking out witnesses to
testify on his behalf? |
| 18-7788 |
Sunny Robinson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine whether the District Court and the Fifth Circuit erred in not granting relief under Title 18 U.S.C… |
| 18-7722 |
Rodrigo Escobedo-Coronado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault circuit-split criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-offense federal-sentencing mens-rea model-penal-code state-survey statutory-interpretation |
Does the federal generic aggravated assault offense require more than a
merely reckless mens rea, as determined by the Fourth, Sixth and Ninth
Circuit… |
| 18-6982 |
Jerry Walden v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 28-usc-994 career-offender district-court due-process federal-sentencing guideline-application harmless-error johnson-v-united-states molina-martinez molina-martinez-precedent molina-martinez-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-error |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to resentencing, where due to Guideline application error, the district court incorrectly applied the more severe c… |
| 18-6858 |
Micah G. Pritchett v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-law distribution drug-distribution federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation virginia virginia-law |
Sentencing Guidelines? |
| 18-6748 |
Malachi M. Glass v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law criminal-statute drug-offense federal-law federal-sentencing pennsylvania pennsylvania-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
1. WHETHER THE BROADER PENNSYLVANIA DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE STATUTE, 35 PA. C.S.A. § 780-113(A)(30), QUALIFIES AS A "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE O… |
| 18-6757 |
Ronald Ray Norman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law descamps-v-united-states divisibility divisibility-analysis federal-sentencing means-versus-elements sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text violent-felony |
I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach of the Armed Career Criminal Act?
II. Is the… |
| 18-6737 |
Jose Lopez-Castillo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
booker booker-decision constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent title-21 |
Whether the mandatory-sentencing regime of Title 21 has been abrogated by
United States v. Booker and its progeny. |
| 18-596 |
Marie Neba v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion judicial-review presumption-of-reasonableness proportionality rita-v-united-states sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines |
1. Should the Court overrule or refine Rita v. United States (2007) 551 U.S. 338, such that an irregular and disproportionate within-Guidelines senten… |
| 18-6483 |
Armando Chavez, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing indictment indictment-requirements judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether facts that alter the range of "reasonable" federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases? |
| 18-6373 |
Erwin Eugene Semien v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3585 5th-amendment board-of-pardons-v-allen constitutional-rights due-process federal-sentencing greenholtz-v-nebraska-penal-inmates liberty-interest official-detention sentencing-credits |
Question One: Does the Federal time credit Statute 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b)
use of the non-discretionary language that federal inmates
"Shall be given cr… |
| 18-6327 |
Rolando Humphrey v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-determination judicial-discretion jury-role jury-trial sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-minimum |
1. Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the statutory minimum is "not greater than necessary" to achi… |
| 18-6342 |
Jaime Rene Lopez-Vaal v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accomplice-liability aggravated-felony criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law ninth-circuit-review sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness |
Whether Section 1326(b), which does not define "misdemeanors involving drugs or violence against the person," "felony," or "aggravated felony," is unc… |
| 18-6173 |
Carlos Tiznado-Valenzuela v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split federal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-interpretation molina-martinez molina-martinez-standard plain-error-review prejudice prejudice-prong sentencing-guidelines |
Should the Court address the division of circuit authority over the Court's application of the prejudice prong of plain-error review in Molina-Martine… |
| 18-6184 |
Robert Demetrius Barnes v. B. Masters, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split concurrent-sentence criminal-procedure federal-appellate-courts federal-sentencing prior-undischarged-term prior-undischarged-term-of-imprisonment sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-manual-5g1.3(c) statutory-interpretation |
Whether the word "concurrently" in Section 5G1.3(c) authorizes a sentencing court to run a sentence concurrently from the start of the pre-existing se… |
| 18-6111 |
Thompson Christopher Kyle Mandrell v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a6 appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-disparity sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
whether the federal sentencing court failed to properly consider and apply § 3553(a)(6), which requires consideration of "the need to avoid unwarrante… |
| 18-6066 |
Melvin Noel Vasquez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure de-novo-review downward-adjustment due-process federal-sentencing fifth-circuit minimal-role mitigating-role sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-3b1.2 standard-of-review |
I Whether the Fifth Circuits cursory, review rather than the proper de novo review resulted in a misapplication of the provision of U.S.S.G. s 3Bl.2 d… |
| 18-6007 |
Valerie Louise Williams v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines appellate-review criminal-procedure downward-variance federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
Whether The Court Should Grant Certiorari to Provide Further Clarification as to the Presumption of Substantive Reasonableness for Downward Variances … |
| 18-5970 |
Allen D. Gorion v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion reasonableness reasonableness-standard sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform |
Whether certiorari should be granted to set forth some guidelines in
determining when a sentence is unreasonable? |
| 18-5839 |
James Frederick Rebmann v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines felony-classification plain-reading possession-offenses prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation |
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines require a base offense level of 43 if the defendant is "convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), or (b)(… |
| 18-261 |
Jose Guadalupe Cebreros v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
|
21-usc-841-b-1-a 21-usc-841(b)(1)(a) california california-proposition-47 drug-offense-enhancement federal-recidivist-sentence-enhancement federal-sentencing habeas-relief prior-state-felony-drug-offense recidivist-sentencing retroactive-drug-sentencing-reforms state-law-interpretation |
Is a federal recidivist sentence enhancement based on a prior state "felony drug offense" under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) invalidated when the underlyi… |
| 18-5673 |
Eugene Smalls v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing lochner sentencing sentencing-commission-guidelines sixth-amendment state-federal-relations statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 18-5674 |
Roger Clay Swain v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act career-offender collateral-review due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-ruling mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-retroactivity timeliness |
Did Mr. Swain file his § 2255 motion within one year of "the date on which the right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court," which "h… |
| 18-5683 |
In Re Todd Britton-Harr |
|
2018-08-21 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus judicial-review mortgage-fraud newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief section-2255 successive-motion successive-motions |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner's application seeking an order authorizing the district court to consider a second or su… |
| 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 … |
| 18-5601 |
Jose Ramirez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation confrontation-right due-process federal-sentencing fifth-amendment good-cause parole probation revocation sentencing-hearing witness-confrontation |
Does the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause confer at least a limited right to confront witnesses at federal sentencing hearings absent a showing, a… |
| 18-5497 |
Timothy Edmun Johnson v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-history double-jeopardy drug-distribution federal-sentencing felony-possession occasions-different sentencing-enhancement separate-occasions serious-drug-offense |
1. Is Oklahoma's crime of drug distribution a "serious drug offense" under the ACCA when state law defines "distribution" to include "transport with i… |
| 18-5321 |
Salvador Ortiz-Uresti v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split colorado-drug-statute criminal-law divisibility drug-statute federal-predicate federal-sentencing immigration-consequences nationwide-impact sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
When deciding whether a conviction under Colorado's primary drug statute qualifies as a federal predicate for an increased sentence, should a court tr… |
| 18-5274 |
Manuel Vega v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
california-health-and-safety-code-11378 categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-conviction divisible-statute drug-offense federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guideline mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach sentencing-enhancement state-court-decision |
A prior drug conviction, if it is a federal "controlled substance offense," can increase a federal criminal sentence or result in an alien's deportati… |
| 18-5222 |
Corvain T. Cooper, aka CV v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-statute habeas-corpus invalidated-convictions life-without-parole resentencing sentencing state-convictions |
1. Whether a Petitioner Who Was Sentenced to Life Without the Possibility of Parole, Which was Enhanced By Two Later Invalidated State Convictions, Ma… |
| 18-5171 |
Erick Rolando Lopez-Mendez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process empirical-basis federal-sentencing illegal-reentry immigration presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a sentence produced by the former illegal-reentry guideline, §2L1.2, is entitled to a presumption of reasonableness on appeal. |
| 18-16 |
Larone Frederick Elijah v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing-guidelines-harmless- district-court federal-sentencing harmless-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness variance-sentence |
In Rosales-Mireles, 138 S. Ct. 1897 (2018), this Court held that "before a court of appeals can consider the substantive reasonableness of a sentence,… |
| 18-5072 |
Jill M. Evans v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility burden-on-court-system criminal-procedure due-process efficient-punishment federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines unrelated-offenses |
Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, should a defendant be entitled to credit under the acceptance of responsibility guideline (USSG §3E1.1) if sh… |