| 24-5019 |
Daniel Salgado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-rule certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure-sentencing notice-clause prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review |
L Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled?
I. Should this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment bel… |
| 19-7931 |
Nancy Arlene Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit government-misconduct methamphetamine-conspiracy miranda-rights sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance supreme-court unconstitutional-motive |
Petitioner, NANCY ARLENE LOPEZ, appealed her ten-year statutory minimum sentence imposed after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import 500 or more … |
| 19-7561 |
Ramiro D. Ramirez, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
application-note-3(c) application-note-3c court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court federal-sentencing-guidelines mitigating-role mitigating-role-adjustment paid-tasks proprietary-interest sentencing-guidelines supervisory-authority united-states-sentencing-guidelines ussg-3b1.2 |
Whether the Court of Appeals inappropriately affirmed the
district court's denial of a mitigating role adjustment which contravened the
factors and th… |
| 19-6417 |
Doran Wilburn Walker v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing cumulative-sentences double-jeopardy due-process oral-pronouncement-of-sentence presence-of-defendant sentencing statutory-authority trial-court-authority written-judgment |
1. If a trial court wishes to cumulate sentences, must it so order at the time and place that sentence is orally pronounced? See Grays v State, 291 S.… |
| 19-6113 |
Jose Armando Bazan v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
GVR |
Relisted (4)IFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review cocaine-conspiracy criminal-appeal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing downward-adjustment fact-question guidelines plain-error plain-error-review role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Petitioner, JOSE ARMANDO BAZAN, was charged with and pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. T… |
| 18-9589 |
Nicholas Bradley Gilbert v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-07 |
GVR |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-penalties criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion felon-possession interstate-commerce sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness |
1. Whether substantive reasonableness review requires or permits the courts of appeals to "substantively second guess" the district court and/or to "r… |
| 18-9368 |
Antonio Dean Blackstone v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 2255-motion criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit residual-clause section-2255 section-924c timeliness-standard united-states-v-davis vagueness |
1. Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand
this case, where Petitioner filed a § 2255 claiming that
Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2… |
| 18-9085 |
Juan Antonio Hunter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility base-offense-level criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum u.s.s.g.-5g1.1(a) |
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY DEDUCTING THE THREE POINTS AWARDED THE PETITIONER FOR HIS ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THOSE … |
| 18-7340 |
Eric Dillon v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-01-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process federal-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-battle |
SINCE 18 U.S.C. 924(j) Is A DISCRETE OFFENSE THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE OR REQUIRE A CONSECUTIVE S,DID THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT APP… |
| 18-6917 |
Rodolfo Portela v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal competency-hearing conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking evidence-suppression firearm-possession sentencing sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence |
1. Whether The District Court, Erred When It Found That There was
Sufficient Evidence That the Appellant had Committed the Acts
Alleged in Count I, Co… |