| 25-6751 |
Jeffrey W. Young, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review controlled-substances drug-distribution medical-practice regulatory-definition subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the lower federal court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the defendant, who was an authorized practitioner with the authority to admini… |
| 25-6397 |
Mark Dyer v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
burden-of-proof conspiracy criminal-intent drug-distribution statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a conspiracy conviction under 21 U.S.C. § 846 predicated on the § 841 unlawful distribution offense requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt t… |
| 25-5652 |
Federico Jose Maldonado-Aleman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court conspiracy drug-distribution jury-trial sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's decision that a defendant may be sentenced for drugs that he was not shown to have agreed to distribute violates the Court… |
| 24A778 |
Frank H. Bynes, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
controlled-substances criminal-intent drug-distribution healthcare-fraud medical-practice prescription-fraud |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5869 |
Shawn Eric Durrah, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure dangerous-weapon-enhancement drug-distribution firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines |
To resolve a circuit split, this Court should grant the Writ to determine whether, in applying the dangerous weapon enhancement U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(1)… |
| 24-5027 |
Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-v-united-states causation-of-harm criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidentiary-hearing federal-statute heroin-distribution jury-instruction jury-instructions overdose sentencing-enhancement |
1. Did the trial court err when it refused to instruct the
jury that the heroin distributed by the defendant was the same
heroin that caused the vict… |
| 23-7676 |
Romone Raphael Jackson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender career-offender-enhancement circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances-act drug-distribution federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law |
Whether a state conviction for distributing a drug that includes substances not regulated under the federal Controlled Substances Act qualifies as a "… |
| 23A1090 |
Victor Vargas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-06 |
Presumed Complete |
|
clear-error constitutional-rights drug-distribution post-indictment-delay sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7156 |
Robert Shields v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody chemical-identity constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process evidence evidence-standard |
(1) Does the Constitutional right to due process of law require some evidence that a drug that resulted in death was chemically identical to the drug … |
| 23A734 |
Dalibor Kabov and Berry Kabov v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
brady-challenge controlled-substances drug-distribution ninth-circuit ruan-standard supreme-court-precedent |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6400 |
Michael Hewitt v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-01-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-law double-jeopardy drug-distribution evidence jury-instructions |
Should the trial court have acquitted Petitioner of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine where (1) the evidence at best showed a conspiracy to dis… |
| 23A598 |
Lillian Akwuba v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-29 |
Presumed Complete |
|
controlled-substances criminal-intent drug-distribution good-faith jury-instructions mens-rea |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6087 |
Ronell Whitehead v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
21-usc-841 21-usc-846 circuit-split conspiracy-law controlled-substances drug-conspiracy drug-distribution mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
1. Section 846 of title 21 provides that the available penalties for a controlled
substances conspiracy violation are "the same ... as those prescribe… |
| 23-5602 |
Curtis Morris Hartsfield, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
attempted-crime attempted-distribution attempted-transfer circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution drug-trafficking drug-transfer federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether an "attempted transfer" of drugs under 21 U.S.C. § 802(8) includes any conduct that would also constitute an "attempted distribution" of drugs… |
| 23A106 |
Patrick Andrew Groves v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach controlled-substances drug-distribution predicate-offense statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5266 |
Mantell Alabi Stevens v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-conviction criminal-law drug-distribution due-process jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-enhancement sufficiency-of-evidence |
1. Can a court send a case to the jury when the evidence is
only sufficient to give them a choice between probabilities
instead of being sufficient to… |
| 22-7500 |
Safara Echo Shortman v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
continuing-offense controlled-substances-act criminal-charging distribution drug-distribution plain-error plea-bargaining possession-with-intent possession-with-intent-to-distribute statutory-interpretation |
1. Does 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) permit the Government to charge a continuing offense of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance base… |
| 22-7437 |
Kevin Darrell Miller v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
contemporaneous-conduct criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-use evidence evidence-admissibility intent-standard mens-rea possession |
Whether, in a drug distribution trial, evidence of a defendant's drug use and simple possession is admissible to prove mens rea if the use and possess… |
| 22-7137 |
Eric Deangelo Griggs v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-v-united-states criminal-conviction cross-examination drug-distribution due-process heroin-distribution jury-instruction perjured-testimony strict-liability |
I. Whether a person can be convicted for distribution of heroin causing death using a jury instruction that makes the offense a strict liability crime… |
| 22-6834 |
Michael Laury v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance crackhouse-statute drug-activity drug-distribution purpose purpose-element statutory-interpretation title-21-section-856 |
21 U.S.C. § 856 (A)(2) makes it unlawful to manage or control any place, whether permanently or temporarily, either as an owner, lessee, agent, employ… |
| 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… |
| 22-6211 |
In Re Patricia Ann Solomon |
|
2022-12-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-charge controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution heck-v-humphrey legitimate-purpose medical-prescription prescribing-authority prescription-drugs |
As per Honorable Justice Breyer's opinion in the new United States Supreme Court ruling XIULU RUAN v. UNITED STATES No. 20-1410. Argued March 1, 2022 … |
| 22-5472 |
Aaron Michael Shamo v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anti-drug-abuse-act chemical-compound chemical-compounds controlled-substance counsel-waiver cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-distribution drug-sentencing eighth-amendment essential-elements fentanyl statutory-interpretation |
In 1986, Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which provided for a mandatory life without parole sentence for drug offenders who distributed very … |
| 22-5378 |
Robert Collazo, Lino Delgado-Vidaca, Julio Rodriguez, and Steven Amador v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-penalties drug-distribution due-process mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing |
Whether, to prove conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance triggering
mandatory-minimum and increased-maximum penalties, the Government must sh… |
| 22-5183 |
Douglas Emmanuel Carey, III v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constructive-possession drug-distribution drug-quantity evidence-reliability expert-testimony opinion-witness sentencing-determination voice-identification wiretap-evidence wiretap-necessity |
I. Numerous lay witnesses were allowed to "identify" Mr. Carey's voice on recorded telephone calls despite a lack of reliability in the identification… |
| 21-8162 |
Darnell Pearson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution mens-rea reasonable-foreseeability serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation |
Whether a charge of drug distribution resulting in "death or serious bodily injury" under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(4)(c) requires the government… |
| 21-8020 |
Ronald Mitchell v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
§2255-motion 21-usc-841 certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure drug-abuse drug-distribution heroin-possession ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel serious-bodily-injury |
1. Was trial counsel constitutionally ineffective because she failed to consult or hire an expert witness in drug abuse (rather than toxicology) to in… |
| 21-6915 |
Maxwell Gaffney v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-distribution drug-trafficking federal-law foreseeability judicial-review jury-instructions proximate-cause sentencing |
Kyle Rodriguez died after voluntarily using heroin. The government proved to a
jury he bought it from Petitioner Maxwell Gaffney. The Government also … |
| 21-6111 |
Jonas Ross, III v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation causation circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution eighth-circuit evidence |
WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT'S CONCLUSION THAT MR. ROSS DISTRIBUTED THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF K.P. IS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS… |
| 21-5661 |
Raymond Moya v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
causation causation-of-death criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidence evidence-suppression expert-testimony motion-in-limine motion-to-dismiss |
PROPOSITION ONE: Whether the District Court erred in denying Moya's Motion to Dismiss Count 2 in that there was insufficient evidence that the heroin … |
| 21-5595 |
Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-crimes drug-distribution due-process overdose proximate-cause sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
1.) WHETHER, FOR PURPOSES OF TITLE 21 U.S.C. §841(A)(1) AND
(B)(1) (C)'S ENHANCED PENALTY "IF DEATH RESULTS " FROM THE USE
OF A SUBSTANCE, REQUIRES P… |
| 21-5518 |
John Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
atascosa-county base-offense-level criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-quantity mass-marketing relevant-conduct sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines traffic-stop |
I. Was it improper for the Court to find the base offense level was 34 because Mr. Perez should only have been held accountable for the 15 pounds of "… |
| 21-5266 |
Alla V. Stepanets v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-07-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
causation-chain chain-of-causation criminal-misdemeanor drug-dispensing drug-distribution federal-drug-laws medical-facility proximate-cause statutory-interpretation strict-liability |
1) Whether a defendant "dispenses" drugs pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353(b)(l)(B) when they are shipped to a medical facility where a physician will write… |
| 20-8231 |
Kevin Thomas Seigler v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review burden-of-proof circuit-split conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law drug-distribution due-process federal-courts single-transaction |
1. Is evidence of a single sale of illegal drugs, from one seller to one buyer, sufficient to support a conviction for conspiracy to distribute illega… |
| 20-8189 |
Heather Dawn Griffith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution federal-rule federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in a prosecution under 21 U.S.C. § 846, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(3) requires a statement sufficient to show an agreement to d… |
| 20-8020 |
Charleston Pierre Wiggins v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance-offense drug-distribution guideline-commentary sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation USSG-4B1.2(b) |
I
Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies
to the determination of a "controlled substance offense"
under the USSG § 4B1.2(b)?
II
Whe… |
| 20-7167 |
Elin Robinson Mejia Romero v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-02-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-distribution due-process mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under 21 U.S.C. § 841, a defendant who knowingly possesses or distributes a controlled substance can be convicted and subjected to an enhance… |
| 20-6730 |
Jose Lupe Corrall v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process federal-scheduling guilty-plea knowledge-standard mens-rea plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation |
1. Under McFadden v. United States, ---U.S.---, 135 S.Ct. 2298 (2015), when a defendant pleads guilty to "knowingly" distributing a controlled substan… |
| 20-6424 |
Deloyd Jones v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-conflict common-purpose criminal-enterprise drug-distribution fifth-circuit legal-interpretation rico rico-statute shared-profits statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Is concerted criminal activity by individuals within a group sufficient to establish an "enterprise" under RICO even if there is no evidence of shared… |
| 20-6405 |
Joshua Cato v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process federal-scheduling guilty-plea knowledge-standard mens-rea plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation |
1. Under McFadden v. United States, --U.S.---, 135 S.Ct. 2298 (2015), when a defendant pleads guilty to "knowingly" distributing a controlled substanc… |
| 20-6311 |
Russell Davis v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accomplice-liability co-conspirator-liability controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution due-process enhanced-penalty pinkerton-liability sentencing |
I. Whether the government must satisfy the evidentiary requirements for accomplice
liability under 18 U.S.C. §2 or co-conspirator liability under Pink… |
| 20-6243 |
Okeiba Sadio v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights covered-offense criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment statutory-penalties |
(1) Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Wrongly dismiss Mr Sadio's Appeal with out no Briefs being filed or hearing any arguments, violating m… |
| 19-8692 |
Robert Lee Shields v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
buyer-seller buyer-seller-relationship conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-distribution jury-instructions narcotics-law pinkerton-liability substantive-drug-charges |
I. When the evidence in a drug distribution case demonstrates only two sales, what additional factors support an inference of a drug distribution cons… |
| 19-1163 |
Bernard Rottschaefer v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appeals collateral-estoppel court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy drug-distribution due-process judicial-deference judicial-review jurisdiction medical-professional precedent standard-of-review substantial-question |
On March 3rd, 2006, the Court of Appeals for the 3rd District ruled that sex-for-drugs played no part in Dr. Rottschaefer's convictions and that Dr. R… |
| 19-7986 |
Wesley Scott Hamm v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bodily-injury conspiracy cooperation criminal-law-bodily-injury criminal-law-conspiracy criminal-law-cooperation criminal-law-sentencing criminal-law-withdrawal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-acquittal drug-distribution due-process evidence judgment-of-acquittal law-enforcement-cooperation sentencing withdrawal |
Question I . Shouldn't a judgment of acquittal have been granted where the government failed to
prove that Hamm, arrested on August 25, 2016, in jail… |
| 19-7952 |
Michael Deon Thompson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 criminal-law criminal-statute drug-distribution drug-trafficking proximate-cause sentencing serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation strict-liability |
1. Whether the language "death or serious bodily injury results from" in 21 U.S.C. § 841 creates a strict liability crime, without a foreseeability or… |
| 19-7731 |
Michael Herrold v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary controlled-substance controlled-substances drug-distribution generic-burglary generic-definition intent intent-element overbreadth state-statute statutory-interpretation |
1. Where a state statute explicitly defines "burglary"
in a way that does not require proof of an intent to commit
a crime, and thus lacks an element … |
| 19-7364 |
Ernest William Singleton v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-schedules drug-scheduling general-verdict ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-pain-clinic money-laundering surveillance-footage |
I
WHEN A JURY FOUND SINGLETON GUILTY OF COUNT 10 OF
THE IMDICTMENT, WHICH ALLEGED THAT HE DISTRIBUTED "ULTRAM ";
HOW CAN IT BE DETERMINED THAT THE J… |
| 19-7363 |
Richard Grady Romans v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-distribution felony-enhancement occasions-different predicate-offense serious-drug-offense substantive-offense violent-felony |
Under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), a felon who possesses a firearm is subject to an enhanced sentence if he has three p… |
| 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 … |
| 19-6865 |
Delante L. Lunn v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
but-for-causation but-for-test causation criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-offenses drug-overdose mandatory-minimum overdose-causation sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether this Honorable Court should re-evaluate the but-for test established by Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014) for mixed drug overdoses… |
| 19-28 |
Kenneth Daniels v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-07-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
aggravated-felony armed-career-criminal-act attempt controlled-substances-act criminal-attempt drug-distribution immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law solicitation uniform-administration |
The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) makes it a crime to "distribute * * * a controlled substance." 21 U.S.C. 841(a). The Act includes an "attempt" to … |
| 18A1355 |
Richard Johnson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
crack-cocaine drug-distribution eleventh-circuit intent-to-distribute school-zone sentencing-guidelines |
Question not identified. |
| 18-9657 |
Joseph Howard Davis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split confrontation-clause criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-dealer drug-distribution due-process evidence fourth-circuit hearsay informant methamphetamine-offense non-testifying-witness second-circuit |
I. Is an out-of-court statement by a non-testifying informant which identifies the defendant as a drug dealer hearsay, as in the Second Circuit, or no… |
| 18-9574 |
Fayez Abu-Aish v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 21-usc-846 conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-intent distribution drug-distribution mcfadden-precedent specific-knowledge statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Government must prove that a defendant had specific knowledge of a controlled substance identified as XLR-11 in order to convict the defen… |
| 18-9461 |
Antonio Tillmon v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conviction criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process evidence fourth-amendment fourth-circuit-review insufficient-evidence judicial-review right-to-a-fair-trial sufficiency-of-evidence undercover-agent undercover-operations |
I.
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by concluding that there was sufficient
evidence to support Mr. Tillmon's convictions on Counts 1, 2, 48, and 49?
… |
| 18-9431 |
William Maurice Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-retroactivity,sentencing-reform drug-distribution due-process first-step-act griffith-v-kentucky ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review resentencing retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Does Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, (1987) apply to First Step Act of 2018?
If so did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals fail to apply Griffith … |
| 18-9300 |
Devon Waters, aka Devon Jones v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver appellate-review career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-defendant-appeal-waiver criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-distribution-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
I.
DOES A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT'S WAIVER OF HIS
RIGHT TO APPEAL A WITHIN GUIDELINE'S SENTENCE
BAR APPELLATE REVIEW WHERE THE DISTRICT COURT
IMPROPERLY SE… |
| 18-7579 |
David L. Price v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-enterprise drug-conspiracy drug-distribution due-process felon-in-possession heroin-conspiracy money-laundering restitution sentencing straw-purchaser |
Question not identified. |
| 18-851 |
Bryan Christopher Marshall v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-statute due-process federal-law first-amendment law-enforcement predicate-offense sentencing speech-protection statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether a state drug statute that lists a variety of means by which it can be violated, including one which does not meet the definition of a drug … |
| 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? |
| 18-5497 |
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… |
| 18-5267 |
Arthur Waters v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment categorical-exception drug-distribution exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment in-home-arrest precedent protective-sweep reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure |
Almost thirty years ago, this Court established the parameters of a protective sweep incident to an in-home arrest in Maryland v. Buie, 494 U.S. 325 (… |