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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-13 | Marcellus Henderson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-07-03 | Denied | Relisted (2) | bank-robbery crime-of-violence divisible-statute elements-clause federal-statute sentencing-enhancement | 1. Is federal bank robbery in § 2113(a) indivisible, such that no form of bank robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" for purposes of § 924(c)? 2… |
| 24-7240 | Luis Fernandez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-05-19 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | crime-of-violence elements-clause habeas-corpus judicial-review residual-clause section-2255 | In United State s v. Davi s, 588 U.S. 445 (2019 ), this Court declared unconstitutionally vague the "residual clause " definition of the term "crime o… |
| 24-5330 | Xavier Daughtry v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-08-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | carjacking crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether a conviction for federal carjacking, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2119, qualifies as a "crime of violence" under § 924(c)(8)(A) post-Borden. |
| 24-5013 | Jonathan Feliz v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-07-08 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | actus-reus bodily-injury criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause mens-rea omission physical-force use-of-force violent-crime | Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us… |
| 23A1040 | Al Dorsey v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-05-22 | Presumed Complete | circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause facilitation-offense mens-rea sentencing-guidelines | Question not identified. | |
| 23-7014 | Stanley Ford v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-03-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act mandatory-minimum physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), are categorically crimes of violence under the elements clau… |
| 23-6871 | Jeremy Glenn Powell v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-02-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acca attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach civil-rights criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause hobbs-act texas-robbery united-states-v-taylor | Does placing another in fear qualify as a threatened use of force under the ACCA's elements clause? |
| 23-6615 | Jason James Veal v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-01-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) attempted-murder crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor | After this Court's decision in United States v. Taylor, 596 U.S. 845 (2022) which held that attempted Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence und… |
| 23-685 | Devaughn Dorsey v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-12-26 | Denied | Response Waived | 18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-use firearms sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation witness-tampering | A. Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tamperi… |
| 23-5655 | Christopher T. Mallett v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-09-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | arkansas-robbery-statute armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach elements-clause predicate-offense robbery-statute statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Whether the Arkansas robbery statute categorically qualifies as a predicate violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act's elements clause. |
| 23-5604 | Ernesto Ordunez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-09-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | career-offender controlled-substance crime-of-violence elements-clause preservation-of-error prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement | (1) Whether an objection that a prior conviction is not a crime of violence and a district court's subsequent analysis of whether it meets the element… |
| 23-5377 | Anthony Seides Gaines v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-08-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A), where the offense encom… |
| 23-5256 | Joseph Fenelon Cooper v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-08-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 crime-of-violence criminal-procedure elements-clause firearm-conviction johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states section-2255 successive-petition united-states-v-taylor welch-v-united-states | The question presented is whether a Petitioner in a properly filed successive petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging his conviction for pos… |
| 23-5076 | David Linehan v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-07-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempted-use circuit-split criminal-law criminal-solicitation elements-clause federal-felony interstate-commerce mens-rea physical-force | Whether "attempted use" in the elements clause means taking a substantial step toward the use of physical force plus the specific intent to use such f… |
| 22-7763 | Michael Aaron Stuker v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation threat-of-force witness-tampering | Whether witness tampering under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(2)(A) is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where no eleme… |
| 22-1172 | Dejuan Andre Worthen v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-06-05 | Denied | Response Waived | 18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting attempted-hobbs-act-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor | Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the elements clause. |
| 22-7638 | Jesus Mendez v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-05-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-enhancement hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor | Whether Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), qualifies as a "crime of violence" capable of sustaining a conviction under 18 U.S.C. … |
| 22-7606 | Yvette Crystal Wade v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-05-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A), where the offense encom… |
| 22-6791 | Jerome Simmons v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-02-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy elements-clause fifth-amendment hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment vagueness-doctrine | Whether a sentence predicated upon a finding that Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the elements clause in 18 U.S.C § 924 (c) violates th… |
| 22-6569 | Charles Heard v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-01-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 9th-circuit california-law categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause implied-malice ninth-circuit second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation | 1. Does a VICAR murder conviction, which is in turn based upon a second-degree murder under California law, constitute a categorical crime of violence… |
| 22-5637 | Dwayne Stone v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-09-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute force physical-force physical-inaction statutory-interpretation | Whether crimes of physical inaction have "as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of … |
| 22-5610 | Andre Thompson v. United States | Third Circuit | 2022-09-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation | i) 14I approach od \% US. Cf fcj U) CA) Courts allowed or retired b look to the J wlort it ordinarily invo Jicab crime ad i/ioknce fpplymj jit Catz^ … |
| 22-5042 | Phillip Shiel v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-07-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor | Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery is a "crime of violence" under the elements clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A), following this Court's d… |
| 21-7994 | Vincent James Sanchez, aka Vincent Sanches, aka Enrique Sanchez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-05-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | borden-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-law elements-clause mens-rea reckless-crimes specific-intent statutory-interpretation | Does Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021), mean that the elements clause requires the specific intent to use, attempt to use, or threaten t… |
| 21-7151 | Quentin Jackson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-02-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause mens-rea predicate-offense reasonable-person sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation threat-of-force | QUESTION ONE: The circuit courts agree that a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) will be sustained even if the defendant was not aware that his cond… |
| 21-6929 | Rozelle Summerise v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-01-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-crime sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Can reasonable jurists debate whether Hobbs Act robbery, see 18 U.S.C. § 1951, is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) … |
| 21-6743 | Juan Carlos Reyes v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-12-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law intentional-force statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation, under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), is a crime of violence under the elements… |
| 21-6640 | Kennedy Terrell Walker v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-12-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | borden-standard carjacking criminal-procedure elements-clause first-time-motion florida-robbery habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states recidivism section-2255 sentencing violent-felony | 1. Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for the first time should be subject to the statutory hurdles applicable to m… |
| 21-6239 | Robert A. Espinoza v. M. Segal, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2021-11-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 924(c)(3)(a) conspiracy-definition crime-of-violence elements-clause gambling-activity gambling-offense racketeering-activity rico rico-statute unlawful-debt | (1) Is § 1962(c)'s "Unlawful Debt" an alternative crime with alternative elements or a means of fulfilling the element of racketeering activity, i.e.,… |
| 21-6076 | Lukeen Gerald v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-10-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis | Whether Hobbs Act Robbery, 18 U.S.C § 1951 (a) remains a predicate crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C § 924(c) under the elements clause after… |
| 21-5998 | In Re Anthony Terry | 2021-10-19 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act career-offender circuit-precedent circuit-split criminal-procedure elements-clause mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | In a previous holding (Borden v United States, 141 S.Ct. 1817 (2021)), this Court determined that a mens rea element of "knowing and purposeful" is re… | |
| 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… |
| 21-5097 | Johann Brito v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-07-15 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation | A conviction for a completed offense, say Hobbs Act robbery, is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause whe… |
| 21-5028 | David Copes, aka David Henderson-Copes v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-07-07 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a predicate crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). |
| 21-5013 | Arnold Council v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-07-06 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) accomplice-liability crime-of-violence criminal-law direct-liability elements-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the elements clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) as to either direct or accomplice l… |
| 20-8372 | Martez Howard v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-06-21 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | A conviction for a completed offense, say Hobbs Act robbery, is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause whe… |
| 20-8047 | Cornelius R. Caple v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-05-17 | Denied | IFP | acca assault career-offender controlled-substance criminal-law elements-clause mens-rea sentencing-guidelines | I. Whether the drug conduct in the "controlled substance offense" definition in U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.2(b) requires knowledge of the illicit… |
| 20-7866 | Paul Demetrius Lamar Gray v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-04-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause physical-force pinkerton-conspiracy pinkerton-liability postal-robbery residual-clause statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Before United States U. Johnson, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), the federal courts routinely relied on the residual clause to hold that convictions sustained un… |
| 20-7731 | Rodney Bernard Allen v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-04-13 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act bodily-injury certificate-of-appealability elements-clause fifth-circuit johnson-rule reckless-conduct successive-habeas-petition successive-motion texas-penal-code texas-robbery | 1. In Texas, a defendant commits simple robbery if, during the course of a theft, he recklessly causes someone else to suffer bodily injury or knowing… |
| 20-7609 | Raynal King and Howard R. Ross, III v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-03-31 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c3a criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause force-clause mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation use-of-force | Whether a crime that requires a resulting death categorically includes, as an element, "the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force ag… |
| 20-6909 | Brian Gale v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-01-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence criminal-law district-court due-process elements-clause hobbs-act residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | "WHETHER HOBBS ACT ROBBERY QUALIFIES AS A "CRIME OF VIOLENCE"?, WHERE THE DISTRICT COURT FAILED TO ADVANCE ANY THEORY (i.e. "residual clause, force c… |
| 20-6840 | Frederick D. Darrington, Jr. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-01-12 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause intimidation mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether a crime that requires proof of "intimidation" of the victim satisfies the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), when the offense does n… |
| 20-6447 | Michael Anthony Cernak v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-11-25 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause extortion federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law intimidation mandatory-sentencing statutory-interpretation | Federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be committed "by force and violence, or by inti midation . . . or . . . by extortion.… |
| 20-5926 | Rolando Candia v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-10-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) carjacking carjacking-statute crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law intimidation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether the federal carjacking statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2119, which may be violated by means of "intimidation" through threats of mental or non-corporeal … |
| 20-5535 | Randy Platt v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2020-08-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act career-offender common-law common-law-definition elements-clause physical-force robbery robbery-statute sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-commission | In Stokeling v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 544 (2029), this Court reviewed whether Florida's robbery statute required a level of force necessary to qual… |
| 20-5396 | Austin Peterson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-08-18 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | 1. Federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be committed "by force and violence, or by intimidation... or... by extortion" and… |
| 20-5347 | Bakari McCant v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-08-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 attempt crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-force | Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element of the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as "a crime of vio… |
| 20-5245 | Victor John Walker v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-08-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act attempt attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as "a crime of violen… |
| 20-5144 | Rykeith Andre Levatte v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-07-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement violent-felony | Whether, categorically, aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery is a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act's (ACCA) elements clause, 18 U… |
| 19-8929 | Tedarel Leshun Preston v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-07-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-offense elements-clause mens-rea reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation violent-felony | I. Whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 … |
| 19-8828 | Michael Jerald Leggett v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-06-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempted-crimes attempted-offense crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act specific-intent statutory-interpretation substantial-step violent-crimes | The courts of appeals have universally held that a conviction for a completed offense is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)… |
| 19-1390 | Martin Johnson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-06-18 | Denied | Response Waived | armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law due-process elements-clause fair-notice sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness | Whether the "elements clause" of the Armed Career Criminal Act (18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i)) is void for vagueness. |
| 19-8582 | Brandon Lee Edwards v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-06-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c3a attempted-offense crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery james-v-united-states specific-intent substantial-step | The courts of appeals have universally held that a conviction for a completed offense is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)… |
| 19-1264 | Doncey Frank Boykin v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-05-04 | Denied | armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split elements-clause minimal-contact physical-force robbery robbery-offense state-law violent-felony | Whether a state law robbery offense that extends to mere snatchings—involving only minimal physical contact with the victim—lacks the requisite degree… | |
| 19-7999 | Christopher Parker v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-03-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine | Is federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d) categorically a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) w… |
| 19-8004 | Lamarcus Harvey v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-03-16 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP | 18-usc-924(c) attempted-bank-robbery bank-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause intimidation statutory-interpretation | I. Bank Robbery, (the basis for attempted bank robbery) which may be committed by unintentionally intimidating a victim, or by presenting to the telle… |
| 19-7776 | Mickel L. Marzouk v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-02-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause fair-sentencing-act fourth-circuit hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Petitioner Mickel L. Marzouk presents two questions for this Court's review: 1. Whether Petitioner's sentence on the second § 924(c) conviction and t… |
| 19-7732 | Jerad Hanks v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP | bank-robbery circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-statutes firearm-use rule-of-lenity use-of-force vagueness-doctrine | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), which criminalizes the use of a firearm during a "crime of violence," in this case, the federal bank robbery statute… |
| 19-7616 | Fred Blajos v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-02-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline crime-of-violence elements-clause habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timeliness | 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker … |
| 19-7434 | Andrea Zambrano v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3b carjacking-statute crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis | 1. Whether United States v. Davis , 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), retroactively invalidates the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B). 2. Whether "in… |
| 19-7320 | Jurden Rogers v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-17 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3a armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery bank-robbery-18-usc-2113 circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause intimidation physical-force statutory-interpretation | I. Whether bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) which may be committed by unintentionally intimidating a victim or by presenting a teller with a demand not… |
| 19-7334 | Edgardo Diaz-Cestary v. United States | First Circuit | 2020-01-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 924(c) categorical-approach categorical-qualification criminal-statute elements-clause hobbs-act johnson-i johnson-standard physical-force statutory-interpretation | I. WHETHER FORCE REQUIRED TO COMMIT HOBBS ACT ROBBERY SATISFIES THE PHYSICAL FORCE STANDARD OF JOHNSON I TO CATEGORICALLY QUALIFY THE ELEMENTS CLAUSE … |
| 19-7307 | Julian Moz-Aguilar v. United States | Third Circuit | 2020-01-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach conduct-based-inquiry crime-of-violence elements-clause force-requirement johnson-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach physical-force sentencing-court | In applying the categorical or modified categorical approach to § 924(c)(3)(A), must a sentencing court limit its consideration to the elements of an … |
| 19-7217 | Rickey Thompson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause firearms johnson-davis-doctrine johnson-v-united-states mandatory-minimum second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine | L. Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8) is unconstitutionally vague pursuant to Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and … |
| 19-7148 | Jimmy Lee Boston v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-06 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | 28-usc-2244 acca acca-elements-clause armed-robbery criminal-law due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus second-or-successive-motion second-successive-motion sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Whether, categorically, a Florida conviction for principal to armed robbery, in violation of Fla. Stat. §§ 777.011 and 812.13, is a "violent felony" u… |
| 19-7113 | Raynard Gray v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-12-31 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) bank-robbery categorical-analysis crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law intent sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-force | Whether bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113(a), qualifies as a "crime of violence" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), the so cal… |
| 19-7115 | Alexander Faulkner v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-12-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acca burglary burglary-definition categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause generic-burglary sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court | Generic burglary must be committed in a building or structure. For non buildings like vehicles to qualify as a structure, this Court has required that… |
| 19-7076 | Cedrick Ponder v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-12-30 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law criminal-offense elements-clause mens-rea reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Whether this Court should resolve the split of authority over whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a "violent felony" unde… |
| 19-7067 | Michael Baird Jordan v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-12-27 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation physical-force specific-intent statutory-interpretation use-of-force | Given this Court's holding in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255, 268 (2000), that bank robbery by intimidation is less culpable than a specific in… |
| 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). |
| 19-7079 | Bryan Mark Johnson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-12-27 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause intent intentional-force statutory-interpretation | Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) … |
| 19-6878 | Robert L. Bolden Sr. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-12-06 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-intent elements-clause inchoate-offense mens-rea substantial-step | 1. Whether an inchoate offense, whose non-inchoate form would constitute a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A), aut… |
| 19-6832 | James Henry Lacy, Jr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-12-03 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines timeliness | 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker … |
| 19-6752 | Jemone Lawrence Walker v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-11-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness curtis-johnson curtis-johnson-v-united-states elements-clause physical-force samuel-johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement stokeling stokeling-v-united-states violent-felony | The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) imposes a 15–year mandatory minimum sentence on any § 922(g) offender convicted of at least three qualifying pred… |
| 19-6686 | Darren Kevin Hunter v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-11-20 | Denied | IFP | 28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard | Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… |
| 19-6618 | Delvin Deon Tinker v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-11-13 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-provision criminal-motion elements-clause federal-statutory-provision mens-rea resisting-arrest retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactive-decision section-2255 | Under what circumstances is a criminal defendant pursuing a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 entitled to relief under a retroactive constitutional decisi… |
| 19-6370 | Troy Bennett v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-10-24 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense elements-clause florida-statute-843.01 florida-statutes resisting-with-violence violent-felony | I. Whether this Court should resolve the circuit split concerning whether a Florida conviction for resisting with violence under Florida Statutes § 84… |
| 19-6354 | Brent Delvalen Blake v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-23 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-statute elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery intent physical-force vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime | Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 9… |
| 19-6357 | James Alton Turner, Jr. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-10-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 acca-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process,criminal-procedure,sentencing,acca,joh elements-clause habeas-relief johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-court sentencing-guidelines violent-felonies | (1) Whether, where the record is unclear, a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner residual clause to determine that his prior offenses were violent felonies, be… |
| 19-6308 | Ronald Detro Winder v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-10-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acca armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence curtis-johnson elements-clause injury injury-definition physical-force sentencing-guidelines | Whether a state offense that includes as an element causing injury, but which also defines "injury" broadly to include more than the "physical pain or… |
| 19-6309 | Charles Benton Bagwell v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery intentional-force intentional-use-of-force statutory-interpretation | Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) … |
| 19-6238 | Brannon D. Taylor v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-10-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) 18-USC-924c categorical-approach contemporary-interpretation crime-of-violence elements-clause predicate-crime statutory-interpretation | Whether, in applying the categorical approach to the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), courts must analyze the least of the acts historical… |
| 19-6114 | Antwoyn Anderson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-10-01 | GVR | Relisted (4)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split elements-clause mens-rea reckless serious-drug-offense violent-felony | I. Whether possession with intent to sell cocaine under Fla. Stat. § 893.13 is a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C.… |
| 19-5976 | Marquise Travon Dedmon v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-09-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the off… |
| 19-5908 | Howard Leon Combs v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-09-11 | GVR | Relisted (4)IFP | acca-elements-clause armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law elements-clause physical-force reckless-offense reckless-offenses shular-v-united-states statutory-interpretation texas-aggravated-assault violent-crime | 1. A person is guilty of Texas aggravated assault if his reckless driving causes another person to suffer injury; if he transmits a virus to an unwitt… |
| 19-5812 | Mitchum Pastor v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-09-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Because 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) defines bank robbery in a way that does not require intentional intimidation, does § 2113(a) bank robbery fail to qualify … |
| 19-5194 | Edward Hector v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the off… |
| 19-5093 | Jason Ellis Smith v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation | Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 19-5078 | Jamie Neil Capalbo v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-07-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-offense elements-clause mens-rea physical-force reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, which … |
| 19-5024 | William Thrower v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-07-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach elements-based-inquiry elements-clause new-york-penal-law realistic-probability-test robbery sentencing-enhancement violent-felony | Subdivision 1 of New York's Penal Law § 70.02 lists by class (from Class B to Class E) all Penal Law offenses defined as "violent felony" offenses; su… |
| 18-9760 | Andrew D. Dixon v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-06-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acca acca-sentence-enhancement acca-statute armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure elements-clause johnson-precedent post-johnson precedent predicate-prior residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement | Did the court error denying claims that the residual clause didn't apply to defendant by using Post-Johnson precedent claims and raising elements clau… |
| 18-9696 | Jerry Louis Hughes v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-06-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § … |
| 18-9522 | Renee Lopez-Galvan v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-06-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation | Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c… |
| 18A1245 | Michael St. Hubert v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-05-31 | Presumed Complete | circuit-court-procedure crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act precedential-value second-successive-motion | Question not identified. | |
| 18-9432 | Joseph Frank Rowe v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-05-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § … |
| 18-9467 | Koran McKinley Allen v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-05-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-2113a-d 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3a bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery physical-force sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G.… |
| 18-9469 | Paul Melvin Watson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-05-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-4a1.2 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u-s-s-g-4a1-2 | Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § … |
| 18A1207 | Michael Lee v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-05-21 | Presumed Complete | armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause felony-robbery johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Question not identified. | |
| 18-8931 | Tajie Coleman v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-04-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law due-process elements-clause new-york-state-law physical-force robbery statutory-interpretation | Whether the New York State offense of robbery "has, as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of an… |
| 18-8941 | Sheldon Lamont Jackson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-04-22 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-history elements-clause florida-statute johnson-v-united-states leocal-v-ashcroft mens-rea possession-with-intent-to-sell sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense violent-felony | The broad question presented by this case is whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously affirmed Mr. Jackson's sentence under the Armed… |
| 18-8874 | Anthony Jerome White, aka Dean Braithwaite, aka Carlos Valentine, aka Anthony Brown v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-04-17 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach deadly-weapon elements-clause second-degree-aggravated-assault second-degree-assault third-circuit-court-of-appeals violent-felony | Whether White's Pennsylvania Conviction For Second Degree Aggravated Assault With A Deadly Weapan Is Categorically Qualify As A Violent Felony Under T… |
| 18-8536 | Elmar K. Scott v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation | Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c… |
| 18-8537 | Daniel Salinas v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation | Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c… |
| 18-8525 | Robert Brian Winston v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation | Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c… |
| 18-8406 | Demone Rule v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-03-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act attempt-offense attempted-offense categorical-approach elements-clause illinois-law physical-force sentencing-enhancement substantial-step violent-felony | Illinois attempt offense contain only two elements: the intent to commit an offense and a substantial step towards commission of the offense. The subs… |
| 18-8329 | Aristides Duartez, Jr., aka Aristedes Duartez, Jr. v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-03-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the elements cause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(A). |
| 18-8330 | Martin Fitzgerald Connors v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation | Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c… |
| 18-8311 | Ademolla Wahhed Adeyemi, Jr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery general-intent-crime sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § … |
| 18-8313 | John Allen Newton v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) carjacking crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | Is federal carjacking by intimidation not a crime of violence offense fails to require any intentional use, attempted use, or threatened use of violen… |
| 18-8245 | Gary Casdell Fite v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-bank-robbery general-intent general-intent-crime section-2255 sentencing-enhancement | Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the off… |
| 18-8040 | Quinton Bannister v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence dimaya-standard due-process elements-clause johnson-doctrine johnson-v-united-states ovalles-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya | This case presents important issues concerning the proper application of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which prohibits the use or carrying of a firearm during a… |
| 18-8043 | Victor Alanis v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation | Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c… |
| 18-8065 | James Steven Maxwell v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act assault-and-battery categorical-analysis categorical-approach elements-clause force-standard mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states oklahoma-law taylor-precedent | does Taylor's holding, that Oklahoma's offense of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon meets the force standard in the elements clause (force c… |
| 18-8026 | Sergio Ramirez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation | Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a crime of violence under the force cla… |
| 18-7883 | Daniel Arthur Carter v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause force-clause general-intent intent intimidation retroactivity sentencing | 1. Given this Court's holding in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255, 268 (2000), that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) … |
| 18-7836 | Michael Travis Moore v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-crimes general-intent intimidation specific-intent statutory-interpretation | Given this Court's holding in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255, 268 (2000), that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) is … |
| 18-7838 | William Floyd Moore v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause general-intent intimidation specific-intent statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Given this Court's holding in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255, 268 (2000), that federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) is a general inte… |
| 18-7784 | Liston David, aka Liston Oswanio David, aka Smiley, aka Seal A. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation | Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the off… |
| 18-7765 | Burgess Massey v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-02-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause habeas-corpus johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states new-york-robbery residual-clause retroactivity second-or-successive-habeas sentencing-enhancement violent-felony | 1. Whether the New York State offense of robbery in the third degree is a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act … |
| 18-7621 | Jacoby Burns v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-01-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-analysis criminal-law elements-clause physical-force sentencing sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | I. Does a conviction under Georgia's felony obstruction-of-an-officer statute, OCGA § 16-10-24(b), qualify as either a "crime of violence" under the e… |
| 18-7680 | Hector Cirino v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-01-31 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c3b armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional | 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C… |
| 18-7500 | Clay O'Brien Mann v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-01-22 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-113 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act assault crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause firearm-discharge mens-rea recklessness violent-crime | Whether a felony offense with a recklessness mens rea, such as reckless driving while intoxicated, satisfies the requirements of the elements clauses … |
| 18-7443 | Wallace Thornton v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-01-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggravated-battery armed-career-criminal-act bodily-harm curtis-johnson-v-united-states elements-clause eleventh-circuit florida-battery statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Whether the Eleventh Circuit erroneously held that a Florida conviction for aggravated battery is a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the … |
| 18-7232 | Arthur Sanchez v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-01-04 | Denied | IFP | aggravated-assault aggravated-battery armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause force force-clause johnson-definition mens-rea physical-force state-appellate-courts state-robbery victim-resistance violent-felony | I. Is a state robbery offense, that includes as an element the requirement of overcoming victim resistance by use of force, a violent felony under the… |
| 18-7192 | Lavell Phillips v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-12-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act attempted-first-degree-murder attempted-murder attempted-use-of-force criminal-statute elements-clause first-degree-murder physical-force procedural-background sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), a "violent felony" is defined as, inter alia, a felony that "has as an element the use, attempted use, o… |
| 18-7113 | Dewey Hylor v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-12-19 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act attempted-offense circuit-conflict criminal-conviction elements-clause florida-robbery mens-rea reckless-mens-rea violent-felony | Whether petitioner's prior conviction for Florida robbery in violation of Fla. Stat. § 812.13, is not a "violent felony" under the elements clause Arm… |
| 18-7126 | Ishmael Abdullah v. United States | Third Circuit | 2018-12-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggravated-assault court-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-guidelines federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-criminal-statute state-statute statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's holding that New Jersey Statute §2C:12-1(b)(2), one of the subsections of New … |
| 18-6972 | Manuel Pereira-Gomez v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-12-11 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause force-clause physical-force robbery sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether the New York State offense of robbery is a "crime of violence," that is, an offense that "has as an element the use, attempted use, or threate… |
| 18-6936 | Anthony Bernard Harris v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-12-06 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,… |
| 18-6798 | Elvin Hill v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-11-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-force | 1. Under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), an offense qualifies as a "crime of violence" -- required for conviction under § 924(c)(1), … |
| 18-6547 | Christopher Brooks v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-11-01 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-offense elements-clause mens-rea physical-force reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, which … |
| 18-6370 | Charles Harper v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-10-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement welch-v-united-states | In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,… |
| 18-6385 | Jeffrey Bernard Beeman v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-10-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule residual-clause sentencing-challenge statutory-interpretation | In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,… |
| 18-6277 | Glover A. Yawn, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-10-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | ACCA armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law elements-clause felony-battery great-bodily-harm possession-of-firearm sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum violent-felony | The broad question presented by this case is whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously affirmed Mr. Yawn's sentence under the Armed Ca… |
| 18-6013 | Richard Carl Wyatt v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2018-09-18 | Denied | IFP | acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states presumption presumption-of-regularity residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement | (1) Whether a § 2255 petitioner seeking relief under Johnson must affirmatively prove that he was sentenced under the residual clause of the ACCA. (2… |
| 18-5866 | Nathan Mosley v. United States | Third Circuit | 2018-09-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | 1. In accord with the categorical approach, rather than the Third Circuit's outlier contemporaneous act approach, should a conviction under the Hobbs … |
| 18-5840 | George Stoney v. United States | Third Circuit | 2018-08-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c3a categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | 1. Under the categorical approach, rather than the Third Circuit's outlier contemporaneous act approach, does a conviction under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S… |
| 18-5612 | Detrick C. Smith v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-08-16 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability elements-clause firearm-possession florida-felony-battery florida-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum stokeling-v-united-states violent-felony | The broad question presented by this case is whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously denied Mr. Smith a certificate of appeal abilit… |
| 18-5435 | Martin Michael Ybarra v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-08-02 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-2113 armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery elements-clause intimidation physical-force statutory-interpretation supreme-court violent-felony | I. Is federal bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113, which can be accomplished by "intimidation," a violent felony under the elements clause u… |
| 18-5313 | Joseph Steele v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-07-24 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-sentencing elements-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony | 1. Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in contrast to every other federal circuit except for the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circ… |
| 18-5329 | Mario Donate Lockhart v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-07-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law drug-offense elements-clause florida-criminal-law florida-statute florida-statute-843.01 mens-rea resisting-arrest statutory-interpretation violent-felony | 1. Whether the Florida crime of resisting an officer with violence, in violation of Fla. Stat. §843.01, is a "violent felony" under the Armed Career C… |
| 18-5288 | Robert Serrano v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-07-20 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause force johnson-definition physical-force state-robbery state-robbery-offense victim-resistance violent-felony | I. Is a state robbery offense that includes as an element the requirement of overcoming victim resistance by use of force a violent felony under the e… |
| 18-5263 | Bobby Ree McGee, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-07-19 | Denied | IFP | 2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability elements-clause johnson-claim residual-clause samuel-johnson section-2255 statutory-maximum violent-felony | Mr. McGee was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") to 180 months' impriso… |
| 18-5210 | Robert A. Espinoza v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2018-07-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) attempt-offense crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense sentencing sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation | Illinois attempt offenses have two elements: an intent to commit an offense and a substantial step towards commission of the offense. The substantial … |
| 18-5100 | Ras Rahim v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-07-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-1651 28-usc-2255 all-writs-act armed-career-criminal-act collateral-attack consecutive-sentencing coram-nobis due-process elements-clause postconviction-remedy residual-clause sentencing-scheme | Is Heflin, 358U.S. 415, 3 L. Ed. 2d. 407, 79 S. Ct. 451 (1959), still the controlling precedent? Herein, this court held that the text of 28 U.S.C. 22… |
| 18-5008 | Autrey Canadate v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-06-28 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery attempted-armed-robbery attempted-robbery certificate-of-appealability curtis-johnson-v-united-states due-process elements-clause florida-criminal-law use-of-force violent-felony violent-force | Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether the Florida offense of attempted armed robbery, Fla. Stat. § 812.13, categorically requires the use of… |