enhanced-penalties

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-6955	Mark Alan Deakins v. United States	Sixth Circuit	2026-03-04	Pending	Response WaivedIFP	child-sexual-abuse-material enhanced-penalties federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce prior-conviction statutory-interpretation	1. For the purposes of the enhanced penalties of 18 U.S.C. § 2251 (e), when does a prior conviction "relat[e] to the sexual exploitation of children"?…
18-8069	Eric Gonzalez v. United States	Ninth Circuit	2019-02-21	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	18-usc-241 18-usc-242 agreement civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law due-process enhanced-penalties federal-statute proximate-cause spontaneous-event statutory-interpretation	Whether conspiracy liability under 18 U.S.C. § 241 may be premised on unsubstantiated inferences of an agreement or mere participation in a spontaneou…
18-6706	Jeremiah Davis v. United States	Sixth Circuit	2018-11-15	Denied	IFP	armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-law enhanced-penalties predicate-offense reckless-driving sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation	Whether a Tennessee aggravated assault conviction, which does not require proof that the defendant caused serious bodily injury or used or displayed a…