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25-6870 Marcellus M. Cheatham v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-23 Pending IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge facial-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-1001 United States v. Briani L. Doucet Fifth Circuit 2026-02-23 Pending constitutional-challenge drug-offense felon-in-possession firearm-possession predicate-conviction second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable b…
25-6868 Ronald Sylvester Finney, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-20 Pending IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge facial-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-6771 Kionnataya Shevil Reed v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-10 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-regulation second-amendment Does the lifetime criminalization of any convicted felon's possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-6750 Shawn Thomas Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-ban fourth-circuit Petitioner Shawn Johnson was a felon only because of his nonviolent offenses of manufacturing and uttering counterfeit United States currency. After b…
25-6523 Dennis Martin v. United States Second Circuit 2026-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation This Court should grant certiorari because this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), rendered Mr…
25-6479 Leontis Cornelius v. United States Seventh Circuit 2026-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-recklessness felon-in-possession jury-trial self-defense sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment 1.When the government seeks to aggravate the sentence of a felon in possession of a firearm (18 USC § 922 [g]) contending that he violated a State c…
25-6469 Charles Grim Rudolph v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constructive-possession criminal-firearms-offense dominion-and-control felon-in-possession reasonable-doubt In a prosecution for knowing possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, does the government satisfy its burden of proof beyond a rea…
25A728 Alvaro Alejandro Mancilla v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-19 Application bruen-standard categorical-disarmament felon-in-possession gun-rights individualized-assessment second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment permits the government to categorically disarm individuals convicted of non-violent drug trafficking felonies under 18 U.…
25-6407 Bryan Everal Pittman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) w…
25-6375 Eddie White, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment —either on its face or as …
25-6371 Bobby Dale Simmons v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment—either on its face or as a…
25-6311 Christopher Smith v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation This Court should grant certiorari because this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), rendered Mr…
25-6309 Melquan Thawney v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s categorial ban on the possession of firearms by felons is unconstitutional.
25-5999 Eric Dennard Parker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) w…
25A444 Bernard Kentrell Breeland, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-17 Presumed Complete bruen-framework confrontation-clause criminal-procedure felon-in-possession lay-opinion-testimony second-amendment Question not identified.
25-5858 Robert Peck, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP exclusionary-rule felon-in-possession fourth-amendment good-faith-exception marijuana-conviction second-amendment Does 18 U. S. C. §922(g)(l) violate the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm based…
25-5758 Jerry Otis Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights felon-in-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comply with the text and historical tradition of the Second Amendment in permanently disarming all felons, regardless of of…
25-5721 Jacob Joshad Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment Whether courts should analyze as-applied Second Amendment challenges to 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) by examining whether historical tradition supports perman…
25A278 Shadon Demetric Edwards v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-10 Presumed Complete armed-career-criminal-act eleventh-circuit felon-in-possession firearm-possession predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement Question not identified.
25-5467 Patrick Lee Adams v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-26 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment.
25A123 Steven Duarte v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-29 Presumed Complete bruen-framework felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition historical-tradition nonviolent-offender second-amendment Question not identified.
25A91 William Collins, III v. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-07-23 Presumed Complete as-applied-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-regulation gun-rights second-amendment self-defense Question not identified.
25-5027 Gregory Stevens v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte…
24-7528 John A. Sam v. United States First Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-ban second-amendment Does the application of Section 922(g)(1) to Sam plainly violate the Second Amendment?
24-6984 Tyrone Woodson v. Florida Florida 2025-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-regulation second-amendment state-law Does Fla. Stat. § 790.23(1) and (1)(a), which makes it "unlawful for any person to own or to have in his or her care, custody, possession, or control …
24-6897 Joshua Michael Faust v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-03-31 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
24-6823 Thomas Caves v. United States Second Circuit 2025-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-statute plain-error second-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred by applying its plain error standard to affirm the judgment of conviction and …
24-968 Diontai Moore v. United States Third Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied as-applied-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition historical-tradition second-amendment supervised-release In 2021, intruders tried to break into the house where Diontai Moore was living with his fiancée and her three children. Terrified, his fiancée took h…
24-6731 Emmanuel Antione Hemphill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits felon-in-possession firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause .
24-6729 Justin Lang Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility drug-offense felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether section 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban for possessing a firearm violates the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner? 2. Can a district court …
24-6299 Anthony Fisher v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction deferred-judgment felon-in-possession firearms-restriction mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, in reviewing Mr. Fisher's conviction for possession of ammunition as a convicted felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 924 (a…
24-6262 Darris Lamar Mull v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process felon-in-possession firearm-ban historical-tradition second-amendment Was Mr. Mulls convictions of 922(g)(1) as a felon-in-possession of firearms violations of his Second Amendment Rights because: (A) A LIFETIME FEDERAL…
24A620 Narey Perez-Quibus v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-20 Presumed Complete bruen-standard constitutional-interpretation felon-in-possession firearm-regulation rahimi-exception second-amendment Question not identified.
24A443 Deion Shawn Hester v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-04 Presumed Complete bruen commerce-clause felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment Question not identified.
24A392 Rhobashi Holmes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea sentencing Question not identified.
24-5795 Carl Langston v. United States First Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Petitioner's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment where th…
24-5690 Rayzjaun Curry v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession gun-rights second-amendment Is the federal statute criminalizing the possession of a firearm by a felon unconstitutional, either on its face or as applied, because it violates th…
24-5343 Victor Darnell Berry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right-to-defense conviction-set-aside criminal-procedure felon-in-possession knowledge-element youth-rehabilitation-act I. Where a conviction that is the basis for a felon in possession of a firearm charge has been set aside at the time of sentencing, does the statutory…
24-5328 Aaron Christopher Lindsey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-08-15 GVR IFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge eighth-circuit felon-in-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
24A120 Matthew Peddicord v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-01 Presumed Complete criminal-evidence evidence-404b felon-in-possession knowledge-inference prior-conviction propensity-reasoning Question not identified.
24-5151 Tyrone Scott Cameron v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-decision constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearms-regulation new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment united-states-v-jackson united-states-v-rahimi PETITIONER'S CONVICTION VIOLATES HIS SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS AND POSSESS AMMUNITION AS EXPANDED BY THE COURT IN New York State Rifle & Pi…
24A71 Travis Adam Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-22 Presumed Complete ammunition-charge criminal-conviction felon-in-possession fifth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing Question not identified.
23-7762 Christopher McPherson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure-appeal drug-trafficking felon-in-possession firearm-possession fourth-circuit-review plain-error-standard rehaif-test sentencing sentencing-discretion sufficiency-of-evidence I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to reverse the conviction on Count V of the Superseding Indictment - Possession of a Firearm in Further…
23A1068 Lorenzo Garod Pierre v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-30 Presumed Complete bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-regulation prior-precedent second-amendment Question not identified.
23A1070 Thomas George Stanko v. United States Third Circuit 2024-05-30 Denied constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23A1037 Joshua Willis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-21 Presumed Complete criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition second-amendment statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Question not identified.
23A893 Maurice Farris v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-04-08 Presumed Complete certiorari-extension criminal-conviction felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition second-amendment supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23-6950 Lawrence Guerain Fleming v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession guideline-interpretation judicial-interpretation obstruction-of-justice pre-investigation-conduct sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Petitioner pled guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition. His sentence was increased pursuant to section 3C1.1 of the United States Sentenc…
23A830 Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-03-11 Presumed Complete certiorari-petition criminal-conviction felon-in-possession firearm-statute supreme-court-review tenth-circuit Question not identified.
23-6842 Reginald Creshawn Doss v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-02-27 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-test circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment standing Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
23-6602 Sylvester Cunningham v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-29 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge bruen circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felon-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional as applie…
23A544 Patrick Aboite v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-14 Presumed Complete 18-U.S.C.-922(g) appellate-review criminal-sentencing felon-in-possession firearm-offense sentencing-enhancement Question not identified.
23-6100 Joseph Eugene Dix v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce interstate-travel statutory-interpretation (1) Federal law makes it a crime for a person with a prior felony conviction to "possess ... affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition." 18 U.S.C.…
23-5639 Damaso Rivera-Fonseca v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge convicted-felon criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rehaif-v-united-states strickland-standard In light of the facts of this case, was the defense counsel ineffective in light of this court's precedent in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (…
23-5583 Fernando Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence double-counting felon-in-possession fifth-amendment preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard relevant-conduct sentencing sixth-amendment L. Whether alleged possession of a different gun 17 months after Mr. Lopez's charged felon-in-possession offense constituted relevant conduct? I. Whe…
23A140 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range Third Circuit 2023-08-17 Presumed Complete 18-USC-922g constitutional-rights felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment Question not identified.
23-5360 Gregory Lynn McCoy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-interpretation felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition individual-rights lifetime-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the felon-in-possession of a firearm statute, which did not exist in 1791, and which applies to all felonies and provides for a life-time ban,…
23-5263 Steven Dewayne Wilson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process felon-in-possession felons gun-rights individual-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 Unites States Code section 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face because it infringes on a felon's individual right to keep and bear ar…
23-5190 Mardy D. Mollett, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession justification-defense second-amendment Does the inclusion of an fifth element of the justification defense for being a felon in possession of a firearm, requiring the Defendant to prove tha…
23-5059 Savon Hardaway v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure felon-in-possession guilty-plea harmless-error mens-rea plea-agreement rehaif-advisement rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-error I. Mr. Hardaway pleaded guilty to a felon in possession charge. The district court arraigned Mr. Hardaway after this Court's decision in Rehaif v. Uni…
22-7276 Antonio Demond Baker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits felon-in-possession police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation L. Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? I. Whet…
22-6793 Robert Loya, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-possession drug-trafficking evidence felon-in-possession gang-affiliation intent-to-distribute sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence I. Is there insufficient evidence to warrant a finding of guilty for Count 1: possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine over 50 grams and C…
22-6423 Michael Deshawn Homer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms police-power Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6315 Iklas Richard Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federalism felon-in-possession rehaif-v-united-states scienter supreme-court-precedent 1. In United States v. Rehaif, _ U.S. ___, 189 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), this Court acknowledged the presumption in favor of scienter — that criminal statute…
22-6151 Demon Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6047 Juan Teran v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-5876 Surprise Emmanuel Carter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bond-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-authority felon-in-possession felon-possession national-federation-v-sebelius police-power statutory-interpretation substantial-effect Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-5751 Mark Ryan Shipley, aka Marc R. Shipley, aka Marc Ryan Shipley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif statutory-interpretation DOES THE KNOWINGLY ELEMENT APPLY TO U.S.C. $921 (a)(20)? DOES A STIPULATION AT THE TIME OF TRIAL THAT A DEFENDANT HAD AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST CQMIT…
22-5104 Nakia Adams v. United States Third Circuit 2022-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession indictment speedy-trial third-circuit 1. Did the Third Circuit error by not dismissing Mr. Adams' indictment on speedy trial ground and/or the Government's failure to prove that he is a fe…
21-8272 Robert Edward Guerra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
21-8060 Darrell Cordell Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits federal-power felon-in-possession firearms-regulation police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
21-7832 Daniel Casamayor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute indictment knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), if Casamayor 's indictment charg…
21-7403 James Calvin Breeden v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states rule-29 rule-29-motion Whether the district court erred under Rehaif v. United States by denying requested jury instructions and a Rule 29 motion for acquittal on the felon-…
21-6852 Joedon Bradley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP assets constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process employment-history felon-in-possession firearms in-forma-pauperis indigence monthly-income second-amendment support-obligations Question not identified.
21-6768 Emanuel E. Goines, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation (1) Federal law makes it a crime for a person with a prior felony conviction to "possess . . . affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition." 18 U.S.…
21-6769 Luke Joseph Burning Breast v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-921(a)(20) 18-usc-922(g) civil-rights-restoration criminal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm firearm-components interstate-commerce rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Can the government establish the interstate commerce element in a § 922(g) prosecution by showing that a single interchangeable part of a firearm trav…
21-6754 Chad Mink v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-prosecution eighth-circuit false-statement felon-in-possession procedural-jurisdiction venue waiver-rule For purposes of venue for a criminal prosecution, if it were a crime to make false statement to another in connection with another offense (and the ot…
21-6514 Jorge Hernandez Rivera v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure elements-of-crime felon-in-possession firearm-offense information-defect second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement WHETHER AN INFORMATION IS DEFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO STATE THE PROPER ELEMENTS FOR THE CRIME OF FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WHETHER THE ACCA BAN B…
21-6210 Tony Bowen v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver armed-career-criminal-act conviction-counting felon-in-possession sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-maximum 1. If a defendant convicted of felon-in-possession charges has three qualifying convictions, the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") enhances the maxim…
21-6046 Jacques Lisbey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face and as-applied because Congress lacks the power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize…
21-5505 Maurice Lamont Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-08-26 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach demand-for-certainty felon-in-possession felon-status intent-element state-law-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Under plenary appellate review, is a defendant's trial stipulation that he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm sufficient evidence that …
21-5425 Jay J. Sawatzky v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession first-amendment judicial-discretion racist-paraphernalia racist-views sentencing sentencing-variance upward-variance May a sentencing judge impose an upward variance on a defendant convicted of possessing firearms and ammunition as a felon, based on that defendant's …
21-5230 Maurice Stewart v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split felon-in-possession knowledge-of-status plain-error-review protective-sweep rehaif-v-united-states Recently the Court recognized that the elements of the offense of possessing a firearm as a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), includes that the defendant …
21-5062 Ricardo Burgos v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights-restoration criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing felon-in-possession plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states In Light of this Court's holding in United States v. Gary, (20-444) (S.Ct. June 14, 2021) regarding plain error under Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.C…
20-8440 Jerry Douglas, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-question felon-in-possession felon-possession jury-instruction justification-defense minor-child-safety minor-protection second-amendment Is a defendant entitled to a justification jury instruction on a charge of possession of ammunition in commerce by a felon when the defendant is actin…
20-8111 Taariq Kaaleeq Jackson-Bey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing felon-in-possession guilty-plea henderson-v-united-states judicial-review liberty-review notice post-conviction-relief Question not identified.
20-8071 Delson Marc v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms mens-rea rehaif-standard statutory-interpretation In Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191, 2194 (2019), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g) and 924(a)(2) require that the government prov…
20-1522 United States v. Malik Nasir Third Circuit 2021-04-30 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) appellate-review circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession plain-error-review statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals may, on plain-error review, affirm a conviction following a trial for possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U…
20-7859 Denver Lee v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied IFP 6th-amendment circuit-split constitutional-sufficiency due-process felon-in-possession jury-finding jury-trial knowledge-of-status old-chief-stipulation plain-error rehaif substantial-rights This Court has made clear that the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights of a person accused of a crime to due process and to a trial by an impartial jury …
20-7761 Andrew Indelicato Peterson v. S. Butler, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied IFP conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements evidence-admissibility felon-in-possession knowledge-of-status plea-agreement prior-conviction prior-misconduct sentencing statutory-interpretation Can the distriet Court Use Post offenic conduct for crimes that a defendant never Served Overa Year in Prison to assume ai defendant knew his status P…
20-7680 Jonathan Beasley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether, in a federal prosecution for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(1) that occurred after the dec…
20-7686 Lonnie Alonzo Howard v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act circuit-court criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency felon-in-possession plain-error sufficiency-of-evidence trial-record 1. Whether this case should be held pending this Court's decision in Greer v. United States, No. 19-8709, which will determine if a circuit court of a…
20-1295 United States v. Timothy Zachary Green Fourth Circuit 2021-03-17 GVR Relisted (2) circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession plain-error-review prejudice-standard statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals may, on plain-error review, affirm a conviction for possessing a firearm following a felony conviction, in violation of 18 …
20-7394 Joaquin Ramos De La Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split divisibility felon-in-possession guilty-plea knowledge-requirement sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation structural-error I. Is it structural error when a defendant pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a), witho…
20-7145 Rasheik Amond Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-offense jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error Whether a defendant who was found guilty after a jury trial to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g), is automatically ent…
20-7120 Alfred Montgomery,III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-statute-interpretation felon-in-possession generic-burglary plain-error rehaif sentencing-enhancement state-burglary-offense 1. Whether a state burglary offense is categorically broader than generic burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act when it can be committed withou…
20-7072 Jean Denis Paul v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-court double-jeopardy fairness-integrity felon-in-possession plain-error plain-error-review rehaif revocation substantial-rights supervised-release supreme-court-decision trial-record Question One: This Court held in Rehaif v. United States , 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) , that in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g), 924(a)(2), the go…
20-7036 Emmanuel Ravell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP automatic-relief circuit-split criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-possession guilty-plea plain-error rehaif structural-error Petitioner asks this Court to grant review to determine whether a guilty plea to possessing a firearm as a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) a…
20-6791 Alvin Christopher Penn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied IFP affirmative-defense commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law felon-in-possession interstate-commerce minimal-nexus united-states-v-bailey united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-scarborough 1. Whether United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), compels overruling Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563 (1977), which requires only a mi…
20-6811 Jesus Eder Moreno Ornelas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP attempted-murder due-process felon-in-possession firearms jury plain-error-review rehaif-standard sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment A. The government failed to overcome the presumption of innocence when the jury could not reach a verdict on an attempted murder count. Did it violate…
20-6781 Bernard Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession felon-status jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing substantial-rights In Rehaif v. United States, this Court held that 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(a)(2) require the government to prove that "the defendant knew he possess…
20-6572 Deshawn Legrier v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure evidence-consideration felon-in-possession judicial-proceedings jury-instructions plain-error-review rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states sufficiency-of-evidence trial-record In Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), this Court held that knowledge-of-status was an element of the crime set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g…
20-6585 Bernard Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-09 Dismissed IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession fifth-amendment jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights One and Two In Rehaif v. United States, this Court held that 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(a)(2) require the government to prove that "the defendant kn…
20-6569 Quincey Frye v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review felon-in-possession judicial-proceedings jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error rehaif-v-united-states second-circuit trial-record Should the Court of Appeals have looked beyond the trial record to Frye's presentence investigation report to decide that there was no plain error tha…
20-6373 Cordarrius Bonds v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-11-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession knowledge-of-status plain-error plea-bargaining sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-precedent structural-error I. When a defendant pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and the plea was neither knowing no…
20-6305 Roosevelt Leon Cooper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute guilty-plea plain-error sentencing sentencing-error Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a), is automatically entitle…
20-6291 Christopher Stacy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-statute guilty-plea mens-rea plain-error plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a), is automatically entitle…
20-6212 Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether This Court Should Grant the Petition to Resolve a Circuit Split Regarding Whether Under Plain Error Review, a Defendant's Conviction for Felon…
20-572 James R. Young v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response Waived constitutional-review criminal-law criminal-penalties felon-in-possession felony-possession firearm-statute firearms habeas-corpus interstate-commerce retroactivity (1) - Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) provides for Criminal penalties to felons who possess firearms in interstate Commerce, absent proof that they knew…
20-6165 James Edward Sandford, III v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance plain-error-rule rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states second-circuit sixth-amendment 1. Should the Court grant certiorari to resolve the Circuit split regarding the plain error rule between the Second and Fourth Circuits as it applies …
20-6131 Deandre M. Smith v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2020-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review corroboration demonstrative-evidence due-process felon-in-possession recanted-statements 1. Does a State appellate court violate a criminal defendant's right to due process on appeal under the Fourteenth Amendment—by denying the defendant …
20-6134 Adam Alfredo Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment criminal-history cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentence eighth-amendment felon-in-possession sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness Was a maximum ten year sentence above the guidelines of 70 to 87 months' imprisonment for Felon in Possession of a Firearm substantively unreasonable,…
20-5949 Timmy Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Relisted (4)IFP criminal-indictment criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession indictment jury-instructions mens-rea prohibited-status rehaif rehaif-challenge 1) Whether Rehaif's mens rea requirement is limited to whether or not the defendant knew he was a convicted felon alone, or whether it requires him to…
20-444 United States v. Michael Andrew Gary Fourth Circuit 2020-10-07 Judgment Issued Amici (5) criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea plain-error plain-error-rule plea-bargaining plea-colloquy substantial-rights Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) and 924(a), is automatically entitled t…
20-5879 Michael Matthew Phillips v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence felon-in-possession firearm-evidence rule-404b rules-of-evidence witness-testimony 1. Whether evidence that a defendant walked with a person to a public place where the other person retrieved a firearm is sufficient to show that the …
20-5578 Steven Gerard Walker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure federal-state-courts felon-in-possession mens-rea preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-enhancement violent-felony 1) Whether a sentencing judge can find facts in the first instance about whether a defendant committed offenses on different occasions by a prepondera…
20-5579 Israel Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Amici (1)IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment standing May an individual charged with violating a law barring the possession of firearms by felons bring an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to his pros…
20-5079 Charles Monroe Finchum v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
20-5080 Christopher George Wiggin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP with no evidence of defendants' conduct causing s criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
20-5025 Eddie Matthew Amos v. Tommy Bowen Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP convicted-felon criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial felon-in-possession firearm-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense (Ground One): Is a criminal defendant, who is also a previously convicted felon, denied a fair trial and the effective assistance of counsel when de…
19-7919 Darius Latrell King v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-10 GVR IFP 18-usc-922(g) 9th-circuit-appeal bench-trial felon-in-possession knowledge-requirement prohibited-status stipulated-facts 1. Mr. King was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm after a stipulated facts bench trial where the only stipulated fact related t…
19-7553 Gerald Humbert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied IFP 11th-circuit acca armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif sentencing serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation summary-remand 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit should have granted COA as to whether Petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug off…
19-7388 Aaron Perez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied IFP actual-prosecution categorical-match categorical-overbreadth circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-sentencing felon-in-possession insufficient-evidence prior-conviction prior-felony-conviction rehaif I. Whether a defendant who seeks to demonstrate that a prior conviction is not a categorical match for federal sentencing purposes must point to an ac…
19-6902 Samir Benamor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP antique-firearm burden-of-proof criminal-intent criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms mens-rea statutory-definition statutory-interpretation Whether, in a 922(g)(1) prosecution, the Government bears the burden of proving that the defendant knew the charged firearm has the characteristics th…
19-6791 Bryan Lamon Burnett v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-circuit 8th-circuit appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines SHOULD THE COURT GRANT CERTIORARI TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL IN THE APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINE SE…
19-6711 Luciano Diaz-Contreras v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-power felon-in-possession firearms firearms-possession statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
19-6684 Rakeem Asaad Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-19 GVR IFP 18-usc-922g 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-right-to-jury-trial charged-theories-of-prosecution criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process felon-in-possession jury-unanimity knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states richardson-standard richardson-v-united-states sixth-amendment unanimous-jury-verdict uncharged-theories-of-prosecution Petitioner was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The indictment charged po…
19-6405 Ernest Vereen, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act divisible-statute due-process felon-in-possession innocent-transitory-possession record-ambiguity sentencing sentencing-court transitory-possession violent-felony (1) Whether a sentencing court may look to disputed facts in the record to determine whether a prior conviction qualifies as a violent felony under th…
19-6343 Antoine Richmond v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied IFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure felon-in-possession fourth-amendment home-entry home-privacy probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure warrantless-search Police officers were patrolling a residential neighborhood when they saw Petitioner walking on the sidewalk. They saw that he had something in his fro…
19-6320 Nalen Pierre Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 criminal-law criminal-statute due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession legal-status mens-rea plain-error reasonable-doubt rehaif-precedent rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-6249 Michael Terrill Faircloth v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 affirmative-defense circuit-split criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession innocent-possession safe-streets-act transitory-possession Whether a felon may assert an affirmative defense of innocent, transitory possession when charged as a felon-in-possession of a firearm under § 922(g)…
19-5919 Marlon Romaine Carter v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-possession criminal-conviction due-process felon-in-possession fourteenth-amendment jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence I. Whether the State of Louisiana misapplied Jackson v. Virginia sufficiency of evidence test when holding, to the contrary, the evidence was sufficie…
19-5333 Charles York Walker, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR IFP abuse-of-discretion case-specific-factors criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 discretion district-court district-court-discretion felon-in-possession grand-jury incorrect-assumptions opioid-crisis plea-agreement plea-bargaining policy-disagreement rehaif-standard rule-11 Whether a district court abuses its discretion by determining whether to accept or reject a plea agreement under Rule 11 of the Rules of Criminal Proc…
19-5181 Lamar Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-16 GVR IFP arrest-procedure circuit-split custodial-arrest felon-in-possession fourth-amendment probable-cause rehaif-v-united-states search-incident-exception search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search 1. In Rawlings v. Kentucky, 448 U.S. 98 (1980), the Court upheld, under the search-incident-to-arrest exception, a warrantless search that preceded th…
19-5176 Ernest L. Chambliss v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process entrapment entrapment-defense evidence felon-in-possession firearm-possession jury-instructions standing Whether a defendant who has been charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon is entitled to an entrapment instruction when the evidence dem…
19-5037 Gilberto Villanueva, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute descamps-v-united-states district-court-fact-finding felon-in-possession johnson-descamps-precedent johnson-v-united-states mens-rea Should the District Court be allowed to find the facts necessary in order to qualify defendant as an Armed Career Criminal or should precedent such as…
18A1368 Ibrahim McCants v. United States Third Circuit 2019-06-27 Presumed Complete controlled-substance crime-of-violence felon-in-possession motion-to-suppress sentencing-guidelines third-circuit Question not identified.
18-9726 Lorenzo Hale v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-19 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea prior-occasion recent-past state-lines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
18-9572 William Paul Cox, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922(g)(1) 18-usc-922g county-jail criminal-evidence criminal-procedure felon-in-possession guilty-plea jail-phone-calls stored-communications-act suppression-of-evidence suppression-of-phone-calls WHETHER PETITIONER, AN ARRESTED AND PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED FELON, HAD AN ENFORCEABLE CLAIM UNDER THE STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT FOR SUPPRESSION OF PHONE …
18-9424 Lamar Eady, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 appellate-review criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statute felon-in-possession knowingly legal-elements mens-rea possession rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status statutory-interpretation 1. Does the "knowingly" provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) apply to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime ? The Court …
18-9086 Roel Daniel Galvan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process felon-in-possession felony firearm-possession hypothetical-facts misdemeanor misdemeanor-predicate predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-enhancement sixth-amendment united-states-sentencing-guidelines WHETHER THE FOUR LEVEL ENHANCEMENT FOR POSSESSING A FIREARM IN CONNECTION WITH ANOTHER FELONY OFFENSE PURSUANT TO U.S.S.G. §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) APPLY WHEN …
18-9071 Jason Moody v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-01 GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-law firearms interstate-commerce knowledge-requirement mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(a) provides for criminal penalties to felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of thei…
18-8833 Shea Pascal Dease v. Virginia Virginia 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process elements felon-in-possession jurisdiction notice second-amendment Question not identified.
18-8616 Parley Drew Hardman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP conclusion constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection felon-in-possession index second-amendment sentencing statutory-provisions table-of-contents Question not identified.
18-8521 Angel Galan v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-offense ineffective-assistance obstruction-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance substantive-reasonableness upward-variance WHETHER THE SENTENCING COURT'S UPWARD VARIANCE FROM 71 MONTHS TO 84 MONTHS FOR FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WAS SUBSTANTIVELY UNREASONABLE WHETHE…
18-8493 Jeremel Remymartin Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-921 18-usc-922 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-firearm-statute criminal-law-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms juvenile-delinquency juvenile-justice sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation youthful-offender WHETHER A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER CONVICTION CAN BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF A STATUTE UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) WHERE THE PREVIOUS ADJUDICATION WERE JUVENILE…
18-8059 Christopher David Simmons v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power second-amendment In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States; does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18…
18-7862 Vincent Beatty, aka Jamaal Beatty, aka Vincent Daward Beatty, aka Mozzi v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion advisory-guidelines criminal-history criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing felon-in-possession reasonableness reasonableness-review sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance sua-sponte upward-variance Whether a sua sponte upward variance sentence is reasonable where the advisory Guideline range accurately reflected the defendant's conduct and prior …
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.
18-7602 Percy Elwayne Demerson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power statutory-interpretation In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States, and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess…
18-7490 Dan Reed v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-24 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the "knowingly" provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) applies to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime? This C…
18-7088 Oscar Raul Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
18-7061 Francisco Reza v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-crime federal-crimes felon-in-possession firearms-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing state-misdemeanor Issue 1: Did Petitioner's prior crimes for which he spent less than 1 year and a day imprisonment: qualify as Federal Crimes for enhancement? Issue 2…
18-6994 Cleveland McDowell Meador, IV v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP consent-search consent-to-search felon-in-possession fourth-amendment home-search police-procedure probable-cause search-and-seizure seizure supervision supervision-of-search withdrawal-consent withdrawal-of-consent Whether police officers violate the Fourth Amendment when they obtain consent to search a person's home, then keep that person outside the home, preve…
18-6771 Johny Gardner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
18-6774 Jimmy L. Thompson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process felon-in-possession firearm-charges predicate-felony sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute Whether a conviction based on a statute that has been held void ab initio can be used to increase punishment as a predicate felony pursuant to 18 U.S.…
18-6705 Richard A. Jiles v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary divisibility divisible-statute felon-in-possession georgia georgia-burglary-statute predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement Was correct to find that Mr. Jiles' prior burglary conviction under O.C.G.A. § 16-7-1 was a predicate offense under the ACCA, 18 U.S.C. §924(e)?
18-574 Joseph Rachal v. United States First Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment bifurcated-trial bifurcation criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession jury-instructions jury-prejudice prejudice prejudicial-evidence No one can legitimately deny that a felony conviction is exceedingly prejudicial. That is why evidence of a felony conviction is normally admissible o…
18-6265 Samuel Silva v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute evidence evidence-prejudice federal-firearms federal-rule-403 federal-rules-of-evidence felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-possession jury-instruction jury-instructions prejudice prejudicial-evidence probative-value rule-403 Whether the practice of telling juries in a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1) prosecution that the defendant is a previously -convicted felon, as is routine ly d…
18-6191 Quordalis V. Sanders v. Carlo Esqueda, Dane County Clerk of Court Wisconsin 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process felon-in-possession free-speech mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states standing Question not identified.
18-5879 Emory Dickson Eneh v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States; and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess…
18-5882 Daniel Vela v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States, and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess…
18-5795 Luis Antonio Ibarra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause double-jeopardy felon-in-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea statutory-interpretation I. This Court should grant certiorari in this case to establish that the bright line "Blockburger" double jeopardy test accepted in Dixon is the one a…
18-5525 Jonathan E. Jouette v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach charging-instrument constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process enhanced-sentencing felon-in-possession fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sentencing-enhancement taylor-v-united-states Whether application of the rule pronounced in Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 598, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990), barring the sentenci…
18-5444 Kenyan Deon Buchanan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-limits commerce-clause-limits,criminal-law,federal-power, constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez I. This Court and individual Justices have increasingly explained that Congress's power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize conduct otherwise fal…
18-5302 Terry Dixon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 18-USC-922g 18-usc-922g1 carachuri-rosendo-v-holder crime-punishable-by-imprisonment criminal-firearm felon-in-possession prosecutorial-discretion sentencing-exposure underlying-felony 1. In a federal proceeding wherein the defendant is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), in d…
18-5167 Levar Brown v. California California 2018-07-06 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-regulations second-amendment self-defense statutory-interpretation Law sstéz Farwe GUESS wo, CeLLed TWAt MAN: Nou 2eALLY waat 1p utes, oH DID IAS» AWE SALANGEYL wort THE Gun store fia Tow Home, ALse, A was. HANDED 7D …