force-definition
8 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-106 | Ronald DeWitt Vines v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-07-29 | Denied | attempted-crime bank-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence force-definition statutory-interpretation | Whether attempted armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d) and the first paragraph of § 2113(a) involves the "use, attempted use, or threatened us… | |
| 22-7872 | Carmelita Barela v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-06-27 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | borden-v-united-states circuit-split crime-of-violence force-definition hobbs-act mens-rea stokeling-v-united-states violent-felony | The circuit courts have held unanimously that Hobbs Act robbery qualifies categorically as a "violent felony" and "crime of violence." Therefore, all … |
| 22-7760 | Todji Kijuan Martin v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempt-crime attempt-crimes criminal-interpretation criminal-law force-definition statutory-construction statutory-interpretation substantive-crime supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor use-of-force | I. Whether this Court's 2022 opinion in United States v. Taylor , is applicable to all attempt crimes particularly when the crime in question may be c… |
| 20-7087 | Brian James Holland v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-02-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2241 conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency force-definition statutory-interpretation witness-credibility | i) What is the definition of the term force Under Statute 18. USCS. 2241? What is the proper Criminal law and procedure used to determine sufficient e… |
| 19-6850 | Ledell Tyler v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-12-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process force-definition hobbs-act home-invasion interstate-commerce jurisdiction non-violent-conduct statutory-interpretation violent-conduct | 1. Whether The Meaning of The Word "Force" Under The Hobbs Act Provision Encompassass Both Violent and Non-Violent Conduct: 2. Whether The Hobbs Act … |
| 19-6623 | Mario Denane Fultz v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-11-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | intentional physical force or by intimidation' to include the use of violent criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-crimes federal-criminal-statutes federal-robbery-statutes force force-clause force-definition intentional-force legislative-intent physical-force statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime | Whether Congress intended the phrase "by force and violence, or by intimidation," that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the us… |
| 18-6461 | Gerren K. Love v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-10-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | advisory-guidelines causation-element circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-classification criminal-law force-definition sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-crime violent-force | If a statute has a causation-of-harm element, does it also necessarily have an element of violent force for purposes of classifying the crime as a vio… |
| 18-5061 | Travis Horne v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-06-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process force-definition johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime | Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (Samu… |