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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25A869 | Robyn Abraham v. Abby Leigh, as Executrix of the Estate of Mitch Leigh | Second Circuit | 2026-02-03 | Denied | due-process ex-parte-communication hobbs-act judicial-bias political-lobbying settlement-funds | Question not identified. | |
| 25A843 | Harold Edward Spencer, III v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-01-23 | Application | circumstantial-evidence conspiracy criminal-attempt firearm-possession hobbs-act substantial-step | Question not identified. | |
| 25-6477 | Warren Harold Brown v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-01-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy double-jeopardy hobbs-act judicial-precedent sentencing | Whether Callanan v. United States, 364 U.S. 587 (1961), should be overruled or limited as violative of the Double Jeopardy Clause where petitioner was… |
| 25-6462 | Jamaur Lewis v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-12-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent | Whether, in light of United States v. Taylor, 142 S. Ct. 2015 (2022), and United States v. Jackson, 36 F.4th 1294 (11th Cir. 2022), Hobbs Act robbery … |
| 25-6137 | Devon Chance v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-11-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor | In light of United States v. Taylor , 142 S. Ct. 2015 (2022), is Hobbs Act robbery categorically a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A),… |
| 25A414 | Larry Householder v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2025-10-10 | Presumed Complete | federal-prosecution hobbs-act official-misconduct public-corruption quid-pro-quo sixth-circuit | Question not identified. | |
| 25A383 | Devon Chance v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-10-02 | Presumed Complete | categorical-approach circuit-conflict crime-of-violence hobbs-act jury-instruction section-924(c) | Question not identified. | |
| 25A299 | Curtis Solomon v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-09-16 | Presumed Complete | categorical-approach crime-of-violence hobbs-act section-924(c) sentencing-enhancement supreme-court-precedent | Question not identified. | |
| 25-5427 | Rufus E. Dennis v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-08-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | base-offense-level criminal-procedure district-court hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines upward-variance | 1. Did the Defendant "possess" a handgun for the purposes of the sentencing court assessing a 5 point level increase to his base offense level, pursua… |
| 25-5087 | Tashawn Burns v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-07-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review | 1. Is Hobbs Act robbery a "crime of violence" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), a question left open after United States v. Taylor, 596 … |
| 24-7379 | Andra G. Green v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-06-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law firearms-offense hobbs-act jurisdictional-elements sentencing statutory-interpretation | Green is serving a life sentence for pleading to a single count of murder with all the facts in relation to a crime of violence, under 18 U.S.C § 924(… |
| 24-1196 | Dwaine Collymore v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-05-22 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | consecutive-sentencing criminal-attempt criminal-conspiracy hobbs-act inchoate-crimes sentencing-principles | Whether a district court may impose consecutive terms of imprisonment for convictions of attempt and conspiracy under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951… |
| 24-1057 | Jerry Peoples v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2025-04-08 | Denied | Response Waived | criminal-procedure drug-dealing hobbs-act interstate-commerce motion-for-acquittal rule-29-motion | 1. Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by affirming the district court's decision to deny Mr. Peoples' Rule 29 Motion for Acquittal where the Government… |
| 24-6686 | Deonta Brown v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-03-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law hobbs-act interstate-commerce substantial-effect | In order to convict a defendant of robbery of a local business establishment under the Hobbs Act, must the prosecution prove beyond a reasonable doubt… |
| 24-6364 | Cedric Cromwell v. United States | First Circuit | 2025-01-22 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | criminal-liability extortion hobbs-act indian-tribes official-right sovereign-immunity | Prior to the case at bar, there had never been a single appellate decision in the Hobbs Act's 78-year history, published or unpublished, extending cri… |
| 24-6312 | Tisheem Rich v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-01-15 | Denied | IFP | crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor | Whether "Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under § 924(c)(3)(A), a question left open after" United States v. Taylor , 596 U.S. 845 (… |
| 24-6282 | Dominique Kevion Drake v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 constitutional-challenge criminal-statute facial-unconstitutionality hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | Whether the statute of conviction, Title 18, Section 1951 (The Hobbs Act), is facially unconstitutional? |
| 24-6141 | Martin Garcia v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-12-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-procedure force-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | The first question presented is whether Circuits have failed to apply categorical analysis to aiding and abetting's distinct elements, which do not me… |
| 24-5772 | Stephen Sewalk v. Valpak Direct Marketing Systems, LLC | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-10-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bankruptcy-stay due-process erisa extortion hobbs-act settlement-agreement | Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit sanction a violation of Petitioners' due process rights (as well as sanction violations of Bank… |
| 24-5774 | Dwayne Barrett v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-10-17 | Judgment Issued | Amici (3)Relisted (2)IFP | circuit-split crime-of-violence double-jeopardy hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation | L. Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause permits two sentences for an act that violates 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and § 924(j), a question that divides seven ci… |
| 24A363 | Terius Thomas, aka Terius Brown, aka Terry Brown v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-10-17 | Presumed Complete | attempted-robbery criminal-intent eleventh-circuit hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation | Question not identified. | |
| 24-5683 | Ronald Champney v. United States | Third Circuit | 2024-10-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach crime-of-violence hobbs-act section-924c third-circuit-court | In light of the holding in United States v. Taylor that attempted Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify as a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)… |
| 24-260 | Anthony Pandrella v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-09-09 | Denied | Response Waived | criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce loansharking robbery | Whether the robbery of a loanshark could have an effect on interstate commerce sufficient to establish federal jurisdiction under the Hobbs Act (18 U.… |
| 24-5050 | Juan Marquis Holiday v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-07-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor | Following this Court's decision in United States v. Taylor, 142 S. Ct. 2015 (2020) does aiding and abetting a completed robbery constitute a crime of … |
| 23-1352 | Holtec International v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-27 | GVR | Relisted (2) | administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action atomic-energy-act circuit-split hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission nuclear-waste-policy-act standing statutory-interpretation ultra-vires | 1. Whether there is an exception to the party-aggrieved requirement of the Hobbs Act for an ultra vires challenge to an agency action. 2. Whether the… |
| 23-7797 | Nicholas Brodigan v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-06-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c3a aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-liability force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-elements | The Circuits have confused the categorical analysis—which examines only statutory elements—with the contextually distinct rule that an aider and abett… |
| 23-1341 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. v. Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd., et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-25 | GVR | Relisted (2) | agency-review atomic-energy-act hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission nuclear-waste-policy-act statutory-authority | 1. Whether the Hobbs Act, 28 U.S.C. 2341 et seq., which authorizes a "party aggrieved" by an agency's "final order" to petition for review in a court … |
| 23A1122 | Anthony Pandrella v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-06-18 | Presumed Complete | circuit-split criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element | Question not identified. | |
| 23-1312 | Interim Storage Partners, LLC v. Texas, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-14 | Judgment Issued | administrative-law agency-action hobbs-act jurisdictional-limitations nuclear-regulation nuclear-regulatory-commission spent-nuclear-fuel standing ultra-vires | 1. Whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's exercise of authority to issue a license to a private party to temporarily possess spent nuclear fuel a… | |
| 23-1300 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. v. Texas, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-12 | Judgment Issued | administrative-law agency-authority agency-review atomic-energy-act hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission spent-nuclear-fuel standing statutory-authority | 1. Whether the Hobbs Act, 28 U.S.C. 2341 et seq., which authorizes a "party aggrieved" by an agency's "final order" to petition for review in a court … | |
| 23-7679 | Thaddeus Rhodes v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-06-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act jury-instructions property-rights realistic-probability-test statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor | The circuits uniformly hold that Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a crime of violence and therefore can support a related conviction under 18 US.C. … |
| 23-1226 | McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-05-21 | Judgment Issued | Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | administrative-law civil-procedure district-court fcc fcc-interpretation hobbs-act legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act | Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. |
| 23-7481 | Maurice Owen Wiley v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-05-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy double-jeopardy fifth-amendment firearms firearms-possession hobbs-act | DOES THE IMPOSITION OF CONSECUTIVE PUNISHMENTS FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HOBBS ACT ROBBERY IN VIOLATION OF 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) and CONSPIRACY TO POSSES… |
| 23-7354 | Warren Baker v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-05-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act Robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b) is a predicate "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). |
| 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… |
| 23A839 | McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc., et al. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-03-13 | Presumed Complete | agency-deference fcc-ruling hobbs-act judicial-review statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act | Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. | |
| 23-6949 | Jose Salomon Madrid-Paz v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach criminal-law federal-crime federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether aiding and abetting is a means of committing a Hobbs Act violation under the categorical approach. 2. Whether conspiracy and attempt are m… |
| 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? |
| 23-6656 | Robert Kevin Boddie v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-02-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor | Whether Hobbs Act robbery, as proscribed by 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), in light of … |
| 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… |
| 23A504 | Fernando Diaz Rodriguez v. United States | First Circuit | 2023-12-04 | Presumed Complete | aiding-and-abetting criminal-statute hobbs-act section-924(c) supreme-court-precedent vagueness-doctrine | Question not identified. | |
| 23-577 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Surface Transportation Board, et al. | District of Columbia | 2023-11-29 | Denied | administrative-law circuit-split court-of-appeals deference hobbs-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-question kisor-v-wilkie legal-background procedural-background statutory-provisions surface-transportation-board | The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) is authorized by statute to exempt certain transactions involving rail carriers from the antitrust law… | |
| 23-552 | Ambassador Animal Hospital, Ltd. v. Elanco Animal Health Inc., et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2023-11-22 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | circuit-split fax fcc-regulation hobbs-act junk-fax-prevention-act marketing telephone-consumer-protection-act unsolicited-advertisement | Defendants sent brochures to Ambassador's fax machine inviting the veterinarian to call a salesperson and RSVP to attend a free educational dinner pro… |
| 23-6065 | Tyrone Kevin Smith v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-11-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(o) actual-innocence circuit-split criminal-procedure hobbs-act jurisdiction post-conviction post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation | (1) Whether the Eleventh Circuit's wanton disregard for Taylor and its progeny in erecting an illogical and legally erroneous barrier to relief for § … |
| 23-6039 | Selbourne Waite v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-11-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery, which may be completed without the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force, see 18 U.… |
| 23-5942 | Christopher Rayquaz Singletary v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-11-02 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-1951(a) 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor | Whether Hobbs Act robbery, as proscribed by 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), in light of … |
| 23-5469 | Peonte Shamar Spencer v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-08-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit hobbs-act standing statutory-interpretation violent-conduct | 1) Whether this court's wae fo as - a rele? be ion fir Concdusron that fe: t made _-+he eat showin of dea na, tot het Hae eli Tia —_———i prsceducal cu… |
| 23-5426 | Christopher Robertson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-08-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempted-robbery constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act jury-instructions misstatement-of-law residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court | 1) CAN A DEFENDANT BE CONVICTED OF A 4(c) OFFENSE IF DEFENDANT WAS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED HOBBS ACT ROBBERY? 2) CAN A DEFENDANT BE CONVICTED OF A OFF… |
| 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… |
| 23-5194 | Andra Green v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-07-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act predicate-crime sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Mr. Green is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to a single count of using a firearm during a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). H… |
| 23-64 | Bennie Charles Phillips, Jr. v. United States, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2023-07-24 | Denied | Response Waived | attempted-robbery criminal-attempt criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act mens-rea mere-preparation substantial-step uniform-test | 1. What particularized standard should be adopted to create a uniform test for when conduct surpasses "mere preparation" and constitutes a "substantia… |
| 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 … |
| 22-1190 | Lavelle Hatley v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-06-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split extortion hobbs-act robbery takings violent-felony | Under the mandated categorical approach, a prior conviction falls within the Armed Career Criminal Act's ("ACCA") definition of "violent felony" only … |
| 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… |
| 22-7239 | Edward Knight v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-04-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process felony hobbs-act in-person jury-trial public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error | 1. Whether allowing a seated juror to appear virtually via Zoom in a federal felony trial is structural error violating the Fifth and Sixth Amendment … |
| 22-7167 | Quentin Truley v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-03-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining probable-cause sentencing | (1) Under categorical approach, is 18 USC § 924(c)'s residual clause held as unconstitutionally vague, and predicated by Conspiracy to Commit Hobbs Ac… |
| 22-7098 | Rashid Turner v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-03-24 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 4th-amendment bank-robbery-act cell-phone cell-phone-search double-jeopardy exclusionary-rule good-faith good-faith-exception hobbs-act search-and-seizure warrant warrant-requirement | Whether good faith should apply when law enforcement agency has a policy, written or unwritten, where the officer who conducts a search of a cell phon… |
| 22-6848 | Maurice Daniels v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-02-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights commerce-interference criminal-obstruction due-process federal-law federal-revised-code free-speech hobbs-act public-corruption standing threats-of-violence vagueness | Question not identified. |
| 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… |
| 22-6586 | Reginald Daushawn Earl Tate v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-01-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brandishing criminal-procedure firearm-brandishing fourth-circuit hobbs-act rule-11 sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether the United States Court of Appeals properly affirmed the trial court's improper sentencing of the defendant pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(1)(A… |
| 22-6522 | Charvez Brooks v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-01-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process federal-courts hobbs-act ineffective-assistance interstate-commerce judicial-discretion jury-instructions reasonable-doubt standard-of-proof | I. Does a federal district court possess meaningful discretion to define "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" in jury instructions upon request of a crim… |
| 22-6468 | Herbert Isaac Perkins v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-01-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law felony-classification hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit | Question not identified. |
| 22-6358 | Bernard Thomas Edmond v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-12-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-amendment 924(c)(3) armed-career-criminal-act due-process hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense residual-clause sixth-circuit | Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously decided that the petitioner's predicate offense for his Sec. 924© is the conspiracy charge and … |
| 22-6194 | Jordan Huff v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-12-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery pinkerton-liability predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | 1. Where 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is a double-barreled crime that, at least in the context of aiding and abetting, requires proof both of a defendant's acti… |
| 22-6067 | Yazan Al-Madani v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-11-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review enterprise fraud hobbs-act mens-rea public-official rico rico-act sentencing-error victim | Question One: Whether under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO ") an entity can be both an "enterprise " and a "victim " - … |
| 22-5919 | Devonta Doyle v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-10-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-criminalization fourth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-crime morrison-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez | 1. Whether Fourth Circuit precedent, which is consistent with precedent from all other Circuits, holding that an intrastate robbery's de minimis effec… |
| 22-5866 | Gregory A. Milton, aka G v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-10-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 924(c) categorical-approach certiorari-petition constitutional-claim hobbs-act section-924c supreme-court-review united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor | This Court's should Grant this certiorari petition, Vacate the judgment below, and Remand (GVR), in order to allow the court of appeals to decide in l… |
| 22-5538 | Kepa Maumau v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-09-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act intangible-property statutory-interpretation | Insofar as Hobbs Act robbery has historically been understood to reach threats to harm intangible property, is it categorically a "crime of violence" … |
| 22-5535 | Eric Kamahele v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-09-08 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act intangible-property pattern-jury-instructions united-states-v-taylor | Insofar as Hobbs Act robbery has historically been understood to reach threats to harm intangible property, is it categorically a "crime of violence" … |
| 22-5477 | Tracey L. Brown v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-08-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender case-law circuit-split criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act jurisdiction ninth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines | 1. Should the decision by the Ninth Circuit to deny Mr. Brown's appeal be vacated when said decision was based upon case law that was vacated by this … |
| 22-5451 | John That Luong v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-08-29 | Denied | IFP | and remand for further proceedings in light of Ta vacate the Ninth Circuit's judgment 18-usc-924c constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence davis-v-united-states hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit section-2255 section-924(c) section-924c taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Court should grant Luong's petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate the Ninth Circuit's judgment, and remand for further proceedings in l… |
| 22-5440 | Joseph Griego v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-08-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states-v-taylor | Petitioners Griego and Romero ask this Court to address whether Hobbs Act robbery is a qualifying crime of violence under § 924(c). The statutory elem… |
| 22-5404 | Charles Anthony Walker, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-08-19 | Denied | IFP | abduction abduction-definition circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure fourth-circuit hobbs-act robbery sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines | (1) Whether movement of an employee within the confines of a store qualifies as abduction under U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1(b)(4)(A) |
| 22-139 | Sari Alqsous v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-08-15 | Denied | Response Waived | charge-conference confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act mens-rea public-official sentencing sixth-circuit | Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in analyzing ruling that Petitioner was not entitled to be present during the Charge Conference under Fed. R. Crim. P.… |
| 22-5235 | Louis McIntosh v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-08-01 | GVR | IFP | §924(c) criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction forfeiture hobbs-act interstate-commerce rule-32.2 sentencing | 1. Whether petitioner's §924(c) conviction based on an attempted Hobbs Act robbery should be vacated in light of United States v. Taylor? 2. Whether … |
| 22-5170 | Cristian Serrano-Delgado v. United States | First Circuit | 2022-07-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting conspiracy crime-of-violence davis-v-united-states hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery jury-instructions pinkerton-doctrine pinkerton-liability section-924c | A jury convicted Cristian Serrano-Delgado of 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) and (j) based on instructions providing various possible crime-of-violence predicates… |
| 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… |
| 22-5012 | Kielan Brett Franklin v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence due-process fifth-amendment guideline-range hearsay hearsay-statements hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reliability | (1) Is substantive reliability required under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States when a district c… |
| 21-8253 | Silas Lee Sneed v. United States | Third Circuit | 2022-06-28 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(8)(a) appellate-review attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence hobbs-act statutory-interpretation third-circuit united-states-v-taylor | An attempted Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify as a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) because no element of the offense requires pro… |
| 21-8199 | Yuri Chachanko, et al. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-22 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery predicate-crime predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vacatur | Whether the Defendants' convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) must be vacated because Hobbs Act robbery based on an aiding and abetting t… |
| 21-7233 | William Sardinas v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-03-01 | Denied | IFP | attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states procedural-default united-states-v-taylor | 1. Whether a certificate of appealability is warranted on the question of whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence, where this Court… |
| 21-7093 | Jameson LaForest, Robert Wesley Johnson, and Keith Marvel Walton v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-02-09 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c criminal-law due-process hobbs-act pinkerton-liability reconsider-pinkerton | 1. May a defendant be found guilty of a substantive offense based on Pinkerton liability where that offense was not an object of the alleged conspirac… |
| 21-7088 | Selbourne Waite v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-02-09 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-procedure eighth-amendment hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement | Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, which may be completed through an attempted threat alone, see 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), and aiding and abetting a Hobb… |
| 21-7034 | Jeriton Lavar Curry, aka Cheese v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-02-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-procedure district-court-error due-process hobbs-act legal-analysis sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review | Whether a conviction for Hobbos Act Robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G.3 4BI.2(a).? 2) Whether the D… |
| 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) … |
| 21-6834 | In Re Hosea Jackson | 2022-01-13 | Denied | IFP | acquittal aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability double-jeopardy fifth-amendment hobbs-act insufficient-evidence jeopardy judicial-precedent | 1. Whether judicial precedent concerning double jeopardy defines an acquittal to encompass any ruling that the prosecutions proof is insufficient to e… | |
| 21-6748 | Jose Luis Wong v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-12-30 | Denied | IFP | certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts habeas-corpus hobbs-act procedural-default vagueness-doctrine | 1. Whether a certificate of appealability is warranted on the question of whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence, where this Court… |
| 21-6614 | Mario Martell Spencer v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-12-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause criminal-law fifth-amendment hobbs-act interstate-commerce sentencing sentencing-enhancement witness-tampering | 1. For intrastate robberies that do not otherwise affect "commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction," 18 U.S.C. §1951(b)(3), does the Hob… |
| 21-6625 | Derrick Harrell v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-12-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b) is a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), i.e., one that "has as an elem… |
| 21-6605 | Jermaine Jackson v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-12-14 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of "crime of violence" excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a). |
| 21-6490 | Earl McCoy v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-12-02 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | appellate-review crime-of-violence fair-trial hobbs-act impartial-jury juror-bias jury-impartiality mcdonough-standard new-trial sixth-amendment | Whether the Court of Appeals erred in analyzing the Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to trial by a fair and impartial jury by only applying the McDo… |
| 21-6389 | Thamud Eldridge v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-11-23 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery attempted-robbery categorical-crime-of-violence crime-of-violence hobbs-act sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-right statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor | Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is a categorical crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). This Cour… |
| 21-6232 | Jason Stallcup v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-11-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Does completed Hobbs Act robbery qualify as a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? |
| 21-6176 | Dwaine Collymore, aka Twin v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-11-04 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(8)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery attempted-robbery crime-of-violence exceptional-importance federal-criminal-law hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, which may be completed through an attempted threat alone, see 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), falls outside the definition o… |
| 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… |
| 21-6071 | Aldridge Robinson, et al. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-10-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act section-1951 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act Robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a "crime of violence" as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3). |
| 21-6054 | Benjamin Koziol v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-22 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-split civil-criminal-interpretation criminal-liability extortion hobbs-act legal-precedent leocal-v-ashcroft ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation | A. The Ninth Circuit has placed itself in conflict with several other circuits by criminalizing any baseless threat to sue as Hobbs Act extortion. Thi… |
| 21-6005 | Terrell Hunter v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-10-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-statute drug-proceeds drug-robbery federal-jurisdiction federal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-interpretation taylor-v-united-states | Did the decisions of the district court and the court of appeals, that the commerce element of the Hobbs Act is satisfied by the robbery of moneys int… |
| 21-5873 | Justin Douglas Jones v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence federal-prisoner hobbs-act ninth-circuit physical-force sentencing-enhancement | Should the Ninth Circuit have issued a certificate of appealability on the issue of whether conviction for Hobbs Act robbery qualified as a "crime of … |
| 21-447 | Matthew Nix v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-09-22 | GVR | Relisted (2) | actual-bias categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure hobbs-act implied-bias juror-bias juror-dishonesty mcdonongh-power-equipment mcdonough-standard new-trial new-trial-standard | 1. Whether a new trial is warranted pursuant to this Court's decision in McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood, 464 U.S. 548 (1984), only upon … |
| 21-5664 | Maurice L. Ross v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-09-14 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c appellate-review attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 24(c), since the elements of Hobbs Act robbery, especially atte… |
| 21-5650 | Carl Richard Samson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-09-13 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), meaning that it "ha… |
| 21-5644 | Michael Hall v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-09-10 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924c3a actus-reus aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-statute force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement violent-physical-force | Aiding and Abetting Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951(a) and 2, does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violen… |
| 21-386 | Andre Barnaby, et al. v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-09-09 | GVR | Relisted (2) | 18-usc-924 attempted-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act section-924c sentencing sentencing-enhancement | Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, qualifies as a "crime of violence," meaning that it "has as an element the use, attem… |
| 21-5586 | Tyrone Simmons v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-09-07 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act motion-to-vacate sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery meets the definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A). |
| 21-5457 | Brian Fierro v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-08-24 | Denied | IFP | actus-reus circuit-interpretation criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force plain-language robbery robbery-statute statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent physical force. The plai… |
| 21-5461 | Tyrone Felder v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-08-24 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) cell-site-evidence crime-of-violence hobbs-act intangible-asset new-york-robbery physical-force property statutory-interpretation | 1. Is Hobbs Act violence a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? Under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), an offense quali… |
| 21-5332 | Efrain Hidalgo v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-08-11 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924(c) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certiorari circuit-conflict circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | Whether the Court should grant certiorari to resolve the conflict among the circuits on the question of whether attempted Hobbs Act Robbery constitute… |
| 21-5326 | Juan Marquis Holiday v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-08-09 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924 attempted-crime attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of "crime of violence" excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a). |
| 21-102 | Marcus Walker v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-07-26 | GVR | Relisted (2) | 18-usc-1951(a) 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A), meaning that it "ha… |
| 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… |
| 21-5112 | David Starks v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-07-15 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law 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… |
| 21-5081 | James Davis v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-07-13 | Denied | IFP | campaign-contributions evans-v-united-states explicit-quid-pro-quo extortion hobbs-act hobbs-act-extortion honest-services-fraud official-right overrule quid-pro-quo under-color-of-official-right | 1. In McCormick v. United States, 500 U.S. 257 (1991), this Court held that a conviction for extorting a campaign contribution "under color of officia… |
| 21-5057 | Lance Lamont Lavert v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-07-09 | Denied | IFP | circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act property-rights robbery statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Should this Court mend the circuit split about whether a Hobbs Act robbery is necessarily violent as the Ninth and eight other circuits have held, or … |
| 21-5066 | Aquabeus Moore v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-07-09 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment 8th-amendment 924(c)-enhancement crime-of-violence eighth-amendment equal-protection first-step-act fourteenth-amendment hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery | Whether Petitioner's conviction of Hobbs Act Robbery constitutes a "crime of violence" considering new case law and the passage of the First Step Act?… |
| 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… |
| 20-8469 | Lamont Benedict Nelson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-07-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 borden-standard borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review | Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to permit the lower court to consider whether a conviction for Hobbs Act robbery under 18… |
| 20-8452 | Keith Lamar Lott, aka Kevin Moore v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 borden-standard borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review | Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to permit the lower court to consider whether a conviction for Hobbs Act robbery under 18… |
| 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… |
| 20-8285 | Enrique Hurtado v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-armed-bank-robbery hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences physical-force statutory-interpretation | L. By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent physical force. The p… |
| 20-8275 | Paul Xavier Espinoza v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-10 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | actus-reus circuit-split criminal-law hobbs-act plain-language robbery robbery-definition statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent physical force. The plai… |
| 20-8256 | Terry Alonzo Wilson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-06-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting civil-rights conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act | Question not identified. |
| 20-1676 | Public Watchdogs v. Southern California Edison Company, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-02 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-rights due-process hobbs-act nrc-licensees nuclear-power nuclear-waste price-anderson-act regulatory-authority state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction | The burial and storage of nuclear waste in faulty canisters on a California beach significantly threatens public health and safety. Petitioner sought … |
| 20-7998 | Tuan Ngoc Luong v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-05-13 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | commercial-transaction craigslist criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-robbery | The federal Hobbs Act "makes it a crime for a person to affect commerce, or attempt to do so, by robbery." Taylor v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2074, 2… |
| 20-1459 | United States v. Justin Eugene Taylor | Fourth Circuit | 2021-04-16 | Judgment Issued | Amici (5)Relisted (2) | attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(¢)(3)(A)'s definition of "crime of violence" excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a). |
| 20-7749 | Eric Kamahele v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-04-14 | GVR | IFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process force-clause hobbs-act intangible-property reckless reckless-conduct statutory-interpretation | 1. Model jury instructions define Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, to include takings caused by fear of future economic harm to "intangible proper… |
| 20-7750 | Kepa Maumau v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-04-14 | GVR | IFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process force-clause hobbs-act jury-instructions reckless reckless-conduct | 1. Model jury instructions define Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, to include takings caused by fear of future economic harm to "intangible proper… |
| 20-7610 | Jose Hernandez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-30 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(3) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether an attempted Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951) qualifies as a categorical "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3) because… |
| 20-7497 | Kevin Reid v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-18 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act negligence predicate-offense statutory-interpretation surplusage | 1. Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, qualifies as a "crime of violence," meaning that it "has as an element the use, at… |
| 20-7417 | Allen Pace, III v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas… |
| 20-7430 | Carlos Torres v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act predicate-offense robbery-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether a completed Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 categorically qualifies as a predicate "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)… |
| 20-7402 | Sylas Glenn Brownridge v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas… |
| 20-7404 | De Andre Smith v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-03-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act individual-victim interstate-commerce intra-state-robbery mandatory-sentencing robbery software-purchase | Whether the intra-state robbery of an individual satisfies the interstate commerce nexus sufficient for a Hobbs Act prosecution merely because the ind… |
| 20-7412 | Anthony W. Gardner v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-statutes force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-crimes statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas… |
| 20-7383 | Jorge Zamora-Suarez, aka Pedro Moncada v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas… |
| 20-7393 | Edward Coleman, aka Keith, aka Tiny Keith v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas… |
| 20-7322 | Kelsey Videl Coffee v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-03-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | actual-innocence aiding-and-abetting conspiracy criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process hobbs-act jury-instructions | 1) Whether Petitioner Is Actually Innocent Of Counts 48, Based On Conspiracy To Hobbs Act Robbery And Aiding And Abetting Hobbs Act Robbery (Davis v. … |
| 20-7305 | Larry Daniel Harris v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c3a attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-statute hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery negligence physical-force predicate-conviction property-injury statutory-interpretation | 1. Circuit courts, including the Ninth Circuit here, are analogizing the element of "intimidation" in 18 U.S.C. § 2113 with the element of "fear of in… |
| 20-7244 | Melvin Landry, Jr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery as defined by Title 18 U.S.C. §1951(b)(1) is a "crime of violence" within the meaning of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(a). |
| 20-7183 | Shameke Walker v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-02-19 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery identification-evidence jury-instruction plain-error violent-crime | 1. Should the Court grant certiorari to review whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b), categorically fails to constitute "a crime of violence"… |
| 20-7024 | Randy Macario Ancheta v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing due-process hobbs-act mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation | By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent force. Hobs Act robbery's p… |
| 20-6966 | Charles Eloys Johnson, aka Adam White v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c appellate-review conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error substantial-rights | Charles Johnson was convicted of two counts of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The district court instructed the … |
| 20-6967 | Justin Loper v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge conviction crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing statutory-interpretation | WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL WHERE THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCE WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE HOBBS ACT ROBBERY IS NOT A… |
| 20-1000 | Monico Dominguez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-01-26 | GVR | Relisted (4) | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(8)(A) attempted-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, qualifies as a "crime of violence," meaning that it "has as an element the use, attem… |
| 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… |
| 20-6493 | Neelam Uppal v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC | Florida | 2020-12-01 | Denied | IFP | abuse-of-authority bias civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process foreclosure hobbs-act judicial-bias standing | 1. Whether a litigant is deprived of due process of law when a judge issues an order to the filing clerk in a pending case that the clerk stamps and … |
| 20-6418 | Michael A. Harris v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-11-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting brandishing brandishing-firearm conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentence-reduction sentencing supreme-court-precedent | Whether the petitioner is entitled to a sentence reduction after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Hobbs Act Robbery and aiding and abetting bra… |
| 20-6272 | Domonic Devarrise Usher v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-11-10 | Rehearing | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery, which can be committed by putting another in fear of future injury to himself, his property, or even his intangible propert… |
| 20-6148 | Smith Merinord v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-10-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 924(c)-statute brandishing criminal-justice-reform direct-appeal firearms-offense first-step-act hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation | I. WHETHER THE FIRST STEP ACT APPLIES TO CASES PENDING ON DIRECT APPEAL AT THE TIME OF ITS ENACTMENT, WHERE THE PETITIONER WAS CONVICTED OF THREE HOBB… |
| 20-5861 | Alijah Jaquez Mitchell v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-09-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime weapons-offense | IS A HOBBS ACT ROBBERY A CRIME OF VIOLENCE FOR PURPOSES OF 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)? |
| 20-5672 | David Kareem Turpin v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-09-11 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c3a crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts force-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether Hobbs Act robbery, which can be committed by putting another in fear of future injury to himself, his property, or even his intangible propert… |
| 20-308 | La Boom Disco, Inc. v. Radames Duran | Second Circuit | 2020-09-09 | GVR | Response RequestedRelisted (3) | automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-court-interpretation federal-communications-commission hobbs-act human-intervention random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-definition telephone-consumer-protection-act | 1. Does the statutory definition of ATDS encompass any device that can "store" telephone numbers, even if the device does not "us[e] a random or seque… |
| 20-5620 | Ivan Soto-Barraza and Jesus Lionel Sanchez-Meza v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-09-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | consent conspiracy constructive-amendment criminal-procedure extortion hobbs-act jury-instructions robbery | The Hobbs Act defines extortion, in relevant part, as requiring the wrongful use of violence or fear in order to induce a person to consent to part wi… |
| 20-294 | Lamont Kortez Gaines v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-09-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process equipoise evidence evidence-standard hobbs-act motion-for-acquittal standard-of-review statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether a trial court must grant a motion for acquittal when, in viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the evidence … |
| 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… |
| 20-149 | Cheryl D. Uzamere v. New York, et al. | Second Circuit | 2020-08-13 | Denied | antitrust civil-rights court-corruption due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech genocide hobbs-act new-york-state-law | Whether New York State Law S2942 —A is unconstitutional: a) Federal Courts find that New York State Law S2942 —A is unconstitutional. b) New York Stat… | |
| 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… |
| 20-60 | Sheldon Silver v. United States, et al. | Second Circuit | 2020-07-23 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) | appeals-court bribery criminal-law due-process extortion harmless-error hobbs-act public-official | (1) Can a public official be convicted of bribery absent proof of an agreed exchange with the alleged bribe payor, based solely on his unexpressed, un… |
| 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… |
| 19-8914 | Bobby W. Ferguson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-07-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights criminal-law criminal-liability defendant-conduct due-process economic-loss extortion fear-definition hobbs-act statutory-construction statutory-interpretation victim-state-of-mind | Principle of strict statutory construction requires that term "fear" should not be construed broadly to include any non-violent acts of "economic loss… |
| 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)… |
| 19-8582 | 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)… |
| 19-8568 | James Stephen Thorpe v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-05-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy criminal-prosecution due-process hobbs-act home-invasion interstate-commerce private-residence robbery targeting-rule | Whether the United States Court of Appeals properly held that there exists an interstate commerce connection for a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 an… |
| 19-1317 | Efrain Areizaga v. ADW Corporation | Fifth Circuit | 2020-05-28 | Denied | Response Waived | access-to-courts attorney-client-privilege constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hobbs-act mediation-confidentiality retaliation subject-matter-jurisdiction | The following un-disputed facts in this case pre sents the grounds on which the petitioner frames his question to the court. On 7/8/16 & 7/11/16 the … |
| 19-1282 | Avery Terry v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-05-12 | Denied | Response Waived | 18-usc-924c appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal-waiver due-process force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime | WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL PURSUANT TO AN INVALID APPEAL WAIVER, AFTER MAKING ERRONEOUS FINDINGS, OVERLOOKING AND MIS… |
| 19-8240 | Richard Valentini v. United States | First Circuit | 2020-04-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conviction criminal-statute extortion hobbs-act personal-gain property-deprivation property-transfer statutory-interpretation third-party third-party-transfer | 1) Does a conviction for violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1951(b)(2) require not only that a victim be deprived of his or her property, but a… |
| 19-8188 | Anthony Wayne Hamilton v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-04-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence hobbs-act ninth-circuit-conflict physical-confrontation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-florida | 1. Whether a Hobbs Act robbery, which statutorily can be committed by a threat of future harm, categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18… |
| 19-8053 | Daniel Rodriguez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-03-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law hobbs-act property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | I. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (b) is categorically a "crime of violence" as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(3)(A) , if the plain … |
| 19-8043 | Christopher Lamont Steward v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-03-18 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 924(c)-conviction categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-crime | I. Whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is categorically a "crime of violence" that may serve as a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(… |
| 19-8002 | Humberto Herrera v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-03-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-jurisdiction federal-crime federal-offense federalism hobbs-act interstate-commerce retail-robbery stirone-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states | Whether the Hobbs Act makes the robbery of any retail store that engages in interstate commerce a federal offense. |
| 19-7824 | Dexter Fisher v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2020-02-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure firearm-brandishing hobbs-act section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether Mr. Fisher's § 924(c) convictions for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the Hobbs Act robbery offenses … |
| 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… |
| 19-7661 | Redinel Dervishaj, aka Redi, aka Red v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-02-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 924(c)(3)(A) appellate-review crime-of-violence extortion federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-threat second-circuit title-18 title-18-924(c)(3)(a) | I. May The Second Circuit Court; Of Appeals Determine That The'Underlying Offense Of Hobbs Act Extortion? Threatening Physical Violence In Furtheranc… |
| 19-7539 | Shamir Kane v. United States | Third Circuit | 2020-02-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-indictment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-joinder federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence hobbs-act joinder severance witness-tampering | 1. Did the Court of Appeals err in upholding the District Court's joinder, under Fed. R. Crim. P. 8, of counts in an indictment related to one Hobbs A… |
| 19-7458 | Kaleb Jermaine Myers v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2020-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts federal-criminal-law hobbs-act legal-standard statutory-interpretation | (1) Whether this Court should grant certiorari to resolve the conflict among the lower federal courts and decide the important legal question of wheth… |
| 19-912 | Albert T. Robles v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-01-22 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | bribery campaign-contribution campaign-contributions federal-officials federal-statute first-amendment hobbs-act quid-pro-quo | Whether conviction of a federal bribery charge against a state or local official under 18 U.S.C. § 666 requires proof of a quid pro quo where the alle… |
| 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 … |
| 19-7261 | Gibron Lopez v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | co-conspirator criminal-procedure criminal-relationship criminal-relationship-development evidence evidence-admissibility evidence-rule-404(b) hobbs-act inextricably-intertwined-evidence intimate-relationship narcotics-sales relationship rule-404(b) rule-404b sexual-relationship trust trust-relationship | 1. Where evidence of prior narcotics sales was introduced at trial to establish both a relationship of trust among co-conspirators, as well as how the… |
| 19-7072 | Tyrone Walker v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-12-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) actual-or-threatened-force crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act physical-force property-crime property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states | 1. Whether the substantive offense of Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A). 2. Whether H… |
| 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 … |
| 19-6707 | Ricky Lee Tyndall v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-11-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process element-of-force federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-damage property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness | 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s FORCE CLAUSE requires the use of "physical force" (i.e: "violence force" meaning "force capable of causing PHYsICAL in Dima… |
| 19-6306 | Jonathan Mota v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-18 | Denied | IFP | circuit-split commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act interstate-commerce ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit incorrectly held—in conflict with the decisions of several other circuits—that to violate the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951… |
| 19-6076 | Tamela M. Lee v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-09-26 | Denied | IFP | constituent-contacts constitutional-limits criminal-conviction federal-officials government-contact hobbs-act honest-services mcdonnell-v-united-states municipal-officials official-act | After McDonnell v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2355, 2372 (2016), can a county official constitutionally be convicted of Honest Services and Hobbs Act v… |
| 19-5888 | David Tkhilaishvili v. United States | First Circuit | 2019-09-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-conflict criminal-procedure due-process extortion hobbs-act interstate-commerce legal-nexus property-rights property-transfer third-party | 1. Whether the First Circuit erroneously held, in conflict with multiple decisions of this Court, that the government may sustain a Hobbs Act extorti… |
| 19-176 | R. David Weisskopf v. Jewish Agency for Israel, et al. | Second Circuit | 2019-08-08 | Denied | Response Waived | aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting anti-filing-injunction circuit-split civil-rights domestic-injury extortion extraterritorial hobbs-act mail-fraud rico rico-act | Whether the appellate court below erroneously held, in conflict with the decisions of this Court, and in a three-way split with the Third Circuit and … |
| 19-5311 | Ivaylo Dodev v. Bank of New York Mellon | Arizona | 2019-07-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion appellate-review arizona-court-of-appeals arizona-rules-of-civil-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure,eviction,dismissal,arizona-rules-o criminal-law due-process eviction eviction-proceedings federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act judicial-discretion rule-41 second-amendment united-states-v-davis voluntary-dismissal Whether Mr. Burke's § 924(c) conviction is invalid | 1. Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One abused its discretion by not ruling on the applicability of Rule 41(a)(1) of the Arizona Rules o… |
| 19-5312 | Kenneth H. Burke, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-07-24 | Denied | IFP | criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms-offense hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review violent-crime | Mr. Burke was convicted of knowingly carrying a firearm during and in relation to a "crime of violence," in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The "crim… |
| 19-5172 | Jesus Hilario-Bello v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-07-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process economic-loss fair-trial hobbs-act intangible-asset judicial-intervention physical-force statutory-interpretation | Whether Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) because it can be committed without using physical force, by causing the … |
| 19-5124 | Arthur Durham v. United States | First Circuit | 2019-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process economic-harm federal-sentencing force-clause hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states retroactivity statutory-interpretation violent-crime welch-v-united-states | 1. In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense committed by causing fear of harm to inta… |
| 19-5061 | Akeem Young v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-07-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-law-procedure fifth-amendment hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | Whether the least culpable means of committing a violation under 18 U.S.C. 1951: conspiring to commit a Hobbs Act robbery, qualify as a "crime of viol… |
| 18-9725 | Jose Munoz v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-06-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-amendment constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-law-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidentiary-rule hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement vagueness | Whether the definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague. Whether a Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a… |
| 18-9673 | George Djura Jakubec v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-06-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split courts-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-bank-robbery hobbs-act legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence | Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 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. | |
| 18-1434 | United States v. Pablo Lovo and Joel Sorto | District of Columbia | 2019-05-15 | Denied | 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness | Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr… | |
| 18-9244 | Danny Herrera v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-05-13 | GVR | IFP | and whether a conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robb 18-usc-924 conspiracy constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-vagueness vagueness | Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague in light of Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 S. Ct. 1204 (2018)? If a cond… |
| 18-1338 | United States v. Joseph Decore Simms | Fourth Circuit | 2019-04-24 | Denied | 18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness | Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr… | |
| 18-8898 | Melinda J. Campbell v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-04-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-prosecution economic-harm hobbs-act hobbs-act,economic-harm,criminal-law,mens-rea,prec mens-rea precedent sixth-circuit supreme-court-precedent wrongful-conduct | Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals disregarded this Court's established precedent set forth in United States v. Enmons, 410 U.S. 396 (1973), a… |
| 18-8642 | DeJuan Leshae Hill v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-04-01 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-offense habeas-corpus hobbs-act post-conviction-relief sentencing tenth-circuit unconstitutionality | Whether The Tenth Circuit Erred In Failing To Address In Its Order Denying A Certificate Of Appealability, The Unconstitutionality Of Use And Carry Of… |
| 18-8603 | Gralyn Leon White v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-03-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting brandishing consecutive-sentences criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit first-step-act hobbs-act united-states-v-lewis | Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Err by Failing to Apply the Holdings of United States v. Lewis, 907 F.3d 891, 894-95 (5th Cir. 2018). to Hobb's… |
| 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). |
| 18-1126 | Mufasa Wilson Sejour v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-02-28 | Denied | Response Waived | commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution hobbs-act interstate-commerce jurisdictional-reach local-business robbery sentencing | In today's world, there is no such thing as a purely local business. All businesses use credit card machines, access the internet, and purchase out-of… |
| 18-7996 | Emory Watkins v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-02-15 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924 circuit-split crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-conspiracy residual-clause statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness | (1) Whether the residual clause at 18 USC Sec. 924 ( c) (3) (B) is void for vagueness, a question that divides seven Court of Appeals? 2. Whether the… |
| 18-7204 | Julio Rolon v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-01-03 | Denied | IFP | Alleyne alleyne-v-united-states Almendarez-Torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states Apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey crimes-of-violence Dimaya due-process hobbs-act Johnson-II johnson-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya | Whether in its supervisory jurisdiction over the Courts of the United States, and based upon this Court's clear precedent and the facts of record, thi… |
| 18-7176 | Jose A. Garcia-Ortiz v. United States | First Circuit | 2018-12-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c3a circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property pattern-jury-instructions statutory-interpretation | In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense that can be committed by causing fear of har… |
| 18-7036 | Frank Richardson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-12-14 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness | In Sessions v. Dimaya , 138 S. Ct. 1204, 1223 (2018) this Court recently struck down as unconstitutionally vague the Immigration and Nationality Act's… |
| 18-6914 | Daniel Rojas v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-12-06 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law force hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states physical-force section-2255 section-924c sentencing violent-crime | I. What amount of force satisfies this Court's definition of "physical force," that is, force capable of causing physical pain or injury to another pe… |
| 18-6808 | Harlem Suarez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-11-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause commerce-clause-power criminal-procedure eighth-amendment first-time-offender hobbs-act interstate-commerce proportionality taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons-of-mass-destruction | I. In United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), this Court held that Congress had the authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate three broad c… |
| 18-6809 | Desmond Camp v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-11-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act Hobbs-Act-robbery physical-violence residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness | 1. May Hobbs Act robbery serve as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(c) when Hobbs Act robbery does not match the elements clause of S… |
| 18-669 | Shane M. Gates v. Walter Reed, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-21 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process hobbs-act insurance-interference malicious-prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct substantive-due-process | 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred by failing to recognize that a District Attorney, who in his private law practice represented, and received hund… |
| 18-518 | Charles G. Kinney v. Clerk, Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2018-10-19 | Denied | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights clean-water-act color-of-law due-process federal-clean-water-act free-speech hobbs-act honest-services judicial-discretion professional-speech state-nuisance-law | By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge panel abuse its discretion by violating Janus and NIFLA to cover-up acts … | |
| 18-504 | Charles G. Kinney v. Roger W. Boren, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2018-10-18 | Denied | appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment Hobbs-Act Janus judicial-misconduct NIFLA professional-speech section-1983 vexatious-litigant | By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge Ninth Circuit panel abuse its discretion to cover-up acts by Justice Roge… | |
| 18-510 | Charles G. Kinney v. Michele R. Clark, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2018-10-18 | Denied | bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process federal-law free-speech hobbs-act judicial-discretion professional-speech state-court-proceedings vexatious-litigant | By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge panel abuse its discretion to cover-up acts by Justice Gutierrez, debtor … | |
| 18-6346 | Mark A. Dubarry v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-10-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense committed by causing fear of harm to inta… |
| 18-6302 | Francisco Melgar-Cabrera v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-10-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-felony predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit | Whether Hobbs Act robbery as set forth as a predicate felony offense in Count 4 of the Second Superseding Indictment qualifies as a "crime of violence… |
| 18-6232 | Dion Dakota Johnson v. United States | Third Circuit | 2018-10-09 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c categorical-approach categorical-approach-18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation third-circuit vagueness | Does the categorical approach apply in determining whether an offense is a "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)? In light of Johnso… |
| 18-431 | United States v. Maurice Lamont Davis and Andre Levon Glover | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-03 | Judgment Issued | Amici (3) | armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness | Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr… |
| 18-373 | Floyd Rose v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-09-21 | Denied | atm atm-robbery circuit-split commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-law federal-criminal-law fifth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce robbery second-circuit | Whether the Second Circuit erred by holding, in direct conflict with the Fifth Circuit, that a robbery in which an individual victim is forced to with… | |
| 18-5890 | Mark D. Whitfield v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-09-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law force hobbs-act property robbery statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force violent-crime | Whether jurists of reason could debate whether robbery under the Hobbs Act possesses the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force against the pe… |
| 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… |
| 18-160 | Charles G. Kinney v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Ninth Circuit | 2018-08-06 | Denied | Response Waived | abuse-of-discretion civil-rights civil-rights-violation civil-rights-violations due-process first-amendment hobbs-act honest-services judicial-discretion pre-filing-order prosecutorial-acts prosecutorial-misconduct | Did this Ninth Circuit panel abuse its discretion when acting as prosecutors of Kinney by issuing a global pre-filing review order only 22 days after … |
| 18-5269 | Michael St. Hubert v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-07-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-16(b) 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine | 1. Is the definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague, given the Court's holding in Sessions v. Dimaya, 138… |
| 18-5194 | Teofil Brank v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2018-07-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-875d criminal-law extortion hobbs-act reputation reputational-harm rule-of-lenity scheidler-v-now statutory-interpretation | Does Hobbs Act extortion encompass threats to reputation, as opposed to threats of physical injury or economic harm, as suggested strongly by the stat… |
| 18-5074 | Clifton McLean, aka Little Clif v. United States | Third Circuit | 2018-07-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 922(g)(1) 924(c) crimes-of-violence due-process entrapment firearm-possession hobbs-act interstate-commerce | Under the Due Process Clause, did the trial court unconstitutionally deny Petitioner's request/motion for an entrapment instruction when the record co… |