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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-330 | Eric Weller v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-10-07 | Denied | Response Waived | conspiracy fiduciary-duty insider-trading knowledge material-nonpublic-information personal-benefit remote-tippee tippee tippee-liability | Liability for insider trading arises when someone acts on material nonpublic information. Dirks v. SEC, 463 U.S. 646, 653 (1983). That person may be a… |
| 21-8250 | Deandre McIntosh v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | buyer-seller buyer-seller-rule criminal-intent criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process government-burden-of-proof knowledge knowledge-requirement stake sufficiency-of-evidence | Whether a defendant can be convicted of drug conspiracy when he was no more than a buyer seller and the government failed to establish he had knowledg… |
| 21-7822 | Christopher Patrick Lovings v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-05-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure enhancement fleeing fleeing-offense judicial-discretion knowledge knowledge-standard law-enforcement sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-3c1.2 | Whether a sentencing court may apply an enhancement pursuant to USSG § 3C1.2 when the record fails to establish the defendant knew or had reason to kn… |
| 20-221 | Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-08-25 | Denied | Response Waived | aircraft-transportation conscious-avoidance controlled-substances criminal-defendant criminal-intent deliberate-steps evidence jury-instruction knowledge sentencing-guidelines | 1. Can a jury be instructed that it may convict based on a criminal defendant's conscious avoidance of knowledge of a necessary fact, without needing … |
| 20-127 | Douglas Jason Way v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-08-05 | Denied | Response Waived | drug-analogue federal-regulation harmless-error knowledge knowledge-standard mcfadden-precedent ninth-circuit rebuttal state-law state-law-compliance | 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals contradicted the holding of McFadden v. United States 576 U.S. 186 (2015) by ruling irrelevant petitione… |
| 19-8340 | Christopher Scruggs v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-04-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law distribution distribution-intent file-sharing knowledge knowledge-standard mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines | The Sentencing Commission promulgated Amendment 801, amending to only apply when a defendant 2G2.2(b) (3) (F) enhancement "knowingly engaged in distri… |
| 19-1149 | UPMC, et al. v. United States, ex rel. J. William Bookwalter, III, et al. | Third Circuit | 2020-03-19 | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | ambiguity civil-penalty civil-procedure false-claims-act knowledge knowledge-standard pleading-standard regulatory-ambiguity regulatory-provision scienter treble-damages | Whether a plaintiff plausibly alleges scienter—that a defendant knowingly submitted false claims—when the plaintiff does not allege any facts to sugge… |
| 19-5753 | Trayone Lefferio Bell v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-08-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1029 constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-law-mens-rea criminal-procedure due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states intent jury-instructions knowingly knowledge mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | 1) To satisfy the "knowingly" and with "intent" in 18 U.S.C. § 1029(A)(3), Do Courts have to prove precise "mens rea" as set forth in Rehaif v. United… |
| 19-5601 | Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-16 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felony felony-status firearms firearms-possession indictment-requirements interstate-commerce knowledge mens-rea prior-conviction statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) provides for criminal penalties for felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of th… |
| 18-9301 | Skip Earnest Ralph Lomax v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-05-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confidential-informant criminal-enhancement criminal-law felon-possession firearms firearms-trafficking intent knowledge mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation unlawful-use | Did the court below err in finding that the firearms-trafficking enhancement applied when Mr. Lomax did not know that that confidential informant purc… |
| 18-8417 | Robert Jackson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-13 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-287 circuit-split criminal-law false-claim false-claims false-claims-act good-faith-defense knowledge mens-rea statutory-interpretation willfulness | I. In a prosecution for filing a false claim against the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287, does the mens rea element require a showing of… |
| 18-7896 | Ricardo Montanez-Quinones v. United States | First Circuit | 2019-02-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography distribution evidence knowingly-distributed knowledge plea-agreement prosecutorial-discretion sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines | What constitutes sufficient evidence of knowledge to support two level enhancement for "knowingly engaging in distribution" of child pornography under… |
| 18-7296 | Demetrio Cisneros v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-01-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-actions due-process global-tech investigative-duty knowledge knowledge-standard patent standing willful-blindness | Can failure to investigate suspicious circumstances, without more, constitute knowledge of the specific contraband being imported? |