leadership-enhancement
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-7434 | Ivan Gutierrez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-06-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | codefendant criminal-sentencing equal-protection leadership-enhancement sentencing-guidelines ussg-section | Did imposing a leadership enhancement on Petitioner, pursuant to USSG § 3B1.1(b) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, but not on his codefendan… |
| 24-6678 | Omari Howard Patton v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-02-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure drug-quantity extrapolation leadership-enhancement sentencing-guidelines uncharged-participants | WHEN FEDERAL DEFENDANTS ARE ATTRIBUTED A DRUG QUANTITY BASED ON EXTRAPOLATION AND THE CHEMIST FAILS TO TESTIFY AS TO HOW THE EXTRAPOLATION WAS CONDUCT… |
| 21-6901 | Wilbert Mathes v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-01-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-counsel certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure drug-quantity drug-quantity-enhancement evidentiary-hearing fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel leadership-enhancement sentencing sentencing-errors | Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court erred or alternatively abused its discretion by conclud… |
| 20-8197 | Samuel Earl Smith v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-06-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure defendant-role fifth-circuit leader-organizer leadership-enhancement sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines | The Fifth Circuit's holding in finding that Mr. Smith was a leader or organizer under the United States Sentencing Guidelines evidences a circuit spli… |
| 20-5244 | David Lopez v. United States | First Circuit | 2020-08-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | application-note base-offense-level criminal-procedure judicial-discretion leadership-enhancement rico rico-violation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Did the district court and the First Circuit err by declining to apply Application Note One as written? |
| 18-8948 | Angel Morales De-Jesus v. United States | First Circuit | 2019-04-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-amendment 6th-amendment conspiracy due-process leadership-enhancement mandatory-minimum sentencing sixth-amendment | 1. At Sentencingthe District Court calculated a higher oftense tevel than the plea to the united states Constitution? 2. Angel morates-De Jesus agree… |
| 18-6518 | Gregory Crum v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-10-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court-discretion drug-crimes drug-offense drug-offenses foreign-origin leadership-enhancement methamphetamine relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review | I. Whether the district court abused its discretion in determining relevant conduct. 2; Whether Greg Crum should receive a leadership enhancement. 3… |