mandatory-minimum-sentencing

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-7085	Christopher Adin Graham v. United States	Ninth Circuit	2026-03-23	Pending	Response WaivedIFP	18-USC-1591 beyond-reasonable-doubt fifth-amendment mandatory-minimum-sentencing sex-trafficking sixth-amendment	Whether, in prosecutions involving adult victims under 18 U.S.C. § 1591, the Government must prove to the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the "off…
18-7396	Alonzo Fishback v. Mike Parris, Warden	Sixth Circuit	2019-01-14	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	aedpa credibility credibility-of-counsel deference-to-state-court due-process federal-review federal-review-of-state-court-findings habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum-sentencing sixth-amendment state-post-conviction state-post-conviction-review	The Anti-Te rrorism and Effe ctive De ath Penalty Act (A EDPA) re quires a f ederal habe as corpus c ourt to g ive substantial defe rence to the findi…
18-5214	David R. McGinley v. Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	2018-07-11	Denied	IFP	collateral-review constitutional-error constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentencing new-substantive-rules retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rules supreme-court-holdings	IS IT A CONSTITUTIONAL ERROR THAT CONFLICTS WITH UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HOLDINGS WHERE STATE COURTS FOUND A MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING STATUTE …