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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 23-7796 | Stewart Bitman v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-06-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2422(b) actual-innocence criminal-statute enticement ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel minor minor-protection plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the Petitioner is actually innocent of the counts of conviction whereas, although the Petitioner actually committed, the acts stipulated in… |
| 23-7220 | Luke John Scott, Sr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-04-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1153 congressional-amendment federal-jurisdiction felony-assault indian-country major-crimes-act minor statutory-interpretation | Does the federal government have jurisdiction to prosecute a state felony assault on a minor under the Major Crimes Act (MCA), after Congress amended … |
| 23-6896 | Anthony Rimas v. United States | First Circuit | 2024-03-05 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-2256 28-usc-994 congressional-authority law-enforcement-undercover minor minor-definition sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-interpretation undercover-law-enforcement | Has the Sentencing Commission overstepped its congressional authority granted it under 28 U.S.C. § 994 when, with no specific congressional directive … |
| 23-581 | Joey D. Thompson v. Asia Thompson | Tennessee | 2023-11-30 | Denied | child-custody family-law interstate-jurisdiction jurisdiction minor minor-rights parens-patriae parental-rights state-authority | Does the State of Tennessee have jurisdiction over the minor child "A. T."? | |
| 23-5581 | Matthew R. Osuba v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-09-14 | Denied | IFP | child-pornography criminal-law federal-statute lower-court-split minor minor-protection production sexual-exploitation sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction | Section 2251(a) of Title 18 to the U.S. Code, known as the production of child pornography statute, makes it a crime punishable by at least fifteen ye… |
| 23-5383 | Ramham Dupriest v. New Jersey | New Jersey | 2023-08-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech minor mistake-of-age obscene-material obscenity scienter | I. Does it violate First Amendment free speech protections to convict a person for conduct involving distributing obscene material to a minor without … |
| 22-7129 | Thomas P. Thayer v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-03-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach criminal-conviction federal-law minor minor-protection prior-conviction registration-requirement sex-offender-registration sex-offense statutory-interpretation | This Court has held that, where Congress makes the application of federal law turn on a prior "conviction" that, "by its nature," "involves" certain "… |
| 22-7117 | Noel Macapagal v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-03-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | adult-intermediary commerce-clause criminal-enticement enticement federal-crime interstate-commerce minor minor-protection state-authority statutory-interpretation | The government convicted petitioner-defendant Noel Macapagal of violating 18 U.S.C. §2422(b). As the government invoked it to convict Macapagal, this … |
| 22-7010 | Jeffrey Jay York v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-03-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-enticement criminal-law enticement entrapment evidence government-agents interstate-facilities interstate-transmission jury-evidence minor minor-solicitation | WHETHER THE GOVERMENT PRESENTED SUFFICENT EVIDENCE TO CONVICT YORK/ I. OF ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR A. WHETHER THE GOVERMENT PRESENTED SUFFICIENT EVIDENC… |
| 22-5929 | Juan Salvador Cordova-Briseno v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-10-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-sentencing immigration minor standard-of-review statutory-interpretation unaccompanied-minor | I. Did the district court abuse its discretion in applying the 4-level enhancement for transporting an unaccompanied minor under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.1(b)(4… |
| 22-247 | Jacqueline Chui v. Benjamin Tze-Man Chui, et al. | California | 2022-09-15 | Denied | Response Waived | 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection guardian-ad-litem minor minor-rights | 1. Does the California guardian ad litem procedure which prevents challenge, deprive a 17year-old minor of her due process rights under the 14th Amend… |
| 22-5558 | Vince Edward LaSane v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-09-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure defense-knowledge due-process felony jury-conviction jury-instructions legal-error minor registration-requirements sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation | Whether the District Court erroneously denied Mr. Lasane's request that Jury instruction on Count Two (committing a felony offense involving a minor w… |
| 21-1461 | Nathan Vercellino v. Optum Insight, Inc., et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2022-05-18 | Denied | Response Waived | equitable-lien erisa medical-expenses minor minor-rights real-party-in-interest statute-of-limitations subrogation | The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of Summary Judgment in favor of Optum Insight, Inc., United Healthcare Services, Inc., and Amer… |
| 21-829 | Timothy Scott Hardin v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-12-03 | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | 18-usc-2252 18-usc-2252a age-of-consent categorical-approach criminal-law federal-sentencing minor sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements state-statutes statutory-interpretation | Under federal law, the Model Penal Code, and the laws of 39 states and the District of Columbia, consensual sex between a 21-year-old and a 17-year-ol… |
| 21-6092 | Earvin R. Davis v. Connie Horton, Warden | Michigan | 2021-10-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment charging-instruments civil-action constitutional-rights conviction-and-sentence due-process judicial-procedure minor minor-imprisonment | I. DID THE TRIAL COURT VIOLATE PETITIONER DAVIS'S 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS WHEN THEY USED A CIVIL ACTION TO IMPRISON HIM AS A MINOR? II. D… |
| 21-5789 | KT Burgee, aka Kape Teal Burgee v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-09-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach criminal-classification federal-offense minor minor-protection residual-clause sex-offender-registration sex-offense sorna statutory-interpretation | It is a federal offense for a person who is required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to knowing… |
| 19-7781 | John Charles Fortner v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-02-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-crimes felony-offense minor minor-involvement minors sentencing sentencing-enhancement sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation | 18 U.S.C. § 2260A is a penalty provision which provides for an additional 10 year consecutive sentence if the defendant is: (1) required to register u… |
| 19-702 | Alen Dean O'Bryant v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2019-12-03 | Denied | credibility due-process evidentiary-bolstering minor minor-witness physical-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-assault vouching witness-credibility | Does Due Process prohibit a State from presenting multiple witnesses and the prosecutor from vouching for the credibility of a minor complaining witne… | |
| 19-6826 | Jennifer Castro v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-12-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | affirmative-defenses age-of-consent criminal-law criminal-statute human-trafficking mens-rea minor minor-victims prostitution prostitution-law reasonable-belief sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation strict-liability | Is 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a), which bars employing a minor to engage in prostitution, a strict liability offense requiring no proof of the defendant's knowl… |
| 18-8469 | Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-03-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2422(b) age-of-consent coercion consensual-sexual-activity criminal-attempt criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process enticement entrapment federal-criminal-law mens-rea minor sexual-activity statutory-interpretation | The plain language of the crime of attempted enticement or coercion, pursuant to 18 U.S.C § 2422(b), requires that a person under the age of 18 must b… |
| 18-836 | Phil Miranda Luna v. Florida | Florida | 2019-01-03 | Denied | Response Waived | capital-sexual-battery criminal-procedure due-process entrapment internet-sting internet-sting-operation jury-instruction jury-instructions minor sexual-battery statutory-entrapment traveling-to-engage-sex-with-minor | QUESTION 1: Whether due process is denied when a trial court refuses to instruct a jury on a statutory entrapment defense because a defendant, charged… |
| 18-6755 | Daederick Lacy v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-11-20 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | age-of-consent criminal-sexual-activity interstate-commerce mens-rea minor prostitution statutory-interpretation transportation-of-minors | Does the statute require proof that the defendant knew the individual transported had not attained the age of 18 years? Does the statute require proo… |
| 18-651 | Jason Craig Montgomery v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-20 | Denied | 18-usc-2422b attempt coerce criminal-attempt entice induce intent interstate-communication interstate-communications minor minor-solicitation persuade sexual-activity statutory-interpretation substantial-step telecommunications-act | I. Does a defendant attempt to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a minor, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b), where the defendant communicates… | |
| 18-5637 | Afelix Desir v. Florida | Florida | 2018-08-17 | Denied | IFP | criminal-law criminal-statute due-process fundamental-error information-charging jury-instructions minor minor-protection sexual-activity sexual-offense | Does a trial court commit fundamental error when it instructs a jury regarding both "Penile/Vaginal intercourse" unlawful sexual activity with specifi… |
| 18-5164 | George Adrien Brooks v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-07-06 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-2422(b) attempted-inducement circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law intent intent-requirement mens-rea minor minor-protection minors sexual-abuse sexual-activity sexual-inducement statutory-interpretation | 18 U.S.C. § 2242(b) criminalizes, among other things, the attempted inducement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. The question presented by this… |