| 24-5449 |
Kimberly Ann Smith v. Menard, Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-09-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure-rules electronically-stored-information evidence-preservation preponderance-standard rule-37-sanctions spoliation |
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals holds that, under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 37(e), before a Rule 37(e)(2) remedy can be awarded, there… |
| 24A25 |
B.S. v. D.S. |
California |
2024-07-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process evidence-threshold preponderance-standard protection-order |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7287 |
Khan Mohammed v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2024-04-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-conflict clear-and-convincing-evidence law-of-case-doctrine law-of-the-case-doctrine preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-watts |
1. Whether the Government may be required to prove the factual basis for a sentencing enhancement by clear and convincing evidence, rather than a prep… |
| 23-5583 |
Fernando Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence double-counting felon-in-possession fifth-amendment preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard relevant-conduct sentencing sixth-amendment |
L. Whether alleged possession of a different gun 17 months after Mr. Lopez's charged felon-in-possession offense constituted relevant conduct?
I. Whe… |
| 23-5085 |
Andre Rene Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial non-elemental-facts preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-jury-trial |
Whether the Constitution permits a sentencing judge to find non-elemental facts by a preponderance of the evidence and then rely on those facts to imp… |
| 22-6843 |
Edgar Barrera v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction mandatory-minimum mens-rea non-elemental-facts plea-bargaining preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
1) Whether the Constitution permits a sentencing judge to find non-elemental facts by a preponderance of the evidence and then rely on those facts to … |
| 22-6450 |
Dedrevionus C. Williams v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-fact-finding jury-trial preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
1. Does Florida's Statute §775.082(9) Prison Releasee Reoffender sentence violate a defendant's U.S. Constitutional rights per this Court's holdings i… |
| 21-6489 |
Edward F. Swanson v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-12-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment judicial-discretion jury-trial preponderance-standard sentencing statutory-scheme |
Question not identified. |
| 21-5848 |
Zackie Thomas Reed, IV v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
black-v-romano criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit narcotics narcotics-violation preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-standard revocation supervised-release |
Whether the preponderance of the evidence standard utilized by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a supervised release revoca… |
| 21-5146 |
Antonio Dewayne Adams v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum |
The Tenth Circuit's decision is in conflict with decisions from the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district
court's us… |
| 20-8432 |
Robert L. Garza v. Donald Kleine, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process judicial-authority judicial-discretion preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Does a judge exceed his legal authority by making factual findings by a preponderance of the evidence which expose a defendant to the elevated upper t… |
| 20-7856 |
Dennis Ayala v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-04-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review court-of-appeals district-court drug-quantity harmless-error judicial-discretion molina-martinez preponderance-standard sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred when it held, contrary to this Court's holding in Molina-Martinez, that any error in the District Court's choice be… |
| 20-707 |
Duane Joseph Johnson v. Eric D. Wilson, Warden |
District of Columbia |
2020-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-counsel brady-standard brady-v-maryland due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance preponderance-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. Must a habeas petitioner asserting ineffective assistance of appellate counsel establish by a preponderance that counsel's omitted argument was mer… |
| 19-8478 |
John King v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2020-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure fact-finding judicial-discretion jury-determination jury-fact-finding mcmillan-v-pennsylvania preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-watts |
I. BY A JURY TO ENHANCE A SENTENCE?
AFTER THIS COURT'S DECISION IN UNITED STATES V. ALLEYNE, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), NON-CONTROLLING, CAN THE PREPONDERAN… |
| 18-9781 |
Adam J. Winarske v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 acca-enhancement armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation |
Following the Supreme Court's decision in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), whether 28 U.S.C. § 2255 requires a Johnson petitioner to … |
| 18-5593 |
Maurice Mitchell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
as-applied-challenge commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felony-enhancement felony-offense firearm-possession preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-standard second-amendment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancement-2k2.1-b-6-b ussg-2k2.1 |
Whether the District Court committed error by failing to
sustain the defense objection to the four-level enhancement
of the sentence under USSG sectio… |