residual-clause

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25-1141 Jason Tywann Bell v. John Gilley, Warden Fourth Circuit 2026-04-01 Pending Response Waived career-offender-guideline habeas-corpus mootness residual-clause sentencing-enhancement suspension-clause Whether, pursuant to United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950), this Court should vacate the court of appeals' judgment and remand with i…
25-6454 Derek Capozzi v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review johnson-retroactivity residual-clause section-2255 sentence-enhancement 1. Whether, to qualify under 18 U.S.C. § 2255 for relief from a sentence enhancement imposed by operation of the now abrogated residual clause of 18 U…
24-7479 Johnnie Franklin Wills v. Michael Reger, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Facility Fourth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process recidivist-statute residual-clause supreme-court-precedent Is a judicially crafted residual clause, which allows a life sentence to be imposed via a state recidivist statute only when certain underlying crime…
24-7240 Luis Fernandez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP crime-of-violence elements-clause habeas-corpus judicial-review residual-clause section-2255 In United State s v. Davi s, 588 U.S. 445 (2019 ), this Court declared unconstitutionally vague the "residual clause " definition of the term "crime o…
24A953 Luis Fernandez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-04-07 Presumed Complete 924c-conviction crime-of-violence general-verdict hobbs-act-robbery predicate-offense residual-clause Question not identified.
23-7166 Charles Edward Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-09 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law habeas-corpus recidivism recidivist-enhancement residual-clause retroactivity second-successive-motion sentencing three-strikes-statute vagueness Whether a constitutional challenge to 18 U.S.C. §3559(c)'s residual clause predicated on Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), is cognizable …
23A789 Charles Edward Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-27 Presumed Complete §2255-motion constitutional-retroactivity jurisdictional-limitation mandatory-life-sentence residual-clause successive-habeas Question not identified.
23-479 Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies, Inc. Third Circuit 2023-11-07 Denied circuit-split contract-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce intrastate-transportation residual-clause seamen-railroad-employees statutory-interpretation transportation-worker-exemption transportation-workers Does the residual clause in Section 1 of the FAA exempt a class of transportation workers that directly transports passengers across state lines, but …
23-5933 Samuel Lee Lynch v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-battery constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-v-united-states residual-clause statutory-interpretation vagueness violent-felony 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3559(¢)(1)'s residual clause is unconstitutional in light of This Court's opinions in Dimaya and Johnson? 2. Whether Florida's…
23-5426 Christopher Robertson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-robbery constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act jury-instructions misstatement-of-law residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1) CAN A DEFENDANT BE CONVICTED OF A 4(c) OFFENSE IF DEFENDANT WAS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED HOBBS ACT ROBBERY? 2) CAN A DEFENDANT BE CONVICTED OF A OFF…
23-5331 Al Douglas Wordly v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Whether Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), establishes "cause" to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predicate…
22-7862 Lazaro Veliz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-exception circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause vagueness Whether Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), establishes "cause" to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predicate…
22-6866 Antonio Rosello v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), establishes "cause" to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predicate…
22-6705 Charles Wesley Clearwater v. K. Bennett, Warden Eighth Circuit 2023-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process inmate-rights rdap rdap-program residual-clause time-credit vagueness Is it a violation of an inmates Constitutional Rights to due process, to use the Residual Clause criteria to deny him from receiving the on year time …
22-6497 Timothy Martin Kendrick v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender categorical-approach criminal-law due-process johnson-ruling residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1) Does the struckdown 18 USc. g924 (e)(2)(B)(ii) residual under Johnson(2015) as applied to "ACCA equally apply to Mandatory Guideline USSGj4B1.2(a) …
22-6358 Bernard Thomas Edmond v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 924(c)(3) armed-career-criminal-act due-process hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense residual-clause sixth-circuit Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously decided that the petitioner's predicate offense for his Sec. 924© is the conspiracy charge and …
22-5720 Mark Julian Edmonds v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge procedural-standard residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional Was Mr. Edmonds required to prove, in district court, that it is "more likely than not" that the sentencing judge "actually relied on" the ACCA's unco…
22-5549 Emmanuel Maxime v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied IFP 18-usc-924 28-usc-2255 cause-exception circuit-split constitutional-vagueness habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states procedural-default residual-clause Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), establishes "cause" to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predica…
22-5503 Jose Vargas-Soto v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-02 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge direct-appeal due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus johnson-decision procedural-default residual-clause sentencing vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the doctrine of procedural default bars a court from granting relief to a defendant whose conviction and sentence were predicated on an uncons…
21-7434 Darryl Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender circuit-split crime-of-violence due-process equal-protection residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines This Court holds various residual clauses are unconstitutionally vague under the Due Process Clause, but has not yet addressed the residual clause in …
21-7276 Julio Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus harmless-error residual-clause standing unconstitutional-vagueness 1. Whether a certificate of appealability can be issued despite controlling circuit authority to the contrary. 2. Whether a general verdict that was …
21-6750 Claude Jerome Wilson, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split constitutional-rule habeas-corpus johnson-claim residual-clause sentencing-enhancement violent-felony In Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), this Court invalidated the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, but left intact the two…
21-6534 Wilfredo Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict harmless-error jury-verdict residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a conviction obtained in reliance on an unconstitutionally vague residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) may be sustained based on a revie…
21-780 Ewin Oscar Martinez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-2119 actual-innocence carjacking carjacking-statute crime-of-violence criminal-procedure habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause Ewin Oscar Martinez was convicted in 2000 of using and carrying a firearm during a "crime of violence" in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), based upon …
21-6217 Alberto Grajales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict harmless-error judicial-review residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a general verdict that was obtained in reliance on the unconstitutionally vague residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(B) may be sustained b…
21-6192 Benjamin Joseph Langford v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process habeas-relief iowa-robbery-statute johnson-ruling predicate-conviction residual-clause sentencing serious-violent-felony statutory-interpretation three-strikes united-states-v-johnson Whether Mr. Langford was improperly denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief from his "three strikes" mandatory life sentence, pursuant to United States v. John…
21-6067 Johnnie Franklin Wills v. Karen Pszczolkowski, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Facility West Virginia 2021-10-25 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-v-united-states recidivism recidivist-statute residual-clause sentencing sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is a judicially crafted residual clause, which allows a life sentence to be imposed via a state recidivist statute only when certain underlying crimes…
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…
21-5319 John Louis Devencenzi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking circuit-split crime-of-violence intimidation mandatory-minimum-sentences physical-force residual-clause statutory-interpretation By its plain language, federal carjacking can be committed by "intimidation." 18 U.S.C. § 2119. This Court recognizes carjacking by intimidation is sa…
20-8053 William Leroy Sanders v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act iowa-interference-with-official-acts johnson-precedent mathis-analysis mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach residual-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-overbreadth violent-felony Whether Mr. Sanders was improperly denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief from his fifteen-year Armed Career Criminal Sentence, pursuant to United States v. J…
20-8016 Rico Blackwell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied IFP actual-innocence collateral-attack-waiver criminal-procedure davis-challenge federal-sentencing habeas-corpus plea-bargaining procedural-default residual-clause section-924c statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Mr. Blackwell is serving a long federal prison sentence for the paired crimes of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and use of a firearm during and rel…
20-7866 Paul Demetrius Lamar Gray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause physical-force pinkerton-conspiracy pinkerton-liability postal-robbery residual-clause statutory-interpretation violent-crime Before United States U. Johnson, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), the federal courts routinely relied on the residual clause to hold that convictions sustained un…
20-7792 Ralph Stephen Gambina v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied IFP career-offender criminal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation timeliness timeliness-provision 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
20-7629 Robert Earl Martin v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states legal-precedent residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether application of Johnson to the virtually identical residual clause in § 3559(c) does not require a new rule of constitutional law, but merely r…
20-7522 Joshua R. Jones v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
20-7386 Andrew Chapnick v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation timeliness-provision 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
20-7091 Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states jurisdictional-challenge residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review violent-felony The overall issue is whether, under law set forth in Johnson, Mr. Chaney should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions o…
20-7007 Vernon Allen Collins v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii-standing civil-procedure constitutional-minimum coram-nobis due-process johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing I. WHETHER THE APPELLATE COURT ADOPTIONS OF THE DISTRICT COURT DISPOSITIVE PROCEDURAL CONCLUSIONS ERRED IN HOLDING COLONS HAD FAILED TO PROVE ARTICLE …
20-6995 Floyd Clark v. United States District of Columbia 2021-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment johnson-precedent motion-for-new-trial newly-discovered-evidence recanting-affidavit residual-clause 1. Whether there was a sufficient final determination by the trial court such that the Circuit Court could have reached a determination of the substan…
20-6909 Brian Gale v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law district-court due-process elements-clause hobbs-act residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation "WHETHER HOBBS ACT ROBBERY QUALIFIES AS A "CRIME OF VIOLENCE"?, WHERE THE DISTRICT COURT FAILED TO ADVANCE ANY THEORY (i.e. "residual clause, force c…
20-6478 Barry Addison Gray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C.-§-2255 career-offender career-offender-sentencing-guideline due-process johnson-ruling Johnson-v-United-States residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines vagueness I. Are 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motions raising due process vagueness challenges to fixed sentences imposed through application of the pre-2005 mandatory care…
20-6466 Louis Anthony Jackson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied IFP 924(c) 924(c)-sentence certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-decision due-process hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing [1] WHETHER A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED, WHERE MR. JACKSON ARGUED THAT IN LIGHT OF THIS COURT'S DECISION IN UNITED STATES …
20-6428 Ronald Herron v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c advance-knowledge aiding-and-abetting criminal-conviction due-process firearm-conduct firearm-related-conduct jury-instruction residual-clause section-924c unconstitutional Did the second circuit err by affirming petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) convictions – either under § 924(c)(3)(b), which has been declared unconstitut…
20-6356 Ryan Dennis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied IFP acca criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus physical-force reckless-injury residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether an offense that can be committed by recklessly causing serious injury has "the use of physical force against the person of another" as an e…
20-6290 Orlando Sanchez v. United States Third Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender constitutional-vagueness johnson-v-united-states postconviction-motion residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version of the Sentencing Guidelin…
20-6221 Miguel Nunez v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-challenge federal-law johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines Whether a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of the mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely…
20-6143 Saul Mangual-Corchado v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking-statute civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process force-clause johnson-standard residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine THE COURT SHOULD ISSUE A W.O.C. AND ADDRESS WHETHER THE FEDERAL CARJACKING OFFENSE DOES CONSTITUTE A "CRIME OF VIOLENCE" WITHIN THE MEANING OF 18 U.S.…
20-5928 Rick Lee Archer v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines vagueness I. Are 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitions filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), raising due process vagueness challenges …
20-5927 Gene Michael Diulio v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentencing mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines vagueness I. Are 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motions filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), raising due process vagueness challenges to…
20-5757 Jerrieus Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process firearms-offense plea-agreement plea-bargaining residual-clause sentencing void-for-vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1951(a), aiding and abetting interference with commerce by robbery, falls under the residual clause found at 18 U.S.C. § 92…
19-8924 William R. Jenkins v. United States Third Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-motion residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness The question presented is whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version …
19-8820 Cesar Velazquez v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-relief residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness The question presented is whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version …
19-8745 Bernard Scott, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-relief residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness The question presented is whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version …
19-8735 Michael A. Jackson v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-relief residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version …
19-8640 Paul N. Littles v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C-2255 career-offender constitutional-vagueness Johnson-v-United-States mandatory-sentencing-guidelines postconviction-motion residual-clause sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent unconstitutionally-vague The question presented is whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version …
19-8597 Lewis McKenzie v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof gatekeeping-requirement johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement violent-felony In Johnson v. United States, this Court invalidated the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, but left intact the two remaining definition…
19-1282 Avery Terry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-924c appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal-waiver due-process force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL PURSUANT TO AN INVALID APPEAL WAIVER, AFTER MAKING ERRONEOUS FINDINGS, OVERLOOKING AND MIS…
19-8191 Benjamin Velasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre- Booker…
19-8190 George Lyle Cullett, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker-sentencing residual-clause section-2255 timeliness timeliness-standard 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
19-8100 Jorge Rodriguez-Luca v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-8041 Stanley Edward Jamison, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-right timely-motion Whether Mr. Jamison's § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), claiming that Johnson invalidates the p…
19-7976 Lonnie Victor Fleming v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
19-7958 Anthony Quinones v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard vagueness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre- Booker…
19-7974 Jesse Moreno v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness-standard 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre- Booker…
19-7977 Robert Morris Hoff v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard vagueness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre- Booker…
19-7981 Marcos Robert Castaneda v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentencing-guidelines ninth-circuit residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines timeliness void-for-vagueness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre Booker …
19-7947 Bobby Joe Floyd v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timeliness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
19-7933 Larry Donnell Bogard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
19-7755 Scott Michael Patrick v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the right initially recognized in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory G…
19-7726 Larry Watkins, Sr. v. United States Second Circuit 2020-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-reform-act constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence moot-question mootness pretrial-bail residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness Whether the judgment below should be vacated for deciding a moot question.
19-7616 Fred Blajos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline crime-of-violence elements-clause habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timeliness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
19-7604 Richard Allen Lumpkin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-7434 Andrea Zambrano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3b carjacking-statute crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis 1. Whether United States v. Davis , 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), retroactively invalidates the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B). 2. Whether "in…
19-7412 Alford D. Embry, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-7242 Bryan Whitehead v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 5th-amendment conviction conviction-and-sentence crime-of-violence due-process fifth-amendment jury-determination residual-clause sentence sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis I. Whether the Petitioner was denied his Fifth Amendment right to due process of law by virtue of his conviction and sentence under the residual claus…
19-6884 Glen B. Clay, aka Glenn B. Clay v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act district-court-review due-process johnson-v-united-states procedural-default residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-proof successive-motion Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's decision that it could not consider on the merits Mr. Clay's successive motion ba…
19-6818 John D. Ward v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, USSG § 4B1.2(a)(2)? II. Whethe…
19-6832 James Henry Lacy, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines timeliness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
19-6785 Bobbie London, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied IFP career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-habeas federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-petition johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline residual-clause statute-of-limitations unconstitutionally-vague vagueness-doctrine 1. Under the statute of limitations applicable to federal habeas proceedings, are habeas petitions challenging sentences fixed by the mandatory career…
19-6755 Frederick Garcia-Cruz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure debatable-among-jurists-of-reason due-process habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason mandatory-sentencing ninth-circuit residual-clause sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's "debatable among jurists of reason" standard for a certificate of appealability. 2. Whether the …
19-6759 James A. Lackey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-deference jurists-of-reason mandatory-sentencing-guidelines ninth-circuit residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review vagueness void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's "debatable among jurists of reason" standard for a certificate of appealability. 2. Whether the …
19-6686 Darren Kevin Hunter v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-6689 Frank Fernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-purposes 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
19-6658 Booker Terry Simmons v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline civil-procedure constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
19-6670 Michael Bridge v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure brief-formatting career-offender constitutional-rights due-process johnson-v-united-states judicial-discretion mandatory-guidelines procedural-fairness residual-clause sentencing-guidelines timeliness Whether Pennsylvania Superior Court can dismiss an 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
19-6510 Timothy L. Douglas v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255f3 career-offender criminal-law criminal-sentencing-guidelines-4b1.1-4b1.2 due-process guidelines johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-6521 Marcus T. Simmons v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP career-offender criminal-justice criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 guidelines johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-6492 Tylan Tremaine Autrey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing-guidelines vagueness Petitioner was convicted of federal kidnapping and sentenced as a career offender in 2000, under the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines, when the Gu…
19-6379 Timothy Edward Holz v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied IFP career-offender collateral-review crime-of-violence johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentence-enhancement mandatory-sentencing pre-booker pre-booker-mandatory residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-4b1.2a Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), invalidated U.S. Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(a)---the career offender guideline's residual…
19-6353 Bekir Buluc, aka Celebi Buluc, aka Bekir Celibi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-penalties deportation due-process immigration immigration-law residual-clause rule-of-lenity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the general, residual phrase "takes any other action" in 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1)(C) must be interpreted to embrace only actions like those in th…
19-6357 James Alton Turner, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 acca-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process,criminal-procedure,sentencing,acca,joh elements-clause habeas-relief johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-court sentencing-guidelines violent-felonies (1) Whether, where the record is unclear, a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner residual clause to determine that his prior offenses were violent felonies, be…
19-6287 Seferino Martinez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender criminal-sentencing-guidelines johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the analogous residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-6037 John Anzures v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach commercial-burglary generic-burglary johnson-motion johnson-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach residual-clause sentencing-enhancement stitt-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states When a Johnson petitioner would not be an armed career criminal if sentenced today, is it right to endorse the Tenth Circuit's "relevant legal backgro…
19-5793 Anton Jevon Alexander v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c bank-robbery constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness supreme-court-precedent underlying-crime vagueness vagueness-doctrine In United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), this Court held that the residual clause contained in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(b) is unconstitutionall…
19-5770 Danny Lee Banks v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment johnson-precedent residual-clause sentencing sixth-amendment unconstitutional unconstitutional-sentencing 1) DID THE APPEALS COURT AND DISTRICT COURT VIOLATE BANKAS FIFTH, SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY UPHOLDING A SENTENCE THAT WAS BASED ON TH…
19-5460 Jose Ortega v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure grant-vacate-remand residual-clause section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand Mr. Ortega's case in light of United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), after the Court of Ap…
19-5425 Damien Riley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review career-offender criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process residual-clause sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness united-states-code united-states-v-booker Whether a sentence imposed under the Career Offender Guidelines is reasonable in light of the subsequent 798 Amendment to the Guidelines, in a case wh…
19-5308 Oscar Minaya v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c civil-rights conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentence sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness, a question that the Court has now answered in United States v. Davis…
19-5307 James D. Brigman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-5315 Raymond Aguilar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-U.S.C-§-2244 28-U.S.C-§-2255 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 court-of-appeals district-court habeas-corpus johnson-rule residual-clause section-2244 section-2255 successive-motion successive-petitions void-for-vagueness I. When a court of appeals grants authorization to file a successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)(2), does 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(4) permit a distric…
19-5316 Abelee Bronson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-guidelines-mandatory habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sessions-v-dimaya void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the analogous residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-5262 Eulos Ceasar Knight v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-error criminal-record due-process guidelines johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-tucker welch-v-united-states Where sentencing is imposed based on misinformation of constitutional magnitude regarding the import of the defendant's criminal record, did the Ninth…
19-5219 Bobby G. Pullen v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 criminal-sentencing guidelines-interpretation habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines successive-habeas-petitions successive-motion vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness I. When a court of appeals grants authorization to file a successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)(2), does 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(4) permit a distric…
19-5141 William Wade v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924c-sentencing circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process johnson-dimaya physically-restrained-enhancement residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1. The 10th Circuit has already declared that the 924(c) "residual" clause is unconstitutional in light of this Courts Johnson v US and Sessions v Dim…
18-9830 Michael Franklin Einfeldt v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-petition burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines violent-felonies violent-felony Whether, where the record is unclear, a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner should be required to "affirmatively prove" that the sentencing court relied on th…
18-9807 Robert Wilson, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 acca-enumerated-offense-clause acca-statute criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 due-process habeas-corpus johnson-relief johnson-v-united-states procedural-default residual-clause sentencing sentencing-court sentencing-guidelines violent-felonies violent-felony (1) Whether, where the record is unclear, a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner should be required to "affirmatively prove" that the sentencing court relied o…
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 …
18-9760 Andrew D. Dixon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca acca-sentence-enhancement acca-statute armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure elements-clause johnson-precedent post-johnson precedent predicate-prior residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement Did the court error denying claims that the residual clause didn't apply to defendant by using Post-Johnson precedent claims and raising elements clau…
18-9653 Todd Ricks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was a basis for enhancing his sentence, but fails to show th…
18-9506 Kenyon Raheen Gadsden v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness 1. Whether a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, filed within one year of, Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) and claiming that Johnson inval…
18-9415 Michael Don Neely v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-interpretation illegal-sentence johnson-v-united-states judicial-review residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional Michael Neely is serving an illegal sentence after Johnson v. United States. However, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that he is not entitled …
18-9360 Lazaro Veliz v. John V. Flournoy, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-step-act johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the residual clause in 18 u.s.c. $924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness in light of this Court's decisions in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.…
18-9368 Antonio Dean Blackstone v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 2255-motion criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit residual-clause section-2255 section-924c timeliness-standard united-states-v-davis vagueness 1. Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case, where Petitioner filed a § 2255 claiming that Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2…
18-9343 Joe Carroll Ziglar v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split gatekeeping-requirement johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement violent-felony In Johnson v. United States , this Court invalidated the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, but left intact the two remaining definitio…
18-9302 Xing Lin v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-16 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness 1. Is the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) void for vagueness? 2. Should this Court hold petitioner's case for a ruling in United States v…
18-9277 Melvin Scott Morman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP §-2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure enumerated-offenses-clause johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement violent-felony In Johnson v. United States, this Court invalidated the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, but left intact the two remaining definition…
18-9244 Danny Herrera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-13 GVR IFP and whether a conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robb 18-usc-924 conspiracy constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-vagueness vagueness Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague in light of Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 S. Ct. 1204 (2018)? If a cond…
18-9210 Curtis Solomon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-09 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach collateral-review constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity successive-petition vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. If Davis holds § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague, is that ruling retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review? 2. If Davis rein…
18-9211 Leon Escourse-Westbrook v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-09 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability collateral-review conduct-based-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence residual-clause retroactivity vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. In Sessions v. Dimaya, 1388 S. Ct. 1204 (2018), this Court held the "crime of violence" definition in 18 U.S.C. § 16(b) void for vagueness for the …
18-9217 Kirk Lurton Grummitt, et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender-guidelines collateral-review criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statute-of-limitations (1) Whether the "right" in Johnson, which invalidated the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, triggers this statute of limitations for a…
18-9185 Bobby Martin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-08 GVR IFP 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process residual-clause sentencing sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent void-for-vagueness I. Whether reasonable jurors could debate whether Sessions v. Dimaya 188 S. Ct. 1204 (2018) and Johnson v United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015) invalid…
18-9161 Robert Leonard Wood v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states criminal-law johnson johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the Court should resolve the question left open by Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886 (2017), that continues to divide the courts of app…
18-8892 Carlos Hernandez Machin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute due-process mandatory-minimum residual-clause samuel-johnson sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability is in conflict with this Court's precedent when reasonable jurists are current…
18-8792 Mario Devant Cheers v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-robbery career-offender constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-precedent mandatory-guidelines mandatory-minimum residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness vagueness-doctrine In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) this Court initiated a twisting journey by holding unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.…
18-8737 Mario Bachiller v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-09 GVR IFP categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit johnson-retroactivity mandatory-minimum residual-clause retroactivity section-924c vagueness vagueness-doctrine I. Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), applies retroactively to a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion attacking a conviction and sentence im…
18-8703 Alan Wade Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act federal-prisoner legal-background procedural-review residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement silent-record successive-habeas-motion successive-motion When a federal prisoner demonstrates that, due to a silent record and the relevant legal background, the sentencing court may have relied on the Armed…
18-8435 Roy Allen Green v. United States Third Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review constitutional-vagueness due-process mandatory-sentencing residual-clause retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), this Court held unconstitutionally vague the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act ("A…
18-8324 Johnny Madison Williams, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C…
18-8309 Darwin Zoch v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca-interpretation armed-career-criminal-act due-process due-process,sentencing,acca,johnson-v-united-state habeas-corpus johnson-relief johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony (1) Whether, where the record is unclear, a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner should be required to "affirmatively prove" that the sentencing court relied o…
18-8042 Aaron Maurice Blaylock, aka Stephan Blaylock v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-U.S.C-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge due-process habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states motion-to-vacate residual-clause unconstitutional Should a certificate of appealability have issued after the district court denied as untimely a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate that sought to chall…
18-8025 Michael St. Hubert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation unconstitutionally-vague vagueness 1. Is the definition of "crime of violence" in the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstit utionally vague, given the Court's holding in…
18-7996 Emory Watkins v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-conspiracy residual-clause statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness (1) Whether the residual clause at 18 USC Sec. 924 ( c) (3) (B) is void for vagueness, a question that divides seven Court of Appeals? 2. Whether the…
18-7751 Brian Bolton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-guideline collateral-review constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines welch-v-united-states Whether the governments arguments are incorrectly that the Supreme Court's ruling in Johnson v. United States, 135 s. ct. 2551 (2015), is "procedural-…
18-7804 Denandias Watson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-7783 Todd Eugene Cannady v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-penal-code california-penal-code-211 categorical-approach commentary crime-of-violence johnson johnson-ruling residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-4b1.2 1. Can California robbery under California Penal Code § 211 be a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, where Johnson invalidated the residual clau…
18-7801 Calvin Fitzgerald Tannehill v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement Denial of a certificate of appealability in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding is appropriate only where "reasonable jurists would consider [it] to be beyo…
18-7765 Burgess Massey v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause habeas-corpus johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states new-york-robbery residual-clause retroactivity second-or-successive-habeas sentencing-enhancement violent-felony 1. Whether the New York State offense of robbery in the third degree is a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act …
18-7723 Randy Dempsey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-prisoner residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement successive-motion When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was a basis for enhancing his sentence, but fails to show th…
18-7680 Hector Cirino v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3b armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C…
18-7570 Anthony Eugene Hardeman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was the only lawful basis to enhance his sentence, but fails…
18-7573 Matthew Hearn v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity statutory-interpretation 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C…
18-7577 Roland Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act due-process habitual-offender johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states prior-convictions residual-clause sentencing sentencing-ambiguity statutory-maximum united-states-v-herrold united-states-v-johnson violent-felony Whether it is inconsistent with Welch v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1257 (2016), for a court to require a prisoner who files a second or successive mot…
18-7586 Zachary T. Frey v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation post-sentencing-case-law post-sentencing-law residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), this Court declared the Armed Career Criminal Act's (ACCA) residual clause unconstitutionally vag…
18-7538 Jeffrey Russo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statute-of-limitations suspension-clause A motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is considered timely if filed within one year of the date on which "the right asserted was initially recognized by the…
18-7543 Rodney Landingham v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied IFP criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime void-for-vagueness 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C…
18-7470 Carl Lee Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied IFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking categorical-approach crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-carjacking intimidation physical-force residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Is federal carjacking by way of intimidation a crime of violence as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s force clause? 2. In light of this Court'…
18-7379 Edward Bruno Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 acca-sentence armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (Johnson), this Court declared unconstitutional the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal A…
18-7252 Eddie Ray Wiese, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act federal-prisoner fifth-circuit johnson-claim residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was the only lawful substantive basis to enhance his sentenc…
18-7238 Antron Edwards v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof civil-rights collateral-review due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-burden-of-proof statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-7086 Alex Joe Hernandez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-retroactivity due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states judicial-interpretation prior-convictions residual-clause sentencing sentencing-error standing welch-v-united-states The question in this case has arisen with great frequency in the wake of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and Welch v. United States,…
18-6989 Jessie Lee Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied IFP acca-sentencing armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states post-sentencing-case-law residual-clause retroactivity statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-6915 Carlton Robinson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender career-offender-guideline collateral-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-law-procedure johnson-precedent residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing supreme-court-retroactivity vagueness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker career offender g…
18-6936 Anthony Bernard Harris v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-6833 Jose Ramon Zuniga, aka Josue Ararel Zuniga-Zaragoza, aka Jose Ramon Zuniga-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discretion due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion offense-level residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-standards statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a Guideline which incorporates by reference § 16(b)'s residual clause may serve as the basis for increasing the defendant's offense level u…
18-6809 Desmond Camp v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act Hobbs-Act-robbery physical-violence residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. May Hobbs Act robbery serve as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(c) when Hobbs Act robbery does not match the elements clause of S…
18-6760 David Junior Upshaw v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca-sentencing armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-procedure mandatory-guidelines post-sentencing-law pre-booker-mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness 1. May a defendant, faced with a silent record below, prove that his ACCA enhanced sentence was in deed based upon the residual clause through a proce…
18-6675 In Re Ryan Lee Zater 2018-11-13 Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus residual-clause section-2244 section-924c sentencing supervisory-powers vagueness Considering this circuit split that has developed, does the Fourth Circuit's denial of Zater's §2244 application, which would have been granted in oth…
18-6599 Horace Vonche Jordan v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability collateral-review criminal-sentencing due-process mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness vagueness-doctrine In Johnson v. United States , 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) , this Court declared the Armed Career Criminal Act's (ACCA) residual clause unconstitutionally v…
18-6569 Mark Lee Murray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states mandatory-consecutive-sentence residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively invalidates the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B). 2. Whether ge…
18-6548 Salvatore Leone v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement successive-habeas-motion welch-v-united-states Are federal courts precluded from granting a federal prisoner's successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate an illegal sentence based on Johnson wher…
18-6370 Charles Harper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement welch-v-united-states In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-6385 Jeffrey Bernard Beeman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule residual-clause sentencing-challenge statutory-interpretation In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-6328 Carlton Roland Hunter v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split collateral-review johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states post-sentencing-case-law residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement welch-v-united-states In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-6281 Terry E. Callins v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split collateral-review habeas-corpus mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-retroactivity teague-v-lane timeliness Did Mr. Callins file his § 2255 motion within one year of "the date on which the right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court," which …
18-6284 Alphonso Churchwell, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender collateral-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (Samuel Johnson), this Court declared the Armed Career Criminal Act's (ACCA) residual clause uncon…
18-6232 Dion Dakota Johnson v. United States Third Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c categorical-approach categorical-approach-18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation third-circuit vagueness Does the categorical approach apply in determining whether an offense is a "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)? In light of Johnso…
18-6096 Michael Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-09-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-U.S.C.-2255 28-usc-2255 acca armed-career-criminal-act case-law evidentiary-record johnson johnson-ruling predicate-conviction residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement I. May a court may grant a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition challenging his sentence under Johnson when the evidentiary record is silent as to whether the pe…
18-6013 Richard Carl Wyatt v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied IFP acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states presumption presumption-of-regularity residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement (1) Whether a § 2255 petitioner seeking relief under Johnson must affirmatively prove that he was sentenced under the residual clause of the ACCA. (2…
18-5939 Gary Michael Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timely-filing vagueness 1. Whether a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. _, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and asser…
18-5876 Steven Sanford v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split collateral-review johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether a court may grant a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition collaterally challenging a sentence under Johnson when the sentencing judge never specified - an…
18-5808 Rafael Angel Rondon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c 6th-amendment constitutional-law crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-law jury-instructions residual-clause sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-crime Whether the Eleventh Circuit's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) pattern jury instruction violates the Sixth Amendment because it concludes that the crutial question…
18-229 Ralph Curry v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split johnson-v-united-states judicial-review post-sentencing-caselaw residual-clause section-2255-motion sentencing-court sentencing-enhancement standard-of-proof successive-28-usc-2255-motion Where a sentencing record is silent as to the basis for an enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), may a District Court grant a succes…
18-5692 Melvin Jordan, III v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability enumerated-clause habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing violent-felony (1) Whether a § 2255 petitioner seeking relief under Johnson must affirmatively prove that he was sentenced under the residual clause of the ACCA. (2…
18-5674 Roger Clay Swain v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender collateral-review due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-ruling mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-retroactivity timeliness Did Mr. Swain file his § 2255 motion within one year of "the date on which the right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court," which "h…
18-5594 Cory Devon Washington v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus illegal-sentence judicial-review residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional Cory Washington is serving an illegal sentence. However, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that he is not entitled to relief. The question is wh…
18-5475 Johnaton Sampson George v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act habeas-corpus habeas-relief habeas-relief-eligibility johnson-v-united-states procedural-eligibility procedural-requirements residual-clause substantive-eligibility substantive-requirements To establish both procedural and substantive eligibility for habeas relief under Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), a petitioner must s…
18-5431 Melvin Andrew Morris v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process residual-clause sentencing standing Question not identified.
18-5398 Kenneth Floyd Prutting v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-30 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 2nd-amendment armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause samuel-johnson section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement In 1993, Mr. Prutting was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") to 264 mon…
18-5293 George Anthony Autobee v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 armed-bank-robbery constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence felony-force-clause johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation timeliness 1. Whether Mr. Autobee's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) was timely because it …
18-5263 Bobby Ree McGee, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied IFP 2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability elements-clause johnson-claim residual-clause samuel-johnson section-2255 statutory-maximum violent-felony Mr. McGee was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") to 180 months' impriso…
18-5268 Jeremiah T. Sailor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 acca burden-of-proof collateral-review johnson johnson-v-united-states record residual-clause sentencing 1.) Whether a court may grant a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition collaterally challenging a sentence under Johnson when the sentencing judge never specified …
18-5245 Jesus M. Rios-Ramos v. United States First Circuit 2018-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-law due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness Whether this Court should address the application and contours of the residual clause of the Career Offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, in light of …
18-5238 Hassanh Bey Wright, aka Hassanh Bay Wright v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-history criminal-law culpable-negligence force-clause intent mens-rea residual-clause sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Whether a crime with a mens rea of culpable negligence meets the definition of a "crime of violence" under either the force clause or the residual cla…
18-5217 Audy Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing sentencing-enhancement successive-2255-motion successive-habeas vagueness welch-v-united-states In Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. __, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), this Court declared unconstitutionally vague the "residual clause" of the Armed Care…
18-5187 Verissimo Tavares v. United States First Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP beckles-v-united-states career-offender congressional-directive crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing-guidelines due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-error residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony 1. Whether application of the residual clause of the definition of "crime of violence" in U.S.S.G. §4Bl.2(a)(2), a clause identical to that of the res…
18-5193 William Brown v. United States First Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states crime-of-violence due-process federal-sentencing-law johnson-v-united-states procedural-error residual-clause sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness Whether reliance on the "residual clause" of the "crime of violence" definition in the United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2), is…
18-5176 In Re Winex Eugene 2018-07-09 Denied IFP actual-innocence article-iii career-offender case-or-controversy categorical-approach constitutional-review redressability residual-clause sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers standing standing-civil-procedure 1) Does Mr. Eugene's incarceration constitute a case involving substantial injury, whereby a controversy requiring Article III exercise of discretion …
18-5147 Edward Nathan Wing v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 crime-of-violence habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity timeliness 1. Whether Mr. Wing's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) was timely because it was…
18-5126 Jamal Hamilton v. United States District of Columbia 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-barahona void-for-vagueness Whether Lynch v. Dimaya, No. 15-1498, 2016 WL 3232911 (U.S. Sept. 29, 2016), to determine whether the identical language in the residual clause of 18 …
18-5100 Ras Rahim v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1651 28-usc-2255 all-writs-act armed-career-criminal-act collateral-attack consecutive-sentencing coram-nobis due-process elements-clause postconviction-remedy residual-clause sentencing-scheme Is Heflin, 358U.S. 415, 3 L. Ed. 2d. 407, 79 S. Ct. 451 (1959), still the controlling precedent? Herein, this court held that the text of 28 U.S.C. 22…
18-5083 Rahman Fulton v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process extortion force-clause mathis-v-united-states mens-rea residual-clause statutory-interpretation Petitioner comes forth with Question base under Graham v. United States ; U.S., No. 16-6308, friend of the Court brief filed 10/28/16. To Be Held ThAb…
18-5052 Thomas Cureton v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP 924(c) constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence interstate-communication johnson-v-united-states ransom-request residual-clause section-924c unconstitutionally-vague Whether Mr. Cureton's § 924(c) conviction for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the Interstate Communication of…
18-5061 Travis Horne v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process force-definition johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (Samu…