restitution-order

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6893 Eduard Gasparyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-02-24 Pending Response WaivedIFP constructive-possession federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-41(g) jurisdiction property-seizure restitution-order state-federal-cooperation Whether the federal government "constructively possesses" property seized by state law enforcement—thereby conferring jurisdiction under Federal Rule …
25A824 Fred Davis Clark, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-20 Application circuit-split collateral-review habeas-corpus noncustodial-punishment restitution-order section-2255 Question not identified.
24-7486 Bruce Stroud v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-sentencing fact-finding fifth-amendment jury-trial restitution-order sixth-amendment Whether a restitution order imposed as part of a federal criminal sentence and based on fact-findings made by the district court, rather than the jury…
24-957 William Stenger v. United States Second Circuit 2025-03-06 Denied Amici (1) article-three circuit-conflict coram-nobis jurisdictional-inquiry restitution-order statutory-jurisdiction Article III requires federal courts to confirm their jurisdiction over a case before adjudicating its merits, whether that jurisdiction is "constituti…
24-5366 Marquise Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-22 Denied IFP child-exploitation criminal-punishment jury-determination mandatory-minimum restitution-order sixth-amendment Does the Sixth Amendment require a jury to find the facts needed to justify a restitution order meeting or exceeding § 2259(b)(2)(B)'s $3,000 mandator…
23-5365 Marcus Roosevelt Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-forfeiture civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-proceeds drug-trafficking due-process mandatory-victim-restitution-act restitution restitution-order Whether the $228,304 restitution order infringes upon Marcus Taylors constitutional rights. And sets a dangerous precedent by allowing for the return …
22-7673 James Michael Wells v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP anonymous-jury apprendi-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-selection jury-trial public-trial restitution-order sixth-amendment 1. Whether a criminal defendant has a Sixth Amendment right to a public jury, as opposed to an "anonymous" jury, in a federal criminal trial, and, if …
22-6813 Joshua Glowacki v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process jury-determination jury-trial probable-cause restitution restitution-order search-warrant sentencing victim-rights After Petitioner pled guilty to a child pornography offense the district court awarded restitution of $10,000 to one victim, over Petitioner's objecti…
22-6627 Kenneth Mobley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction loss-calculation restitution restitution-order sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness Was Mr. Mobley's sentence procedurally and substantively unreasonable as it was calculated on an excessive amount of loss unjustified by the facts of …
21-8025 Christopher Thieme, aka John Thieme v. United States Third Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3664 all-writs-act criminal-law criminal-procedure illegal legal-relief restitution restitution-order sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation writ-of-audita-querela 1.) Does 18 U.S.C. §3664(k) and (0). which allows a sentencing court to consider motions to "adjust" a restitution order without anv time limits. perm…
21-5930 Albert M. Ranieri v. Vicky Moser, Warden Third Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3613(b) ex-post-facto mandatory-victims-restitution-act mvra plea-agreement restitution restitution-order sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation victim-witness-protection-act vwpa 1) Is the VWPA the controlling law regarding payment of the Order of Restitution in the underlying criminal action and is the Ex Post Facto Clause of …
21-75 Ojin Kim v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response Waived appellate-review criminal-procedure deprivation-of-liberty due-process liberty-deprivation methodology-challenge restitution restitution-order sentencing-guidelines 1. In cases where the methodology to calculate the guidelines range for sentencing mirrors the methodology to calculate the restitution amount, if a c…
20-8364 David Gilmartin v. United States Second Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-sentencing earnings-definition economic-circumstances probation-conditions restitution restitution-order sentencing social-security social-security-benefits statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an increase in a defendant's monthly receipts and revenue from $0 (zero) at time of sentencing to $3000 after release from prison and award…
20-5248 Robert Bernal, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure plea-agreement restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-limits unlawful-sentence Whether a defendant's waiver of the right to appeal which explicitly permits appeal of a sentence that "exceeds the applicable statutory limits set fo…
19-8874 Robert Warren Scully v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing fact-finding fifth-amendment jury-trial restitution restitution-order sixth-amendment 1. Whether a restitution order imposed as part of a federal criminal sentence and based on fact-findings made by the district court, rather than the j…
19-1404 Michael Lieberman v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response Waived all-writs-act amendment criminal-defendant district-court judicial-relief post-conviction-remedies relief restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-interpretation 1) What relief is available to a criminal defendant under the All Writs Act? 2) How, and when, may a district court amend a restitution order imposed…
18-7183 Christopher Jude Martin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP consequential-damages criminal-law criminal-valuation damages enhancements evidence legal-damages property-damage restitution restitution-order sufficiency-of-evidence valuation A. Whether there was sufficient evidence that the value of the items at the time that Mr. Martin damaged them was over $1,000? B. Whether Mr. Martin …
18-6481 Jeremy Fontanez v. Joseph Coakley, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 bureau-of-prisons circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process due-process-clause fifth-amendment inmate-financial-responsibility-program mandatory-victims-restitution-act restitution restitution-order voluntary DOES THE SENTENCING COURT VIOLATE THE MANDATORY VICTIMS RESTITUTION..ACT (MV -RA) WHEN IT DELEGATES ITS RESTITUTION PAYMENTS TO THE BOP? IS THE DUE P…
18-5934 Deborah M. Wagner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process mandatory-victim-restitution-act mvra plea-agreement restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation I. Whether the United States Court of Appeals erred in granting the Government's Motion to Dismiss the Petitioner's Appeal?
18-288 Philip A. Mearing v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Amici (3) appellate-review appellate-waiver criminal-appeal criminal-defendant-waiver criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining restitution restitution-order sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant's waiver in his plea agreement of the right to appeal his "sentence" covers an appeal of…