| 25-5711 |
Jermal Williams v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2025-09-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circumstantial-evidence constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment standard-of-proof |
Under the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution Amendment XIV, is La. R.S. 15:438 a higher standard of proof than Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. … |
| 24-990 |
Nina Elmendorf-Steele v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2025-03-18 |
Denied |
|
animal-control civil-forfeiture euthanasia government-proceeding judicial-district standard-of-proof |
1. Does a civil forfeiture proceeding brought by the government against an animal require the clear and convincing standard of proof? |
| 23-7715 |
Noel Bender v. Iowa Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-statute domestic-violence due-process evidence federal-law firearm-possession gun-rights restraining-order standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation |
Whether Suth Amfra/f &JdwCt Suff&rfe Ahvt dhAJat C&tudi Jyndfiy /XtiadOmaA'U skedA 9M9 y&d Bentff Add Pm/A Afrt A^hah/A/np a/- ?Ae Bmdtr dS&uf-kd AAe … |
| 23-6943 |
Michael Lawrence Kerlin v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cross-reference disproportionate-effect due-process evidence evidence-standard pro-se-petition sentencing-guidelines standard-of-proof |
1. Whether a cross reference which has a disproportionate effect on the sentence requires a higher standard of proof that mere proponderence.
2. Whet… |
| 23-766 |
Scott Douglas Ora v. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |
California |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
appellate-review burden-of-proof conditions-precedent due-process judicial-procedure judicial-review right-to-jury-trial standard-of-proof waiver |
1. In this case of perilously profound impression, did the Court of Appeal violate the due process rights of Appellant when it arbitrarily disregarded… |
| 23-5817 |
Cordarius Lawrence v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction sentencing standard-of-proof |
Question not identified. |
| 22-7731 |
Roy Lee Jones, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process essential-elements evidence fifth-circuit-precedent jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-issue standard-of-proof |
In addressing Roy Lee Jones, Jr.'s claim that the evidence in this methampethamine prosecution supported only a conviction for conspiracy to possess w… |
| 22-7308 |
Jose Alfredo Solis v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-appeals guidelines-range harmless-error sentencing-guidelines standard-of-proof |
The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines "are not only the starting point for most federal sentencing proceedings but also the lodestar." Molina-Martinez v. Uni… |
| 22-956 |
Paul Johnson v. Bastrop Central Appraisal District |
Texas |
2023-03-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
access-to-justice civil-rights due-process equal-protection mandamus-writ pro-se public-information standard-of-proof standing statutory-interpretation texas-law |
Should the State of Texas create a separate standard of proof in statutory Writ of Mandamus cases that denies the poor and pro se requesters access to… |
| 22-6561 |
Telly Hankton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause conspiracy-liability criminal-procedure federal-circuit-courts forfeiture-by-wrongdoing sixth-amendment standard-of-proof testimonial-statements |
By what standard of proof does the Sixth Amendment permit the admission at trial of prior testimonial statements under the forfeiture by wrongdoing ex… |
| 22-6522 |
Charvez Brooks v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process federal-courts hobbs-act ineffective-assistance interstate-commerce judicial-discretion jury-instructions reasonable-doubt standard-of-proof |
I. Does a federal district court possess meaningful discretion to define "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" in jury instructions upon request of a crim… |
| 22-5692 |
Kyle Brandon Rocha v. West Virginia |
West Virginia |
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
beyond-a-reasonable-doubt confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process hearsay hearsay-evidence reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-hearing standard-of-proof |
Is it a violation of a defendant's rights to due process of law and confrontation for a Court to make a finding in a sentencing hearing based solely o… |
| 21-8187 |
Jesse Bell v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-06-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing constitutional-standard due-process mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona standard-of-proof |
Under Florida's capital sentencing scheme, in addition to finding at least one aggravating factor exists, the factfinder must make additional determin… |
| 21-1453 |
Joe A. Lynch v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-05-17 |
Denied |
Amici (6) |
administrative-law legislative-history pro-claimant pro-veteran-canon standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation va-claims veterans-benefits |
Are the many millions of disabled veterans, their survivors and dependents entitled to have the VA meet a higher threshold of proof to deny their clai… |
| 21-7548 |
Sergey Genadievich Novitskiy v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
bench-trial burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial standard-of-proof waiver |
1. Whether Petitioner's choice to proceed to a bench trial, instead of a jury trial, in a criminal case, lowers/lessens the prosecution burden of proo… |
| 21-7543 |
Gerardo Castillo-Chavez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 constitutional-ruling district-court habeas-corpus jurisdiction preponderance-of-evidence section-2255 standard-of-proof successive-motion successive-petitions |
1. Whether a district court is authorized to dismiss a successive § 2255 motion for lack of jurisdiction after a court of appeals has authorized the f… |
| 21-7356 |
Stacey Tremaine Johnson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence firearm-possession guideline-calculation jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-proof uncharged-conduct |
1. Whether there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find the petitioner guilty of drug trafficking and firearm possession.
2. Whether the jury i… |
| 21-964 |
Sherrie Rye v. Lucas County Department of Job and Family Services |
Ohio |
2022-01-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adoption-and-safe-families-act burden-of-proof child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law parental-rights santosky-standard standard-of-proof termination-of-parental-rights |
In light of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) enacted by Congress in 1997, should this Court expand the minimum burden of proof to terminate p… |
| 21-6328 |
Scottie D. Allen v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-sentencing criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sentencing standard-of-proof |
I. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's rejection of Petitioner's claim of error based on the jury being affirmatively misinformed about its role in th… |
| 21-633 |
Gustavo Placancia-Rosendo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
acceptance-of-responsibility burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement relevant-conduct sentencing standard-of-proof |
A defendant who pleads guilty will face a presentence investigation report, the results of which will guide the District Court in affixing sentence. A… |
| 21-5553 |
F. Daly v. Maine |
Maine |
2021-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
beyond-reasonable-doubt boyde-v-california burden-of-proof constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions standard-of-proof sullivan-v-louisiana witness-testimony |
The testimony of a single witness is sufficient to prove any fact and would justify a verdict in accordance with such testimony even if a number of wi… |
| 21-5166 |
Leobardo Valladares v. Craig Koenig, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure cumulative-error due-process evidentiary-hearing first-degree-murder ineffective-assistance jury-instructions reasonable-doubt standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence |
I. Did the Prosecution Fail to Prove Beyond a
Reasonable Doubt That Valladares Committed First
Degree Murder?
II. Did Trial Counsel Render Ineffectiv… |
| 20-1614 |
John D. Leontaritis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fact-determination jury-finding jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-discretion standard-of-proof |
This criminal case's questions concern the impact of jury findings on sentencing. Both recur frequently, especially in cases about drugs. Both are the… |
| 20-7547 |
Saloman Martinez v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-discretion kentucky-law sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment standard-of-proof supreme-court-precedent |
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| 20-1107 |
Roddie Melvin v. Federal Express Corporation |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
age-discrimination circuit-split eleventh-circuit employment-discrimination evidence-standard preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence seventh-circuit standard-of-proof summary-judgment |
In evaluating motions for summary judgment under employment discrimination laws, such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, must a court examin… |
| 20-6524 |
Joshua D. Myers v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2020-12-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof consent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions lesser-included-offense sexual-assault sexual-battery standard-of-proof trial-court-discretion trial-procedure |
Whether the State proved the essential element of "without the consent" beyond a reasonable doubt.
Whether the trial court's refusal to charge the le… |
| 20-5894 |
Jorge Eduardo Nava v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-liability criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines standard-of-proof unrelated-offense |
Nava's federal Guideline sentencing range for his cocaine convictions was increased by 11 to 16 years' imprisonment based on the judge's finding by on… |
| 20-5748 |
Dacarius Holliday v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2020-09-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-error criminal-intent criminal-negligence due-process eighth-amendment jury-instructions jury-sentencing specific-intent standard-of-proof trial-court |
1. Can convictions for crimes requiring specific intent create constitutional error where the trial court has ruled that the evidence supports crimina… |
| 20-5575 |
In Re Van Lawson Williams |
|
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals-court civil-procedure clear-and-convincing-standard due-process standard-of-proof successive-proceedings |
Whether a secondary appeals court has disregarded clear controlling law and abused its discretion in denying petitioner's motion for leave to proceed … |
| 19-8567 |
Thintinus Noseth Taylor v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922 2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constructive-possession criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-prohibition second-amendment standard-of-proof |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's low burden of proof for possession of a firearm in cohabitation cases extends the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) beyond its p… |
| 19-7080 |
Stanley Jaboin v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,federal-law,supreme failure-to-render-aid federal-law florida-statute-316.193 judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-acquittal standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
I. Petitioner ask did the First District Courts of Appeals apply federal law issued by the United States Supreme Court in a way that frustrates and un… |
| 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… |
| 19-6256 |
Jason Simon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acquitted-conduct due-process false-accusation habeas-corpus-relief judicial-discretion prejudice presentence-report sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-proof statutory-maximum uncharged-conduct |
Did the lower courts err by relying on a false accusation listed in the PSR, that was verified as false, as the sole basis for not only imposing a sta… |
| 19-6145 |
Anthony Mark Smith, Jr. v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility fair-trial hearsay precedent standard-of-proof victim-testimony |
In light of the decisions in Jackson v Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), whether the trial court erred in finding the petitioner guilty beyond a reasonab… |
| 19-306 |
Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. v. Yury Rinsky |
First Circuit |
2019-09-05 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-courts legal-standards punitive-damages standard-of-proof state-courts state-law state-law-certification subject-matter-jurisdiction |
This diversity case involves state-law claims of age discrimination in employment. Petitioner disputed the applicability of the New York City Human Ri… |
| 19-109 |
Giovanni Montijo-Dominguez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
18-usc-3553 circuit-split criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking fact-finding judicial-discretion jury-findings jury-verdict mandatory-minimum preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-discretion standard-of-proof |
District courts exercise broad discretion at sentencing. They may take into consideration various factors relating to both the offense and the offende… |
| 19-78 |
John Doe, aka Cheyenne Moody Davis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
appellate-review conflict-among-courts constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury-instructions reasonable-doubt standard-of-proof trial-court |
Whether a trial court in criminal proceedings must, upon request from the jury, explain the meaning of the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard to the… |
| 19-35 |
Brandon Lee Mojica v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-review criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-statute habeas-corpus heightened-pleading post-conviction-relief sentencing standard-of-proof united-states-v-davis |
1. Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to the Eleventh Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Davis, 2019 W… |
| 19-5007 |
Jonathan Paul Sikes v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence credibility-of-witnesses criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia juvenile-offender reasonable-doubt sexual-offenses standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence testimony witness-credibility |
Question #1:
The Northern District Court reasoned that because K.S. told '
other people (speculating what K.S. told other witnesses ), "there
was ab… |
| 18-9810 |
Erik Ward v. California |
California |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
attempted-murder civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offense physical-evidence premeditation standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence trial-counsel |
procedure and dve process, Base Upon jury
lacked Knowle dge of the importa nce of
.My trial counsel Failed to inform me a yea
deal would be for attemp… |
| 18-9799 |
Benito Rivera v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-doubt standard-of-proof |
1. Should certiorari be granted to find that, while a district court need not define reasonable doubt, if it does so, it cannot employ a definition th… |
| 18-1568 |
Cheryl Lynn Hager-Reilly v. Thomas Reilly |
New York |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights custody custody-proceeding due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment natural-parents parental-rights standard-of-proof supervised-visitation visitation-rights |
Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require a certain quantum of proof before a state court, in a custody proceeding between the t… |
| 18-9710 |
Lee Turner, Jr. v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-06-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights comparative-juror-analysis discrimination due-process equal-protection johnson-v-california jury-selection prima-facie-case prima-facie-discrimination prosecutorial-strikes racial-bias racial-discrimination standard-of-proof |
1. Whether "mere statistics" are sufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of discrimination under Batson v. Kentucky, 475 U.S. 79 (1986) and Johns… |
| 18-8476 |
Anthony Grandison v. Maryland |
Maryland |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
capital-sentencing collateral-consequences constitutional-due-process criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process harmless-error jury-instructions mitigating-factors sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-proof |
1. Since Maryland Law Prohibits Imposition Of The Death Penalty Without Considering The Presentencing Investigation Report Convictions As Evidence The… |
| 18-8091 |
Alvin Jakelyn Williams v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof conclusively-apparent-from-the-record direct-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure standard-of-proof standard-of-review summary-rejection |
Whether the court of appeals summary rejection of an ineffective
assistance of counsel claim on direct appeal by placing the burden on the
defendant a… |
| 18-7835 |
Iouri Mikhel v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-judiciary hostage-taking judicial-discretion mental-health recusal standard-of-proof treaty-power trial-procedure |
1. Due process requires the trial court to order a competency hearing
whenever the uncontradicted evidence raises a doubt as to the defendant's
compet… |
| 18-7270 |
Antonio Bryant v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process in-re-winship ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-confessions involuntary-statements people-v-bryant standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence |
I). Whether the Illinois Appellate Court's decision in People v. Bryant. 2o18 IL App (50) I43578-U. is contradictory tothis Court's decision sufficien… |
| 18-7050 |
Javier Portillo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
border-crossing border-search criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence jury knowledge-standard mens-rea narcotics-possession ninth-circuit standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence trial-sufficiency |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's analysis of the facts was inadequate and whether, when the entirety of facts presented at trial was considered, there was … |
| 18-6935 |
Joshua Donald Ewing v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-transaction due-process electronic-device-evidence evidence jackson-v-virginia registration standard-of-proof user-identification |
Whether this Court's Opinion in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979) needs updating to address what constitutes sufficient evidence, in ident… |
| 18-662 |
Mary McDonald v. City of Wichita, Kansas |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-action but-for-causation but-for-cause employment-discrimination jury-instruction jury-instructions predominant-cause retaliation sole-cause sole-cause-standard standard-of-proof title-vii |
The plaintiff in a Title VII retaliation case must "establish that his or her protected activity was a but for cause of the alleged adverse action by … |
| 18-6605 |
Joseph Perrone v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-proceeding appellate-review burrage-precedent causation causation-standard due-process government-assertions judicial-procedure record standard standard-of-proof united-states-v-burrage |
Did the lower courts refuse to follow the decision and 134 S.Ct. 881, 187 L.Ed.2d 715 (2014), and thereby violate fundamental principles of due proces… |
| 18-6493 |
Steven D. Burke v. Neil Turner, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection standard-of-proof state-court |
DOES CHANGING THE STANDARD OF PROOF IN
THE STATE COURT DENY A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT'S
DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAW? |
| 18-455 |
Aaron Joseph Emineth v. Oregon |
Oregon |
2018-10-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment photo-radar standard-of-proof state-court-proceedings traffic-enforcement trial-court |
1. Did the state trial court violate Petitioner's constitutional right to Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution… |
| 18-6171 |
Dion Terry Taylor v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review district-court-discretion district-court-proceedings inter-circuit-inconsistency pinney-dock proof-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-standard standard-of-proof standard-of-review u-s-sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§5k2.1 unraised-claims |
1. Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to clarify the Sixth Circuit's "Pinney Dock" standard governing review of claims which were no… |
| 18-6151 |
Claude Thelemaque v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
burden-of-proof cocaine-distribution conspiracy criminal-law criminal-law-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence evidence-admissibility jurisdiction standard-of-proof witness-testimony |
Whether the government failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Thelemaque conspired to distribute cocaine with knowledge that it would be impor… |
| 18-5722 |
Keith Robert Lugo v. California |
California |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-procedures-act board-of-prison-terms constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection juvenile-offender juvenile-parole parole senate-bill-261 some-evidence standard-of-proof |
Whether the Board of Prison Terms Violated Senate Bill 261 for Failing to Apply the Legally Correct Standard of Analysis; and, in Doing so, Failed to … |
| 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… |