statutory-vagueness

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25A607 Alexander Jon Ogilvie v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-21 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge criminal-law federal-public-defender firearms-regulation statutory-vagueness tenth-circuit Question not identified.
25-5985 Anne M. Lynch v. United States First Circuit 2025-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud jury-instruction prosecutorial-discretion statutory-vagueness Whether petitioner's payment violated the honest-services fraud statute? Whether the district court's erroneous fiduciary duty jury instruction requi…
25-396 Hernan Lopez v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2025-10-03 GVR criminal-prosecution foreign-commercial-bribery honest-services-statute judicial-interpretation second-circuit statutory-vagueness 1. Whether the honest-services statute criminalizes foreign commercial bribery. 2. Whether the honest-services statute is unconstitutionally vague.
25-8 Matthew Clark v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process honest-services statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness I. Whether the undefined statutory language, "intangible right of honest services," in 18 U.S.C. § 1346 is unconstitutionally vague. II. Whether th…
23-7728 Jonathan Alexander Morales-Lopez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness unlawful-user vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), prohibiting an unlawful user from possessing a firearm, is unconstitutionally vague.
23-6753 Michael Avenatti v. United States Second Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1343 18-usc-1346 civil-litigation criminal-extortion federal-criminal-law honest-services-fraud legal-ethics settlement-negotiations statutory-vagueness void-for-vagueness Petitioner, an attorney representing a plaintiff with potential contract and tort claims, was convicted of honest services fraud, in violation of 18 U…
22-5315 Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Texas Texas 2022-08-09 Denied IFP burden-of-proof censorship clear-and-present-danger constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech government-regulation statutory-vagueness -QuESTID nI I.) CoMsfifuTlO/vlAL IavJ To-\a1 it SfftTi/tfeS,, ElRST AM0\lDM0\tT AMD STATUTORY V/AfcUENlESS : Because ; First fcMDMQvT freedoms meed Me…
20-556 Special Services Bureau, Inc., dba Regional Bonding Co. v. Circuit Court of West Virginia, Berkeley County West Virginia 2020-10-27 Denied arbitrary-discretion bail-bondsmen constitutional-challenge discretionary-power due-process good-moral-character statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness Whether W.Va. Code § 51-10-8 violates the due process clause of the United States Constitution by being unconstitutionally vague as to the meaning of …
20-5891 Mauricio Alvarez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment mens-rea negligence seaman's-manslaughter-statute statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness subjective-interpretation void-for-vagueness Whether the Seaman's Manslaughter Statute, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1115, which uses the terms "misconduct, negligence and inattention to his duties" does not p…
19-6372 Kelby Germaine Parson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness I. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. …
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…
19-5578 Preston Shands, Jr. v. South Carolina South Carolina 2019-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-analysis civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process notice notice-requirement overbreadth overbroad statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness As applied to Preston Shands, Jr., is South Carolina's kidnapping statute, S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-910, vague and overbroad, in violation of due process…
19-5261 Jorge Baez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process due-process,vagueness,18-usc-924(c),criminal-proce eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus statutory-vagueness united-states-v-davis vagueness 1. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and therefore his conviction under …
18-9808 Manuel Reyes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute statutory-vagueness vagueness 1. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. …
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…
18-8584 Antwan Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-challenge criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-statute due-process federal-indictment federal-jurisdiction mens-rea statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness title-21-usc-846 vagueness I. Count 1 Conspiracy Indictment is insufficient on its face because it omitted essential element(s) that the Government had to prove. (a). Is Title …
18-7712 Andre Mims v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states sessions-v-dimaya statutory-vagueness vagueness 1. Is the definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague, given the Court's holding in Sessions v. Dimaya, 138…
18-7417 Omari Robinson v. Illinois Illinois 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process illinois illinois-law mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-vagueness vagueness weapon-enhancement 1. Is the mandatory 25-year-to-life weapon enhancement imposed by Illinois courts unconstitutionally vague?
18-7158 Tony Knox v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-question federal-questions judicial-review legal-standard novel-claim procedural-default statutory-vagueness unconstitutional vague-statute I. Did The State Court Decide Important Federal Questions In A Way That Conflicts With Relevant Decisions Of This Court, Such As: (1) A Vague Statute …
18-6343 Roberto Llerenas, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process human-trafficking ninth-circuit reasonable-opportunity sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1591 is unconstitutionally vague.