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25-5504 Justin Everett Kessler v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-conditions district-court-discretion lifetime-supervision sentencing-review supervised-release vagueness-doctrine I. Did the District Court Abuse Its Discretion by Imposing an Unconstitutionally Vague and Overbroad "Loitering" Supervised Release Condition? II. Di…
24-6316 Antonio Ulises Barrera-Mackorty v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-15 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process immigration-law naturalization statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Is Question No. 15 on the naturalization application (N-400), when considered in conjunction with 18 U.S.C. § 1425, void for vagueness and thus a viol…
23A985 Jonathan Alexander Morales-Lopez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-03 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process facial-challenge statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Question not identified.
23-6948 Erick Wanjiku v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-03-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-bias jurisdiction legal-standards state-court vagueness-doctrine peKWcwv) pqpse U*cl&r Uk?er4 i'w-k^pre^fi o<^S LrVrcj<=tVe5 W OtovJ' ot U)v4+ ^of VUW:> V- Ker^iev; 404 U*s 513 (b7^) +U16 fW'Ko.o +Ui5 (WV Vo Chfevoh…
23-6794 Isaac Cardona v. United States First Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent double-jeopardy due-process merger-problem money-laundering specified-unlawful-activity statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine I. Whether the promotional money laundering provision of Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1956 (a)(1)(A)(i), violates the due proce…
23-6440 Ismael De Jesus-Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process notice-and-comment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the U.S.S.G Commentary being issued on a High in § 2L1.1 is unconstitutionally vague when it was never subjected to notice and comment to the …
23A504 Fernando Diaz Rodriguez v. United States First Circuit 2023-12-04 Presumed Complete aiding-and-abetting criminal-statute hobbs-act section-924(c) supreme-court-precedent vagueness-doctrine Question not identified.
23-127 Leonard Cooperman v. Social Security Administration Federal Circuit 2023-08-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation disciplinary-proceedings due-process free-speech public-sector-employment vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Is the "conduct unbecoming " standard for subjecting an employee to disciplinary proceedings unconstitutionally vague, and therefore violative of t…
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…
23-103 Bruce Ellis, et al. v. City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-02 Denied Relisted (2) attorney-general-certification civil-procedure constitutional-amendment court-jurisdiction due-process federal-question federal-rule-civil-procedure solicitor-general takings vagueness-doctrine 1. This Petition presents a Federal Question that could have and harmonize conflicting decisions in the Federal Circuit Courts and could establish pre…
22-7839 Christian Ruben Tirado v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-question gang-paraphernalia supervised-release vagueness-doctrine Is a special condition of supervised release that prohibits a supervisee from possessing any of a laundry list of items "known to represent associatio…
22-7465 Jogaak Jogaak v. Dan Sullivan, Warden South Dakota 2023-05-04 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine violent-felony Is a Section 1983 action involved in SDC 22-1-2(WA)? Serious, why does the Eighth Amendment protect the right to life with what is SDC 22-1-2(B)? Does…
22-7241 Eric Matthew Ray v. Utah Utah 2023-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process facial-challenge first-amendment free-speech statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether Salerno's "no set of circumstances" test, the Hoffman/Grayned "more stringent vagueness test," or some other test, should govern judicial revi…
22-939 Robert Frese v. John M. Formella, Attorney General of New Hampshire First Circuit 2023-03-28 Denied Amici (3) civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-prosecution defamation due-process first-amendment free-speech public-official standing vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether the First Amendment tolerates criminal prosecution for alleged defamation of a public official. 2. Whether New Hampshire's common law of c…
22-6791 Jerome Simmons v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy elements-clause fifth-amendment hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment vagueness-doctrine Whether a sentence predicated upon a finding that Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the elements clause in 18 U.S.C § 924 (c) violates th…
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…
22-5196 Malik Holloway v. United States Second Circuit 2022-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process federal-courthouse federal-courts mens-rea statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness weapon-possession Isn't 18 U.S.C. §930(e)(1) which criminalizes the mere possession in a federal courthouse of practically any item unconstitutionally vague?
21-8278 Glen Hunsberger v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking due-process fifth-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the aggregation of two statutes, one requiring specific intent, 21 U.S.C. § 846, and the other, strict liability, 21 U.S.C. § 860, requires a …
21-8041 Markentz Blanc v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidentiary-standards judicial-interpretation procedural-protections standing state-law vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether an unaddressed constitutional claim not affirmatively contradicted by the record deserves relief, and if so, should review under Due proces…
21-7733 Rashod Lewis v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) conviction-validity crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-precedent due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-offense united-states-v-davis vagueness-doctrine 1) Can a conviction and punishment stand on a non-existent stat utory offense, based on it being dismissed? 2) Was Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. 924(c) (1)(…
21-7406 Marek Kozubal v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process fair-notice lenity lenity-rule mandated-reporter statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Would a person of ordinary intelligence have had fair notice that he was subject to the aggravated penalties for mandated reporters?
21-7222 Hugo Valencia Mendoza v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines vagueness-doctrine 1. Is the term "involved" under Section 2D1.1(b)(5) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Unconstitutional under the Vagueness Doctrine through t…
21-7053 Iramm Wright v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-default statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether the Court should resolve the three-way circuit split regarding whether, and under what circumstances, a movant's procedural default may be …
21-6748 Jose Luis Wong v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-30 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts habeas-corpus hobbs-act procedural-default vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether a certificate of appealability is warranted on the question of whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence, where this Court…
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…
21-658 Rodolfo Canales, Jr. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Texas 2021-11-03 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-standard criminal-law due-process facial-challenge felony-offense indefinite-financial-support statutory-interpretation texas-supreme-court vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a statute with no definitions, explicit standards, reasonably clear guidelines, or objective criteria that allows a court to order indefinite …
21-6112 Manuel DeJesus Rosas v. California California 2021-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-street-gang discovery due-process fourteenth-amendment informant-activities lanzetta-v-new-jersey street-gang vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. The California criminal street gang laws contained in section 186.22 of the California Penal Code are unconstitutional for being vague, indefinite …
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…
21-5790 Patricia Ann Brown v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process felony-definition life-imprisonment sentencing-enhancement state-statute vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is a state statute, providing for an enhanced punishment (life imprisonment) for one convicted of a "crime of violence," unconstitutionally vague, whe…
21-120 James Tracy v. Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied academic-freedom content-based content-based-restriction due-process first-amendment free-speech public-employment vagueness vagueness-doctrine viewpoint-discrimination Florida Atlantic University has a reporting policy that requires its faculty and staff to disclose outside professional activities to the university…
21-68 Brendon Janis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-19 Denied constitutional-delegation delegation-of-authority due-process probation-officer risk-notification sentencing-guidelines supervised-release vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate authority to the probation officer? 2. Is Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally vague?
20-8300 Lonnie Norton v. Utah Utah 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness (N) Do this Court's rulings in Apprend: v. New Jersey,530U.S. 466 (2000) and Alleyne v. United States 577 U.S.99 (2013) require that when a state stat…
20-1571 Andrew Raymond and Brian Requena v. United States Second Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied Response Waived analogue-act analogue-enforcement-act controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process jury-unanimity sixth-amendment vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether the Controlled Substances Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986 is void for vagueness. 2. Whether the Controlled Substances Analogue Enforcemen…
20-1283 Margaret Temponeras v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response Waived circuit-split controlled-substances-act criminal-liability medical-boards medical-practice pain-management pharmaceutical-companies prosecutorial-discretion vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether 21 U.S.C. § 841 and 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04 are unconstitutionally vague whereas the term "legitimate medical purpose" does not provide fair notic…
20-6557 Richard Cruz v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process felony-drug-offense fifth-amendment jury-verdict mandatory-minimum-sentence sentencing sixth-amendment vagueness vagueness-doctrine I. Whether the definition of "felony drug offense" for the pur poses of 21 U.S.C. §851 is void for vaguene ss after Johnson, Dimaya, and Da vis. II. …
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.…
20-5833 Scott Francis Fortier v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-vagueness mens-rea sexual-conduct sexually-explicit-conduct specific-intent vagueness-doctrine 1a. Does creating a visual depiction of sexual conduct of a minor need to be the dominan t or specific purpose; one of the dominant or specific purpo…
20-5596 Kevin Dean Green v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP beckles-v-united-states constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines vagueness-challenge vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Does Beckles U. United States, U.S. —, 137 S. Ct. 886 (2017) foreclose a vagueness challenge to a sentencing guideline when the operative term in that…
20-5081 Clarence Hoffert v. United States Third Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1521 criminal-intent criminal-statute due-process false-lien federal-false-lien-statute intent-standard mens-rea statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine The question presented is whether the interpretation of the federal false lien statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1521, adopted by the court of appeals in this case…
19-8742 Harold Wayne Nichols v. Tennessee Tennessee 2020-06-18 Denied IFP arbitrary-and-capricious death-penalty death-sentence eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-override prior-felony-aggravator settlement-agreement vagueness-doctrine The death sentence in this case is supported by only one aggravating circumstance, Tennessee's prior violent felony conviction aggravator. The elected…
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…
19-8100 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…
19-1133 Melvin Hodges, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines vague-laws vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson can assert a timely, valid claim that the residual clause of the mandatory Guidelin…
19-7999 Christopher Parker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d) categorically a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) w…
19-7732 Jerad Hanks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP bank-robbery circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-statutes firearm-use rule-of-lenity use-of-force vagueness-doctrine I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), which criminalizes the use of a firearm during a "crime of violence," in this case, the federal bank robbery statute…
19-7689 Nicholas Todd Sutton v. Tennessee Tennessee 2020-02-18 Denied IFP capital-punishment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment retroactivity vagueness 5th-amendment capital-punishment due-process fair-notice fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment johnson-v-united-states retroactivity vagueness vagueness-doctrine Did Tennessee decisions applying the facially-vague prior violent felony aggravating circumstance, not handed down until after Sutton committed his ca…
19-7217 Rickey Thompson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause firearms johnson-davis-doctrine johnson-v-united-states mandatory-minimum second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine L. Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8) is unconstitutionally vague pursuant to Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and …
19-6864 Cedis R. Martin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach categorical-review crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process offense-of-violence sentencing-guidelines sentencing-predicate state-court-conviction statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-§4a1.1(e) vagueness vagueness-analysis vagueness-doctrine Does a state court conviction qualify as an "offense of violence" for the purpose of the sentencing predicate pursuant to U.S.S.G.§4A1.1(e), if the st…
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…
19-6652 Douglas Akira Hirano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied IFP booker-decision circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure johnson-doctrine johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-booker vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness The Seventh Circuit holds that the void-for-vagueness doctrine and Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), apply to the mandatory, pre-United…
19-594 Mahmoud Thiam v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response Waived american-constitutional-limitations american-court constitutional-limitations criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process foreign-statute official-act predicate-offense predicate-prosecution vagueness-doctrine 1. Where a foreign statute is used as a predicate to prosecution in a United States court, including but not limited to the vagueness doctrine, are th…
19-576 Interior Glass Systems, Inc. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-01 Denied Response Waived administrative-hearing due-process hearing irs iRS-collection penalties seizure statutory-interpretation tax tax-penalties vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Is the collection of tax penalties an exception to the requirements of due process, or does a citizen have a right to a hearing before the IRS seiz…
19-6354 Brent Delvalen Blake v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-statute elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery intent physical-force vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 9…
19-6336 Eddie Jennings v. United States Third Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-law johnson-ruling mandatory-sentencing new-right retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether this Court's rulings in Johnson and Welch , retroactively invalidating the residual clause of the ACCA because it was unconstitutionally va…
19-6247 In Re Donald Lee McDonald 2019-10-11 Denied IFP criminal-sexual-assault due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habitual-criminal-act habitual-criminal-statute pro-se sentencing seventh-circuit vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether Petitioner is being held unlawfully in state custody in violation of the Constitution of the United States where his natural life sentence und…
19-6253 Adam Strege v. United States First Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure delegation-of-authority due-process judicial-discretion law-enforcement-discretion mental-competence mental-disease mental-health reasonable-cause sentencing standing vagueness vagueness-doctrine Question Presented is 18 USCS 4246 4248 4241(d) Unconstitutionally Vague lacking definitive standards by failing to aprise;persons of Ordinary intelli…
19-6120 Raul Rodriguez v. United States Third Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process gvr sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-ruling third-circuit vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether this petition should be granted, the judgment of the Third Circuit vacated, and the case remanded (GVR) to the court of appeals for a determin…
19-6054 John Hemby v. United States Third Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling mandatory-sentencing new-right retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness vagueness-doctrine welch-precedent 1. Whether this Court's rulings in Johnson and Welch , retroactively invalidating the residual clause of the ACCA because it was unconstitutionally va…
19-5804 Jesse Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-04 GVR IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine In United States v. Davis , 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), which defines "crime of violence," is unconstitut i…
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…
19-5709 Sam Newman v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-v-united-states constitutional-interpretation criminal-statute due-process firearm-discharge johnson-v-united-states reasonable-person-standard sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether Louisiana Revised Statute Annotated § 14:94(A) (1995), barring the "illegal use of a weapon," is unconstitutionally vague under Johnson v. …
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…
19-5171 Victor Hugo Saldano v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Amici (3)IFP biased-jury buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim death-penalty due-process future-dangerousness mental-competency racial-bias vagueness vagueness-doctrine At M r. Sal daño's first death penalty trial, in 1996, a n expert for th e State of Texas testified that Mr. Sa ldaño wa s more likely to present a fu…
19-17 Alexander Collin Baker v. Clara Veseliza Baker California 2019-07-01 Denied civil-rights domestic-violence-prevention-act due-process federal-supremacy first-amendment free-speech prior-restraint right-to-petition separation-of-powers strict-scrutiny vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Is the DVPA's severable residual clause definition of "abuse" unconstitutionally vague and/or overbroad? 2. Is the "abuse" definition in conflict …
19-5010 Andrew Nelson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-28 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c) appellate-review continuance criminal-procedure due-process fed-r-crim-p-52a federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-error prejudice right-to-counsel sentencing substantial-rights trial-continuance vagueness-doctrine 1. Where the district court erroneously premises its denial of a meritorious, unopposed motion for continuance of the trial on a mistaken belief that …
18-9707 Blair Cook v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-06-18 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process facial-challenge facial-vagueness fifth-amendment rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation threshold-question vagueness vagueness-doctrine The underlying question presented is: Whether § 922(g)(3) is unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause. This involves a…
18-9643 Herichie Paul v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), where the text and legislative history demand the categorical approach, is unconstitutionally…
18A1217 Jorge Baez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-23 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge habeas-corpus johnson-precedent section-924c vagueness-doctrine Question not identified.
18-9323 Donald Duhart v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-17 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is the residual clause definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague?
18-1434 United States v. Pablo Lovo and Joel Sorto District of Columbia 2019-05-15 Denied 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-9266 Daniel Rodriguez v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-14 GVR IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) categorical-approach conduct-based-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Petitioners were convicted of conspiring to commit Hobbs Act robbery and conspiring to possess a firearm in furtherance of crimes of violence. The dis…
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 …
18-1338 United States v. Joseph Decore Simms Fourth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied 18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-1293 Evergreen Freedom Foundation, dba Freedom Foundation v. Washington Washington 2019-04-12 Denied Amici (5)Response WaivedRelisted (2) ballot-initiative ballot-initiatives campaign-finance constitutional-vagueness due-process fair-campaign-practices-act first-amendment free-speech vagueness vagueness-doctrine Petitioner presents two issues for review: 1. Do Washington campaign finance statutes Wash. Rev. Code §§ 42.17A.255 and 42.17A.005 violate Due Proces…
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…
18-8393 Irma Ovalles v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied IFP categorical-approach constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness-doctrine Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), where the text and legislative history demand the categorical approach, is unconstitutionally…
18-989 United States v. Marvin Lewis Fifth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-offense firearms statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
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'…
18-7448 Charles Foxx v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act beckles-v-united-states career-offender collateral-review constitutional-law mandatory-guidelines pre-booker retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness vis-à-vis defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines. 2…
18-7453 Corey Kirkpatrick Sterling v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process mandatory-guidelines pre-booker retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness sentencing-review vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness vis-à-vis defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines. Whet…
18-918 John Copeland, et al. v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., et al. Second Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law due-process facial-challenge free-speech johnson-v-united-states salerno-rule sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine In United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 745 (1987), this Court held that to maintain a facial challenge, a plaintiff must establish that "no set of…
18-7413 Billy Dean Smith v. Robert Corcoran, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied IFP alaska-statute brown-vs-board civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute disciplinary-actions due-process free-speech prison-discipline prison-regulations state-action state-law vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness 1. Does Full Faith and Credit as defined and as ordered by this Supreme Court in Steel v. Parson Inc., 474 U.S. 518 (1986) at 523-525, apply to Brando…
18-7331 Ishmael Douglas v. United States First Circuit 2019-01-09 GVR Relisted (2)IFP categorical-analysis circuit-split constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process legal-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Whether the residual clause of 18 U. S. C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague.
18-7166 Gerard Mann v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-21 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness-doctrine Whether the definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague in light of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct.…
18-7114 Earle D. Williams v. California California 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-kidnapping asportation constitutional-vagueness criminal-law dimaya-precedent due-process kidnapping penal-code sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether California Penal Code Section 209(b) is unconstitutionally vague under Sessions v. Dimaya, 584 U.S. ___, 138 S.Ct. 1204 (2018), as applied to …
18-7036 Frank Richardson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-14 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness In Sessions v. Dimaya , 138 S. Ct. 1204, 1223 (2018) this Court recently struck down as unconstitutionally vague the Immigration and Nationality Act's…
18-6985 Dwayne Barrett, aka Sealed Defendant 3, aka Tall Man v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-11 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness, a question that evenly divides six Courts of Appeals.
18-6665 Maurice T. Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-analysis categorical-approach criminal-law drug-offenses drug-trafficking due-process felony-drug-offense recidivism recidivist-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1). Whether it was the intent of congress to restrict the application of § 841 recidivist enhancement to previous drug trafficking crimes which are te…
18-6611 Sherif Philips v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law fraud fraud-upon-court medical-license medical-statute right-to-honest-services summary-suspension vagueness-doctrine Question not identified.
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…
18-6583 Dionysius Fiumano v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1343 criminal-law due-process due-process-notice federal-communications-commission fifth-amendment fraud johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines skilling-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine welch-v-united-states DOES THE UNDEFINED ELEMENT "SCHEME TO DEFRAUD" IN 18 U.S.C. § 1343 SATISFY FIFTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS NOTICE REQUIREMENTS IN LIGHT OF THIS COURT'S DE…
18-6375 Michael Whisby v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-19 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender-provision collateral-review mandatory-guidelines pre-booker-mandatory-guidelines pre-booker-sentencing retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness stokeling-v-united-states vagueness-doctrine violent-felony 1. Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness vis-a-vis defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines. 2…
18-6379 Ramess Nakhleh v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech postal-regulations public-forum vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is a regulation criminalizing the creation of a "loud and unusual noise" unconstitutionally vague?
18-6322 Gabino Medina Osorio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1101 criminal-law due-process illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Can a statute that this Court has held to be unconstitutionally void for vagueness nevertheless still be applied when incorporated by reference into t…
18-428 United States v. Clifford Raymond Salas Tenth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-431 United States v. Maurice Lamont Davis and Andre Levon Glover Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-6009 Emile Myrthil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied IFP 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) attempt attempt-liability attempted-offense categorical-approach constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-statute intent-element sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-force 1. Is "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague, given the Court's holding in Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 S.Ct. 1204 (2018)…
18-5746 Kenneth Eugene Nix v. Florida Florida 2018-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-enforcement criminal-law discriminatory-enforcement due-process florida-statute statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine IS FLORIDA. STATUTE 784.045 IMPERMISSIBLY VAGUE AND/OR DOES IT ENCOURAGE ARBITRARY AND DISCRIMINATORY ENFORCEMENT?
18-5731 Heather Jo Cox v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-justice-reform-act criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states second-successive-filing successive-filing successive-petitions vagueness vagueness-doctrine vagueness-standard DID THE LOWER COURT ERR IN ITS DECISON TO DENY RELIEF WHERE THIS COURT HAS RECOGNIZED THAT ROBBERY/BURGLARY FALL INTO THE CATEGORY, THAT FALLS UNDER T…
18-5685 Clifton Patterson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague following the Supreme Court's holdings in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2…
18-5576 DifAnkh Asar, aka James Walter Gist v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca categorical-approach civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute due-process fifth-amendment overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine sixth-amendment vagueness vagueness-doctrine (1) Is South Carolina's Code Ann. 16-23-40 Unconstitutional on its face, as applied to Petitioner, and when read in conjunction with other laws becaus…
18-5422 Dedrick T. Garrett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied IFP career-offender circuit-split collateral-review constitutional-law mandatory-guidelines pre-booker retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness vagueness vagueness-doctrine 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…
18-5269 Michael St. Hubert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-16(b) 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine 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…
18-5066 Edward Vincent Ray v. California California 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection gender-bias ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-interpretation overbreadth sentencing-disparities vagueness-doctrine Whether Petitioners sentence of 38yrs 4mos., violates equal protection under the law because of the disparities in Californa sentences whether Ptiton…
18-5041 Louis Robinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine I. 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) a…
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…