Conference: 2018-10-12

110 cases — 0 granted, 110 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-84 ConAgra Grocery Products Company, et al. v. California California Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) causation century-old-conduct civil-procedure due-process due-process-clause first-amendment injury massive-liability no-proof-of-injury public-nuisance retroactive-liability speech-liability 1. Whether imposing massive and retroactive "public nuisance" liability without requiring proof that the defendant's nearly century-old conduct caused… 13.5
18-167 MCC (Xiangtan) Heavy Industrial Equipment Co., Ltd. v. Liebherr Mining & Construction Equipment, Inc., dba Liebherr Mining Equipment Newport News Co. Virginia Denied civil-procedure civil-rights co-conspirators constitutional-law due-process forum-state nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction Whether the Due Process Clause permits a court to exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant based on the contacts of the defendant's… 10.5
18M52 William Shane Reid v. United States Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None 10.5
18-342 City of Maplewood, Missouri v. Cecelia Roberts Webb, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived arm-of-the-state constitutional-deprivation legal-definition mcmillian-v-monroe-county monell-liability monell-v-dept-of-soc-serv municipal-corporation-liability municipal-corporations municipal-court-divisions municipal-liability policy-custom real-party-in-interest sovereign-immunity state-entity unified-court-system I Sovereign immunity bars a lawsuit to the extent the relief sought would operate against the State, even if the State is not a formally-named defenda… 8.5
18-86 The Sherwin-Williams Company v. California California Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) causation civil-rights consumer-protection due-process first-amendment free-speech product-promotion public-nuisance retroactive-liability 1. In conflict with decisions of this Court and the Third Circuit, does the First Amendment permit Cal-ifornia to impose tort liability for truthfully… 7.5
18-124 Two-Way Media Ltd. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-101 abstract-idea factual-questions innovation-specificity motion-to-dismiss patent-claims patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-under-35-usc-101 patent-specification section-101 specificity-requirement technological-architecture 1. In order to clear the threshold eligibility determination under 35 U.S.C. § 101, must a patent include in its claims a sufficient level of specific… 5.5
18-176 Conestoga Trust Services, LLC, as Trustee of the Conestoga Settlement Trust, dated May 1, 2010 v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Sixth Circuit Denied civil-procedure direct-evidence disinterested-witness evidence judicial-discretion material-fact material-facts nonmovant reasonable-jury reasonable-jury-standard summary-judgment witness-credibility Whether a court considering a motion for summary judgment may, under the guise of applying the "reasonable jury" standard, weigh and discredit direct … 5.5
18-181 Larry Elliot Klayman v. Stephanie Ann Luck Ohio Denied civil-procedure comity constitutional-hierarchy due-process federal-court-judgment federal-judgment federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption judicial-enforcement state-court-intervention state-court-jurisdiction state-court-order supremacy-clause writ-of-execution Does the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, Article VI, Clause 2, preclude a state court from issuing an order preventing the enforcement of a judg… 5.5
18-201 Parviz Montazer v. Parvin R. Montazer California Denied appellate-counsel appellate-procedure civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-protections criminal-contempt criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant indigent-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias right-to-counsel sixth-amendment transcript-costs 1. Is not an appellate court required to appoint counsel to an indigent in a criminal case? if so, is not an indigent appellant entitled to the cost o… 5.5
18M50 LeFloris Lyon v. Canadian National Railway Company, et al. Seventh Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M51 Zaremba Family Farms, Inc., et al. v. Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M53 Tracey Smith v. Food Bank of Eastern Michigan Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M54 Timothy Joseph McGhee v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M55 Syed K. Rafi v. Brigham and Women's Hospital, et al. First Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18-198 Lucio Celli v. New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-regulations cba civil-procedure civil-rights collective-bargaining contract-clause due-process grievance-process judicial-bias judiciary-act judiciary-act-of-1789 racial-animus standing taylor-law Issue: The issue is not Fed. Rul. of Civ. Pro. 8(a); the issue is the plaintiff was not allowed to be the "master of the complaint" and his rights und… 3.5
18-200 Michigan v. Charles Damon Jones Michigan Denied Response Waived appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process inconsistent-verdicts judicial-discretion jury-confusion jury-instructions jury-nullification jury-verdict jury-verdicts legal-standard new-trial sufficiency-of-evidence trial-procedure verdict-inconsistency Irreconcilable jury verdicts are not grounds for relief, and courts are not to speculate as to why a jury returned an inconsistent verdict. Respondent… 3.5
18-205 Northern California Water Association, et al. v. California State Water Resources Control Board, et al. California Denied Response Waived central-valley-project federal-property intergovernmental-immunity preemption property-rights sovereign-immunity state-taxation state-water-board supremacy-clause tax-assessment taxation water-contractors water-contracts water-rights Is a California statute imposing a direct tax on the United States' property interest in water constitutional if it is applied in a manner that passes… 3.5
18-224 Luke O. Pickens v. Brevard Police Testing and Selection Center Florida Denied Response Waived ada-discrimination-perceived-disability,civil-righ ada-discrimination-perceived-disability,public-pro ada-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-administration law-enforcement-training public-programs reasonable-accommodation Whether 42 USC §12132 bars a state agency from discriminating against a qualified individual, perceived by the agency as disabled, by excluding the in… 3.5
18-258 Hatem El-Khalidi v. Arabian American Development Company Texas Denied Response Waived access-to-court access-to-courts americans-with-disabilities-act burden-of-proof burdens-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protection disability-rights due-process standing title-ii 1. Must a person conclusively establish the limitations caused by a disability to invoke the protection of the constitutional right of access to court… 3.5
18-293 Janos Farkas v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights dispositive-motion due-process federal-court fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment motion-practice standing time-limits time-to-respond Does a federal court deprive a party's constitutional due process right when allowing only three days to respond to a dispositive motion? 3.5
18-303 Henryk Oleksy v. General Electric Company Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure counterclaim-dismissal court-precedent due-process federal-circuit finality finality-of-judgment judgment-finality patent patent-law precedent supervisory-power 1. Whether this Court should exercise its supervisory power to assure that precedents are followed and reverse a decision that the district court judg… 3.5
18-368 Cedrick Thomas v. Jeffrey Cozzi Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights detective-thomas district-of-columbia-v-wesby eleventh-circuit false-arrest fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause qualified-immunity 1. Whether, in light of District of Columbia v. Wesby, 138 S. Ct. 577 (2018), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred by affirming the denial of p… 3.5
18-5967 Matthew Wade Howard v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-law federal-guideline guideline-application sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether the Tenth Circuit and other circuits have broadened the application of U.S.S.G. 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) beyond the plain language of the guideline's te… -1.5
18-5970 Allen D. Gorion v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion reasonableness reasonableness-standard sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform Whether certiorari should be granted to set forth some guidelines in determining when a sentence is unreasonable? -1.5
18-6006 Gerson Gonzalez Tovar v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions criminal-statute due-process interstate-commerce plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materia ls used to produce child pornog raphy once crosse d state lines at an unspeci… -1.5
18-6041 Robert Burse v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure cross-reference district-court error firearms-offense review sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§-2k2.1(c)(1)(a) u.s.s.g.-2k2.1(c)(1)(a) Whether the district court erred by applying the Sentencing Guidelines cross reference under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(c)(1)(A). -1.5
18-6042 Ronald Eric Ary v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deferred-adjudication due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum I. Whether this Court should grant review to determine whether a Texas deferred adjudication can qualify as a "prior conviction" for the purposes of t… -1.5
18-5168 Jose Palacios, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appeal appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing de-novo-resentencing due-process remand remand-rule resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines The Fifth Circuit, and two other circuits, have interpreted the mandate rule in a "restrictive" or "waiver" approach, meaning that when a case is rema… -4.5
18-5184 Ahmad Sayed Hashimi v. United States Fourth Circuit GVR IFP appeal criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel right-to-maintain-innocence sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent trial-strategy Whether the case of United States v. Ahmad Hashimi, (No. 16-4846 - Fourth Cir.) should be remanded for review and decision by the Fourth Circuit Court… -4.5
18-5191 Jose Paniagua-Paniagua v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split collateral-review criminal-conviction criminal-convictions due-process fundamental-fairness immigration-law removal-order removal-proceedings retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether a court reviewing the fundamental fairness of a prior removal order under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(D) can consider the current understanding of the nat… -4.5
18-5222 Corvain T. Cooper, aka CV v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-statute habeas-corpus invalidated-convictions life-without-parole resentencing sentencing state-convictions 1. Whether a Petitioner Who Was Sentenced to Life Without the Possibility of Parole, Which was Enhanced By Two Later Invalidated State Convictions, Ma… -4.5
18-5557 Matthew Joseph Bussing v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence expert-testimony expert-witness standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent The Court abused its discretion when it permitted a rebuttal witness who was an expert in pediatric child abuse to testify outside her competency on b… -4.5
18-5558 Joseph William Atwell v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prejudicial-evidence sixth-amendment WHETHER THE STATE DEPRIVED PETITIONER OF HIS GUARANTEED RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL WHEN IT PERMITTED THE PROSECUTION TO INTRODUCE TO THE TRIAL JURY A BUNCH… -4.5
18-5562 Albert Norman Pierre, Sr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court-split circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial innocence perjured-testimony prosecutorial-knowledge prosecutorial-misconduct recantation victim-recantation Whether petitioner, who maintains his innocence, was denied due process and a fundamentally fair trial base on victim's false testimony and post-trial… -4.5
18-5563 Peter Cain Bruton v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP closing-argument extraneous-offenses ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mistrial motion-in-limine prosecutorial-misconduct trial-counsel violation violation-of-court-order Before the trial, Petitioner's trial counsel filed a motion in limine, which was granted by the trial court. By adoption, the court ordered that, if t… -4.5
18-5570 Ilich Vargas v. Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County California Denied IFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-informants due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment (4) District attorneys/prosecutors have a free standing obligation to investigate and inquire into backgrounds of criminal jailhouse informants, inclu… -4.5
18-5571 Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. Contra Costa County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings In light of the Enactment of 28 U.S.C 1915 (in 1955), can the revocation of a Plaintiff's IFP Status, when a 42 U.S.C 1983 Action is filed and finding… -4.5
18-5572 John E. Wells, Sr. v. David Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus illegal-sentence judicial-power jury-trial res-judicata state-court-record void-judgment QUESTION 1: Does a Federal Court of Appeals deny Due Process by refusing to issue a Certificate of Appealability where the Petitioner's claims exceed … -4.5
18-5581 George Jenewicz v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process hearsay Was not allowed to demonstrate to jury my state of mind due to intoxication in regards to the Force Syndrome when I allowed them into my residence wit… -4.5
18-5582 Donald Lee Kissner v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus introduction jurisdiction opinions-below standing state-court-review statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Question not identified. -4.5
18-5586 William Knight v. Florida Florida Denied IFP abuse-of-authority appellate-procedure criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habitual-offender illegal-sentence judicial-abuse judicial-authority jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum WHETHER TRIAL COURT ABUSED THEIR AUTHORITY BY ALLOWING THE STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE TO IMPOSE A SENTENCE CONTRARY TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW ON DOUBL… -4.5
18-5589 Victor O. Dema v. Allegiant Air LLC Ninth Circuit Denied IFP None -4.5
18-5590 Veronica M. Johnson v. Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-act judicial-immunity ministerial-duty spousal-support spousal-support-judgment Is judicial immunity an affirmative defense that must be pleaded and proved by a judge when Plaintiff files a clearly stated, sufficiently documented … -4.5
18-5592 Oscar Madrid v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion exhaustion-of-remedies fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress state-court sufficiency-of-evidence Question 1: Whether The Court Erred Finding Claim One - Three where not Exhausted To The State's Highest Court In Violation Of The Fourteenth Questio… -4.5
18-5596 George Wallace v. Ron E. Barnes, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing factual-findings federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus legal-standard state-court-findings state-court-procedure 1. Was the federal Court required by Federal law to accept as true any of Petitioners factual allegations that were made and supported in federal cour… -4.5
18-5608 Andres Mata v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals federal-appeals-court habeas-corpus judicial-determination procedural-review state-appeals state-court-review Whether a federal court of appeals' determination that a habeas petitioner failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional righ… -4.5
18-5610 Ram Saxena v. Nabilsi Yunes Abud Ninth Circuit Denied IFP bankruptcy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-5611 Phillip Dewayne Stewart v. Ronald John Stukey Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process expiration-date medication medication-expiration missed-medication prescription prescription-drugs standing IF Doctor Rovald John Stukey had addressed my Doctor Call Visit on 1-25-17, which the Purpose Forthe visit was. For the reordering oF my updated, Doct… -4.5
18-5619 Ralph Raul Contreras v. Hunter Anglea, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP attorney-client-relationship attorney-fees california-rules-of-professional-conduct conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights professional-conduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-created-rights Petitioner contends that a criminal defendant is entitlE to counsel at all crucial stages of the proceeding. United states Constitution, Sixth Amendme… -4.5
18-5625 Arrion Lee Crew, Jr. v. W. L. Montgomery, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offense self-defense voluntary-manslaughter DID THE TRIAL COURT PREJUDICIALLY ERR BY FAILING TO INSTRUCT THE JURY ON THE LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE OF SUDDEN QUARREL/HEAT OF PASSION VOLUNTARY MANSL… -4.5
18-5627 Carl Anthony Webb v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-violation due-process false-arrest false-evidence false-report false-testimony fourth-amendment law-enforcement video-evidence Would the Trial Court be in violation of the 14th Amendment if his finding of fact and conclusion of of discretion against the petitioner.? 2. Would … -4.5
18-5629 Jermaine Dewitt Chaney v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealibility civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-district-court fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2254 standard-of-review standards Question No. 1: Dud the fifth Circuit Court of appeals err by reaching the merits of the case and denying certificate of appealibility ? Question No.… -4.5
18-5632 Juan L. Leonor v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Nebraska Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process final-conviction habeas-corpus procedural-rule retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rule vagueness Is the decision announced in State v. Ronald-Smith, a new susbtantive rule of law that the Federal Constitution requires to be applied retroactively t… -4.5
18-5635 Charles Alfred Jackson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-notice judicial-review procedural-due-process state-court-proceedings strickland-standard [1] DID THE DISTRICT COURT SIDE STEP THE COA DETERMINATION UNDER §2253(c) WHEN IT DENIED JACKSONS APPEAL AND HIS COA AND JUSTIFIED IT'S DENIAL OF HIS … -4.5
18-5637 Afelix Desir v. Florida Florida Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process fundamental-error information-charging jury-instructions minor minor-protection sexual-activity sexual-offense Does a trial court commit fundamental error when it instructs a jury regarding both "Penile/Vaginal intercourse" unlawful sexual activity with specifi… -4.5
18-5643 Nathan Craft v. Willie Bonds, Administrator, South Woods State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment consent-search fourth-amendment habeas-corpus pro-se-litigant schneckloth-v-bustamonte stone-v-powell When pro-se litigant's 4th amendment consent search claim is misunderstood and misstated, can Stone v. Powell 428 U.S. 465,494 (1976) standard of ille… -4.5
18-5937 Charles Lee Burton v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP aggravating-factors caldwell-v-mississippi capital-sentencing capital-sentencing-scheme constitutional-review death-penalty eighth-amendment evolving-standards-of-decency hurst-v-florida jury-instructions jury-recommendation mitigating-factors 1. Under Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), and Caldwell v. Mississippi , 472 U.S. 320 (1985), is Alabama's capital sentencing scheme constituti… -4.5
18-6054 In Re Michael Boone Dismissed IFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights double-jeopardy judge jury sentencing separation-of-powers statute-of-limitations statutory-offense substantive-due-process Is Petitioner Boone serving an unlawful/void sentence because it is a Substantive Due Process, Double Jeopardy violation for a defendant to be punishe… -4.5
18-5529 Dewey Steven Terry v. Phillip Earley, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment employment-retaliation first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech Question not identified. question-not-identified retaliation settlement-negotiations Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 'error' when the court concluded that Petitioner's First & Fourteenth Amendment Right was not violated during t… -6.5
18-5595 Keith L. Williams v. Kul Sood, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion prisoner-rights procedural-error standing summary-judgment Whether court of appeals or district court abused it's descretion: In (8)th amendment violation claim: by failing to.ackiiowledge evidence, that dis… -6.5
18-5668 Thomas Blackledge v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP adam-walsh-act civil-commitment civil-rights due-process recidivism sexually-dangerous-persons volitional-control I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming the civil commitment of petitioner under the Adam Walsh Act where the evidence does not establish by … -6.5
18-5677 Robert Alan Loughner v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus,ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,du ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-malpractice negligence prejudice trial-outcome trial-procedure Question not identified. -6.5
18-5728 Wesley Brian Earnest v. Keith W. Davis, Warden, et al. Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing Should DNA evidence exonerating the lower Courts deny use of because (blood and hair) simply is the DNA donor third-party Unknown to allow? Will cour… -6.5
18-5769 Edward Smith v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit-of-indigence anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-proceed rule-60(b) sixth-amendment sixth-circuit standard-of-review standing When a district court denies a state inmate's petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, the inmate may appeal only if the district or… -6.5
18-5794 Ronnie Keith Davis v. Benjamin Maddie Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-procedure civil-rights-proceeding evidentiary-hearing first-national-bank-v-lustig fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court hazel-atlas-glass inherent-power miscarriage-of-justice rozier-v-ford-motor rule-60(b)(3) rule-60b3 sanctions summary-judgment Whether a Motion to vacate the judgment pursuant to Rule 60(b)(3) timely filed within the one-year period is governed by the grave miscarriage of just… -6.5
18-5857 Jeffrey Latimore v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus mental-competency plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel state-attorney-office state-court state-courts trial-court WHETHER TRIAL COURT ABUSED THEIR AUTHORITY BY DENYING PETITIONER LATIMORE A COMPETENCY HEARING BEFORE A PLEA AGREEMENT WHETHER THE STATE ATTORNEY OFF… -6.5
18-5859 Epifanio Martinez Perez v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-5868 William David Cannon v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cumulative-prejudice due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard When a reviewing court on collateral appeal #1 dismisses as "non-cognizable under law" a Cumulative Effect/Aggregate Prejudice claim, asserting multip… -6.5
18-5889 James Ronald Welch, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-review standing 1. Will the Court allow U.S. Circuit Court Judge Kevin C. Newson (hereinafter "Judge Newson") to deny Appellant's (Welch) Appeal? 2. Will the Court a… -6.5
18-5902 Terrence Javon Allen, Sr. v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection pro-se sixth-amendment speedy-trial , CIr K C, OA le , oc' - Pt-c -- Lower- C.O(P-c o1 iL cc oc £\Ler\ce... -6.5
18-5905 Cortez Moore v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-bias officer-testimony opening-argument prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment testifying-officers witness-credibility Whether the State of Illinois deprived Cortez Moore of a fair trial where during opening argument it repeatedly characterized the testifying officers … -6.5
18-5922 Robert Joseph Sarhan v. Federal Bureau of Prisons Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure fraud-on-the-court res-judicata violated-supreme-court-precedent administrative-law civil-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court manifest-injustice res-judicata void-judgment Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and other Courts involved acted in a manner inconsistent with due process and violated the U.S. Supreme… -6.5
18-5941 Robert Earl Tippens, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment free-speech just-compensation property-rights regulatory-takings standing takings takings-clause 1. Was it improper for trial court to amend the offense found by the grand jury contrary to Petitioner's criminal intent that had the effect of amendi… -6.5
18-5949 Charles Litton Morris v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2254-d-1-2 appointment-of-counsel brady-strickland-constitutional-claims claims-ignored constitutional-violation district-court-failure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence judicial-bias personal-jurisdiction plea-validity subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause supremacy-clause-conflict-preemption Judicial 15-16 District Court failure to comply with 28 U.S.C.636 16-17 claims ignored by the District Court.17-18 State Probationary Split Sentence… -6.5
18-5950 Artis Ryan Miller v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Question not identified. -6.5
18-5956 James E. Whitney v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence patent search-and-seizure standing takings 1) Coran Vobis vs. Coram Nobis - Civil vs. Criminal 2) Is The Originating Court Ever Divested Of Jurisdiction To Review its Own Judgments For Abuse A… -6.5
18-5957 Raul Arcila v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 criminal-procedure drug-statute due-process evidentiary-issues jury-evidence jury-instructions plain-error proximate-cause sentencing-factor unfair-prejudice Whether the District Court committed plain error by allowing the government to convert a sentencing factor, "resulting in death," under 21 USC §841(b)… -6.5
18-5964 Nicholas Hacheney v. Mike Obenland, Superintendent, Monroe Correctional Complex Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-reasoning state-court-review wilson-v-sellers In Wilson v. Sellers , __ U.S. __, 138 S. Ct. 1188, 1192 (2018), this Court held that when a state court issues a reasoned decision " a federal habeas… -6.5
18-5966 Joseph Faulkner v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy fifth-amendment law-of-case-doctrine law-of-the-case prosecution sentencing sentencing-enhancement uncharged-conduct witte-v-united-states (1) Whether the use of uncharged conduct to increase a sentence means the conduct was used to punish, and a subsequent prosecution for the same conduc… -6.5
18-5968 In Re Jose Prisciliano Gracia-Cantu Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-sentencing federal-appeals-court federal-courts federal-prisoner judicial-discretion mandamus mandate mandate-stay resentencing sentencing-guidelines unreasonable-sentence vacated-sentence writ-of-mandamus After it has issued a decision holding that a federal prisoner is entitled to resentencing due to a Sentencing Guidelines calculation error, can a fed… -6.5
18-5971 Donavan T. Fortin v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence due-process estelle-v-mcguire evidentiary-hearing federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-principles judicial-review ninth-circuit state-court state-law state-law-interpretation williams-v-taylor Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision, which interpreted state law contrary to the state court's ruling, conflicts with Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62… -6.5
18-5972 Assane Faye v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof fifth-amendment indictment jury-instruction jury-instructions non-statutory-element prosecutorial-discretion sufficiency-of-evidence trial-procedure Does the government heighten its burden of proof at trial by adding a non-statutory element to the indictment, pursuing its case to include that extra… -6.5
18-5973 Alvin Ramirez-De Jesus v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) booker-standard criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause probation-revocation procedural-reasonableness reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness supervised-release Question not identified. -6.5
18-5978 John Robert Register, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender civil-rights criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process plain-error prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation A. Did the court commit a plain error by applying a career offender enhancement to petitioner, even though his prior convictions (to wit: possession o… -6.5
18-5979 Malik Derry v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-amendment law-of-case right-to-be-present right-to-counsel sixth-amendment suppression-of-evidence A. Whether the Fifth or Sixth Amendments, or Rules 43 and 44 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, are violated when neither a criminal defendan… -6.5
18-5983 Louis Charlton v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process fair-opportunity fair-trial impartial-jury present-defense sixth-amendment trial-by-jury trial-rights Was Petitioner denied the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a trial by an impartial jury when he was not allowed a fair opportunity to present his defense … -6.5
18-5987 Ajohntae Hammond v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment circuit-split fourth-amendment officer-safety police-discretion pretext probable-cause qualified-immunity reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure totality-of-circumstances totality-of-the-circumstances warrantless-search When deciding whether a police officer's fear for his safety justified a warrantless search of a person not suspected of any crime, may courts limit t… -6.5
18-5992 Amilcar C. Butler v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-782 commutation criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing executive-branch executive-commutation judicial-branch judicial-discretion judicial-executive-branch-interaction mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines Does Butler's Statutory Mandatory Minimum Sentence Initially Imposed By The Judicial Branch And Later Commuted By The Executive Branch Bar Him From Se… -6.5
18-5994 Ricky Wayne White v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-error legal-relief maximum-sentence misdemeanor-enhancement sentencing sentencing-error state-court-jurisdiction state-courts Question One: Is an error of a lower State Court in exceeding the maximum sentence legally allowed, cognizable for relief at any time? Question Tw… -6.5
18-5996 Gene Lemay Barris v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing unreasonable-sentence 1.How ion a sentencing Coust sentenct a defeadent cutside of the Gui delines orainally out lindd in Tue defendents pka @gret moat. Dots 2. Hou Or can… -6.5
18-5997 Francisco Burciaga v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-law drug-classification drug-policy due-process heroin-hydrochloride innocence legal-ambiguity pharmaceutical-industry prosecutorial-discretion sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness All University Englh Dictionaries define/describe as follows: heroin— a derivative of morphine morphine— a derivative of opium What is heroin hydro… -6.5
18-5998 Keith Lapell Biggins v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure appellate-review buck-v-davis case-law certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit federal-procedure habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation statutory-operation Whether the United Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Contrary to Buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct. 759 Inverted the Mode of Statutory Operation 28 U.S.… -6.5
18-6007 Valerie Louise Williams v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines appellate-review criminal-procedure downward-variance federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness Whether The Court Should Grant Certiorari to Provide Further Clarification as to the Presumption of Substantive Reasonableness for Downward Variances … -6.5
18-6008 Anibal Pagan-Romero v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-trial dictionary dictionary-use due-process fifth-amendment first-circuit jury jury-instructions presumption-of-prejudice remmer-presumption remmer-v-united-states A. Whether the Petitioner was denied due process of law where the District Court, over the objection of Defendant provided the jury with a dictionary … -6.5
18-6010 Babubhai Patel v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction miller-el-v-cockrell sixth-circuit standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sidestep [the COA] process in Petitioner Babubhai Patel's COA Application by first deciding the merits of an ap… -6.5
18-6012 Lucious Wilson v. J. Soto, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law darden-standard darden-v-wainwright due-process habeas habeas-corpus ninth-circuit non-unanimous-verdict prosecutorial-misconduct uncharged-conduct Is the Ninth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability ("COA") on the claim that Wilson's conviction is unconstitutional because the prosecut… -6.5
18-6014 Javier Vega-Orozco v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi Certiorari criminal-procedure due-process sentencing sixth-amendment Supreme-Court Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… -6.5
18-6016 Fabian Sandoval-Ramos v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense due-process enhancement-factor mandatory-minimum-sentence mandatory-minimum-sentences sentencing sentencing-enhancements statutory-interpretation In order to trigger a mandatory minimum sentence, must the government allege and prove that an enhancement factor was the object of the conspiracy, or… -6.5
18-6018 In Re Gary Ivan Terry Dismissed Response WaivedIFP actual-bias all-writs-act bias due-process fifth-amendment fourth-circuit judicial-bias mandamus recusal-statute separation-of-powers writ-of-mandamus Whether the federal recusal statute was violated when a panel of judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied the motion… -6.5
18-6023 Lamar Atu Blackwell v. Matthew Hansen, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus postconviction-procedure postconviction-review prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington swarthout-v-cooke unreasonable-application webb-v-texas Whether this Court's opinion in Webb v Texas, 409 U.S. 95, 93 S. Ct. 351, 34 L. Ed. 2d 330 (1972) applies to prosecutors as well as judges; Whether t… -6.5
18-6024 Eric Sijohn Brown v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits-analysis section-2255 standard-of-review third-circuit (1) Does the Third Circuit Court Of Appeals decision contrevene Buck. v. Davis,85 U. S.L.WI 4037,2017 BL :54115 (U.s.2/22/17) because the 3rd Circuit … -6.5
18-6028 Maurice Baum v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-amount drug-crimes due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment Was Trial Counsel's failure to object to the District Court's determination and findings of the drug amount attributable to the Petitioner objectively… -6.5
18-6030 Jason M. Smith v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-waiver collateral-attack constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement public-policy sentencing In the decision under review, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that an appellate waiver provision in petitioner's plea a… -6.5
18-6031 Noah R. Robinson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review direct-appeal due-process evidence-misstatement evidence-of-record evidence-tampering judicial-animosity judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct supreme-court supreme-court-review supreme-court-vacated Whether former Circuit Court Chief Judge Richard A. Posner misstated the evidence of record in the Green remand opinion, as a means to the end of just… -6.5
18-6033 Raymond Douglas Myers v. David R. Osborne, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence equitable-principles indigent-petitioner indigent-petitioners ineffective-assistance post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-interference state-law-limits Through legislation. Tennessee Law makes it literally impossible for indigent non-capital petitioners to receive the effective assistance of post-conv… -6.5
18-6036 Donald S. Harden v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP causation criminal-statute drug-trafficking mandatory-life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing proximate-cause racial-disparities rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability This Court granted certiorari in Burrage v. United States, 569 U.S. 957 (2013), to decide two questions concerning the "death results" sentencing enha… -6.5
18-6049 Robert Wallace Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-sentencing due-process first-offender internet-crime sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum substantive-reasonableness Whether the district court's statutory maximum, 240-month sentence is substantively unreasonable for a first offender convicted of one count of receiv… -6.5
18-6060 James Chavez v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington cross-examination hearsay-exception preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment testimonial-statements witness-unavailability Whether, pursuant to Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), a Prosecution can Admit Prior Testimonial Statements, Including a Video-taped Intervi… -6.5
18-6063 Craig Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals criminal-history criminal-procedure disciplinary-infractions due-process judicial-discretion judicial-interpretation section-3582 sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Supreme Court should resolve spilt decisions in the lower court -as to how far a Judge must explain and/or elaborate on a decision to gran… -6.5
18-6065 In Re Eric M. Richardson Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury habeas-corpus judicial-procedure pro-se-petition sentencing standing Question not identified. -6.5