| 18-396 |
Brittan Holland, et al. v. Kelly Rosen, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
bail bail-reform-act criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment fourth-amendment monetary-bail new-jersey pretrial-detention pretrial-liberty restrictive-conditions |
Whether New Jersey, which authorizes monetary bail, but affirmatively requires courts to exhaust more restrictive non-monetary conditions before even … |
10.5 |
| 18-48 |
Minnesota v. Quentin Todd Chute |
Minnesota |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
curtilage fourth-amendment knock-and-talk plain-view plain-view-doctrine probable-cause reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-suspicion search search-and-seizure |
After Florida v. Jardines, 569 U.S. 1 (2013), and Collins v. Virginia, 138 S.Ct. 1663 (2018), it is unclear - and there is a split in authority on - w… |
9.0 |
| 18-67 |
James Thomas Hurst, II v. James Caldwell, et al. |
Kentucky |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-act deshaney deshaney-doctrine due-process government-liability police-misconduct section-1983 special-relationship special-relationship-rule state-actor-liability state-created-danger |
1. Does the special relationship rule articulated by this Court in Deshaney, supra, apply to shield a state actor from liability under 42 U.S.C. § 198… |
9.0 |
| 18-284 |
Scott Gessler v. Matt Smith, et al. |
Colorado |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure administrative-state civil-penalty civil-rights due-process government-ethics notice quasi-criminal vagueness void-for-vagueness |
By popular initiative Colorado created an Independent Ethics Commission with the power to enforce a gift ban and specific influence peddling standards… |
8.5 |
| 18-77 |
Advanced Video Technologies LLC v. HTC Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
civil-procedure federal-circuit involuntary-plaintiff joinder patent patent-law rule-19 standing supreme-court |
Did the Federal Circuit properly create an exception to Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in patent law, requiring a dismissal of a case… |
6.5 |
| 18-187 |
Keith A. Simpson v. The Bank of New York Mellon |
Florida |
Denied |
|
bank-fraud civil-rights constitutional-rights disqualification due-process due-process-violation foreclosure fraud fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct mortgage-settlement national-mortgage-settlement perjury standing |
Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protections of the 5th and 14th Amendment… |
5.5 |
| 18-194 |
Craig Robert Nunn v. Tennessee Department of Correction, et al. |
Tennessee |
Denied |
|
community-supervision-for-life constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process ex-post-facto parole-conditions retroactive-application retroactive-punishment sex-offender-directives sex-offender-registration |
Does the retroactive application of the Sex Offender Directives to Mr. Nunn violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution? |
5.5 |
| 18-206 |
Craig Cunningham v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
|
affirmative-defense civil-procedure federal-agency-authority federal-contractor-liability federal-preemption federal-statutes government-contractor-defense jurisdictional-defense separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation yearsley-defense yearsley-v-w-a-ross |
Almost 80 years ago, in Yearsley u. W. A. Ross
Const. Co., 309 U.S. 18, 21-22 (1940), under seemingly
innocuous facts, this Court created a defense to… |
5.5 |
| 18-213 |
H. Richard Austin v. Hanover Insurance Company, aka Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
|
appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure collateral-estoppel court-interpretation daubert daubert-standard en-banc-review fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court homeowners-insurance judicial-interpretation judicial-procedure motion-for-summary-judgment res-judicata sanctions summary-order |
1)111 the federal court system, is an initial, appellate "Summary Order" (without en banc review) the definitive source regarding the subject matter c… |
5.5 |
| 18-214 |
Tawoos Bazargani v. Latch's Lane Owners Association, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
|
appeal civil-procedure civil-rights constitutionality court-dismissal due-process judicial-process judicial-review legal-entitlement legal-threat medical-leave obstruction-of-justice respondent-intimidation retaliation standing threat threat-of-harm trial-entitlement |
IS PETITIONER ENTITLE OF THE TRIAL OF THE ABOVE IDENTIFIED CLAIM? BECAUSE PETITIONER HAS LONG BEEN A VICTIM OF THE ABOVE IDENTIFIED RESPONDENT AND SUB… |
5.5 |
| 18-215 |
Lisa M. Aubuchon, et al. v. Maricopa County, Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
|
9th-circuit 9th-circuit-panel bias civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-contract fact-finder fact-finding government-attorneys judicial-bias judicial-decision legal-precedent notice-of-claim political-bias standing |
Was the 9th Circuit Panel's Decision a Politically Charged Decision that Assumed the Role of a Fact Finder, as Asserted by the Dissent?
Was the exist… |
5.5 |
| 18-218 |
Trey Beam v. Robert F. Abercrombie, Jr. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
|
11th-circuit civil-rights due-process investigation misdemeanor probable-cause qualified-immunity willful-failure |
Whether an officer may lose qualified immunity based upon the allegation of "willful" failure to investigate even when the officer has established at … |
5.5 |
| 18-222 |
EMED Technologies Corporation v. Repro-Med Systems, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure claim-construction constitutional-amendment digital-claim due-process inter-partes-review patent patent-claim-construction patent-law-procedure review-procedure standard-of-review takings |
1. Given the clear error standard for reviewing factual determinations made by the PTAB1, is it error for the PTAB to not adhere to the Fhillips claim… |
5.5 |
| 18-232 |
W. A. Griffin v. Teamcare, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
|
assignment assignment-of-rights benefit-assignment circuit-split erisa medical-provider medical-providers participant-rights statutory-penalties welfare-benefit-plan welfare-benefits written-assignment-of-benefits |
1. Whether or not ERISA authorizes a participant or member of a welfare benefit plan to assign his or her rights to statutory penalties to a medical p… |
5.5 |
| 18-235 |
Ventura Content, Ltd. v. Motherless, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
|
actual-knowledge apparent-knowledge copyright-infringement copyright-liability digital-millennium-copyright-act dmca-safe-harbor knowledge-standard online-service-provider repeat-infringer repeat-infringer-policy repeat-infringers termination-policy volitional-conduct |
Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, where an Online Service Provider's (OSP) user uploads over 300,000 pieces of conte… |
5.5 |
| 18-241 |
Paminder S. Parmar, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Surinder K. Parmar, et al. v. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. |
Illinois |
Denied |
|
constitutional-challenge due-process estate-tax jurisdiction post-deprivation-remedy retroactive-application retroactivity sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tax-refund |
This Court held in Reich v. Collins, 513 U.S. 106, 108 (1994) that "due process requires a 'clear and certain' remedy for taxes collected in violation… |
5.5 |
| 18-245 |
Marlon Penn v. New York Methodist Hospital, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
|
civil-rights employment-discrimination first-amendment free-speech hosanna-tabor ministerial-exception religious-institution title-vii |
Since Hosanna-Tabor did not address how to decide if an employer is "religious," should the Court review this case and define the proper analysis in d… |
5.5 |
| 18-251 |
Sheldon Schwartz v. HRI Hospital, Inc., et al. |
Massachusetts |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional constitutional-law due-process employment employment-rights equal-protection free-speech retaliation state-law whistleblower |
Whether Massachusetts' post-employment retaliation statute violates the principles of equal protection, due process and free speech?
2. Must the stat… |
5.5 |
| 18-255 |
George Briscoe v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
|
criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process fair-trial indictment indictment-amendment indictment-modification jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-procedure vagueness |
Can a defendant receive a fair trial when the plain language of a statute is ignored to allow the government to change the indictment after a jury has… |
5.5 |
| 18M56 |
Robert E. Cotner v. United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
|
None |
|
5.5 |
| 18M57 |
In Re Sealed Petitioner |
|
Denied |
|
None |
|
5.5 |
| 18M58 |
Lee Craft v. National Labor Relations Board |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
|
None |
|
5.5 |
| 18M59 |
Phillip T. Thompson v. Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
|
None |
|
5.5 |
| 18M60 |
Marsa D. Bullock v. District of Columbia, et al. |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
|
None |
|
5.5 |
| 18-297 |
Eric White, et al. v. Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of New York, et al. |
New York |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
canons-of-construction federal-indian-law indian-law indian-rights indian-treaty-rights native-american-rights new-york-indians seneca-nation sovereign-immunity state-taxation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tax-assessment treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
The decision below ruled that New York's promise to the Seneca Nation of Indians to refrain from assessing taxes "for any purpose whatever, upon any I… |
4.5 |
| 18-182 |
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Inc. v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-controversy article-iii declaratory-judgment drug-exclusivity fda-approval generic-drugs patent-invalidity pharmaceutical pharmaceutical-patents standing |
In the context of patent cases involving pharmaceutical products, does the "actual controversy" requirement of the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C.… |
3.5 |
| 18-228 |
Western Radio Services Company, Inc. v. John Allen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedures-act agency-discrimination bivens-claim class-of-one equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation permitting-actions retaliation |
Where a company alleges that, after it began filing legal challenges against Forest Service decisions, the agency singled it out for delay and inactio… |
3.5 |
| 18-230 |
Robert Allen Richards, Jr. v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bill-of-attainder canon-law child-support civil-procedure civil-rico civil-rights due-process paternity-fraud rooker-feldman-doctrine standing |
The District Court did not let me Re-establish my standing in the new lower court when they changed courts.
The Appeals court and the District court … |
3.5 |
| 18-242 |
Samuel Gicharu, et al. v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
None |
|
3.5 |
| 18-243 |
Anthony Fox v. John Powell, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11th-amendment checks-and-balances civil-rights constitutional-protection constitutional-rights discovery due-process eleventh-amendment judicial-abrogation judicial-proceedings motion-to-dismiss rule-12b6 standing supervisory-liability supervisory-responsibility |
Is this Court not required to protect the Constitution as envisioned by our founding fathers in the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution and does no… |
3.5 |
| 18-248 |
Mohamed Idris Ahmed v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
and whether the government must prove by clear an 8-usc-1451-a citizenship-revocation clear-and-convincing-evidence evidence-requirement evidence-standard Kungys-v-United-States legal-standard legal-test maslenjak-v-united-states naturalization-citizenship naturalization-process procurement procurement-element procurement-standard willful-concealment |
1. Whether the plurality decision in Kungys v. United States, 485 U.S. 759, 108 S. Ct. 1537, 99 L. Ed. 839 (1988) addressing the procurement element o… |
3.5 |
| 18-254 |
Xiu Jian Sun v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law biblical-reference civil-procedure civil-rights divine-revelation due-process free-speech judicial-interpretation legal-metaphor legal-parable presidential-names presidential-powers presidential-reference prophetic-message religious-freedom religious-text separation-of-church-and-state standing |
The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows
Lord god of host sent the … |
3.5 |
| 18-263 |
Sheryl Faust v. Illinois Workers Compensation Commission, et al. |
Illinois |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure arbitrary-barriers bodily-integrity due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment redress workers-compensation |
Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment prevent states from using arbitrary barriers to deprive workers of th… |
3.5 |
| 18-298 |
Michael Vernon Beaty, Jr. v. South Carolina |
South Carolina |
Denied |
Response Waived |
chapman-standard chapman-v-california constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,constitutional-law, due-process,criminal-procedure,harmless-error,chap harmless-error judicial-review right-to-respond standard-of-review supreme-court-standard |
I.
Does the South Carolina Supreme Court's standard
for determining harmless constitutional error depart
from this Court's mandates in Chapman v. Ca… |
3.5 |
| 18-313 |
Albon C. Diamond, III v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-evidence medical-testimony sixth-amendment strategic-decisions strickland strickland-standard |
Whether the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of effective attorney representation in a criminal felony prosecution (applicable against the State of Florida… |
3.5 |
| 18-332 |
Kevin Singson v. Sean Reyes, Attorney General of Utah |
Utah |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedures civil-rights debt-collection due-process extraordinary-writ governmental-power sovereign-immunity standing state-action state-agency state-courts unfair-collection |
The Utah State Courts in this case evaluated Petitioner Kevin Singson's claim that the Utah Office of State Debt Collections collected a wage claim wh… |
3.5 |
| 18-335 |
Nathaniel Teamer v. Scott Lewis, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-bias jury-instructions south-carolina state-court supreme-court truth-seeking |
Does the South Carolina Supreme Court's acceptance of judges instructing the jury that its "sole objective is to simply reach the truth of the matter"… |
3.5 |
| 18-341 |
Billie Faye Keyes, et al. v. Philip Gunn, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ballot-disenfranchisement civil-rights due-process election-integrity election-interference equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legislative-misconduct standing voting voting-rights |
If state legislators intentionally discard ballots to swing an election, may the disenfranchised voters bring suit in federal court to enforce the gua… |
3.5 |
| 18-343 |
Raiden J. Andrews v. United States |
Armed Forces |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review chapman-v-california constitutional-error constitutional-provision-involved constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment harmless-error harmless-error-standard military-justice military-justice-system prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the lower court erred in failing to apply the harmless error standard to the prosecution's improper arguments. |
3.5 |
| 18-356 |
Robert Edward Orth v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-regulation all-inclusive-terms citizen-definition citizenship-definition constitutional-claims due-process free-speech impermissible-expansion passport-privileges procedural-due-process statutory-construction tax-law taxpayer-rights |
Is the citizen in the statutory definition at 26 U.S.C. § 1402(b) an American, like the Petitioner?
Do the individuals in § 1402(b) and 26 C.F.R. 1.1… |
3.5 |
| 18-357 |
Dragomir Taskov v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process due-process,ineffective-assistance,innocence,prose habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct section-2255 statute-of-limitations timeliness |
Whether Petitioner's substantive claim of innocence and all the violations of his constitutional rights are barred simply as untimely and because of t… |
3.5 |
| 18-360 |
Ronald Bergrin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
competency-test conflicts-of-interest counsel-conflict criminal-investigation due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,competency,conflict dusky-standard dusky-v-united-states right-to-counsel stand-trial standard-of-review structural-error |
Does the competency test established in Dusky v. United States, 362 U.S. 402 (1960), permit a finding of incompetency to stand trial based on the accu… |
3.5 |
| 18-381 |
Donald C. Marro v. New York State Teachers' Retirement System |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-settlement class-action class-representation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fees fees-and-expenses frcp-23 notice property-rights public-policy settlement-fairness |
Amendments V and XIV provide equal access to courts, equal protection of law and sanctity of property, including bankruptcy distributions, for all lit… |
3.5 |
| 18-387 |
Ben Gary Triestman v. Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of New York |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus in-custody liberty-restraint liberty-restraints order-of-protection restraint-of-liberty risk-of-incarceration standing state-court-orders supreme-court-precedent |
Where a state court order of protection that imposes severe constraints upon a non-incarcerated person's physical liberty and civil freedoms, and wher… |
3.5 |
| 18-397 |
William G. Clowdis, Jr. v. Virginia Board of Medicine |
Virginia |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law double-jeopardy due-process full-faith-and-credit medical-licensing modes-of-procedure sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction ultra-vires |
1) Did the Court of Appeals of Virginia err in holding moot and failing to rule substantively on Clowdis' claim that the Virginia Board of Medicine vi… |
3.5 |
| 18-407 |
Matthew John Stickle v. Virginia |
Virginia |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure curtilage due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment fourth-amendment,fourteenth-amendment,search-and-s ip-address search-and-seizure threshold warrantless-search |
I. Was the evidence in this case unlawfully obtained as a result of an unlawful search and seizure in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment… |
3.5 |
| 18-5648 |
Anthony Lamarca v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-case death-penalty eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment fourteenth-amendment fourteenth-amendment-due-process hurst-v-florida jury-unanimity retroactivity ring-v-arizona |
1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity rule as to violations pursuant to Hurst v. Florida, which is based on an arbitrary cutoff… |
0.5 |
| 18-5004 |
Tremayne Antwane Mitchell v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment curtilage evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment franks-hearing franks-v-delaware good-faith-exception police-search probable-cause reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in overruling the District Court's decision to suppress evidence obtained by police officers when they sniffed the … |
-1.0 |
| 18-5727 |
Andre K. Clarke v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
agency-principles attorney-error buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability circuit-split equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus limitations-period miller-el-v-cockrell |
I. Whether Maples v. Thomas, 565 U.S. 266 (2012) requires
importation of agency principles into the equitable tolling context, such that it
alters thi… |
-1.5 |
| 18-5959 |
John Ingebretsen v. Jack Palmer, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan plea-bargaining post-conviction-counsel procedural-default |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a request for a certificate of appealability because reasonable jurists would find it debatable whether Ing… |
-1.5 |
| 18-6067 |
Edward Lee Lewis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act booker-standard circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process overserved-sentence plainly-unreasonable reasonableness revocation-sentence sentencing sentencing-standard standard-of-review supervised-release |
1. Whether the appropriate standard of review for a sentence following the revocation of supervised release is the "plainly unreasonable" standard onc… |
-1.5 |
| 18-6069 |
Joel Cadena v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal case-holding circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus legal-deferral pending-litigation petition-for-writ sentencing statutory-interpretation stay supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Whether this Court should hold the instant Petition until the resolution of Stokeling v. United States, 138 S.Ct. 1438 (April 2, 2018), and/or United … |
-1.5 |
| 18-5271 |
Roger W. Murray v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
batson batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection mitigation-evidence ninth-circuit racial-discrimination voir-dire |
1. Whether the Arizona courts unreasonably applied Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986) and unreasonably determined the constitutionally significant… |
-4.0 |
| 18-5230 |
John Parker Murphy v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-error due-process johnson-movant johnson-v-united-states retroactivity sentencing sentencing-error statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states |
The question in this case has arisen with great frequency in the wake of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and Welch v. United States,… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5263 |
Bobby Ree McGee, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability elements-clause johnson-claim residual-clause samuel-johnson section-2255 statutory-maximum violent-felony |
Mr. McGee was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") to 180 months' impriso… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5268 |
Jeremiah T. Sailor v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 acca burden-of-proof collateral-review johnson johnson-v-united-states record residual-clause sentencing |
1.) Whether a court may grant a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition collaterally challenging a sentence under Johnson when the sentencing judge never specified … |
-4.5 |
| 18-5298 |
Reuben Stewart v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-922g 18-usc-924 18-usc-924e2bii 8th-amendment aggravated-assault criminal-law due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states means-rea mens-rea recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Does a prior conviction predicated on a means rea of recklessness qualify as a violent felony under 18 U.S.C. section 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) in light of Joh… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5331 |
Ralph Simon Jeremias v. Nevada |
Nevada |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-circumstances confrontation-clause constitutional-standard death-penalty due-process hurst-v-florida jury-finding jury-trial mitigating-circumstances ring-v-arizona |
1. Whether the Consti tution requi res – i n a state i n whi ch a jury i s
requi red to fi nd that mi tigating ci rcumstances do not outwei gh the
agg… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5391 |
Daniel Sexton v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-981 circuit-split criminal-forfeiture-liability criminal-procedure dismissed-charges due-process forfeiture-liability honeycutt-v-united-states joint-and-several-liability sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Question I. Does this Court's reasoning of Honeycutt v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 1626 (2017), limiting joint and several forfeiture liability to what… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5399 |
Joseph Andrew Perez v. California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
autopsy-report autopsy-reports confrontation-clause crawford-standard crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure homicide-investigation homicide-investigations sixth-amendment testimonial testimonial-evidence |
Whether an autopsy report created as part of a homicide investigation, and asserting that the death was caused by homicide, is "testimonial" under the… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5641 |
Pressley Bernard Alston v. Florida, et al. |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment,14th-amendment,capital-punishment,hu capital-defendant capital-punishment Does the partial retroactivity formula designed by Does the partial retroactivity formula employed fo due-process,federal-constitutional-rights,post-con federal-constitutional-violations hurst-v-florida montgomery-v-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana,retroactivity,sentencing,su post-conviction-review retroactivity state-law-waiver supremacy-clause |
1. Does a state capital defendant's state-law waiver of state post-conviction review automatically and forever preclude the defendant from seeking rel… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5645 |
Eric E. Johnson v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel |
Whether the is Court of Appeal the Ciruit knowingly denied aciinal deudnt a Constiutioal right to appeal anuulaufulcriminal conviction, on a petition … |
-4.5 |
| 18-5649 |
Charles Richardson v. Jason Kent, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct recusal trial-counsel venue |
Whether the prosecutor's improper arguments resulted in
an unfair trial and a guilty verdict of murder instead of
a lesser charge thereto?
Did the Fi… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5650 |
Carl Javon Ross v. Maryland |
Maryland |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals civil-rights conviction-reversal criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process innocence standing |
wI 1 U41/Y 2jrcI CQ&Ar voJaF'o' )njve oVerhtd7 tid t'i- deCi ~,'lyl Of 4/9(' vio)ql-e de d,/t11- r9bis W:5 MA edn 4-f--s4- rad fl 9C4+VE enough 1'Ver5… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5652 |
Glen Springer v. Benjamin Dale Caple, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-needs prison-conditions |
1. Did Plaintif SufferA EighthAmendment Violation?
Medical Needs?
ex
is Administative Remedies by
the grlevance process
USiNg
When
he only thing that… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5656 |
Venise Metayer v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights counsel-misadvice counsel-role due-process illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing trial-court-denial waiver waiver-of-rights |
I. WERE THE PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATED WHEN THE TRIAL COURT DENTED HER MOTION FOR ILLEGAL SENTENCE BASED UPON THE PETITIONER'S REFERE… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5660 |
Todd Jesse Garton v. California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defendant-attire due-process guilt-determination meaningful-defense penalty-phase presumption-of-innocence right-to-fair-trial right-to-present-defense right-to-reliable-verdict right-to-wear-civilian-attire |
Whether refus ing to permit an in-cus tody def endant ch arged with murder ing
his wife and unborn child to wear his wedding ring during trial vio lat… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5662 |
Myrna Diaz v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights counsel-misconduct criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment unauthorized-practice-of-law |
DID THE STAFF OF THE "PROJECT FREEDOM FUND" WHO PROVIDED
FAULTY LEGAL ADVICE TO PETITIONER, AND THUS INDUCED HER TO
WITHDRAW A GUILTY PLEA FOR WHICH S… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5672 |
Charles S. Renchenski v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure circuit-split conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-courts |
HAS THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ENTERED A DECISION
THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT,
ALL OTHER COURTS OF APPEALS, FEDEE… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5676 |
Ernest Morris v. Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
cell-phone-records cell-phone-tower-records constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy duress-defense fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing suppression trial-counsel unqualified-counsel |
I. Did counsel provide ineffective assistance of counsel where
Direct appeal counsel abandoned the suppression of cell phone tower records after
the… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5681 |
Dexter Leemon Johnson v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-error jury-instructions jury-trial jury-verdict reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum trial-error |
1. PETITIONER WAS DENIED THE RIGHT TO A JURY VERDICT OF GUILTY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
2. PETITIONER WAS DENIED EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS
3. TR… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5687 |
Brian Kerry O'Keefe v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. |
Nevada |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights collateral-review due-process federal-review habeas-corpus liberty-interest procedural-default standing state-court-decision state-court-proceedings statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent time-bar |
1.) Whether ding he tiaevieoce gertd by federal proedural and substantive de proces of law preseribed particubarly by the 7rotected liberty interest i… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5690 |
Darren Taylor v. Thomas Schweitzer, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment cell-phone-privacy constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment gps-data search-and-seizure warrantless-search |
Whether Petitioner was denied his constitutional right to a full and fair opportunity to litigate his claim of being denied his constitutional right t… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5697 |
James R. Reece v. L. Ray Whitley, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings critical-stage indigent-prisoner new-trial post-trial pre-appeal right-to-counsel sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Whether a post-trial pre-appeal motion for new trial filed by an indigent prisoner is a critical stage of state criminal proceedings protected by r… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5700 |
Jerry Docaj v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-instructions manslaughter miranda-rights passion-provocation sixth-amendment |
Mr. Docaj seeks leave to appeal the following issues:
1) Whether the jury instruction on passion/provocation manslaughter misstated the law, unconsti… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5703 |
Joshua D. Blair v. Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals arbitrary-and-capricious civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction martinez-v-ryan procedural-defect standing |
Question not identified. |
-4.5 |
| 18-5711 |
Edwin C. Coleman v. Carrie M. Ward |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-guidelines government-regulations property-rights standing |
Right to kquat peotectin And due process oF /AW.
deFedAnt boT mAte A Request FonAheing uder locAd Rule 105.6
8F the Maytod Code shauld not A heang beh… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5712 |
Jerome A. Christmon v. B&B Airparts, Inc. |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
7th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process errata-sheets evidence jury-trial procedural-error summary-judgement summary-judgment uncertified-deposition |
If summary judgement is sought, using only the deponents' UNCERTIFIED deposition as the basis for the moving parties supposed factual position (withou… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5714 |
Jose A. Rivera-Quinones v. Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment prejudicial-evidence sentencing sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Under Our United States Constitution, Amendment VI., Can A Trial Court Posess Subject Matter . Jurisdiction On A Criminal Offense Not Charged Within. … |
-4.5 |
| 18-5716 |
Richard Blake Ray v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-circuit buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fifth-circuit habeas-corpus reasonable-legal-argument supreme-court-law |
Ray had a claim that was "reasonably debatable" by "jurists of reason Sineee a reasonable legal argument could have been made. The district court and … |
-4.5 |
| 18-5723 |
Larry J. Kushner v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
complex-case constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-precedents judicial-review prosecutorial-delay prosecutorial-misconduct speedy-trial |
Did the State of New Jersey violate the defendants constitutional right to a speedy trial by its delay of 16 months from arrest to indictment?
Did th… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5724 |
Juan Concepcion v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
brown-vs-board case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-judgment due-process Equal-protection Gideon-v-wainwright gideon-vs-wainwright ineffective-counsel legal-petition Self-representation speedy-trial statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari |
Did the court of common pleas acquire jurisdiction ab initio?
Did the state provide purported representation resulting in gross ineffective counsel?
… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5726 |
Ruben Cazares v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
IFP |
accomplice-statements bruton-error bruton-evidence bruton-v-united-states confrontation-clause crawford crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility harmless-error prejudice prejudicial-evidence separate-trials special-prejudice trial-procedure |
Fifty years ago, this Court began the Bruton era by making two points perfectly clear. One, Bruton evidence is "devastating" to the accused. Bruton v.… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5733 |
Steven Pinder v. Alva Green McDowell, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery due-process medical-records patient-privacy patient-privilege privilege standing |
Is the APPELLATE COURT ORDER AFFIRMING THE LOWER COURTS DISMISSAL OF PETITIONERS COMPLAINT CONTRARY TO AND AN UNREASONABLE APPLICATION OF CLEARLY ESTA… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5734 |
Robert Dennis Martin v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-waiver criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,4th-amendment,stand fourth-amendment jury-verdict police-stop reasonable-doubt standing |
Can Oklahoma adopt a rule of law regarding the waiver of a fundamental constitutional right that does not meet the minimum criteria for such waivers s… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5735 |
Harry Lonzo-Bolton Ervin v. Michigan |
Michigan |
Denied |
IFP |
apprendi-alleyne-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-rule criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing habeas-corpus montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity sentencing sentencing-range sixth-amendment teague-v-lane |
Pursuant to the intervening Constitutional rule announced in Montgomery v Louisiana, 577 US ; 136 S Ct 718 (2016), which clarified the retroactivity j… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5737 |
Richard Delain Kyles v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-principle discretionary-rules due-process ex-post-facto judicial-review legal-standards parole parole-board-policy parole-eligibility parole-suitability retroactive-statute statutory-interpretation |
The Court of Appeals has adopted and applied a "Fifth Circuit Principle" that "changes in the discretionary. ules, affecting. parole suitability canno… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5738 |
Bill Paul Marquardt v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction capital-collateral-regional-counsel collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-claims self-representation |
Whether the three collateral-order-doctrine conditions are satisfied and the U.S. Court of Appeals can take jurisdiction on in pro se claims, where th… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5755 |
Dwight L. Allen v. Superior Court of Georgia, Camden County |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction patent standing takings |
Deferdant to have his/herCase Rernoved to Federa/ Courtnnder
CertaiD extraordivary Cireumstarce the onsty hurdhe the Chamant
Must satisty is a Fso Pro… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5758 |
Annamalai Annamalai v. Parvathi Sivanadiyan |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-procedure-68 dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice federal-rule-68 federal-rule-civil-procedure federal-rules frivolous frivolous-complaint judgment-offer mailbox-rule offer-and-acceptance offer-of-judgment prejudice prison-mailbox-rule prisoner-filing |
Whether a district court can dismiss a complaint filed under 9 U.S.C.4 as frivolus and can dismiss with prejudice, after " the' mailing " of an "uncon… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5761 |
Kourtney Herman v. Crystal Young, et al. |
Illinois |
Denied |
IFP |
best-interests best-interests-standard custody custody-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment parental-responsibilities parental-rights standing |
(1) Whether a state court's application of a "best interests" standard in custody/parental responsibilities filed by a person other than a parent, vio… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5764 |
Richard Joseph Crane v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus life-sentence parole parole-consideration sentencing supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Supreme Court intended for the opinion of California Department of Corrections v. Morales (1995) 514 U.S. 499; and Garner v. Jones (U.S.Ga… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5767 |
Fox Joseph Salerno v. Jo Lynn Gentry, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. |
Arizona |
Denied |
IFP |
bill-of-attainder constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining retroactive-application retroactivity |
Did the State Trial Court err by unconstitutionally using Federal case laws of Missouri v. Frye/ Lafler v. Cooper and applying it retroactively thus v… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5768 |
Ercil K. Rayford v. Blair Leibach, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings |
Question not identified. |
-4.5 |
| 18-5772 |
Aurelio Fidencio Saldivar v. G. D. Lewis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard tactical-rationales trial-counsel |
1. Is a habeas corpus petitioner alleging a Sixth Amendment claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel required to address and rebut hypothetica… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5774 |
Rochelle Driessen v. Royal Bank of Scotland |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review procedural-standard standing summary-order supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states-court-of-appeals |
WHETHER THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT'S MAY 259 2017, SUMMARY ORDER IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH A DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES SUPR… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5777 |
Rodney S. Pederson v. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation |
Alaska |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law agency-decision alaska-supreme-court appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-due-process standing statute-of-limitations takings |
Question not identified. |
-4.5 |
| 18-5783 |
Robert A. Cotton v. County of San Bernardino, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-evidence brady-v-maryland brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process issue-preclusion judicial-immunity jury-trial manuel-v-city-of-joliet ninth-circuit preliminary-hearing qualified-immunity self-defense |
Was the Ninth Circuit in conflict with now, the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits, and the California Court of Appeal, First an… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5784 |
Boniface W. Wabuyabo v. Correct Care Solutions |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights claim due-process legal-representation medical-attention pro-se standing |
Irefevence to the decisions made by the louer couts, the plaintiff might the of temple to relate to the lagage of te La To rem elvn what e the lega se… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5787 |
Danyale Sharron Tubbs v. Michigan |
Michigan |
Denied |
IFP |
competency competency-defense due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency mental-illness plain-error procedural-default sentencing sentencing-error strickland-standard |
WAS MICHIGAN'S APPLICATION OF STRICKLAND V WASHINGTON UNREASONABLE WHERE DEFENSE COUNSEL FAILED TO INVESTIGATE AND PRESNT A COMPETENCY DEFENSE IN LIGH… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5792 |
Marlon Watford v. Thomas LaFond, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
1st-amendment 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing |
When filing a complaint under 28 U.S.C.S 1915(A) screening provisions of a 1983 complaint do the Petitioner Plaintiff have a 28 U.S.C.14 right to file… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5801 |
Harvey Eugene Larson v. Doug Moore, Parole Officer, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus legal-standing pleading prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation |
Did claim(s) state a cause of action? |
-4.5 |
| 18-5805 |
George Clifton Cobb v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-review due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-default standing |
Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States err in Certificate of Appeal timely as untimely despite petitioner showing that extraor… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5806 |
Edwin David Corbett v. Washington |
Washington |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence jackson-v-virginia post-conviction-relief statute-of-limitations sufficiency-of-evidence time-limitation |
This Court's precedent in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), and Sanders v. U.S., 373 U.S. 1 (1963), controls as follows:
1. The alleged victi… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5807 |
Peter R. Rubens v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
brady brady-violation cross-examination due-process prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment structural-error witness-intimidation |
Does Webb v. Texas apply when it is the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office who systematically threatens, coerces, intimidates, and actually off… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5815 |
Jose Francisco Puentes v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment arizona-statute civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing |
Whether Arizona Penal statute 13-1410 was applied in violation of Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment Right to the Federal Constitution?
Ground TWO: Wa… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5837 |
David Lee Roberts v. Alabama |
Alabama |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-sentencing criminal-procedure death-penalty federal-law hurst-v-florida judicial-findings jury-sentencing jury-verdict retroactivity ring-v-arizona |
David Roberts was sentenced to death based solely on findings by a judge after his sentencing jury voted that he should live. In Hurst v. Florida, 136… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5848 |
Darrell Darcell Darby v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional criminal-appeals cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process prison-conditions search-and-seizure sentencing standing takings |
[SEE APPENDIX D] WHO IS UNABLE HIMSELFWITH
HOBEOS CORPUS POSTCONUICTION PETI TION TO THE COURTS ).--
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HELP BY ANOTHER INMATE
"W… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5851 |
Martin Salinas v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings |
IS IT ABUSE OF DISCRETEON WHEN PLEA OFFER IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
IS IT ABUSE OF DISCRETON WHEN HABEAS TREAL COURT DOES NOT FOLLOW APPELL ATE PROCE… |
-4.5 |
| 18-5943 |
Linh Thi Minh Tran v. Kathy Hung Pham, et al. |
Oregon |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-fees civil-rights clear-and-convincing-evidence costs-and-fees due-process elder-care guardianship guardianship-petition medical-decision-making mental-health standing trial-court-error |
Did the trial court err in ruling General Judgment of Dismissal the Guardianship Petition filed by Linh Thi Minh Tran with prejudice?
Did the trial c… |
-4.5 |
| 18-6143 |
Oscar Rodriguez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure mental-retardation ninth-circuit summary-denial |
Should certiorari be granted to decide how much detail the order denying a COA should contain in order to ensure that the Circuit Court has complied w… |
-6.0 |
| 18-6150 |
Noel Aquino-Florenciani v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion child-pornography criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process internet-access internet-access-ban sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
Whether the court's imposition of a total ban of internet access as a condition of supervised release is an overly broad and restrictive and without a… |
-6.0 |
| 18-6151 |
Claude Thelemaque v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
burden-of-proof cocaine-distribution conspiracy criminal-law criminal-law-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence evidence-admissibility jurisdiction standard-of-proof witness-testimony |
Whether the government failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Thelemaque conspired to distribute cocaine with knowledge that it would be impor… |
-6.0 |
| 18-5618 |
Tae H. Chon v. Barack H. Obama, former President of the United States, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure fairness integrity judicial-proceedings plain-error preservation-of-error remand substantial-rights tenth-circuit |
Where the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit leaves open the question of whether or not a plain error affects the petitioner's subst… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5695 |
Robert Wayne Annabel, II v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ada amendment-opportunity civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy deliberate-indifference due-process plra plra-dismissal prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights rehabilitation-act res-judicata retaliation sua-sponte |
I. "The Sixth Circuit is alone in its PLRA interpretation that a sua sponte dismissal for failure to state a claim at screening no longer affords a "f… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5705 |
George Easterly v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure exculpatory-evidence impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-plea plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness postconviction-relief probable-cause probable-cause-affidavit search-and-seizure search-warrant voluntariness-of-plea |
Question #1: Whether the Florida Court of Appeals unreasonably applied this Courts precedent when it upheld summary denial of a postconviction claim a… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5741 |
George O. Riley v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure common-law constitutional-interpretation judicial-rulemaking motion-to-dismiss pleading-standard pleading-standards rules-enabling-act seventh-amendment twombly |
Whether the heightened pleading standard adopted in Tellabs/Twombly/Iqbal violates the Seventh Amendment to The United States Constitution by defying.… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5746 |
Kenneth Eugene Nix v. Florida |
Florida |
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? |
-6.5 |
| 18-5779 |
Ray Cobia v. Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2004-conviction 2012-conviction civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing |
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-6.5 |
| 18-5830 |
A. L., the Father v. Florida Department of Children and Families |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment brown-vs-board civil-procedure civil-procedure-due-process civil-rights due-process free-speech parental-rights shaken-baby-syndrome standing |
Question not identified. |
-6.5 |
| 18-5832 |
William Dixon v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion open-file-discovery procedural-stay state-court-claims stay-and-abeyance |
Whether a Federal Court Can Stay and hold in Abeyance a 28 USC § 2254 Petition for Habeas Corpus to Permit Petitioner to Exhaust Claims in State Court… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5836 |
Ya'shua Amen Shekhem El-Bey v. United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court minute-order rule-60 rule-60-motion service-of-process standing |
Whether the district court denied Petitioner's rights to due process of law when it failed to serve it's "Minute Order" upon the Petitioner and failin… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5850 |
In Re Christopher D. Schneider |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appearance-of-impropriety civil-rights courthouse-access discrimination due-process economic-status first-amendment judicial-bias mandamus retaliation self-censorship standing |
Does Mr. Schneider have a right to both the appearance and actuality of neutrality; and does mandamus he when that fundamental right is going to be mo… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5855 |
Derrick Knight v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-counsel appellate-procedure brady-violation constitutional-rights effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-acquittal motion-for-new-trial withholding-evidence |
Was Petitioner denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of appellate counsel when his appellate counsel failed to raise an issue of tri… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5860 |
Faisal Amin v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
None |
|
-6.5 |
| 18-5867 |
Harvey Preston v. Willie Smith, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-error criminal-procedure federal-review gateway gateway-claim habeas habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins perkins-v-mcquiggins standard-of-review |
The United States Supreme Court distinguishes habeas petitions asserting claims of actual innocence as (a) cases where no constitutional error is alle… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5869 |
Duane Montgomery v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-liability standing takings trial-by-jury |
1. Inordinste delay tween indrctment Anch Verdict Porm may under RtE CIFCUMStANCES Apptor Constitute Rifth Anendrent to the Urited states Constifution… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5870 |
Matthew Prow v. Tom Roy, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
1st-amendment art-censorship civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech prison prison-policies prison-restrictions reasonable-relationship-standard standing turner-analysis turner-standard |
Petitioner is an artist currently in the custody of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC). He commenced this civil rights action under 42 U.S.… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5883 |
Burdette Lowe v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ada-retaliation civil-rights disability due-process eeoc employment employment-discrimination judicial-procedure pleading-standard pleading-standards retaliation |
Whether it is proper for lower courts to issue dismissal decisions by omitting essential facts and misconstruing factual allegations, and creating dec… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5911 |
Manuel Lampon-Paz v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-redaction child-abuse child-abuse-neglect child-abuse-or-neglect court-of-appeals fair-trial federal-procedure minor-plaintiff minor-protection ongoing-case ongoing-federal-case plaintiff-rights redaction trial-fairness |
1) Whether a plaintiff can have his case redacted in accordance with laws and regulations about disclosure if; it contains information about a minor t… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5918 |
Jose Guerrero Lozano, Jr. v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure delay due-process florida-court ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-delay prejudice speedy-trial |
Whether the State of Florida Court or the Petitioner is more to blame for the delay. Whether, in due course, and petitioner asserted a claim of ineffe… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5942 |
Darren K. Byler v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure clean-water-act de-minimis-standard environmental-law refuse-act sewage-discharge statutory-interpretation water-pollution |
1. Does 33 U.S.C. 407, The Refuse Act, apply to sewage?
2. Does 33 U.S.C., 407, The Refuse Act. require discharges, into the water, to be morE than d… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5946 |
William A. Parrish, Jr. v. Lyneal Wainwright, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-rights court-of-appeals due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel grand-jury-selection indigent indigent-defendant indigent-litigant judicial-discretion perjured-testimony pro-se right-to-appeal right-to-counsel self-representation speedy-trial transcript trial-transcript |
Did the State Court of Appeals have the authority to deny a pro se indigent litigant a copy of his trial transcript because he choose to represent him… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5951 |
David Dwayne Cassady v. Steven D. Hall |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-damages due-process ex-contractu ex-contractu-actions garnishment indemnity indemnity-proceeds jurisdiction sovereign-immunity state-liability |
Does the United States District Court have jurisdiction under 42 USC §1983 to enforce its judgement by garnishment of indemnity proceeds of the Georgi… |
-6.5 |
| 18-5974 |
Levon Spaulding v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech qualified-immunity standing |
I.
IMPARTLALITY. WHERE STATE AND FEDERAL JUDGE'S
ANO JUSTICES IMPARTIALTYCAN REASONABLY BE AND 28U.S.C.
4SS(A). SIINCE APRIL I9I5 THE LINITED STATES … |
-6.5 |
| 18-5975 |
Jatinder Singh v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
None |
|
-6.5 |
| 18-6000 |
Angel Barreiro v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights de-facto-life-sentence due-process equal-protection florida-supreme-court life-sentence parole parole-eligibility parole-process sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-scheme |
Whether all 4,626 pre-1994 parole eligible Inmates in the State of Florida whom all are equally situated under the statutory schemes and criteria's of… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6001 |
Demario Carman v. Georgia |
Georgia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment manifest-necessity mistrial-exception reasonableness trial-court trial-court-discretion |
Whether the protection against Double Jeopardy contained in the Fifth Amendment is an empty promise where determinations as to what is "manifest neces… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6015 |
Gustavo Torres-Medel v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cross-examination defense-presentation discovery expert-witness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-rights trial-counsel |
Were Acker dents Sixth Ameadment rights
tt preloted when
DD frial counsel Farled to utilize an expert
ness
trial counsel farted te present delense
He… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6035 |
Zachary Chambers v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-exposure sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
1. Whether the lower court abused its discretion in ruling that trial counsel's erroneous advice about petitioner's sentencing exposure if he proceed … |
-6.5 |
| 18-6057 |
Omar Sosa-Gonzalez v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule first-circuit fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure sentencing standing statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
-6.5 |
| 18-6066 |
Melvin Noel Vasquez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure de-novo-review downward-adjustment due-process federal-sentencing fifth-circuit minimal-role mitigating-role sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-3b1.2 standard-of-review |
I Whether the Fifth Circuits cursory, review rather than the proper de novo review resulted in a misapplication of the provision of U.S.S.G. s 3Bl.2 d… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6068 |
Rodney L. Jones v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-of-appeals discretion due-process habeas-corpus |
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-6.5 |
| 18-6072 |
Cristian Gamez Mendez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum |
I. Whether all facts — including the fact of a prior conviction — that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and … |
-6.5 |
| 18-6073 |
Tramain Deon Price v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea police-power statutory-interpretation |
I. This Court should use this case to answer the reoccurring, important question whether, when enacting the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm statute (… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6076 |
Wilton Eugene Sandifer, Sr. v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-law mandamus standing state-court third-party-guilt trial-rights |
Question not identified. |
-6.5 |
| 18-6078 |
Carlton B. Springer v. Ohio |
Ohio |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-right criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel outcome-determinative prejudice-prong sixth-amendment standing |
Do Ohio Courts err when they insist that the prejudice prong of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim requires proof that counsel's deficient per… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6079 |
Rowan Brooks v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims due-process evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence forensic-evidence habeas-corpus judicial-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review state-court-proceedings |
Rowan Brooks was 65 years old on th e night in 2004 when his 68-year-old wife of eighteen years passed away. Neit her the police officer on the scene … |
-6.5 |
| 18-6080 |
Abraham J. Bonowitz, Douglas A. Pagitt, Lisa S. Harper, Suezann K. Bosler, Arthur J. Laffin, Randy Gardner, Derrick W. Jamison, Thomas W. Muther, Jr., Shane A. Claiborne, Sam R. Sheppard, and John M. Travers v. United States |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
40-usc-6135 assembly constitutional-law display first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine public-forum statutory-interpretation |
1. Is the open-air, public space surrounding the Supreme Court a traditional public forum, despite a flawed, constitutionally suspect challenged law t… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6083 |
Jesus Manuel Laureano-Perez v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process government-prosecution plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review uncharged-conduct |
Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine whether the district court erred in enhancing Laureano's sentence based on uncharged conduct not c… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6084 |
Sharon Lee v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice mental-capacity plea-bargaining |
I. WAS THE PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATED
WHEN THE PETITIONER UNKOWINGLY AND UNINTELLIGENTLY
ACCEPTED A PLEA TO A SECOND DEGREE MURDER CH… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6087 |
Samuel Raphael Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
§2255-motion 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief procedural-default successive-petitions |
I. DOES ASKING THE DISTRICT COURT TO REOPEN THE HABEAS PROCEEDING TO CONSIDER ALL ISSUES PRESENTED CONSTITUTE A SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE §2255 MOTION? |
-6.5 |
| 18-6090 |
Eric Williams v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-diligence due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief recantation recantation-evidence witness-recantation |
DID THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPERIOR COURT AND COMMON PLEAS COURT ABUSE THEIR DISCRETION BY DENYING WILLIAMS AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING TO REVIEW THE MERITS OF H… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6095 |
Jose Luis Buenrostro v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus magwood-rule magwood-v-patterson motion-to-vacate new-judgment presidential-commutation sentence-reduction successive-motion |
Whether a prisoner whose sentence has been reduced from life
to 30 years imprisonment through a presidential commutation
may file a new motion to vaca… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6099 |
In Re Terry Margheim |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 due-process judicial-administration judicial-integrity judicial-process stare-decisis supervisory-authority |
When the courts below violate due process by denying a meaningful opportunity to be heard in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding, will the United States Sup… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6100 |
Hugo Pliego-Hernandez v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-16 administrative-law attempted-robbery circuit-court-review criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-jurisdiction guideline-commentary sentencing-guidelines seventh-circuit stare-decisis statutory-interpretation stinson-v-united-states |
The district court enhanced Pliego-Hernandez' sentencing guideline range on the strength of a prior conviction for attempted robbery. Nothing in the t… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6102 |
Anthony Mayes, Jr. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-proceedings due-process federal-statutes judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-default trial-counsel |
Whether a pro se litigant's failure to address on direct appeal trial counsel's procedural default of client's fundamental due process rights, for app… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6103 |
Fernando Valdez-Cejas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining prior-conviction sentencing statutory-enhancement statutory-maximum |
I. Whether all facts — including the fact of a prior conviction — that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and … |
-6.5 |
| 18-6104 |
Wayne Thomas, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law federal-jurisdiction johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states supreme-court supreme-court-review use-of-force violent-crime |
1) Does the Florida Robbery 812.13 "meet use of force" as defined in Johnson v. United States U.S. (2010)? Petitioner requests a GVR in light of Stoke… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6107 |
Jacob Logan Stone v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process notice opportunity-to-be-heard pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-bar procedural-bars reentry summary-affirmance supervised-release |
Stone was summarily denied a modification of conditions of release based on a procedural ground he had no warning of or chance to brief. On appeal, de… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6108 |
Sontay T. Smotherman v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-claim discovery due-process election-integrity jury-selection records-inspection standing voting-rights |
Whether an unqualified defendant has right to inspect jury selection records in order to aid in the preparation of a constitutional claim? |
-6.5 |
| 18-6109 |
Keerut Singh v. United States Postal Service |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure civil-procedure de-novo-review due-process foia foia-request judicial-procedure privacy-act pro-se-litigant standard-of-review summary-judgment |
Whether the Ninth Circuit failed to comply with its own precedents under 5 U.S.C. §§ 552 and 552a thus resulting in a severe departure from the typica… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6111 |
Thompson Christopher Kyle Mandrell v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a6 appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-disparity sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
whether the federal sentencing court failed to properly consider and apply § 3553(a)(6), which requires consideration of "the need to avoid unwarrante… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6112 |
Opherro G. Jones v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines beckles-v-united-states certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process misinformation sentencing sentencing-guidelines townsend-v-burke void-for-vagueness |
Due process precludes a district court from relying on misinformation when sentencing a criminal defendant, requiring instead accuracy and reliability… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6113 |
Frank J. Ballesteros v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines criminal-procedure fairness fairness-doctrine integrity judicial-proceedings judicial-review post-conviction-relief pro-se-applicant public-reputation resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
1. Should this Court grant review of the court of appeals' decision based on this Court's subsequent decision in Rosales-Mireles v. United States that… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6116 |
Anthony Allen Jean v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment computer-searches exclusionary-rule good-faith-exception law-enforcement search search-and-seizure standing united-states-v-leon void-ab-initio warrant warrant-validity |
I. Can the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule announced by this Court in United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984), be applied in cases in… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6117 |
Josette Buendia v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arthur-anderson bribery-statute circuit-split corrupt-intent criminal-intent federal-bribery-statute judicial-precedent school-vendor sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rooney |
In Arthur Anderson LLP v. United States, this Court held that only people with immoral, depraved, wrongful, or evil motive, only people conscious of t… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6118 |
Martin Jonassen v. J. T. Shartle, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-circuit appeal appeal-procedure appealable-order civil-procedure district-court due-process final-order judicial-review standing |
1. Does the 4th Gia (See ated 6-26-18 ode) Bletantly Fry /,
Violate Dve Process \ ER. i" Stating hat movacits Appeal. (9#hGie i8-15404)
From District … |
-6.5 |
| 18-6119 |
Gary Long, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing de-facto-life-sentence due-process eighth-amendment federal-court-split federal-courts life-sentence sentencing-analysis sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent term-of-years |
Whether the district and appellate court failed to conduct the proper analysis of imposing a de facto life sentence on the petitioner?
Whether the ci… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6120 |
Jose Ramon Pulido-Nolazco v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-procedure prior-conviction sentencing sex-offender sex-offender-treatment supervised-release |
The decision of the Eleventh Circuit that Mr. Pulido -Nolazco's thirty year old sex offense is a factor for the Court to consider when determining whe… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6121 |
Benjamin Vega-Garcia, aka Carlos Moreno Molina v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari-standard constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent precedent-overruling recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which holds that a prior conviction qualifying an enhanced … |
-6.5 |
| 18-6122 |
Sheri Lee Pualani Kapahu v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
boarding-a-plane consensual-encounter detention drug-possession federal-agent fourth-amendment law-enforcement-interaction reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard search-and-seizure |
A police-citizen encounter does not implicate the Fourth Amendment when consensual. Once a reasonable person would no longer feel free to ignore the p… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6123 |
Ameen Green v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-dismissal dismissal legal-standing notice-of-appeal procedural-error standing third-circuit |
1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in dismissing Mr. Green's Notice of Appeal? |
-6.5 |
| 18-6127 |
Timothy Warren Vallier v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anonymous-speech civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech jurisdiction online-speech patent standing takings |
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals issued it's opinion on February 20, 2018, and on June 18, 2018 this Honorable Court entered it's judgement in Rosales… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6132 |
Marlon Oliver v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2011 plea offer not requiring cooperation and def criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining plea-offer right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
1. WHETHER THERE IS A REASONABLE PROBABILITY THAT THE COURT BELOW WOULD VACATE PETITIONER'S CONVICTION, GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THIS COURT'… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6133 |
Bernardo Olivares-Cepeda v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-notice notice service-of-process supervisory-power |
Question not identified. |
-6.5 |
| 18-6145 |
Maurice Nichols v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus standard-of-review standing successive-petitions |
Did the District Court abuse its discretion in construing Appellant's Rule 60(b) motion as a "Second and Successive" 2255 Petition? |
-6.5 |
| 18-6146 |
Charles Neuman v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 actual-innocence armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-custody habeas-corpus mathis savings-clause section-2255 |
Whether a claim of actual innocence of Armed Career Criminal status, based on this Court's decision in Mathis is cognizable under the savings clause, … |
-6.5 |
| 18-6148 |
Atul Nanda v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Brady-Doctrine brady-rule brady-v-maryland confrontation-clause due-process fifth-amendment Giglio-Doctrine giglio-rule giglio-v-united-states new-trial plea-agreement Plea-Agreements plea-bargaining sixth-amendment witness-testimony |
Are the Defendants' Constitutional Rights Under the Sixth and Fifth Amendments to Confront the Witnesses Against Them and to Due Process, Respectively… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6171 |
Dion Terry Taylor v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review district-court-discretion district-court-proceedings inter-circuit-inconsistency pinney-dock proof-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-standard standard-of-proof standard-of-review u-s-sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§5k2.1 unraised-claims |
1. Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to clarify the Sixth Circuit's "Pinney Dock" standard governing review of claims which were no… |
-6.5 |
| 18-6173 |
Carlos Tiznado-Valenzuela v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split federal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-interpretation molina-martinez molina-martinez-standard plain-error-review prejudice prejudice-prong sentencing-guidelines |
Should the Court address the division of circuit authority over the Court's application of the prejudice prong of plain-error review in Molina-Martine… |
-6.5 |