Conference: 2018-11-30

175 cases — 0 granted, 175 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-247 Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. California Denied Amici (2) None 12.5
18-287 Ron Neal, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison v. Frederick Michael Baer Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (3) antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act deferential-review habeas-corpus habeas-relief indiana-supreme-court ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Did the Seventh Circuit violate the deferential review requirements of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act by disregarding the reasoned … 11.5
18-321 TVEyes, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) 17-usc-107 campbell-v-acuff-rose commercial-success copyright-law fair-use market-harm second-circuit statutory-factors transformative-use In copyright law, the defense of fair use covers the transformative use of a work for research, comment, criticism and parody. Whether a use is "fair"… 11.5
18-14 Carlos Donjuan v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) coram-nobis criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining due-process equal-protection false-document-employment humanitarian-exception immigration-deportation immigration-removal ineffective-assistance-of-counsel padilla-standard padilla-v-kentucky plea-bargain strickland-ineffective-assistance strickland-v-washington vagueness The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in review, sustained the Federal District Court Judge's (FDDJ) denial of Petitioner's Petition for Wr… 9.0
18-188 Ivy T. Tucker v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split constitutional-deficiency constitutional-law criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum offense-of-conviction out-of-circuit-precedent procedural-default sentencing sentencing-guidelines trial-counsel I. Whether trial counsel's failure to make an argument that courts of appeals outside the circuit have accepted (and the circuit has not addressed) ma… 9.0
18-89 AmeriCulture, Inc., et al. v. Los Lobos Renewable Power, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-SLAPP attorneys-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal-motion expedited-motions federal-court federal-procedure fee-shifting free-speech public-participation 1. Whether a state anti-SLAPP provision requiring an award of attorneys' fees and costs to a prevailing defendant applies in federal court—as the Firs… 9.0
18-113 Jeremiah Rodgers v. Florida Florida Denied Amici (1) constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process hurst-v-florida jury-trial jury-waiver retroactivity sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment waiver Does waiving a state-law right to have a jury make an advisory sentencing recommendation constitute a knowing and intelligent waiver of the federal co… 6.5
18-165 DHL Supply Chain v. DEX Systems, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied calder-effects-test civil-procedure due-process electronic-server foreign-defendant forum-state internet-jurisdiction jurisdictional-analysis long-arm-statute minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction virtual-presence After Walden v. Fiore, 571 U.S. 277 (2014), may a United States court exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant where that defendant's o… 5.5
18-246 Mary L. Doherty, et al. v. Allstate Indemnity Company Third Circuit Denied anderson-v-liberty-lobby due-process expert-witness expert-witness-reports expert-witness-testimony fifth-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence insurance-contract jury-trial mend-the-hold mend-the-hold-doctrine seventh-amendment summary-judgment Whether the affirmed Rule 56 summary judgment decision is inconsistent with the standard set forth in Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1… 5.5
18-257 Monty Bauch, Individually and as Father and Next Friend of O. B., a Minor, et al. v. Richland County Children Services, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied child-removal civil-rights complaining-witness due-process due-process-rights ex-parte ex-parte-order magistrate-testimony qualified-immunity removal-order social-worker social-worker-immunity standing witness-immunity 1) Whether a social worker is entitled to absolute immunity when she makes false statements and omits highly relevant information as a complaining wit… 5.5
18-329 Landry Rountree v. Troy Dyson, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied amended-complaint circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection mootness motion-to-dismiss standing sua-sponte-dismissal wrongful-arrest 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit's opinion in this case causes a circuit split to whether the filing of an amended complaint moots a pending motion to dis… 5.5
18-366 Roberta Golden, et vir v. George Peterson Massachusetts Denied contract due-process equitable-principles foreclosure fraud fraudulent-mortgage legal-mandates mortgage mortgage-fraud property-rights real-property standing Were Petitioners denied due process when the state refused to allow Petitioners to have a hearing on the nature of the illegality and instead conflate… 5.5
18-369 Fidencio Valdez v. Texas Texas Denied circumstantial-evidence constitutional-due-process criminal-procedure due-process false-evidence false-testimony perjury prosecutorial-misconduct tacit-agreement timely-objection trier-of-fact void-for-vagueness witness-testimony 1. When a defendant knows or should know that a prosecutor has used or introduced false or perjured evidence before the trier-of-fact, is there an obl… 5.5
18-376 Lisa Partin, et vir v. Michigan Children's Institute Michigan Denied administrative-law adoption arbitrary-and-capricious best-interest best-interest-factors child-protective-services civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law michigan-adoption-code parental-rights standing Whether Michigan Adoption Code MCL 710.45 violates Petitioners' Constitutional right to due process when it requires Petitioners to prove too much bur… 5.5
18-614 In Re George Houston Denied alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey collateral-review conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-quantity jurisdictional-error mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether it is the individualized drug quantity that is a fact that increases the mandatory minimum sentence or whether the amount of drugs attributabl… 5.5
18-81 Carltez Taylor v. Indiana Indiana Denied constitutional-proportionality cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-expectancy life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-discretion term-of-years Whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile to a term exceeding their life expectancy for a single offense even when the sentenc… 5.5
18M67 Jacob W. Deng v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M68 Michelle McGuirk v. Airbnb, Inc., et al. Second Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M69 Robert J. Trease v. Florida Florida Denied None 5.5
18-5468 Raul Villarreal and Fidel Villarreal v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acquitted-conduct appellate-review constitutional-rights dismissed-conduct fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-review sixth-amendment statutory-law statutory-maximum (1) Whether an upward departure from the advisory Sentencing Guidelines is subject to appellate review. (2) Whether reliance on acquitted and dismiss… 4.0
18-379 Ellis Keyes v. Edison G. Banks, II Kentucky Denied Response Waived bill-of-rights bona-fides civil-rights due-process elections free-speech good-faith literacy-test voting-rights Is the ABA a Union for purpose of Kentucky Right to Work Law? Shall Candidate : for Commonwealth be subject to a mandatory literacy test abridgement … 3.5
18-383 Jesse J. Davis, Jr., et ux. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association Connecticut Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process Due-process-of-law,fifth-amendment,fourteenth-amen equal-protection Equal-protection-of-the-laws,fourteenth-amendment Excessive-fines,foreclosure free-speech impartial-court petition-clause Right-to-impartial-court,sixth-amendment,seventh-a right-to-petition Right-to-petition-government,first-amendment right-to-public-trial Right-to-public-trial,right-to-information,sixth-a sanctions All of the following Constitutional Rights violations were raised to the Connecticut Supreme Court on the Motion for Certification to Appeal dated 01-… 3.5
18-385 Jakks Pacific, Inc. v. Accasvek LLC District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-precedent diversity diversity-jurisdiction espinosa-v-united-student-aid-funds finality-of-judgments judicial-interpretation jurisdiction procedural-dismissal public-policy standing subject-matter-jurisdiction united-student-aid-funds-v-espinosa Did the lower courts disregard this Court's judgment in United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa, 559 U.S. 260 (2010), and thereby defeat the public… 3.5
18-390 Sandra Pletos, et vir v. Makower Abatte Guerra Wegner Vollmer, PLLC , et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse civil-rights concealment contract contractual-rights debt-collection due-process fraud fraud-concealment homeowners-association rico-act rooker-feldman Whether Rooker-Feldman can be used to prevent parties from asserting their contractual rights, and new independent claims for relief based on statutes… 3.5
18-409 Lewis Y. Liu v. Paul Ryan, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights comity-clause congress constitutional-standing due-process electoral-college equal-protection equal-voting-right equal-voting-rights fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review standing voting-rights Whether Petitioner has the standing to "invoke a right to constitutional protection when he or she is harmed... even if the legislature refuses to act… 3.5
18-414 Carl M. Burnett v. Panasonic Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 analog-signal civil-procedure digital-data digital-signal electromagnetic-signal electronic-data evidence patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 subject-matter-eligibility tangible-embodiment Whether electronic data is the tangible embodiment of an electromagnetic analog or digital signal and when changed to a new and useful form of electro… 3.5
18-416 JoAnn Hatch v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived ada burden-of-proof civil-rights disability-discrimination non-discriminatory-reason reasonable-accommodation seniority-system summary-judgment 1. On a motion for summary judgment, whether the trial court may disregard or ignore a party's sworn testimony concerning a material historical fact b… 3.5
18-419 Len Boogaard, et ux., as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Derek Boogaard, Deceased v. National Hockey League, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights federal-jurisdiction forfeiture judicial-discretion pleading-requirements remand removal state-law-claims tort-law Whether the federal courts abused their discretion in usurping a states' power to adjudicate common law tort claim s originally filed in state court ,… 3.5
18-424 Judith M. Brown-Williams, et vir v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-warranty court-sanctions due-process excusable-neglect fraud rico standing vexatious-litigant vexatious-litigation warranty Did the Petitioner prevail in the Song Beverly Consumer Warranty Act violation of (Code of Civil Procedure Section 1790 et seq.) Did Respondent file … 3.5
18-425 Alvin E. Williams, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California Denied Response Waived appeal civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection consumer-warranty-act court-of-appeals due-process fraud fraud-upon-court judgment rico rico-violation song-beverly-consumer-warranty-act superior-court Did the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District Affirm the Judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles Mark V. Mooney Judge in favor of Petitione… 3.5
18-426 Anica Ashbourne v. Donna Hansberry, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-procedure arnett-v-kennedy codd-v-velger due-process evidence meaningful-opportunity-to-be-heard notice notice-of-termination personnel-records privacy-act privacy-act-5-usc-552a-e-5 third-party-verification The Privacy Act requires an agency to verify the accuracy of its information against the factual records of independent and objective third parties. 5… 3.5
18-434 Dawn Mosby v. Matthew G. Parilla New York Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-practice civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion Judicial-review Legislative-authority legislative-intent notice-of-appeal separation-of-powers timeliness-of-appeal Whether the Appellate Division, Second Department, part of the New York State Judiciary, violated the State Constitution's separation of powers doctri… 3.5
18-452 Jesse L. Wesley, III v. Town Square Media West Central Radio Broadcasting, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure de-novo de-novo-review motion-to-amend standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether a district court's decision on a motion to amend a summary judgment should be reviewed with the standard of abuse of discretion or de novo. 3.5
18-464 Hatfield Enterprizes, Inc., et al. v. Washington State Employment Security Department Washington Denied Response Waived carrier-classification carrier-control federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-preemption independent-contractor independent-contractors preemption state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation 1. The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c)(1), ("FA") broadly preempts any state action that relates even indirect… 3.5
18-465 Sade Garnett v. Remedi Seniorcare of Virginia, LLC Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
18-466 Gulick Trucking, Inc. v. Washington State Employment Security Department Washington Denied Response Waived carrier-classification carrier-control faaaa-preemption federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-regulation independent-contractor independent-contractors owner-operator preemption prices-routes-services state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation 1. The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c)(1), ("FA") broadly preempts any state action that relates even indire… 3.5
18-469 MacMillan-Piper, Inc. v. Washington State Employment Security Department Washington Denied Response Waived carrier-classification carrier-control faaaa federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act- federal-lease-contract-provisions federal-preemption independent-contractor independent-contractors preemption state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation unemployment-compensation-taxes 1. The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c)(1), ("FA") broadly preempts any state action that relates even indire… 3.5
18-484 Melvin Charles Pettigrew v. Texas Texas Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-appeals due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus post-conviction-review state-court substantive-review texas Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas violated the Petitioner's right to due process of law as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the … 3.5
18-494 Thomas S. Ross v. Apple, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 17-usc-106 17-usc-501 copyright-infringement copyright-ownership eleventh-circuit exclusive-rights motion-to-dismiss standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit correctly held that granting defendant's Motion for Dismissal was justified even though a) plaintiff proved ownership of … 3.5
18-501 Alim Adburahman, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived amendment appellate-procedure case-dismissal civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction docket-management final-order frcp-15 judicial-authority jurisdiction multidistrict-litigation procedural-conflict 1. Does a United Stat es District Court, as affirmed by the Court of Appeals, have the power to exercise jurisdiction over and dismiss with prejudice … 3.5
18-531 Terry Lee Coffman v. Iowa Iowa Denied Response Waived cady-v-dombrowski cady-v-drombrowski community-caretaking constitutional-law exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment immediate-need objective-facts police-assistance probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrantless-seizure WHETHER THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN CADY V. DROMBROWSKI, 413 U.S. 433 (1973), PERMITS A WARRANTLESS SEIZURE UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT WITHOUT OBJECTIVE F… 3.5
18-535 Residents Against Flooding, et al. v. Reinvestment Zone Number Seventeen, City of Houston, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure land-use land-use-decisions motion-to-dismiss property-rights rational-basis rule-12b6 standard-of-review substantive-due-process takings 1. Whether, and to what extent, on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, a court must give deference to a plaintiff's complaint, viewing the government's… 3.5
18-542 John E. Hamilton v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived charging criminal-procedure defendant-standing due-process extradition extradition-treaty international-law punishment rule-of-specialty sentencing standing treaty treaty-interpretation Under our extradition treaty with Poland, Agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Poland on the Application of the Extradit… 3.5
18-554 Charles J. Weiss v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process irs levy-action notice statutory-interpretation tax tax-notice taxpayer-rights under the notice prong of the Fifth Amendment due process clause and the statute itself, whether the IRS notice means what it says – as the 3rd, 9th, … 3.5
18-562 Elizabeth Haring Coomes v. Maryland Insurance Administration Maryland Denied Response Waived administrative-law automatic-stay bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-law-362-b-4 bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure double-jeopardy due-process insurance-licensing police-power regulatory-action regulatory-power Whether 11 U.S.C. 362(b)(4), the police and regulatory power exception to the automatic stay of bankruptcy, applies to a Debtor's appeal of a final re… 3.5
18-563 Darren Commander v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response Waived 26-usc-6672 circuit-split civil-procedure negligence statutory-interpretation summary-judgment tax-law willfulness Was the Third Circuit's standard for willfulness under 26 U.S.C. § 6672(a) too lax for situations that at best are mere negligence in conflict with th… 3.5
18-568 Bart H. Rippl v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment internal-revenue-code statutory-interpretation substantive-regulations Does the Fifth Amendment's "due process of law" guarantee apply to the specific language set forth in the Internal Revenue Code and other laws, and in… 3.5
18-5071 Juan Carlos Vazquez v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP deportation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel guilty-plea knowing-and-voluntary language-barrier prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment WAS PETITIONER DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHERE THE EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD PLAINLY SHOWS IN ENGLISH THAT … 1.0
18-5683 In Re Todd Britton-Harr Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus judicial-review mortgage-fraud newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief section-2255 successive-motion successive-motions Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner's application seeking an order authorizing the district court to consider a second or su… 1.0
18-5422 Dedrick T. Garrett v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP career-offender circuit-split collateral-review constitutional-law mandatory-guidelines pre-booker retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness vagueness vagueness-doctrine In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (Samuel Johnson), this Court declared the Armed Career Criminal Act's (ACCA) residual clause uncon… 0.5
18-5475 Johnaton Sampson George v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act habeas-corpus habeas-relief habeas-relief-eligibility johnson-v-united-states procedural-eligibility procedural-requirements residual-clause substantive-eligibility substantive-requirements To establish both procedural and substantive eligibility for habeas relief under Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), a petitioner must s… 0.5
18-6167 Ronald Wayne Clark, Jr. v. Florida Florida Denied IFP capital-case capital-case,eighth-amendment,cruel-and-unusual-pu capital-punishment codefendant-culpability codefendants cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment death-penalty death-sentence eighth-amendment proportionality-review reliability-of-death-sentence 1. Whether an assessment of the relative culpability of codefendants in a capital case in Florida is required pursuant to the Eighth Amendment in orde… 0.5
18-5121 Leslie Dominic Musgrove v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acquitted-conduct drug-quantity due-process jury-verdict nelson-v-colorado preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence relevant-conduct sentencing sixth-amendment Question # 1 Whether it is a Sixth Amendment and Due Process violation for a judge at sentencing to attribute acquitted and relevant conduct by a pr… -1.0
18-5296 Todd Rasberry v. United States First Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP consent fourth-amendment home-privacy home-search probable-cause search-and-seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio warrant-requirement warrantless-search May the government circumvent a home occupant's consent by invoking Terry v. Ohio to search home and person without a warrant? -1.0
18-6136 Francisco Lara-Aguilar v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -1.5
18-6432 Patrick Killen, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confession confession-voluntariness consent-to-search due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment interrogation interrogation-circumstances involuntary law-enforcement-tactics totality-of-the-circumstances young-adult This petition presents the question of whether Due Process allows federal agents to obtain a confession and a consent to search from an immature, youn… -1.5
18-6461 Gerren K. Love v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines causation-element circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-classification criminal-law force-definition sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-crime violent-force If a statute has a causation-of-harm element, does it also necessarily have an element of violent force for purposes of classifying the crime as a vio… -1.5
18-6472 James Gibson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres criminal-procedure drug-offenses jury-trial mandatory-minimum prior-convictions reasonable-doubt recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the Petitioner's sentence violated his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial when the district court imposed a minimum mandatory sentence of l… -1.5
18-6473 Jeremy Bernard Harrison v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP allocution allocution-error appellate-review criminal-procedure defendant-objection defendant-rights due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-error plain-error preservation-of-error rule-51b sentencing 1. Whether allocution error deprives the defendant of an opportunity to object to that error within the meaning of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure … -1.5
18-6474 Tyrone Hart v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act begay-v-united-states categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-offense elonis-v-united-states federal-law florida-statute intent-to-sell mens-rea serious-drug-offense staples-v-united-states Is a post-2002 conviction for possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver a controlled substance in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "se… -1.5
18-6483 Armando Chavez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing indictment indictment-requirements judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether facts that alter the range of "reasonable" federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases? -1.5
18-6484 Markus Davis v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights fourth-amendment pat-down police-procedure prior-incidents reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether factors based largely on prior incidents, some years old, can provide a police officer with the reasonable suspicion the Fourth Amendment requ… -1.5
18-6495 Richard Anthony Trent v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split demand-for-certainty divisibility divisible-statute federal-courts federal-statute-interpretation mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach state-law-materials statutory-interpretation Is the demand for certainty satisfied where, after a survey of relevant, state-law materials, the federal court can only say what is "suggestive" and … -1.5
18-6504 James D. Russian v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defendant criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus haines-v-kerner liberal-construction liberal-construction-rule pro-se pro-se-filings pro-se-pleadings right-to-counsel sixth-amendment substitution-of-counsel When a criminal defendant's prose filings can be read as stating a valid basis for substitution of counsel under circuit law, must a federal court, co… -1.5
18-5119 Ambrose King v. Mary King Maryland Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal-dismissal appeals award civil-procedure dismissal due-process judicial-discretion monetary-award procedural-due-process standing substantive-due-process vacatur DID THE LOWER COURT VIOLATE SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS IN NOT VACATING THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPEAL IN THE INSTANT MATTER? DID THE LOWER C… -4.0
18-5224 Frank Costelon v. New Mexico Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constructive-denial-of-counsel cronic-violation custody due-process equitable-tolling federal-custody gideon-violation habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction standing state-court-conviction Whether the District Court err in concluding that it did not have jurisdiction because Petitioner herein was no longer in in the custody of the judgme… -4.0
18-5442 Craig Alan Wall, Sr. v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-punishment constitutional-rights crawford-standard crawford-v-washington due-process fifth-amendment forced-appeal fourteenth-amendment hearsay-exception separation-of-powers sixth-amendment unreasonable-determination-of-facts -CAPITAL CASE- REQUEST TO CERTIFY CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 28 U.S.C. § 2403(b): How is Florida Statute § 90.804(2)(f) (2012) "Hearsa… -4.0
18-5450 Amilcar Rivas-Rivera v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pcra plea-agreement post-conviction-relief prison-mailbox-rule standing state-law timeliness WHETHER THE PENNSYLVANIA LOWER COURT AND APPELLATE COURTS DECISION DISMISSING PETITIONER'S SECOND PRO SE PCRA PETITION AS UNTIMELY IS CONTRARY TO PENN… -4.0
18-6152 M. E. D. v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-endangerment criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-law fair-trial jury-instruction jury-instructions other-wrongs-evidence second-degree-child-endangerment victim-testimony witness-testimony (1) DID THE TRIAL COURT VIOLATE PEIITIONER"S RIGHT UNDER THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE TO A FAIR TRIAL WHEN THE COURT FAILED TO INSTRUCT THE JURY PROPERLY ON… -4.0
18-6170 Tommie Lee Henderson v. VIP Taxi LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings WHEHAN THE FEDANAL DiSTRICT COUT ERRED iN holding the Ptitiontn to highen Plnding stanchad in CoUNT Complaint ton Using thE wond"maNdate" insthAd ONTE… -4.0
18-5052 Thomas Cureton v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 924(c) constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence interstate-communication johnson-v-united-states ransom-request residual-clause section-924c unconstitutionally-vague Whether Mr. Cureton's § 924(c) conviction for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the Interstate Communication of… -4.5
18-5322 Santiago Hum Rodriguez-Aparicio v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure discretionary-relief due-process fundamental-fairness illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law mendoza-lopez removal-order removal-proceeding uniformity Whether the failure to inform an alien of his eligibility for discretionary relief in a removal proceeding is a due process violation that can make th… -4.5
18-5674 Roger Clay Swain v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender collateral-review due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-ruling mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-retroactivity timeliness Did Mr. Swain file his § 2255 motion within one year of "the date on which the right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court," which "h… -4.5
18-5692 Melvin Jordan, III v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability enumerated-clause habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing violent-felony (1) Whether a § 2255 petitioner seeking relief under Johnson must affirmatively prove that he was sentenced under the residual clause of the ACCA. (2… -4.5
18-5702 Miguel Angel Mejia v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP article-iii article-three drug-enforcement executive-power jury-trial maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction The parties to a case cannot manufacture federal subject-matter jurisdiction by stipulation. Nonetheless, the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.… -4.5
18-5791 Robert Wharton v. Donald T. Vaughn Third Circuit Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-law federal-laws judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-procedure relief standing takings third-circuit DID THE THIRD CIRCUIT ERRONEOUSLY APPLY, ENLARGE AND/OR IGNORE SEVERAL ESTABLISHED FEDERAL LAWS IN DENYING PETITIONER RELIEF? -4.5
18-5796 Ray Jefferson Cromartie v. Eric Sellers, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure brady-v-maryland certificate-of-appealability circuit-split court-of-appeals exculpatory-evidence exculpatory-information habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-standard reasonable-diligence 1. Where multiple judges of a court of appeals consider an application for a certificate of appealability in a habeas corpus action, must the court gr… -4.5
18-6064 Robert L. Rose v. Leroy Kirkegard, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-negotiations remedies remedy sixth-amendment united-states-v-morrison Whether this Court should grant certiorari to clarify the appropriate remedy for ineffective assistance during plea negotiations. Whether the remand … -4.5
18-6077 Omar Qazi v. Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 2254-petition 28-usc-2254 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-district-court federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel remittitur state-court-appeals (1) Did the Federal District Court of Nevada have the jurisdiction to hear my 2254 Petition?; and (2) Should the certificate of appealability have bee… -4.5
18-6085 Gerald Daniels v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-issue constitutional-law constitutional-review equal-protection evasion federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus race-discrimination state-court state-law state-law-interpretation 1. WHETHER A FEDERAL HABEAS COURT MAY REEXAMINE A STATE COURT'S INTERPRETATION OF STATE LAW WHEN IT IS AN OBVIOUS SUBTERFUGE TO EVADE CONSIDERATION OF… -4.5
18-6089 Marie Therese Assa'ad-Faltas v. City of Columbia, South Carolina South Carolina Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-expenses due-process equal-protection indigent-criminal-defendant indigent-defense pro-se pro-se-defense sovereign-immunity takings Does South Carolina's Defense of Indigents Act, SC Code of laws 17-3-5 et seq., without rational basis, deny equal protection between criminal defenda… -4.5
18-6091 In Re Steven A. Walcott, Jr. Denied IFP bail civil-rights criminal-procedure detention due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pretrial-detention release speedy-trial 1. Did thE distriet cout Enr in Not granting thE AcauksEd A probAble cAUsE to hotd hEAriNg AF ATAIMEN? WithDIT (DURKE/? 3. MAy thE SHAtE FMEE I LAWy… -4.5
18-6101 Jean-Gespere Pierre v. FJC Security Services, Inc. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment free-speech government-overreach retaliation search-and-seizure standing Question not identified. -4.5
18-6105 John Patrick Wallace v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence exculpatory exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment impartial-tribunal witness witness-rights Doc's The State Create A Dibertr Interest Under The fourteenth Amendment Cluause of The United Statei's Constitution Br Dioluting It's Own State leew … -4.5
18-6110 Mikal Mahdi v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty death-sentence habeas-corpus indigent-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-history right-to-counsel sixth-amendment south-carolina-supreme-court state-court Question not identified. -4.5
18-6114 Linh Thi Minh Tran v. Kathy Hung Pham Oregon Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal damages disability due-process guardian-ad-litem legal-standing medical-damages negligence personal-injury real-party-in-interest standing vegetative-state Did the trial court error in granting General Judgment of Dismissal that as a matter of law in this matter in favor of defendant Kathy Hung Pham? Did… -4.5
18-6115 Jose Antonio Jimenez v. Florida Florida Denied IFP capital-murder criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process elements-of-offense hurst-v-state jury-unanimity retrospective-application 1. Given that the elements of capital murder set out by the Florida Supreme Court in Hurst v. State will govern as to whether James Card is guilty of … -4.5
18-6125 Willie Frank Wright, Jr. v. Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights consideration constitutional-violation due-process factual-allegations federal-courts judicial-review motion-to-dismiss pleadings procedural-dismissal scheuer-v-rhodes Twombly-Iqbal Wheather A Court Can Rey on Material outside the pleadings When Rullng on a Motion to dismiss? When pleadings are Supported by Declaration ar Affidul… -4.5
18-6129 Arika Matelyan v. CD Baby Distribution Co. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights copyright copyright-infringement due-process fair-use first-amendment intellectual-property standing Question not identified. -4.5
18-6140 Lena Terrell Hardaway v. Cross State Moving, et al. District of Columbia Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process standing civil-rights disability discrimination due-process housing standing Question not identified. -4.5
18-6142 Joseph Dingler v. Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fetal-personhood parental-rights standing ubi-jus-ibi-remedium unborn-child Under Roe and Casey's "Age of Viability" holding that limits a timeframe for a mother's right to chose; if after expiration of that holdin whether by … -4.5
18-6144 Guadalupe Padilla v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-habeas-corpus-standing-due-process civil-rights constitutional-provisions district-court due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus legal-remedy petition standing statutory-provisions writ WHETHER U.S. DISTNICT COUNT JUDGE HAS AUTHORITY TOORDER CLERK TO NOT FILE ANY FURTHER PLEADINGS IN HABEAS CORDUS PROCEEDINGS, WHERE ORDER RESULTED IN … -4.5
18-6158 Makandi L. Terry v. Larry Abraham, Chief, Dillon County Detention Center Fourth Circuit Denied IFP brady-disclosure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction plea-bargaining standing Queston(2.) Should Petitoner Terry's case should be reversed and remanded based upon direct evidence of IneffectveAsistance of Connelin Question(2.) … -4.5
18-6176 Michael Lucero v. California California Denied IFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment prior-acts propensity propensity-evidence This case presents the question this Court acknowledged was "left open" in Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 75, fn. 5 (1991): "whether a state law wou… -4.5
18-6179 Mario Govan Emmanuel v. Territory of the Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Denied IFP 4th-amendment bolo-flyer collective-knowledge collective-knowledge-doctrine fellow-officer-doctrine fourth-amendment officer-discretion reasonable-suspicion stop-and-frisk terry-stop terry-v-ohio united-states-v-hensley whiteley-v-warden Does the collective knowledge or fellow officer doctrine eliminate the need for the BOLO-flyer "to articulate facts supporting a reasonable suspicion … -4.5
18-6182 Randolph Moore v. Nevada, et al. Nevada Denied IFP brady-v-maryland capital-murder capital-punishment crucial-evidence due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus outcome-of-trial prosecutorial-misconduct withheld-evidence witness-tampering While prosecuting Randolph Moore for capital murder, the prosecutors in this case relied heavily on testimony from Angela Saldana —the only State witn… -4.5
18-6195 Marlon L. Watford v. Natasha Doe, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction patent standing statutory-interpretation takings da the Po 28 U.S. C.$1915 (b)(4) noh not to e od o n n to in a mit Cot (28U.S.C.1915(a)(3)apnt ten i o d oA For The h etlied of n avo f the ot (viz… -4.5
18-6203 Larry Hayes v. Marvin Plumley, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 5th-amendment confession-evidence criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process false-confession miranda-rights miranda-waiver miranda-warning police-conduct police-interrogation voluntariness First, what constitutes a promise of leniency that destroys the voluntariness of a subsequent confession? Second, given what we now know about the pre… -4.5
18-6219 Melissa May v. Continental Towers Condominiums Association, et al. Kentucky Denied IFP access-to-justice accessibility civil-procedure civil-rights court-accommodation disability-discrimination due-process legal-procedure reasonable-accommodation self-representation standing Did the state of Kentucky not facilitate discrimination of Ms. May entirely, because of her disability? Furthermore was it reasonable in US democracy… -4.5
18-6632 In Re Danny Howell Denied IFP adverse-consequences article-iii case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standing I. DOES A COURT OF APPBALS ABURE ITS DISERETON IN REPUSING TO PARMIT DO 3O PRELLLIDES HABEAS PETTTIONER BROM BVER RAGBIV ING ANY ADUUDICATION OF HIS C… -4.5
18-6675 In Re Ryan Lee Zater Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus residual-clause section-2244 section-924c sentencing supervisory-powers vagueness Considering this circuit split that has developed, does the Fourth Circuit's denial of Zater's §2244 application, which would have been granted in oth… -4.5
18-5011 Xavier Cardona v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review asset-seizure burden-of-proof civil-forfeiture currency-seizure drug-trafficking drug-transaction due-process evidence-standard judicial-conversion procedural-due-process property-rights sentencing-guidelines 1. Was it admissable for the court of appeals to affirm the dist rict court's conversion of petitioner's seized cash into cocaine, when there was no e… -6.0
18-5020 In Re Lewis Brown Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-violation due-process harmless-error judicial-bias judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal prosecutorial-misconduct recusal standard-of-review structural-error Is an individual, who is named an adverse party opponent, allowed to sit as a Judge over the very proceeding in which he is named a defendant, or is h… -6.0
18-5058 Deante Drake, aka Panama, aka Shawn, aka Papa Bear v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-timeliness appellate-procedure court-of-appeals criminal-procedure-rule-18-usc-3742-f-1-a en-banc-review federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure first-amendment incoming-prison-mail legal-mail-delays mandamus-or-certiorari petition-clause rehearing-en-banc statutory-construction timeliness Whether when a Fed.R.Crim.P. 18 U.S.C. § 3742(f)(1).(A) Brief is. filed for rehearing en banc, that the Court of Appeals governed under Fed.R.App.P. 4… -6.0
18-5067 Clark L. Stuhr v. Daniel White, Superintendent, Washington Corrections Center Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights documentary-evidence due-process good-time-credits habeas-corpus prison-discipline prisoner-rights right-to-evidence Is a Criminal Defendant Entitled to a Certificate of Appealability When it is Demonstrated that a Substantial Showing of the Denial of Constitutional … -6.0
18-5158 Mario Lee Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca-enhancement certificate-of-appealability descamps-v-united-states evidentiary-hearing fifth-amendment florida-robbery-statute sixth-amendment stokeling-v-united-states Whether The United States Court Of Appeals For The Eleventh Circuit Erred denying petitioner .a Certificate Of Appealability (COA) request? Whether p… -6.0
18-5163 Kai Uwe Thier v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP consular-relations consular-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus incriminating-statement international-treaties international-treaty law-enforcement miranda-rights vienna-convention vienna-convention-on-consular-relations WHETHER PETITIONER IS ENTITLED TO DISCHARGE OR A NEW TRIAL BASED ON A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AS CODIFIED IN THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON CONS… -6.0
18-5280 Patrick Lanier v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal criminal-procedure eighth-amendment fifth-circuit judicial-proceedings judicial-review manifest-miscarriage plain-error plain-error-review restitution rule-52b sentencing sentencing-error 1. In Puckett v. United States, 556 US 129, 135 (2009) this Court held that under the fourth prong of plain error review, "[t]he Court of Appeals shou… -6.0
18-5400 In Re Wilma Pennington-Thurman Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bivens-action civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process habeas-corpus mental-health mental-incarceration pro-se standing unlawful-detention writ-of-right In re to Wilma Pennington-Thurman, can I file "The Great Writ" a Writ of Habeas Corpus when I am not physically incarcerated, but mentally incarcerate… -6.0
18-5424 Patsy N. Sakuma v. Association of Apartment Owners of the Tropics of Waikele, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1985 circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-claim due-process hypothetical-jurisdiction jurisdictional-waiver merits-question rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing sua-sponte waiver Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit properly applied waiver on appeal as a new exception to bypass the Rooker-Feldman jur… -6.0
18-5567 Carline Curry v. City of Mansfield, Ohio, et al. Ohio Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion default-judgment due-process failure-to-answer fraud judicial-review jurisdiction perjury procedural-due-process standing Ohio Supreme Court of Ohio declined to accept Jurisdiction of the appeal: the Defendants failed to answer the Complaint. The Judge should have granted… -6.0
18-5568 Carline Curry v. City of Mansfield, Ohio, et al. Ohio Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bad-faith civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge opinions-below patent procedural-defect standing summary-judgment takings The Ohio Supreme Court declined to accept Jurisdiction of the Appeal: The Judge closed plaintiffs Curry's cases for not being 100% perfected, and deni… -6.0
18-5666 Arthur Dennison v. Mark Hooks, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals state-prisoner statutory-interpretation DID THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY TO STATE PRISONER ARTHUR DENNISON TO CHALLENGE THE DENIAL OF HIS … -6.0
18-5786 Donell A. Thomas v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2255-motion certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel loss-calculation rule-59(e)-motion rule-59e section-2255-motion sentencing sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-rights strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Did the Petitioner in his 2255 Motion and Rule 59(e) motion prove his claim that the the Petitioner's trial and appellate counsel's failure to object … -6.0
18-5788 James Everett Dutschke v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP biological-agents bioweapon-offenses civil-rights constitutional-separation-of-powers due-process federal-prosecution jurisdiction jurisdictional-ambiguity plea-agreement select-agents separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation statutory-validity subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction treaty treaty-enactment 1-Is it constitutional for an Article III judge to act as an Article I lawmaker by rewriting or nullifying existing written law, writing new law or as… -6.0
18-5982 Todd F. Britton-Harr v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lee-v-united-states prejudice prejudice-standard reasonable-person sixth-amendment Does the Court's decision in Lee v. United States, 137 S.Ct. 1958 (2017) allow lower courts to require a showing that a "reasonable person" would have… -6.0
18-6124 Sherman Washington, aka Sherman Lance Washington v. Carmen Denise Palmer, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fair-trial fair-trial-denial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mre-404b other-bad-acts other-bad-acts-testimony res-gestae sixth-amendment WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL BY THE ADMISSION OF IRRELEVANT OTHER BAD ACTS TESTIMONY; THE EVIDENCE WAS NOT ADMISSIBLE UNDER EITHER MRE 4… -6.5
18-6153 Tonya Lynn Raisbeck v. Anthony Stewart, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets assets-liabilities civil-rights due-process excessive-fines expenses financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income incorporation monthly-expenses monthly-income poverty poverty-affidavit support Question not identified. -6.5
18-6189 Eduardo Salgado v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment carry-outside-home civil-procedure civil-rights concealed-carry concealed-carry-license due-process federal-circuit-split firearm-rights good-cause-requirement level-of-scrutiny scrutiny-standard second-amendment self-defense standing Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense, and what level of scrutiny applies to laws that … -6.5
18-6191 Quordalis V. Sanders v. Carlo Esqueda, Dane County Clerk of Court Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process felon-in-possession free-speech mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states standing Question not identified. -6.5
18-6194 James Dow Vandivere v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP absurd-results civil-action civil-commitment civil-procedure congressional-act due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-statute procedural-law statute-of-limitations united-states Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) four-year statute of limitations for "a civil action arising under an Act of Congress" applies to civil commitment pro… -6.5
18-6199 Marco M. Torres v. Frances M. Perrone, Judge, Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Hillsborough County Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-courts florida-supreme-court judicial-power judicial-review separation-of-powers sister-circuit Whether, Article 3, section 1, and 2, of the United States Constitution, on doctrine central to the federal courts structural independence consists of… -6.5
18-6202 Amil Dinsio v. Appellate Division, Supreme Court of New York, Third Judicial Department Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-mandate discretion due-process federal-courts judicial-discretion legal-review mandate mandate-recall motion-denial recall standing Did the Second Circuit Court abuse its discretion when it denied the Petitioner's motion to recall the Court's mandate? See Exhibit B Did the Federal… -6.5
18-6217 Colette Marquis v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process homeowner-rights lender-lawsuit notice-effectiveness rescission standing supreme-court-ruling tila tila-rescission The question presented in this appeal is NOT what lower courts have assumed, whether a TILA rescission such as Marquis' rescission of her mortgage loa… -6.5
18-6223 Martin Jonassen v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-procedure cell-conditions civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process facility-design habeas-corpus inmate-safety prison-conditions prison-overcrowding standing 1.a.Did the ath CiR. err bt Ruling (That the 10-17-17 District Ct. OrdeR Is Not a Final Appealable 'OrdeR. A,b. Did the ath Cir. And the District Cou… -6.5
18-6305 Igor Polshyn v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence reversal right-to-testify structural-error testimony 1. Whether preventing a defendant from testifying on the sole disputed element of an offense, his subjective intent, amounts to structural constitutio… -6.5
18-6329 Adan Sandoval Dominguez v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP competency competency-standard constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process factual-understanding judicial-standard major-depressive-disorder mental-competency mental-health rational-understanding standing trial-rights Did defendant meet the competency requirement to stand trial set forth in Godinez v. Moran, 509 U.S. 389 (1993), which states a defendant must have "s… -6.5
18-6337 Travis W. Williams v. Missouri Missouri Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof child-sex-offense criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-evidence fourteenth-amendment mo-const-art-i-18c presumption-of-innocence propensity-evidence Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibits evidence that the defendant has an unrelated remote prior child sex offense conviction… -6.5
18-6338 Briand Williams v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel contract contract-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge plea-bargain statute-of-limitations Is a Plea Bargain Agreement in essence a contract between the defendant and the prosecutor on behalf of the StateRWA And if so, can the defendant be r… -6.5
18-6364 Phap Buth v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP barnes-v-united-states burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment in-re-winship Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allows reliance on an inference that is at best more likely than not, but not beyond a reas… -6.5
18-6393 Omar Qazi v. Janice Killian, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2243 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure petition-dismissal standing (1) Does 28 U.S.C. § 2243, authorize the District Court to dismiss a 2241 Petition for "failure to state a claim for which relief may be granted."?; (… -6.5
18-6394 Jimmy Steele v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection extraordinary-circumstances gatekeeping-provision habeas-corpus intervening-change-in-law retroactivity second-motion successive-petitions In denying Steele's Second-in-time §2255 motion, did the lower court(s) err in there finding that the district court lacks jurisdiction to hear Steele… -6.5
18-6395 Alex D. Ramos v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-offense sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1) Did the lower Court err, and concomitantly violate the United States Constitution, Amendments V and VI, where it determined that Petitioner's prior… -6.5
18-6396 Guillermo Solorio, Jr. v. William Muniz, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b)(2) brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-defendant criminal-procedure evidence-suppression federal-statute habeas-corpus hidden-evidence second-or-successive-petition Whether a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus based on Brady v. Maryland Evidence That Was Hidden from a Criminal Defendant – Until After Appeal and … -6.5
18-6397 Angel Rosario v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence advisory-guidelines amendment-709 career-offender due-process ineffective-assistance johnson-rule rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement void-for-vagueness Were the Appellant's right to Due Process of Law violated and proceedings unfair considering that the Second Circuit granted both summary affirmance t… -6.5
18-6398 Deon Pittman v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-offense element-of-offense federal-law means-of-offense michigan-law sentencing-guidelines state-law state-statute When a state statute prohibits the delivery of a "controlled substance" by reference to various schedules, is the specific type of substance an elemen… -6.5
18-6399 Marcos Perez-Trevino v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP berger-v-united-states circuit-split closed-container closed-containers conspiracy drug-conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-due-process florida-v-wells fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure indictment inventory-search law-enforcement-policy material-variance probable-cause shared-interest Whether a material variance exists where the gover written-policy 1. IN THIS CASE, THE OFFICER CONDUCTED INVENTORY SEARCH OF A CLOSED CONTAINER WITHOUT A WRITTEN POLICY GOVERNING THE SEARCH OF SUCH CONTAINERS. WHETHE… -6.5
18-6401 James Gabriel Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review competency criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure informed-consent judicial-process plea-bargaining plea-colloquy rule-11-procedure FED. R. CRIM. P. 11 requires district courts to engage in a specific, on-the-record plea colloquy. In reviewing a plea colloquy, is it sufficient for … -6.5
18-6404 Tomas Ramirez-Cruz v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review non-frivolous-arguments procedural-due-process procedural-reasonableness reasonableness rita-v-united-states sentencing-policy sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness In contrast with the Ninth Circuit, at least seven other circuits apply a standard which requires a sentencing judge provide some express treatment to… -6.5
18-6405 Sydney L. Thieszen v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana tatum-v-arizona Whether the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct 2455 (2012), Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577… -6.5
18-6408 Tiffany A. Prince v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offenses drug-overdose federal-courts federal-law physical-injury sentencing-guidelines significant-physical-injury sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether a non-fatal drug overdose is a "significant physical injury" under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.2. -6.5
18-6415 Amalya Cherniavsky, aka Amalya Surenovna Yegiyan v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing standard-of-review sua-sponte sufficiency-of-evidence theory-of-defense trial-procedure Under what circumstances must a district court sua sponte instruct the jury on a theory of defense presented and relied upon at trial where the theory… -6.5
18-6417 Derrick Wilson v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP faretta-v-california faretta-waiver Fifth-Amendment-due-process Fourth-Amendment Franks-v-Delaware johnson-v-zerbst pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right United-States-v-Giordano voluntariness waiver wiretap-application When (a) trial counsel informs the court that he is not prepared for trial; and (b) the court's Faretta colloquy does not inquire into the voluntarine… -6.5
18-6421 Alexis D. Negron-Cruz v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel internet-access internet-restrictions plea-agreement plea-bargaining pornography-ban sentencing supervised-release supervised-release-conditions Whether District Court erred in imposing overbroad conditions of Supervised Release, limiting Petitioner's access to the Internet, for the term of sai… -6.5
18-6422 Larry Norton v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment mistake-of-law perjury police-misconduct pretext pretextual-stop search search-and-seizure traffic-stop Petitioner Larry Norton is serving a sentence of life incarceration which originated from evidence seized after a traffic stop for speeding in a const… -6.5
18-6425 Michael Louis Beattie v. L. Romero, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure administrative-remedies admissions civil-procedure civil-procedure-summary-judgment civil-procedure-summary-judgment-uncontroverted-fa exhaustion-of-remedies fact-admission moving-party non-moving-party prison-grievance prison-grievances procedural-default summary-judgment uncontroverted-facts When, during Summary Judgment proceedings, a non-moving party asserts a fact - or set of facts - and the moving party doesn't dispute the fact, is the… -6.5
18-6429 Victor Dewayne White v. Ector County Appraisal District Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion california-v-larue civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-discretion due-process federal-law judicial-ruling jurisdiction legal-procedure standing state-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Texas Courts abuse thier descretion when they ruled contrarily to established Federal Law, or as now Rule contrary to this Honorable Court's R… -6.5
18-6430 Kinzie Decarlos Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 alibi-defense appellate-review district-court evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel off-the-record off-the-record-facts procedural-default section-2255 statutory-interpretation Federal statute and this Court's rulings provide that a district court must grant an evidentiary hearing when material facts are contested, and those … -6.5
18-6431 Justin Jenkins v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment evidence-suppression Exclusionary-Rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception Illegal-Search Illegal-Seizure probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant standing vehicle-search L. WHETHER REVIEW IS WARRANTED BECAUSE THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN REFUSING TO SUPPRESS THE EVIDENCE AND FRUITS OF THE ILLEGAL SEARCHES OF RESIDENCES AT … -6.5
18-6434 Craig Martin Shults v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ninth-circuit precedent rule-52(b) severance severance-motion waiver waiver-rule Whether failure to renew a severance motion at the close of evidence waives the issue, such that it precludes appellate review. Only the Ninth Circuit… -6.5
18-6445 Tracy Lebron Vick v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review plea-bargaining public-interest sentencing sentencing-procedure unconstitutional I. WHETHER THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 36.1 OF THE TENNESSEE RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, TENNESSEE CODE ANNOTATED § 29-21-101, AND TENNESSEE LAW ARE UNCON… -6.5
18-6447 Eullis Monroe Goodwin v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance rule-11 sentencing sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Did Counsel ' Failure to properly develope and present Objections to Petitioner's designation as an career offender, render Ineffective Assistance und… -6.5
18-6451 Randolph Johnson Spain v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-principles apprendi-v-new-jersey cross-reference fourth-circuit-court-of-appeals fourth-circuit-mandate multiple-count-adjustment sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-application statutory-maximum I. WHETHER THE APPLICATION OF THE CROSS-REFERENCE TO COUNT 2 OF THE INDICTMENT PURSUANT TO GUIDELINES § 2G1.1 AND § 2A3.1, AND THE SUBSEQUENT APPLICAT… -6.5
18-6456 William J. O'Brien, III v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction patent standing takings 1. SAFEGUARD TO AN ACCUSED WHO FACES INCARCERATION; HE RIGHT TO COUNSEL AT A CRITICAL STAGE OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS AND THE CASES THAT IT IS BASED ON:… -6.5
18-6457 Abel Puente v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendant retained-attorney right-to-discharge-counsel sixth-amendment WHETHER THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AND TO COUNSEL OF CHOICE, WHICH ALSO PROVIDED THE RIGHT TO DISCHARGE COUNSEL, WIL… -6.5
18-6459 Cliserio Balmes-Cruz v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-standard circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-consideration non-frivolous-arguments procedural-reasonableness rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review In contrast with the Ninth Circuit, at least seven other circuits apply a standard which requires a sentencing judge provide some express treatment to… -6.5
18-6462 Juan Carlos Mendez v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment In a child molestation case, the defendant took the stand and denied that any abuse had occurred. The prosecutor then cross-examined him at length reg… -6.5
18-6463 Jose Gilberto Portillo v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-obligations counsel-obligations-guilty-plea critical-stage due-process guilty-pleas ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper language-barrier missouri-v-frye non-english-speaker plea-bargaining plea-negotiation sixth-amendment young-defendant Whether the DC Court of Appeals' decision directly conflicts with and seriously undermines controlling authority of the Supreme Court on counsel's fun… -6.5
18-6468 Bernabe Lugo-Santiago v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-regulation firearms indictment interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden This case presents 3 narrow and discrete questions for this Court to consider, viz. - what happens when (a) the Government fails to allege in an indic… -6.5
18-6475 Lewis Wright v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination cross-examination-rights due-process evidence-disclosure fourteenth-amendment parole perjury prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-bias WHETHER THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ERRED IN LIMITING MR. STEEN ABILITY TO ESTABLISH WITNESS JOSEPH FARLEY'S BIAS WHERE MR. STEIN WAS PREVENTED FROM INQ… -6.5
18-6494 Terrance Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure discretionary-review district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-procedure motion-to-reopen post-conviction-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 standard-of-review In 2013, the district court applied an incorrect legal standard when denying Terrance Johnson's §2255. In 2016, Mr. Johnson sought to reopen the §2255… -6.5
18-6496 John Thomas v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-argument appellate-procedure appellate-review carpenter-v-united-states cell-phone-location cell-phone-location-data cell-phone-tracking constitutional-rights conviction-affirmance conviction-affirmation fourth-amendment search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether the opinion of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which failed to address Thomas's appellate argument that his Fourth Amendment rights were… -6.5
18-6497 Dexter Watson v. Raymond Byrd, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing factual-disputes intent reversible-error Did the pury reasonably, logically and legally infer from the evid1. ence presented, that petitioner was guilty of violating the statue beyond a reaso… -6.5
18-6498 Gildardo Majalca-Aguilar v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 amendment-782 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion drug-conspiracy drug-quantity due-process equal-protection sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines The United States District Court of New Mexico denied the motion for reduction the sentence, Amendment 782 §3582(c)(2) spite the quantity of drugs inv… -6.5
18-6505 Brian Powell v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review district-court first-circuit fourth-amendment fourth-amendment,private-search-doctrine,united-st motion-to-suppress private-search-doctrine search-and-seizure united-states-v-jacobsen Whether the First Circuit erred when it relied upon the private search doctrine as delineated by this Court in United States v. Jacobsen, 466 U.S. 109… -6.5
18-6512 Jabril Jones v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appeals cell-phone-privacy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exclusionary-rule false-imprisonment Fourth-Amendment jurisdiction jury-trial probable-cause search-incident-to-arrest sentencing standing warrantless-search (1) HAVE petitioner BEEN ARREStEd − without PRobabolE CAUSE (2) whether MOUANTS ARREST WARRANT ViolAtE the SECoNd ClAUSE JO The Fourth AmendmeNt (3)… -6.5
18-6515 Kevin Wayne Vanover and Meredith Ann Yates v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment,constitutional-interpretation,histor civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearm-rights founding-era government-power historical-evidence historical-intent individual-liberty military-force right-to-bear-arms second-amendment standing takings Since the courts and the legislature once recognized the Second Amendment was to protect the right of the people to be prepared to resist abuse of gov… -6.5
18-6518 Gregory Crum v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court-discretion drug-crimes drug-offense drug-offenses foreign-origin leadership-enhancement methamphetamine relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review I. Whether the district court abused its discretion in determining relevant conduct. 2; Whether Greg Crum should receive a leadership enhancement. 3… -6.5
18-6519 Mariano Alvarez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion life-sentence mistrial plea-bargaining plea-negotiation recusal sentencing-guidelines Can doubts in granting a Certificate of Appealability (cOA) be resolved in favor of the appellant when considering the severity of his life sentence? … -6.5
18-6524 Brian Thomas, aka O'Brian A. Thomas, aka Thomas A. O'Brian v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-standard berger-standard berger-v-united-states berger-v-us due-process fair-trial fifth-circuit harmless-error judicial-review jury-bias jury-misconduct procedural-violation prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review WHETHER THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURTS VIOLATED BERGER V !JS AFTER IT CONCEDED THAT THE VIOLATIONS HAD OCCURED BUT DECIDING THAT IT WAS "IMPLAUSIBLE THAT IT… -6.5
18-6531 Tyler G. Eppes v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process evidence evidence-suppression inevitable-discovery military-magistrate personal-bags scope-of-search scrivener's-error search-authorization search-warrant serivener's-error SCRIVENER'S ERROR The lower court held that the search of petitioner's personal bags did not exceed the scope of the search authorization despite the … -6.5
18-6534 John Taylor Tyler v. Eric Wilson, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act factual-innocence federal-habeas habeas-corpus savings-clause statute-of-limitations When a prisoner has made a substantial showing of factual innocence -as in this case where the firearms Petitioner purportedly possessed in the furthe… -6.5
18-6546 Alexander Castellano-Benitez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit evidence exculpatory-evidence Judicial-Precedent precedent Procedural-Review prosecutorial-misconduct Writ-of-Certiorari Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if the Eight Circuit and the lower court erred in failing to follow this court's prior precedent i… -6.5
18-6548 Salvatore Leone v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement successive-habeas-motion welch-v-united-states Are federal courts precluded from granting a federal prisoner's successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate an illegal sentence based on Johnson wher… -6.5
18-6549 Eric Branch v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-shuttling anti-shuttling-violation appeal-waiver constitutional-violation corrupt-officials due-process garza-v-idaho iada-violation ida-violation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel roe-v-flores-ortega WHETHER THE TRIAL COUNSELOR AND EVIDENTIARY COUNSELOR WERE INEFFECTIVE WHEN BOTH COUNSELORS FAILED TO FILE THE APPEAL OR FAILED TO EVEN NOTIFY THE PET… -6.5