Conference: 2019-01-04

478 cases — 0 granted, 478 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-422 Robert A. Rucho, et al., Appellants v. Common Cause, et al. North Carolina Denied Amici (41)Relisted (2) None 52.0
22O148 State of Missouri, et al., Plaintiffs v. State of California Denied CVSGAmici (5)Relisted (2) None 36.0
22O149 State of Indiana, et al., Plaintiffs v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Denied CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (2) None 34.0
18-726 Linda H. Lamone, et al., Appellants v. O. John Benisek, et al. Maryland Denied Amici (27) None 32.5
18-302 Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office v. Erik Brunetti Federal Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (11) commercial-speech first-amendment free-speech government-speech immoral immoral-marks lanham-act scandalous scandalous-marks trademark trademark-registration Whether Section 1052(a)'s prohibition on the federal registration of "immoral" or "scandalous" marks is facially invalid under the Free Speech Clause … 21.5
18-459 Emulex Corporation, et al. v. Gary Varjabedian, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (11) circuit-split misstatement-omission negligent-misstatement ninth-circuit private-right-of-action section-14(e) securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-1934 securities-law tender-offer Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly held, in express disagreement with five other courts of appeals, that Section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act… 21.5
18-355 Prison Legal News v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (9) 1st-amendment censorship civil-rights content-restriction corrections-policy due-process first-amendment free-speech media-rights prior-restraint prison prison-censorship Petitioner produces an award-winning monthly publication, Prison Legal News, featuring content directed to the specialized interests of inmates, inclu… 19.5
18-203 Joey Montrell Chandler, aka Joey M. Chandler, aka Joey Chandler v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 8th-amendment criminal-procedure eighth-amendment incorrigible juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole permanent-incorrigibility rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-discretion state-supreme-courts 1. Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sent… 19.0
18-308 Anthony Rayshon Bethea v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto punitive-restrictions retroactive-application sex-offender-registration smith-v-doe The first generation of sex offender registration statutes required only that offenders register with the government and that information about the of… 19.0
18-489 Bradley Weston Taggart v. Shelley A. Lorenzen, Executor of the Estate of Stuart Brown, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (8) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure civil-contempt creditor-good-faith creditor-rights debtor-rights discharge-injunction good-faith judicial-conflict Whether, under the Bankruptcy Code, a creditor's good-faith belief that the discharge injunction does not apply precludes a finding of civil contempt. 18.5
18-311 Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Maura Healey, Attorney General of Massachussetts Massachusetts Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) commerce-clause conflict-among-courts court-compulsion due-process general-jurisdiction investigatory-document-request investigatory-request jurisdiction-basis minimum-contacts nonresident-corporation personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction third-party-contacts unrelated-subject-matter Whether a court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation to compel its compliance with an investigatory document request wher… 18.0
18-127 Amgen Inc., et al. v. Sanofi, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) 35-usc-112 biotechnology enablement federal-circuit innovation patent-law possession statutory-interpretation written-description Whether the standard for determining the adequacy of the "written description of the invention" should be as the statute says—that the description mus… 17.0
18-398 FCA US LLC, et al. v. Brian Flynn, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (4) article-iii-standing civil-procedure civil-procedure-23(f) class-action class-certification interlocutory-review manifest-error predominance standing superiority Plaintiffs brought a purported class action claiming that they bought or leased FCA-manufactured vehicles that were "excessively vulnerable" to being … 14.5
18-274 Michael Jay Stewart v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-fraud jury-instructions kokesh-v-sec mail-fraud materiality materiality-standard naive-and-careless omissions-theory reasonably-prudent-victim sentencing-guidelines statute-of-limitations 1. There is widespread conflict regarding the meaning of the federal criminal fraud statutes. While the confusion existed long before Neder v. United … 14.0
18-370 Marlon Haight v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act assault-with-dangerous-weapon circuit-split criminal-sentencing mens-rea reckless statutory-interpretation violent-felony Under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), a defendant convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) who has three previous convictions for … 14.0
18-98 Jerrard T. Cook, aka Jerrad T. Cook, aka Jerrard Cook aka Jerrard Tramaine Cook, aka J-Fat v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights criminal-procedure eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-prohibits juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole montgomery-v-louisiana permanent-incorrigibility sentencing sentencing-authority The Court stated in Montgomery v. Louisiana that the Eighth Amendment prohibits life without parole sentences "for all but the rarest of juvenile offe… 14.0
18-288 Philip A. Mearing v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (3) appellate-review appellate-waiver criminal-appeal criminal-defendant-waiver criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining restitution restitution-order sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant's waiver in his plea agreement of the right to appeal his "sentence" covers an appeal of… 13.5
18-431 United States v. Maurice Lamont Davis and Andre Levon Glover Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (3) armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr… 13.5
18-359 St. Bernard Parish, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Amici (2) catastrophic-flooding categorical-exemption causation constitutional-taking due-process flood-control flood-damage government-action government-inaction government-liability property-rights takings takings-clause takings-liability In Arkansas Game, this Court admonished the Federal Circuit to eschew "blanket exclusionary rules" immunizing the Government from liability in takings… 12.5
18-378 Merck & Co., Inc., et al. v. Gilead Sciences, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (2) civil-procedure damages equitable-defense jury-verdict legal-relief patent separation-of-powers seventh-amendment unclean-hands Whether the equitable defense of unclean hands precludes legal relief in the form of damages. 12.5
18-64 Juan Alberto Lucio-Rayos v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) None 12.0
18-333 Old Dominion Electric Cooperative v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission District of Columbia Denied Amici (1) administrative-law discretion federal-energy-regulatory-commission ferc-discretion filed-rate-doctrine market-based-rate polar-vortex reliability retroactive-ratemaking Whether the court of appeals erroneously determined that the filed rate doctrine and the rule against retroactive ratemaking leave the Federal Energy … 11.5
18-339 June Harper v. Arthur Leahy, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) arrest-warrant civil-rights fourth-amendment home-entry law-enforcement-procedure payton-standard payton-v-new-york probable-cause reasonable-suspicion Does the Fourth Amendment require police officers to have probable cause to believe that a suspect is present in a home before forcing entry into that… 11.5
18-122 Michael Sinegal v. Dawn Polk Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 1st-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-law employment-retaliation first-amendment free-speech political-candidacy qualified-immunity standing County Commissioner Michael Sinegal terminated Dawn Polk for being a bad employee. The terminationoccurred after she had unsuccessfully run for office… 11.0
18-168 Bill G. Nichols, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Chesapeake Operating, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) cafa cafa-jurisdiction circuit-split citizenship civil-procedure class-action diversity-jurisdiction domicile domicile-presumption federal-courts federal-jurisdiction removal residency-domicile-presumption residency-presumption standing subject-matter-jurisdiction When determining the citizenship of a class for purposes of CAFA's home-state exception, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(4)(B), does this Court's long-standing re… 11.0
18-267 Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, et al. District of Columbia Denied article-iii article-iii-standing civil-rights congressional-intent due-process federal-election-commission-v-akins federal-question federal-statute informational-injury injury-in-fact judicial-review munsingwear-doctrine munsingwear-vacatur privacy public-disclosure standing standing-injury-in-fact statutory-interpretation 1. Does a plaintiff suffer an Article III injury in fact "when the plaintiff fails to obtain information which must be publicly disclosed pursuant to … 10.5
18-273 Ramon Andrew Williams, aka Andrew Denton Williamson v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General Third Circuit Denied None 10.5
18-348 Robert Weisler, III v. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-rights Devenpeck-v-Alford fourth-amendment heck-v-humphrey police-accountability qualified-immunity warrantless-arrest Whether Devenpeck, which only protects officers who either incompetently or maliciously arrest a person for a crime the arrestee did not commit, shoul… 10.5
18-36 Gregory Brice v. United States District of Columbia Denied alternate-suspect brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence motive motive-evidence new-trial post-trial-confession suppressed-evidence Petitioner was convicted of murder based on conflicting eyewitness testimony. The government's witnesses put petitioner at the scene of the crime. Pet… 10.5
18-374 Wuilson Estuardo Lemus Castillo v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied 18-usc-3553(f) 21-usc-960 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq., and subject to a mandatory minim… 10.5
18-491 Cameron Heath Ray v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied appellate-division circuit-split criminal-evidence criminal-procedure evidence fourth-amendment immediate-mobility law-enforcement mobility probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicle-search vehicle-seizure Whether it violates the Fourth Amendment to characterize a criminal suspect's car as evidence of a crime when the car is not used in the crime at issu… 10.5
18-504 Charles G. Kinney v. Roger W. Boren, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment Hobbs-Act Janus judicial-misconduct NIFLA professional-speech section-1983 vexatious-litigant By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge Ninth Circuit panel abuse its discretion to cover-up acts by Justice Roge… 10.5
18-510 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele R. Clark, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process federal-law free-speech hobbs-act judicial-discretion professional-speech state-court-proceedings vexatious-litigant By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge panel abuse its discretion to cover-up acts by Justice Gutierrez, debtor … 10.5
18-515 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele R. Clark, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process federal-procedure free-speech judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct professional-speech By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge panel abuse its discretion by violating Janus and NIFLA to cover-up acts … 10.5
18-517 Charles G. Kinney v. Philip Gutierrez Ninth Circuit Denied abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process free-speech judicial-discretion professional-speech section-1983 vexatious-litigant By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge panel abuse its discretion to cover-up acts by federal Judge Gutierrez wh… 10.5
18-518 Charles G. Kinney v. Clerk, Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights clean-water-act color-of-law due-process federal-clean-water-act free-speech hobbs-act honest-services judicial-discretion professional-speech state-nuisance-law By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge panel abuse its discretion by violating Janus and NIFLA to cover-up acts … 10.5
18-558 Miriam Gutierrez v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General Sixth Circuit Denied None 10.5
18M86 WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corporation Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None 10.5
18-110 Andrew Burningham, et al. v. John Morrison Raines, III, Guardian of the Estate of John Morrison Raines, IV Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 8th-circuit anderson-v-liberty-lobby civil-rights clearly-established-law excessive-force fourth-amendment interlocutory-appeal johnson-v-jones mitchell-v-forsyth qualified-immunity summary-judgment use-of-force 1. Does Johnson v. Jones, 515 U.S. 304 (1995) foreclose interlocutory appeal of an order denying summary judgment on qualified immunity, where the und… 10.0
18-185 Connecticut v. Michael Skakel Connecticut Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split constitutional-deficiency due-process ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation overall-performance performance-evaluation single-error sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Under the first prong of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), must a court evaluate counsel's overall performance in determining whether a s… 10.0
18-386 Joshua Vasquez, et al. v. Kimberly Foxx, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-due-process criminal-law criminal-penalty due-process ex-post-facto geographic-limitation home-occupation prior-conviction residency-restriction residency-restrictions substantive-due-process takings Whether, as the court below held, the constitutionality of laws that impose criminal penalties for blameless action or inaction—such as maintaining a … 10.0
18-56 Tim Shoop, Warden v. Danny Hill Sixth Circuit GVR Relisted (9) aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act atkins-standard atkins-v-virginia clinical-judgment clinical-judgments death-penalty eighth-amendment habeas-corpus intellectual-disability moore-v-texas Did the Sixth Circuit properly use the Moore decision from 2017 to find that an Ohio court unreasonably applied Atkins in 2008, even though the Ohio c… 9.5
18-16 Larone Frederick Elijah v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing-guidelines-harmless- district-court federal-sentencing harmless-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness variance-sentence In Rosales-Mireles, 138 S. Ct. 1897 (2018), this Court held that "before a court of appeals can consider the substantive reasonableness of a sentence,… 9.0
18-227 Justin Michael Wolfe v. Virginia Virginia GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal appellate-review class-precedent class-v-united-states constitutional-authority constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining double-jeopardy due-process guilty-plea plea-bargaining state-court state-court-appeals vindictive-prosecution Whether, in light of Class, a guilty plea in state court waives the right to raise on appeal the constitutional authority of the State to prosecute ba… 9.0
18-61 Stand Up for California!, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) best-interest-of-tribe detrimental-impacts detrimental-to-community gaming-exception indian-gaming-regulatory-act indian-reorganization-act off-reservation-gaming off-reservation-land surrounding-community tribal-affiliation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-recognition trust-land Subject to certain exceptions, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("IGRA," 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq.) expressly prohibits casino gaming on land acquired… 9.0
18-479 Marc Schenkel v. Xyngular Corporation, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived case-management civil-procedure civil-rights district-court district-court-authority due-process free-speech inherent-authority judicial-discretion pre-litigation-conduct prelitigation-conduct sanctions standing Whether a district court's inherent authority to manage the disposition of cases, including by imposing sanctions on a party, does not extend to condu… 8.5
18-508 Charles G. Kinney v. Tyson Takeuchi, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process false-statements federal-procedure free-speech judicial-discretion professional-speech By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge panel abuse its discretion by violating Janus and NIFLA to cover-up acts … 8.5
18-516 Charles G. Kinney v. Philip Gutierrez, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process federal-procedure free-speech judicial-discretion professional-speech retaliation section-1983 vexatious-litigant By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge panel abuse its discretion to cover-up acts by Justice Gutierrez and othe… 8.5
18-605 Mitchell J. Stein v. California California Denied Response Waived civil-litigation civil-procedure constitutional-law declaratory-relief due-process due-process-clause harmless-error judicial-review prejudice structural-error When a fundamental structural error results in an invalid judgment against a civil litigant in violation of the Due Process Clause, is the error per s… 8.5
18-706 Esther Kiobel, By and Through Her Attorney-In-Fact, Channa Samkalden v. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Second Circuit Denied Response Waived confidentiality-order discovery-standards discretion discretion-of-district-court district-court-discretion foreign-court-receptivity foreign-legal-assistance foreign-legal-assistance-statute-28-usc-1782 foreign-non-discoverability intel-case intel-v-advanced-micro-devices non-discoverability second-circuit-court-of-appeals section-1782 Under Intel, may a district court in its discretion allow Section 1782 discovery where the foreign court is receptive to U.S. discovery, but the docum… 8.5
18-337 County of Orange, California, et al. v. Mary Gordon, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Matthew Shawn Gordon, Deceased Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process eighth-amendment fourth-amendment medical-care objective-reasonableness pretrial-detainee qualified-immunity section-1983 standard-of-care Whether a pretrial detainee's "inadequate medical care" claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 requires a showing of a jail professional's subjective inte… 7.5
18-209 Ram Mehta v. California California Denied Relisted (2) Civil-Procedure Civil-Rights constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-review search-and-seizure unlawful-arrest unlawful-search Unlawful-Search-and-Seizure Were the Petitioner's constitutional rights to be free from unlawful search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment and to do due process under the Fou… 6.0
18-220 Javier A. Carrillo, et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Florida Denied Relisted (2) 15-usc-1635 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-appeal creditor-possession due-process judicial-discretion judicial-procedure judicial-review per-curiam rescission-right standing state-court statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-possession Borrowers exercised timely the right to rescind the transaction in satisfaction of the requirements of Section 1635 [1635(i)]. The creditor did not ta… 6.0
18-252 Real Estate Alliance Ltd. v. Move, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 35-usc-101 alice-corp-v-cls-bank alice-test alice-v-cls-bank computer-user-interface fact-finding federal-circuit inventive-concept patent-claims patent-eligibility patent-infringement patent-law well-understood-routine-and-conventional Is whether an ordered combination of elements in a patent claim is "well-understood, routine and conventional" to a skilled artisan in the relevant fi… 6.0
18-271 Zachary N. Trost, et ux. v. Sherry Trost Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge burden-of-proof discharge intent intent-standard kawaauhau-v-geiger non-dischargeable-debt restatement-of-torts wrongful-act wrongful-conduct I. For a debt arising out of unlawful conduct to be considered non-dischargeable in bankruptcy pursuant to Kawaauhau v. Geiger, 523 U.S. 57 (1998), wh… 6.0
18-79 Tiberiu Klein, et al. v. Daniel O'Brien, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) appellate-procedure appellate-review attorney-sanctions civil-procedure due-process fraud incompetence judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure judicial-standards notice opportunity-to-be-heard procedural-fairness sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Did the Seventh Circuit violates its own Standards and Rules and violate petitioners' due process rights in falsely accusing an attorney of pretens… 6.0
18-177 Kenneth Jerome Dawson v. Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied bond-release constitutional-rights criminal-procedure detention detention-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-liberty fundamental-right judicial-scrutiny liberty-interest reasonably-related strict-scrutiny substantive-due-process When a criminal defendant has posted bond and is entitled to be released from jail subject only to administrative processing, does the defendant's rig… 5.5
18-195 William S. Poff v. United States Ninth Circuit GVR exemption exemptions federal-seizure-law government-seizure incarceration-payments mandatory-victims-restitution-act restitution restitution-enforcement seizure service-connected-disability statutory-exemption statutory-interpretation substantial-resources veterans-disability-benefits Petitioner is a disabled military veteran currently serving a federal prison sentence. While incarcerated, Petitioner is entitled to approximately $13… 5.5
18-229 Ralph Curry v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split johnson-v-united-states judicial-review post-sentencing-caselaw residual-clause section-2255-motion sentencing-court sentencing-enhancement standard-of-proof successive-28-usc-2255-motion Where a sentencing record is silent as to the basis for an enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), may a District Court grant a succes… 5.5
18-238 South Carolina v. Lamont Antonio Samuel South Carolina Denied court-of-appeals criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process ethics faretta-v-california judicial-conduct judicial-discretion judicial-integrity self-representation sixth-amendment unethical-conduct Did the South Carolina Supreme Court err when it held — in conflict with many federal courts of appeals — that a trial court may not deny a criminal d… 5.5
18-261 Jose Guadalupe Cebreros v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied 21-usc-841-b-1-a 21-usc-841(b)(1)(a) california california-proposition-47 drug-offense-enhancement federal-recidivist-sentence-enhancement federal-sentencing habeas-relief prior-state-felony-drug-offense recidivist-sentencing retroactive-drug-sentencing-reforms state-law-interpretation Is a federal recidivist sentence enhancement based on a prior state "felony drug offense" under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) invalidated when the underlyi… 5.5
18-327 N. K., an Infant, By His Mother and Natural Guardian, Tanja Bruestle-Kumra v. Abbott Laboratories Second Circuit Denied alternative-causation alternative-cause causation-opinion daubert daubert-standard daubert-v-merrell-dow differential-diagnosis expert-testimony expert-testimony-admissibility federal-rule-of-evidence-702 genetic-causation genetic-testing rule-702 For an expert's causation opinion to be admissible, do Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and Daubert require additional testing of a plaintiff to eliminate… 5.5
18-373 Floyd Rose v. United States Second Circuit Denied atm atm-robbery circuit-split commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-law federal-criminal-law fifth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce robbery second-circuit Whether the Second Circuit erred by holding, in direct conflict with the Fifth Circuit, that a robbery in which an individual victim is forced to with… 5.5
18-418 United States, ex rel. Leatra Harper, et al. v. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Sixth Circuit Denied civil-procedure constructive-knowledge false-claims-act false-claims-act-31-usc-3729 federal-law mistake-of-law pleading-requirements scienter statutory-interpretation subjective-scienter Whether stating a claim of knowing avoidance of an obligation or conversion under the FCA, 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(G) and (D), requires alleging that d… 5.5
18-445 Tanya Ramirez v. Texas Texas Denied civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process equal-protection fundamental-right fundamental-rights intimacy legal-infringement privacy procreation sexual-conduct sexual-relationship texas-penal-code Is TEXAS PENAL CODE §21.12, which criminalizes an otherwise legal sexual relationship, unconstitutional in its infringement upon a constitutionally-pr… 5.5
18-453 Olivia de Havilland v. FX Networks, LLC, et al. California Denied artistic-license civil-rights defamation docudrama false-statements first-amendment free-speech pleading-stage public-figure right-of-publicity Are reckless or knowing false statements about a living public figure, published in docudrama format, entitled to absolute First Amendment protection … 5.5
18-482 Paul Hill v. Accounts Receivable Services, LLC Eighth Circuit Denied bosch-v-commissioner circuit-split eighth-circuit fair-debt-collection-practices-act interest-statute materiality materiality-requirement pre-judgment-interest state-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent (1) Whether the Eighth Circuit may disregard this Court's instructions in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., 137 S. Ct. 1718 (2017) for constructi… 5.5
18-487 D. A. v. D. P., II Indiana Denied caperton-standard caperton-v-a-t-massey-coal-co caperton-v-massey due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias magistrate-ruling williams-v-pennsylvania 1. Did the Indiana Court of Appeals decision in this matter conflict with the due process standard which was declared in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal … 5.5
18-490 Jael Watts v. Michael K. Allen Virginia Denied civil-procedure court-rules due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights hearing-rights notice procedural-notice state-law state-procedure trial-court virginia-court-rules virginia-supreme-court Whether the trial court's failure to provide advance written hearing notices, as required by state procedural rules, constitutes a denial of the Petit… 5.5
18-493 Rose J. Spano v. The Florida Bar Florida Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment bar-disciplinary-proceedings constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process evidentiary-hearing liberty-interest property-interest Petitioner, Rose Spano, questions the constitutionality of the Florida Supreme Court's decision to deny the Petitioner a right to an evidentiary heari… 5.5
18-495 Morris & Associates, Inc. v. John Bean Technologies Corporation Federal Circuit Denied claim-construction due-process equitable-estoppel federal-circuit implied-license judicial-procedure patent patent-claims patent-infringement patent-law reexamination scotus-precedent waiver In Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, Inc., 134 S.Ct. 1962 (2014), and SCA Hygiene Prods. Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Prods., LLC, 137 S.Ct. 954 (2… 5.5
18-502 William Kinney, et ux. v. Anderson Lumber Company, Inc. Sixth Circuit Denied attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction first-amendment fraud post-removal-statute remand remand-order removal vacatur Does the post removal statute, Title 28 Section 1447, bar the vacatur of a remand order obtained by attorney misconduct and fraud? Plaintiffs were uns… 5.5
18-507 Jessie D. McDonald v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Sixth Circuit Denied appellate-review civil-procedure court-judgment due-process extraordinary-writ judicial-misconduct judicial-proceedings procedural-error standing void-judgment 1. Whether the appellate court departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings? 2. Whether the district court judgment is void? … 5.5
18-511 Austin Gates v. Hassan Khokhar, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied arrest-standard civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech probable-cause qualified-immunity standing state-law supreme-court 1. Whether a court, in determining whether arguable probable cause exists to arrest for a state-law crime, must consider any narrowing decisions by th… 5.5
18-513 Lee Mulcahy v. Aspen Pitkin County Housing Authority Colorado Denied administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act class-of-one due-process equal-protection exhaustion-doctrine material-facts property-rights Can a governmental agency initiating litigation, by virtue of the exhaustion doctrine, be relieved of its obligation to prove the elements of its clai… 5.5
18-514 Ola L. Drake, et vir v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Kansas Denied None 5.5
18-519 Joseph A. Jennings, III v. Susan W. Jennings Ohio Denied agent-orange disability-compensation domestic-relations federal-law federal-preemption howell-v-howell preemption service-connected-disability spousal-support state-law veterans-benefits veterans-disability-benefits Whether in light of the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Howell v. Howell, 137 S Ct. 1400 (2017), veterans disability compensation may l… 5.5
18-520 WeConnect, Incorporated v. Brooks Goplin Seventh Circuit Denied appellate-review due-process federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-notice standing sua-sponte unauthenticated-website website-authentication Whether Federal Rules of Evidence 201, 901, and 902 and principles of due process forbid a district court to, sua sponte, take judicial notice of info… 5.5
18-521 Simpson Juan v. Jneso District Council 1, et al. Third Circuit Denied appeal appellate-review civil-procedure final-judgment judicial-certification multiple-claims multiple-parties remand rule-54b If a district court certifies in response to a I.R.C.P. 54(b) remand that one of the judgments in a multiple party/multiple claim action has remained … 5.5
18-528 Elias Kifle, et al. v. Jemal Ahmed Eleventh Circuit Denied civil-procedure district-court diversity diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts jurisdiction rule-19 standard-of-review standing subject-matter-jurisdiction What is the standard of review for a District Court's determination that a required party is dispensable under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19? 5.5
18-536 Harmon L. Taylor v. Texas Texas Denied 'appellate-jurisdiction' 'civil-jurisdiction' 'compelled-consent' 'plea-to-the-jurisdiction' 'special-appearance' 'tex-transp-code-unconstitutional' appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights compelled-consent due-process jurisdiction plea-to-jurisdiction special-appearance standing takings texas-transportation-code transportation-code Are the federal question (compelled consent) rulings "final?" Did the 5th Dist. CoA err by refusing to exercise "civil" jurisdiction? Did the 5th Di… 5.5
18-537 Booth James v. Montgomery Regional Airport Authority, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery-violations employment-termination evidence-substitution fraud free-speech proximate-cause whistleblower-protection whistleblower-retaliation Could a reasonable jury have found that Mr. Perry retaliatory attitude toward Officer James for whistleblowing, to a government representative, the pr… 5.5
18-549 Voter Verified, Inc. v. Election Systems & Software LLC Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-101 bilski-v-kappos collateral-estoppel declaratory-judgment federal-circuit issue-preclusion method-claims patent-infringement patent-validity res-judicata voting-method Whether the Federal Circuit erred in deciding that patent claims for a method of voting are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in a second action for paten… 5.5
18-559 Meteku Negatu v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. District of Columbia Denied african-american-defendants civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure judicial-process mortgage mortgage-foreclosure standing summary-judgment The Mortgage Industry in the United States is a ten trillion dollar enterprise. Sixty-five percent of homes in America are owned and carry mortgages. … 5.5
18-567 Danny Snapp v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company Ninth Circuit Denied ada ADA-interactive-process ada-reasonable-accommodation burden-of-proof civil-rights disability-discrimination employer-burden employment interactive-process jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-accommodation summary-judgment undue-hardship us-airways-v-barnett In 2013 on appeal from a summary judgment dismissing claims for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the "ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §12101 et. seq… 5.5
18-582 Stephen Yagman v. Michael J. Colello Ninth Circuit Denied anti-SLAPP civil-procedure federal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure iqbal rules-enabling-act supreme-court-precedent twombly May a state anti-SLAPP statute be used to dismiss a claim in federal court, when its application is contrary to the Rules Enabling Act, 28 U.S.C. § 20… 5.5
18-594 Robert R. Snyder v. California California Denied appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-deprivation constitutional-deprivations due-process grievance-system prison prisoner-rights standing state-court state-court-procedure state-prison unsupervised-determinations Should this court grant review to remedy the conspicuous violations of due process, specifically those that elicit important questions concerning the … 5.5
18-595 James P. Tatten v. City and County of Denver, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation rooker-feldman-doctrine standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether this Court's decision in Haines v. Kerner permits a United States Court of Appeals to create a special and unique pro se pleading standard for… 5.5
18A511 Philip Zodhiates v. United States Second Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M76 Ian Furminger v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M77 Roda Hiramanek v. L. Michael Clark, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M78 Kenneth Richard Barber v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M79 Keith B. Webb-El v. Thomas R. Kane, et al. District of Columbia Denied None 5.5
18M80 Gustave S. Drivas v. United States Second Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M81 Robert W. Dougherty v. Ivan T. Gilmore, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M82 Jason Eugene Bush v. Arizona Arizona Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M83 John Doe v. United States Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M84 John David Wilson, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M85 Ronald Marshall v. Ann Ash, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M87 Muhsin Hanif Abdur-Rahiim v. United States District of Columbia Denied None 5.5
18-233 Indiezone, Inc., et al. v. Todd Rooke, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-1927 act-of-state-doctrine congressional-intent due-process extraterritorial-application federal-sanctions inherent-powers rule-44.1 sanctions sovereign-immunity Did congress intend the court's inherent powers and U.S. 28 U.S.C. § 1927 to apply extraterritorially allowing Rule 44.1 analysis to be applied to ove… 4.0
18-239 Arick Justin Rinaldo v. Bryan Mahan, et al. Colorado Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights colorado-supreme-court-rules court-access due-process equal-protection filing-system pro-se pro-se-litigant structural-error DID THE DEPRIVATION OF ACCESS TO COLORADO'S ICCES FILING SYSTEM (Integrated Colorado Court E-File System) FOR PRO SE LITIGANTS CAUSE REVERSIBLE STRUCT… 4.0
18-330 Douglas Walter Greene v. Frost Brown Todd, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) amendment-violations constitutional-rights due-process evidence-tampering judicial-misconduct jury-trial perjured-witnesses perjury public-policy rule-of-law A National precedent setting question is asked, may the Federal District & Appellate Courts knowingly & purposely render a Decision based on overwhelm… 4.0
18-382 Raji Rab v. Superior Court of California, Sacramento County, et al. California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) ballot-designation ballot-position constitutional-rights due-process election-code election-codes equal-protection federal-candidate federal-election trademark trademark-violation Whether the California Secretary of State has mandatory duties to preserve equal protection of constitutional rights of Federal candidate's ballot des… 4.0
18-401 Faye Rennell Hobson v. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bias civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process due-process-violation evidence fifth-amendment judicial-bias legal-standard pro-se pro-se-litigant united-states-constitution What is the level of bias that must be demonstrated before it constitutes a violation of a pro se litigant's right to due process guaranteed by the Fi… 4.0
18-427 Masoud Bamdad v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) agency-policy controlled-substances court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure defective-indictment due-process fed.r.civ.p.-54(b) final-judgment habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings interstate-commerce jurisdiction medical-practice procedural-rules Should a habeas proceedings court adjudicate all claims of a habeas petitioner before making its final judgment and closing the case, or otherwise suc… 4.0
18-474 LeFloris Lyon v. Canadian National Railway Company, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bivens bivens-action civil-rights first-amendment fourth-amendment probable-cause retaliatory-prosecution seventh-circuit-conflict Whether the Seventh Circuit decision conflicts with all Courts of appeals, and Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, 138 S. Ct. 1945 (2018); Manuel v. City… 4.0
18-476 Cowlitz County, Washington, et al. v. Jule Crowell, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-care monell monell-doctrine municipal-liability objective-reasonableness section-1983 serious-medical-needs subjective-intent 1. Whether a pretrial de tainee alleging Fourteenth Amendment claims of deliberate indifference to serious medical needs under 42 U.S. C. § 1983 must … 4.0
18-478 Brian Edward Malnes v. City of Flagstaff, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-vagueness fourth-amendment harassment harassment-statute law-enforcement overbreadth probable-cause search-and-seizure unreasonable-search-and-seizure vagueness Whether law enforcement officials had probable cause to arrest the Petitioner (issuing a citation) for the crime of harassment under Ariz. Rev. Stat. … 4.0
18-5464 Jose Benitez, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-bank-robbery closing-argument constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-specification indictment indictment-variance jury-instructions prosecutorial-discretion variance 1. Does a constructive amendment occur where the jury instructions relieve the Government of proving, as alleged in the indictment, that a defendant c… 4.0
18-5771 Jim Walter Qualls, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts felony-case guilty-plea judicial-authority jurisdiction magistrate-judge magistrate-judges plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation Whether the Supreme Court should resolve a conflict among the Circuit Courts of Appeals, and find that the Tenth Circuit erred in affirming Petitioner… 4.0
18-470 Brandi K. Stokes v. Christopher Lance Corsbie, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights geneva-conventions international-law jurisdiction sovereign-immunity treaty-interpretation war-crimes Whether the United States has sovereign immunity for claims involving grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. Whether the United States has jurisdi… 3.5
18-473 John Davis v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived conclusive-presumptions constitutional-law creditor-standing due-process eviction foreclosure foreclosure-statute judicial-immunity property-rights standing summary-judgment 1. Whether foreclosure and eviction of homeowners, by virtue of statutory conclusive presumptions that allow courts to deem a creditor's ownership wit… 3.5
18-477 Hugh Martin, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process easement-rights exhaustion-of-remedies federal-lands property-rights r.s.-2477 rs-2477 special-use-permit special-use-permits takings takings-clause Whether parties who own property inside national forest boundaries or other federally-owned lands, and who assert R.S. 2477 rights to easements access… 3.5
18-480 R. S. Raghavendra v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-act civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-opportunity federal-arbitration-act first-amendment free-speech judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice recusal-law standing Did the Appeals Court Err or Violate Petitioner's First Amendment Right to Petition the Courts by Failing to Issue a Writ of Mandamus for Reversing th… 3.5
18-488 In Re Pamela Denise Idlett Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-law-judge civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-determination due-process federal-agency judicial-misconduct material-evidence social-security social-security-disability social-security-policy standing Whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) gives verbal acknowledgement in his federal hearing to a known disabil… 3.5
18-512 Lee Simmons v. Paul Daniel Smith, in His Official Capacity as Acting Director of the National Park Service, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-agency-deference administrative-law agency-action agency-discretion chevron-deference due-process judicial-review property-rights statutory-interpretation takings wild-and-scenic-rivers-act 1. Whether an agency can advance an interpretation of a statute for the first time in litigation and then demand deference for its view under Chevron.… 3.5
18-523 W. A. Griffin v. Verizon Communications Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived affordable-care-act anti-assignment-clause anti-assignment-clauses assignment-of-benefits civil-rights discrimination federal-financial-assistance good-old-boys-club plan-administration provider-standing section-1557 standing third-party-administrator Whether or not it can be reasonably inferred that plan administrators are liable for discrimination under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act when… 3.5
18-526 Waling Choizilme v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
18-527 Frank Straub v. City of Spokane, Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived at-will-employment at-will-termination constitutional-rights due-process employment free-speech government-employee government-employment internet-publication liberty-interest liberty-interests reputation stigma stigma-damage Whether a government that intends to publish professionally crippling charges against its employee on the internet during the course of an at-will ter… 3.5
18-529 Jenn-Ching Luo v. Owen J. Roberts School District, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process case-merger civil-procedure consolidation consolidation-of-cases due-process erie-doctrine erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins hall-v-hall informed-consent judicial-consolidation judicial-practice standing third-circuit Whether the decision of the Third Circuit conflicts with the Supreme Court decision by holding in this instant case that the District Court effectivel… 3.5
18-544 Teresita A. Canuto v. Department of Defense, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1604 28-usc-1605 acting-official foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity foreign-state government-liability individual-capacity individual-liability official-capacity service-of-process sovereign-immunity state-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1604 extends to an individual for acts taken in t… 3.5
18-550 Brandi K. Stokes v. Christopher Lance Corsbie, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1447d civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction geneva-conventions grave-breaches international-law preemption removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction war-crimes Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) is preempted by international law for claims involving grave breaches of the Geneva conventions. 3.5
18-564 Rosemary L. Decosimo v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment forensic-science fourteenth-amendment impartiality law-enforcement sixth-amendment standing Whether the right to a fair trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment and right to due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United S… 3.5
18-570 Felisa Tunac, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Randy Tunac, Deceased v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-review civil-procedure healthcare judicial-review judicial-review-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-limitation medical-malpractice negligence negligence-claims va-healthcare veterans-affairs veterans-judicial-review-act 1) Whether the court below erroneously held that its jurisdiction was limited by the Veterans' Judicial Review Act to negligence claims against Depart… 3.5
18-571 James Lee Williams v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment 14th-amendment 1964-supreme-court-decree civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-agencies fraud sovereign-immunity statute-of-limitations water-rights yuma-reclamation-project The Statute of Limitations protects against frivolous lawsuits. However, the Statute of Limitations was not established to conceal wrongdoings by fede… 3.5
18-583 Kenneth Mayle v. United States, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived compelled-speech compelling-governmental-interest equal-protection free-exercise free-speech government-burden least-restrictive-means minority-rights religious-beliefs religious-freedom-restoration-act sincerely-held-religious-beliefs standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court's ruling violates the Supreme Court's precedents by improperly substituting its own view that carrying currency bearing a reli… 3.5
18-584 Angela Engle Horne v. WTVR, LLC, dba CBS6 Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived actual-malice civil-rights constitutional-standard defamation first-amendment free-speech media-law public-figure public-official sullivan 1. Whether this Court should overrule New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964). 2. Whether even if this Court elects not overrule Sullivan in … 3.5
18-590 Cave Consulting Group, LLC v. OptumInsight, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived claim-language claim-scope judicial-construction lexicography-disavowal patent-claim-construction patent-scope patent-specification patent-validity public-notice specification specification-interpretation written-description Congress requires inventors seeking patent protection to specifically identify what they regard as their invention in a patent claim. The Patent Offic… 3.5
18-591 Gary Dressler v. Bradford Rice, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights conspiracy fourth-amendment open-carry probable-cause qualified-immunity second-amendment Question I – Is an individual's Second Amendment right to bear arms violated when he is told by a security guard he cannot open carry in a store and i… 3.5
18-592 Ferguson Florissant School District v. Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived at-large-electoral-system demographic-change electoral-district minority-group minority-voting-rights non-hispanic-white-population numerical-majority section-2 section-2-claim voting-age-population voting-rights-act voting-rights-act-section-2 Does Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 allow a minority group to bring a claim against a school district's statutorily imposed at-large elect… 3.5
18-599 Wi-Fi One, LLC v. Broadcom Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-315b administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa indemnity-agreements inter-partes-review inter-partes-review-ipr judicial-review patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab standard-of-review time-bar 1. Did the appellate panel below err by disregarding 5 U.S.C. §706 and instead applying the Federal Circuit's "abuse of discretion" standard of review… 3.5
18-602 Jodi A. Smith v. Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics LLC, et al. Florida Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure defamation enhanced-appellate-review first-amendment jurisdiction legal-procedure new-york-times-v-sullivan non-media-defendant private-plaintiff standing supreme-court Whether the enhanced appellate review reiterated in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan is required for First Amendment protection in a defamation case wit… 3.5
18-603 Martin Siegel, et al. v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived antitrust conspiratorial-agreements earnings-calls horizontal-price-fixing investor-earnings-calls invitations-to-collude liability-exception price-fixing public-earnings-calls sherman-act sherman-antitrust-act Whether there is an exception to liability under the price-fixing provision of the Sherman Antitrust Act for conspiratorial price-fixing agreements re… 3.5
18-613 W. A. Griffin v. Aetna Health Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived assignee-rights civil-procedure document-request erisa erisa-benefits erisa-statutory-penalty georgia-law georgia-supreme-court o.c.g.a.-9-3-22 o.c.g.a.-9-3-28 plan-administrator retroactive-assignment standing state-law statute-of-limitations statutory-penalty Whether or not the District court borrowed the appropriate state law for Erisa statutory penalty by applying a one year statue of limitations under O.… 3.5
18-616 Roger Nepal v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-law criminal-procedure de-novo-review direct-appeal Griffith-v-Kentucky plain-error retroactivity standard-of-review substantive-law Where the Supreme Court has changed the substantive law governing a criminal case that is on direct appeal, must Griffith v. Kentucky be applied to th… 3.5
18-619 Gamada A. Hussein v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived bodily-integrity civil-rights dna-testing due-process faith-based-discrimination false-imprisonment fourth-amendment fourth-amendment,false-imprisonment,due-process,wa sovereign-immunity surveillance warrantless-monitoring Whether implanting chips in Petitioner's body and monitoring the Petitioner and Petitioner's family life activities for a decade without warrant and d… 3.5
18-623 Katrina Walker v. Carl Weatherspoon, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment illinois-v-gates informant informant-tip probable-cause qualified-immunity search-warrant section-1983 seventh-circuit May a police officer, who secures a search warrant on the uncorroborated tip of a first-time informant by withholding from the issuing judge facts tha… 3.5
18-624 Jinae Rasko v. New York City Administration for Children's Services Second Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-employment-action causal-connection civil-rights corrective-action direct-evidence employment-discrimination hostile-work-environment pretext retaliation title-vii I. Whether an employer is liable for discrimination under Title VII, when: There are DIRECT EVIDENCES of discrimination, including the evidence of PRE… 3.5
18-627 William Henry Starrett, Jr. v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-statutory-causes-of-action constitutional-rights due-process emotional-distress federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming a district court's conclusion that service of process by Certified Mail - a summons with a copy of the complain… 3.5
18-629 Jack Cody v. California Air Resources Board, et al. California Denied Response Waived clean-air-act concurrent-jurisdiction constitutional-challenge constitutional-review environmental-regulation federal-constitutional-defense federal-preemption judicial-review state-court-jurisdiction state-environmental-regulation statutory-interpretation In this case of first impression before this Court, does the CAA withdraw concurrent state court jurisdiction to adjudicate the constitutionality of s… 3.5
18-632 Sherilyn J. LeRoux v. NCL (Bahamas), Ltd. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived comparative-negligence federal-circuits general-maritime-law maritime-law open-and-obvious recovery recovery-standard tort-liability uniformity Under the General Maritime Law of comparative negligence, should a finding of "open and obvious" act as a complete bar to recovery or merely serve as … 3.5
18-633 Gary Jefferson Byrd v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court district-court-summary-denial due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigant standing summary-denial Should a Certificate of Appeal ability (COA) be denied to a pro se litigant thus denying an appeal when the issue has been extensively researched and … 3.5
18-637 Donald C. Marro v. Caesar's Entertainment Operating Company Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-158 access bankruptcy-court-clerk bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-deprivations" due-process equal-protection equal-protection-and-access frbp judicial-access mail-filing-rules pro-se-litigation pro-se-status property-deprivation USPS-mail-filings Does it violate equal protection and access, is it a property deprivation (i.e., the civil action for damages) and FRBP and 28 Usc 158 violation when … 3.5
18-639 Marek Biszczanik v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived amended-complaint appeals appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal district-court due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review procedural-dismissal sixth-circuit standing WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MICH… 3.5
18-666 Alliance for California Business v. California Air Resources Board California Denied Response Waived clean-air-act epa epa-approval epa-regulation judicial-review sovereign-jurisdiction state-courts state-implementation-plan state-jurisdiction state-law state-law-challenges statutory-interpretation Whether, under a provision of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1), the inclusion of a state regulation in an EPA-approved State Implementation P… 3.5
18-667 Lonnie Charles Williams, III v. Texas Texas Denied Response Waived driving-while-intoxicated drug-detection fourth-amendment intoxication-signs law-enforcement odor-of-alcohol probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether reasonable suspicion under the Fourth Amendment can exist in a driving while intoxicated context when officers do not detect the odor of alcoh… 3.5
18-675 Lisa M. West v. Missouri Missouri Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion admissibility conviction-and-sentence criminal-appeal daubert-review daubert-standard evidence-admissibility expert-witness judicial-review missouri-law scientific-testimony standard-of-review trial-court-discretion 1. Whether this court should require a de nova review of the trial court's handling of scientific testimony to determine whether Daubert v. Merrell Do… 3.5
18-685 Lynn Robinson, et al. v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived adhesion-contract adhesion-contracts airline-deregulation-act common-law common-law-contract consumer-rights contract-interpretation contract-law forfeiture statutory-interpretation unconscionability Since the enactment of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, there has been confusion and uncertainty among the courts as to what the answer is to the… 3.5
18-688 Mark Mann v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 26-usc-5861 atf federal-firearms-dealer federal-licensing firearm-transfer gun-store huddleston-v-united-states nfa-firearms possession registration repair service-evaluation tax-registration transfer Chapter 9 of the transfers of NFA Firearms Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Section 9.5.1 Repair of Firearms states: ATF does not consider the temporary con… 3.5
18-698 Clement Reynolds v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment impeachment miranda miranda-rights police-interrogation police-misconduct self-incrimination I. Was Petitioner denied Due Process of Law under the Fourteenth Amendment and the protections against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment an… 3.5
18-708 Robert L. Bertram, Jr., Bryan S. Wood, Robin G. Peavler, James W. Bottom, and Brian C. Walters v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived common-sense criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process duty fraud insurance insurance-fraud materiality sixth-circuit This Court has repeatedly held that a statement or omission is materially misleading, and thus fraudulent, only if it could influence the targeted dec… 3.5
18-714 Chhay Lim v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
18-737 Gregory Aime, et al. v. JTH Tax, Inc., dba Liberty Tax Service, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived certification common-law contract-formation diversity-jurisdiction federal-appellate-procedure federal-court lehman-bros-precedent lehman-bros-v-schein state-law state-law-certification virginia-common-law 1. Whether a federal court of appeals in a case based on diversity jurisdiction should certify an issue of state law to the highest court of that stat… 3.5
18-6214 Ricardo Rene Sanders v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)IFP brady-violation brady-violations california-habeas cullen-v-pinholster death-row eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas habeas-corpus materiality materiality-test ninth-circuit prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Whether this Court should clarify that under Harrington v. Richter, 562 U.S. 86, 98 (2011), when the federal habeas courts evaluate the summary den… 1.5
18-5626 Bruce Wishnefsky v. Jawad Salameh, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights district-court-dismissal due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure prisoner-appeal prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-provision Whether the "three strikes" provision of the federal in forma pauperis statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), bars a prisoner from appealing in forma pauperis … 1.0
18-5398 Kenneth Floyd Prutting v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 2nd-amendment armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause samuel-johnson section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement In 1993, Mr. Prutting was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") to 264 mon… 0.5
18-5504 William Lem Posey, II v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied IFP career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing descamps-approach divisibility element-analysis element-based-approach grammar-based-approach mandatory-guidelines non-generic-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation To decide whether a non-generic offense is divisible under Descamps v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2276 (2013), does a sentencing court need to take a g… 0.5
18-5549 Phillip Anthony Kenner v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review due-process filing-period habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity section-2255 statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-recognition Section 2255(f)(3) of Title 28 of the United States Code tolls the one-year filing period for a § 2255 motion until "the date on which the right asser… 0.5
18-6005 Trayon L. Williams v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure causation-element circuit-split claim-preservation criminal-procedure-waiver-forfeiture forfeiture preservation-of-issues preserved-claim standard-of-review sua-sponte-ruling violent-crime-definition violent-force-element waiver waiver-principles I. When the government agrees that a claim was properly preserved below, can a court of appeals sua sponte hold the claim forfeited, then dismiss the … 0.5
18-6315 David Ivy v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied IFP atkins-claim atkins-v-virginia constitutional-prohibition cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability moore-v-texas procedural-mechanism roper-v-simmons state-procedure Where this Court has declared, "States may not execute anyone in 'the entire category of [intellectually disabled] offenders." Moore v. Texas, 137 S. … 0.5
18-6568 Harold Max Pompee v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP competence competency constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-competence Defendants have a right to be competent at all stages of criminal proceedings. Because defense counsel has the most exposure to the defendant, the pri… 0.5
18-5008 Autrey Canadate v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery attempted-armed-robbery attempted-robbery certificate-of-appealability curtis-johnson-v-united-states due-process elements-clause florida-criminal-law use-of-force violent-felony violent-force Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether the Florida offense of attempted armed robbery, Fla. Stat. § 812.13, categorically requires the use of… -1.0
18-5090 Quonshay Douglas-Ricardo Mason v. DeWayne Burton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa cumulative-error due-process habeas-corpus judicial-bias judicial-misconduct offutt-v-united-states sixth-circuit standard-of-review state-court-adjudication ungar-v-sarafite WHETHER THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, IN LIGHT OF THE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED HOLDINGS OF OFFUTT V. UNITED STATES, 348 U.S. 11, 13 (1954), AND UNGAR V. SARAFITE, 376… -1.0
18-5118 Shane K. Floyd v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-fairness jury-deliberations jury-selection presumption-of-innocence racial-bias sixth-amendment strickland-standard Implicit bias threatens the very foundation of the criminal justice system. Wasn't the judicial system built on fairness; the right to a fair trial; t… -1.0
18-5147 Edward Nathan Wing v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 crime-of-violence habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity timeliness 1. Whether Mr. Wing's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) was timely because it was… -1.0
18-5209 Michael Barrett v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship conflict-of-interest constructive-denial-of-counsel impermissible-risk ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion professional-ethics professional-responsibility right-to-counsel standard-of-review Does it create a conflict of interest for a lawyer to have to argue on appeal that the trial court should have replaced him? Can this create an imperm… -1.0
18-5251 Sarjo Dambelly v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure deliberate-avoidance global-tech intent jury-instructions knowledge-standard mens-rea second-circuit willful-blindness Whether, in light of Global —Tech, the Second Circuit errs by holding, contrary to at least six other circuits, that willful blindness in a criminal c… -1.0
18-5418 Kenneth Green v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure collateral-attack due-process federal-questions fourth-amendment indigent-defendant march-7-2014 motion plea-bargaining right-to-appeal transcript written-motion Does state have a constitutional authority in the case of warrantless arrest with no probable cause determination by a neutral and detached magistrate… -1.0
18-5634 Kipland Phillip Kinkel v. Garrett Laney, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution Oregon Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole mental-illness miller-montgomery-standard miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana procedural-due-process Does a treatable, but not curable, mental illness constitute "irreparable corruption" under Miller v. Alabama and Montgomery v. Louisiana? Do Graham … -1.0
18-5762 Pedro Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … -1.0
18-5770 John Denton Rouse, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP but no text of a SCOTUS petition was provided in I cannot generate a question presented or identif please include the full text of the petition. chapman-v-united-states criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process mandatory-minimum market-oriented-approach sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the government may commingle substances that pose an identifiable danger of misidentification to produce an aggregate mixture or substance con… -1.0
18-5821 Thomas Lee Farmer v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2255-relief collateral-review concurrent-sentence-doctrine constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states multiple-sentences retroactive-constitutional-rule retroactive-review retroactivity section-2255 sentencing sentencing-law (1) Whether the concurrent sentence doctrine should be applied to deny § 2255 relief when one of a set of multiple sentences is now invalid because of… -1.0
18-5960 Kenneth Gharib v. Thomas H. Casey Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-contempt coercive-confinement criminal-procedure due-process indefinite-confinement judicial-discretion recalcitrant-witness-statute witness-statute Whether the Recalcitrant Witness Statute's eighteen-month cap on coercive confinement, or a similarly objective measure, should inform the due process… -1.0
18-6070 Carlos Cornwell v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bracy-v-gramley expert-testimony forensic-evidence hinton-v-alabama ineffective-assistance judicial-bias judicial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington structural-error This Court has recognized there are cases that turn on scientific or technical evidence where "the only reasonable and available defense strategy requ… -1.0
18-6705 Richard A. Jiles v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary divisibility divisible-statute felon-in-possession georgia georgia-burglary-statute predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement Was correct to find that Mr. Jiles' prior burglary conviction under O.C.G.A. § 16-7-1 was a predicate offense under the ACCA, 18 U.S.C. §924(e)? -1.5
18-6712 Bryan Marque Gilstrap v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism preemption state-rights state-sovereignty Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state respons… -1.5
18-6757 Ronald Ray Norman v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law descamps-v-united-states divisibility divisibility-analysis federal-sentencing means-versus-elements sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text violent-felony I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach of the Armed Career Criminal Act? II. Is the… -1.5
18-6770 David Nino-Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either … -1.5
18-6808 Harlem Suarez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-power criminal-procedure eighth-amendment first-time-offender hobbs-act interstate-commerce proportionality taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons-of-mass-destruction I. In United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), this Court held that Congress had the authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate three broad c… -1.5
18-6809 Desmond Camp v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act Hobbs-Act-robbery physical-violence residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. May Hobbs Act robbery serve as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(c) when Hobbs Act robbery does not match the elements clause of S… -1.5
18-6829 Jimmy Walter Fuentes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error remand sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum substantial-rights 1. Whether a court of appeals that finds a plain error in the district court's selection of a statutory maximum should ordinarily order a limited rema… -1.5
18-6867 Alberto Jorge Silva-Ibarra v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights 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 ei… -1.5
18-6920 Clyde Retiz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indictment plea-bargaining reasonable-sentence sentencing sentencing-factors 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
18-6934 Bobby Evans v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-treatment federal-procedure purposes-of-supervised-release revocation sentencing supervised-release Whether revoking the supervised release term of a defendant who is in need of drug treatment, after he initially failed in a drug treatment program, i… -1.5
18-6952 Ortino Garcia Licon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 28-usc-2255h2 acca-residual-clause federal-prisoner generic-burglary habeas-corpus historical-fact sentencing-enhancement successive-motion Where a federal prisoner demonstrates that ACCA's residual clause was the only lawful substantive basis to enhance his sentence, but fails to show as … -1.5
18-5793 Ray Lamar Johnston v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (4)IFP caldwell-v-mississippi capital-punishment capital-punishment-system death-penalty due-process equal-protection florida harmless-error hurst-relief hurst-v-florida jury-trial sixth-amendment 1. Does the Florida Supreme Court's holding that a Hurst error is per se harmless where a jury issues a generalized unanimous recommendation for death… -3.0
18-5139 Donald Keith Runnels v. Presley Bordelon, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus new-trial sentencing i May t pe Ct hon in this matter? 2) May the nde ont he men appliction ild on 02-04-2014. No.4:4-42 in h U.S.D.C.S.ATX. was timly,and setifies the t… -4.0
18-5161 Marvin Waddleton, III v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa burden-of-proof constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard plain-error pro-se right-to-counsel state-court-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence The plain error of the State of Texas Appeals Courts on direct collateral review. The use of Jackson standard of view in the light most favorable to t… -4.0
18-5366 Ronald David Martin v. Tony Trierweiler, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal confrontation-clause criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-introduce-evidence rape-shield-statute right-to-present-defense trial-court-discretion WHETHER PETTTIONER WAS DEPRIVED OF HIS RIGHT TO CONFRONT WITNESSES, HIS RIGHT TO PRESENT A DEFENSE, AND HIS RIGHT TO THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNS… -4.0
18-5403 Leroy Dean Dennis v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment capital-case constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial false-testimony jurisdiction oklahoma-constitution-article-2-section-20 reasonable-doubt title-18-usc-section-3432 witness-endorsement IN A CAPITAL CASE, IS A DEFNDANT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATED UNDER THE MANDATE OF THE OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 2, § 20 WHICH IS IDENTICAL T… -4.0
18-5413 Clarence D. Lewis v. Johnny Hedgemon, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus plea-bargain self-incrimination voluntary-plea Is A PLEA BARGAIN, VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY, IF A PETITIONER INVOKES HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION BEFORE THE PLEA IS INDUCED? … -4.0
18-5530 Victoria Elia Kaldawi v. State of Kuwait, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights consular-protection diplomatic-immunity due-process human-rights international-law tort torture unlawful-detention Why I wasn't Rescued by US Embassy in Kuwait, as on JULY 4th 1995 (USA Independence Day), while All Americans were celebrating our Independence Day, w… -4.0
18-5602 Stephen D. Leonard v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process records standing state-courts subpoena transcripts State Courts Judgment and Sentence? -4.0
18-5659 David Edward Cavalieri v. Virginia Virginia Denied Relisted (2)IFP cumulative-review evitts-v-lucey first-amendment-right-of-appeal mathews-v-eldridge procedural-due-process strickland-v-washington adversarial-trial cumulative-review evitts-v-lucey fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington On an Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim the State Habeas court have a Us Constitutional Review of allasserted errors andomissions, and thereby t… -4.0
18-5719 Alan Bartlett v. Susanna C. Pineda, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment arizona-constitution arizona-criminal-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process interstate-agreement-on-detainers mandamus speedy-trial standing Whether Respondent Judge, Susanna C Pineda abused discretion to Dismiss for Lack of Speedy Trial violation of the Brusch Amendment of the United State… -4.0
18-5720 Alan Bartlett v. Susanna C. Pineda, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment Whether Respondent Judge Jusonno C Pineda abused discretion denying Petitioner Bortlett's motion Violtion of his ShusCA ind ythUsCA mendment rights un… -4.0
18-5782 Michael Lynn Cook v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus judicial-remedies procedural-timeliness state-misconduct state-waiver statute-of-limitations Under U.S.C.A. Const. Amend. 14: 1. Does the "Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision on Which Review Is Sought Conflict with a decision of the … -4.0
18-5802 John Doe v. Kaweah Delta Hospital, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-statute-of-limitations civil-rights confidentiality district-court-review due-process employment employment-conditions equitable-tolling medical-information-act statute-of-limitations summary-judgment Why did the District Court ask for a brief on equitable tolling and the statute of limitations and then ignore the material facts presented without re… -4.0
18-5829 Arika Matelyan v. Atlantic Records WMG, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights copyright due-process free-speech patent privacy standing takings IF BARBIE BONE CAME OOT WITh A song Dated Before Be capng co B. befere bor Sect. If swiss Barb Smokng Gun. ceted copy Qiqut A person that was born to … -4.0
18-5863 Corey E. Johnson v. Butler Law Firm Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation court-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review procedural-error statute-of-limitations IS THERE HIELP FOR A LONE PETITIONER AND DTHERS SIMI- LARLY SITUATED; DENIED" THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DUE TO NO FAULT OF HIS OWN, ABANDONED BY A DC … -4.0
18-6071 Serge Nayshtut v. Comercializadora Travel Advisory, S.A. de C.V., et al. California Denied Relisted (2)IFP None -4.0
18-6166 Syed K. Rafi v. Brigham and Women's Hospital, et al. First Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1985-1986 circuit-court-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process judicial-procedure mandate mandate-recall mandates motions-for-reconsideration pro-se-petition recall-mandate reconsideration standing supreme-court-rules time-frame Given the Supreme Court's general directive under its Rule 45 concerning mandates, and its Rule 13.3 concerning the time frame to file petition for Wr… -4.0
18-6579 In Re Patricia Ann McQuarry Denied Relisted (2)IFP appointment-affidavit burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-irregularity constitutional-law constitutional-result due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel remedies remedy secret-grand-jury standing subject-matter-jurisdiction unsigned-indictment vague-statutes Petitioner challenges jurisdiction of the district court, in this instant case. When a person, challenges jurisdiction, the burden of proof shifts to … -4.0
18-5314 Shannon Dale Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing criminal-statute firearm firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) increases the sentence of "any person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence . . . uses or carries a firearm, o… -4.5
18-5505 Farris Genner Morris v. Tony Mays, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP procedurally defaulted ineffective assistance of capital-case equitable-exception evidence federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief procedural-default sixth-amendment 1. When Martinez v. Ryan , 566 U.S. 1 (2012) was decided during the pendency of a petitioner's initial federal habeas corpus proceeding, is the petiti… -4.5
18-5594 Cory Devon Washington v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus illegal-sentence judicial-review residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional Cory Washington is serving an illegal sentence. However, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that he is not entitled to relief. The question is wh… -4.5
18-5655 Cory D. Foster v. United States Third Circuit Denied IFP a question that has split the circuits 10-1 18-usc-924c categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts federal-criminal-provision federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-definition statutory-interpretation Whether the categorical approach applies in determining whether an offense is a "crime of violence" supporting conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), a … -4.5
18-5691 Darryl Jerome Baker v. R. C. Cheatham, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 2241-habeas 2241-motion 2255-motion 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment savings-clause state-priors title-28 unconstitutional-enhancement Whether the Petitioners Fifth Amendment Rights are violated by the Eleventh Circuit when it denied Petitioner due process to his Title 28 U.S.C. § 225… -4.5
18-5730 Terrence Denmark v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241,statutory-interpretation,retroa retroactivity statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-confinement 1) Should there be a two-part test for the 28 U.s.C. § 224l instead of a Five-part test, and should the test be based on (l) illegal unconstitutional … -4.5
18-5853 Dorothy Binns v. City of Marietta, Georgia Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 ada americans-with-disabilities-act due-process fair-housing-act housing-discrimination public-housing reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Whether the Lower Courts violated any of these or other pertinent Laws, or rules, Overlooked, misapplied, neglected or made any vital legal errors in … -4.5
18-5880 Virginia S. Caudill v. Janet Conover, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky circumstantial-evidence civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-discrimination racial-discrimination sixth-amendment standing Virginia Caudill stands convicted of capital murder. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky dismissed her Petition for Habeas Co… -4.5
18-5898 Armando Castillo Valerio v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review booker circuit-split criminal-sentencing downward-departure gall judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD RESOLVE THE SPLIT AMONG THE CIRCUITS REGARDING WHETHER A DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL OF A MOTION FOR DOWNWARD DEPARTURE IS REVIE… -4.5
18-5923 Brent Eugene Sanchez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP bodily-injury castleman-standard civil-rights criminal-law due-process felony-force felony-force-clause misdemeanor-force misdemeanor-force-clause precedent standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-act violent-force violent-physical-force Whether the mere causation of bodily injury necessarily includes the use of violent, physical force. -4.5
18-5939 Gary Michael Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timely-filing vagueness 1. Whether a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. _, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and asser… -4.5
18-5945 David Chiddo v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appeal-from-magistrate circuit-split district-court-order federal-magistrates-act felony-guilty-plea felony-plea judicial-procedure magistrate-authority plea-agreement plea-agreement-stipulation statutory-authority statutory-interpretation stipulated-facts 1. Does a federal magistrate have authority to accept a felony guilty plea? 2. Where a plea agreement provides that stipulated facts present an adequ… -4.5
18-5980 Shelton Denoria Jones v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) 28-usc-2254 diligence evidentiary-hearing factual-basis fair-trial federal-court federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment state-court state-court-review (1) In a federal habeas corpus proceeding where the state court did not hold a hearing or receive evidence to adjudicate facts on a claim, has the hab… -4.5
18-6013 Richard Carl Wyatt v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states presumption presumption-of-regularity residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement (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
18-6044 Richard James Beasley v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP appellate-review attorney-general due-process familial-conflict fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-ethics recusal structural-error williams-v-pennsylvania Does the right to due process guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, and upheld by the precedent of Williams v. Pennsylvania, 136 S.Ct 189… -4.5
18-6137 Steven Doyle Burton v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment probation probation-search probation-searches reasonable-suspicion search search-condition standing A. Whether the Fourth Amendment allows probation searches without reasonable suspicion. B. Whether the Fourth Amendment allows probation searches wit… -4.5
18-6174 Edward Lang v. David Bobby, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP deficient-performance due-process false-evidence false-theory ineffective-assistance juror-tampering presumption-of-prejudice reasonable-strategy reasonable-trial-strategy strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-strategy A. Can the presentation of false evidence, in support of a false theory, that trial counsel knew or should have known was false, ever constitute a rea… -4.5
18-6233 Stephan Schuermann v. Jubilie Anqui Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment child-custody civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction relocation 1. Whether the Supreme Court of Florida erred in not vacating Judge Michael Flowers Orders Granting the Respondent's Verified Petition to "wrongfully … -4.5
18-6236 Thomas Lee Swan v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-writ statement-of-case statutory-provisions Question not identified. -4.5
18-6243 Christopher Jackson v. Florida Florida Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-violation exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-evidence indirect-evidence probable-cause search-and-seizure standing wong-sun Whether secondary evidence discovered as a result of an illegal search and seizure can constitute proof against the victim of search, and does exclusi… -4.5
18-6244 Dennis Martin v. Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus standing civil-rights due-process federal-court-review habeas-corpus state-court-procedure statute-of-limitations SERK HABKA d0 whiN A MrrtAly Ao Phy sictly D5SABLK SAtA PRISO NKA 1S hA IW PRTEON FOR 33 YARs -BEFoK- ha FiNOs oat thnt ho tRiKD, CONUTCt DR WAS NKUTR… -4.5
18-6247 Roy Parker v. Burl Cain, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment competency conflict-of-interest constitutional-provisions due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-testify sixth-amendment 1). Did Petitioner receive the effective assistance of counsel as guaranteed by the Amendment to the United States Co,wtithl.ion 4ien trial counsel al… -4.5
18-6264 Adrian M. Requena v. Ray Roberts, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-accountability judicial-oversight judicial-review prison-officials prisoner-rights Can Prison Officials violate a prisoner's Constitutional Rights and the Court System turn a blind eye? -4.5
18-6276 Marcus Anthony Terrell v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP but no text of a SCOTUS petition was provided in I cannot generate a question presented or identif please include the full text of the petition. appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus standing state-courts Question not identified. -4.5
18-6278 John Martin, Sr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial unreasonable-determination-of-facts 1. Where the constitutional issues raised was to the degree that should have been debatable among jurist of reason, and were not lacking any factual b… -4.5
18-6287 Billy Jack Crutsinger v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-3599 abuse-of-discretion constitutional-claim criminal-procedure-18-usc-3599 dna-evidence expert-services habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-necessity (1) Whether establishing that requested expert services are reasonably necessary to the representation under 18 U.S.C. § 3599 requires articulation of… -4.5
18-6289 Bruce L. Small v. Florida Florida Denied IFP and justice from incarceration civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto incarceration justice liberty civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-law incarceration justice-system legal-application sentencing Wan thee of rill canal igh Eyal application of ano pu Fac bos th enhance my KentenceS Ween te sale of Hoda: deny oem consTrchond]. {to freedoon ,li… -4.5
18-6290 Damon John White Bird Solgado v. Colby Braun, Warden Eighth Circuit Rehearing IFP 4th-amendment compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment insufficient-evidence privacy search-and-seizure Whether a_violation of-Petitioner's 4th_Amendment Constituti= onal Right to Prvacy occorred when Police illegally Searched bonk records, in the absenc… -4.5
18-6296 Alexander Robert Jacome v. California California Denied IFP 14th-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law Constitutional-Rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment Fourth-Amendment free-speech ninth-amendment Parole-Conditions Will this Court reverse the lower Courts substantial violations of the Fourth Amendment's substantive due process clause, or allow the respondent's co… -4.5
18-6311 Winston Ray Walters v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP congress congressional-disestablishment criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-prosecution disestablishment federal-jurisdiction federal-law habeas-corpus indian-reservation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-member tribal-membership Whether Congress has disestablished the reservation of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Nation in Oklahoma. -4.5
18-6318 Jeffrey Allen Ware v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-violation exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment police-misconduct search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrantless-search Petitioner's celiphone was searched without a warrant upon his arrest and then a year later with a warrant. The illegality of a warrantless search of … -4.5
18-6332 Ricky Lee Stroble v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default 1. Does Actual Innocence excuse a failure to properly brief an appeal in a Certificate of Appealability proceeding? -4.5
18-6340 Kevin Williams v. Eric Safire, et al. California Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure civil-rights contract court-of-appeal due-process involuntary-dismissal standing statutory-protection trial-by-jury Question not identified. -4.5
18-6344 Brandon Eugene Lacy v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied IFP criminal-procedure cumulative-error cumulative-error-analysis fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health neuropsychological-evaluation neuropsychological-testing Sixth-Amendment strickland-standard Strickland-v-Washington 1. Whether the Arkansas Supreme Court misapplied this Court's ruling in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 688 (1984) by finding it reasonable for tri… -4.5
18-6368 Dean Edward Calhoun v. Texas Texas Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection evidence standing state-law texas-criminal-justice Question not identified. -4.5
18-6380 Alan M. Bartlett v. Susanna C. Pineda, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona Denied IFP None -4.5
18-6390 Valiant White v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP acquitted-conduct civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree impeachment-of-jury-verdict independent-finding-of-guilt ineffective-counsel jury-acquitted-conduct jury-trial jury-trial-right reasonable-suspicion WHETHER, CONTRARY TO UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT PRECEDENTS, THE TRIAL COURT, MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT ARBITRARILY DENIED PET… -4.5
18-6392 Mohsen Khoshmood v. Eastern Market Management District of Columbia Denied IFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights damages disability-discrimination due-process false-arrest free-speech government-misconduct law-enforcement police-misconduct standing I'm seeking for this case $100 Million dollars damages with explanation of: Part I of General Assembly 9 Dec. 1975 res. .3452 (XXX), Article 1, Artic… -4.5
18-6402 Elroy William Robinson v. California California Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction qualified-immunity standing statutory-provisions (1) WHEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DELIBERATELY DELAYS AN ARREST IN ORDER TO BRING A SPOUSE BRING A PERSON OF INTEREST IN TO FOR QUESTIONING AND IN CO… -4.5
18-6407 Ong Vue v. Frank X. Henke, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection judicial-review parole parole-procedures section-1983 standing Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that Petitioner Vue "failed to state a claim" is in contrary to the holding of Wilkinson v. Dotson, … -4.5
18-6419 William L. Whipple v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence brady-violation civil-rights dna-testing due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct skinner-v-switzer Question not identified. -4.5
18-6427 Jesus Valle v. Rusty Rogers, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-segregation circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process prisoner-assault prisoner-rights standing state-created-danger Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision denying relief represents a split in the Circuit Courts. Valle, a pro se litigant and prisoner in … -4.5
18-6428 Roberto Gonzalez Delacruz v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP brady-violation certificate-of-appealability due-process due-process,habeas,materiality,scientific-evidence fifth-amendment fifth-circuit-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review materiality materiality-of-evidence materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent At Petitioner's murder trial, the State's only fact witness testified the victim was shot once at one location and his body moved and dumped at anothe… -4.5
18-6433 Robert Norman Smithback v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,standing,civil-procedure, constitutional-guarantees cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection farmer-v-brennan prison-conditions prisoner-rights supreme-court-precedent Issue #1. Whether Texa. Jurisprudence.enforcés constitutional guarentees, especially and specifically this Court's Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (19… -4.5
18-6435 John Rogers v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability collateral-review constitutional-right-to-counsel direct-appeal due-process extraordinary-circumstances fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel Whether the State of Louisiana stripped John Rogers of his Constitutional Right to Representation by counsel on his claim of "ineffective assistance o… -4.5
18-6438 Oscar Kenneth Moreno v. Alana Butler California Denied IFP confrontation-clause dna-evidence dna-testing due-process expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment remand scientific-evidence sentencing sixth-amendment Question 1. The Trial Presentation Violated My Sixth and fourteenth Amendment Rights to Confront and Cross-Examine His Accussers. Scientific Evidence … -4.5
18-6439 Juan Ortega Lara v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction patent standing takings Whethen Aetithonith missed the Strtate OF LiMNtAtonk becauSE oF PisoN MeStrictionis Dn Other Ditside imfediMenlts which macke it IMPOSSIblE FOR Petist… -4.5
18-6441 Roderick McKissick v. Nathan Deal, Governor of Georgia, et al. Georgia Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prejudice retaliation standing Question not identified. -4.5
18-6443 Bobbie Lee Adams, III v. Netflix, Inc. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-6446 Juliette Fairley v. PM Management - San Antonio AL Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 5th-circuit ada americans-with-disabilities-act associational-standing civil-rights civil-rights-statute diversity-jurisdiction public-accommodation rule-19 standing 1. Did the 5th Circuit err in finding that Appellant Juliette Fairley failed to state a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 2000a, or 42 U.S.C § 12182, … -4.5
18-6452 Alan Bartlett v. State Bar of California, et al. California Denied IFP access-to-courts attorney-discipline bar-association civil-rights compelled-speech due-process free-speech mandatory-bar professional-conduct standing Whether the State Bar of California abused discretion failing to investigate Alan M. Bartlett's accusation against attorney Phillip Trevino for ethica… -4.5
18-6454 Charles Nash v. Shawn Phillips, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-trevino martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-default sixth-circuit-review trevino-v-thaler TEENAGER CHARLES NASH WAS SUBJECT TO TALK FIRST INTERROGATION TACTICS YET DEFENSE COUNSEL SOUGHT SUPPRESSION OF HIS SIATEMENT ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS HAVI… -4.5
18-6458 Eddie Williams, Jr. v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process free-speech standing state-action takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-6460 Waddell Bynum v. DeKalb County Sanitation Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP ada-compliance civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employer-liability employment insurance insurance-reporting pro-se-appeal retaliation sexual-harassment workplace-safety DID NOT THE COMPANY FAIL IN NOT REPORTING THE INCIDENT TO THR NECESSARY PEOPLE OR PROPER AUTHORITIES TO CONTACT APPELLEE REGARDING THE ACCIDENT OR INJ… -4.5
18-6465 Jose Ricardo Yanez v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa-statute-of-limitations antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit-review ongoing-investigations pro-se pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations WHETHER AN ALTERNATE TRIGGERING DATE OF THE ANTITERRORISM AND EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY ACT OF 1996'S 1-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, AND EQUITABLE TOLLI… -4.5
18-6467 Tyrone Pulley v. California California Denied IFP appellate-counsel circuit-split habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-proceedings ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default trevino-v-thaler Does the rule established in Martinez V. Ryan, 132 S.CT. 1309 (2012) and Trevino V. Thaler 133 S. CT 1911, 1921 (2013) that ineffective state appellat… -4.5
18-6469 Tyrone D. Morant v. Jason Lewis, Superintendent, Southeast Correctional Center Missouri Denied IFP eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-montgomery miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana parole parole-hearing resentencing resentencing-proceeding 1. Does the Eighth Amendment, as interpreted in Miller and Montgomery, require juvenile defendants, who had previously been illegally sentenced to man… -4.5
18-6476 Joseph White v. Detroit East Community Mental Health, et al. Michigan Denied IFP civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment fraud hostile-environment hostile-work-environment legal-interpretation organizational-liability sexual-harassment standing statutory-interpretation workplace-abuse Must a court overlook co- workers, supervisors, and organizational directors, to tease and to allow sexual harassment, thus creating a hostile enviro… -4.5
18-6477 Delmer M. Ackels v. Randy M. Olsen, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP answer civil-procedure court-of-appeals default-judgment excuse excuses jurisdiction procedural-rules timeliness timely-filing Whether the Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to deny a default judgment when the defendant was untimely with its Answer without an excuse. -4.5
18-6485 Richard Elliott Cain v. Washington Washington Denied IFP 6th-amendment character-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-evidence due-process evidence fair-trial jury-instruction jury-instructions propensity-evidence search-warrant WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN FAILING TO GIVE THE JURY A LIMITING INSTRUCTION AFTER PERMITTING CHARACTER AND PROPENSITY EVIDENCE TO BE INTRODUCED A… -4.5
18-6491 Michael Reeves v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Illinois Denied IFP civil-procedure custody due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interstate-agreement-on-detainers speedy-trial DID MASSAC COUNTY, ILLINOIS WAIVE JURISDICTION WHEN I WAS SENT TO MENARD CORR. CTR, AUG.4, 2006. 2) MASSAC COUNTY, ILLINOIS HAD TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF … -4.5
18-6493 Steven D. Burke v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection standard-of-proof state-court DOES CHANGING THE STANDARD OF PROOF IN THE STATE COURT DENY A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT'S DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAW? -4.5
18-6502 Chris Jonathon Epperson v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process executive-power foreign-affairs foreign-policy national-security political-question separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Executive Orders: JohnF. Kennedy Theadore Roosevell Richard Nixon Ronald Reaqun ioth Amendment ForeanPolicy UKraine -Indonesia 2ndAmendmenl France - G… -4.5
18-6503 Thomas P. Richard, Sr. v. District Attorney of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus prohibited-punishment section-1983 standing structural-error Did the Courts below commit structural error by usurping Law to improperly re-characterize a Class Action §1983 Complaint as Habeas Corpus which serio… -4.5
18-6508 Duan Leonard Williams v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent question-not-identified standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-6510 Frank Pruitt v. New York New York Denied IFP 1st-amendment 6th-amendment courtroom-access criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-inquiry public-trial removal-from-trial right-to-attend-trial right-to-observe sixth-amendment Was the right to a Public trial, and the right of the Public to attend trial, abrogated when the trial judge failed to conduct careful inquiry "before… -4.5
18-6513 Byron Christopher Chinchilla v. Greg Lewis, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment attempted-murder criminal-gang due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intellectual-disability mental-health sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of habeas relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel claims. -4.5
18-6516 Linh Thi Minh Tran v. Happy Valley Municipal Court, Oregon Oregon Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-error jurisdiction municipal-court sentencing zoning-violation Was the trial court Clackamas State of Oregon's judgment sentence Municipal Court dated 01/26/2017 in favor of respondent Happy Valley Municipal Court… -4.5
18-6520 Jesus L. Arnett v. Patrick Covello, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process false-conviction forged-bills ineffective-assistance-of-counsel probable-cause sentencing speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights structural-error Should Petitioner be granted a Certificate of Appealability when Petitioner was obviously and falsely convicted of possessing forged bills, and then g… -4.5
18-6521 Leonard J. Porto, lll v. City of Laguna Beach, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP article-iii-standing civil-rights credible-threat-of-enforcement due-process enforcement-threat homeless homeless-rights local-ordinance municipal-code public-space shelter-policy standing To challenge a local ordinance that prohibits sleeping in public at all hours, must a party show that he was "arrested, charged, or convicted under th… -4.5
18-6523 Renee D. Bell v. Orlando Health, Inc., dba Winnie Palmer Hospital Florida Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-procedure-dismissal constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection pre-trial-conference procedural-due-process procedural-rights right-to-redress substantive-rights 1. Whether dismissal base on fail to meet a pre-trial conference is a drastic action, and where court access is barred prior to the dismissal that the… -4.5
18-6527 Jedediah C. v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied IFP double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment home-incarceration pre-trial time-served west-virginia Has the Petitioner's Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional Rights been violated when the Courts of West Virginia refused to grant cred… -4.5
18-6528 Shaheen Cabbagestalk v. Bryan P. Sterling, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection free-speech habeas-corpus standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-6532 Austin Myers v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP capital-punishment death-penalty death-penalty-statute eighth-amendment judge-sentencing judicial-sentencing jury-trial jury-verdict sixth-amendment spaziano-v-florida Did Hurst v. Florida render Ohio's death penalty scheme unconstitutional? -4.5
18-6535 Rodney Williams v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP 6th-amendment due-process fourth-amendment-violation jurisdictional-defect jury-trial-rights restitution right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment-right void-judgment void-restitution-order void-sentence WAS DEFENDANT DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COUNSEL AT HIS SENTENCING AND RESTITUTION HEARING; CONSTITUTING A VOID SENTENCE AND RESTITUTION ORDER… -4.5
18-6538 Steven Bernard Sydnor v. Kevin Hampton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process fair-trial jackson-v-virginia miranda-rights miranda-warning sufficiency-of-evidence Claim 1. Whether defendant's Constitution 5th and 14th Amendment rights were violated by the trial court denial of defendant's Motion to Suppress stat… -4.5
18-6539 Allan Wayne Rencountre v. Colby Braun, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights counsel-ineffectiveness due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion merits-review procedural-default statutory-deadline statutory-filing-deadline Should the Court have granted equitable tolling with regards to the statutory filing deadline due to the ineptitude of Petitioner's retained counsel s… -4.5
18-6541 Michael Stoller v. Wilmington Trust Seventh Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-review standing Question not identified. -4.5
18-6544 Robert Joe McNemar v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment competency competency-evaluation criminal-defendant due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health plea-bargain plea-bargaining sixth-amendment Does due process under the Constitution's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require a State trial court to make an EXPRESS independent competency determ… -4.5
18-6545 Frankie Calanche Lopez v. California California Denied IFP appeal criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process intent intent-element mens-rea opportunistic-crime robbery robbery-intent statutory-interpretation Does it matter. Appeal's Court Judge States It Consequently, whether defendant intended to commit robbery from the moment he first approached or punce… -4.5
18-6555 Lester Barnett v. City of Gastonia, North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal constitutional-violation due-process judicial-proceedings record record-preservation the Judinal proceedi Ng in violation of Due Process of 14 ThAmendment ot the United StAtes IAW of the5Th 6 Th And CoNstitutioN. WAs it uNcoNstitutioN… -4.5
18-6558 Anthony James Merrick v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP appellate-counsel attorney-client-privilege constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel evidence-exclusion false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-testify trial-procedure 1. Mr. Merrick alleged he was denied his constitutioncl right to testify in his trial in both the guilt and aggrauation phases. In the guilt phase, Mr… -4.5
18-6562 Jason Pierce v. Georgia Georgia Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing Question not identified. -4.5
18-6572 Douglas Wayne Thompson v. Missouri Board of Probation and Parole Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment buck-v-davis civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b6-relief trial-tactics No.1 -- Whether or not because this case was filed pursuant to this Court's rulings in Buck v Davis, Martinez, and Trevino for Rule 60(b)(6) relief, i… -4.5
18-6577 Ernesto Wilfredo Solano Godoy v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP confrontation-clause due-process fourth-circuit-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel phone-records strickland strickland-standard strickland-test sufficiency-of-evidence witness-testimony 1-Petitioner alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective by allowing testimony and evidence to be presented to the jury in violation of the Confron… -4.5
18-6578 Elebert Fox v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction standing state-court Question not identified. -4.5
18-6592 Andres Pavon v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 5th-amendment appeal appeals castro-v-united-states criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment habeas-corpus lee-v-us padilla-v-kentucky sentencing standing Were this Petitioner's Fifth Amendment rights according to the United States Constitution violated by the United States Court of Appeal for the Eleven… -4.5
18-6594 Willie Safford, Jr. v. Florida Florida Denied IFP aggravated-battery civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process perjury polygraph polygraph-test post-conviction-relief witness-testimony Defendant asks this Court to review this matter about letting the Defendant return to the lower tribunal as to the statement that were made by Mr. Rod… -4.5
18-6595 John Smith v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appeal-dismissal due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis mental-incompetence prisoner-rights Does treating a dismissed appeal of a mentally incompetent prisoner's case, who in good faith, untimely filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, c… -4.5
18-6603 David Johnson v. Indiana Indiana Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech patent standing takings voting-rights Question not identified. -4.5
18-6961 In Re Michael D. Johnson Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-reduction jury-selection right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Question not identified. -4.5
18-5075 Felix A. Okafor v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP beyond-reasonable-doubt-standard Blockburger-test blockburger-v-united-states Brady-v-Maryland concurrent-sentence criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process exculpatory-evidence glover-v-united-states in-re-winship kyles-v-whitley ray-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-determination sixth-amendment MAY A CONVICTION THAT IS ADMITTEDLY A VIOLATION OF THE CONCURTRENT SENTENCE DOCTRINE BE ALLOWED TO STAND IN LIGHT OF RAY V. UNITED STATES, ,481 U.S. 7… -6.0
18-5106 Shirley A. Stewart v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court-transfer due-process procedural-error rule-12-dismissal separation-of-powers standing transfer u-s-attorney-conduct venue-transfer Did the District Court committed clear error by transferring the matter to Eastern District of Virginia U.S. District Court without informing Petition… -6.0
18-5325 Lena Lasher v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP but no text was provided for analysis. Without th I cannot generate a question presented or identif please provide the full text of the petition. civil-rights collateral-attack criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus racial-discrimination school-desegregation sentencing voting-rights 1. Once a prisoner requests relief under Motion 2255, must a District Court grant an evidentiary hearing on the prisoner's claims? 2. If the evidenti… -6.0
18-5388 Albert William Roberts, III v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acquittal acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure double-jeopardy-clause due-process relevant-conduct sentencing sixth-amendment united-states-v-watts watts-precedent Question Number One: We hold that an acquitted count that incorporates all of the succeeding counts of an indictment retains its acquitted status whe… -6.0
18-5452 Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure conspiracy-liability conviction-validity drug-conspiracy due-process jury-instructions sentencing standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Is it the District Court's duty or to determine under 4 ) the dg quantity Atributable to, D reasonably "Pinkertan" instructions on Co-conspirater when… -6.0
18-5519 Mark Templeton v. Brigitte Amsberry, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice civil-procedure criminal-conviction due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus parole procedural-default section-2254 standing Question not identified. -6.0
18-5599 Anson Chi v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus plea-bargaining pro-se sentencing standing (1) Is the risk-of-force/residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague in the light of Sessions v. Dimaya, 332 U.S. 584, 138 S.… -6.0
18-5689 George Bridgette v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-requirements right-to-counsel substitute-counsel 1. whethes district count failuse to nppoint substitute Counsc to Continve t repcesent Petitonerin the evideatinyharing aftes ceming the assign Counse… -6.0
18-5732 James LaConte v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act due-process due-process-clause florida-robbery florida-robbery-statute sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation victim-resistance violent-felony Whether Florida's State § 812.13 robbery offense that includes "as an element" the common law requirement of overcoming "victim resistance" is categor… -6.0
18-5885 Kenneth Kennedy Shannon v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence heroin-quantity motion-for-acquittal motion-for-new-trial motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence title-iii-wiretap verdict-acquittal 1. Did the trial court err in denying the Petitioner's Motion for Verdict of Acquittal and for New Trial, because the evidence taken in the light most… -6.0
18-5887 Cecil L. Morton v. Ron Haynes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-component procedural-standard supreme-court-precedent Is a Criminal Defendant Entitled to a Certificate of Appealability When; (1) it is Demonstrated that a Substantial Showing of the Denial of a Constitu… -6.0
18-5903 Rufus Jones v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-407 42-usc-423 5th-amendment constitutional-supremacy discrimination-protection due-process equality-act federal-jurisdiction garnishment judicial-conduct judicial-oath jurisdiction social-security social-security-benefits supremacy-clause title-ii Does Social Security claimants, pursuant to Title 11 42 USC 423 entitled to be paid all back payments, free from garnishments or attachments by the Co… -6.0
18-5977 Syed K. Rafi v. Yale University School of Medicine, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-restraints due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment spending-clause state-action state-actor 1 If Government Requires or Induces A Private Party to Engage in Law Enforcement, All Relevant Constitutional Restraints Do Apply? Does The Federal G… -6.0
18-6017 William Robey v. Washington Washington Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act conspiracy-against-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-mandate void-ab-initio Is the KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT mandated to obey the Washington State Supreme court ruling of 1988- CrR 3.1(b)(2)? Is violation of Washington State… -6.0
18-6074 Crystal Nicole Kuri v. Kansas Department of Labor, Employment Security Board of Review Kansas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights college discharge due-process employment suspension termination and never return to the line? 3. Did stute fail to present requested eridence of Andio hearing to Support Crystl N. kri chaim? 4. Did Crys Kenge n y… -6.0
18-6384 Michael A. Lanteri v. Connecticut Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights divorce divorce-property-division due-process family-law judicial-discretion jurisdiction property-rights state-jurisdiction takings Can the state of Connecticut or any state take all your property from you (marital, premarital and inheritance) once you file for Divorce? Can Connec… -6.0
18-6659 James Rodwell v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP agency-relationship criminal-informant criminal-procedure government-agent implicit-agreement jailhouse-informant massiah massiah-doctrine sentencing-benefits sixth-amendment Whether an in-custody criminal informant who has repeatedly benefited monetarily and received lesser sentences from previous cooperation with the gove… -6.0
18-6274 Robert Klein v. Centennial Ranch and Aspen Mountain Ranch Association Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-obligations constitutional-rights court-orders discrimination due-process judicial-deference judicial-interpretation judicial-review legal-procedure legislative-intent prevailing-party-rights pro-se-litigation standing state-courts-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether state courts are following what the legislators have put in place through the statutes? Have the legislators put Statutes in place for reasoni… -6.5
18-6307 Lorenzo Micquell Latimer v. Jeff Macomber, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-record due-process evidence evidence-code harmless-error ineffective-assistance plain-error prior-criminal-record QUESTION 1: .When UNACCEPTABLE INCUFFICIENT evidence is portrayed upon the Defendant within a criminal case, by way of prior criminal record; does "ha… -6.5
18-6323 Ashley Kenneth Hunter v. North Dakota North Dakota Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof colorado-v-connelly constitutional-rights distortion due-process interrogation-recording law-enforcement-procedure lower-courts miranda-warnings supreme-court unequal-application There is currently no nationwide standard regarding recording requirements of Miranda and/or interrogations. The state level jurisdictions are split w… -6.5
18-6334 Ahkeem Wiggins v. Robert C. Tanner, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process enhancement-penalty guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction plea-bargaining sentencing The 1st Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana was without jurisdiction to accept guilty plea to enhancement penalty under Louis… -6.5
18-6356 Earl Reyes v. Dale Artus Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure-appeal court-of-appeals federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure final-decision frap-rule-24 in-forma-pauperis indigent-appellant indigent-rights motion-to-vacate plain-error standing Whether the court of appeals abused its discretion Whether the court of appeals was correct to requir WHETHER IT WAS PLAIN ERROR FOR A COURT OF APPEALS TO DENY IN FORMA PAUPERIS RELIEF TO AN INDIGENT APPELLANT WHO LIKE THE PETITIONER IN THIS CASE-WAS I… -6.5
18-6357 In Re Rajamani Senthilnathan Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure commitment court-authority document-upload due-process electronic-case-filing electronic-filing filing-requirements judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-filing-procedure pleading pleading-submission standing Does the court have the authority to consider an ECF (Electronic Case Filing) pleading as having filed when the filing is not fully committed to, with… -6.5
18-6367 Joel Carter v. Jamie Ayala, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-services medical-treatment precedent prisoner-rights summary-judgment I. Did the lower court err in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents on Petitioner's Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim, by iss… -6.5
18-6382 Kelly J. Chavez v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-6403 Chester Larvell Starnes, Jr. v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-circuit appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process judicial-proceedings manifest-injustice sixth-circuit supervisory-power WAS PETITIONER DENIED HIS FUNDAMENTAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS AS GUARANTEED UNDER BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS, WHEN THE SIXTH… -6.5
18-6412 Jaiyanah Bey v. Elmwood Place Police Department, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-search-and-seizure administrative-search civil-rights commercial-activity constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure standing traffic-stop The United States Constitution forth bill of right protects the people in their private capacity from any unlawful stops, search and seziors without a… -6.5
18-6418 Denver Ivan Wilson v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-due-process sentence-enhancement sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the trial Courts denial of Petitioners Writ of Habeas Corpus Filed Pursuant to florida Rules of Court 3.850 (m) alleging that Petitioner Could… -6.5
18-6420 Gregory P. Nesselrode v. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amount-in-controversy due-process federal-tort-claims-act jurisdiction sovereign-immunity student-loans tucker-act WHETHER THE "TUCKER ACT" AND UNDER 20 § 1082(a)(2) OVERRULES THE "FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT GRANTS JURISDICTION FOR PETITIONER TO SUE RESPONDENT WITHOUT… -6.5
18-6426 Jonathan Eugene Brunson v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-access exhaustion-requirement heck-v-humphrey muhammad-v-close pennsylvania-v-ritchie section-1983 state-prisoners I. WHETHER THE HECK V. HUMPHREY 514 U.S. 477, 486-87 (1994) REQUIREMENT FOR STATE PRISONERS TO EXHAUST THE STATE COURT REMEDY WHEN APPLIES TO A SECTIO… -6.5
18-6437 Corey Holder v. Michael Sepanek, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-procedure due-process excusable-neglect extension-of-time ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction prima-facie-request record-review remand time-extension I. Had the Circuit Court of U.S. errored in failing to properly review the record and remand to the district court for consideration and necessary fin… -6.5
18-6440 Danny R. Meeks v. Tennessee Department of Correction, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP evasion exhaustion-requirement Prison-Litigation-Reform-Act statute-of-limitations unlawful-practice ada-compliance americans-with-disabilities-act exhaustion-requirement harassment prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations threats This case presents two (2) distinct questions addressing: STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (SOL) The FIRST question presented is:: Whether a covered entity o… -6.5
18-6442 Phillip T. Merritt v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions discovery due-process jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-the-writ sanctions standing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Question not identified. -6.5
18-6455 Ronnie McGee v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 district-court-review due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-courts federal-habeas gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus section-2254 statutory-interpretation WHEN A DISTRICT COURT MISCONSTRUES A § 2254 CLAIM AND/OR FAILS TO CONSIDER OR PROPERLY CONSIDER MATERIAL EVDIENCE SUBMITTED TO SUPPORT A CLAIM, DOES T… -6.5
18-6466 Wilson C. Ortega v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP assault criminal-enhancement criminal-street-gang criminal-threats false-imprisonment gang-evidence gang-related ineffective-assistance-of-counsel predicate-offenses prejudicial-evidence sixth-amendment trial-procedure In California, evidence of other gang members' commission of qualifying predicate offenses is relevant to prove criminal street gang enhancements, but… -6.5
18-6479 In Re Evan P. Galvan Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing Court for initial cirraignment without ilwhen petitioner appearred in Counsel whether the state Court islwas Sequired by the Us. Constitution bth and … -6.5
18-6487 Alice Howell v. NuCar Connection, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis motions standing Where the circuit court stated, "[w]e grant Appellants leave to proceed in forma pauperis and deny their other pending motions[,]" Petition Appendix (… -6.5
18-6488 Alonzo Dwayne Coleman v. Michael Hakala, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-medical-care deliberate-deception deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment incarceration medical-evidence medical-treatment prison prison-medical-treatment rare-disease WEATHER THERE is A CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARD OF MEDICAL CARE FOR PERSONS WITH RARE MASSIVE POLYCYSTIC LIVER DISEASE AND ARE THE STATE'S (MISSOURI PRISIO… -6.5
18-6489 Guetatchew Fikrou v. Montgomery County Office of Child Support Enforcement Division, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-code child-support civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute standing state-law supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the United States Supreme Court can review the abuse of discretions standard applied? Whether this Court would still review de novo the vast m… -6.5
18-6490 Lyman S. Hopkins v. Language Testing International, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-u.s.c.-1983 42-usc-1983 certification civil-rights discrimination discrimination-claim due-process employment employment-discrimination employment-website equal-protection parent-organization retaliation state-actor Is language certification testing agency Language Testing International, Inc. (LTI) immune from discrimination and retaliation charges despite it's tw… -6.5
18-6492 Pascual Rentas v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability clearly-established-law due-process eleventh-circuit giglio giglio-standard habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review strickland strickland-standard supreme-court-law supreme-court-precedent I SHOULD THE DENIAL OF MR. RENTAS' COA BE REVERSED AND RECONSIDERED DUE TO THE RECENT RULING BY THIS COURT IN MARION WILSON V. ERIC SELLERS, WARDEN 58… -6.5
18-6500 In Re Sandra Rumanek Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-power pro-se-litigation procedural-rules standing Did the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware usurp this Court's judicial power in violation of FRCP Rule 8, Rule 4(a)(b), Rule 15(a)(1)(B)… -6.5
18-6501 Carl A. Robertson v. Interactive College of Technology, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cat's-paw-theory civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination evidentiary-rules mcdonnell-douglas-framework pretext pro-se pro-se-litigant scheduling-order standing summary-judgment title-vii Based on the Supreme Court of the United States precedents: Should a 'pro se litigant's" [or any litigant's] First Proposed "Heightened" Amended Com… -6.5
18-6506 Guy Boudreaux, Jr. v. Timothy Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel judicial-procedure legal-education legal-mail legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation procedural-error right-of-access-to-courts Is our system of justice truly just when it requires an attorney to attend six years of college prior to being permitted to practice law, but requires… -6.5
18-6522 Robert Prunty v. DeSoto County School Board, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-interpretation civil-procedure civil-rights due-process education educational-rights federal-regulations first-amendment free-speech standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent DOES THE 11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS THREE JUDGE PANEL HAVE THE RIGHT TO CREATE CONFLICTS AMONGST THE CIRCUITS WHEN IT UNILATERALLY CHANGED THE SUPR… -6.5
18-6529 Don Kozich v. Ann Deibert, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-injunction-act civil-rights due-process federal-housing hud hud-vash landlord-tenant lihtc mootness-doctrine rooker-feldman-doctrine section-8 section-8-housing standing Neither the Rooker-Feldman nor Mootness doctrines nor the Anti-Injunction Act apply to the facts of this unlawful tenant eviction case from HUD Sectio… -6.5
18-6543 John J. Koresko v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 29-usc-1132 appropriate-relief benefit-plans defined-benefit defined-benefit-plan erisa erisa-29-usc-1132 erisa-standing fiduciary-duty monetary-relief plan-surplus secretary-of-labor standing statutory-interpretation surplus-assets trust Does the Secretary of Labor have standing to sue for "losses" to the surplus of an ERISA defined benefit welfare plan - i.e., a theoretical injury to … -6.5
18-6556 David McAlister, Sr. v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court credibility credibility-of-witness criminal-procedure cumulative-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence legal-standard newly-discovered-evidence reasonable-probability recantation state-witness witness-credibility Did the circuit court erroneously violate petitioner's right to due process when it applied an incorrect legal standard to newly discovered evidence? … -6.5
18-6571 Mark Jervis v. Richard Brown, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process e-filing-system habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion prisoner-rights standing The District Court mandates that all prisoner communications to and from the court be transmitted via the E-Filing system. Per policy, prisoners canno… -6.5
18-6580 Wiliiam Scott Fitts v. Barry Goodrich, Warden, et al. Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment Fourteenth-Amendment-due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel normative-legal-issues plea-bargaining right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment 1. The constitution requires special consideration in assessing the accuseds conduct in guilty pleas especially when parole consequences is adetermina… -6.5
18-6590 Salah Mohamed v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion aggravating-factor due-process escape flight-risk immigration naturalization naturalized-defendant sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum Does a court abuse its discretion under the United States Sentencing Guidelines by sentencing a naturalized defendant more than three times above his … -6.5
18-6609 Manuel Lampon-Paz v. Office of Personnel Management Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-immunity due-diligence due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability jurisdiction negligence statutory-interpretation When harm occurs and there is no resolution under current statutes and guidelines that regulate that agency, the following questions present themselve… -6.5
18-6610 Mark Johnson v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence actual-perpetrator coerced-confession constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusion-of-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct selective-prosecution successive-petition Question not identified. -6.5
18-6613 Hector R. DeJesus v. Salvador A. Godinez, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP admissible-evidence civil-procedure declaration evidence judgment-as-matter-of-law material-fact material-facts motion perjury summary-judgment sworn-declaration Did the defendants shoed there were no material issue in dispute to any material fact and that they were entitled to the judgment as a matter of law? … -6.5
18-6614 Willie Rose v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts constitutional-rights constitutional-rights-violations court-records-access due-process elkins-v-united-states equal-protection exhaustion-of-state-remedies exhaustion-requirements griffin-v-illinois ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-accountability judicial-misconduct legal-documents reasonable-bail speedy-trial state-remedies WHETHER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT SHOULD SET PRECEDENCE TO CUARIFY AND GUIDE THE UOWER COURTS ON HOW TO PROCEED WHEN FACED WITH THE SITUATION IN THIS CAS… -6.5
18-6619 Dominic C. Robinson v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP but the text you've provided appears to be incomp comprehensible text of a SCOTUS petition garbled I cannot extract a meaningful question presented I will respond with: 'Question not identified." or unreadable. Without a clear appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence jury-instructions miranda-rights standing Question not identified. -6.5
18-6620 Joe Louis Armenta v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 aedpa deck-v-jenkins fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings jury-instructions procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review (1) Do prior decisions of this Court compel the conclusion that so long as the jury is properly admonished and instructed, there cannot be a viable cl… -6.5
18-6623 Carlos Cosme v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-withdraw plea-agreement plea-bargaining sixth-amendment standard-of-review Did the District Court Commit Error in Applying the Standard of review for Motions to Withdraw a Plea Agreement as to an Issue of a Question of the Ef… -6.5
18-6627 David Timothy Curry v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure direct-appeal due-process issue-preservation judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-reasoning standing state-court state-courts Where A State Appellate Court Takes Up An Issue A "Well Opin" Should "They Be Required "To Address Every Issue That Was Presented When they Decline to… -6.5
18-6628 Cornelius Clemons v. John Kasich, Governor of Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-standing-due-process-takings-prop civil-rights due-process mandamus ohio-constitution property takings Question not identified. -6.5
18-6629 William Randolph Harloff v. Craig Koenig, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP chapman-harmless-error confrontation-clause constitutional-rights courtroom-presence criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error prejudice right-to-be-present witness-credibility witness-testimony Whether the state court applied Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18 (1967) in an objectively unreasonable manner or made an unreasonable determination … -6.5
18-6637 Harold E. Grist, Jr. v. Terema Carlin, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause credibility due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel juror-misconduct jury-trial self-incrimination truthfulness Whether the Petitioner had a constitutional right to confront his accusers at trial and impeach them before a jury to challenge their credibility and … -6.5
18-6639 Stuart Dizak v. Brandon Smith, Superintendent, Mid-State Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence conspiracy-charge criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jailhouse-informant judicial-misconduct jury-instructions jury-notes perjured-testimony perjury prosecutorial-misconduct The 5tate court failed to return defendant to the courtroom upon receipt of two substantive jury notes; the second note requestiing the definition of … -6.5
18-6642 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights consent constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fees judicial-review probation probation-conditions probation-officer revocation right-to-counsel A defendant always has the vight to Centact an attorney at his own expense. It is a violation of the U.S. Constitution to punish defendants for exerci… -6.5
18-6653 Rolando Calderin v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court-error appellate-review constitutional-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process inculpatory-statements miranda-rights right-to-counsel self-incrimination suppression-of-evidence trial-court-error Whether Illinois Trial Court and Appellate Court erred when it failed to suppress' Petitioner's inculpatory statements that were obtained after petit… -6.5
18-6660 Mustafa Hasan Arif v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 15-usc-52-57 advertising-law civil-procedure criminal-intent false-advertising first-circuit intent-to-defraud intent-to-harm non-prescription-drugs statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether petitioner was wrongly prosecuted under the Wire Fraud statute because Congress intended such allegations of false advertising of nonprescript… -6.5
18-6664 Daniel David Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment law-enforcement motion-to-suppress probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether the lower courts erred in denying Mr. Garza's Motion to Suppress based on the erroneous finding that the officer had reasonable suspicion to i… -6.5
18-6665 Maurice T. Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-analysis categorical-approach criminal-law drug-offenses drug-trafficking due-process felony-drug-offense recidivism recidivist-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1). Whether it was the intent of congress to restrict the application of § 841 recidivist enhancement to previous drug trafficking crimes which are te… -6.5
18-6666 Oscar Sosa v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process expert-testimony plain-error-review prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-credibility 1. Isa federal agent's testimony about an out-of-court agent's report of drug trafficking by an unindicted coconspirator, when linked to and used agai… -6.5
18-6673 Tracy Lebron Vick v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP dna-testing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment plea-bargaining post-conviction post-conviction-review wrongful-conviction WHETHER, AS HERE, TENNESSEE'S REFUSAL TO EXTEND DNA POSTCONVICTION PROTECTIONS TO THOSE WHO PLED GUILTY VIOLATES THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW AS PR… -6.5
18-6677 Clarence Darnell Marshall v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment appeal booker-standard career-offender certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit applied a heightened standard to the Defendant's request for Certificate of Appealability in violation of the Supreme … -6.5
18-6678 Jermeal White v. Charmaine Bracy, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-courts habeas-corpus standing Oid the united states court of Appeals forthe Sixth circuit evaluate petitioner's certificate of Appealabityunder the Law? Did the petitioner Show a … -6.5
18-6681 Mark Anthony Rios, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2518 electronic-surveillance federal-surveillance federalism investigative-procedures necessity necessity-requirement privacy state-wiretaps title-iii wiretap-necessity wiretapping-surveillance Is the availability of less-intrusive state wiretaps a material consideration for federal judges when evaluating Title III necessity under 18 U.S.C. §… -6.5
18-6683 Cody Sakoman v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure jury jury-deliberation readback sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether a defendant was denied his rights to a fair trial and to due process of law under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when the trial co… -6.5
18-6687 Hilda T. Kennedy v. Frederic A. Pollock New Jersey Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fee-waiver indigent-rights pauperis standing transcript transcript-fees trial-transcript Is a waiver of the fee for transcribing a trial court on appeal a constitutional entitlement? Can New Jersey limit it's waiver of the fee for transcr… -6.5
18-6689 Israel Sanchez v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations pleading-standard supreme-court-precedent Is California's stringent pleading standard to allege a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations contrary to the governing … -6.5
18-6691 Delilah McCurtis v. Maggie Burke, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prior-consistent-statements prior-inconsistent-statements witness-testimony WHERE PETITIONER WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL WHERE THE STATE INTRODUCED EACH OF THREE KEY STATE WITNESSES PRIOR INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS WHICH WERE UNNECES… -6.5
18-6692 Richard D. Waterson, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing double-counting fairness justice procedural-reasonableness reasonableness recidivism recidivism-risk sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines Whether in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction over the Courts of the United States, this Court should determine that the sentence imposed on… -6.5
18-6693 Victor M. Mangual-Rosado v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split conclusions-of-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court findings-of-fact opportunity-to-object procedural-error role-behavior role-in-crime sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-error I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED PROCEDURALLY AND SUBSTANTIVELY BY IMPOSING AN EXCESSIVE SENTENCE IN TERMS OF THE DEFENDANT-APPELLANT'S ROLE BEHAVI… -6.5
18-6694 Timothy Weakley v. Eagle Logistics, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure district-court-discretion due-process inconsistent-position inconsistent-positions judicial-discretion judicial-estoppel new-hampshire-v-maine standing v-amendment Whether a district court within the context of a judicial estopple claim exceeds the boundaries of judicial discretion when it dismisses plaintiffs po… -6.5
18-6695 Zafar Mehmood v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-interpreters-act due-process judicial-procedure plain-error plain-error-standard right-to-interpreter sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-procedures waiver waiver-of-right-to-interpreter Whether the plain error standard applies to appellate review of a claim that the district court's acceptance of a waiver by defense counsel of his cli… -6.5
18-6697 Kevin Marquette Bellinger v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-jurisdiction jury jury-instructions malice-aforethought mens-rea murder murder-conviction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether there was sufficient evidence presented to the jury in Bellinger's case to convict Bellinger of murder as alleged in Counts One and Two, where… -6.5
18-6703 David Richard Trimble v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-rape Confrontation-Clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment Statute-of-limitations sufficiency-of-evidence Reasonable jurists would find it debatable whether the evidence was insufficient to find David Trimble guilty of four counts of Aggravated Rape beyond… -6.5
18-6707 Alberto Jair Proa-Dominguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offenses drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea statutory-interpretation strict-liability L In light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), does the "knowingly or intentionally' mens rea contained in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) a… -6.5
18-6711 Ricardo Deleon Colon v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act bodily-harm criminal-sentencing curtis-johnson eleventh-circuit johnson-standard predicate-offense united-states-v-castleman united-states-v-vail-bailon violent-force In Curtis Johnson v. United States, 559 U.S. 133, 140 (2010), the Court defined the term "physical force" in the elements clause of the Armed Career C… -6.5
18-6714 Maikel Suarez Plasencia v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion judicial-procedure sentencing trial-procedure Question not identified. -6.5
18-6718 Timothy Edwards v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-abandonment due-process excusable-neglect pro-se pro-se-defendant rule-4(b) rule-4b sixth-amendment The Appellate Court violated Mr. Edwards Sixth Amendment Due Process Rights and Supreme Court precedent by the strict application of Rule 4(b). Where … -6.5
18-6719 Bobby Kenneth Williamson v. Jamey Luther, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-procedure habeas-corpus new-evidence newly-presented-evidence post-conviction-relief post-conviction-relief-act post-conviction-relief-act-petition protective-habeas-corpus-petition schlup-vs-delo statute-of-limitations statutory-exception third-circuit written-notice (1) Did the Third Circuit err i rendering petitioners's Post Conviction Relief Act Petition untimely and "THE END OF THE MATTER," without, the Pennsyl… -6.5
18-6720 Joseph Witchard v. Bryan M. Antonelli, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-violations criminal-procedure due-process false-charges judicial-notice prosecutorial-misconduct standing THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE U.S. FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ARE DENYING PETITIONER EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO THE COUR… -6.5
18-6721 Gavin Cullens v. Cindi Curtin, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense trial-counsel DID THE TRIAL COURT ERR WHEN IT GAVE OUT SELF DEFENSE INSTRUCTION FOR COMPLAINANTS WHO WERE NOT ACCUSED OF ANY CRIMES TO WARRANT A DEFENSE? ALTERNATIV… -6.5
18-6723 Robert Noel v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-bias racial-discrimination recusal structural-error WHEN THE DISTRICT JUDGE HAS "A DIRECT, PERSONAL, SUBSTANTIAL, PECUNIARY INTEREST" IN THE OUTCOME OF THE PROCEEDING IS PETITIONER'S RIGHTS TO DUE PROCE… -6.5
18-6725 Charles Wayne Bussell v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process impeachment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-hearing post-conviction-relief postconviction-hearing sixth-amendment tainted-testimony trial-strategy witness-testimony After Petitioner was convicted of robbery and murder, the state court decided that Defense counsel's cross-examination of two critical witnesses was i… -6.5
18-6726 Billy Brantley v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment burden-of-proof charged-offense constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment jury jury-instructions reasonable-doubt Where the State must present "some" evidence of a particular fact before a jury may find a defendant guilty of a charged offense, does the Due Process… -6.5
18-6729 Jesus Santiago v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure district-court due-process guidelines-calculation guidelines-range judicial-discretion sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines upward-variance Whether a circuit court can competently conclude that the Sentencing Guidelines were immaterial to a district court's sentencing determination where t… -6.5
18-6732 Myron Gerald Stevens v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines criminal-sentencing discretion-to-vary downward-variance judicial-discretion procedural-reasonableness sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness 1. Did the trial court impose a procedurally unreasonable sentence of life imprisonment upon conviction of a first offense, where it applied an incorr… -6.5
18-6733 Laura Shauger v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 aba-standards-for-criminal-justice certificate-of-appealability circuit-courts-of-appeals district-court district-court-ruling ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-jurists section-2255 sentencing-counsel supreme-court-of-idaho third-circuit This case raises a pressing issue of national importance: In applying for a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal from the denial of a motion u… -6.5
18-6737 Jose Lopez-Castillo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP booker booker-decision constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent title-21 Whether the mandatory-sentencing regime of Title 21 has been abrogated by United States v. Booker and its progeny. -6.5
18-6738 Jonathone J. Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-law-and-procedure criminal-law-procedure de-novo-review due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-victims-restitution-act presumption remand restitution sentencing This case raises two question of criminal law and procedure which have yet to be addressed by this Court. The first of which is whether a defendant is… -6.5
18-6742 Albert Uriah Mathis v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct Can a judge order a mistrial in a case simply, so he may attend a Dr. appointment? Can a fair trial be had when a deadline of 5pm the same day is pla… -6.5
18-6746 Joseph Haymore, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-precedent 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
18-6748 Malachi M. Glass v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law criminal-statute drug-offense federal-law federal-sentencing pennsylvania pennsylvania-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE BROADER PENNSYLVANIA DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE STATUTE, 35 PA. C.S.A. § 780-113(A)(30), QUALIFIES AS A "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE O… -6.5
18-6753 Jesse Mendez v. Gary Swarthout, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 district-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-petition harrington-v-richter judicial-deference reasoned-decision state-appellate-court state-court state-court-decision statutory-interpretation When a state court denied a habeas claim without a reasoned decision, in assessing whether "there was no reasonable basis for the state court to deny … -6.5
18-6759 Gregory L. Brown v. Shawn Hatton, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b) 28-usc-2244b brady-claim brady-v-maryland due-process habeas habeas-corpus habeas-petition recurring-issue second-or-successive second-successive-petition statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Is a claim under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), brought in a second-in-time habeas petition "second or successive" for purposes of 28 U.S.C. §… -6.5
18-6760 David Junior Upshaw v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acca-sentencing armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-procedure mandatory-guidelines post-sentencing-law pre-booker-mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness 1. May a defendant, faced with a silent record below, prove that his ACCA enhanced sentence was in deed based upon the residual clause through a proce… -6.5
18-6761 Tellis T. Williams v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-sentencing-guidelines beckles-v-united-states career-offender-enhancement certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-coa due-process johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit vagueness-challenge 1. When a Petitioner seeks a Certificate Of Appealability(COA)i based on whether this Court's decision in Beckles v. United States, 137 S 'Ct. 886, af… -6.5
18-6763 Luis Antonio Bonilla, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appeal-waivers brady-standard brady-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-procedure judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-uniformity I. WHAT STANDARDS OTHER THAN THE KNOWING AND VOLUNTARY WAIVER STANDARD OF BRADY V. UNITED STATES SHOULD GOVERN THE ENFORCEMENT OF APPEAL WAIVERS IN PL… -6.5
18-6764 Kenneth Ray Borders v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interlocutory-appeal presumption-of-prejudice roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment trial-counsel Does the "presumption of prejudice" recognized in Roe v. FloresOrtega , 528 U.S. 470 (2000), apply where a criminal defendant instructs his trial coun… -6.5
18-6765 Bernard J. Bagdis v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certiorari-review circuit-split due-process federal-procedure finality habeas-corpus rehearing statute-of-limitations timeliness Should the Supreme Court grant certiorari to resolve the differences in treatment among the various circuits and to clearly establish when a judgment … -6.5
18-6767 Brent Galbreath v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process error johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states retroactivity sentencing sentencing-error violent-felony violent-felony-definition When a Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), movant would not be an armed career criminal if sentenced today, how can he show that his sent… -6.5
18-6768 Michael Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines mens-rea resisting-arrest state-criminal-law statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime 1. Whether the quantum of force required by the elements of the Florida offense of resisting with violence, Fla. Stat. § 843.01, is sufficient to qual… -6.5
18-6775 Edward Joseph Kehoe v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure fourth-amendment harmless-error impartial-judge judicial-error racial-bias racial-discrimination reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure structural-error warrantless-search At the suppression hearing in this federal criminal case, the district court explicitly relied on Petitioner's race to conclude that there was reasona… -6.5
18-6778 DeAngelo Horn v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability deficient-performance eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice reasonable-jurists standard-of-review statutory-interpretation In cases such as Rompilla v. Beard, 545 U.S. 374 (2005), and Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510 (2003), this Court found deficient performance where trial… -6.5
18-6783 Gino Velez Scott v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence brady-giglio brady-violation due-process gatekeeping-requirements giglio-violation government-misconduct habeas-corpus post-conviction post-conviction-relief second-or-successive second-or-successive-motion second-successive-motion Where a numerically-second § 2255 motion raises an actionable Brady/Giglio violation that (a) the government suppressed until after the conclusion of … -6.5
18-6787 In Re William M. Bailey Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defense-preparation due-process formal-charges jurisdiction right-to-defense subject-matter void-judgment 1. WAS THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY DEPRIVED OF JURISDICTION OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER, THEREBY RENDERING THE JUDGEMENT VOIDED,BY FAILIN… -6.5
18-6791 Benjamin Bland v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination evidence evidence-admissibility government-evidence harmless-error hearsay sixth-amendment social-security-administration trial-procedure Whether petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him was violated where a spreadsheet (Government's Exhibit MD-313) created by… -6.5
18-6792 Christopher W. Fillmore v. Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court circuit-split civil-procedure cross-motions district-court equitable-remedies evidence evidence-sufficiency evidentiary-insufficiency judicial-discretion representation-resources summary-judgment The District Court affirmed, and the Seventh Circuit agreed, that both Respondent ('Indiana Bell") and Petitioner ("Fillmore") submitted "sparse" — or… -6.5
18-6795 Darrell Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure due-process great-writ habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review judicial-precedent judicial-proceedings remand section-2255 standing supervisory-power supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari in this case whereas the petition creates an important first impression of the merits, which will ha… -6.5
18-6797 Stephanie Irene Greene v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP but no text was provided for me to analyze. Witho I cannot generate a question presented or identif please provide the full text of the petition. conviction criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions mens-rea scientific-evidence standard-of-review I. Did the South Carolina Supreme Court apply the proper standard of review under Jackson v. Virginia when they affirmed the conviction of Stephanie I… -6.5
18-6798 Elvin Hill v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-force 1. Under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), an offense qualifies as a "crime of violence" -- required for conviction under § 924(c)(1), … -6.5
18-6800 Robert Ryan Powell v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment double-jeopardy fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment jury-instructions jury-unanimity plain-error sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations Where jury instructions lack the dates and timeframes specified in the indictment, do the jury instructions constructively amend the indictment, and t… -6.5
18-6801 Van McDuffy v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP accidental-killing bank-robbery criminal-law criminal-statute felony-murder intent mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation What intent, if any, beyond the intent to commit bank robbery, is required to sustain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(e), which imposes a mandator… -6.5
18-6804 Shane Roach v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-conflict confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process legal-objection preservation-of-error sixth-amendment standard-of-review Does a defendant preserve a confrontation issue for review by clearly articulating Confrontation Clause concerns as the basis for his objection withou… -6.5
18-6806 Eliana Sarmiento v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-speedy-trial-act dismissal harmless-error indictment-dismissal judicial-discretion prejudice speedy-trial-act statute-interpretation statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a district court's denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment for a violation of the Speedy Trial Act's 70 day time limit for bringing a d… -6.5
18-6810 Timothy Hickman-Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP colorado-v-bertine criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel inventory-search search-and-seizure south-dakota-v-opperman vehicle-search Did inventory search violate this Court's decisions in South Dakota v. Opperman and Colorado v. Bertine, as well as the Fourth Amendment to the Consti… -6.5
18-6811 Damaso Rivera Fonseca v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure custody due-process interrogation interrogation-limits miranda-rights rhode-island-v-innis right-to-counsel spontaneous-statement voluntariness IF AN INTERROGATOR FAILS TO REMAIN WITHIN THE BRIGHT-LINE AFTER THE SUSPECT INVOKE COUNSEL, CAN A SPONTANEOUS STATEMENT -WHICH IS MADE AFTER THE SUSPE… -6.5
18-6812 Jack Ferranti v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-sentencing federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines good-time-credits life-expectancy post-conviction-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b sentencing WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IMPOSED A DEF'AC']X) LIFE SENTENCE THAT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE STATUTE OF CONVICTION BY CALCULATING THE DEFENDANT'S LIFE… -6.5
18-6814 Patricia Ann Gerald, et al. v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence free-speech police-misconduct standing 1) We ask our lawyer to Ak why the officer say we told one officer Something we didnt say and the officer testk he didnt tell the officer that 2) We … -6.5
18-6816 Vicente Garcia v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-battery constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment [1] WHETHER THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN ITS HOLDING THAT GARCIA HAD FAILED TO SHOW A DENIAL OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL SIXTH AMENDMENT RI… -6.5
18-6817 Michael Albert Focia v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process judge-vs-jury judicial-fact-finding jury-instructions jury-trial obstruction-of-justice pro-se sentence-enhancement sentencing separation-of-powers sixth-amendment Where is the second and fifth amendments to apply the statutory scheme of 18 USC § 922 (a)(1)(A) and 18 USC § 922(b) to a Non-Federal Firearm Licensee… -6.5
18-6820 Robert Paul Langley, Jr. v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Oregon Denied Response WaivedIFP fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-authorization particularity particularity-requirement search-warrant seizure sixth-amendment 1. Does the Fourth Amendment require that a search warrant particularly describe the things to be seized? 2. Does the Fourth Amendment require that a… -6.5
18-6821 Michael Brandon Kelley v. Alabama Alabama Denied Response WaivedIFP alabama-law capital-murder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review sexual-abuse state-law Did the state court's failure to apply state-law double jeopardy protections in Petitioner Kelley's case result in a violation of Kelley's constitutio… -6.5
18-6824 Martavious Detrel Banks Keys v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 349 U.S. 81 (1955) on double-jeopardy bell-v-united-states congressional-intent criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment law-enforcement mens-rea multiple-punishments single-statute testimony I. This Court should grant certiorari in this case to answer to resolve a division in the case law and an important question of double jeopardy jurisp… -6.5
18-6827 Eric Williams v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP barber-v-page confrontation-clause criminal-procedure deportation good-faith-effort significant-public-benefit-parole sixth-amendment unavailability witness-testimony At a retrial in a criminal case, New York prosecutors were permitted to introduce prior testimony of a witness from the first trial. The witness had b… -6.5
18-6828 Gregg Thomas v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence trial-counsel Was the evidence sufficient to sustain Petitioner's convictions, and was Petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment Right under the United States Constitut… -6.5
18-6830 Francisco Heredia-Silva v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP california-penal-code circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing due-process federal-law sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation terrorist-threats violent-crime Should this court resolve the split between the Fifth Circuit and the Ninth Circuit about whether California terrorist threats convictions under Calif… -6.5
18-6833 Jose Ramon Zuniga, aka Josue Ararel Zuniga-Zaragoza, aka Jose Ramon Zuniga-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discretion due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion offense-level residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-standards statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a Guideline which incorporates by reference § 16(b)'s residual clause may serve as the basis for increasing the defendant's offense level u… -6.5
18-6838 Alvin Leon Roundtree v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se section-2255 sixth-amendment standing Whether the district court's failure to construe Mr. Roundtree's pro se motion for specific performance as a motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. §2255 - … -6.5
18-6839 Billy A. Robin v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction opinions reasons-for-granting-the-writ standing statement-of-the-case statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions DOES INVALIDATE LAW WHILE ARMED ALGRAVATED ASSAULT CONUILTIONS MENS REA BECAUSE HE LACKED THE REQUISITE TME CRIME TD COMPLETE (2) WAS APPELLATE WHEN … -6.5
18-6842 Matthew Davis, aka Sealed Defendant 1, aka Matt v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 3500-material brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct newly-discovered-evidence sentencing witness-testimony 1. Whether the Government failed to properly discharge its obligations under Brady v. Maryland, when it produced an exculpatory chart prepared by an u… -6.5
18-6844 Christopher John Kerr v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight search-and-seizure standing void-warrant warrant-validity 1. Should a void ab initio warrant issued by a judge be treated as if it never existed and, consequently, should evidence obtained pursuant thereto no… -6.5
18-6846 Luis A. Pena v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review brady-v-stumpf collateral-consequences coram-nobis due-process guilty-plea guilty-plea-validity ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion plea-hearing plea-record sentencing voluntariness I. Whether The Maryland Appellate Courts In Concluding Pena Failed To Sustain His Burden Of Proving He Did Not Voluntarily And Knowingly Enter A Guilt… -6.5
18-6847 Sergio Antonio Haro v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing government-agent-reports impeachment impeachment-of-credibility magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-plea-negotiations plea-negotiations prejudice pro-se pro-se-habeas sixth-amendment I Was the petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel based on trial counsel's failure to effectively use gover… -6.5
18-6851 Steven Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-sentencing appeal-waiver constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines Can an appeal waiver executed at the time of a defendant's plea waive the right to appeal constitutional error occurring at sentencing months after ex… -6.5
18-6853 Noe Garcia-Lima v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-52(b) federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure molina-martinez molina-martinez-v-united-states plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights When the "record is silent as to what the district court might have done had it considered the correct Guidelines range," Molina-Martinez v. United St… -6.5
18-6854 Matthew Lane Durham v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power enumerated-powers extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause jurisdictional-limits minor-protection noncommercial-activity noneconomic-activity sexual-acts sexual-conduct statutory-interpretation Did Congress exceed its enumerated powers under the Foreign Commerce Clause by punishing noncommercial, noneconomic sexual acts committed by a U.S. ci… -6.5
18-6855 Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indictment indictment-variance ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining proportionality sentencing sentencing-proportionality sentencing-reasonableness APPELLATE COUNSEL WAS GROSSLY INEFFECTIVE, BY ARGUING A MATERIAL VARIANCE IN THE INDICTMENT, INSTEAD OF THE MORE EGREGIOUS CONSTRUCTIVE AMENDMENT OF T… -6.5
18-6856 Geary Mohammed Mills v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction standing-issue statutory-interpretation civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts jurisdiction standing Did Petitioner receive equal protection of the laws, i.e., due process in his criminal procedures? Is Petitioner entitled to relief from judgment tha… -6.5
18-6858 Micah G. Pritchett v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-law distribution drug-distribution federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation virginia virginia-law Sentencing Guidelines? -6.5
18-6861 John Wilborn v. Kelly Ryan, Warden First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence actual-innocence-claim certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violation constitutional-violations due-process evidence-tampering evidence-withholding probable-cause probable-cause-transcript prosecutorial-misconduct Where John Wilborn made an actual innocence claim, did the Commonwealth violate John Wilborn's rights by withholding the probable cause transcript fro… -6.5
18-6862 John Thomas v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states plain-error standard-of-review time-of-appeal time-of-law unsettled-law (1) When the governing law is unsettled at the time of trial but settled-in defendant's favor by the time of appeals. See: Carpenter v. United States,… -6.5
18-6863 Antrell Desharron Lewis v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-6864 Thomas Whitlow v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-complaint criminal-complaint-validity false-statements fraud-on-court indictment perjury probable-cause reckless-disregard subject-matter-jurisdiction sworn-affidavit void-judgment #1 IS THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT VOID WHEN IT WAS BASED ON STATEMENTS FROM SPECIAL AGENT TERRANCE TAYLOR STATEMENTS THAT WERE KNOWINGLY FALSE AND EXHIBITE… -6.5
18-6865 Adony Nina v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-statute due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-element prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation united-states Whether Title 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Aiding and Abetting) Requires the Prosecution to prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt The Jurisdictional Element By Establishi… -6.5
18-6871 Archie Cabello v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion right-to-counsel rule-11 self-representation Does a Trial Judge have any duty to ensure that a defendants right to counsel of choice is protected? When a defendant asserts his right to self—repr… -6.5
18-6872 Seifullah Abdul-Salaam v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa brady-rule brady-v-maryland brady-violation certificate-of-appealability due-process exculpatory-evidence exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review litigation-conduct nonexhaustion-defense state-post-conviction suppression-of-evidence 1. Post-AEDPA, can a nonexhaustion defense be deemed expressly waived based on a party's litigation conduct, where the Commonwealth suppressed arguabl… -6.5
18-6873 Angela Armenta v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment-6th-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment jury reasonable-doubt sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Is a defendant deprived of due process where the absence of evidence constitutes probative evidence of proof beyond a reasonable doubt? 2. Are the… -6.5
18-6875 Kendall Thrift v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing false-statements franks-hearing franks-v-maryland magistrate-judge ninth-circuit omissions search-and-seizure substantial-showing warrant-challenge Whether the Court should grant certiorari because the Ninth Circuit's decision that defendant Kendall Thrift had not made a substantial preliminary sh… -6.5
18-6879 Darren Hogue v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-decision due-process federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-colloquy sixth-amendment standard-of-review waiver-hearing Did the Ninth Circuit's memorandum decision contravene this Court's command that a proper review of a viable Sixth Amendment claim of ineffective assi… -6.5
18-6894 David Crosby v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process evidence improper-vouching judicial-precedent legal-standard prosecutorial-misconduct WHETHER THE NINTH CIRCUIT'S HOLDING CONFLICTS WITH THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT'S AND THIS COURT'S PRECEDENT AS IT CONCERNS IMPROPER VOUCHING. -6.5
18-6895 Michael Clark v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons circuit-court classification criminal-history habeas-corpus judicial-review relief revocation sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-relief seventh-circuit Since a defendant's criminal history category establishes the U.S Sentencing Guidelines' policy range of imprisonment upon revocation and can result i… -6.5
18-6896 Jeffrey S. Wingate v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presentment presentment-clause sentence-enhancement sentencing strickland strickland-standard uncharged-conduct Does a substantially greater sentence imposed based primarily on a count for which a grand jury refused to indict and which did not appear in a supers… -6.5
18-6897 Victor Solorzano Tavia v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP blakely-rule consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure double-jeopardy grade-c-violation illegal-reentry sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum supervised-release I. Whether sentence for illegal reentry and sentence for violation of supervised release should have run concurrent to avoid double jeopardy clause … -6.5
18-6900 Jacob Scott Watters v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law predicate-offense relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-law visual-depictions As written, and by the actual language used in the Statute, is 18 U.S.C. §2251(a) in excess of Congress' Powers under the Commerce Clause to. regulate… -6.5
18-6910 Elseddig Elmarioud Musa v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-sufficiency fraud-allegations judicial-discretion jury-instructions motion-for-acquittal prosecutorial-misconduct rule-29-motion sufficiency-of-evidence I. Whether The District Court Improperly Denied Musa's Rule 29 Motion Because The Government Did Not Properly Present The Case To The Jury And Left Ma… -6.5
18-6911 Adrian Pineda-Orozco v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility affirmative-defense criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-law-procedure duress-defense family-member fifth-circuit miscarriage-of-justice sentencing 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion permitting Pineda-Orasco's conviction to stand resulted in a miscarriage of justice given the lo… -6.5
18-6912 Bryant Lamar Monie v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-conviction persistent-felony-offender sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Defendant's Kentucky Drug trafficking conviction, which carries a maximum sentence of five (5) years and was enhanced by Kentucky's Per… -6.5
18-6915 Carlton Robinson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender career-offender-guideline collateral-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-law-procedure johnson-precedent residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing supreme-court-retroactivity vagueness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker career offender g… -6.5
18-6917 Rodolfo Portela v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal competency-hearing conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking evidence-suppression firearm-possession sentencing sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Whether The District Court, Erred When It Found That There was Sufficient Evidence That the Appellant had Committed the Acts Alleged in Count I, Co… -6.5
18-6918 Samantha Christine Velazquez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment border-search cell-phone-privacy cell-phone-search civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment probable-cause riley-precedent riley-v-california search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether a warrantless, post-arrest cell phone search is permissible under the Fourth Amendment, simply because it takes place near the United States b… -6.5
18-6922 Raghvendra Singh v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-deficiency-statutes civil-procedure constitutional-rights foreclosure form-1099 irs non-recourse-debt tax-code tax-hardship wells-fargo-bank Is the Form 1099 ILLEGAL for the non-recourse debt? Can Wells Fargo claim Forgiveness or cancellation of deficiency without any approval of the owner… -6.5
18-6923 Donatos Sarras v. Unknown Party Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus second-motion suspension-clause I. IN A CASE INVOLVING two jury trials, a habeas record with multiple forensic and medical reports, and newly discovered evidence which in light of al… -6.5
18-6924 Larry E. Walden v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certiorari civil-procedure jurisdiction standing supreme-court time-limits Does the United states Supreme CouRt have the authority to gRant CeRtioRARi FRoM a decisioN of the Arkamses CouRt Of Appeals? IF so the would judgmeN… -6.5
18-6935 Joshua Donald Ewing v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-transaction due-process electronic-device-evidence evidence jackson-v-virginia registration standard-of-proof user-identification Whether this Court's Opinion in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979) needs updating to address what constitutes sufficient evidence, in ident… -6.5
18-6937 Steven Arthur Morrill v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt criminal-law due-process eleventh-circuit jury-instructions mens-rea sexual-offense statutory-interpretation It is a crime for a person to induce or attempt to induce a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). The statute criminalizes … -6.5
18-6948 William Gavidia v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights common-heritage crimes-of-violence criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process enterprise indictment pattern-of-activity pattern-of-racketeering racketeering racketeering-activity Whether those of common heritage constitute an enterprise that should be indicted and tried together and any crimes of violence they commit constitute… -6.5
18-6951 Jamal Cooper v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2518 4th-amendment congressional-intent consent-requirements criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment franks-v-delaware necessity-requirement omnibus-crime-control-act probable-cause separate-application statutory-interpretation wiretap-application wiretap-necessity wiretap-statute Is 18 U.S.C. § 2518 (1)c) a statutory provision that reflects Congress' core concerns and does § 2518 (1)(c) require that each request for a wiretap b… -6.5
18-6963 Muhammed Tariq Camran v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 11th-circuit-split 4th-amendment 4th-circuit 4th-circuit-split circuit-split drug-corridor fourth-amendment law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion rental-vehicle search-and-seizure traffic-stop vehicle-rental Should this court resolve the split between the Fourth and Eleventh Circuit about the probity of the fact that a vehicle is a rental in the reasonable… -6.5
18-6964 Henry L. Wallace v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-defects double-jeopardy due-process indictment-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect jury-instruction jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct standing 1.) Whether a jurisdiction defective indictment can he procedurally or time bar adjudication after twenty years if it violate these Supreme Court Full… -6.5
18-6967 Michael Danilovich, aka Sealed Defendant 2, aka Mike Daniels, aka Fat Mike, aka Mike D v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant legal-representation qualified-reappointment reappointment-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment The question presented is whether an indigent defendant has a qualified right to reappointment of counsel. -6.5
18-6969 Brandon Bivins v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit judicial-review prior-panel-precedent prior-panel-precedent-rule stare-decisis statutory-right statutory-right-to-appeal three-judge-panels Does the Eleventh Circuit too rigidly apply its "prior panel precedent rule" — effectively denying Eleventh Circuit defendants their statutory right t… -6.5
18-6974 Dannye T. McIntosh v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-precedent due-process mandatory-sentencing post-booker sentencing 1) Should this Court GRANT this Write because the decision of the Seventh Circuit violates Petitioner's Due Process Right, whereas sentencing occurred… -6.5
18-6981 Dexter Leon Surratt v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto north-carolina punitive-restrictions retroactive-application retroactivity sex-offender-registration smith-v-doe The first generation of sex offender registration statutes required only that offenders register with the government and that information about the of… -6.5
18-7028 Jameel Simpson v. James Erkerd, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice sixth-amendment wrongful-conviction PETITIONER JAMEEL SIMPSON WAS DENIED HIS RIGHTS UNDER THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE … -6.5