Conference: 2019-01-11

128 cases — 0 granted, 128 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-457 North Carolina Department of Revenue v. The Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust North Carolina Judgment Issued Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) beneficiary-residency constitutional-challenge due-process federalism pennoyer-v-neff state-courts state-revenue state-tax-revenue state-taxation trust trust-income trust-taxation Does the Due Process Clause prohibit states from taxing trusts based on trust beneficiaries' in-state residency? 28.5
18-485 Edward G. McDonough v. Youel Smith, Individually and as Special District Attorney for the County of Rensselaer, New York, aka Trey Smith Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (14)Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-proceedings due-process fabrication-of-evidence section-1983 statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations for a Section 1983 claim based on fabrication of evidence in criminal proceedings begins to run when those proceedi… 25.0
18-389 Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Brian Newton Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) choice-of-law circuit-split fair-labor-standards-act federal-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption gap-filling outer-continental-shelf-lands-act reliance-interests state-law state-law-borrowing statutory-interpretation wage-and-hour-laws Whether, under OCSLA, state law is borrowed as the applicable federal law only when there is a gap in the coverage of federal law, as the Fifth Circui… 19.0
18-391 Arizona v. Guy James Goodman Arizona Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) adversarial-hearing bail-denial bail-restrictions clear-proof criminal-procedure due-process facial-unconstitutionality pretrial-detention salerno sexual-assault united-states-v-salerno 1. Did the Arizona Supreme Court err in holding that United States v. Salerno , 481 U.S. 739 (1987), prohibits a State from denying bail to an arreste… 19.0
18-149 Doug Lair, et al. v. Jeff Mangan, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of Political Practices, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) campaign-finance campaign-finance-regulation civil-rights constitutional-rights contribution-limits election-law first-amendment free-speech political-contributions political-parties political-speech quid-pro-quo-corruption randall-v-sorrell standing 1. Whether Montana's base candidate contribution limits on individual and political committees are unconstitutional under the First Amendment. 2. Whe… 18.5
18-525 Fort Bend County, Texas v. Lois M. Davis Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (7) administrative-exhaustion circuit-split civil-rights due-process eeoc eeoc-claim employment-discrimination exhaustion jurisdiction jurisdictional-prerequisite title-vii waivable-claim-processing-rule Whether Title VII's administrative exhaustion requirement is a jurisdictional prerequisite to suit, as three Circuits have held, or a waivable claimpr… 17.5
18-324 Douglas Leone, et ux., as Trustees Under That Certain Unrecorded Leone-Perkins Family Trust Dated August 26, 1999, as Amended v. Maui County, Hawaii, et al. Hawaii Denied Amici (3) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment economic-benefit economically-beneficial-use fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment investment-use just-compensation land-use lucas-v-south-carolina-coastal-council natural-state property-rights regulatory-taking regulatory-takings takings-clause Whether holding undeveloped property as an "investment" or using it as a "park" in its natural state constitutes economically beneficial or productive… 13.5
18-573 Colony Cove Properties, LLC v. City of Carson, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (3) appellate-review character-of-regulatory-action city-of-monterey-v-del-monte-dunes economic-impact investment-backed-expectations investment-expectations jury-trial jury-trial-7th-amendment penn-central penn-central-test property-rights regulatory-takings seventh-amendment standard-of-review takings-clause-5th-amendment This Court held in Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York, 438 U.S. 104 (1978), that determining whether regulatory action constitutes a … 13.5
18-650 Miguel Cabrera-Rangel v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (5)Response Waived acquittal-impact acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Whether, or under what circumstances, the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial prohibits a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on… 13.5
18-394 Denis P. Kelleher, et ux. v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation New York Denied Amici (1) discretionary-land-use-permit discretionary-permit investment-backed-expectations land-use-restriction palazzolo-v-rhode-island penn-central penn-central-test property-rights real-estate-market regulatory-taking regulatory-takings regulatory-takings-test 1. Whether a property owner may be deemed to lack investment-backed expectations, and thus be barred from challenging a land use restriction as a regu… 11.5
18-307 State National Bank of Big Spring, et al. v. Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (4) appropriations-clause bureau-of-consumer-financial-protection civil-rights congressional-oversight constitutional-structure dodd-frank due-process executive-authority independent-agency power-of-the-purse removal-power removal-restrictions separation-of-powers 1. Whether Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act violates the Constitution's separation of powers by creating the B… 9.5
18-317 Alan Metzgar, et al. v. KBR, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) baker-v-carr civil-procedure damages-suit direct-control judicial-justiciability justiciability military-contractor military-contractors political-question-doctrine private-defendant state-law-tort Whether, and under what circumstances, a state-law tort suit for damages against a private defendant that does not satisfy any of the factors identifi… 9.0
18-6210 Gerald P. Mitchell v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Judgment Issued Amici (11)Relisted (2)IFP blood-draw exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment implied-consent motorist-rights search-and-seizure unconscious-motorist warrant-requirement warrantless-search In both Missouri v. McNeely and Birchfield v. North Dakota, this Court referred approvingly to "implied-consent laws that impose civil penalties and e… 7.0
18-496 Barry Michaels v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge district-of-columbia-v-heller due-process felon-disarmament felons firearms-restriction heller heller-precedent law-abiding-citizens second-amendment standing 1. What does the phrase "law-abiding, responsible citizens" mean? 2. What does it mean to say that "longstanding prohibitions on the possession of fi… 6.5
18-607 Jon Roozbeh Vazeen, aka Hassan Vazin v. Michelle Smith Vazin Tennessee Denied asset-dissipation civil-rights due-process evidence-tampering fair-trial free-speech galileo-style-prosecution national-science-foundation patent property-rights scientific-prosecution standing takings trial-court-overreach Does a trial court have any rights to prosecute a scientist, in reminiscence of Galileo's prosecution, for his/her forward-thinking science when the s… 5.5
18-620 Jamahl Harim Simmons v. Pennsylvania Third Circuit Denied 14th-amendment civil-rights collateral-attack constitutional-challenge due-process foreign-state jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunities sovereign-immunities-act subject-matter-jurisdiction The State Trial Court lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction for the reasons below. 1. This Court, and all public offices, is defined under F… 5.5
18M88 Michael Deuschel v. USC Faculty Dental Practice, et al. California Presumed Complete None 5.5
18-6162 Lyanne Lemeunier-Fitzgerald v. Maine Maine Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment blood-test civil-rights consent-coercion criminal-penalties due-process implied-consent mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement warrantless-search Does a motorist voluntarily consent to a warrantless blood draw if she has been warned that refusal to submit will result in a mandatory minimum perio… 4.0
18-604 Lorina G. Delfierro v. Pensco Trust Company, fbo Jeffrey D. Hermann Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing beneficiary custodial-arrangement custodian due-process fifth-amendment promissory-note self-directed-ira standing standing-article-iii,self-directed-ira,custodian-b When the Internal Revenue Code 26 US 408 requires a Custodian for a Self-Directed IRA to Operate in Commerce and the Contractual Arrange ment Between … 3.5
18-610 TiEnergy, LLC v. Wisconsin Central Ltd. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure consignee-liability contract contract-law demurrage-charges seventh-circuit shipping-law statutory-interpretation summary-judgment For a consignee to be liable for demurrage it must agree to be a consignee for the goods being shipped as the liability for such charges is based in c… 3.5
18-631 Kevin McCabe v. Gerardo Aranda, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure class-action class-action-settlement-agreement class-members cy-pres district-court due-process guidance judicial-discretion potential-recipients procedural-fairness recipient-selection settlement-agreement standing 1. Whether a cy pres provision of a class-action settlement agreement may, in authorizing the class members to make recommendations for the selection,… 3.5
18-635 Brian M. Burmaster v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-general criminal-conspiracy federal-court-judges federal-judges immunity international-criminal-court international-law judicial-immunity jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction u.s.-attorney-general The primary federal question which has never been asked nor answered in American judicial history: Are U.S. Federal Court Judges (U.S. District, Appel… 3.5
18-638 Greg Anderson v. Gary Herbert, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy contract-law contractual-interpretation due-process judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-challenge property-rights standing state-court-procedure void-judgment Is a judgment void on its face, when a State Court steals a paid-for home at the motion to dismiss stage of the proceedings, under the guise that the … 3.5
18-641 J. M., By and Through his Mother, Maria Mandeville v. Kathryn Matayoshi, Superintendent, Hawaii Public Schools, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived autism bullying burden-of-proof due-process endrew-f fape free-appropriate-public-education idea individualized-education-program special-education special-education-law In Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Dist. RE-1, 580 U.S. _—, 137 S.Ct. 988, 1000 (2017), this Court established that an Individualized Education Pro… 3.5
18-643 Janette Dunkle v. Jennifer Dale, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 4th-amendment child-seizure circuit-court-precedent circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment qualified-immunity warrantless-seizure This Court has deliberately left open whether a U.S Supreme Court decision (as opposed to a Circuit Court decision) is required to "clearly establish"… 3.5
18-644 David Carl Cottingham v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. Washington Denied Response Waived attorney-conduct bar-discipline due-process first-amendment objective-analysis petitioning petitioning-rights pro-se-representation professional-discipline regulatory-approval split state-court strict-scrutiny A Washington State Bar disciplinary investigation continued through to suspension, notwithstanding Attorney David C. Cottingham's opposition to unlawf… 3.5
18-668 Peggy Berg v. Social Security Administration Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived absolute-debt bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-553(b) circuit-split creditor-rights debt-setoff fifth-circuit mutual-debt setoff seventh-circuit statutory-interpretation third-circuit Under Bankruptcy Code Section 553(b), regarding when "a creditor offsets a mutual debt owing" and "the date of such setoff," does this require that th… 3.5
18-671 Kurt Robert Smith v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2254 aedpa federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus ignorance-of-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ignorance reasonable-counsel strategic-decision 1. Must a court reviewing counsel's failure to investigate first determine whether the basis for the failure was counsel's ignorance of the law, or an… 3.5
18-690 Bruce C. Rosetto, et al. v. Charles Murphy, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived barton-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-receiver due-process federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-12(b)(1) jurisdictional-dismissal pleading-standards rule-12(b)(1) standing ultra-vires Where a plaintiff alleges that an agent of a court appointed receiver is liable for misconduct committed outside the scope of designated authority, bu… 3.5
18-693 Steven Crain v. Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment legal-process malicious-prosecution unreasonable-seizure Is an individual's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizure continue beyond legal process so as to allow malicious prosecution clai… 3.5
18-711 Donny Marin, et al. v. The Bank of New York Florida Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process foreclosure impartiality judicial-impartiality mortgage-settlement national-mortgage-settlement Whether the due process protections enshrined in the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U. S. Constitution prohibit Florida Courts from turning a blind ey… 3.5
18-715 Cynthia Carpenter-Barker v. Ohio Department of Medicaid, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process integration-mandate medical-necessity olmstead-v-lc rehabilitation-act rule-56-review standard-of-review This case involves a reduction in community-based nursing services that places claimant at risk of institutionalization in violation of Olmstead v. L.… 3.5
18-730 Moses McCormick, et al. v. Kim A. Browne, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 amendment amendment-futility civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process fourteenth-amendment injunctive-relief municipal-liability qualified-immunity section-1983 standing In light of this Court's recognition in Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. 635-658 (1980), "A Municipality has no immunity from liability under 19… 3.5
18-738 Henry Paul Richardson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-restrictions circuit-split constitutional-claims defaulted-claims habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default sawyer-v-whitley schlup-v-delo standard-of-review Whether The Standard That Governs the AEDPA Provisions, 28 U.S.C. §2255(h)(1), §2244(b)(2)(B)(ii), and §2244(b)(3)(A), is inapplicable To A Second Hab… 3.5
18-739 Trevor Wallace v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response Waived appellate-review case-revival constitutional-compliance dismissal-with-prejudice double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment judicial-discretion jury jury-trial lee-v-us res-judicata May a state appellate court revive a case that was dismissed with prejudice after a jury was sworn merely because the appellate court disagrees with t… 3.5
18-745 Alan Overton v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process family-law fundamental-rights parental-rights state-action strict-scrutiny substantive-due-process Substantive Due Process limits the state's authority to deprive individuals of fundamental rights. The Tennessee courts in this case failed to conduct… 3.5
18-6624 Farris Genner Morris v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied IFP batson-challenge-review batson-v-kentucky collateral-review due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination Where the trial prosecutor's rationale for striking the lone black juror applied "just as well" to two white jurors, Foster v. Chatman, 136 S. Ct. 173… 0.5
18-5763 Jimmy Don Wooten v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights diligence-standard due-process insanity insanity-defense jurisdiction legal-diligence mental-capacity mental-handicap procedural-fairness standing I. DID THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT VIOLATE DUE PROCESS BY DENYING MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PETITIONER OPPORTUNITY TO LITIGATE INSANITY AT TIME OF TRIAL? I… -1.0
18-6980 Traveon Shaquille Martin v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility clear-error criminal-procedure district-court offense-level sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g-3e1.1 Whether the district court clearly erred in denying a three-level reduction in Petitioner's offense level for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S… -1.5
18-6994 Cleveland McDowell Meador, IV v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consent-search consent-to-search felon-in-possession fourth-amendment home-search police-procedure probable-cause search-and-seizure seizure supervision supervision-of-search withdrawal-consent withdrawal-of-consent Whether police officers violate the Fourth Amendment when they obtain consent to search a person's home, then keep that person outside the home, preve… -1.5
18-7004 Miguel Rodriguez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error remand sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum substantial-rights 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 remand … -1.5
18-7010 Jermaine Mitchell v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause expert-testimony expert-witness forensic-evidence lab-reports law-enforcement-testimony lay-testimony narcotics narcotics-testimony scientific-evidence sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence Whether law enforcement (lay) testimonies about the narcotics character of certain substances may be shined with the expert testimonial gloss of unpro… -1.5
18-7029 Jorge Ruelas-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment 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
18-5131 Tu My Tong v. New Mexico, et al. New Mexico Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-action qualified-immunity standing state-action Was petitioner Curny Coy deprived of Due Process, Equal protection of The law and the privileges and immunities guaranteed to all us citizens by the i… -4.0
18-5499 Hilario Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence evidentiary-hearing federal-court habeas-corpus involuntary-plea state-court time-barred WHETHER A FEDERAL COURT FAILED TO HOLD AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING ON HABEAS CORPUS IF,AMONG OTHER FACTORS,TO DEVELOP THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR THE CLAIM IN ST… -4.0
18-5523 Chris Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence false-evidence false-testimony miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence new-reliable-evidence CAN A CLAIM OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE GIVEN THAT THE STATE PRESENTED FALSE EVIDENCE AT TRIAL NAMELY PERJURED TESTIMONY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND THA… -4.0
18-5920 Ronnie R. Rolland v. Carnation Building Services, Inc. Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination judicial-estoppel misconduct-claims reasonable-accommodation retaliation standing subject-matter-jurisdiction termination (I) .THE APPEALS COURT REFLECTS A RULING THAT IS NOT IN ACCORDING WITH PREVIOUS SUPREME! OTHER SUPREME COURT'S DECISIONS ON SAME IMPORTANT MATTERS, AN… -4.0
18-6309 Warren Justin Hardy v. California California Denied IFP comparative-analysis equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination racial-overtones sixth-amendment Whether, in a case with racial overtones, the California Supreme Court's refusal to conduct a meaningful comparative analysis, or infer a likelihood o… -4.5
18-6471 Anthony Cardell Haynes v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances fifth-circuit-review finality gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez merits-review rule-60(b) rule-60b strickland substantiality trevino-standard 1. Did the Fifth Circuit majority err in finding that there were no "extraordinary circumstances" and that the claim was not sufficiently "substantial… -4.5
18-6598 Darryl A. Robinson v. Tony Baynes Sixth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection property-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-6615 Eugene Riley, III v. Stephanie Dorethy, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment criminal-justice due-process evidence jury-instructions law legal-assessment legal-principles separateness-of-events 1. Whether Riley was denied his 6th and 4th Amendment Right to have his jury assisted via instructions on the application of legal principles to the e… -4.5
18-6617 James L. Rudzavice v. D. J. Harmon, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-challenge due-process free-speech freedom-of-speech habeas-corpus judicial-oath judicial-review separation-of-powers standing supreme-law (1) How Can a CONSTITUTIONAL challenge be frivolous? (2) Did the Appellate Court for the Fifth Circuit Intentionally violate their oath of office to … -4.5
18-6626 William Foley Miller v. Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-habeas federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mistrial procedural-default right-to-counsel state-appellate-review bid Al-I - Us A y PJr-/ ss 8r r/ Cos X 4 b ,"± A c'i I A d L J A/o* Pocerie , T-<<; For R v / YA roc A U r xhus+-ed i4r PricurJ/Y bFu/i'ei) /6JM Tr A … -4.5
18-6631 David Hollenback, Jr. v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice state-conviction state-court-jurisdiction Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals commit error by denying the petitioner a Certificate of Appealability, regarding the United States Middle Distr… -4.5
18-6633 Keith Fremin v. Robert C. Tanner, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP castration civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process good-time guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-district plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing Whether the 22nd Judicial District Court failed to uphold the plea agreement in exchange for a guilty plea? Whether Counsel for the Petitioner was in… -4.5
18-6634 Leandro Leonel Gonzalez v. F. Armenta, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights correctional-officers due-process evidence first-amendment free-speech Is there a right to have-a-witness in the Due-Proc mail-communication prisoner-rights witness-testimony In an action in which petitioner was forbidding to write letters to Tamara Ecclestone, is there a right to out-going mail in the First Amendment of th… -4.5
18-6635 Eddie Hampton v. California California Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error felony-murder first-degree-murder jury-instruction jury-instructions murder natural-and-probable-consequence natural-probable-consequence prejudice-standard premeditated-murder standard-of-prejudice Ft] he jury was rroneousiy insLrjted on (a) Murder as a ui :ural and p:5able consq:ience per pe0p.e VS enLu SY al 4 Lb 5 172 caL Rptr 3d 438 325 P .3d… -4.5
18-6636 James Edward Griffin v. Eric Arnold, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP due-process evidence evidence-admission fair-trial fourteenth-amendment gang jury-instructions misconduct motorcycle-gang prosecutorial-misconduct 1.Was appellant deprived of a fair trial and due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution when the trial court … -4.5
18-6640 James Derrick Hundley v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas habeas-corpus-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing 1) Did The Federal Habeas Court improperly and Unconstitutional Suspend and foreclose petitioners Habeas right? 2) Did Petitioner receive Ineffective … -4.5
18-6641 Antonio Fahie v. Neil McDowell, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-sufficiency ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal-motion prosecutorial-misconduct rape-charges right-to-counsel sentencing Why did'nt the judge let he take. back my plea,When my counsel told the court the i never admitted to any of the (RAPE) charges. When i found out tha… -4.5
18-6643 Sobhy Fahmy Amin Iskander v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-competence judicial-discretion judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-interpretation judicial-review legal-standards rule-of-law state-court-decision Sobhy Iskander, a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis r extraordinary circumstance moves this motion on a writ of certi- orari that a state co… -4.5
18-6645 Peyton John Wesley Hopson v. Stark County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-faith in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion manifest-injustice pro-se standing Does the fact that the district court failed to state in writing its reasons for certifying that Petitioner seeking to proceed in forma pauperis could… -4.5
18-6646 John Edward Davis v. Florida Florida Denied IFP autopsy-photographs coercion constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-confession involuntary-statements juvenile-offender juvenile-offender-rights juvenile-rights motion-to-suppress right-to-testify self-incrimination Question #1: Whether the Florida Court of Appeals unreasonably applied this Court's precedent when it upheld the denial of a post-conviction claim all… -4.5
18-6648 Tracy Lynn Escobedo v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP None -4.5
18-6649 Thelma R. Davis v. Brown & Dortch LLC, et al. Maryland Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-representation civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process indigent-rights judicial-impartiality partiality standing state-court-corruption unfair-treatment This case involves corruption within the state court system, injustice, conflict of interest, partiality, unfair treatment of Petitioner; the denial o… -4.5
18-6651 Antonio Cobb v. Florida Florida Denied IFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fourteenth-amendment fundamental-fairness right-to-fair-trial statement-against-interest trial-procedure WHETHER FLORIDA ERRONEOUSLY DECIDED THAT THE TRIAL JUDGE DID NOT DENY PETITIONER A TRIAL IN ACCORD WITH FUNDAMENTAL STANDARDS OF DUE PROCESS, GUARANTE… -4.5
18-6655 Andrew John Miller v. Duncan MacLaren, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence preliminary-examination right-to-counsel sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether review is warranted because the Petitioner-Appellant's convictions must be reversed and this matter remanded for a new trial where the admissi… -4.5
18-6656 Timothy Kyle Prince v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process eyewitness-identification fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment suggestive-identification suggestive-procedures unreliable-identification witness-identification WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED OF HIS SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO A FAIR TRIAL, DUE PROCESS, WHERE BOTH GREGORY AND BRENDA RUSHLOW'S IN-CO… -4.5
18-6657 Mohsen Khoshmood v. DC HQ Housing Authority District of Columbia Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities civil-rights constitutional-violations discrimination due-process employment employment-rights government-services housing-authority housing-discrimination I'm seeking for this case $200 Million dollars damages with explanation of: Part I of General Assembly 9 Dec. 1975 res. 3452 (XXX), Article 1, Articl… -4.5
18-6658 Ronald D. Veteto v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Alabama Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection indigent pro-se standing May a State arbitrarily deny an indigent prisoner pro se effective and meaningful access to the courts? May a State arbitrarily deny an indigent pro … -4.5
18-6663 Esau Escobar v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury-instructions murder murder-conviction prior-acts provocation provocation-defense self-defense substantial-evidence I. The Appellate Court holding the Petitioner a bar ce ae =e led To 4 Secinos Provocation lastcvetion tio. Becanse He Tstified that He Anted cust Opoc… -4.5
18-6668 Michael Tory, Jr. v. Whited, RNB, et al. Virginia Denied IFP civil-procedure common-knowledge due-process jury-determination jury-selection legal-standard medical-malpractice procedural-rights state-authority state-regulation Can the State of Virginia in all medical malpractice cases determine the common knowledge and experience of a jury? -4.5
18-6669 Gernard Denez Chestnut v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-justice due-process equal-protection public-health standing civil-rights criminal-justice discrimination due-process equal-protection standing Question not identified. -4.5
18-6670 Richard Allen Barker v. California California Denied IFP accomplice-liability constitutional-law constitutional-proportionate-punishment criminal-procedure eighth-amendment enmund-v-florida in-re-butler in-re-rodriguez individual-culpability proportionate-punishment UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION - EIGHTH AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL PROPORTIONATE PUNISHMENT - INDIVIDUAL CULPABILITY IF, IN 1978, THE CALIFORNIA PAROLE AUT… -4.5
18-6674 Octavious Lamar Rhymes v. Texas Texas Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process judicial-vindictiveness jurisdiction prosecutorial-vindictiveness same-criminal-episode venue-transfer Where Rhymes' due process rights violated by prosecutorial and judicial vindictiveness. When after being prosecuted in one county, and receiving a sho… -4.5
18-6685 Bruce Merryman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice right-to-be-present standing statute-of-limitations trial-in-absentia trial-rights Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, Can and individual Overcome this limitation, Under the Miscarriage of Justice Exception, By S… -4.5
18-6690 Eric Lawson v. Kelly Speight, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1981 civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 due-process employment-discrimination in-forma-pauperis judicial-authority race-discrimination retaliation right-to-sue standing title-vii wrongful-termination Petitioner filed an early lawsuit for employment discrimination in 2017. The District Court agreed that Petitioner never received the Magistrate order… -4.5
18-6696 Octavio Torres Ortega v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-acquittal motion-to-suppress public-defender speedy-trial trial-counsel witness-credibility QUESTION ONE DID THE TRIAL COURT ERR IN DENYING A JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL QUESTION TWO WAS APPELLATE COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN THE APPEAL PROCESS QUE… -4.5
18-6699 James Tyrell Drane v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sixth-amendment I. DOES PETITIONER DRANE HAVE A DUE PROCESS RIGHT TO PLEA WITHDRAWAL OR AT MINIMUM A GINTHER HEARING WHERE HIS PLEA WAS UNKNOWING AND INVOLUNTARY, RES… -4.5
18-6701 Roger Dale Epperson v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied IFP client-autonomy closing-argument concession-of-guilt criminal-procedure defense-strategy ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-control-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Is a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel, and the right to control the objective of the defense, violated, under the Court's recent decision … -4.5
18-6704 Aaron Jonathon Zemke v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion bias criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance judicial-bias judicial-discretion motion-to-withdraw plea-bargain plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal prejudice prosecutorial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion Mr. Zemke received ineffective assistance under the Sixth Amendment when counsel misrepresented Mr. Zemke's case to induce a plea bargain, prejudiced … -4.5
18-6709 Lawrence Alfred Landrum v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP capital-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment judge-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-recommendation jury-sentencing jury-trial sixth-amendment spaziano-v-florida In Hurst u. Florida, _ U.S. _, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), this Court: (a) overruled (1989), (b) invalidated Florida's capital punishment statute, and (c) … -4.5
18-6713 Donald Anthony Grant v. Mike Carpenter, Interim Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty eddings-precedent eddings-v-oklahoma eighth-amendment lockett-rule lockett-v-ohio mental-health mental-health-evidence mitigating-evidence moral-culpability Whether Oklahoma's "moral culpability" jury instruction, which restricts consideration of mitigating evidence of a defendant's mental health and backg… -4.5
18-7097 In Re Leigh Jesse Quinto Denied IFP bond-case bond-v-united-states civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law due-process federalism habeas-corpus new-rule retroactivity standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court's decision in Bond v. United States, 131 S. Ct. 2355, 180 L. Ed. 2d 269, decided June 16, 2011 (hereinafter "Bond I"), establish… -4.5
18-7135 In Re Walter Edward Harrington Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection key-terms legal-issues petition precedent scotus standing statutory-interpretation topic-areas writ-of-certiorari Question not identified. -4.5
18-5180 Wen Liu v. University of Miami School of Medicine Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP disparate-impact eeoc-charge eeoc-charges employment-discrimination employment-discrimination-title-vii family-medical-leave-act fmla-claims medical-leave retaliation statute-of-limitations title-vii Which was the terminate date University of Miami terminated me? October 12, 2012 with a failed attempt of termination letter dated October 7, 2011 or … -6.0
18-5429 Michael Garry v. Trane Company Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud judicial-review jurisdiction labor-law standing state-court-appeals Question not identified. -6.0
18-5810 Laureano Chirino Rivera v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence government-error government-misconduct judicial-error sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing VIOLATION OF ALL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ILLEGAL SENTENCE AND DETAINED THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE GOVERNMENT ERRED BY NOT EVIDENCE OR ARGUMENTS AT SENTE… -6.0
18-5925 Dean Loren v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-filing civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process federal-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-misconduct public-forum standing state-actor 1. Whether it is Constitutional for the lower Appellate Court, to so far depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctio… -6.0
18-5981 Elizabeth Pastor v. Partnership for Children's Rights New York Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-78-proceeding civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-rights due-process employer-threshold employment employment-discrimination judicial-transfer standing statutory-interpretation title-vii Should the Supreme Court have transferred the Article 78 to the Appellate Division without a hearing? Should the lower court have denied full discove… -6.0
18-6046 Michael Skillern v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-counsel constitutional-error due-process extraterritorial-effect geders-v-united-states harmless-error mail-fraud perry-v-leeke sixth-amendment structural-error subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-recess wire-fraud DID THE DISTRICT COURT'S ORDER PROHIBITING DEFENDANT SKILLERN, FROM CONFERRING WITH TRIAL COUNSEL DURING AN OVERNIGHT RECESS, REGARDING DEFENDANT SKIL… -6.0
18-6050 Timothy L. Rodriguez v. DeWayne Burton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment probable-cause subject-matter-jurisdiction Void-for-Lack-of-Jurisdiction warrantless-arrest Question not identified. -6.0
18-6621 Aloeng Kelly Vang v. Tom Roy, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel effective-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prejudice-prong sixth-amendment state-law straight-plea straight-pleas trial-rights ultimate-authority Where offers of straight pleas to the district court is permitted under state law, does state criminal defendants receive their Sixth Amendment right … -6.5
18-6644 Jingyuan Feng v. Sheena Komenda, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP adverse-employment-action employment-discrimination employment-discrimination,civil-rights,title-vii,p equal-employment performance-evaluation pretext retaliation title-vii Whether the falsified employment performance statements are pretexts or legitimate reasons for the employment decisions. Whether exceptionally placin… -6.5
18-6686 Grady Pederson v. Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process evidence-suppression sex-offender-registry standing statute-of-limitations 1. Why was the State of Minnesota allowed to suppress evidence since 11/01/1995? 2. Why were the Sheriffs' and Police Depts. Allowed to misrepresent … -6.5
18-6724 Roger Lee Ozier v. Shirlee Harry, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review armed-robbery bank-robbery confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination eyewitness-testimony fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence probable-cause sixth-amendment THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT TRIAL WAS INSUF- FICIENT TO SUSTAIN MR. OZIER'S CONVICTION FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND BANK ROBBERY. PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS RI… -6.5
18-6730 William Ramirez, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, El Dorado County, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default default-judgment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment merits-based-adjudication pro-se pro-se-litigant relief-from-default state-court state-court-procedure Should a pro se petitioner reasonably expect relief from default as a part of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitu… -6.5
18-6751 Patrick McIntosh v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-4243 civil-commitment criminal-law due-process mental-disease mental-disease-or-defect mental-health-law personality-disorder statutory-interpretation Does a severe personality disorder constitute a mental disease or defect under 18 U.S.C. § 4243(c)(d) civil commitment provision? -6.5
18-6754 Domonic McCarns v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure harmless-error indictment plain-error-review speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Cryptic Letter, Number Codes are Sufficient to Satisfy the Speedy Trial Act Requirement that Reasons Justifying Delay of a Criminal Trial M… -6.5
18-6756 John J. Koresko v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights contempt debt-imprisonment disgorgement due-process erisa erisa-case erisa-enforcement garnishment imprisonment judicial-review labor-secretary-powers preliminary-injunction statutory-interpretation Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly decided that parts of a $38 million judgment for "disgorgement" entered in 2015 against the Pet… -6.5
18-6831 David Errol Willock v. William Sperfslage, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability direct-appeal habeas-corpus postconviction-relief remand rule-of-lenity statute-of-limitations WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD PROCEED TO ESTABLISH A PRECEDENT AS TO THE CORRECT CALCULATION OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN A HABEAS CORPUS ACTION UNDER… -6.5
18-6860 Johnny Ray McCloud v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process dwelling-definition dwelling-vs-storage-building equal-protection florida-law florida-statutes habeas-corpus perkins-vs-state young-vs-state Was Perkins v State, 682 So. 2d 1083 (Fla. 1996) correctly applied? See Johnny Ray McCloud's 2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Does the Young … -6.5
18-6874 Christine Cornelius v. Town of Atkinson, New Hampshire New Hampshire Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights corruption disability-accommodations disability-rights due-process incompetence judicial-proceedings legal-abuse reasonable-accommodations standing Whether the Court unconstitutionally denied the Petitioner, disabled with bipolar disorder, her rights to reasonable accommodations during judicial pr… -6.5
18-6939 Jonathan S. Nelson v. Joe Norwood, Secretary, Kansas Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography conviction-reversal de-novo-review due-process first-amendment obscenity scienter Concerning a violation of KSA 21-3516a(2), given that the images' nature was reasonably disputed, does the right to a de novo review demand the revers… -6.5
18-6955 Guy W. Harrison, III v. Fulton County, Georgia Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ada civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eeoc eeoc-ruling summary-judgement summary-judgment title-vii trial-by-jury Whether the lower courts have the authority to grant Summary Judgement when the EEOC has ruled that the Plaintiff rights were violated under Title VII… -6.5
18-6971 Zachery Joseph Cooley, aka Red v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing gall-v-united-states guideline-calculation harmless-error judicial-discretion procedural-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness When a defendant appeals his sentence on the grounds that his Guideline range was miscalculated, may an appellate court disregard any error in the gui… -6.5
18-6983 Sholam Weiss v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP and a Certificate of Appealability should have is where the government had committed itself to pros adversary-system adverse-positions certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury prosecutorial-commitment prosecutorial-discretion right-to-counsel This Court implicitly held in Kirby v. Illinois, 406 U.S. 682 (1972), that the right to counsel can attach before formal charges are made, or before a… -6.5
18-6984 Benjamin Tillman v. J. A. Barnhart, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 collateral-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mcfadden-case mcfadden-v-us retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation WHETHER PETITIONER WAS ENTITLED TO FILE AN APPLI-' CATION FOR HABEAS CORPUS UNDER 28 U.S.C. §2241 AND/OR 28 U..S.C. 2255(e) IN LIGHT OF McFADDEN v. U.… -6.5
18-6986 Nathan Lynn Cloud v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment intergovernmental-agreements law-enforcement law-enforcement-agreements nevada-v-hicks service-of-process tribal-sovereignty Notwithstanding this Court's holding in Nevada v. Hicks, where there is a law enforcement agreement between state authorities and the tribe regarding … -6.5
18-6995 Ashley Owens v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP co-defendant co-defendant-disparity criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection loss-calculation plea-agreement sentencing 1. Did the Lower Courts violate the Due Process Clause when they sentenced Owens based on an unproven and inflated loss? 2. Did the Lower Courts viol… -6.5
18-7005 Denis Aviles Salguero v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review child-pornography constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment sentencing Whether Petitioner's convictions for receipt and possession of child pornography violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. -6.5
18-7007 Ronald T. Spoor v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2256 child-pornography civil-rights due-process equal-protection lascivious-exhibition racial-discrimination rule-414 school-desegregation sexual-proclivities standing uncharged-crimes 1. Must a video be considered in its totality, as opposed to a brief isolated snippet, in determining whether it is a "lascivious exhibition of the ge… -6.5
18-7009 Jimmy Davis v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure notice notice-requirement procedural-due-process supervised-release third-circuit Whether Mr. Davis was denied procedural due process as required under the Constitution of the United States and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedur… -6.5
18-7012 Anthony Jerome Addison v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-rights criminal-history due-process eighth-amendment origination-clause sentencing-guidelines special-assessment standing statutory-claims Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in granting the government's motion to dismiss by denying the Petitioner the ability… -6.5
18-7021 Juan Thomas v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-charge martinez-v-ryan notice-of-appeal public-defender Whether the Circuit Court erred in failing to appropriately consider the "Equitable Tolling" in conjunction with Ineffective Assistance of the Public … -6.5
18-7023 Webster Douglas Williams, III v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eighth-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment equal-protection exclusionary-rule forced-entry fourth-amendment restitution ruse search-and-seizure sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel third-party When police officers attempt to gain voluntary admittance to a residence by use of a ruse, which fails, and are peacably asked to present a search war… -6.5
18-7032 Reginald L. Lomax v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-law drug-offense federal-drug-law federal-preemption mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences state-criminal-law statutory-interpretation The question presented in this case is whether, as the circuit court held, a state statute criminalizing possession of "counterfeit" controlled substa… -6.5
18-7035 Eminiano A. Reodica v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea motion-to-withdraw plea-withdrawal rule-11 Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(d) governing motions to withdraw a guilty plea establishes a liberal standard which precludes the distri… -6.5
18-7037 Gerald L. Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60b-6 criminal-law district-court due-process eighth-circuit habeas-corpus johnson-ii johnson-v-united-states judicial-procedure retroactivity rule-60b sentencing welch-v-united-states WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT AND EIGHTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN DENYING PETITIONER'S TRUE RULE 60(B) (6), WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT FAILED TO ADDRESS PETITIONER'… -6.5
18-7039 Alexander Ndaula v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 5th-amendment 6th-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing loss-amount sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation The 5th & 6th amendments to the Constitution guarantee fairness in criminal proceedings to the accused. When the verification of a sentence enhancemen… -6.5
18-7044 Andrew John Yellowbear, Jr. v. Robert O. Lampert, Director, Wyoming Department of Corrections Wyoming Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federal-court-jurisdiction federal-court-review federal-jurisdiction federal-laws-and-statutes habeas-corpus indian-treaties indian-tribes-and-reservations state-habeas-corpus Whether the Wyoming Supreme Court's reliance on precedent derived from the state-friendly deferential standard of the Antiterrorism and Effective Deat… -6.5
18-7050 Javier Portillo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP border-crossing border-search criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence jury knowledge-standard mens-rea narcotics-possession ninth-circuit standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence trial-sufficiency Whether the Ninth Circuit's analysis of the facts was inadequate and whether, when the entirety of facts presented at trial was considered, there was … -6.5
18-7060 Brian William Schumaker v. Hector Joyner, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims due-process judicial-notice jury-instructions prudential-consideration theory-of-defense void-for-vagueness WHETHER the lower courts, hearing the petitioner's Constitutional claims of "actual innocence" and "theory of defense" instructions delivered to the t… -6.5
18-7061 Francisco Reza v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-crime federal-crimes felon-in-possession firearms-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing state-misdemeanor Issue 1: Did Petitioner's prior crimes for which he spent less than 1 year and a day imprisonment: qualify as Federal Crimes for enhancement? Issue 2… -6.5
18-7067 Derrick Christopher Johnson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-law divisible-statute drug-offense modified-categorical-approach plain-error prior-state-convictions sentencing sentencing-guidelines WHETHER PETITIONER'S "PRIOR STATE DRUG OFFENSES" QUALIFIED AS ENUMERATED OFFENSES UNDER THE "CAREER CRIMINAM" PROVISION OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCIN… -6.5
18-7074 Gennaro Mattiaccio v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence 1. The convictions on Count two must be vacated because the evidence at trial was insufficient to establish guilt and also conflicts with the law of o… -6.5
18-7076 Evelyn Person v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process inconsistent-verdicts jury-instructions jury-verdict legal-conflict narcotics narcotics-conspiracy special-interrogatories Whether the Second Circuit's failure to vacate the verdict of guilt rendered against Petitioner in the narcotics conspiracy count based upon an irreco… -6.5
18-7110 James M. Flinn v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-allegations insufficient-evidence jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence (1) Whether the Petitioner was convicted upon insufficient evidence in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when, pursuant … -6.5