Conference: 2019-04-18

99 cases — 0 granted, 99 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-565 CITGO Asphalt Refining Company, et al. v. Frescati Shipping Company, Ltd., et al. Third Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) circuit-split due-diligence guarantee guarantee-of-safety maritime-law safe-berth safe-berth-clause ship-safety voyage-charter Whether under federal maritime law a safe berth clause in a voyage charter contract is a guarantee of a ship's safety, as the Third Circuit below and … 19.0
18-725 Andre Martello Barton v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) None 16.0
18-896 Missouri Ethics Commission, et al. v. Free and Fair Election Fund, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) campaign-finance constitutional-law contribution-caps corruption first-amendment free-speech political-action-committee political-action-committees state-regulation transparency Under the First Amendment, may a state prohibit political action committees from transferring money to other political action committees? 14.0
18-847 BNSF Railway Company v. Juanita Nye, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jeffrey Nye Oklahoma Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-funding federal-rail-safety-act grade-crossing preemption state-tort-claim tort-claim warning-devices When the project documents and authenticating testimony demonstrate that federal funds participated in a state-wide project to install warning devices… 10.0
18-855 Ray Allen, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, et al. v. International Association of Machinists District Ten, et al. Seventh Circuit Dismissed Amici (4)Relisted (2) dues-checkoff federal-law labor-law labor-relations national-labor-relations-act preemption right-to-work summary-affirmance union-authorization Whether this Court should overrule its summary affirmance in Sea Pak v. Industrial, Technical, and Professional Employees, Division of National Mariti… 10.0
18-709 Maria Bentley, et al. v. Victoria Vooys, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law cost-bond due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause judicial-procedure non-resident-plaintiff privileges-and-immunities privileges-and-immunities-clause rational-basis-review security-bond virgin-islands Whether a statute requiring a court, upon a defendant's request, to order a non-resident plaintiff to post a minimal security bond for costs violates … 9.0
18-710 Caner Demirayak v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) accessibility alternate-accommodations americans-with-disabilities-act americans-with-disabilities-act-title-ii circuit-split due-process effective-accommodations fact-finding meaningful-access preliminary-injunction public-entity rule-52(a) supervisory-power tennessee-v-lane title-ii This case presents a split between the circuits and conflict with this Court's decision in Tennessee v. Lane, 541 U.S. 509 (2004), as to the fundament… 9.0
18-964 Father John Gallagher v. Diocese of Palm Beach, Inc. Florida Denied Amici (2) church-doctrine civil-rights defamation first-amendment free-speech legal-immunity public-safety religious-speech standing Whether the priest is barred by the First Amendment from bringing a defamation action against a church when the defamatory statements are published ou… 7.5
18-894 Harold McNeal, et ux. v. Navajo Nation, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) congressional-policy contract-negotiation federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction gaming-enterprise indian-gaming-regulatory-act sovereign-immunity state-court state-court-jurisdiction tort-claim tort-claims tribal-sovereignty Whether the Tenth Circuit panel violated the current jurisprudence of this Court and the Congressional policy underlying IGRA by precluding the Nation… 6.0
18-1063 John Cottam v. Douglas Pelton Eleventh Circuit Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emotional-distress fabricated-evidence false-arrest law-enforcement-fabrication malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity rule-56 summary-judgment 1. The well documented criminal fabrication of a felony charge of eluding (car chase) against an innocent citizen has been protected at all levels of … 5.5
18-1068 Raja Mittal v. County of Clark, Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied and in the absence of exigent circumstances violate Fourth-and-Fourteenth-Amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment juvenile-court parental-rights rooker-feldman-doctrine standing takings warrantless-removal 1) Whether removal of a child from parent's custody without a judicial order or a warrant, and in the absence of exigent circumstances, violate Fourth… 5.5
18-1079 Javier Flores Gaytan v. Michael Hardee Fourth Circuit Denied actual-innocence constitutional-standard criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-confrontation right-to-fair-trial summary-witness wire-recording May a State, consistent with due process, obtain a criminal conviction and 37-year prison sentence against a criminal defendant where the primary evid… 5.5
18-932 James A. Osburn, et al. v. Matthew Loeb, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied association due-process due-process-rights free-speech labor-management-relations labor-management-reporting-and-disclosure-act membership-rights patronage trusteeship union-leadership 1. Whether stifling robust dissent without a true indicia of due process is tolerable when an International President cleverly imposes and quickly lif… 5.5
18-974 Mar-Bow Value Partners, LLC v. McKinsey Recovery & Transformation Services US LLC Fourth Circuit Denied access-to-records article-iii article-iii-courts bankruptcy-conflicts bankruptcy-disclosure bankruptcy-fiduciary bankruptcy-integrity bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-standing integrity-of-process judicial-review pecuniary-interest persons-aggrieved standing Respondent McKinsey Recovery & Transformation Services US LLC ("McKinsey") was employed to assist debtors in a bankruptcy reorganization. Petitioner a… 5.5
18M134 Mohamad E. Taha, et ux. v. United States Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M135 Anthony L. Pierce v. Brad Livingston, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M136 Shaun Roberts v. United States Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M137 James Arthur Ross v. Steve Franke, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18-1125 ZocDoc, Inc. v. Radha Geismann, M.D., P.C. Second Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure class-action class-action-standing deposit federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure individual-relief judgment-entry mootness mootness-doctrine rule-67 rule-68 rule-68-offer standing In Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 577 U.S. ___, 186 S. Ct. 663, 672 (2016), this Court held that an unaccepted offer of judgment under Federal Rule of C… 4.5
18-1081 Curtiss Wilson v. Horton's Towing, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights drug-law-enforcement drug-laws due-process forfeiture indian-law indian-tribe-authority montana-exception montana-v-united-states non-native-americans non-native-seizure tribal-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty vehicle-forfeiture 1. Does an Indian Tribe have authority under the second exception of Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981), to forfeit automobiles owned by no… 3.5
18-1108 Stephanie C. Stucky v. Dwight Takeno, et al. Hawaii Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure collective-bargaining due-process labor-relations mootness prohibited-practice prohibited-practices voluntary-cessation Did the Petitioner in this case receive due process of law when the Respondent/Intervenor, Hawai'i Labor Relations Board dismissed Petitioner's Prohib… 3.5
18-1130 David W. Charron v. Glenn S. Morris, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions debt-discharge discharge discharge-of-debts due-process intent non-dischargeable non-dischargeable-debt non-dischargeable-debts statutory-interpretation Whether contempt sanctions are per se non-dischargeable debts under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6)? 3.5
18-1161 Regena Bryant v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived age-discrimination burden-of-proof burden-shifting civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii This case is a Non-Mixed Motive and Non-Pretext Title VII employment discrimination suit. The exclusive focus in this case is the sort of showing a Ti… 3.5
18-1188 Jeffrey A. Jacobi v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourth-amendment intoxication intoxication-determination intoxication-inference law-enforcement law-enforcement-inference police-inference probable-cause reasonable-suspicion traffic-accident traffic-stop vehicle-collision Where one driver involved in a vehicle collision did not report to police that she observed any behavior by the other driver (Jacobi) to suggest that … 3.5
18-1190 DoctorDirectory.com, LLC, et al. v. Davis Neurology, P.A. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1446 article-iii federal-court jurisdictional-timing notice-of-removal other-paper removal removal-statute second-removal spokeo-v-robins standing state-court statutory-interpretation thirty-day-deadline Whether the thirty-day deadline for filing a notice of second removal from a state court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(3) can begin and expire in fe… 3.5
18-1201 Keith Preston Gartenlaub v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived computer-search criminal-procedure due-process evidence-use-restrictions fisa fisa-warrant fourth-amendment franks-hearing general-warrant general-warrants legal-traditions national-security use-restrictions (1) Does a secret, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ("FISA") authorized computer search violate the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against gene… 3.5
18-6423 Marlan McRae v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-misconduct conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process fiduciary-conflict fiduciary-conflict-of-interest fiduciary-duty ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics manifest-necessity sixth-amendment vague-precedent Can the unconscionable and illegal actions of an attorney, in addition to a fiduciary conflict of interest between an attorney and his client, amount … -1.0
18-8312 Dayomashell David Aguilar v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting conspiracy criminal-procedure first-degree-murder jury-instructions mens-rea miscarriage-of-justice 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability on Aguilar's claim that the jury instructions relieved the State of the b… -1.5
18-8540 Eric David Bennett v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3742 appellate-review booker booker-standard circuit-split criminal-procedure sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review supervised-release united-states-v-booker Whether the appropriate standard of review for a sentence following the revocation of supervised release is the "plainly unreasonable " standard once … -1.5
18-6130 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of New York Second Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus notice standing Question not identified. -4.0
18-6131 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Leslie M. Arp Second Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct standing takings UHY DIESNT 18304 AND18306 PPPREHEND173128 AND 2O1S AND NOVEMBEROS, QDIS. WHY DOESN'T 183O4 AND 18306 MARE 173128AND 1TH036 THRE LE DETECTOR POLYGRAFH … -4.0
18-6449 In Re Hakeem Sultaana Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process extraordinary-writ extraordinary-writs federal-courts habeas-corpus mandamus relief-sought standing statutory-provisions 1) Sultaana requests this Court to compel the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to review its jurisdiction authority pursuant to ti… -4.0
18-7260 In Re Vernon Shawn Daniels, Jr. Denied Relisted (2)IFP 11th-circuit 4th-circuit actual-innocence due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus saving-clause writ-of-certiorari Has the Eleventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals effectively suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus, without authorization, where the Court… -4.0
18-7338 Crystal Nicole Jones v. Office of Administrative Hearings, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights discrimination drug-addiction due-process medical-care medical-treatment professional-licensing standing On Andio recording hearing did BryceD.Benedict i state I was an dddict have alwoys been and addict and would Cortinve to be an addict. ?lstate ment ma… -4.0
18-7461 In Re Brandon Lee Denied Relisted (2)IFP affirmative-proof civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure grand-jury indictment judicial-review judicial-supervision legal-standing prosecutorial-misconduct WILL THE SUPREME COURT INVOKE ITS JUDICIAL SUPERVISORY POWER AS A BASIS TO PRESCRIBE STANDARDS OF PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT BEFORE THE GRAND JURY IF AFFIR… -4.0
18-6702 Brandon Gale Combs v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception leon-doctrine probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-requirement I. Whether it is unconstitutional to allow appellate courts to review information known to police, but unknown to the neutral and detached magistrate … -4.5
18-6972 Manuel Pereira-Gomez v. United States Second Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause force-clause physical-force robbery sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the New York State offense of robbery is a "crime of violence," that is, an offense that "has as an element the use, attempted use, or threate… -4.5
18-7426 Terry Lamell Ezell v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 aedpa armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review constitutional-vagueness johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states procedural-burden retroactivity sentencing-enhancement welch-v-united-states Where (1) the sentencing record is silent or does not clearly establish if the district court relied on the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual claus… -4.5
18-7431 Teddrick Batiste v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 death-penalty due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance organic-brain-damage procedural-bar state-court-deference wilson-v-sellers The post-conviction state court process in Batiste's case was inadequate for ascertaining the truth and lacked critical components of an adjudication … -4.5
18-8009 Ernesto Aguirre v. Ken Clark, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights collateral-review due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-review procedural-default state-court state-court-procedure state-court-rules May a state court ignore its own exception rules to barring untimely or successive petitions without violating the Constitution to Equal Protection of… -4.5
18-8013 Paul Pieczynski v. Wells Fargo and Company, N.A. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-procedures due-process federal-jurisdiction land-patent supremacy-clause takings time treaty-law update weather If one is entitled to update a land patent, is there a time of day, time of year, season, weather event, or anything that would bar the update? Did t… -4.5
18-8014 Wyley Tomas Baird v. Tammy Foss, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment jury-instructions opinion petition prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sexual-assault supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Was Petitioner denied a Constitutional due process of law and the right to be convicted only upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt in the absence of su… -4.5
18-8017 Jacoby Kindred v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP barefoot-standard barefoot-v-estelle certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-courts habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default procedural-grounds slack-standard slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review In cases where a federal district court dismisses a habeas petition based on procedural grounds and is determining whether to issue a certificate of a… -4.5
18-8020 Benjamin Besteder, Jr. v. Sean Bowerman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment access-to-evidence appeal civil-rights due-process excessive-punishment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel Question not identified. -4.5
18-8021 Charles R. Baker v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act anti-terrorism-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel first-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations Whether thenewly discovered evidence presented to the lower Court's was sufficient to toll the one year statute of limitation set-forth in title 28 u.… -4.5
18-8032 Edgar Arellano v. California California Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance pre-trial-investigation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment PETITIONER'S COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN FAILING TO CONDUCT A REASONABLE PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION. THIS VIOLATED PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL, AS GUARA… -4.5
18-8037 Jerry Anthony Brandon, aka Jerry L. Brandon v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance involuntary-absence medical-emergency new-trial sixth-amendment trial-absence voluntary-absence Was the Petitioner's 5th 6th & 14th amendment rights, to the Constitution of the United States violated when? ONE. Petitioner's defense counsel faile… -4.5
18-8039 James Barstad v. Washington Washington Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus invasion jurisdiction legal-standing suspension venue void-ab-initio war Has the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus been suspended in Americas If so, what entity has declared war against and invaded America? Could STATE OF WASHIN… -4.5
18-8619 In Re Derrell L. Gilchrist Denied IFP 18-usc-924 criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process first-step-act habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation CAN PETITIONER SEEK RELIEF PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C § 2241 TO ADDRESS CLARIFICATION OF 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C) IN THE FIRST STEP ACT OF 2O18. -4.5
18-5813 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Jennifer Henkin Second Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review standing administrative-law civil-rights due-process executive-power judicial-review standing WAS HS 2,VRINE MUEUS AND SQUAMOVS EPILITHIAL)FROM MTHO36 CONTAMINATION WSHY DIDCIRCVIT TUDGES ROSEMARY S. EDICAL MAL ESLEY, CHIN DENY DENNY FFSNOTICE … -6.0
18-7008 Daniel Lee White v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-disclosure due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent standing takings 1) Whether the District Court's failure to address Petitioner's constitutional claims, based on Giglio v. United States, 92 S.Ct. 763, 405 U.S. 150 (1… -6.0
18-7317 Willie Davis v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-intent due-process judicial-review separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the Appellate Court's reading of 18 U.S.C.§ 3231 in relation to 18 U.S.C.§ 3179(a) exceeds Judicial power Whether a Court's interpretation of… -6.0
18-7372 Santos Cuevas v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Prison Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech grand-jury jurisdiction presumption-of-innocence standing Question not identified. -6.0
18-7559 Shomari Daley v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Dwy am Bing DeeCrndin Cvel Ca Dut Never in C Im E? DWhy S g l hneuing tha m in Conitantg ate istance 3without Justie ho Am el sppossed to Swwive? 6 D)… -6.0
18-8045 Dontie S. Mitchell v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-8086 Steven Thomason v. OneWest Bank, FSB, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit civil-procedure civil-rights fair-housing-act fair-housing-act-fha loan-servicer mandamus mortgage-loan-modification mortgage-modification real-estate-transaction right-of-action standing Whether a Mortgage Loan Modification from a plaintiffs loan servicer is sufficiently related to the meaning of "real estate-related transaction" under… -6.5
18-8121 Edward Harrison v. Thomas Griffin, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-allocution plea-consolidation statutory-time-limit statutory-violation time-enhancement Can CPL 180.30 exceed the 122hrs., or the 144hrs. (144hrs. pertains to weekends, and holidays) without extenuating, or an extension? When CPL 160.00 … -6.5
18-8127 Nguyen Vu v. Sandy L.V. Byrd, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, First Judicial District, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights cross-examination due-process evidence-suppression evidence-tampering fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct perjury prosecutorial-misconduct recusal Whether Petitioner's constitutional rights to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution were violated when Judge Sa… -6.5
18-8140 Roger K. Washington v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-8144 Sami Albra v. Selene Finance, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit appellate-procedure circuit-rules civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure injunctive-relief judicial-discretion standing Does the 9th Circuit's circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particularly when it results in depriving an individual due … -6.5
18-8188 Jermaine C. Williams v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law contract contract-clause criminal-procedure due-process judgment judicial-review lower-tribunal plea-agreement sentencing united-states-constitution WHETHER THE PLEA AGREEMENT AFFIRMED BY THE LOWER TRIBUNAL VIOLATED THE CONTRACT AND DUE PROCESS CLAUSES OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -6.5
18-8189 Martin Tovar v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction Ground One: Whether (a) The Indiana Southern District Court erred in ruling Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus was time barred and (b) Seventh Circuit… -6.5
18-8236 Robert L. Bianchi v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment 28-usc-2244(d)(2) civil-procedure due-process federal-court federal-procedure filing-requirements habeas-corpus mass-rule-25(b)(2) motion-for-new-trial motion-for-reduction-in-verdict new-trial state-court state-court-requirements statutory-interpretation Whether the United States District Court/United States Court of Appeals violated the 10th Amendments of the United States Constitution when they creat… -6.5
18-8253 Jamie Kenmont Kerien Brown v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection habeas-corpus intellectual-disability mental-health post-conviction-relief If hs er Ptn Ce oh Con po c indvda ~ W. h qua Ces o he .S. C ee a te ve e be inam? V. I ohe adilt murderer? -6.5
18-8263 LaVaughn Weatherly v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP §2253(c)(2) conflict-of-circuit-decisions constitutional-rights district-court-denial due-process evidentiary-hearing failure-to-investigate habeas-corpus hohn-v-us ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review misadvise On a matter of great importance was the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida in "Weatherly V. Jones, 315 -conviction-365-LC/CAS an… -6.5
18-8284 Matthew Winters v. City of West Jordan, Utah, et al. Utah Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appeal-restrictions appeals constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction jurisdictional-bars pro-se standing Does it violate the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the 14 Amendment for pro se parties to have less time and more restrictions to file ap… -6.5
18-8286 Marco M. Torres v. Michael S. Williams, Judge, Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Hillsborough County Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-courts florida-supreme-court judicial-power judicial-review separation-of-powers sister-circuit statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, Article 3, section 1, and 2, of the United States Constitution, on doctrine central to the federal courts structural independence consists… -6.5
18-8287 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Uttam Dhillon, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Second Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-standing-patent-takings-due-proce administrative-law civil-rights controlled-substances-act due-process equal-protection standing Question not identified. -6.5
18-8342 Edward Spears v. R&R Cleaning Services, et al. South Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause equal-protection-of-the-law judicial-process legal-review petition standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court deprive me of my constitutional rights of equal protection of the law? -6.5
18-8348 Blair Garner v. William Lee, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 911-recordings ancillary-finding appellate-review civil-procedure de-novo-review due-process due-process-clause factual-determination factual-findings federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure notice notice-and-opportunity-to-be-heard standard-of-review 1. The prejudice component of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), presents a mixed question of law and fact. Id. at 698. When a district co… -6.5
18-8371 Martin E. Grant v. Michigan Michigan Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection first-degree-murder life-imprisonment motion-for-relief-from-judgment plea-bargaining sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner has been denied the effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the 6th Amendment to the United States Constitution, during the p… -6.5
18-8376 Dee Deidre Farmer v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-claims civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-district-court jurisdiction jurisdictional-transfer prisoner-civil-action prisoner-rights residence-determination standing venue-requirements When a prisoner initiates a civil action in a federal district court should that court deem the prisoner a resident of the state in which she/he resid… -6.5
18-8381 Christopher D. Schneider v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP censorship courthouse-access due-process Equal-access first-amendment hobsons-choice jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge jurisdiction-over-individual prior-restraint standing Structural-error Did the Ninth Circuit Court and Tax Court choose to ignore the fact that both court lacked jurisdiction of Christopher David Schneider? Is it an unco… -6.5
18-8397 Michael Victory v. California Board of Parole Hearings, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP balisok civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection impartial-decision-maker larkin mcclure murchison murchison-v-michigan parole parole-hearing peremptory-challenge quasi-judicial quasi-judicial-immunity DID DEFENDANTS ENGAGE IN A SUB-ROSA POLICY THAT SYSTEMICALLY AND/OR INDIVIDUALLY IMPOSE PRE-DETERMINED & PRO FORMA DECISIONS DENYING PAROLE BY A QUASI… -6.5
18-8416 Patrick Neil Kinney v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-28-usc-2253 circuit-split conditions-of-confinement due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241,due-process,circuit-split,certi habeas-corpus-28-usc-2241 liberty-interest prison-conditions prison-misconduct property-interest sixth-circuit 1. Did the Sixth Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(2) on the issue whether claims by prisoners challenging… -6.5
18-8428 Samuel V. Martinez v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-conviction due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus legal-ethics professional-conduct right-to-counsel standing state-court-review should not the United States District Court of Clorado have granted the Petitiuner counsel after he informed them that he had an ongoing complaint aga… -6.5
18-8437 Garceia Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District I Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights conviction-standards criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction jury-verdict standing statutory-interpretation supervisory-writ Whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court failure to grant a Wis.Stat.5(Rules) 809.71 Supervisory Writ to change Jurisdiction of cases 2013AP714 and 2012AP1… -6.5
18-8449 Juan Bustos-Chavez v. Matthew Hansen, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence alibi alibi-evidence due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits-review murray-v-carrier procedural-review Whether the actual innocence exception established by Murray v. Carrier, applies to alibi evidence; II. Whether, based on the alibi evidence submitte… -6.5
18-8458 Oniel Winston Scarlett v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit appellate-review buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-coa due-process eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-reasoning merits-analysis merits-review reasonable-jurist sentencing Should the Eleventh Circuit provide a sufficient explanation of its order denying a COA in order that a reasonable jurist could ensue its reasoning di… -6.5
18-8463 Douglas A. Dyer v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-remedy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy kokesh-v-sec sec sec-disgorgement sixth-circuit supreme-court-interpretation I. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in determining that the United States Supreme Court case of Kokesh v. SEC, 1… -6.5
18-8464 Oscar Lamar Mims v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion certificate-of-appealability commerce-clause habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel speedy-trial strategic-decision strickland-standard suspension-of-writ writ-of-review Does the Certificate of Appealability process weaken the efficacy of the Writ, either to the point of working a Suspension of the Writ or of making §2… -6.5
18-8467 Abukar Osman Beyle v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation takings Did the Court Of Appeals create a Procedural Error, when it determined Petitioner, Abukar 0. Beyle, in a "Capitol Murder Case", did not make a claim t… -6.5
18-8468 Alfredo Mendez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure discretion district-court-authority due-process federal-courts judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors Whether a federal district court is permitted boundless discretion at sentencing to weigh established factors at sentencing, as the Ninth Circuit has … -6.5
18-8481 Ricky Thompson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy-evidence criminal-procedure discovery discovery-rules due-process government-disclosure government-investigation materiality sealed-affidavit sealed-records At trial, the petitioner sought to prove the existence of two separate conspiracies. One in Ohio and the other in Tennessee. During discovery, the pet… -6.5
18-8492 Reginald Gibson v. James Haviland, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ohio-constitution post-conviction-relief procedural-default res-judicata state-law Whether a criminal defendant is denied due process of law, if the state improperly invokes its res judicata rule for the sake of denying a post-convic… -6.5
18-8493 Jeremel Remymartin Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-921 18-usc-922 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-firearm-statute criminal-law-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms juvenile-delinquency juvenile-justice sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation youthful-offender WHETHER A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER CONVICTION CAN BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF A STATUTE UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) WHERE THE PREVIOUS ADJUDICATION WERE JUVENILE… -6.5
18-8494 Alberto Sostre-Cintron v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-371 18-usc-641 conspiracy conspiracy-18-usc-371 criminal-conspiracy criminal-law district-court-proceedings morissette-standard morissette-v-united-states parties-to-the-proceedings statutory-provisions sufficiency-of-evidence theft-of-government-property theft-of-government-property-18-usc-641 Whether there was sufficient evidence to support Alberto Sostre-Cintron's conviction of conspiracy pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §371. Whether there was suff… -6.5
18-8498 Oryan Yazzie v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process guideline-range mental-health sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness supervised-release Is a supervised release revocation sentence of a length more than double the top of the advisory Guideline range substantively unreasonable if the dis… -6.5
18-8499 Nestor David Vasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-fairness courtroom-prejudice courtroom-security defendant-rights defendant-specific-security fair-trial fair-trial-rights inherent-prejudice inherently-prejudicial judicial-procedure ninth-circuit-review prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancements trial-security 1. In Holbrook v. Flynn , 475 U.S. 560, 570-72 (1986), the Court held that the mere presence of guards at a trial was not so inherently prejudicial th… -6.5
18-8500 Nickey Ardd v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights confidential-informant due-process entrapment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-warrant sixth-amendment warrant-requirement Consistent with this Court's decision in Roviaro v. United States, 353 U.S. at 60-61 (1963). When the disclosure of the name of confidential informant… -6.5
18-8501 Mohammed Bah v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law deportation-consequences guilty-plea immigrant-rights immigration ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lee-v-united-states prejudice 1. Does an analysis of prejudice in the context of ineffective assistance of counsel involving the guilty plea of an immigrant result in a unreasonabl… -6.5
18-8504 John Whaley v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process imprisonment procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Whether, on remand, imposition of the same twenty-five year term of imprisonment and maximum ter superviselease was bot procurally n ubstantively rabl… -6.5
18-8506 Jose Jaime Lopez v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-846 7th-circuit 7th-circuit-precedent 851-colloquy abuse-of-statute appellate-review attempt-charge attempt-conviction civil-rights criminal-procedure drug-deal due-process indigent indigent-defendant indigent-status prior-conviction reasonable-doubt right-to-counsel seventh-circuit speculation standing substantial-step WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DEPRIVED OF THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL BY THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT'S FAILURE TO APPOINT COUNSEL AFTER PETITI… -6.5
18-8536 Elmar K. Scott v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c… -6.5
18-8537 Daniel Salinas v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c… -6.5
18-8543 Anthony Peoples v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filed-mon-ogy-2018 fraud maps-to-eet-ve-asssiamle-of-counsel pleading pleading-to-b-pabudolent-zhlolip-tion standing verindes-cousriruriaal WAS PETIOVERS CONSTITUTIONAL RKSTS TO EfFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL UNDER THEBH AMENDMENT AND DUE PROIESS SW AND I4TY AMENDMENT, VIOLATED BY, PLEADI… -6.5
18-8570 Damien Preston v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-decisions confrontation-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-violation harmless-error ineffective-assistance jury-determination prejudice sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington THE QUESTIONS PRESENTED WAS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS THREE JUDGE PANEL, MADE A PRECEDENTIAL DECISION, THAT THE PETITI… -6.5
18-8574 William Burton v. Delaware Delaware Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-of-not-guilty prosecutorial-evidence right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Did petitioner's attorney provide ineffective assistance of counsel that violated petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to a fair trial a… -6.5
18-8577 Gerald W. Long v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-admission fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury sixth-amendment trial trial-procedure I. Did the Trial Court err when it concluded that Gerald Long's Fourth Amendment right proscribing unreasonable searches and seizures was not violated… -6.5