Conference: 2019-04-26

193 cases — 0 granted, 193 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-719 Kathleen Uradnik v. Inter Faculty Organization, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) association associational-freedoms compelled-association constitutional-scrutiny exclusive-representation first-amendment free-speech labor-union labor-unions public-sector public-sector-employees Whether it violates the First Amendment to appoint a labor union to represent and speak for public-sector employees who have declined to join the unio… 23.0
18-5924 Evangelisto Ramos v. Louisiana Louisiana Judgment Issued Amici (12)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment incorporation incorporation-doctrine racial-discrimination sixth-amendment stare-decisis unanimous-jury unanimous-verdict Whether the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporates the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a unanimous verdict? 19.5
18-1159 The Universal Church, Inc. v. Calvin Toellner, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) archaic-religious-texts circuit-split civil-rights contemporary-public-perception free-speech generic-marks generic-term legal-standard public-perception religious-freedom religious-organizations standing technical-theological-usages theological-usages trademark trademark-law trademark-protection Religious organizations frequently confront claims that their names are generic and ineligible for trademark protection. Courts are divided over such … 11.5
18-670 SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) federal-housing-finance federal-housing-finance-authority fhfa foreclosure-bar lien-enforcement lien-priority mortgage-securitization property-rights real-estate-transactions secondary-mortgage-market securitized-mortgages statutory-interpretation tax-liens 1. Does 12 U.S.C. § 4617(j)(3) apply to foreclosures of properties for which FHFA holds a securitized mortgage solely as trustee for the security hold… 11.5
18-679 Erick Virgil Hall v. Idaho Idaho Denied Amici (1) aggravating-circumstances capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-standards death-penalty felony-murder heinous-atrocious-cruel jury-sentencing narrowing-requirement propensity-to-commit-murder sentencing-guidance utter-disregard To prevent arbitrary imposition of the death penalty, this Court has required use of "'clear and objective standards' that provide 'specific and detai… 11.5
18-952 Christopher Anthony Mountjoy, Jr. v. Colorado Colorado Denied Amici (1) apprendi-precedent apprendi-v-new-jersey colorado-sentencing colorado-sentencing-system constitutional-interpretation jury-determination legal-elements sentencing-factors sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-precedent united-states-v-gaudin Whether the rule of United States v. Gaudin, 515 U.S. 506 (1995)—namely, that the Sixth Amendment requires juries to find not just historical facts bu… 11.5
18-957 NextEra Energy, Inc. v. Elliott Associates, L.P., et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (1) 11-usc-363 11-usc-503 bankruptcy bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-sale breakup-fee business-judgment-rule circuit-split debtor section-363 section-503 Whether a debtor's decision to agree to a negotiated breakup fee as part of a sale transaction should be reviewed by the bankruptcy court under the de… 11.5
18-1095 Charles G. Kinney v. Frances Rothschild, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-code-discharge-injunction bankruptcy-discharge bosse bosse-v-oklahoma constitutional-rights court-judgment creditor-rights discharged-debtor judicial-procedure personal-liability rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine unsecured-creditor It is rare for a federal statute to say it "voids" a court judgment, but that is exactly what 11 U.S.C. Sec. 524(a)(1) does. If that decision determin… 10.5
18-1096 Charles G. Kinney v. Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied as-applied-challenge civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process facial-challenge first-amendment free-speech judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation retaliation standing vexatious-litigant Calif. vexatious litigant law is unconstitutionally vague on its face. The language is unclear as to: (a) what is "litigation"; (b) what has or doesn'… 10.5
18-782 William C. Bond v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied amendment circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process leave-to-amend pleading pleading-deficiencies pro-se pro-se-litigant standing Whether when denying a pro se litigant leave to amend the complaint, a district court must provide a reason for that denial (as held by the Third, Sev… 10.5
18-790 Tin Cup, LLC v. Army Corps of Engineers Ninth Circuit Denied administrative-law agency-action appropriations appropriations-act clean-water-act corps-of-engineers delineation fiscal-year statutory-interpretation wetlands wetlands-delineation The Clean Water Act authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to issue permits for the discharge of certain pollutants into "navigable waters," whic… 10.5
18-319 E. & J. Gallo Winery, et al. v. Refugio Arreguin California Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) arbitrability circuit-court-split circuit-split class-arbitration federal-arbitration-act gateway-question gateway-question-of-arbitrability oxford-health-plans oxford-health-plans-v-sutter stolt-nielsen stolt-nielsen-v-animalfeeds supreme-court-precedent Whether a court, or an arbitrator, decides whether an arbitration agreement permits class arbitration. 9.5
18-1138 Charles Kinney v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights constitutional-vagueness due-process first-amendment judicial-bias judicial-discretion retaliation standing vexatious-litigant Cal. vexatious litigant law is unconstitutionally vague on its face. The language is unclear as to: (a) what is "litigation"; (b) what has or doesn't … 8.5
18-962 In Re Joseph M. Arpaio Denied Amici (1) criminal-appeal department-of-justice due-process federal-courts prosecutorial-discretion separation-of-powers special-prosecutor young-v-united-states Where the Department of Justice has appeared in a criminal appeal on behalf of the United States, and indicated that it intends to represent the Unite… 6.5
18-979 Joshua Caleb Bohmker, et al. v. Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) environmental-regulation federal-land federal-land-policy federal-land-policy-and-management-act federal-land-use-control federal-mining federal-mining-claims federal-preemption land-management land-use-control mineral-development mining-claims national-forest-management-act preemption state-environmental-regulation supremacy-clause In California Coastal Comm'n v. Granite Rock Co., 480 U.S. 572 (1987), this Court considered the question whether states might assert permitting autho… 6.5
18-1077 Akil Jahi, aka Preston Carter v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied atkins-v-virginia collateral-review constitutional-protection death-penalty death-penalty-eligibility hall-v-florida intellectual-disability moore-v-texas retroactive-application retroactivity supreme-court-precedent 1. Does Hall v. Florida, 572 U.S. 701 (2014) apply retroactively to cases on collateral review? 2. Does Moore v. Texas, 137 S. Ct. 1039 (2017) apply … 5.5
18-1087 Javier Chavez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied access-to-courts attorney-abandonment attorney-death certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-access due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline legal-malpractice pro-se 1. Should the Fifth Circuit have granted a Certificate of Appealability on equitable tolling when Petitioner's retained lawyer died and no one could f… 5.5
18-1089 Annette Benjamin v. Felder Services, L.L.C., dba Oxford Health and Rehab Center Fifth Circuit Denied age-discrimination burden-of-proof civil-rights direct-evidence disparate-treatment employment-act employment-discrimination employment-law poor-performance pretext summary-judgment workplace-discrimination In a case brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, where a long-term, older employee is displaced by a younger employee, may a court pr… 5.5
18-1098 Daniel E. Witte v. Jayden H. Huynh, nka Jayden Scacco Utah Denied 14th-amendment civil-litigation civil-rights constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process faretta-v-california first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech pro-se-representation self-representation strict-scrutiny In Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 829-32, 830 n.39, 833-34, 834 n.46 (1975), this Court held that state courts may not compel pro se litigants i… 5.5
18-1104 Nina Ringgold v. Providence Health & Services, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act associational-standing circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-rights disability-discrimination injunctive-relief mootness mootness-doctrine rehabilitation-act standing There is generally agreement among the courts of appeal that under 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act that a non-di… 5.5
18-1106 Delaware Riverkeeper Network, et al. v. Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, et al. Third Circuit Denied administrative-law administrative-review administrative-review-process clean-water-act federal-preemption federalism finality-standard natural-gas-act preemption state-finality-standard state-law tenth-amendment Section 401 of the Clean Water Act requires an applicant for an interstate natural gas pipeline project to obtain "a certification from the State in w… 5.5
18-1121 Captain James Linlor v. Michael Polson Fourth Circuit Denied 4th-amendment bivens bivens-action civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment police-powers qualified-immunity sexual-battery tsa tsa-screener tsa-screening 1. Whether the attested-as-intentional excessive and unreasonable force striking of a cooperative passenger's genitals by a TSA screener not meeting m… 5.5
18-1148 Kimberly Franett-Fergus v. Omak School District 19, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-rights diversity diversity-considerations employment employment-discrimination hiring-practices national-origin protected-classes race racial-bias religion summary-judgment 1. Whether a plaintiff may rely on ethnically distinct names in proving circumstantial evidence of how an employer regards the job candidates' race, r… 5.5
18-772 Erasmo Aviles, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence exculpatory-testimony government-interests immunity prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination witness-immunity Does due process require a court to compel the government, on pain of dismissal, to seek immunity for an essential defense witness if government's int… 5.5
18A995 Betty Caitlin Nicole Smith v. Zachary Taylor Daniel Florida Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M138 In Re Frank J. Ashley Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M139 Vilaychith Khouanmany v. John Doe 1, et al. Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M140 Dustin Matthews v. Roseann Robles Arizona Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M141 Maria S., as Next Friend for E. H. F. and S. H. F., Minors, and A. S. G. v. Ramiro Garza Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M142 Andre Williams v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18-1005 Eileen L. Zell v. Katherine M. Klingelhafer, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure court-misconduct cover-up due-process judicial-bias legal-malpractice perjury political-influence settlement-conference Whether the following actions of the district and appellate courts below represented concrete evidence of actual bias that violates due process of law… 4.0
18-1076 In Re Robert K. Hudnall Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process hearsay hearsay-evidence jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction secret-hearing service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction May a State Supreme Court that is granted only appellate jurisdiction as a matter of law by the state constitution: Exercise personal jurisdiction wi… 4.0
18-6870 James Frederick v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca-elements-clause bodily-harm categorical-approach causation-of-harm circuit-split criminal-law curtis-johnson duenas-alvarez florida-battery-statute statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-force In Curtis Johnson v. United States, 559 U.S. 133, 140 (2010), the Court defined the term "physical force" in the ACCA's elements clause to mean "viole… 4.0
18-757 Teddy Chuang v. California California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) brady-v-maryland brady-violation brady-vs-maryland california-penal-code-141 constitutional-mandate due-process evidence-concealment exculpatory-evidence penal-code-violation prosecutable prosecutorial-misconduct trombetta trombetta-standard trombetta-v-california Whether a case is prosecutable under California v. Trombetta, 467 U.S. 479 (1984) when the District Attorney commits a felony in violation of Californ… 4.0
18-1112 Alvin S. Kanofsky v. Bethlehem Area School District Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived article-v bill-of-rights civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection freedom-of-speech government-action religion religious-discrimination takings taxation taxation-dispute Was Kanofsky denied Due Process, as required in Article V of the Bill of Rights? Was Kanofsky being discriminated against in the legal proceedings be… 3.5
18-1113 Jeffrey Gray Thomas v. Laurie Zelon, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-complaint district-court-dismissal due-process federal-circuit-court federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-precedent rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing Did the Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Err in Affirming the District Court's Dismissal of the federal civil rights complaint under the Rubric … 3.5
18-1115 Ronald DeCoster v. Waushara County Highway Department, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights claim-preclusion due-process fair-notice federal-funding fifth-amendment inverse-condemnation res-judicata takings uniform-relocation-assistance ura I. Are Petitioner's claims under the URA, the Fifth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. §1983 barred by the doctrine of claim preclusion and res judicata, despite… 3.5
18-1118 Kim Kerrigan v. Qualstar Credit Union, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-appellate-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction presumption-against-jurisdiction procedural-presumption removal removal-jurisdiction standing standing-challenge state-law subject-matter-jurisdiction washington-law When the standing of a removing defendant is challenged in the Court of Appeals must that Court directly address such standing challenge pursuant to i… 3.5
18-1128 Curtis Minchuk v. Craig Strand Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split deadly-force deadly-force-justification excessive-force fourth-amendment police-use-of-force qualified-immunity self-defense totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force 1. Whether evidence of a dangerous and violent suspect's sudden and unexpected gesture of surrender immediately and objectively terminates the deadly … 3.5
18-1136 Beverly L. Hennager v. Troutman Sanders LLP Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-fees charging-liens civil-procedure civil-rights client-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-ethics legal-fees pro-se-representation standing 1. Whether the rules and laws governing how charging liens are imposed and executed in Federal District Courts should be clarified so as to uniformly … 3.5
18-1143 Ronald Lee Blake v. Federal Bureau of Investigation District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-determination employment-law expungement federal-employment federal-law-enforcement full-faith-and-credit standing state-felony-conviction Whether the Court should resolve the following question: can federal law enforcement employment determinations be based upon a state felony conviction… 3.5
18-1146 Johanna Ong, et al. v. Hudson County Superior Court, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment bodily-harm civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations damages due-process eighth-amendment sovereign-immunity standing statute-of-limitations 1. Did the lower courts repeatedly violate the Petitioners' Constitutional protections, including Fifth/ Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Rights and E… 3.5
18-1174 Ian Goldenberg, et al. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived eminent-domain equity judicial-taking just-compensation just-compensation-clause natural-gas-act preliminary-injunction property-rights separation-of-powers takings The Court has long emphasized the strict construction of condemnation statutes, especially as against corporate delegatees of this sovereign power. By… 3.5
18-1175 Colin Shillinglaw v. Baylor University, et al. Texas Denied Response Waived anti-SLAPP anti-slapp-statute arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act federal-arbitration-act-preemption preemption res-judicata state-court-procedure 1. Whether the FAA preempts a conflicting state anti-SLAPP statute and precludes a state court from refusing either to compel arbitration or to stay l… 3.5
18-1176 Eric Wenzel, et al. v. Carl Storm Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived anderson-v-liberty-lobby civil-rights dash-camera-evidence dash-camera-video excessive-force fourth-amendment lytle-v-bexar-county police-use-of-force qualified-immunity scott-v-harris seizure-intrusive seizure-standard summary-judgment unarmed-suspect 1. Did the Eighth Circuit err in holding that Respondent Officer Storm was entitled to qualified immunity on the Wenzel Petitioners' claim of excessiv… 3.5
18-1234 John A. Moriarty, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
18-1248 Neil C. Kienast and Braman B. Broy v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived child-pornography circuit-split due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception law-enforcement privacy-interest probable-cause search-and-seizure suppression-doctrine suppression-of-evidence warrant warrant-validity This Court has applied the U.S. v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984) good faith exception in a variety of cases to include a knock and announce violation (Hud… 3.5
18-1251 Sandy Annabi v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-deprivation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-standard sentencing standing Whether petitioner has established a colorable claim of constitutional deprivation such that the Court of Appeals should have issued a certificate of … 3.5
18-1254 Jeremiah L. King v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response Waived child-pornography criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-facts fifth-amendment permissive-inference search-terms sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Court of Appeals relied upon permissive inferences that violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment in finding Petitioner's con… 3.5
18-6758 Michael Bordman v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP child-pornography constitutional-vagueness continued-dissemination due-process harm-disaggregation initial-abuse restitution sentencing supervised-release (1) Whether the restitution award in child pornography sentencings must disaggregate the harm caused by the initial abuse from the harm caused by the … 0.5
18-7543 Rodney Landingham v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime void-for-vagueness 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C… 0.5
18-6774 Jimmy L. Thompson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process felon-in-possession firearm-charges predicate-felony sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute Whether a conviction based on a statute that has been held void ab initio can be used to increase punishment as a predicate felony pursuant to 18 U.S.… -1.0
18-7188 Ian R. Davis v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 actual-innocence brady-v-maryland discovery due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition prima-facie-showing successive-petition witness-recantation Ten years after Ian Davis was convicted of aggravated murder and felonious assault, the only alleged eyewitness to the crime admitted, in an unsolicit… -1.0
18-7203 Francisco Salazar v. Texas Texas Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appointed-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-record-on-appeal free-transcript in-forma-pauperis indigent standing trial-court-order Question not identified. -1.0
18-8600 Tony McLeod v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phones circuit-split criminal-evidence digital-forensics expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence fourth-amendment internet-anonymity lay-testimony mens-rea rule-702 sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether using Cellebrite technology to download forensic digital evidence from a cell phone requires specialized or technical knowledge so that the… -1.5
18-6611 Sherif Philips v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law fraud fraud-upon-court medical-license medical-statute right-to-honest-services summary-suspension vagueness-doctrine Question not identified. -4.0
18-6881 Jason Alston v. Mississippi Department of Employment Security Mississippi Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights conspiracy due-process employment-security fourteenth-amendment fraud judicial-proceedings jurisdiction state-government unemployment-benefits Whether the Mississippi Department of Employment Security and/ or Mississippi Department of Transportation violated petitioner due process rights unde… -4.0
18-7017 Donna A. Black v. Jerome Lindsay District of Columbia Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights dc-housing-authority discrimination due-process habitability-standards housing housing-discrimination housing-voucher landlord-tenant landlord-tenant-law lead-poisoning public-housing Why is our family left homeless when the landlord Jerome W. Lindsey Jr. AKA Jerome W. Lindsay Jr. had a job to maintain and keep a home in habitable l… -4.0
18-7321 Michael A. Young v. Carol Chapdelaine, Warden Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals certiorari civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-action standing statutory-provisions supreme-court WhEthrindgen petiONEr's Whie being Constructively DENrED'appontment of Covnsel on"FIRSTand "ALLother appeals "DENYING'statulory RIGHT to appeal excus… -4.0
18-7450 Bradley B. Miller v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP anti-injunction-act civil-liability civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-law judicial-immunity removal removal-proceedings state-court-procedure state-courts supremacy-clause title-28 This case presents issues related to the failure of the 330th Family District Court, Dallas County, Texas, to observe federal jurisdiction during a re… -4.0
18-6734 Henry Franklin Reddick v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment child-pornography civil-rights digital-privacy digital-search fourth-amendment hash-value private-search private-search-doctrine search-and-seizure warrant-requirement I. Does a police officer violate the Fourth Amendment by opening a digital file and viewing an image in it without a warrant to confirm a private comp… -4.5
18-7470 Carl Lee Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking categorical-approach crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-carjacking intimidation physical-force residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Is federal carjacking by way of intimidation a crime of violence as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s force clause? 2. In light of this Court'… -4.5
18-7527 David Phillip Wilson v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP brady-evidence brady-v-maryland brady-violation co-defendant-statement criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel kaupp-v-texas probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct wong-sun-v-united-states 1. Whether the prosecution's failure to provide Brady evidence is excused by trial counsel's lack of diligence in pursuing that evidence, and whether … -4.5
18-7546 Sherman Vickers v. Marina del Rey Marina, LLC California Denied IFP appellate-dismissal appellate-procedure automatic-stay civil-procedure clerk-error court-dismissal designation-of-records due-process fair-hearing record-perfection right-to-fair-hearing right-to-fair-trial IS THERE ANY SUCH THING AS AN AUTOMATIC STAY FOR THE COURT OF APPEALS; CAN THE COURT DISMISS THE APPEAL BEFORE THE PERFECTION OF RECORD ON APPEAL HAS… -4.5
18-7573 Matthew Hearn v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity statutory-interpretation 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C… -4.5
18-7576 Jordaan Stanly Creque v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP capital-murder constitutional-rights credibility death-penalty due-process law-enforcement-testimony law-enforcement-witness reliable-process summation summation-and-bolstering trial-by-jury witness-credibility Where a law enforcement witness who has been seated at counsel table throughout trial gives testimony bolstering other witnesses' credibility and summ… -4.5
18-7648 William R. Stevenson v. R. Cordova, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-violation-obvious-standard constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference directed-verdict-standard due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-deliberate-indifference judicial-bias perjured-testimony prison-conditions qualified-immunity summary-judgment summary-judgment-qualified-immunity Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding the law was not clearly established as to the conduct of Defendants Espinoza and Williams and in conc… -4.5
18-8027 Michael Eugene Sample v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied IFP case-remand collateral-review criminal-justice death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus intellectual-disability judicial-review montgomery-v-louisiana moore-v-texas retroactive-application retroactivity supreme-court-precedent welch-v-united-states writ-of-certiorari 1. Does Moore v. Texas, 581 U.S. ___, 137 S.Ct. 1039 (2017) apply retroactively to cases on collateral review? 2. Should this Court grant certiorari,… -4.5
18-8052 Michael Duane Zack, III v. Florida Florida Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment death-penalty death-sentence eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-retroactivity retroactivity Does the partial retroactivity formula for Hurst u. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), claims designed by the Florida Supreme Court, as applied to a pris… -4.5
18-8063 Shaun Mark Lawler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP aggravated-assault constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing deadly-weapon due-process equal-protection family-violence guilty-plea heat-of-passion ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel murder sentencing statutory-punishment In Texas, a person who commits aggravated assault - family violence by causing serious bodily injury to his girlfriend with a deadly weapon is subject… -4.5
18-8071 Stephen Silas Thomas v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-8072 John J. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment access-to-courts appellate-counsel constitutional-violation criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process pro-se-representation sixth-amendment transcripts (1) Can appellate counsel be denied, forcing a criminal defendant to represent himself in a direct appeal to the state district courts of appeal? Wou… -4.5
18-8073 Tony D. Thompson v. Georgia Georgia Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel out-of-time-appeal procedural-default standing withdrawal-of-guilty-plea Whether the Trial Court and the Georgia Supreme Court abuse their discretion in failing to reach the merits of petitioner's out-of-time appeal and whe… -4.5
18-8084 Warren Scott Taylor v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-8092 Azaniah Blankumsee v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment 1) Did the defendant's lower court err in granting Summary Judgment? 2) DID hE FOURTh CIBCUIT ERR In AFFIRMING IOWER COuRTS Dacision? 3 Did The Four… -4.5
18-8097 Robert Herrera, Sr. v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction standard-of-review Why has the Tex Court Crimival Appeals denied my petition, if the Fourth Court of Appeals stated and arqued the Counsels dctions were below a reasonab… -4.5
18-8102 Vivian Monroe Holman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process post-conviction-relief first trivl? If the orginal tri rial aftorded all of the required procedurnl protection and if the ins titntional players- the prosentor the defense a… -4.5
18-8103 Derrek Heard v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 11th-circuit appellate-review civil-rights court-discretion due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-precedent legal-procedure precedent state-courts state-prisoner Are the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit required to … -4.5
18-8108 Michael Bush v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment post-conviction-hearing postconviction postconviction-hearing trial-transcript Did the failure of the State of Florida to provide Mr. Bush with a complete copy of his trial transcript to be used in a postconviction evidentary hea… -4.5
18-8109 Robert Blake Adams v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 4th-amendment blood-draw criminal-procedure due-process exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment retroactive-application retroactivity texas-transportation-code warrant-requirement warrantless-search SHOULD THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN MISSOURI V McNEELY, 133 S. Ct. 1552 (2013), BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY TO STATE CASES WHERE WITHOUT A WARRANT, AND WITHOU… -4.5
18-8122 Ralph Hall v. Darwin LaClair, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jury-selection newly-discovered-evidence public-trial sixth-amendment standing WHETHER the District Court's reliance upon Circuit holdings in Estelle v. McGune and William Taylor, 529 U.S. 362, constitutes operative pleadings und… -4.5
18-8124 Tony Gross v. John Havlin, Warden Ohio Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment gideon-v-wainwright judicial-jurisdiction right-to-counsel rothgery-v-gillespie-county sixth-amendment state-jurisdiction zerbst-v-johnson Might the states and especially Ohio be required to accept and enforce the 6th and 14th amendment mandates of Gideon vWainwright, 772 U.S. 335, (196),… -4.5
18-8129 Charles Russell v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission reasonable-doubt social-media social-media-evidence witness-testimony Did the Trial Court relieve the state of its burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt when it allowed the state to show the jury photos found o… -4.5
18-8135 Jerry Lee Williams, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process standing state-court-error state-law statutory-interpretation transcript-request trial-court-error 1. Was the clerk of court in error for not applying With LSA-R.S. 13:1885(A) andLSA-C.CR. P.Art.843? 2. Whether the clerkof court in error for not ad… -4.5
18-8138 Joseph Hughes v. Dan Schnurr, Warden Kansas Denied IFP acquittal acquittal-implications civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process second-prosecution sex-offender-management sexual-offender sexual-offender-registration state-authority How can the State of Kansas manage me as a sexual offender when I was found acquitted of rape by a jury? Furthermore, the State of Kansas wasn't able … -4.5
18-8141 Brian Taylor v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion alibi-witness civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct trial trial-counsel 1 - HAS TRIAL COUNSEL INEFFECTIVE FOR NOT CALLING ALIPI WITNESS? P. WAS TRIAL COUNSEL INEFFECTIVE FOR VIOLATING PETITIONERS OLIE PROSSEE OF LAW PUY N… -4.5
18-8142 Michael Williamson v. Karen Slusher, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech jurisdiction official-misconduct prisoner-lawsuit standing Is the holding of the 6th Circuit court of appeals in King v. Zatdara, 733 F. no 1 (80 W. 201.5), cert. Sen., Z&niaray.King, 20115 U.S. LSXtS IS? (201… -4.5
18-8149 Michael Achilles Fries v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial free-speech fundamental-fairness judicial-review legal-precedent standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Does the State have a Constitutional duty to bear the burden of proving that an error in enforcement in order to obtain a conviction, and/or a fair vo… -4.5
18-8152 Alvin DeWayne Trigg v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing state-courts Question not identified. -4.5
18-8154 Deondre D. Romero v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP and whether ineffective assistance of counsel dep due-process fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment victim-credibility witness-credibility Whether Petitioner's Foujteenth Amendment. right to a. fair and impartial trial was violated 'then the proseatftr elicited false testimony from the vi… -4.5
18-8157 James Arthur Brinson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction final-decision fraud fraud-on-court judicial-procedure state-court timeliness untimeliness IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF ACCESS TO THE COURTS BEING DENED WHEN A FRAUD ON A STATE COURT DECISION IS USED TO PROVE UNTIMELINESS WHEN FEDERAL COURTS… -4.5
18-8163 Pierre Andre Basson v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules motion-to-dismiss notice opportunity-to-be-heard pro-se pro-se-plaintiff summary-judgment When considering a Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim Upon which Relief May be Granted Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(… -4.5
18-8170 In Re William Edward Cloninger Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal civil-rights congress-legislation constitutional-claims due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection legal-reform prison-litigation pro-se-litigant procedural-dismissal statute-of-limitations Did ThE E/EVENTh CIRCIRt COURt OF AppEAl, CASE NOMbER: 18. 1O9O5 ViOlAtE ThE PEtitiONER's CONstituFiONAl Right UndER AMEndrEt 5. 14. OF ThE UnitEd-StA… -4.5
18-8174 Jack D. Hall v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Sixth Circuit Dismissed IFP brady-violation cheney-v-u.s.district-court due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus magistrate-judge townsend-v-sain writ-of-mandamus written-order Should this Supreme Court Grant Certiorari, to determine this question of first impression "Dose the specific langauge of Federal Habeas Corpus Rule 8… -4.5
18-8176 Anthony James Brightwell, Jr. v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-error sixth-amendment Petitioner's Constitutional Rights were violated when he guilty plea was not knowingly and intelligently made when the details of the guilty plea were… -4.5
18-8179 Keith Dwayne Lewis v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing state-criminal-conviction sufficiency-of-evidence WHETHER A STATE CRIMINAL CONVICTION SHOULD STAND WHEN A STATE HAS INCORRECTLY CONCLUDES THE SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTION OF AIDIN… -4.5
18-8192 James Anthony Barnett, Jr. v. Alamance County Sheriff Office Detention Center, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-3582 access-to-courts administrative-law civil-rights compassionate-release due-process federal-courts first-amendment prison-conditions standing Question not identified. -4.5
18-8196 Larry R. Tart v. Erik A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit Denied IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection forensic-evaluation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medication medication-consent mental-health pretrial-detention solitary-confinement Where in pre trial confinement Petitioner was unknowingly admnistered3 three different mental health psychologica "twenty nine medication's and not hi… -4.5
18-8197 Tommy Earl Boone, Jr. v. Texas Texas Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-code criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ex-parte-review habeas-corpus incarceration incarceration-period parole sentencing sentencing-statute texas-criminal-procedure texas-law Whether Texas Penal Code Article 42.082 BEVACCP, as interpreted by the Texas Court in EX PARTE KUESIER, 24 SW3d 247 (2000), is unconstitutional. The … -4.5
18-8199 Michael DeVaughn Johnson v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP automatic-reversal constitutional-law constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure critical-stage critical-stages due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Was The ARIZONA STATE COURTS ceCISION that the abSeNCe Of the retitioner's trial counsel during two complet critical Stages" of the trial did not requ… -4.5
18-8203 Darryl Burghardt v. Renee Stein-Graham Ninth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis pro-se service-of-process standing Is anincarcerated prose Petitioner's First & Fourteenth Amendment U.S. Constitutional rights violated if they're under In Forma Pauperis (IFP) status … -4.5
18-8204 Eduardo Molina Bracero v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection exhaustion-of-remedies patent qualified-immunity standing takings any statutoriol or constitutional obligation related tothe protec2. it isnot the obligation of Dept. of corrections officials to vespond grievances an… -4.5
18-8207 Wayland Lynn Dilts v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP constitutional-rights courtroom-closure criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fundamental-fairness new-trial public-trial secret-trial sixth-amendment trial-fairness During Petitioner's jury trial, in state court, the prosecutor requested that the trial court "close the courtroom For that reason, the trial court th… -4.5
18-8208 In Re Donivan Diaz Denied IFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process fair-notice fourteenth-amendment mandamus mandamus-petition professional-conduct state-bar-act 1.) THE PETITIONER HEREBY AVENS THAT THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION AND/OR COMMITS PLAIN ERROR IN FLOUTING THE STATE BAR ACT, RULE… -4.5
18-8211 Russell Berger v. James Gibson, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP ada civil-rights criminal-law disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards standing statutory-interpretation 1) Can a persons height be a disability under Tithe II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42U.s.C.8 12102(1)(A)-(C)? 2) Can a "Strike" be access… -4.5
18-8212 Harry Brantley v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-convictions dismissal district-court due-process federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus petition-dismissal standing state-court timeliness Question not identified. -4.5
18-8219 Jose J. Hernandez v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence felony-murder ineffective-assistance newly-presented standing 2. Is there sufficient evidence to support the conviction for the substantive offense of first degree felony murder, and does the adopted felony murde… -4.5
18-8221 Jonathan Judkins v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-performance due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-petition post-conviction-relief standing subpoena (1) This Court should recognize that no meaningful county decision has shielded the evidence made considered newly disclosed by virtue of appellate re… -4.5
18-8222 Desi A. Lewis v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation trial-court virginia-code Was the Trail Court in error when the Court therefore find that it is without jurisdiction to conduct a resentencing or modify the Defendant's sentenc… -4.5
18-8227 Bodey Cook v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act appellate-review certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief Question not identified. -4.5
18-8228 Daryl Bocook v. Gary Mohr, Warden Ohio Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-precedent forensic-evidence habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict legal-principles precedent-conflict standing state-court-dismissal supreme-court-review The state courts sua sponte dismissal of my petition was A departure from the Accepted And usual course of Judicial proceedings including claims of Ex… -4.5
18-8229 Sam Chinn, aka Sam Chinn, III v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-455 28-usc-636 article-iii article-iii-section-2 article-iii-violation civil-procedure constitutional-claims due-process federal-rule-8 habeas-corpus judicial-disqualification magistrate-judge-process plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60b-motion WHETHER THE DENIAL OF A RULE 60(b) MOTION, BY THE DISTRICT COURT, AND THE DENIAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY BY THE COURT OF APPEALS, WAS A ABUS… -4.5
18-8615 In Re Patrick Henry Murphy Denied IFP capital-punishment civil-rights due-process equal-protection establishment-clause execution-protocol first-amendment free-exercise religious-accommodation religious-freedom state-procedure When a State permits members of some faiths (e.g., Christians) to be accompanied in the execution chamber during the execution by a clergyperson of th… -4.5
18-8726 In Re Stetory Calhoun Denied IFP alabama capital-offenses constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law death-penalty due-process gang-related-murder legislative-intent legislative-process statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER ACT NO. 92-601, AS ENROLLED, AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, (CODIFIED AS SUBSECTIONS (15), (16), (17), AND (18), OF … -4.5
18-7225 Neil Gillespie v. Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Florida Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 7th-amendment administrative-procedure buyer-incompetence civil-rights constitutional-challenge disciplinary-functions due-process federal-regulation foia foreclosure home-equity-conversion-mortgage hud-jurisdiction lawyers-guild mortgage-law nonlawyer-ownership older-americans-act privacy-rights pro-se-litigation securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 standing the-florida-bar trial-by-jury unlicensed-practice-of-medicine void-for-vagueness voting-rights Is the federal HECM reverse mortgage program unconstitutional? This petition challenges the constitutionality of the federal Home Equity Conversion Mo… -6.0
18-7713 Darnell Grimsley v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice procedural-default prosecution-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct sequestration sequestration-order sufficiency-of-evidence trial-testimony violation-of-sequestration-order Mr. Grimsley alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to have a face to face visit prior to his second trial, after receiving crucia… -6.0
18-7911 Albert Miklos Kun v. State Bar of California California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 11th-amendment 14th-amendment bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-preemption federalism fourteenth-amendment sovereign-immunity standing state-bar Whether petitioner's right to protection by the Eq Whether petitioner's rights protected by the Due P Whether the California Supreme Court may order pay Whether California waived its sovereign immunity to the Bankruptcy Clause. Whether the California Supreme Court may order payment of a debt that has … -6.0
18-7916 Jimmy Lee Wren v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection post-conviction-relief rule-11 rule-11-sanctions sanctions sentencing sentencing-hearing Whether a state court has the right to bar a litigant of having access to the courts? Whether due process violations toll the state's statute of limi… -6.0
18-8081 Jared King v. Karen Creed, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights coppedge-v-united-states due-process fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis notice-of-hearing standing summary-judgment Whether the panel that dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915(e) plaintiffs appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Second circuit, (Parker, Chin & Livi… -6.5
18-8082 Elton Lee Baker, Sr. v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt charging-information criminal-attempt criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process mens-rea strict-liability CAN A CITIZEN BE CONVICTED OF AN UNCHARGED CRIME OF ATTEMPT OF THE PRIMARY CHARGES IN THE CHARGING INFORMATION WITHOUT THE ATTEMPT STATUTE BEING INCLU… -6.5
18-8087 Joseph Michael Kurz v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof capital-trial criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-error standard-of-review statute-of-limitations time-limitations witness-testimony Reasonable jurists would determine that the district court erred in allowing the State to prosecute Mr. Kurz for an allegations that the time limitati… -6.5
18-8137 Tanya Steele v. John Pedro, Jr., et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-harassment civil-rights due-process fair-housing-act jurisdiction sovereign-immunity standing sua-sponte U.S. District Court Judge Mark Mastroianni removed John Pedro Junior's default judgment with a sua sponte order. A sua sponte order is a decision made… -6.5
18-8151 Loren Williamson, III v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254a 28-usc-2254d conflict-of-interest due-process due-process-equal-protection-disparity equal-protection parties-to-the-proceeding post-conviction post-conviction-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel Whether a Certificate of Appealability should issule below to allowthe Ninth Circuit to determine whether. Lowrence v.Florida, 549 0.5.3.27, 33y(2007,… -6.5
18-8158 Jerry Anderson, II v. Rex Miller, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus procedural-error standing DID DISTRICT COURT ERR WHEN IT DISMISSED PLAINTIFFS CLAIM FOR FAILURE TO STATE CLAIM WITH PREJUDICE WITHOUT AFFORDING PLAINTIFF A OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER… -6.5
18-8180 William N. Lucy, Personal Representative of Annie D. Fox, Deceased v. Dialysis Associates, et al. Alabama Denied Response WaivedIFP alabama-supreme-court civil-procedure civil-rights double-county-circuit-court due-process equal-access-to-justice-act filing-fees in-forma-pauperis standing 1) THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT ERRED IN HOLDING THAT PETITIONER WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PROCEED ON APPEAL FROM THE MOBILE COUNTY CIRCUI… -6.5
18-8209 Raymond Alford Bradford v. M. Marchak, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment appellate-review circuit-court civil-rights due-process healthcare judicial-precedent legal-interpretation mental-health ninth-circuit prisoner-rights prisoners-rights statutory-interpretation 507, 5a7 (I9Be) In Which the California CourT OF Appeal held tHat "state Priooners Presently have a statutory right absent a judicial determination th… -6.5
18-8250 Joel Marvin Munt v. Minnesota Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment 8th-circuit appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process encourage-prisons-to-utilize-transfers-to-moot-sui judicial-discretion mootness mootness-doctrine prisoner-rights rluipa rluipa-standard standing Did 8th Circuit incorrectly apply mootness standard and encourage prisons to utilize transfers to moot suits, at which point they are then free to tra… -6.5
18-8279 George Wayne Brooks v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Dismissed Response WaivedIFP brady-law constitutional-standards criminal-procedure due-process evidence-determination federal-law fraud-on-the-court judicial-process newly-presented-evidence WHETHER THE UNITED STATES HAS A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN PREVENTING THE RISK OF INJUSTICE TO DEFENDANT AND AN INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE IN TH… -6.5
18-8290 Vicky Ware Bey v. Joseph Ponte, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1981 42-usc-1983 42-usc-2000e anti-retaliation civil-rights civil-rights,title-vii,42-usc-2000e,42-usc-1981,42 due-process employment-discrimination federal-procedure retaliation title-vii Whether the anti-retaliation provision of section 704(a) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 codified as 42 USC 2000e protect the Plaintiffs … -6.5
18-8343 Jose Luis Mattes Baez Carmona Lopez Cordero v. Connecticut Department of Correction, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitution constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection native-american-rights native-rights treaty-rights Did the lower court breach any treaties between the native Taino Indian tribe and the Government of the United States of America, pursuant to Article … -6.5
18-8350 Erdal Aslan v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-8443 James F. Oliveira v. Patricia A. Coyne-Fague, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdiction speedy-trial statutory-interpretation trial-procedure Question presented being important to administration of Criminal Justice. If the defendant James F. Oliveira had been granted his Speedy Trial, would… -6.5
18-8476 Anthony Grandison v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-sentencing collateral-consequences constitutional-due-process criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process harmless-error jury-instructions mitigating-factors sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-proof 1. Since Maryland Law Prohibits Imposition Of The Death Penalty Without Considering The Presentencing Investigation Report Convictions As Evidence The… -6.5
18-8477 Lester D. Fletcher v. Ashton Baldwin Carter, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ames-v-kansas case-remand civil-procedure civil-rights disability-accommodation-discrimination disability-discrimination due-process eeoc eeoc-v-united-airlines original-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court In 1888 Decision in Ames v. Kanas, in which the Court ruled that parties embraced by the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction could bring suit in any… -6.5
18-8489 Danny R. Moore v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-precedent mathis-decision retroactivity saving-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether this Court's decision in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016) should apply. Whether the Saving Clause Of § 2255 Applies to claim -6.5
18-8495 Leroy Scott v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation conflict-of-interest death-penalty ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel missouri-v-frye plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel WHETHER COUNSEL'S INEFFECTIVENESS CONFLICTS WITH THE HOLDING IN MISSOURI v FRYE, FOR FAILING TO ADVISE PETITIONER OF THE MEANS TO SET FORTH IN THE DEA… -6.5
18-8496 Anthony Swatzie v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 constitutional-decision criminal-defendant criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process federal-statute federal-statutory-provision habeas-corpus retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactive-relief retroactivity section-2255 sentencing silent-record statutory-interpretation successive-motion Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is entitled to relief under a… -6.5
18-8508 Charles Edward Cooper, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP curtilage evidence-suppression fourth-amendment gated-community home police-procedure privacy privacy-rights privacy-wall search-and-seizure warrant warrantless-entry WHETHER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT'S PROTECTION OF THE HOME AND IT'S CURTUAGE EXTENDS 10 THE ENTRANCE OF A PRIVATELY GATED COMMUNITY, SURROUNDED BY AN EIGHT… -6.5
18-8512 DaRen Kareem Gadsden v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-integrity judicial-proceedings multiplicitous-sentence plain-error remand rosales-mireles-standard sentencing sentencing-review substantial-rights In light of Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 138 S.Ct. 1897, 201 L. Ed. 2d 376 (2018), which, states, "[{fJailure to correct plain error that affecte… -6.5
18-8514 Jonathan Leroy Homedew v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion co-defendant co-defendants criminal-procedure district-court due-process judicial-discretion plea-arrangement plea-bargaining procedural-rights right-to-be-present speedy-trial waiver Whether Petitioner waived Speedy Trial Rights based on Co-defendants Plea arrangements Whether Petitioner had rights to be present at all tribunal pr… -6.5
18-8518 John Moses Burton v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception judicial-interpretation legal-precedent magistrate-qualifications search-and-seizure search-warrant standing QUESTION (1): When and how should the courts be bound to the presedent set by the high Court's opinion? QUESTION (2): Is it time to re-evaluate the l… -6.5
18-8519 Frederick H. Banks v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process error-coram-nobis foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act jurisdiction revocation-proceeding standing Did the Appeal Court and District Court err in denying the Petition for A writ of Error Coram vobis und Audita Querela and Affirming That denial? Did… -6.5
18-8520 Aaron Haas, et al. v. City of Richmond, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-procedure document-evidence documents due-process facts judicial-review legal-relief procedural-fairness relief standing Would the court provide due process when facts and documents to entitle relief are provided to the court are not never considered? -6.5
18-8521 Angel Galan v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-offense ineffective-assistance obstruction-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance substantive-reasonableness upward-variance WHETHER THE SENTENCING COURT'S UPWARD VARIANCE FROM 71 MONTHS TO 84 MONTHS FOR FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WAS SUBSTANTIVELY UNREASONABLE WHETHE… -6.5
18-8522 Edwin Fernandez v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Arizona-v-Gant criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings critical-stages ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Montejo-v-Louisiana presentence-investigation presentence-investigation-report right-to-counsel search-and-seizure search-doctrine Strickland-v-Washington In Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 80 l.ed.2d 674, 104 S.Ct. 2052 (1984) this court explained the standard of review for an ineffective assist… -6.5
18-8523 Tynisha Latrice Reinerio, nka Akosua Tanisha Aaebo v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 15-usc-7003 account-debtor collateral-estoppel diversity-jurisdiction eighth-circuit mortgage-law mortgage-loan negotiable-instrument note-negotiation res-judicata security-interest standing statutory-trust ucc ucc-3-103(a)(12) ucc-3-110(b) ucc-9-102(a)(3) ucc-9-312(e)-(g) uniform-commercial-code Was the issue of res judicata and collateral estoppel improperly decided by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals? Did the Eight Circuit improperly ado… -6.5
18-8525 Robert Brian Winston 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
18-8526 Marcel Henderson v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment circuit-court-split criminal-procedure dixon-standard due-process fifth-amendment imminent-threat justification-defense sixth-amendment Were the petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights violated by the ambiguity of the Dixon standard as applied regarding what constitutes a "well-f… -6.5
18-8528 Willie Robertson, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act force-clause state-robbery state-robbery-offense statutory-interpretation victim-resistance violent-felony Is a state robbery offense that includes "as an element" the common law requirement of overcoming "victim resistance" categorically a "violent felony"… -6.5
18-8531 Omar Sharif Beasley v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review assistance-evaluation court-of-appeals fair-sentencing judicial-discretion reasonableness-of-sentence record-of-reasons record-of-sentencing-reasons sentence-reasonableness sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-and-policies statutory-factors statutory-sentencing-factors I. Did the District Court For The District of Minnesota (district court) fail to give proper consideration to sentencing guidelines and policies while… -6.5
18-8532 Terrence L. Wright v. North Carolina North Carolina Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
18-8534 Gino Carlucci v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability collateral-review criminal-procedure-retroactivity fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel marital-communications-privilege mccoy-v-louisiana ninth-circuit retroactive-application retroactivity Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err by failing to issue a C.O.A. to determine if McCoy v. Louisiana applies retroactively to cases on collatera… -6.5
18-8539 Blake Joseph Sandlain v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction remedy standing writ-of-certiorari Question not identified. -6.5
18-8556 Alimamy Barrie v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 amendment-doctrine appellate-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mayle-v-felix relate-back-doctrine Whether the Relate Back doctrine announced in Mayle v. Felix, 545 U.S 644, 664 (2005) allow for an amended motion to relate back to an original claim … -6.5
18-8558 Jorge Edwin Rivera v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guidelines judicial-discretion plain-error plain-error-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights supervised-release When a district court imposes a term of supervised release double that of the Guidelines range without first calculating the range or providing an exp… -6.5
18-8566 John Bartholomew Lowe v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-procedure criminal-procedure direct-evidence evidence jury-instructions standard-of-review WHETHER MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF CIRCUMSTAINTZAL Question not identified. -6.5
18-8568 David Piper v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion compulsory-process criminal-procedure defense-witnesses due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus sixth-amendment standard-of-review trial-rights witness-production I. Whether Petitioner was deprived of compulsory process under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Compulsory Process Clause of the … -6.5
18-8575 Jose Camargo-Alejo, aka Jessica Camargo-Alejo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process entrapment entrapment-defense jury-instruction jury-instructions law-enforcement-intent ninth-circuit-precedent objective-theory sorrells-v-united-states subjective-theory Following this Court's adoption of a subjective theory of entrapment in Sorrells v. United States, 287 U.S. 435 (1932), and progeny, may a court decli… -6.5
18-8576 Yusef Allen v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-requirements brady-violation constitutional-rights conviction conviction-integrity criminal-conviction criminal-justice-system due-process integrity integrity-of-justice judicial-review prosecutorial-ethics prosecutorial-misconduct The main question in this petition is whether the gross actions of prosecutorial misconduct were so egregious as to render the defendant's conviction … -6.5
18-8581 Robert Nicholas Brooks v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud commerce-clause constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury grand-jury-indictment sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-fraud venue wire-fraud Question 1: Whether the Supreme Court is obliged to address and determine whether the District and Appellate Courts violated Petitioner's Fifth and Si… -6.5
18-8582 Malvin Nater-Ayala v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing WHETHER THIS CASE PRESENTS THE COURT WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CRITERIA UNDER WHICH SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS WARRANTED? -6.5
18-8584 Antwan Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-challenge criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-statute due-process federal-indictment federal-jurisdiction mens-rea statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness title-21-usc-846 vagueness I. Count 1 Conspiracy Indictment is insufficient on its face because it omitted essential element(s) that the Government had to prove. (a). Is Title … -6.5
18-8586 Roderick Black v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-licensing constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing IN LIGHT OF HIS TRIAL ATTORNEY NOT BEING DULY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN VIOLATION OF HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS UNDER THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION? -6.5
18-8589 Demetrius S. Rankin v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-brief appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-law court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance legal-ethics legal-standards procedural-review right-to-counsel Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied and ignored the procedural pronouncements made in Anders v. California, 386 US 738(1967)? Wheth… -6.5
18-8599 Antwon D. Jenkins v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-reform-act due-process habeas-corpus liberty-interest post-verdict-bail resentencing sentencing stare-decisis statutory-right statutory-rights DOES A PETITIONER, AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY BY A JURY, HAVE A STATUTORY DUE PROCESS RIGHT TO POST-VERDICT BAIL, AND TO BE TREATED AS A DEFENDANT BEING… -6.5
18-8601 Tommy Nelson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-guidelines firearm-enhancement intent robbery security-guard sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-gordon united-states-v-hill weapon-discharge This Court should grant certiorari because there is a split in the circuits as to the proper application of a 7 level guideline enhancement for the di… -6.5
18-8602 Enrico M. Ponzo v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-affidavit false-statements franks-doctrine franks-v-delaware judicial-review law-enforcement-misconduct probable-cause sanctions standing Perjury in search warrant applications assail the Fourth Amendment at its core. Should Franks v. Delaware be revisited to allow for sanction even if t… -6.5
18-8603 Gralyn Leon White v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting brandishing consecutive-sentences criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit first-step-act hobbs-act united-states-v-lewis Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Err by Failing to Apply the Holdings of United States v. Lewis, 907 F.3d 891, 894-95 (5th Cir. 2018). to Hobb's… -6.5
18-8614 Leonard Dwayne Hill v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment atf-regulations civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause due-process evidence federal-jurisdiction standing-issue statutory-interpretation 23 Year Long "Circuit split" is making 9Jxgj) Unconstitutional to my case.) The 23 Live Rounds of Ammunition Was Manufactured An Assembled In The (Sa… -6.5
18-8616 Parley Drew Hardman v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conclusion constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection felon-in-possession index second-amendment sentencing statutory-provisions table-of-contents Question not identified. -6.5
18-8617 Kristen Patrick Doyle v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeals circuit-court-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction legal-motion-type mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in its denial of Defendant - Appellant's Motion to be granted relief under the clari… -6.5
18-8623 Justin Cole Milam v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing standard-of-review I. Are appeal waivers presented in federal criminal plea agreements an unconstitutional overreach by the Government preventing review of constitutiona… -6.5
18-8624 Bruce Elliott Miller v. Alabama Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa-procedural-bar constitutional-deficiency due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus indictment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statute-of-limitations strickland-standard strickland-test TRIAL COUNSEL FAILURE TO MAKE A TIMELY OBJECTION OR FILE A PRETRIAL MOTION TO DISMISS A FATALLY FLAWED INDICTEMENT CANNOT VALIDATE A "CONSTITUTIONALLY… -6.5
18-8625 Jennifer N. Nere v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation constitutional-rights contributing-cause controlled-substances criminal-law drug-induced-homicide due-process illinois-supreme-court precedent reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation Whether the defendant may be convicted under the Illinois drug induced homicide Statute when the use of the controlled substance was a "contributing c… -6.5
18-8626 Aaron Murray v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process federal-criminal-procedure initial-appearance magistrate-judge plea-bargaining plea-hearing right-to-counsel Was Petitioner Aaron Murray Entiteled to an initial apperanc.e. before a United States Magistrate Judge under Fed. R. Criminal P Rule 5? How was Peti… -6.5
18-8627 Frank Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP disclosure fifth-amendment gardner-v-florida probation sentencing confidential-recommendation disclosure due-process fifth-amendment gardner-v-florida probation probation-officer sentencing The sentencing court failed to disclose the "Confidential Recommendation" of the Probation Officer in regards to the sentencing of the Petitioner. The… -6.5
18-8629 Rogelio Barajas v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing appeals civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process search-and-seizure sentencing Question not identified. -6.5
18-8630 Joseph Christopher Birdtail v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal section-2255 Is it error for a district court to deny either discovery proceedings or an evidentiary hearing under the Federal Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceed… -6.5
18-8631 Bekim Fiseku v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment handcuffing investigative-stop police-procedure probable-cause terry-stop terry-v-ohio unusual-circumstances Whether in concluding that, where a suspect presented no discernable threat of physical violence and police had nothing beyond mere speculation that c… -6.5
18-8632 Marcos Lopez-Guzman v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 appellate-review criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion plain-error retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-reduction,18-usc-3582,amendm sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Court of Appeals committed a clear error denying Appellant's two-level reduction pursuant to § 3582(C)(2) and Amendment 782;… -6.5
18-8634 Andrew A. Chavis v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-robbery attempted-armed-robbery career-offender crime-of-violence johnson-ruling mandatory-guidelines post-Johnson pre-Booker sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation WHETHER PRIOR CONVICTION IN ILLINOIS FOR ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY CATEGORICALLY QUALIFIES AS A CRIME OF VIOLENCE UNDER THE 4131.1 CAREER OFFENDER PRE-B… -6.5
18-8647 Amilcar C. Butler v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP binding-authority circuit-court civil-procedure dicta judicial-precedent law-of-case law-of-the-case panel-opinion precedent sixth-circuit Is The Dicta Of A Prior Sixth Circuit Panel Opinion Law Of The Case And Remain Binding On Any Other Panel, Despite Error. -6.5
18-8649 Bradley Cobbler, aka B-Rad v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion motion-to-withdraw plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing withdrawal-of-plea Whether the District Court erred by partially denying Mr. Cobbler's Amended Motion to Withdraw Plea of Guilty? -6.5
18-8650 Ollisha Nicole Easley v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights consensual-search due-process fourth-amendment interrogation probable-cause race racial-profiling reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard search search-and-seizure When examining the totality of the objective circumstances, is a bus passenger's race a factor in understanding how a reasonable person in her positio… -6.5
18-8654 Karyea Williams v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach collateral-review descamps mathis Mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines teague Teague-exception Did The Court Of Appeals err by dismissing the appeal of the District Court's reasoning that Mathis was inapplicable to Karyea Williams on Collateral … -6.5
18-8660 Tyree Mansell v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial jury-trial-right sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the use of acquitted conduct to increase Mr. Mansell's Sentencing violates the Sixth Amendment jury trial right. -6.5
18-8662 Howard Lawson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acca aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-history-classification criminal-law due-process florida-criminal-law predicate-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Petitioner's prior aggravated assault under Fla. Stat. § 784.021 and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon pursuant to Fla. Stat. 784.045 qu… -6.5
18-8665 Michael Benanti v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit criminal-activity fed-evid-r-403 fed-evid-rule-403 fourth-amendment harmless-error nexus nexus-requirement place-to-be-searched search-warrant substantial-rights 1. Whether the Fourth Amendment requires the affidavit supporting a search warrant to show a nexus between the criminal activity at issue and the plac… -6.5
18-8672 Jack Holden v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-forfeiture criminal-liability due-process mail-fraud scheme-to-defraud separation-of-powers When Congress prescribed the mechanisms available wire-fraud 1. When Congress defined the offenses of mail and wire fraud narrowly to punish only those who devise or intend to devise a scheme to defraud, do cour… -6.5
18-8673 Jamael Stubbs v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 133 S.Ct. 2151 (2013) 6th-amendment alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states constructive-amendment due-process ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-challenge sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to preserve either a sentencing challenge or a constructive amendment claim under All… -6.5
18-8676 Ronald Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel criminal-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-remedy post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment Whether the district court violated Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights by failing to return him to his original position absent the ineffective assis… -6.5
18-8698 Marcel A. Walton v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP clear-error clear-error-analysis criminal-procedure due-process false-and-misleading government-assertions material-facts non-record-facts sentencing 1. Consistent with Due Process, can a sentencing court rely upon government assertions concerning material, non-record facts—first raised at the sente… -6.5
18-8730 In Re Jimmie Dixon Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act circuit-court-rulings eleventh-circuit extraordinary-writ habeas-corpus multiple-holdings new-rule retroactivity retroactivity-of-new-rules seventh-circuit supreme-court-holdings Whether the Supreme Court can make a New Rule Retroactive Through Multiple Holdings that Logically Dictate the Retroactivity of the New Rule, as the S… -6.5