Conference: 2020-01-24

151 cases — 1 granted, 150 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
22O142 Florida, Plaintiff v. Georgia Dismissed CVSGAmici (8)Relisted (9) None 42.5
19-521 ChargePoint, Inc. v. SemaConnect, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (2) 35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-corp-v-cls-bank alice-v-cls-bank diamond-v-diehr innovation judicial-interpretation machine-or-process patent-eligibility patent-law section-101 1. Whether a patent claim to a new and useful improvement to a machine or process may be patent eligible even when it "involves" or incorporates an ab… 12.5
19-697 James Dwight Pavatt v. Tommy Sharp, Interim Warden Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (2) aggravating-factor aggravating-factors arbitrary-application capital-punishment capital-punishment-sentencing capital-sentence cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus procedural-bar procedural-ruling A divided panel of the Tenth Circuit, sitting en banc, vacated a panel opinion that reversed a capital sentence on the ground that the sentence rested… 12.5
19-574 Sheila J. Poole, Commissioner, New York State Office of Children and Family Services v. New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) adoption-assistance-act adoption-assistance-and-child-welfare-act child-welfare federal-department-of-health-and-human-services federal-reimbursement foster-care foster-care-maintenance-payments private-right-of-action spending-mandate state-administration state-funding Whether the CWA's criteria for partial federal reimbursement unambiguously confer on foster parents a private right of action to compel States to cove… 11.5
19-248 Walid Jammal, et al. v. American Family Insurance Company, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split common-law-test darden employee-classification employee-status employment-status erisa standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Like many federal statutes, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 incorporates the traditional common-law test for distinguishing betwee… 11.0
19-353 Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG LLC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived abstract-idea civil-procedure computer-implemented-invention computer-implemented-inventions federal-circuit innovation patent-act patent-act-1952 patent-eligibility standing In Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208 (2014), the Court declined once again to define the scope of the "abstract idea" exce… 10.5
19-522 Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG LLC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied abstract-idea civil-procedure computer-implemented-invention computer-implemented-inventions federal-circuit innovation patent-act patent-act-1952 patent-eligibility standing In Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208 (2014), the Court declined once again to define the scope of the "abstract idea" exce… 10.5
19-683 Jermaine Lenard Moss v. Kenny Atkinson, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied retroactive change in the statutory rule that ori 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review conviction-challenge federal-prisoner federal-prisoners federal-prisoners-collateral-review inadequate-or-ineffective-remedy retroactive-effect retroactive-statutory-changes saving-clause statutory-rule Federal prisoners generally may challenge their convictions and sentences only by filing a direct appeal and, if unsuccessful there, one petition for … 10.5
19-551 Ronald Calzone v. Eric Olson, Superintendent, Missouri State Highway Patrol Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-discretion civil-rights closely-regulated-industry constitutional-rights fourth-amendment search-and-seizure seizure warrantless-search 1) Does the "closely regulated industry" exception to the Fourth Amendment apply to persons who have not chosen to involve themselves in any business … 9.0
19-406 Marilu F. Touma v. The General Counsel of the Regents, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) abuse-of-power ada ada-violation americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights conspiracy-to-interfere-with-civil-rights disability disability-discrimination due-process jurisdiction medical-discrimination medical-treatment 1. Whether, UCLA Medical Center violated the America with Disability Act (ADA); Title II of the America with Disability of 1990 (ADA) and Civil Rights… 6.0
19-410 In Re Richard J. Fields Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process estate-distribution fraud judicial-discretion legal-ethics mental-health probate probate-procedure standing testamentary-capacity will-forgery wills witness-testimony This case relates to a 9 million dollar estate of a 96 year old blind man and his family which had three mental patients. Within one hour Judge Rita M… 6.0
19-510 Jose Javier Banegas Gomez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-515 Baldassare Amato v. United States Second Circuit Denied adverse-effect automatic-reversal conflict-of-interest cuyler-v-sullivan evidentiary-hearing holloway-v-arkansas ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Under what circumstances is the automatic reversal rule from the decision in Holloway U. Arkansas, 435 U.S. 475, 484 (1978) triggered after Mickels… 5.5
19-517 Daniel Barbosa, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia Denied administrative-procedure-act agency-transparency civil-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception express-statement-requirement foia foia-publication-requirements freedom-of-information-act judicial-review mandatory-publication secret-law stafford-act statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether section 5148 bars review of claims that FEMA uses secret law in violation of FOIA's mandatory requirements. 5.5
19-534 Lahim Kadria v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-651 John P. DeRose v. Village of Orland Park, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-requirements rule-11 safe-harbor safe-harbor-provision sanctions service-of-motion May a party satisfy the safe-harbor provision of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 by informal communications, the rule applied by Seventh Circuit, o… 5.5
19-660 David Silver v. Hamrick & Evans, LLP California Denied attorney-accountability civil-procedure due-process false-statements judicial-integrity legal-ethics professional-conduct standing tribunal-misconduct tribunals Does a lawyer or a law firm deserve to be given a free pass by the lower courts when the lawyer and the law firm make false statements of material fac… 5.5
19-674 James L. Martin v. National General Assurance Company Delaware Denied appellate-review civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-recusal recusal standing state-court Does the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause guarantee a civil litigant, in a state court, an appellate justice who did not oversee the same issue… 5.5
19-681 Andrew W. Shalaby v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit Denied attorney-discipline bar-admission civil-procedure civil-rights disbarment due-process free-speech judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-recusal professional-conduct recusal standing 1. Can a Federal Court deny an attorney admission to the bar of the court, as a punishment for the alleged violation of ABA Model Rule of Professional… 5.5
19A729 Comfort Delando Roberts v. Texas Texas Denied None 5.5
19M92 Julian D. Owens v. University of South Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M93 Maechel Shawn Patterson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M94 Erasmo Santa, Jr. v. Maria T. Herr, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-383 Joseph Raimondo v. Denise Page Hood, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech government-action political-affiliation political-discrimination taxation Question 1. Can the United States Federal Government signal out citizens and demand taxation and then deprive the citizens, Constitutional Equal Prote… 4.0
19-654 Kaleida Health, dba Buffalo General Medical Center v. Kathleen Biondo Second Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights damages due-process eleventh-circuit gebser-standard gebser-v-lago-vista intentional-discrimination monetary-damages official official-decision rehabilitation-act second-circuit standing A claimant may assert a claim for monetary damages under the Rehabilitation Act if there was intentional discrimination. Barnes v. Gorman, 536 U.S. 18… 3.5
19-658 J. G., By and Through His Parents, Howard Greenberg, et ux. v. Hawaii Department of Education, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-proceedings burden-of-proof circuit-split florence-county-school-district-four-v-carter individuals-with-disabilities-education-act placement-change private-school-placement public-placement schaffer-v-weast special-education 1. Whether the burden of proof shifts when the public agency seeks to change the educational placement of a child with a disability. 3.5
19-684 Darrell Saunders, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Virginia Denied Response Waived appeal article-xiv civil-procedure commercial-carrier constitutional-rights due-process legal-procedure mail-delivery When an individual follows the rules of the Court in mailing an Appeal, but due to the policies of the 3rd party Commercial Mail Carrier, the delivery… 3.5
19-696 Dan Haendel v. Anne Reed, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived alford-plea due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment heck-v-humphrey interception-act law-enforcement suppression-motion virginia virginia-interception-act 1. Does Heck v. Humphrey bar Appellant's federal court review of the constitutionality of actions by local Virginia investigative and law enforcement … 3.5
19-700 Luis A. Ramos González, et al. v. Scotiabank de Puerto Rico, et al. Puerto Rico Denied Response Waived banking-law court-sanction federal-regulations home-loan home-mortgage-loan mortgage-financing mortgage-loan-agreement null-and-void secondary-market unacceptable-site wastewater-disposal 1. If an "Unacceptable Site", pursuant Federal Regulations, can be granted Mortgage Financing, such as a Home Mortgage Loan, which is insured by Feder… 3.5
19-712 Hamp's Construction, LLC v. Inland Marine Services, L.L.C. Louisiana Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-law civil-procedure due-process federal-courts industrial-justice judicial-review manifest-disregard statutory-interpretation statutory-law vacatur 1. Is "manifest disregard of the law" still a valid basis to vacate or modify an arbitrator's award? 2. Did the arbitrator in this case manifestly di… 3.5
19-724 Keith Y. Arakaki v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-action civil-procedure civil-rights employment-discrimination pretext retaliation summary-judgment title-vii (i) Whether the four discrete events Petitioner raised in opposing Respondents' Motion for Summary Judgment constituted adverse actions in accordance … 3.5
19-762 Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc., et al. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived actual-deterrence congressional-authorization congressional-silence constitutional-claim dormant-commerce-clause evansville-vanderburgh-airport interstate-commerce right-to-travel toll-fees user-fees Petitioners allege that the Pennsylvania Turnpike imposes excessive and burdensome tolls in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause. The Third Circui… 3.5
19-772 Albert Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process formal-charges grand-jury pre-indictment prosecutorial-discretion right-to-counsel sixth-amendment target target-designation Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly held that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not attach once the United States has focused… 3.5
19-809 Michael Bonin v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-law due-process false-identity federal-jurisdiction federal-statute first-amendment impersonation standing statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant violates 18 U.S.C. § 912's prohibition on "falsely assum[ing] or pretend[ing] to be an officer or employee acting under the author… 3.5
19-5638 Jeffrey E. Lee v. Florida Florida Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP betterman-v-montana constitutional-rights criminal-procedure delay due-process indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-delay standard I. IN THE WAKE OF THE QUESTION LEFT OPEN BY THE COURT IN BETTERMAN v. MONTANA . 136 S.CT. 1609 (2016), DOES THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE CREATE AN ENTITL… 1.0
19-6094 Andres Herrera-Segovia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe… 0.5
19-6289 Brian Thomas Mohr v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure case-review circuit-court-case criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-reconsideration jury-instructions legal-probability rehaif-v-united-states remand standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether there is a reasonable probability of different result if the court below is directed to reconsider its judgment in light of Rehaif v. Unite… 0.5
19-6658 Booker Terry Simmons v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline civil-procedure constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker … 0.5
19-6670 Michael Bridge v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure brief-formatting career-offender constitutional-rights due-process johnson-v-united-states judicial-discretion mandatory-guidelines procedural-fairness residual-clause sentencing-guidelines timeliness Whether Pennsylvania Superior Court can dismiss an 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker … 0.5
19-6686 Darren Kevin Hunter v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car… 0.5
19-6689 Frank Fernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-purposes 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker … 0.5
19-6734 Arthur Lopez v. Cheryl Lopez California Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction domestic-relations due-process equal-protection family-law habeas-corpus indigent right-to-counsel standing Question not identified. 0.5
19-6755 Frederick Garcia-Cruz v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure debatable-among-jurists-of-reason due-process habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason mandatory-sentencing ninth-circuit residual-clause sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's "debatable among jurists of reason" standard for a certificate of appealability. 2. Whether the … 0.5
19-6759 James A. Lackey v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-deference jurists-of-reason mandatory-sentencing-guidelines ninth-circuit residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review vagueness void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's "debatable among jurists of reason" standard for a certificate of appealability. 2. Whether the … 0.5
19-6769 Steven Hicks v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure debatable-among-jurists-of-reason johnson-v-united-states jurists-of-reason mandatory-guidelines mandatory-sentencing ninth-circuit sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-4b1.2(a)(2) vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's "debatable among jurists of reason" standard for a certificate of appealability. Whether the residu… 0.5
19-5889 Jonathan Torres-Arroyo v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure judicial-findings jury-trial mandatory-minimum ring-v-arizona sentencing sentencing-court state-v-kiriakakis Did the New Jersey Courts make an invalid distinction from Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), in holding that the defendant's right to a ju… -1.0
19-6822 Guy Cozzi v. American Stock Exchange, et al. New York Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-law article-8-a due-process equal-protection judicial-review rb-89 separation-of-powers stare-decisis workers-compensation 1. Were the Workers ' Compensation Board (WCB) rulings denying my Article 8-A claim and RB-89 rehearing request, arbitrary, capricious and an abuse o… -1.5
19-6829 Lisa Washington v. Diana Deleon, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court appeals civil-procedure civil-rico civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process federal-procedure federal-rules in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure procedural-rules recusal When the court does not file the summons and compliant for a Petitioner that was granted to proceed in forma pauperis, dose it violate Petitioners due… -1.5
19-6935 Rickie James King v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certiorari criminal-procedure district-court due-process fifth-circuit leniency-arguments preservation-of-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness remand sentencing sentencing-procedure united-states-v-haymond I. Must challenges to the procedural reasonableness of a sentence be preserved by a separate "reasonableness" objection in district court? II. Whethe… -1.5
19-6936 Pedro Vigio-Aponte v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech rico standing statutory-interpretation In a RICO-conspiracy case, must the government present proof of, inter alia, an existing enterprise, which is engaged in activities that actually affe… -1.5
19-6968 Brian David Brumbach v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach criminal-sentencing entry-by-instrument entry-requirement generic-burglary sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation tennessee-law The Armed Career Criminal Act's mandatory penalty can be triggered by prior convictions for "burglary." "Burglary" carries the meaning that the majori… -1.5
19-7018 Scott Ray Bishop v. United States Tenth Circuit Granted Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony personal-knowledge structural-error technical-element testimony 1. Whether the exclusion of a defendant's testimony based on first-hand, personal knowledge of a technical element of the offense charged is structura… -1.5
19-7056 Robert Keith Kinsey v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court judicial-objection objection preservation-of-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-procedure I. Must challenges to the procedural reasonableness of a sentence be preserved by a separate "reasonableness" objection in district court? -1.5
19-7059 John Kenneth Schiefer v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court due-process judicial-discretion legal-reasoning plain-error procedural-error respect-for-law sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure Did the district court plainly procedurally err when it selected and imposed sentence based on its desire to promote the defendant's respect for the l… -1.5
19-7070 Gary R. Tomey, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment jury-instructions material-variance self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-hearing 1. Whether a constructive amendment and/or material variance of the indictment occurs when a court instructs the jury for the first time — during its … -1.5
19-7072 Tyrone Walker v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) actual-or-threatened-force crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act physical-force property-crime property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states 1. Whether the substantive offense of Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A). 2. Whether H… -1.5
19-7105 Miguel Jilberto Vazquez-Chavarria v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion remand sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness 1. Whether substantive reasonableness review requires or permits the courts of appeals to "reweigh the [18 U.S.C. §3553(a)] factors"? SUBSIDIARY QUES… -1.5
19-5885 Olufemi S. Collins v. Mark Gonzalez, et al. California Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure california-appellate-law california-law california-rule-of-court civil-procedure court-rule due-process motion-to-recall parties procedural-dictate remittitur standing Whether in the 2nd Appellate District, Division 5, the Appellant's "Motion to Recall Remittitur and Reinstate Appeal" should be denied and disposed of… -4.0
19-5914 Lena Lasher v. Roger Stavis, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence best-evidence-rule civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-defense due-process in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel legal-malpractice 1. Should a civil action be granted to proceed to correct the District Court's error where they misrepresented a precedent, Hoffenberg v. Meyers, and … -4.0
19-5925 Kavin Maurice Rhodes v. Peter C. Swarth, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees due-process excessive-fines financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis incorporation indigent-status liabilities poverty pro-se-petition standing Question not identified. -4.0
19-6214 Luis Fuquen v. Trina Everitt Maryland Denied Relisted (2)IFP best-interest-of-the-child child-custody divorce due-process family-privacy family-privacy-rights family-rights first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-religion parent-child-rights parental-rights Whether Luis and his children are entitled to due process protections for their individual intimate and expressive, close family, parent-child speech,… -4.0
19-6251 In Re Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process extrinsic-fraud fraudulent-conviction habeas-corpus impeaching-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct suborned-testimony witness-tampering wrongful-conviction Concealed impeaching evidence, 1" In Light oF ihe neuuly discovered Fraudulently exposing many Suborn Fraudulent" testimon admithd that Jurors wouldha… -4.0
19-6306 Jonathan Mota v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act interstate-commerce ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit incorrectly held—in conflict with the decisions of several other circuits—that to violate the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951… -4.5
19-6320 Nalen Pierre Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 criminal-law criminal-statute due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession legal-status mens-rea plain-error reasonable-doubt rehaif-precedent rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2… -4.5
19-6372 Kelby Germaine Parson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness I. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. … -4.5
19-6655 Terrence Leonard Mathis v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP certiorari criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights detention due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus interrogation rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states remand right-to-counsel 1. Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 189 S. Ct… -4.5
19-6660 Ronald Fay Schermerhorn, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review confrontation-clause court-of-appeals due-process ex-post-facto fair-trial habeas-corpus statutory-law When Opinion reflects Appellate Court relies on States Findings, ..and Litigant has asserted, States Findings are not entitled to deference because, p… -4.5
19-6681 Louis Milton Willis v. Territory of the Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Denied IFP 48-usc-1612 district-court exclusive-jurisdiction gross-receipts-tax income-tax organic-act revised-organic-act statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction virgin-islands Whether the plain language of § 22 of the Revised Organic Act of 1954 [48 U.S.C. § 1612(a)] establishing that "the District Court of the Virgin Isla… -4.5
19-6684 Rakeem Asaad Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR IFP 18-usc-922g 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-right-to-jury-trial charged-theories-of-prosecution criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process felon-in-possession jury-unanimity knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states richardson-standard richardson-v-united-states sixth-amendment unanimous-jury-verdict uncharged-theories-of-prosecution Petitioner was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The indictment charged po… -4.5
19-6713 Derek Tyler Horton v. Sam Cochran Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights constitutional-violation double-jeopardy due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus jurisdiction procedural-error writ-of-certiorari I.) WAe/^er -Ike £/eve/v// CVrcaj*/ erred Ly oLe/vy / tvc^ e-hUoMerk A^/'^ oJiq/Y Far CerAA'c^de dr AppeoJoAl/'d Aw //?e recori <c/e_ocr AAA f /Ao-4… -4.5
19-6714 Keith D. Goodman v. Eddie Pearson, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-district-court habeas-corpus procedural-rule section-2254 sentence-aggregation sentencing sentencing-calculation statutory-interpretation Is a federal district court (or a § 2254 petitioner) permitted to disregard or evade Rule 2(e) (of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the Unite… -4.5
19-6722 Robin Leach, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-922 constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession firearms legal-status mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation (1) Did the Petitionee 1 know that finding mens-rea of knowing in a gun or fifeafm statute, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). Rehaif v. See ,e .g. United States , … -4.5
19-6726 In Re Billie Byrd Denied IFP aedpa-filing-limitations aedpa-limitations constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law habeas-corpus indian-treaties subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause treaties-with-indians treaty-supremacy-clause (1) Whether the filing limitations AEDPA apply to claims that state courts lacked of subject matter jurisdiction in criminal cases due to provisions i… -4.5
19-6730 Cameron A. Harinarain v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law appeals civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus standing Question not identified. -4.5
19-6732 Martin Stanley Ivie v. Washington Washington Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process evidence-tampering false-arrest false-evidence perjury police-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct state-misconduct wrongful-conviction I. QUESTIONS OF LAW 1. Is it legally pormisaible for State officials to use spurious evidence that is proven unenimously by professionel forensic ena… -4.5
19-6733 George R. Durham v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania Third Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence change-in-relevant-decisional-law civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstance federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-60(b)(6) habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mcquiggin-precedent mcquiggin-v-perkins rule-60b6 Petitioner submits that this Honorable Court;s decision in McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383, 133 S.Ct. 1924, 185 L.Ed. 2d 1019 (2013) was a change i… -4.5
19-6738 William Ardas Sarringar v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-competence procedural-default statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment When does the fundamental constituional right to be tried by a court of competent jurisdiction cease to operate as a right, or is forfieted by a party… -4.5
19-6741 Jose Joaquin Ramirez v. Jeffrey C. Bloom, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction incompetence incompetency incompetency-determination judicial-discretion mental-health section-1983 standing state-action title-42-usc-1983 1 - Is a Governmental Paid - Governmental Mandated Lawyer that is forced upon an individual against will without consent acting as a Governmental Agen… -4.5
19-6742 Jorge Prieto v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Florida Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process finality judicial-discretion jurisdiction sentencing subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-court 1. Did the state trial court have jurisdiction to vacate petitioner's (20) Twenty year sentence, and then re-impose a sentence of life imprisonment, s… -4.5
19-6743 Kenneth Dewayne Nelson v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-selection plea-change right-to-jury right-to-trial sixth-amendment texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-constitution trial-by-jury venire-panel ISSUE 1: THE VENIRE PANEL WAS INFORMED THAT MELLON HAD PLEAD GUILTY TO ALL FIVE CHARGES. WHEN NELSON CHANGED THOSE PLEAS BEFORE THE TRIAL ON THE MERIT… -4.5
19-6745 Joseph S. Paul v. Florida Florida Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing WHETHER THE ORDER ENTERED ON JULY 24, 2019, BY THE THREE JUDGE PANEL, PER CURIAL AFFIRMED THE TRIAL COURT'S ERRONEOUS RULING CREATED A CONFLICT WITH O… -4.5
19-6749 Bryan Keith Johnson v. Florida Florida Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-liability standing Question not identified. -4.5
19-6754 Cesareo Vizcarra Medina v. California California Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-procedure 1. Trial Counsel was ineffective See Gailing to object to the prosecutorial misconduct and violated Defendant's rights to effective assistance of coun… -4.5
19-6763 Anthony D. White v. Florida Florida Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process hearsay judicial-misconduct judicial-obstruction open-courts pro-se-litigation prosecutorial-misconduct standing state-officials 1) It is constitutionally lawful to deny a pro se, obstructed by: State Officials, within the judicial structure and a party to the courts, such as De… -4.5
19-6765 Anthony Lee McNair v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief standing state-court-procedure Question not identified. -4.5
19-6768 Cary VanDerMeulen v. Thomas L. Leclaire, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment abuse-of-authority civil-asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-abuse law-enforcement-misconduct property-rights standing takings When are the Federal Courts going to take-up the cause concerning the violation(s) of Constitutional Law and abuse(s) of authority by the States of th… -4.5
19-6770 Vinca S. Chiu v. First Group America, et al. Oregon Denied IFP civil-procedure claim-dismissal due-process judicial-order legal-remedy motion-practice scope-of-relief standing strict-liability summary-judgment trial-court trial-court-authority ultrahazardous-activities Is a trial court authorized to expand the scope of a legal remedy that was not requested in a motion for summary judgment before the court? Does a le… -4.5
19-6780 Darius Kinney v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel ineffective-counsel mail-box-rule ohio-appellate-rules sixth-amendment time-limitation time-limits A) Were Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights violated when appellate counsel failed to: 1) Notify Petitioner (of his appellate rights) in a timely mann… -4.5
19-6787 Robert Lee Mitchell v. Miller, Magistrate Judge, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions district-court due-process jurisdiction patent standing statutory-provisions takings Is the order of the U.S. district court dated 8-7-19 vol Is the order of the U.S. court oF Appeals For the Fouvth 6P(on b1-81-01 P2+p +0A -4.5
19-7147 In Re Khayree Smith Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment chattel-property chattel-slavery civil-rights constitutional-rights denationalization due-process ex-post-facto jurisdictional-challenge racial-classification slavery slavery-abolition status A) What branch of law authorized States to apply abolished slave labels (Negro, Black, Colored) to any person of African descent after 1865? This act … -4.5
19-6191 K. N., et ux. v. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Montana Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 1st-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process fifth-amendment freedom-of-religion parental-rights religious-discrimination self-incrimination state-action state-overreach 1. Did the state's demands that the parents admit guilt violate their Constitutional rights under the 5th Amendment? Note: Both the Treatment Plan an… -5.5
19-6074 Gerald Nelson v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181-1061, AFL-CIO, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights complete-preemption due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction federal-statute fourteenth-amendment labor-management-relations preemption removal removal-procedure state-common-law subject-matter-jurisdiction well-pleaded-complaint-rule 1. Complete-Preemption Doctrine refers to a rule that a federal statue's preemptive force may be so extraordinary and all-encompassing that it convert… -6.0
19-6121 In Re Matthew Lee Staszak Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-violations cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandamus prosecutorial-misconduct SHOULD THIS SUPREME COURT ISSUE THE WRIT OF MANDAMUS TO THE LOWER U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ORDER TO COMPEL THE DISTRICT COURT TO EXERCISE ITS ARTICLE II… -6.0
19-6189 Lewis Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure clear-error due-process judicial-bias judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation sixth-circuit standing structural-error 1) Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion when it committed clear error of judgment, by relying on clearly erroneous findings of … -6.0
19-6231 William Dean Chapman v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations circuit-split due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing fraud-upon-the-court habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart holland-v-florida kyles-v-whitley lemaster materiality miller-v-united-states plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct raines-v-united-states rule-11 standing strickland supreme-court-precedent 1) a.Is equitable tolling warranted when access to legal files and resources is severely hampered? Where the 4th Circuit has denied equitable tolling… -6.0
19-6487 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-921a20b 18-usc-922g1 civil-rights civil-rights-restoration constitutional-infirmity cumulative due-process firearms-disabilities firearms-disability jurisdictional-authority misdemeanor-conviction pennsylvania restoration-of-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation DOES TREATING "CIVIL RIGHTS " AS CUMULATIVE RENDER THE ENFORCEMENT OF 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(l) AND 18 U.S.C. §921(a)(20)(B) TO BE CONSTITUTIONALLY INFIRM … -6.0
19-6900 Aldon Smith v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-fees attorneys-fees buckhannon civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-access-to-justice-act government-litigation judicial-determination mootness prevailing-party standing voluntary-change This Court in Buckhannon addressed an award of prevailing party attorneys' fees pursuant to Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and Americans with Dis… -6.0
19-6690 Molly Ann Mahany v. City of Buffalo Police Department, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process false-evidence favorable-termination section-1983 statute-of-limitations Question 1: In a Section 1983 false-evidence claim, which involves the creation, use, and continued dissemination of fabricated evidence and upon whic… -6.5
19-6724 Lorie Anne Gunderson Zarum, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Theodore Lee Gunderson v. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fiduciary-duty harmless-error Question not identified. statute-of-limitations constitutional-rights due-process extrinsic-fraud federal-rules fiduciary-duty judicial-review state-judiciary statute-of-limitations united-states-v-throckmorton I. Where through breach of the fiduciary; no cause has ever been tried on the merits, no adversary trial has ever been provided, no decision has ever … -6.5
19-6727 Tyrone Marvin Andrews v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-defense civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum-sentence plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-review strickland-v-washington trial-counsel DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT SANCTION DECISIONS OF THE MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS AND FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT THAT CONFL… -6.5
19-6728 Jose Anthony Heredia v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-6731 Travell Henry v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation right-to-counsel self-incrimination sixth-amendment trial-strategy witness witness-testimony I. WAS MR. HENRY 'S TRIAL COUNSEL, PATRICK NYENHUS, FAILED TO PROVIDE CONSTITUTIONALLY EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL? A). Counsel was ineffective w… -6.5
19-6737 Leonard L. Little, Jr. v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review carpenter-v-united-states constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-law fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure jurisdiction legal-standards privacy search-and-seizure sixth-amendment-confrontation-clause standing supreme-court-precedent I. Petitioner asks did the Second District Court of Appeal apply federal law issued by the United States Supreme Court in a way that frustrates and u… -6.5
19-6750 Ronnie R. Ceasar v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-misconduct protected-class racial-animus Public Issue Timely prosecution of cases by local district attorney. Lay and affect cause able cause No Preparation harm law-abiding citizens Appellan… -6.5
19-6771 Larry Wayne Parr v. Simon E. Rodriguez Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-definition bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-procedures business-trust chapter-11 chapter-11-conversion chapter-7 corporation debtor-status homestead-exemption statutory-interpretation Due to The Fact Larry Parr 's business and business assets were in The LARRY W. PARR LIVING TRUST, do these facts make The LARRY W. PARR LIVING TRUST … -6.5
19-6777 Iris Lamar Anderson v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights standing state-court-procedure HAS THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT IMPLEMENTED PRATICES FOR FLORIDN'S JUDIUAL SYSTEM THAT CONTRADICTS THE U.S. CONSTITUTIONS T LTH AND IT AMENOMENT RGHIS F… -6.5
19-6779 Mitchell Stevens v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction free-speech procedural-standards retaliation standing (1) Did the district Court misRepresent the Facts (2) Did the district Court have Jurisdiction to hear this matter (3) Did the Appeals Court overlook … -6.5
19-6788 Eber Roblero v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process extradition jurisdiction standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-6817 Anthony Wheeler v. Ron Neal, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process expungement ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing sentencing-standards sixth-amendment standard-of-review I. Did the Seventh Circuit err under Miller-El v. Cockrell , 537 U.S. 322, 336–38 (2003) and Buck v. Davis , 137 S. Ct. 759, 773–74 (2017), when it de… -6.5
19-6861 Tony L. Henderson v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process equal-protection jury-selection race-conscious venire Does a discretionary, race-conscious selection process for the venire called in a particular criminal trial violate the 6th and 148 Amendments to the … -6.5
19-6867 Jose Luis Maya v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law asylum civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process immigration jurisdiction parole standing statutory-provisions DID THE STATE OF GEORGIA VIOLATE THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT BY REFUSING TO DEPORT JOSE LUIS MAYA? DID THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHE… -6.5
19-6940 Kevin James Petroske v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 8th-circuit child-pornography circuit-split criminal-intent due-process minor-protection production-of-child-pornography sexual-conduct sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation video-voyeurism Whether mere video voyeurism – surreptitious videoing of unaware subjects without any posing or manipulation of the video images – of the innocent con… -6.5
19-6941 Michael Collins v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process first-circuit massachusetts-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rulings violent-felony 1. Whether the First Circuit holding that assault with a dangerous weapon as defined by Massachusetts law is a violent felony under the Armed Career C… -6.5
19-6947 Reinaldo Rodriguez-Martinez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jackson-v-virginia jury-instructions rico rico-conspiracy-statute rico-enterprise sufficiency-of-evidence united-states-v-turkette 1. In United States v. Turkette , 452 U.S. 576 (1981) , this Court first held , in a RICO conspiracy case, 18 U SC §1962 (d), that the statute applies… -6.5
19-6948 Michael Eugene Spry v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3553 criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness supervised-release I. WHETHER THE APPELLANT MICHAEL EUGENE SPRY'S SENTENCE WAS UNREASONABLE AS IT WAS GREATER THAN NECESSARY AND AS SUCH, FAILS TO COMPLY WITH TITLE 18, … -6.5
19-6953 Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding critical-stage direct-appeal new-trial new-trial-motion right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure The Constitution guarantees the assistance and choice of counsel for a critical-stage in a criminal proceeding. Ancient statute guarantees every indiv… -6.5
19-6960 Ulriste Tulin v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment grand-jury indictment jury-instruction The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution requires a person to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, only if he is presented or indicted by… -6.5
19-6970 Monty Dwayne Sullivan v. Wyoming Wyoming Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment access-to-courts brady-v-maryland civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Was Sullivan deprived of his Rights by all the lower Courts? These questions have been asked and not resolved by the lower Courts. 2. Was Sullivan… -6.5
19-6972 Tarsis Guillermo Sanchez-Mora v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-procedure jury-instruction jury-instructions miscarriage-of-justice plain-error rico-conspiracy statutory-interpretation The lower court's ruling fail ed to correct a miscarriage of justice by allowing a conviction to stand, where the trial court's jury instruction on th… -6.5
19-6973 Taiwan Wiggins, et al. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment standing warrantless-seizure WHERE A DEA AGENT STOPS TWO AIR TRAVELS, WHO HAD BEEN CLEARED, TO BOARD THEIR FLIGHTS, AND TAKES FROM THEM (IN A WARRANTLESS SEIZURE A SUM OF MONEY: C… -6.5
19-6975 Jason Lee Bennett v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to a substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by the lower court's co… -6.5
19-6995 Richard Alan King v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice magistrate pro-se-pleading procedural-default remand reversal standard-of-review standing supreme-court-precedent Was The Presiding Magistrate's Analysis So Flawed As To Warrent This Court To Reverse And Remand So That A Correct Legal Standard May Be Applied ? pg7… -6.5
19-6998 Patrick Kofalt v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion conflict-of-interest due-process plea-agreement fourth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure judicial-shell-game nix-v-whiteside plea-agreement sixth-amendment I. Does controlling authority from the Supreme Court in Nix v. Whiteside, 475 US 157 (1986), hold that all ineffective assistance of counsel waivers a… -6.5
19-7006 Alvin Andrae Drummond v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing misdemeanor-crime-of-violence physical-force predicate-offense probable-cause search-warrant statutory-interpretation violent-crime Petitioner Alvin Drummond presents two questions for this Court's review: 1. Whether a misdemeanor crime of violence, not aggravated by any additiona… -6.5
19-7008 Abraham Hernandez-Zavala v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP coram-nobis Criminal-Conviction criminal-procedure custody custody-status deportation deportation-supervised-release due-process Habeas-Corpus immigration immigration-law supervised-release writ-of-error-coram-nobis WHETHER DEPORTATION AUTHOMATICALLY ENDS AN IMMIGRANTS IMPOSED SUPERVISED RELEASE? IF COURT WAIVES COURT SUPERVISION UPON DEPORATION IS ALIEN "IN CU… -6.5
19-7014 Geoffrey Scott Gaffney v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals constitutional-provisions district-court due-process eighth-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus procunier-v-atchley stare-decisis SHOULD THIS COURT GRANT THIS PETITION TO ADDRESS THE OBVIOUS FAILURE OF THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TO REQUIRE A DISTRICT COURT TO CONDUCT AN … -6.5
19-7015 In Re Michael F. Harris Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial judicial-misconduct malicious-prosecution presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-jury state-actors witness-tampering (1). Whether, in fairness to judicial proceedings, can an attorney of record brazenly ignore his client's instructions during the Direct Appeal proces… -6.5
19-7020 Nahach Garay v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment affidavit criminal-procedure fourth-amendment inventory-search law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure training-and-experience warrant warrantless-search 1. Whether, a purported inventory search that produces no inventory, can justify the warrantless search of automobile after its occupants have been re… -6.5
19-7026 James W. Guy v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-material civil-procedure civil-rights continuance discovery-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial first-amendment free-speech self-representation self-representing-defendant standing untimely-discovery (1) Did a trial judge deny a self-representing defendant his due process right to a fair trial when the State disclosed untimely discovery documents … -6.5
19-7034 Charley Joe, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-vagueness eighth-amendment sentencing-guidelines unusual-vulnerability vagueness victim-exploitation victim-vulnerability vulnerable-victim Section 3A1.1(b) of the Sentencing Guidelines provides for a two-level increase where, "the defendant knew or should have known that a victim of the o… -6.5
19-7035 Michael B. Lowry v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment attenuation-doctrine burden-of-proof criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence After the police violate an individual's Fourth Amendment rights by conducting an illegal search or seizure, does the government bear the burden of pr… -6.5
19-7038 Angela Maxine Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 3553-a-factors 3553a-factors appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether the above-Guidelines 84-month sentence ordered by the district court is substantively unreasonable under the § 3553(a) factors. -6.5
19-7041 Pedro L. Ramirez-Rivera v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process exculpatory-evidence post-conviction post-conviction-relief post-conviction-review prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-appeal Whether the United States Attorneys are obliged to disclose exculpatory evidence known to exist after the defendant has been convicted by trial by jur… -6.5
19-7042 Christian Rosado v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-law guidelines judicial-interpretation judicial-opinions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines state-law state-law-offense statutory-interpretation use-of-force The question presented is whether, as the court of appeals in this case held, a state-law offense qualifies as a "crime of violence" for purposes of t… -6.5
19-7044 Darmarcus Fisher v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process fifth-circuit procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether the district court imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence and erred by imposing a 4-level enhancement for aggravated assault. -6.5
19-7049 In Re Antwoyn Spencer Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance personal-liberty pro-se-petition punishment standing strickland-standard undue-delay 1. Whether Appellant is being deprived of his civil right of personal liberty against law contrary to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. -6.5
19-7051 Adan Reyes-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-waiver criminal-procedure fifth-circuit plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing waiver waiver-of-rights Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by ruling that Mr. Reyes-Martinez waived the right to appeal his sentence because of the Waiver of Appeal provision in… -6.5
19-7053 Jason Dean Barnes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-disclosure constitutional-infirmity digital-technologies good-faith-exception law-enforcement magistrate-judge magistrate-review warrant warrant-infirmity Whether and in what circumstances the good-faith exception should apply in cases involving emerging digital technologies when law enforcement officers… -6.5
19-7062 Florentino Villanueva, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act common-law common-law-principles criminal-law criminal-sentencing force force-element predicate-conviction robbery robbery-statute statutory-interpretation Does a robbery statute qualify as a predicate conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act when the force can be employed after the taking of the pr… -6.5
19-7075 Matthew Rouse v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent child-pornography criminal-conduct first-amendment privacy sexual-conduct Whether the child pornography exception to the First Amendment, which is grounded in the long-standing exemption for speech integral to criminal condu… -6.5
19-7078 Braun Nathan Thompson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 aggravated-robbery armed-robbery-statute criminal-law criminal-procedure elements-clause federal-sentencing firearms-offense minnesota-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether aggravated robbery under Minnesota law is a violent felony within the scope of the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(e)(2)(b)(i). -6.5
19-7083 Leroy L. Perdue v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 851-enhancement criminal-procedure due-process enhancement federal-statute notice role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the sentence should be vacated for failure comply with the requirements of 21 U.S.C. § 851(b). 2. Whether the court erred in assessing a f… -6.5
19-7084 Andrew Haley Morcombe v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process fair-trial international-kidnapping international-parental-kidnapping jury-instructions state-law state-law-definitions statutory-interpretation Whether the failure of 18 U.S.C. § 1204, the International Parental Kidnapping statute, to define the term "domestic violence" for purposes of an affi… -6.5
19-7090 Warren Evans, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure attorneys-fees copyright-law copyright-registration effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure flores-ortega 19-708" ineffective-assistance-of-counsel infringement notice-of-appeal publication-status registration-accuracy right-to-counsel roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment Whether a court can invalidate a copyright registr 1. Whether application of the deadline for filing a Notice of Appeal under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure violates the appellant's right to … -6.5
19-7092 Laforest Carmichael, aka LaForrest Carmichael v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a circuit-split mandatory-revocation sentencing-factors statutory-maximum substantive-reasonableness supervised-release Should this Court resolve the current circuit split over whether a sentencing judge must consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors when impo… -6.5
19-7098 Antonio Shaw v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel objective-standard sixth-amendment standard-of-review witness-testimony (1) Whether defense Counsel's performance in failing to inform client of important witness against him fell below an objectively reasonable Standard o… -6.5
19-7103 Edward Merritt v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law controlled-substance-offense criminal-law deference guideline-commentary inchoate-offenses judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Is the definition of "controlled substance offense" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) genuinely ambiguous such that the guideline commentary can be used to re… -6.5
19-7106 Peter Woodley v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment consent consent-to-search lawful-possession reasonable-expectation-of-privacy rental-car search-and-seizure standing In Byrd v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1518 (2018), the Court held that, "as a general rule, someone in otherwise lawful possession and control of a ren… -6.5
19-7107 Joseph Thor Perkins v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a 3553(a)-factors abuse-of-discretion booker-v-united-states criminal-sentencing downward-variance federal-sentencing-procedure gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing court can abuse its discretion by not varying downward further based on this Court's decisions mandating that a sentencing court … -6.5
19-7115 Alexander Faulkner v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acca burglary burglary-definition categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause generic-burglary sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court Generic burglary must be committed in a building or structure. For non buildings like vehicles to qualify as a structure, this Court has required that… -6.5
19-7117 Vance Edward Ingram, III v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process government-power plea-agreement plea-bargaining waiver IS A DEFEDANT'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW VIOLATED WHEN THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES AN APPEAL WAIVER AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT? -6.5