Conference: 2020-02-21

479 cases — 2 granted, 477 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
19-123 Sharonell Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (87)Relisted (7) circuit-split civil-rights discrimination employment-division-v-smith first-amendment foster-care free-exercise general-applicability government-neutrality neutral-and-generally-applicable neutral-laws religious-discrimination religious-liberty unconstitutional-conditions The City of Philadelphia chose to exclude a religious agency from the City's foster care system unless the agency agreed to act and speak in a manner … 100.5
18-349 Darrell Patterson v. Walgreen Co. Eleventh Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination hardison-v-twi reasonable-accommodation religious-accommodation title-vii undue-hardship Title VII prohibits an employer from firing an employee for engaging in a religious practice—here, abstaining from work on his Sabbath—"unless [the] e… 43.5
18-921 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico v. Yali Acevedo Feliciano, et al. Puerto Rico GVR CVSGAmici (5)Relisted (16) church-autonomy church-hierarchy church-structure civil-courts civil-rights ecclesiastical-rights ecclesiastical-structure establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech religious-organization Whether the First Amendment empowers courts to override the chosen legal structure of a religious organization and declare all of its constituent part… 43.0
22O150 Arizona, Plaintiff v. California Denied CVSGAmici (6)Relisted (3) None 37.5
19-494 David Zachary Morgan v. Washington Washington Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment government-search plain-view-doctrine plain-view-exception probable-cause property-seizure search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Whether a government official who would like to seize someone's personal property, and has both probable cause and the time to obtain a warrant, must … 19.0
19-107 Vincent Asaro v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 5th-amendment 6th-amendment acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial-right sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct underlying a charge for which t… 17.5
19-832 Apple Inc. v. VirnetX Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) apportionment apportionment-rule federal-circuit innovation license-valuation patent-damages patent-infringement patent-invalidation pending-litigation prior-licenses 1. A patented invention often makes but a small contribution to a complex end-product's value. Thus, for well over a century, this Court has enforced … 17.0
19-440 Northern Trust Corporation, et al. v. Lindie L. Banks, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split class-action covered-securities federal-securities-law fiduciary-duty preemption private-securities-litigation-reform-act securities-fraud securities-litigation securities-litigation-uniform-standards-act statutory-interpretation trust-assets trust-law trustee-misconduct uniform-standards-act For purposes of SLUSA, does a trust beneficiary allege misconduct "in connection with" the purchase or sale of a covered security when the beneficiary… 16.0
19-603 Mark Silguero, et al. v. CSL Plasma, Incorporated Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split disability-discrimination place-of-public-accommodation plasma-donation-center public-accommodation title-iii Is a plasma donation center a "place of public accommodation" subject to the requirements of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act? 15.0
19-402 Howard L. Baldwin, et ux. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (6)Relisted (4) administrative-law agency-deference brand-x-doctrine common-law common-law-mailbox-rule stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tax tax-refund (1) Should Brand X be overruled? (2) What, if any, deference should a federal agency's statutory construction receive when it contradicts a court's p… 13.0
19-755 Robert C. Steiner, et ux. v. Utah State Tax Commission Utah Denied Amici (3)Response Waived dormant-commerce-clause double-taxation equal-protection foreign-commerce interstate-taxation state-residency state-tax-credits state-taxation tax-credit tax-credits Utah's tax code extends a credit for income taxes paid to other States but does not extend a similar credit for income taxes paid to foreign countries… 11.5
19-347 AER Advisors, Inc., et al. v. Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC First Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) annunzio-wylie-anti-money-laundering-act anti-money-laundering bank-secrecy-act choice-of-law civil-immunity criminal-disclosure diversity-jurisdiction federal-transfer financial-institutions forum-selection good-faith-reporting immunity immunity-defense To encourage banks, other financial institutions, and their employees to report actual or suspected criminal activity, Congress enacted the Bank Secre… 11.0
19-411 Rodney Reed v. Texas Texas Denied Amici (2)Relisted (8) brady-materiality brady-v-maryland confrontation-clause due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment materiality self-incrimination suppressed-evidence witness-testimony When assessing under the Brady materiality standard whether "disclosure of the suppressed evidence to competent counsel would have made a different re… 11.0
19-273 Michael Binday v. United States Second Circuit Denied constitutional-vagueness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel mail-fraud property-rights right-to-control vagueness wire-fraud In mail and wire fraud cases, the government does not have to prove a victim actually lost money or property, but it does have to prove a scheme desig… 10.5
19-282 Manuel Olivas-Motta v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied None 10.5
19-569 Carlos Manuel Ayestas v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied capital-case capital-case-mitigation-evidence ineffective-assistance mental-health mitigation-evidence mitigation-investigation professional-norms rompilla-v-beard sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington substance-abuse wiggins-v-smith This Court has found constitutionally deficient performance of counsel based on "prevailing professional norms" that precede the Court's own decisions… 10.5
19-934 In Re Todd Britton-Harr Denied 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-prisoners habeas-corpus procedural-review second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation successive-petitions supervised-release Whether 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b)(1) ("[a] claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under section 2254 that was presented i… 10.5
19-486 Donnett M. Taffe, Personal Representative of the Estate of Steven Jerold Thompson, Deceased v. Gerald E. Wengert, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-rights due-process federal-claims findings-of-fact interlocutory-appeal interlocutory-ruling material-facts pendent-jurisdiction qualified-immunity qualified-immunity,civil-rights,civil-procedure,ap standard-of-review summary-judgment 1. Under what circumstances may an appellate court review the findings of the district court with respect to the validity of the disputed material fac… 9.5
19-728 Brian Davison v. Facebook, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived censorship civil-rights delegation-of-authority due-process first-amendment free-speech government-delegation private-forum public-forum standing standing-to-sue 1. Whether a person has standing to sue the government for a delegation of censorship authority to a private party when his speech on a topic of publi… 8.5
19-758 Kamal Anwiya Youkhanna, et al. v. City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights consent-decree establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech local-government municipal-law public-forum religion religious-freedom zoning zoning-law 1. Does a city council rule prohibiting private citizens from making disparaging comments about religion when speaking during the public comment perio… 8.5
19-770 Jason C. Underwood v. Shawn Phillips, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-review trevino-v-thaler This Court's decisions in Martinez v. Ryan , 566 U.S. 1 (2012), and Trevino v. Thaler , 133 S. Ct. 1911 (2013) held that state prisoners whose states … 8.5
19-851 Manuel Lopez-Castro v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived actual-innocence constitutional-law criminal-conduct criminal-law habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent precedent procedural-default Does the actual innocence gateway to review of procedurally defaulted habeas claims apply only where new evidence shows the defendant did not commit t… 8.5
19-920 Boulder Young, aka Boulder Daniel McManigal v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeal appeal-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error judicial-discretion plea-bargaining plea-hearing sentencing waiver Whether the waiver of a right to appeal a judgment of conviction is controlled by the defendant's written waiver or the oral pronouncement of the cour… 8.5
19-692 Sunil Deo v. California California Denied Amici (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process federal-law fifth-amendment penal-code property-rights state-law takings takings-clause 1. Does California's application of Penal Code section 115 to deprive lienholders of their property, which conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent… 7.5
19-389 Jay Anthony Dobyns v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1) breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law duty-of-good-faith fair-dealing federal-circuit federal-contracts federal-government good-faith good-faith-and-fair-dealing government-contracts undercover-agents (1) Whether the duty of good faith and fair dealing implied in all contracts, including contracts between private parties and the United States, permi… 6.5
19-475 Serah Njoki Karingithi v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) None 6.5
19-600 Jon Krakauer v. Clayton T. Christian, Montana Commissioner of Higher Education Montana Denied Amici (1) civil-rights due-process ferpa free-speech gonzaga-v-doe higher-education judicial-discretion privacy privacy-rights public-interest public-records student-privacy student-records university-athlete In the process of writing a book about sexual assault on a college campus, Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, Petitioner and Aut… 6.5
19-609 Erin J. Shepherd, et al. v. Angela Studdard Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (3) 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct qualified-immunity sixth-circuit summary-judgment use-of-force 1. Police officers are entitled to qualified immunity unless they violate constitutional rights in factual situations squarely governed by controlling… 6.5
19-224 Bryan James Strother v. David S. Baldwin, Adjutant General, California Army National Guard, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) accrued-benefits civil-rights contractual-entitlements due-process federal-tort-claims-act federal-torts-claim-act feres-doctrine military-benefits military-pay military-pay-and-bonuses property-rights repetition-evading-review vested-property-interests vested-property-rights Regardless of the presence or absence of any statutory scheme do enlistment contracts become entitlements vested upon commitment at the decision point… 6.0
19-284 Jose Jesus Mercado Ramirez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-433 Patrick Emanuel Sutherland v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied 18-usc-1512 false-statements grand-jury nexus-requirement obstruction-of-justice obstruction-of-justice-18-usc-1512-c-2 plain-error plain-error-review prosecutorial-misconduct 1. When a defendant makes false statements to a United States Attorney's Office in an effort to persuade that Office to decline prosecution, does the … 5.5
19-527 Paul Huskisson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied direct-appeal exclusionary-rule first-step-act fourth-amendment independent-source independent-source-doctrine police-misconduct retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reform 1. Does the independent source exception to the exclusionary rule, like all other exclusionary rule exceptions, take into account the flagrancy and de… 5.5
19-541 Michael Lambert v. Estate of Kevin Brown, by its Successor in Interest Rebecca Brown, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied cold-case criminal-investigation criminal-procedure dna-evidence exigent-circumstances false-statements fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violations murder-case probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant third-party 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err by failing to address whether a reasonable officer in Detective Lambert's position would have objectively believed his co… 5.5
19-564 Michigan v. Eric Lamontee Beck Michigan Denied acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-circuit-courts preponderance-of-evidence presumption-of-innocence sentencing Whether, when imposing a sentence within the statutory range for the offense of conviction, due process permits a sentencing court to consider conduct… 5.5
19-568 Jose Susumo Azano Matsura v. United States Ninth Circuit GVR 18-usc-922 constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process firearm-regulation mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. Should the Court grant review, vacate the judgment below, and remand to the Ninth Circuit based on this Court's holding in Rehaif v. United States,… 5.5
19-619 Cisco Systems, Inc. v. SRI International, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-101 abstract-idea computer-automated-method computer-automation computer-network data-analysis data-collection patent patent-eligibility patent-law standing statutory-interpretation Whether patent claims that recite only the abstract idea of collecting and analyzing data are patent-ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and Alice. 5.5
19-698 Wendy Alison Nora v. Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility Minnesota Denied administrative-law civil-procedure disciplinary-proceedings due-process federal-courts first-amendment free-speech interpretation lower-court political-speech regulation standing Whether Petitioner was denied her Rights to Due Process guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States when the Minne… 5.5
19-702 Alen Dean O'Bryant v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied credibility due-process evidentiary-bolstering minor minor-witness physical-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-assault vouching witness-credibility Does Due Process prohibit a State from presenting multiple witnesses and the prosecutor from vouching for the credibility of a minor complaining witne… 5.5
19-707 Irma Rosas v. San Antonio Housing Authority, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling erickson-precedent magistrate-transfer mental-illness pro-se pro-se-plaintiff standing tolling twombly-standard WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN (1) APPLYING THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN BELL ATLANTIC CORP. V. TWOMBLY, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) TO PRO SE PLAINTIFF-APPELLAN… 5.5
19-729 Scott Howard Meyer v. Emily Peterson Minnesota Denied civil-procedure civil-rights custody-dispute due-process family-law first-amendment free-speech harassment-order parental-rights prior-restraint When two parents are involved in an ongoing and contentious custody battle over a minor child, does one parent have a First Amendment right to critici… 5.5
19-731 Pancho's LLC v. James T. Hughes, et al. West Virginia Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-regulation notice-and-hearing paul-v-davis reputation stigma-to-reputation 1. Does Paul v. Davis , 424 U.S. 693 (1976), establish a two-pronged test for a cause ofaction under 42 U.S.C. § 1983? 2. Whether the stigma to reput… 5.5
19-745 Khalil Williams v. Housing Opportunities for Persons with Exceptionalities Eleventh Circuit Denied burden-of-proof burden-shifting circumstantial-evidence civil-rights comparator-evidence employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case racial-discrimination summary-judgment title-vii What test should courts use in evaluating motions for summary judgment in discrimination cases when the evidence needed to establish a traditional McD… 5.5
19-750 In Re The Law Offices of Nina Ringgold, et al. Denied civil-procedure-28-usc-1446 civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1866 civil-rights-act-of-1886 due-process federal-jurisdiction first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity recusal-requirement removal-procedure removal-statute state-court-procedure supremacy-clause 1. Whether in conflict with the clear authority of this court California local rules of court may defeat the command of 28 U.S.C. § 1446 (d) that a st… 5.5
19-754 Estate of Norman Robert Knight, Jr., Deceased, et al. v. Beatrice E. Whitten, as a Special Administrator, et al. South Carolina Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-common-law judicial-qualification one-person-one-vote probate probate-court service-of-process standing voting-rights I. LOWER COURTS ERRED BY ACTING ON A PETITION FILED AND SERVED WITHOUT SUMMONS AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL COMMON LAW AND FEDERAL PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS? … 5.5
19-759 Milo H. Segner, Jr. v. Cianna Resources Incorporated Fifth Circuit Denied avoidance-power bankruptcy bankruptcy-code burden-of-proof criminal-statute good-faith jury-instructions ponzi-scheme reasonable-commercial-standards transfer-liability This petition presents two important questions concerning the pursuit of Ponzi-scheme proceeds in bankruptcy proceedings—including one that has provok… 5.5
19-761 KT Corporation, et al. v. ABS Holdings, Ltd., et al. Second Circuit Denied arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-awards contract contract-disputes due-process due-process-standards enforcement-actions foreign-government foreign-law-enforcement international-comity satellite-dispute tribunal-mandate Does the doctrine of international comity bar our courts from enforcing arbitration awards that are based on a tribunal's conclusion – in excess of it… 5.5
19-773 Ann Merlino, et al. v. Cara Buonincontri New York Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violation constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-investigation hearing investigation judicial-conduct state-court state-court-judge Is it a violation of the Due Process clauses of the United States Constitution, 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment for a State Court Judge to conduct a … 5.5
19-785 James Huff v. Telecheck Services, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit Denied article-iii-standing concrete-injury consumer-reporting-agency consumer-rights credit-determinations fair-credit-reporting-act procedural-rights substantive-information substantive-rights Whether a consumer who requested his entire credit file under the Fair Credit Reporting Act has suffered a concrete injury sufficient to confer Articl… 5.5
19-787 Michael Lynn Robertson v. Banner Bank Tenth Circuit Denied appellate-jurisdiction bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-appeals bankruptcy-procedure claim-processing-rule federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdictional-requirement jurisdictional-requirements notice-of-appeal whether-an-untimely-motion-to-alter-or-amend-a-jud An appeal for a judgment of a bankruptcy court "shall be taken in the same manner as appeals in civil proceedings generally are taken to the courts of… 5.5
19-791 Anderson Law Offices, et al. v. Common Benefit Fee and Cost Committee Fourth Circuit Denied appeal-rights appeal-waiver appellate-review civil-procedure common-benefit-fund court-review due-process equitable-relief federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-discretion judicial-responsibilities standing waiver Whether federal district courts possess the authority to require appeal rights to be waived as a condition for receiving an award available under law.… 5.5
19-803 Xiu Jian Sun v. Michael P. Kelly, et al. New York Denied civil-procedure civil-rights divine-intervention due-process free-speech freedom-of-conscience freedom-of-speech judicial-review legal-filing mandamus religious-freedom religious-petition separation-of-church-and-state standing state-court takings Lord god of host sent the messenger through angel said to spiritual Adam: "take him (her) to the law to confront it." Mit (t,) That the civil magistr… 5.5
19A721 Wayne Powe, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19A728 Henry Pratt v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Third Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M100 H. K. V. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M101 H. K. V. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M102 James Joseph Knochel v. Emily Noelle Mihaylo Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M95 Tyrone William Holland v. Brian B. Kemp, Governor of Georgia Eleventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M96 Kaneka Corporation v. Xiamen Kingdomway Group Company, et al. Federal Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M97 Barton Joseph Adams v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M98 In Re TCT Mobile International Limited Denied None 5.5
19M99 Raminder Kaur v. Maryland Maryland Presumed Complete None 5.5
19-5693 Harlow Hutchinson v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict Whether Petitioner was constitutionally entitled to a unanimous jury under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constituti… 4.5
19-870 Jeana K. Reinbold, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of 180 Equipment, LLC v. First Midwest Bank Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived circuit-court-split circuit-split federal-court-interpretation federal-interpretation notice-of-collateral secured-creditor security-interest state-law state-law-interpretation uniform-commercial-code Whether the decision of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, that a secured creditor need not give any public notice of the collateral securing its s… 4.5
19-960 Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company v. Steven R. Lilly Michigan Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure employment-law federal-employers-liability-act fela jury-instruction jury-instructions personal-injury preexisting-condition railroad-employee workplace-liability Whether, in a personal injury action brought by a railroad employee against his employer under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), a jury must… 4.5
19-344 Qihui Huang v. Ajit Varadaraj Pai, Chairman of Federal Communications Commission, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) burden-shifting civil-procedure civil-rights compensation constitutional-amendments discrimination due-process retaliation standing supreme-court-precedent Q1. Whether lower court could not comply rulings of Supreme Court on: (a) "[Respondent's] silence implies consent, not the opposite—and courts general… 4.0
19-481 In Re R. C. "Rick" Lussy Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-code elections extraordinary-circumstances free-speech judicial-procedure misconduct non-delegation-doctrine public-office standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. 4.0
19-5350 Stevie Elbert Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP career-offender crime-of-violence federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states texas-robbery ussg-4b1.1 ussg-4b1.2 Whether, after Stokeling v. United States , __U.S.__, 139 S.Ct. 544 (2019), the Texas offense of robbery satisfies the definition of "crime of violenc… 4.0
19-545 Jean Coulter v. Gerri Volchko Paulisick, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-conflict civil-procedure conflicting-decisions domicile due-process judicial-bias jurisdiction procedural-error standing third-circuit venue Has the Third Circuit improperly determined that domicile of Plaintiff can be based exclusively on the determination of domicile in a subsequently fil… 4.0
19-560 Jennie Nicassio v. Viacom International, Inc., et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) actual-copying circuit-split copyright-infringement fair-use fairness idea-expression-dichotomy originality plot-elements scenes-a-faire wrongful-appropriation Whether the scènes-à-faire evidence exclusion for actual copying should extend to all plot elements naturally flowing from a simple formulation of the… 4.0
19-5829 Yoni Castro-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… 4.0
19-5865 Pablo Sauste Balderas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe… 4.0
19-5869 Jaime Enriquez-Hernandez, aka Jaime Enriques-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… 4.0
19-5875 Alfredo Gonzalez-Terrazas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… 4.0
19-5907 Luis Castaneda-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… 4.0
19-5946 Anthony Carl Spence v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritoriality federal-sentencing foreign-conduct guidelines offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether, absent a clear indication of extraterritoriality, a federal sentencing court is permitted to enhance a defendant's offense level under the se… 4.0
19-5979 Rodrigo Pablo Lozano v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey conspiracy conspiracy-offense criminal-restitution deliberate-avoidance due-process hester-v-united-states mental-state ninth-circuit sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Whether Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000) applies to the imposition of criminal restitution, as suggested in Hester v. United States, 139… 4.0
19-6015 Roque Arias-De Jesus v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… 4.0
19-447 Keith Puntenney, et al. v. Iowa Utilities Board, et al. Iowa Denied Response Waived common-carrier eminent-domain fifth-amendment incidental-benefits kelo-precedent kelo-v-city-of-new-london public-purpose public-use takings takings-clause Does a state's exercise of eminent domain satisfy the "public use" requirement of the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause if the only benefits experience… 3.5
19-669 Matthew T. Watkins v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
19-691 Arthur Lawton Clark v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response Waived 404b-evidence circuit-court-split circuit-split d.c.-circuit-precedent due-process evidence-rule federal-rules-of-evidence georgia-supreme-court intrinsic-evidence intrinsic-evidence-rule prior-bad-act-evidence prior-bad-acts WERE PETITIONER'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS VIOLATED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA'S OVERLY BROAD APPLICATION OF THE "INTRINSIC EVIDENCE" RULE TO PETITIONE… 3.5
19-693 Peter Balov v. California California Denied Response Waived blood-alcohol-content blood-draw coercion consent dui fourth-amendment officer-authority probable-cause search-and-seizure Is a motorist's consent to a blood draw, for purposes of determining blood-alcohol content, voluntary within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment where… 3.5
19-694 Heather Baker, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kyle Baker, Deceased v. City of Trenton, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment home-invasion police-conduct police-procedure search-and-seizure second-amendment self-defense standing warrantless-search I. 1. Whether, consistent with the Second Amendment right to bear arms, police can conduct a warrantless search of a private home based on the residen… 3.5
19-695 Dean Browning Webb, et al. v. Deere Credit, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived beck beck-v-prupis civil-liability civil-rico co-conspirator-liability conspiracy-law mediate-causation pinkerton-doctrine procedural-sanctions rico-1962-d salinas salinas-v-united-states Pinkerton, Salinas, Beck, and mediate causation: Does the Pinkerton Doctrine, Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640, 647, 66 S.Ct. 1180, 90 L. Ed. … 3.5
19-711 Missouri, ex rel. Darrin Lamasa v. Michael Wright, Associate Circuit Judge, 12th Judicial Circuit, Warren County, Missouri Missouri Denied Response Waived constitutional-law due-process federal-preemption marbury-v-madison medical-marijuana rational-basis-review statutory-interpretation I. Whether Missouri's medical marijuana law (Mo. Const. art. XIV) is preempted by the federal statute. II. If not, since there is no verdict director… 3.5
19-716 Zhi Gang Zhang v. Dan Rasmus, et al. South Dakota Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment attorney-fraud attorney-misconduct civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-hearing fraud legal-malpractice Whether differences in the acquittal process between fraud committed by an attorney and fraud committed by a non-attorney in some but not all federal … 3.5
19-721 W. A. Griffin v. Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. Georgia Denied Response Waived assignment-of-benefit assignment-of-benefits consent-requirement erisa georgia-law georgia-statute health-insurance insurance-contracts insurance-law medical-assignment preemption provider-assignment provider-rights 1. Whether or not a medical provider who obtained a written assignment of benefit in accordance Georgia § 33-24-54 is required to obtain a consent or … 3.5
19-722 Larry J. Hudack v. La Cresta Property Owners Association California Denied Response Waived anti-slapp anti-SLAPP-statute civil-procedure collateral-attack due-process federal-statute first-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect right-to-petition standing state-statute void-judgment void-judgments 1. Is a collateral attack on void judgments, on its face, an assault on the constitutional Right to Petition under any state or federal statute? 2. D… 3.5
19-734 Trina R. Patterson v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 15-usc-1692a-6 circuit-court-split debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure ninth-circuit security-interest standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding consistent with the opinions in Dowers v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al and Obduskey v. McCarthy and H… 3.5
19-736 Andrew Clarke v. Russell R. McMurray, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Transportation Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights civil-suit due-process government-official individual-capacity legal-standing official-capacity pleading-defect sovereign-immunity standing state-immunity Government officials may be sued in their individual capacity. Such a suit does not represent a suit against the government entity for which he is ass… 3.5
19-740 Kayla Butts, Individually and on Behalf of Her Daughter, A. F., a Minor v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-52a evidence-consideration expert-testimony fact-finding federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice standard-of-care standard-of-review trial-court-deference 1. Did the Appellate court violate Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 52(a) when it failed to consider all of the evidence before the trial court, inser… 3.5
19-744 Leslie T. Jackson v. District of Columbia District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-dismissal artis-v-district-of-columbia civil-procedure due-process final-adjudication jurisdiction precedent-binding precedent-binding-effect-of res-judicata statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. IS THE LOWER COURT CLERK AND JUDGE LEGALLY BOUND TO FOLLOW THIS COURTS PRECEDENT AND IN PARTICULAR ITS PRECEDENT IN ARTIS V. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, … 3.5
19-749 William S. Ritter v. John R. Tuttle, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process full-faith-and-credit interstate-judicial-recognition new-york pennsylvania res-judicata sealed-documents Does the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution (Article IV, Section l) attach to an order of a New York Appellate Court that … 3.5
19-752 Hawaii Management Alliance Association v. Randy Rudel Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived adjudicatory-procedure administrative-law civil-enforcement civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federal-regulation preemption state-law state-statutes statutory-interpretation If state statutes create an adjudicatory procedure that is contrary to the exclusive civil enforcement mechanism under the Employee Retirement Income … 3.5
19-768 Sherard Martin v. Davis Marinez, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived attorneys-fees civil-damages civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process economic-loss exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illegal-search illegal-stop incarceration police-misconduct standing Whether a plaintiff whose fourth amendment rights have been violated may be automatically denied damages for subsequent incarceration, attorneys fees,… 3.5
19-769 Alaa Elkharwily v. Franciscan Health System Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived bright-line-rule civil-procedure claim-preclusion different-facts district-court due-process federal-courts fraud-on-the-court issue-preclusion ninth-circuit post-trial-relief res-judicata Whether federal courts must refuse to dismiss on res judicata grounds a second claim against the same defendant that is based on different facts, evid… 3.5
19-771 Gerald Sensabaugh v. Kimberly Halliburton, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights common-law due-process first-amendment free-speech personnel-file protected-speech public-employee qualified-immunity retaliation standing takings 1. Whether the Court should reconsider its qualified immunity jurisprudence to accord with the official's burden of establishing immunity entitlement … 3.5
19-775 In Re Philippe Buhannic Denied Response Waived access-to-courts appeal appeal-rights bias constitution constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause-of-the-14th-amendment equal-protection federal-court foreign-litigant judicial-bias prejudice pro-se-litigant pro-se-representation Whether the Federal court has the right based on an obvious prejudice and bias to refuse due process to a foreign pro se litigant. The denial is so ob… 3.5
19-778 Edward A. Weinhaus v. Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split custody-decrees diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations-exception federal-question-jurisdiction frivolous-appeal fundamental-rights redress rule-38-sanctions Is There a Domestic-Relations Exception to Federal Question Jurisdiction? Are Rule 38 Sanctions for "frivolous appeal" warranted when the appeal earn… 3.5
19-781 Frank Condez v. Massachusetts Civil Service Commission, et al. Massachusetts Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights civil-service constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech massachusetts-appeals-court petition-for-certiorari standing Does the Massachusetts Appeals Court decision constitute a forbidden intrusion of the petitioner's First Amendment rights? 3.5
19-786 Willie Kipyego Butia v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response Waived constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jury jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Is due process violated where the trial judge instructs the jury using words not found in the statute and in such a way that clearly expands the statu… 3.5
19-788 Erin Daly v. Citigroup, Inc., et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement blacklisting dodd-frank employment-law finra-form-u-5 retaliation sarbanes-oxley sarbanes-oxley-act sec-violations whistleblower-protection 1. Whether the provisions under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 protect whi… 3.5
19-790 Juan A. Martin-de-Nicolas v. AAA Texas County Mutual Insurance Company Texas Denied Response Waived automobile-liability-insurance civil-procedure duty-to-settle insurance insurance-duty insurance-law legal-liability liability negligence negligence-standard policyholder-negligence policyholder-rights settlement settlement-obligation third-party-claims Do automobile liability insurers have a duty not-to-settle third-party claims, when it becomes reasonably clear that the peril insured against — polic… 3.5
19-796 Michael Cowels, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-review arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights dna-profile due-process fbi-determination federal-bureau-of-investigation national-dna-index-system pretext pretextual-basis pretextual-determination 1. Whether a determination by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the "FBI") that a DNA profile is ineligible for upload to the National DNA Index Sy… 3.5
19-799 Streambend Properties II, LLC, et al. v. Ivy Tower Minneapolis, LLC, et al. Minnesota Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal-with-prejudice due-process equal-protection failure-to-state-claim jury-trial jury-trial-rights pleadings standing The first question presented is whether the lower court erred in dismissing with prejudice Petitioners' claims for failing to state a claim for which … 3.5
19-800 Carlin Robinson, Individually, as Guardian and Next Friend of I. Y., M. Y., and A. Y., and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Veronica Williams, Deceased, et al. v. Daniel A. Lioi, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights deshhaney due-process fourth-amendment police-liability qualified-immunity state-created-danger 1. Which of the widely divergent approaches amongst the circuit courts of appeal, if any, appropriately applies the doctrine arising from this Court's… 3.5
19-801 Eddie N. Dela Cruz v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law eligibility-criteria federal-circuit filipino-veterans military-service pro-veteran-canon remedial-legislation service-determination statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits wwii Whether the Federal Circuit has erred in its narrow construction of ARRA Section 1002—a remedial veteran's statute providing a benefit for Filipinos w… 3.5
19-804 Xiu Jian Sun v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law biblical-allegation civil-rights constitutional-claim divine-communication due-process first-amendment legal-standing presidential-liability religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act religious-interpretation separation-of-church-and-state standing The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows Jehovah, the Lord god of t… 3.5
19-805 Ben Adam v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-statute due-process first-amendment prosecution-threat religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act religious-practice standing standing-doctrine threat-of-prosecution (1) Did the Second Circuit err in finding that petitioner lacked standing to challenge a criminal statute under the threat of prosecution doctrine, wh… 3.5
19-811 Christine Almas Rose, Individually and as Mother of Jessie Lee Rose, et al. v. City of Utica, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force free-speech mental-health-intervention police-procedure qualified-immunity use-of-force Did the Second Circuit commit legal error when it granted qualified immunity to the police officer when: a. the officer's testimony about being shot a… 3.5
19-812 Charles T. Marshall v. Federal Trade Commission Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt due-process fifth-amendment right-to-counsel self-incrimination summary-judgment 1. Whether a civil defendant invoking the privilege against self-incrimination in his pleadings and discovery responses, is unconstitutionally penaliz… 3.5
19-813 Loring Edwin Justice v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment administrative-law attorney-discipline civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment professional-conduct quasi-criminal self-incrimination 1. Justice, relying on Spevack v. Klein and McKune v. Lile, invoked his Fifth Amendment right in a Tennessee disbarment proceeding. Did Tennessee viol… 3.5
19-818 Jerry L. Carr v. William P. Barr, Attorney General District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights court-order due-process evidence-concealment exculpatory-evidence judicial-misconduct legal-procedure standing torture (1) Was Petitioner Jerry Lee Carr, U.S. Citizen, Constitutional Rights and Civil Rights violated July 3, 1990, including Torture! 2-90-360? (2) Was P… 3.5
19-822 Laurie A. White, Judge, Section A of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, et al. v. Alana Cain, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived conflict-of-interest constitutional-conflict criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fines-and-fees judicial-disqualification judicial-impartiality state-court-funding state-court-jurisdiction Does the federal court have jurisdiction to disqualify state criminal court judges from adjudicating matters, over which they have exclusive jurisdict… 3.5
19-824 Lonnie Lee Owens v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived blakely-error compromise-verdict disputed-facts harmless-error judicial-fact-finding sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit-review subjective-assessment witness-credibility In the decade since this Court ruled in Washington v. Recuenco, 548 U.S. 212 (2006), that errors under Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004), can… 3.5
19-826 The Estate of Swannie Her, et al. v. Craig Hoeppner, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights culpable-intent due-process fourteenth-amendment intent liability life-liberty-property reasonable-protection state-created-danger This petition poses two questions: first, whether the state-created danger doctrine provides a due process claim; and second, what level of culpable i… 3.5
19-828 Charles Garske, et al. v. United States First Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy government-misconduct manifest-necessity mistrial oregon-v-kennedy retrial united-states-v-perez For purposes of determining whether the Double Jeopardy Clause bars a second prosecution, does the test enunciated in Oregon v. Kennedy, 456 U.S. 667 … 3.5
19-829 Chrimar Systems, Inc. v. Juniper Networks, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure burden-of-proof due-process evidence inter-partes-review patent patent-challenge patent-law reply reply-evidence When a party files a petition for Inter Partes Review, the petition "must identify 'each claim challenged,' the grounds for the challenge, and the evi… 3.5
19-830 Effex Capital, LLC, et al. v. National Futures Association, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived commodities-exchange-act federal-agency federal-preemption implied-conflict-preemption implied-preemption national-futures-association obstacle-preemption regulatory-obstacle self-regulatory-organization state-law-tort state-law-tort-claims 1. Whether the Seventh Circuit wrongly expanded the doctrine of implied conflict preemption by holding that an obstacle could form the basis of pree… 3.5
19-833 In Re Philippe Buhannic Denied Response Waived appeal bias civil-rights constitutional-rights corruption due-process judicial-bias pro-se-litigant right-to-appeal standing state-appeal-courts Whether the state appeal courts have the right based on an obvious prejudice and bias to refuse due process to a foreign pro se litigant. The denial i… 3.5
19-834 In Re Philippe Buhannic Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process foreign-litigant judicial-bias legal-discrimination pro-se pro-se-litigant state-courts Whether the state courts, have the right based on an obvious prejudice and bias to refuse due process to a foreign Pro se litigant. The denial is so o… 3.5
19-836 Paul Ross Evans v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief prisoner-petition section-2255 statutory-interpretation successive-application successive-petitions 1. When a motion under Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 60(b) is granted with respect to a prisoner's first application under 28 U.S.C. 2255, whether a subsequent a… 3.5
19-838 Glenn N. Altschuld, Jr. v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
19-845 Charles Huggins v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance insufficient-evidence perjury section-2255 sixth-amendment 1. Whether Petitioner was deprived of due process by his continuing imprisonment who was convicted on insufficient evidence without being granted an e… 3.5
19-846 George Artem v. King County Department of Adult & Juvenile Detention, et al. Washington Denied Response Waived civil-rights disability-law due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mental-health procedural-due-process solitary-confinement Whether clearly established Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment and Federal Disability. Law permits jail officials to sanction inmates with mental health … 3.5
19-848 Patrick Shin v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1001 coram-nobis decisionmaker-influence escobar-clarification false-statements fraud fraud-prosecution materiality materiality-standard universal-health-services-v-escobar The federal False Statements statute expressly applies only to a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry. The Circuits disagree… 3.5
19-850 Mark Joseph Derrico v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response Waived arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Does the void-for-vagueness doctrine extend to cases such as Derrico's where courts have rested on the authority of judges and juries to ratify arbitr… 3.5
19-854 Universal Telephone Exchange, Inc. v. ZTE Corporation, et al. Texas Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-law federal-arbitration-act fraud fraud-standard legal-integrity revised-uniform-arbitration-act statutory-interpretation texas-civil-practices-and-remedies-code undue-means uniform-arbitration-act Does an admission by a party of contemporaneous illegal activity at the time of the issues in dispute in arbitration, or contemporaneous with the time… 3.5
19-856 Los Angeles County, California v. Trina Ray, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process fair-labor-standards-act federal-preemption labor-law non-enforcement-policy overtime-wages sovereign-immunity state-action state-agency Respondents, on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated home care workers in the State of California's In-Home Supportive Services ("IHSS") … 3.5
19-860 Nikolai Bosyk v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived child-pornography circuit-split criminal-procedure fourth-amendment ip-address probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant Whether the single click of a URL link to child pornography by someone using an individual's IP address can provide probable cause to support a search… 3.5
19-862 William Castro v. R. Fred Lewis, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process due-process-rights federal-constitutional-claims federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983 state-court-judgment subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars subject-matter jurisdiction in a federal district court over federal constitutional claims filed pursuant to … 3.5
19-865 Marian S. A. Tipp v. JPMC Specialty Mortgage, LLC Alabama Denied Response Waived door-closing-statutes due-process equal-protection foreign-corporation foreign-corporations jurisdiction legal-standing property-rights res-judicata Where "life, liberty & property" are fundamental rights equally protected, does a 'decision' with no opinion or legal authority depriving a person of … 3.5
19-877 Asmerom Gebreselassie v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability counsel-of-choice due-process fifth-amendment right-to-counsel right-to-present-evidence self-representation sixth-amendment DID THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN FAILING TO GRANT A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ON ANY OF THE FOUR ISSUES PRESENTED REGARDING FUNDAMENTA… 3.5
19-879 Heon Seok Lee v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law contract-law contractor-payment court-jurisdiction federal-funding federal-funds federal-jurisdiction municipal-jurisdiction municipality-customer sub-award sub-vendor sub-vendor-status whether federal court has jurisdiction to determine that (1) a municipality is a customer of its sub-vendor, and (2) a municipality sub-awards federal… 3.5
19-881 Joseph Smith, et al. v. Pamela Motley, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived anecdotal-evidence burden-of-proof civil-rights discriminatory-policing disparate-treatment equal-protection government-treatment ninth-circuit statistical-analysis Under existing Ninth Circuit and United States Supreme Court authority, a plaintiff can establish an Equal Protection Clause violation in the context … 3.5
19-882 Shannon Dale Dukes v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses punishment-exposure sixth-amendment I. Whether petitioner's trial counsel was ineffective at the guilt-innocence stage, in violation of the Sixth Amendment, in failing to request jury in… 3.5
19-883 Jason Isaiah Robinson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived aedpa-limitations anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus miller-v-alabama montgomery-retroactivity retroactive-application substantive-rules suspension-clause Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit failed to conduct the requisite threshold inquiry and impose d an unduly burdensome s… 3.5
19-900 Jessica Vennie v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived conspiracy criminal-joinder criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure joinder legal-enterprise racketeering rico rico-act Whether charging two defendants with participating in the conduct of a single legal enterprise that has many legal purposes is sufficient to permit jo… 3.5
19-907 Dejenay Beckwith, et al. v. City of Houston, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-questions due-process fifth-circuit government-conspiracy motion-to-dismiss standing statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by affirming a statute of limitations defense on a motion to dismiss. 2. Whether this Court should clarify erratic… 3.5
19-925 Kebreab Zere v. District of Columbia District of Columbia Denied Response Waived compensation constitutional-rights due-process eminent-domain fourteenth-amendment prescriptive-easement public-prescriptive-easement taking-clause takings tax-sale 1. Whether the due process law of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was violated when the District invoked D.C. Code § 47-1382(a)3 for… 3.5
19-946 William Snowden, Jr. v. Charmaine Bracy, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived actual-innocence aggravated-felony evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default When a habeas corpus Petitioner is innocent of an aggravated felony, has proof of beyond all reasonable doubt and the innocence conviction occurred be… 3.5
19-5563 Ian Alexander Bowline v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure plain-error plain-error-review pretrial-motions timeliness waiver Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12 no longer provides that the consequence of not timely making a required, pretrial motion is a waiver. Can an app… 0.5
19-6199 Emeterio Espino Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… 0.5
19-6265 Alex Knight v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth and/or Sixth Amendments are violated when a district court increases a criminal defendant's sentence based upon conduct for which a … 0.5
19-6277 Mario Ruvalcaba-Garcia v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split daubert daubert-standard evidentiary-reliability expert-testimony harmless-error judicial-gatekeeping make-initial-daubert-decision relevance-and-reliability remand remand-for-new-trial standard-of-review When a trial court errs by failing to exercise its "gatekeeping" role of determining whether expert testimony is relevant and reliable under Daubert v… 0.5
19-6290 Servando Pineda-Castellanos v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe… 0.5
19-6343 Antoine Richmond v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure felon-in-possession fourth-amendment home-entry home-privacy probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure warrantless-search Police officers were patrolling a residential neighborhood when they saw Petitioner walking on the sidewalk. They saw that he had something in his fro… 0.5
19-6517 Lynden Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-922g 2nd-amendment bond-v-united-states commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea nfib-v-sebelius rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is … 0.5
19-6582 Roberto Carlos Martinez-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either … 0.5
19-6618 Delvin Deon Tinker v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-provision criminal-motion elements-clause federal-statutory-provision mens-rea resisting-arrest retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactive-decision section-2255 Under what circumstances is a criminal defendant pursuing a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 entitled to relief under a retroactive constitutional decisi… 0.5
19-6671 Kyle Dwayne Boleyn v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach due-process eighth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony (1) Whether the determination of a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act requires the same categorical approach used in the deter… 0.5
19-6672 Erwin Keith Bell v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach due-process eighth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony (1) Whether the determination of a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act requires the same categorical approach used in the deter… 0.5
19-6677 Justin Scott Vasey v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment eighth-circuit legal-interpretation lowest-level-of-conduct state-law statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the "lowest level of conduct" as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an… 0.5
19-6687 Demetrius Marcellus Green v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP categorical-approach controlled-substances-act criminal-law eighth-circuit felony-drug-offense fifth-circuit legal-uncertainty state-conviction statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the categorical approach is required to determine if a State conviction qualifies as a "felony drug offense" under the Controlled Substanc… 0.5
19-6688 Robert Joseph Fisher v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split eighth-amendment eighth-circuit fifth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct rule-of-lenity state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the "lowest level of conduct" as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an… 0.5
19-6693 Chris Rayvon Starks v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure judge-finding jury jury-decision jury-determination predicate-offense predicate-offenses prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-penalty The fact that the defendant committed three predicate offenses "on occasions different from one another" an element of the ACCA for the jury to decide… 0.5
19-6818 John D. Ward v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, USSG § 4B1.2(a)(2)? II. Whethe… 0.5
19-6832 James Henry Lacy, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines 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
19-5346 Jose Martinez v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP acquitted-conduct burden-of-proof buyer-seller-defense criminal-conviction cross-examination drug-conspiracy due-process jury-instructions jury-trial sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment 1. A writ of certiorari is requested to determine whether this Court's decisions to allow district courts to use acquitted conduct in imposing sentenc… -0.5
18-9699 Jose Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation strict-liability I. In light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), does the "knowingly or intentionally" mens rea contained in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) … -1.0
19-5539 Nicholas Gilbert Beattie v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP breach-of-contract contract-law criminal-procedure due-process ethics plea-agreement prosecutorial-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-recommendation Whether the prosecutor's conduct in speaking out of both sides of his mouth with respect to a sentencing recommendation they had agreed to make is a b… -1.0
19-6037 John Anzures v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach commercial-burglary generic-burglary johnson-motion johnson-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach residual-clause sentencing-enhancement stitt-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states When a Johnson petitioner would not be an armed career criminal if sentenced today, is it right to endorse the Tenth Circuit's "relevant legal backgro… -1.0
19-6042 Gerardo Tajonar Cortes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe… -1.0
19-6063 William Alexander v. New York New York Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chambers-v-mississippi confrontation-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility eyewitness-testimony misidentification photographic-evidence Whether Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973), and its progeny require the admission of reliable photographic evidence of what an accused was w… -1.0
19-6086 Luis Alberto Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof circuit-conflict criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure harmless-error sentencing sentencing-error standard-of-review In recent years, the Court has granted certiorari to clarify how the plain-error standard of review applies to unpreserved claims of sentencing error.… -1.0
19-6110 Abimael Ayala-Gonzalez v. New York New York Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review brady-violation constitutional-duty criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification federal-claim ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel meaningful-representation-standard performance-prejudice-test prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment state-appellate-court strickland-standard strickland-v-washington During voir dire, my trial counsel repeatedly referred to me as a drug dealer, supplying the prosecution with a motive that would never have survived … -1.0
19-6200 Michael Scott Smith v. Florida Florida Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process florida-statutes habeas-corpus indictment jurisdiction lesser-included-offenses post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Can a State Court indict an accused on one of the tried crime merely being in the quise a theory of crime of the Florida Statutes. and each are comple… -1.0
19-6252 Edinson Herrera Ramirez v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review biased-jury criminal-procedure discretion ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion jury-selection legal-standard maryland-court-of-appeals peremptory-challenge peremptory-strike prejudice WHETHER THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS ERRED AND ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN HOLDING THAT PETITIONER HAD RECEIVED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL BY COU… -1.0
19-6264 Orane Nelson v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure direct-appeal first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Petitioner was convicted of three 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offenses in a single proceeding and was sentenced to enhanced minimum penalties under § 924(c)(1)… -1.0
19-6966 Kyle A. Keys v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-requirement fair-presentation federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-review habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-remedies statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly interpreted the "fair presentation"/exhaustion requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the decision… -1.5
19-6977 Samuel T. Pitts v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP adult-victims character-evidence constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection propensity-evidence sexual-battery sexual-offenses Whether constitutional equal protection and due process principles require that a defendant charged with a sexual offense on an adult alleged victim b… -1.5
19-7069 Lee Alvin Vincent v. Brian E. Williams, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment actual-bias co-defendant due-process evidence-presentation fair-trial habeas-corpus impartial-jury implied-bias juror-bias jury-bias sexual-infatuation Whether a juror's love for an adverse party (co-defendant) constitutes actual or implied bias and thus violates the defendant's right to an impartial … -1.5
19-7114 Joe Lewis Finley v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-habeas federal-sentencing habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender sentencing statute-of-limitations vagueness 1. Under the statute of limitations applicable to federal habeas proceedings, are habeas petitions challenging sentences fixed by the mandatory career… -1.5
19-7127 Phillip Wayne Tomlin v. Tony Patterson, Warden Eleventh Circuit Granted Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP access-to-courts aedpa certificate-of-appealability circuit-split due-process eleventh-circuit fair-punishment habeas-corpus retroactivity Phillip Tomlin's sentence of life imprisonment without parole reflects a breakdown of the Certificate of Appealability ("COA") review process and rais… -1.5
19-7138 Michael Blankenship v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP clean-water-act criminal-procedure environmental-law evidence evidence-admissibility eyewitness-testimony fecal-coliform intent prejudice rule-404(b) rule-404b witness-testimony 1. Whether in a prosecution for illegally dumping waste into a creek, where a major part of the Government's case was based on eyewitness testimony ab… -1.5
19-7139 Daryl Glenn Pawlak v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment circuit-split due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment good-faith outrageous-government-conduct rule-41 search-warrant warrant-violation I. This Court should grant review to determine whether the Fifth Circuit's standard for determining outrageous government conduct violates the Fifth A… -1.5
19-7153 Ronald Johnson v. Missouri Missouri Granted Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP atkins-v-virginia capital-punishment-representation capital-representation death-penalty due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intellectual-disability plea-bargaining 1) Whether counseling an intellectually disabled client to plead to life without parole to avoid the death penalty is ineffective assistance, when ple… -1.5
19-7180 Rafael Leonhard Wolfga Beier v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure mental-impairment motion-for-new-trial newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief rule-33 standard-of-review standards-for-new-trial trial-standard 1. Does a criminal defendant's discovery of a recognized mental impairment after conviction at trial constitute newly discovered evidence under Federa… -1.5
19-7201 Casey Lee Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure rule-11 supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Cireuit")-which held Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal… -1.5
19-7221 Anthony Gray v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 4th-amendment,probable-cause,search-and-seizure,ma marijuana probable-cause recreational-marijuana search-and-seizure vehicle-search I. Does the faint smell of marijuana in a car, alone, give local police probable cause to search the car for contraband under the Fourth Amendment? I… -1.5
19-7248 Christopher Omar Hinton v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-robbery crime-of-violence dangerous-weapon federal-sentencing north-carolina north-carolina-law sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-commission united-states-sentencing-guidelines Whether North Carolina attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon qualifies as a crime of violence under Section 4B1.2 of the United States Sentencing … -1.5
19-7258 Jamal Marquise Collins v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure holguin-hernandez judicial-review legal-standard objections remand sentencing timeliness timely-objection 1. Whether parties to a criminal proceeding must make timely objections to the unreasonableness of a sentence? Subsidiary question: whether the case … -1.5
19-7305 William James Springer v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-possession constructive-possession criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm-possession foreseeability jointly-undertaken-activity sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant's sentence can be enhanced under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(1) for possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense … -1.5
19-7331 Lavorice Dondrell Cunningham v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion legal-standard pending-resolution remand sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness 1. What is the appropriate standard for the determination of substantive reasonableness claim? SUB SIDIARY QUESTI ON: Whether the Court should hold t… -1.5
19-7335 Chad Prodoehl v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-law drug-conspiracy drug-crimes drug-trafficking due-process inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses overt-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation As statutorily defined, violating 21 U.S.C. § 846 is an inchoate offense, as it requires no overt act, but is complete upon the agreement. Because of … -1.5
19-7394 Jeremias Guillen v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court jurisdiction notice notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings Where a Notice to Appear served on a noncitizen to initiate removal proceedings fails to state the date and time to appear, the noncitizen is never pr… -1.5
19-7412 Alford D. Embry, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel… -1.5
19-7434 Andrea Zambrano v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3b carjacking-statute crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis 1. Whether United States v. Davis , 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), retroactively invalidates the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B). 2. Whether "in… -1.5
19-7440 Alan Strattan v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C-2253 28-usc-2253 basis-for-denying-relief certificate-of-appealability circuit-court district-court habeas habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason merits-of-claims standard-of-review Whether a petitioner seeking the issuance of a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 is required to demonstrate that jurists of reason w… -1.5
19-5805 Mahmoud Aldissi, et ux. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)IFP civil-rights criminal-intent due-process federal-contracts fraud free-speech mail-fraud property-interest property-rights restitution-calculation right-to-control wire-fraud 1. Is a mail or wire fraud conviction based on a sufficient property interest when a victim receives the full financial benefit of its bargain but, th… -3.5
18-9711 David Meyers v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fail-to-strike-testimony fair-trial false-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intrinsic-fraud perjury post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Was it Ineffective Assistance of Counsel by Attorney Paul Roskin failure to move to strike evidence of drug lord Maurice Rives and Shereasa McDaniels … -4.0
19-5158 John Higgins, Jr. v. Federal National Mortgage Association First Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process free-speech jurisdiction patent standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions takings Question not identified. -4.0
19-5293 Frank Le'Dell Owens v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance jury-instructions lesser-included-offense pardon-power plea-bargaining right-to-counsel The following federal Questions presented below are Certified Questions of Great Public Importance, of facts and law that falls under the Jurisdiction… -4.0
19-5299 Samuel Rivera Rosado v. Lucid Energy, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-protection design-theft due-process intellectual-property patent patent-infringement patent-registration standing takings FIRST QUESTION Whether in respect of the Court Justices, the U.S. Supreme Court cannot allow a company to steal a person's copyright ownership, desig… -4.0
19-5650 James Michael Williams v. Daniel Paramo, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violations certificate-of-appealability due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct second-jury-trial 1.) Whether the Minth Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals erred in denying Certificate of Appealability to Petitioner, on the Ground Of Error concerning t… -4.0
19-5860 T'Challa Rhashaed Washington v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP conflict-among-circuits court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia jackson-virginia-standard judicial-review legal-standard standard-of-review strickland-washington-standard A: WHETHER THE DISTRICT STATE COURT OF APPEALS RENDERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT WITH DECISIONS OF THIS COURT AND OTHER COURTS OF APPEALS, WHEN UNREASON… -4.0
19-5906 Mitchell Taebel v. Douglas A. Ducey, Governor of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings Question not identified. -4.0
19-5934 Bruce Randol Merryman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence AEDPA-statute-of-limitation constitutional-claim equitable-tolling evidence-insufficiency evidence-sufficiency federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence right-to-be-present statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals Fyrfth Civeultr erred w affir ming the lewer tribunals ruling and denied petitroner 4 gateway tlaim ef a… -4.0
19-5972 Dimitri Bernard Robinson v. Michigan Michigan Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights federal-courts jurisdiction pen-register petition privacy probable-cause supreme-court trap-and-trace writ-of-certiorari Did the lower courts err when they violated petitioner's right to privacy and protection when law enforcement obtained an unreasonable order for a Pen… -4.0
19-6184 Chavalier Dwayne Johnson, Sr. v. Lars Severson, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction patent standing takings Question not identified. -4.0
19-6248 In Re Warren Parks Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure sanction-hearing sanctions standing subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Sanction procedural Prerequisite of F.R.C.P. Federal Rules Civil Procedure, the order of July 05" 2017, NO. 17-2342, William J. Bauer, Richard A. P… -4.0
19-6257 Lamar Lovett v. Texas Texas Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial jurisdiction public-trial sixth-amendment standing takings Isthe5taAmerdnent 841 Moan L2802040 ehutaborrpgc. froter wues dore toSoWMe sheicdmend Pare On 1O-vo Fe oNna themt DMO 0hn Ca#P-10C-10202992 8-24-11.80… -4.0
19-6484 In Re John Harry Steele Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment arrest constitutional-violation conviction-review criminal-statute due-process procedural-fairness prosecution unfairness 1) Was the Petitioner denied due process of law,in Wolation of the 14 Amendment toy The circumstance thal the feditiones conviction was affirmed vnle… -4.0
19-6536 Patt McGuire v. St. Louis County, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-justice civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fundamental-rights pro-se Should a Petitioner/Pro Se be granted the fundamental right to counsel which is essential to fairness in a civil case? The working poor citizens of t… -4.0
19-6823 Michael Dean Gonzales v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP brain-dysfunction certificate-of-appealability competency-to-stand-trial criminal-procedure drope-v-missouri due-process habeas-corpus mental-competency mental-illness pate-v-robinson procedural-bar state-waiver Petitioner was sentenced to death at a trial at which he did not cooperate with counsel in preparing his defense, repeatedly disrupted proceedings, to… -4.0
19-6971 Comfort Delando Roberts v. Texas Texas Denied Relisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment THE "TOTALITY OF REPRESENTATION" SHOWS THE PERFORMANCE OF,COUNSEL, RONALD D. ZIMMERMAN WAS OBJECTIVELY DEFICIENT AND THEREBY DENIED APPELLANT HIS SIXT… -4.0
19-5535 Julius Omar Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP capital-indictment circuit-split death-penalty death-penalty-cases due-process juror-interview juror-interviews post-conviction-relief post-verdict racial-bias structural-error 1. Whether district courts may validly prohibit death-sentenced inmates from interviewing their trial jurors post-verdict concerning racial bias durin… -4.5
19-5568 Keith D. Nelson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP brain-damage capital-sentencing certificate-of-appealability childhood-abuse childhood-sexual-abuse ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel life-sentence mental-illness mitigating-evidence prejudice-analysis strickland-prejudice strickland-prejudice-standard strickland-standard 1. Does it violate the Strickland prejudice standard to conclude that never before presented evidence of brain damage, severe mental illness, and chil… -4.5
19-5784 Michael Villecco v. Daniel W. Stark, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure appointed-counsel appointment-of-counsel civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-order-doctrine counsel-appointment district-court-order due-process interlocutory-appeal standing Whether the collateral order doctrine permits the immediate appeal of a district court order denying the appointment of counsel in civil cases. -4.5
19-5905 Ricky Davis v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP fairness-integrity federal-sentencing guideline-calculation judicial-discretion procedural-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-proportionality sentencing-uniformity statutory-maximum substantial-rights uniformity-proportionality USSG-5G1.1(a) When this Court held in Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1897 (2018) that a failure to correctly calculate the guideline range, which anch… -4.5
19-6087 Atif Babar Malik v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure charged-statute circuit-split cotton-precedent criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge scope-of-statute statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-cotton DO COURTS LACK SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION WHEN THE SCOPE OF THE ALLEGED CONDUCT FALLS OUTSIDE CHARGED STATUTE? -4.5
19-6095 Charles Devan Fulton, Sr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment cellphone-privacy evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception leon-good-faith-exception predicate-illegality probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant united-states-v-leon warrant-requirement Whether the Government can whitewash, via United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984), its predicate illegal seizure of a citizen's cellphone and salva… -4.5
19-6229 John Joseph Douglas v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP acca aggravated-robbery aiding-and-abetting armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law overbreadth-doctrine predicate-offense sentencing state-law statutory-interpretation stokeling sudden-snatching I. IF A STATES AIDING AND ABETTING STATUTE IS BROADER THAN THE FEDERAL GENERIC DEFINITION; DOES AIDING AND ABETTING AGGRAVATED ROBBERY QUALIFY AS A … -4.5
19-6432 Michael Anthony Thibodeaux v. Drew Evans, Superintendent, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Minnesota Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process government-regulation liberty-interest predatory-offender-registration procedural-due-process procedural-safeguards sex-offender-registration split-authority The Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution provides that the government may not infringe upon a person's protectable liberty interest wi… -4.5
19-6496 David Elijah Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit GVR IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-statute haymond-v-united-states mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum (1) DID THE PETITIONER'S SENTENCE FOR 18 U.S.C. 922(g) VIOLATE THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM IN VIOLATION OF BLAKELY V. WASHINGTON, 542 U.S. 296, 304; APPREND… -4.5
19-6531 Demetrius Frazier v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 capital-sentencing capital-sentencing-scheme certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus second-or-successive-petition sixth-amendment Whether the Eleventh Circuit should have issued a certificate of appealability because reasonable jurists could disagree over the district court's res… -4.5
19-6562 Carlos J. Avena v. Kevin Chappell, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability cronic cronic-standard death-penalty due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell ninth-circuit per-se Petitioner alleged that his conviction and death sentence were caused by per se ineffective assistance under United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648 (19… -4.5
19-6586 Shane Inghels v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-statute divisibility indiana-code indiana-code-35-48-4-1.1 serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction for dealing in methamphetamine under Indiana Code § 35-48-4-1.1 is improperly considered a "serious drug offense" under the Armed… -4.5
19-6662 Shane E. Jones v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure judicial-determination jury-trial sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right statutory-interpretation Does the judicial determination of crimes committed on occasions different from one another" at sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S… -4.5
19-6683 Emilio Trevino v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied IFP None -4.5
19-6685 Scott McLaughlin v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections Eighth Circuit Denied IFP capital-case capital-cases capital-cases-habeas-corpus certificate-of-appealability certificates-of-appealability confrontation-clause eighth-circuit giles-v-california habeas-corpus pro-forma-denial procedural-due-process standard-of-review A disturbing trend is developing in capital cases in federal courts in Missouri regarding the pro forma denial of certificates of appealability ("COA"… -4.5
19-6785 Bobbie London, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-habeas federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-petition johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline residual-clause statute-of-limitations unconstitutionally-vague vagueness-doctrine 1. Under the statute of limitations applicable to federal habeas proceedings, are habeas petitions challenging sentences fixed by the mandatory career… -4.5
19-6803 Carmieshra Gorman v. Regina Cole California Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-authority due-process insurance-law insurance-regulation intentional-tort judicial-discretion standing state-regulation takings Does the Court Exceed Constitutional Authority in Defending the State's Regulation of Insurance vis a vis the Court's Predatory Treatment of Personal … -4.5
19-6805 Hajes Rabaia v. Gubir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment judicial-review sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent Under the fifth, sixth, and fourteenth amendment, Does the holding of Brady v. Maryland apply to the petitioner? 1. 2. Were the decisions rendered b… -4.5
19-6810 Duane Gregley v. Douglas Fender, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge due-process firearm-specification habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-verdict res-judicata sentencing sixth-amendment I. WHETHER THERE IS PRETENSE THAT THE STATUTES AND LAWS OF THE STATE UNDER WHICH MR. GREGLEY IS CONVICTED OF, ARE REPUGNANT TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LA… -4.5
19-6814 Issac Efren Jimenez v. California California Denied IFP attorney-client-privilege attorney-ethics attorney-representation conflict-of-interest criminal-law criminal-procedure ethics former-client legal-ethics leniency prosecutorial-discretion witness-testimony Whether an attorney in a criminal case may subsequently represent a client who seeks leniency in exchange for testimony in a pending case against that… -4.5
19-6821 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Co., et al. Georgia Denied IFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment takings Whether Petitioner Tim Sundy, without a meaningful remedy, has immunity, as provided by the due process clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments … -4.5
19-6827 Wesley Dorcelus v. Chris Brannon, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability certiorari-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-procedure motion-denial standing WHETHER CERTIORARI REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT DENIED DORCELUS' MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY -4.5
19-6835 Dennis David Antwine v. Branch Circuit Judge Michigan Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deprivation due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure liberty-interest state-court state-law WHETHER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WAS VIOLATED WHEN THE STATE COURT DEPRIVED PETITIONER OF HIS "LIBERTY INTEREST" … -4.5
19-6845 David Steward v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity sixth-amendment substantive-decision supreme-court-precedent Whether the newly established constitutional right announced in McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S.Ct. 1500(2018), created a substantive decision, that applies… -4.5
19-6852 Matthew Tassone v. Zephynia Tassone Ohio Denied IFP 28-usc-1257a collateral-judgment constitutional-notice due-process extrinsic-fraud fair-notice fraud judicial-procedure state-action 1. Are the Due Process requirements of the Constitution of the United States violated when the state defrauds a litigant of fair notice and a meaningf… -4.5
19-6853 Nhuong Van Nguyen v. Jackson Lucky, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure court-judgment court-of-appeals due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-misconduct legal-remedy motion-to-vacate rule-60 standing 1. Whether the District Court and the court of Appeals correctly rejected petitioner's claim that the United States committed "FRAUD UPON THE COURT"? … -4.5
19-6857 Clarence Rozell Goode, Jr. v. Tommy Sharp, Interim Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP brady-and-progeny brady-claim brady-claims-review constitutional-error due-process fair-presentation fair-presentation-doctrine habeas habeas-corpus judicial-duty pervasive-effect-of-errors prejudice-analysis preservation preservation-doctrine preservation-of-issues totality-of-evidence totality-of-the-evidence An utterly corrupt law enforcement officer tainted the guilt and sentencing stages of Mr. Goode's trial. The courts have never fully evaluated Goode's… -4.5
19-6866 Sheila Jackson v. Garda CL East, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eeco employment-discrimination fair-labor-standards-act gender-discrimination overtime-pay retaliation standing workplace-rights 1. How can I be terminated for something that I wasn't even at work when it occurred and the lower court say isn't discrimination? 2. How can I be te… -4.5
19-6870 Kenny Brown v. Mental Health Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech habeas-corpus standing Question not identified. -4.5
19-6871 Justin Vazquez v. United States Second Circuit GVR IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights conflict-of-interest confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidence-admission ineffective-assistance jury-selection professional-conduct sentencing speedy-trial trial-procedure Whether in-chief, ineffective of assistance in violation of 6th Amendment (U.S. Const.) is Whether assigned counsel (M. Blagojevich) violated Code of… -4.5
19-6872 James Ray Clark v. UNC Hospitals, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights cover-up criminal-act criminal-law due-process healthcare-liability institutional-cover-up medical-malpractice medical-misconduct medical-negligence negligence patient-rights IF A DOCTOR PERFORMS EMERGENCY SURGERY ON A PETITIONER IN A COMA AND MAKES AN INCISION AT AN INCORRECT LOCATION, THEN STITCHES UP THE WOUND AND MAKES … -4.5
19-6879 Salim Abdul-Malik v. City Government Office of Court Administration, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-accessibility due-process immigration-procedures judicial-reform pleading-standards prisoner-litigation-reform-act pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation state-action 1) As a first, pro se litigants have the Constitutional right to represent themselves in which this notion has its origins which stem from the Judicia… -4.5
19-6888 In Re Roger A. Libby Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2244-b-3-a jurisdiction jurisdictional-issues standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Oo&* VY\e. >Ox/-\VV\ Cxv/COxY C-OO v/A- O y -Af>y>eo,,\6 \ ov/i>>^ i g U o\r\ Vo .£ v fin V .AVe. Ve. x V 0 cx\ __V\oxv e. C-0-WA\A x o>v:vW:>A <3% o… -4.5
19-6893 Michael Wayne Nelson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process patent prison-conditions retaliation standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
19-6911 Father v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas Denied IFP 14th-amendment appeal appellate-review burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidence-standard fourteenth-amendment texas-constitution Does Article V, Section 6 of the Texas Constitution violate Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution when it s distinct… -4.5
19-6914 Levi Rockefeller v. California California Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights collusion conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel court-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-ethics sixth-amendment trial-procedure Question not identified. -4.5
19-6943 Sheila Annette Cunningham v. Florida Credit Union Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights curtilage discrimination due-process employment equal-protection fourth-amendment investigative-authority law-enforcement search-and-seizure standing summary-judgment Whether the District Court erred in holding that Cunningham failed to provide evidence of racial discrimination. Whether the District Court erred in … -4.5
19-6944 Bahman Khodayari v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights damages discovery due-process nominal-damages rule-26 rule-26(a)(1)(A)(ii) rule-37 rule-37(c)(1) rule-41 rule-41(b) sanctions section-1983 A. Does the Ninth Circuit's affirmance of the District Court's dismissal of Petitioner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 41(b) due to R… -4.5
19-6951 Ruben S. Ramirez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 28-U.S.C-2244(d)(1)(D) coerced-plea coercion collateral-review federal-courts guilty-plea habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence statutory-interpretation Whether the lower federal courts erred in determining that newly available evidence, in the form of affidavit of co-defendant's attorney, John Nathan … -4.5
19-6954 Jerry Scott Camp, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP coa department-of-corrections disability due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus medical-condition medical-disability procedural-barriers sec-2254 section-2254 statute-of-limitations 1. Should an inmate, who has shown that he was prevented by the Departement of Corrections (the State) from timely filing his Sec. 2254 petition, and… -4.5
19-6956 Thomas H. Outland v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP confrontation-clause credibility criminal-defendant criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-impeachment due-process evidence evidence-rules fair-trial impeachment jury-instructions prior-convictions right-to-present-a-defense 1. DID THE NEW JERSEY STATE COURT ENDORSE THE USE OF N.J.R.E. 806 AS A VEHICLE FOR IMPEACHING NON-TESTIFYING CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS WITH THEIR PRIOR CONV… -4.5
19-6957 Venise Metayer v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-hearing DID THE TRIAL/LOWER COURT CREATE A MANIFEST INJUSTICE WHEN IT ALLOWED THE PETITIONER TO PLEA TO CHARGES THAT VIOLATED DOUBLE JEOPARDY LAWS, WHEN THE T… -4.5
19-6958 Renee L. McCray v. Samuel I. White, P.C., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP bona-fide-error civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa federal-appeals federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-circuit jerman-v-carlisle rehearing standing summary-judgment 1. Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred when it denied the Petitioner's petition for rehearing, when the United States District C… -4.5
19-6959 Jasmine F. v. Department of Child Safety, et al. Arizona Denied IFP civil-procedure clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-deficiency court-appointed-counsel due-process fourteenth-amendment parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights 1. Whether The State Of Arizona Failed To Terminate Mother's Parental Rights By At Least Clear & Convincing Evidence As Required By The Due Process Cl… -4.5
19-6962 Tom S. Mourning, II v. Honorable Gayle L. Crane Missouri Denied IFP civil-rights commitment constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus hearing judicial-circuit mental-health notice notice-and-hearing state-court state-department state-detention 1. Mou ow. Skote Dudtelal Cirevik Courk cekuse »_peovid, Aottce cond oo henclag pursuant by due FIC, Darensmark bo We Unik Shakes Corstitvitn when o d… -4.5
19-6969 Leviticus A. Swift v. Georgia Georgia Denied IFP 4th-amendment arrest-warrant civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment indictment probable-cause search-and-seizure RESENTED TO THE MAGISTRATE INSUFFICIENT TO PROVE PETITIONER SNE PTI HH 1ILLIVN IS THE INDIOTMENT IN THIS CASE VALID WHEN IT WAS NOT RETARNED YA GRANd … -4.5
19-6976 James Clayton Johnson v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP arizona capital-punishment constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process evidentiary-hearing factual-findings meaningful-opportunity standing Does a court deprive a capital defendant of his due process right to a meaningful opportunity to be heard when the defendant challenges the constituti… -4.5
19-6984 Mark A. Perez v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability federal-habeas-corpus guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception post-conviction-relief procedural-default 1 -) Does Martinez v. Ryan / 566 U.S. 1 (2012) excuse a procedural default in a Federal Habeas Corpus proceeding where Post Conviction relief Counsel… -4.5
19-6986 Jarvis H. Neely v. John R. Baldwin, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 5th-amendment circuit-court-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process eminent-domain federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-review jurisdiction pension-regulations property-rights standing statutory-analysis takings Whether sua sponte dismissal of the complaint lacking grounds frivolous harmful and a basis in reality proper was under 28 U.S.C. 1915. -4.5
19-6987 Darrell Wayne Bell v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 5th-circuit actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-conflict habeas habeas-corpus judicial-precedent merits-analysis newly-discovered-evidence shulp-v-delo QUESTION ONE: Did the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals exceed the limited scope of the Certificate of Appealability (COA) standard using a merits analysis… -4.5
19-6989 George Calvin Belt v. Florida Florida Denied IFP administrative-law child-support federal-authority federal-legislation federal-preemption state-authority state-law-conflict state-legislation state-statute supremacy-clause unemployment-benefits QUESTION 1. A. How it is possible that the State of Florida, Department of Revenue, Child Support Program (hereinafter referred to as DOR CSP) can enf… -4.5
19-6990 King Bush v. Kannika Say Michigan Denied IFP benefits civil-rights confidential-informant criminal-procedure due-process false-documents fourth-amendment fraud green-card immigration immigration-fraud law-enforcement marriage money-laundering probable-cause search-and-seizure I want to void marrdige based on immig vation fraud? Kannika say shewas married to heruncle during the time she was living withme 8127/2oob, wasmy mar… -4.5
19-6999 Charles Alan Dyer v. Jim Farris, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review-2254-d-2-e-1 ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-correctness prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review state-court-fact-finding state-court-factual-findings state-court-findings unreasonable-determination (1) In order to obtain relief under § 2254(d)(2), is a federal court required to review the state court's finding of facts to determine if it is "unre… -4.5
19-7002 Robert C. Denham, Jr. v. James Dzurenda, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-1332 42-usc-1983 amended-complaint amount-in-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction in-forma-pauperis jurisdictional-amount screening-order standing subject-matter-jurisdiction I. (a) Is whether or not Plaintiff s Reply, Motions 7 Affidavit to Screening Order dated 01-09-19 was timely, and satisfied the $75, 000 amount-in-con… -4.5
19-7016 Matthew Terrell v. C. Armant, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment assault certificate-of-appealability criminal-appeal due-process jackson-v-virginia oral-copulation substantial-evidence Should a certificate of appealability be granted to review whether there was a violation of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 317 and the Due Process… -4.5
19-7019 Alvin Washington v. Justin Boder, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment procedural-due-process property-rights section-1983 standing takings unlawful-eviction unreasonable-search-and-seizure // Whether the extraodinary circumstances of a person being lawfully evicted by PFA order by the court one day after his unlawful eviction by state em… -4.5
19-7029 In Re Paul Fahring Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion prison-law-library prison-litigation pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel standing Does an inmate have access to the courts if all of the state courts refuse to address his issues in a timely manner? Does the First Amendment guarant… -4.5
19-7030 Margaret Guevara v. Mark Padin, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP child-support civil-rights commerce-clause commerce-clause-violation constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce interstate-dispute judicial-procedure standing Under the COMMERCE Clause - Article 1„ Section 8, Clause: Isn't Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office and their State Players breaching this Commerce Cla… -4.5
19-7031 Allen James Hancock v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process equal-protection land-use property-rights regulatory-takings standing statutory-interpretation takings-clause Question not identified. -4.5
19-7032 Kevin Dion Gaddis v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-forms due-process habeas-corpus indigent-petitioner patent standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
19-7036 Jeremy L. Dale v. Anthony Agresta, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-damages cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force federal-tort-claims habeas-corpus medical-care prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Y MR. depriveration of Rigt's ? (SecONd TSSUE $1983, persons liable ndto $ 1983 dAmAgES WAs itUuncnstitio oeni f mdcal d M D tmutoA C A DENiaM2.DAlE… -4.5
19-7039 Kevin Lee Beam v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence brady-violation constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial fetal-dna miranda-rights right-to-fair-trial self-incrimination sentencing-statute Does the misguided destruction of exculpatory fetal DNA tissue evidence belonging to the victim by the Respondent constitute a "Brady Violation" where… -4.5
19-7046 Elvis Wayne Jones v. C. Overstreet, Commissioner, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing surveillance IS, JUDICINC LONFERENCE: REFUSED TTN: BENERAL LOUASELS OFFICE: ONE LOQNBUS CIRCGE: No=PROTECTIVe-dRDERS (NORTH-AST) WASHINGTON D LOS44: -THE S ANINIS… -4.5
19-7050 In Re Charlene Rosa Denied IFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sanctions statutory-interpretation witness-testimony Wter the Foh ct con pel bue i 1. discretion in sanction the petitioner Whether the Founth OcH Erceed it Authonty in sancion The petitioner. A Disco… -4.5
19-7060 Kent Glen Williams v. Brooks, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP due-process first-amendment free-speech rlulpa standing 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-claim court-order due-process health-screening judicial-relief prisoner-rights religious-freedom standing Wo^> prisoners consbKjtioH <\\ c^<A sWoforj/ rty 'hf fo P^j/jioi^ (edic^ous -Troe^jomj \Ziola.j<z.d ojkc/J jj e_ District court " AismYSSed Kb u^c. … -4.5
19-7063 Leeton Jahwanza Thomas v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Were Petitioner's rights under the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution violated by a Pennsylvania statutory sch… -4.5
19-7066 Evaristo Toscano v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-tampering harmless-error judicial-bias prejudice-comments redacted-statement right-to-counsel right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment Whether a violation of petitioner's right granted by the Confrontation Clause of the United States Constitution was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt… -4.5
19-7068 Janice Baker v. Macy's Florida Stores, LLC Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing takings 1. Whether the Appendix A has discretionaiy jurisdiction to review a decision expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of the Appendix B on th… -4.5
19-7285 In Re Lawone Wilkinson Denied IFP auto-repair-laws business-dispute-criminal-case constitutional-conflict criminal-conviction deceptive-testimony diligence-and-cause habeas-corpus mandated-compliance new-evidence possession-property-interests pro-se-prisoner robbery robbery-elements state-federal-laws unconstitutional-error The auto repair LAWS: 9884.16 and 9884.9; CONFLICTS and INVALIDATES the ELEMENTS of ROBBERY, specifically forces the auto repair shop TOO FORFEIT thei… -4.5
19-7312 In Re Mo Savoy Hicks Denied IFP actual-innocence criminal-procedure discarded-evidence due-process evidentiary-standard exculpatory-evidence forensic-fraud fundamental-injustice habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review perjured-testimony post-conviction-relief state-court-proceedings New evidence establishes Petitioner's actual innocence and his continued incarceration is fundamentally unjust. -4.5
19-7420 In Re Adrean Francis Denied IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-justice-system drug-crime due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit habeas-corpus second-amendment sentencing-enhancement state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation youthful-offender QUESTION ONE: Whether the continued application of a vacated New York "Youthful Offender" conviction constitutes an illegal sentence and creates separ… -4.5
19-7524 In Re Lexter K. Kossie Denied IFP 28-U.S.C.-§-2244 28-usc-2244 constitutional-performance due-process habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan Martinez-v.-Ryan mitigation-investigation procedural-default successive-petitions supreme-court-review trevino-v-thaler Trevino-v.-Thaler trial-counsel 1) Whether the Court's 'equitable' ruling permits Texas prisoners to avoid the successive requirements found at 28 U.S.C. § 2244(a) and (b) regarding … -4.5
19-7555 In Re Eugene French Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations evidence-hearing evidentiary-hearing federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction-question newly-discovered-evidence original-jurisdiction successive-petition WHETHER TRANSFER TO THE DISTRICT COURT FOR A HEARING PURSUANT TO THIS COURT'S ORIGINAL HABEAS JURISDICTION IS WARRANTED IN THIS EXCEPTIONAL CASE WHERE… -4.5
19-5981 William James Truesdale v. Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdictional-issue legal-standard patent procedural-question standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-rule transfer Whether the united states Distriet court Middle District of Florido Tompo Division deliberately OF OBJEETIONS" U.S. DiSTrIET JUdYe ORDER DENYFNG MOTEO… -6.0
19-6058 Guy Philippe v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-analysis civil-procedure-standing constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process extradition international-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent res-judicata standing 1. Whether This Court's Conclusions in United States v. Rauscher, 119 U.S. 407 (1886), in Conjunction with W.S. Kirkpatrick & Co., Inc. v. Environment… -6.0
19-6073 Glen T. Jones, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-interpretation plain-error structural-error 1) SUpEme COuRt ViEWS As to hAMlESSnES of ChAm ERRoR in stAtEcRimiNAl tal .foR puRpOSE of SubSEQuENt+ hAbEAS CORpUS REVEW UNd BeEChT v.AbRAhAMSON 507U… -6.0
19-6096 Jerry Simmons v. Darryl Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP biased-judge constructive-denial constructive-denial-of-assistance-of-counsel criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance judicial-bias right-to-counsel right-to-present-defense right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment structural-error structural-error-doctrine Whether the decision by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals contrary to, or involve an unreasonable application of, clearly established F… -6.0
19-6104 Freya D. Pearson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1001 district-court due-process duty-to-speak false-statement government-knowledge government-misconduct jury-determination jury-instruction jury-instructions materiality prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1) Can a conviction stand under 18 U.S.C. 1001 (2) without a "Materiality" determination, and should that Determination come from the District Court o… -6.0
19-6157 Clara Lewis Brockington v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -6.0
19-6160 Reggie D. Caswell v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law appellate-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment pro-se-appeal sixth-amendment standing POINT I WAS APPELLANT DEPRIVED OF THE RIGHT TO APPELLATE COUNSEL WHEN THERE WAS NO KNOWINGLY, INTELLIGENTLY AND VOLUNTARY WAIVER OF THE RIGHT TO ASSIG… -6.0
19-6246 Shafia M. Jones v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alford-plea bank-robbery criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause 1. Whether state law that interferes with and conflicts with the Federal Bank Robbery Act and Federal Stat18 USCS § 2113, that was intended to ue comp… -6.0
19-6263 Carlos Velasquez v. Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-hearing appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court rooker-feldman-doctrine standing Were it that a judge held every reason to believe that Rooker-Feldman doctrine should bar "even [his] constitutional claims, " after a state appellate… -6.0
19-6345 William N. Lucy v. Mary Cooks Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review bankruptcy-proceedings certiorari-petition civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process eviction habeas-corpus judicial-error post-conviction-relief property-rights standing trial-court-discretion 1. DID MOBILE COUNTY CIRCUT COURT JUDGE ROBERT SMITH ABUSE HIS DIBCRETION BY GRANTING EVICTION ORDER IN CIVIL CASE# CVI-O852 WHILE PETITIONER WERE IN … -6.0
19-6400 Robert W. Wazney v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. South Carolina Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP borrower-protection civil-rights contract-law default due-process foreclosure lender-misconduct mortgage mortgage-foreclosure property-rights standing takings Was Consumer Financial Protection denied from ROBERT WILLIAM WAZNEY by swindle of JPMorgan Chase Bank through abuse of distress, in violation of U.S. … -6.0
19-6481 Harold B. Rotte v. United States Eleventh Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct illegal-immigration irs judicial-review reputation standing tax tax-dispute 1.Whether the laws protect Plaintiffs reputation, due process, and are real, or a front, discretionary as if friend or foe. 2.Whether the FBI knew o… -6.0
19-6540 Howard Grant v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure civil-procedure clay-v-united-states criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances final-judgment-rule forgery habeas-corpus indictment standing QUESTION ONE: Is a 28 USC SEC. 2255 MOTION premature if filed less than 90 days after the appellate court enters its judgment in accordance with the … -6.0
19-6559 Robert W. Johnson v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -6.0
19-6607 Robert Allen Stanford v. Jay Clayton District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights discretionary-function due-process extraterritorial extraterritorial-jurisdiction fourth-amendment search-and-seizure sec-enforcement securities sovereign-immunity This case involves an extraordinary, extra-statutory overreach of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); a civil enforcement action taken by th… -6.0
19-6639 Anthony Andrews v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 civil-procedure collateral-attack due-process habeas-corpus new-judgment one-year-time-period statute-of-limitations successive-motions Under 28 USC § 2255, can a petitioner file a Second or Successive 2255 motion where the basis for his claim did not arise until the district court den… -6.0
19-7089 Jonathan Cruz-Ramirez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fifth-amendment first-amendment juvenile-evidence prejudice prejudicial-error sixth-amendment Whether the Ninth Circuit's sanctioning of the admission of a vile and obscenity-laced rap poem found inside the purse of a 16-year-old girl and not w… -6.0
19-6772 Luis Alberto Nunez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
19-6789 Joseph Jasman v. DeWayne Burton, Warden Michigan Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-oath jurisdiction legal-detention standing takings void-judgment Question not identified. -6.5
19-6807 Marcus Robinson v. Les Parish, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure patent standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court takings Could the District Court or the State Court make a decision to deny the Petitioner's Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim based on U.S. Supreme Cou… -6.5
19-6811 Lamont Bernard Heard v. Rick Snyder, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-rule developmental-characteristics eighth-amendment fixed-character life-without-parole mature-adults mitigating-factor national-census transitional-stage youth-offenders youthful-offender 1. Should this Court afford Eighth Amendment protection to youthful offenders based on this Coprt's own precedent and national census that youth is … -6.5
19-6812 Steven Kurt Baughman v. Michael Seale, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment brain-damage burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-claims deliberate-indifference due-process hyperglycemia insulin medical-treatment prisoner-rights retaliation serious-medical-needs 1. Whetehr injecting a prisoner with insulin without knowing bis immediate bllod sqgar level constitutes deliberate indifference to serious medical ne… -6.5
19-6815 Blake Wingate v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-application pro-se pro-se-representation WHERE THE RIGHT TO PROCEED PRO SE IS CONSTITUTIONAL# EVEN ON APPEAL OR A POST CONVICTION APPLICATION , IS IT A VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS AND OR THE EQ… -6.5
19-6816 Michael J. Warner, II v. Maine Maine Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit burglary cell-phone-data criminal-evidence nexus nexus-requirement probable-cause search-warrant Whether an affidavit in support of a search warrant that contains neither specific allegations that a burglary suspect's cell phone data contain evide… -6.5
19-6844 Fabian Santiago v. Arthur F. Hill, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus impartial-adjudication ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-representation right-to-counsel A.) The Petitioner presents the inquiry into the U.S.Ct, whether the refusal of the legftl rep resentative (sic) of the ftetitioner durirg arraignment… -6.5
19-6847 Lawrence Keith Johnson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discovery-rights due-process due-process,civil-rights,standing,civil-procedure, equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review standing witness-testimony Does any court that does not follow the well established law violate an individuals Constitutional rights, by simply denying without stating the reaso… -6.5
19-6886 Sean M. Donahue v. Superior Court of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-infirmity coram-nobis equal-rights federal-preemption foreign-policy immigration-law post-conviction-relief Q.1 DOES COMMONWEALTH V. DESCARDES, 136 A.3d 493 (Pa. 2016) VIOLATE FEDERAL PREEMPTION IN FOREIGN POLICY AND IMMIGRATION LAW? Q2. ARE THE FOLLOWING P… -6.5
19-6892 John R. Van Orden v. Mark Stringer, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split civil-commitment due-process fundamental-rights liberty-interest mental-health-confinement sexually-violent-predator shocks-the-conscience substantive-due-process I. What is the proper analysis to review a substantive due process claim? Is it the conjunctive or disjunctive analysis? II. Whether or not the Eight… -6.5
19-6894 Vamsidhar Vurimindi v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP ashe-v-swenson blockburger-v-united-states brown-v-ohio compounding-charges constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment pro-se-appellant successive-prosecution 1. Whether State prosecuting an accused under pretense of successive prosecution based upon temporally distinct conduct from prior prosecution, and co… -6.5
19-6895 John William Williams v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-bias due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-elections judicial-independence separation-of-powers state-judicial-elections state-judiciary supremacy-clause 1. Based upon the claims and supporting evidence presented in Petitioner's state post-conviction habeas corpus petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Co… -6.5
19-6897 Obaydul Hoque Bhuiyan v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act government-liability jurisdiction plaintiff-burden prima-facie prima-facie-showing private-party-analogue standing statutory-interpretation What prima facie showing is it necessary and sufficient for a plaintiff to make, in order to establish the existence of a private-party analogue suppo… -6.5
19-6903 Alvin R. Barney, II v. Escambia County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure failure-to-prosecute final-judgment judicial-discretion jurisdiction notice-of-appeal premature-appeal sanction sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction FIRST QUESTION This first question is whether the Eleventh Circuit had the authority or subject matter jurisdiction to dismiss a premature notice of … -6.5
19-6905 John Alan Conroy v. Cliff Harris, Sheriff, Pecos County, Texas, et al. Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court-consideration-of-evidence appointment-of-counsel brady-v-maryland brady-violation continuing-duty-of-federal-government criminal-procedure discovery discovery-rules dismissal-with-prejudice due-process evidence-withholding federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure in-camera-review michael-morton-act plea-agreement plea-bargaining rule-16-federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure state-law-enforcement state-law-enforcement-compliance (1) After a. criminal defendant's plea of guilty, if it is later found that the government did not live up to the requirements - of discovery, is the… -6.5
19-6912 David Abara v. Jack Palmer, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal competency competency-exam criminal-procedure faretta-canvass irreconcilable-conflict right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court SHOULD THIS COURT ADDRESS, IN QUESTION OF FIRST-IMPRESSION, WHETHER IT VIOLATES THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COUNSEL FOR A TRIAL COURT TO FORCE A DEFE… -6.5
19-6917 In Re Sherri Jefferson Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights disbarment due-process due-process-clause equal-protection equal-protection-clause fifth-amendment professional-conduct self-incrimination For fifty-three years under this Court's precedent in Spevack v. Klein, 385 U.S. 511 (1967,) lawyers cannot be disbarred for exercising their privileg… -6.5
19-6919 Michael Allen Channel, Sr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation jurisdiction standing takings Whether Petitioner's Miranda rights were Violated at time of Arrest yes or no? Whether Petitioner of Miranda rights Yes or No? Whether Officer Guild… -6.5
19-6924 William D. Thomas v. Mark McCullick, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bail civil-procedure confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification identification indictment officer-activity police-conduct preliminary-hearing warrant-inquiry whether a state's failure to meet the reciprocal r a one on one Confrontation during a preliminary hearng tanted by prior police activity is Sufficient to warrant a Caurt's reliability inquiry. II. Wh… -6.5
19-6929 Steven D. Lisle, Jr. v. James Diercks, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-procedure district-court due-process notice standing appeal civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction standing Court of Appeals Deprived Petitioner of His Future Income In A Fraudulent Manner -6.5
19-6937 Scherrieto Little v. Janis Nau, as Administrator California Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power attorney-ethics civil-procedure civil-rights due-process estate-fraud fraud judicial-misconduct legal-ethics probate probate-law rule-8.4 1. WHEN A VIOLATION OF CA RULE 8.4 (c) OCCUR, SHOULD THE HEIR 'S OF AN ESTATE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FRAUD, CORRUPTION, AND LIE'S THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTE… -6.5
19-6945 Kevin Dameron v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence eyewitness-identification judicial-review legal-error neil-v-biggers standing state-court-interpretation state-court-review supreme-court-precedent WHETHER THE ILLINOIS STATE COURT ERRED IN ITS APPLICATION OF WELL ESTABLISHED UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT DECLARED IN NEIL v. BIGGERS, 409 U… -6.5
19-6955 Shondell J. Paul v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-question due-process federal-constitutional-law fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel precedent stare-decisis state-court state-court-precedent state-court-procedure Does the Fourteenth Amendment place an obligation on the New York Court of Appeals to address a federal constitutional question when its prior precede… -6.5
19-6964 David Russell Posey v. Scott Middlebrooks, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency ineffective-assistance-of-counsel kidnapping-statute standing trial-rights Does "PUBLIC INTEREST" AND "JUSTICE SO REQUIRE" IMPANELING OF A "SPECIAL GRAND JURY", WHEN TRIAL PROSECUTORS COMMIT "MULTIFARIOUS FRAUD" ON THE JURORS… -6.5
19-6974 Wilfredo Torres v. Bellevue South Associates LLP, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest due-process federal-judiciary judicial-conflicts-of-interest judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-independence judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-recusal statutory-interpretation In her short tenure as U.S. District Judge of the Southern District of New York, the Honorable Ronnie Abrams has presided over a number of cases that … -6.5
19-6978 Isaac Naranjo v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurists-of-reason merits notice-of-charges post-conviction-review procedural-default (1) WHETHER TO MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING OF THE DENIAL OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT A HABEAS APPLICANT FOR A C.O.A. NEED NOT SHOW THAT HE WILL PREVAIL O… -6.5
19-6981 Vladik Bykov v. Steven G. Rosen, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity ada-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights compensatory-damages declaratory-relief discriminatory-motive Does Title II of the Americans with Disabilities A section-1983 standing #1. Is absolute immunity a bar to declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983? #2. Does Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act require a plain… -6.5
19-6983 Kwasi Andrade McKinney v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP court-procedure de-novo-review discretionary-standard due-process hearing-requirement judicial-conduct judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics mandatory-recusal objective-standard standard-of-review Question not identified. -6.5
19-6985 Boaz Pleasant-Bey v. Shelby County, Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appropriate-relief circuit-court-conflict first-amendment-free-exercise inmate-led-religious-services inmate-rights qualified-immunity rluipa rluipa-appropriate-relief-clause sixth-circuit trial-on-merits trial-on-the-merits I.) WHETHER RLUIPA'S "APPROPRIATE RELIEF " CLAUSE ENCOMPASSES THE REQUESTED RELIEF OF A TRIAL ON THE MERITS AND IF SO, DID PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST OF A … -6.5
19-6988 Marlon Jessie Blacher v. S. Johnson, Chief Deputy Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-litigation civil-procedure contract due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction fraud interstate-conflict jurisdiction jurisdictional-statute legal-standing non-resident-parties standing Question not identified. -6.5
19-6992 Trent Brown v. Mark McCullick, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-remedy administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exhaustion standing i. ly/iefker admtHmhvy remote? a/p exhayifad, when a &a/evdaee. w0,abided,at Me-lI a? m mMzdy ae-jag aeraajfy amiable' r 'iar yt yaar/ayy, //#iwail ve… -6.5
19-6996 Myron L. Johnson v. Darren Settles, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review case-disposition civil-procedure constitutional-law court-disposition due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error legal-procedure lower-court-decisions standard-of-review standing statutory-interpretation DID THE LOWER COURTS ERR IN THEIR DISPOSITION OF PETITIONER'S CASE? -6.5
19-6997 Gary A. Bailey v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process honest-and-just judicial-integrity judicial-system justice-standards legal-system record standing truth-and-justice truth-in-law 1. Does the integrity of our judicial system rely on truth and justice? 2. The question is, does the record reflect an honest and just judicial syste… -6.5
19-7000 David Constance v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP crawford-v-washington fair-trial fourteenth-amendment hearsay-testimony impartial-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence sixth-amendment Reasonable jurists would determine that Mr. Constance was denied a fair and impartial trial with the State Courts denial concerning hearsay testimony;… -6.5
19-7004 Mario Torres v. Shawn Hatton, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP blanket-policy brady-violations criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-withholding exculpatory-evidence federal-law ineffective-assistance plea-agreement policy right-to-counsel unreasonable-application Whether Contra Costa County California's blanket policy of depriving a criminal defendant, the facts and the evidence (exculpatory or otherwise), surr… -6.5
19-7009 Daniel Rosario-Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review case-disposition civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice district-court judicial-authority jurisdiction prejudice procedural-error standing subject-matter-jurisdiction WHETHER A DISTRICT COURT WHICH HAD NO JURISDICTION OVER A CASE DISMISS IT WITH PREJUDICE AND, WHETHER AN APPEAL COURT AFFIRM THAT DISMISSAL WITH PREJU… -6.5
19-7010 Omar Folk v. Prime Care Medical, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure discovery-issues double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus mandate-stay rule-59(e) rule-60-motion standing third-circuit-appeal 1.) Whether Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge's apply the Standard Under Timely 60(C)(1) from the Doc. 115 Jan. 26, 2018 District Court Opinion. S… -6.5
19-7012 Robert Eugene Hardesty v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process due-process-fair-trial,evidence,michigan-rule-of-e due-process,insufficient-evidence,5th-amendment,6t effective-assistance-of-counsel,fair-trial,6th-ame fair-trial insufficient-evidence michigan-constitution-1963-article-1-section-17 michigan-rule-of-evidence-404(b) us-constitution-amendments-v-xiv Is The Admittance Of Irrelevant And Prejudicial Bad Acts Evidence Under The Guise Of Michigan Rule Of Evidence 404(B) A Violation Of Due Process And A… -6.5
19-7013 Kenneth M. Gray v. Paul S. Kemper, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights confession criminal-procedure due-process false-confession false-promises ineffective-assistance interrogation no-merit-report parent-attorney post-conviction-counsel sentencing sentencing-error waiver waiver-petition Whether post-conviction counsel failed to file a "no-merit" report. Whether detectives made false promises to illicit a confession during the interro… -6.5
19-7024 Germira Lamar Carter v. Michigan Michigan Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-test WHERE THE STATE COURTS OF MICHIGAN HAS CONVICTED A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT IN VIOLATION OF HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, IS… -6.5
19-7025 Michael Feliciano v. George Miller, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Waymart, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP carrier due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eyewitness eyewitness-testimony in-re-winship ineffective-assistance investigation jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard 1. Is the State court of last resort and U.S. Court of Appeals decision which denied petitioner's claim that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment ri… -6.5
19-7027 Patrick T. Hughes v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability confrontation-clause criminal-conspiracy criminal-homicide due-process eighth-amendment evidence reasonable-doubt I. Whether the evidence was sufficient to [sustain] a conviction of criminal homicide, criminal conspiracy to commit homicide where the Commonwealth f… -6.5
19-7028 Jess Lee Green v. Joe Errington Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction qualified-immunity standing statutory-provisions Question not identified. -6.5
19-7033 Ali Darwich v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals-court appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-b-6 district-court district-court-discretion due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-review motion-for-reconsideration rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) sixth-circuit-appeal standing after the panel determine the district court ERRED BY CONSTRUING DARWICH'S MOTION AS A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION FILED UNDER LOCAL RULE 7.1(h)(1)AR… -6.5
19-7037 Shannon Bradley v. Thomas A. Cox, Jr. Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule jurisdiction probable-cause search-and-seizure trial-court-jurisdiction unlawful-search unlawful-seizure f). Fofl. TUd. TttXM_ tDOOX Tb PrLiOvie. y UouSI-T IauToUM Ovb'TftTT^g'O XTS '^Oft.XSviXcr-LD.Nl To G£ &ecA.o^e, The u)aft_ft-A/^Ti£LS>S ETTdT tTYo "&… -6.5
19-7040 Dalia A. Dippolito v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-law criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process entrapment factual-disputes jury-trial objective-entrapment state-law trial-by-jury trial-court-proceedings Where state law recognizes objective entrapment as a complete defense to criminal liability, and that defense turns on disputed issues of fact, does r… -6.5
19-7048 Bernardo Costa v. Missouri Missouri Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-right due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-evidence post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief state-criminal-procedure 1. Whether a defendant in a state criminal case who is prohibited by state law from raising on direct appeal any claim of ineffective assistance of tr… -6.5
19-7054 Philip Rogers v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure drug-use evidence foreseeability ineffective-assistance reasonable-doubt trial-strategy vehicular-homicide Philip Rogers was driving after several drinks. Ahead of him a woman was jaywalking, possibly obscured by two bicyclists also crossing. When he saw th… -6.5
19-7057 Johnny L. Shelton v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 21-usc-846 conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-penalty drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking fifth-amendment inchoate-crime sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the "death results" enhanced penalty provisions of 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1)(C) apply to a prosecution for the inchoate crime of conspiracy to comm… -6.5
19-7080 Stanley Jaboin v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,federal-law,supreme failure-to-render-aid federal-law florida-statute-316.193 judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-acquittal standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent I. Petitioner ask did the First District Courts of Appeals apply federal law issued by the United States Supreme Court in a way that frustrates and un… -6.5
19-7082 Mark J. Lipski v. Maine Maine Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection conviction-consequences criminal-procedure due-process economic-disadvantage indigent-defense ineffective-assistance judicial-oath legal-ethics legal-representation liberty-interests right-to-counsel state-prosecution 1)Was this case criminal in nature? 2)Was the right to counsel waived? 3)Would an impoverished layman have the needed skills and ability to defend h… -6.5
19-7087 Anthony May v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances ineffective-assistance low-iq manifest-injustice mental-retardation 1) WHETHER PETITIONER'S "MENTAL RETARDATION" AND "LOW IQ" "EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES" IN WHICH "EQUITABLE TOLLING" SHOULD BE APPLIED TO AVOID A MANI… -6.5
19-7093 Oscar Ibarra v. Nick Ludwick, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance murder right-to-counsel sixth-amendment I. Does the Sixth Amendment permit an office to represent an indigent defendant in a First Degree Murder case if the office previously represented bot… -6.5
19-7094 Ernest Lawrence v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-review criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona police-interrogation prior-bad-acts prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard Mr. Lawrence seek leave to appeal the following issues: 1. Whether The Lower Court's Decisions Were Contrary To Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (196… -6.5
19-7100 Damon Jones v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-presumption evidentiary-presumption fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions sixth-amendment specific-intent transferred-intent In Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 309 (1979), this Court held "(t]he Constitution prohibits the criminal conviction of any person except upon proo… -6.5
19-7109 J'Veil Outing v. Miguel A. Cardona, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Connecticut Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-record due-process expert-testimony eyewitness-identification eyewitness-testimony ineffective-assistance precedent right-to-counsel sixth-amendment I. WHETHER ASSIGNED COUNSEL VIOLATED THE DEFENDANT'S SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND HIS RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS BY FAILING TO PRESERVE FOR APPEAL A… -6.5
19-7118 Calvin Buffington v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process judicial-fact-finding section-3582 section-3582(c)(2) sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-3582(c)(2) statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the district court's failure to find a drug quantity when adopting PSR in its entirety authorized it to select a new quantity as a basis f… -6.5
19-7121 Jay F. Shachter v. City of Chicago, Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-adjudication administrative-hearing administrative-hearings civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process employment-status judicial-independence municipal-ordinance municipal-ordinances state-supreme-court-split Whether, in the City of Chicago, the adjudication of municipal ordinance infractions violates the due process requirements of the United States Consti… -6.5
19-7123 Sean Gregory Mitchell v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act bodily-injury criminal-sentencing intentional-causation omission physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal statute that prohibits the intentional causation of bodily injury to another "by any means," including omissions, is a violent felo… -6.5
19-7125 Shane R. Dodge, et ux. v. Bonners Ferry Police Department, et al. Idaho Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process idaho-supreme-court jurisdiction police-misconduct standing statutory-provisions Question not identified. -6.5
19-7126 Ronald Damon v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 5th-amendment appeal appellate-waiver circuit-split due-process due-process-clause plea-agreement post-conviction-waiver sentencing supervised-release Whether an appellate and post-conviction waiver in a plea agreement barring challenges to the "sentence imposed" precludes an appeal of the denial of … -6.5
19-7128 Mojisola Popoola v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment digital-evidence encrypted-devices encryption fifth-amendment miranda-warnings police-custody search-and-seizure self-incrimination standing suppression testimonial-conduct testimonial-evidence 1. Whether the physical act of a person in police custody responding to a request to enter her passcode to unlock an encrypted cellphone, is testimoni… -6.5
19-7130 Fabio Morel v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review case-law circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing judicial-precedent plea-agreement plea-bargaining precedent retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent I. WHETHER THE LOWER COURT'S DECISION IS IN CONFLICT WITH FREEMAN V. UNITED STATES, 564 U.S. 522 (2011); AND HUGHES V. UNITED STATES, 138 S. Ct. 1765 … -6.5
19-7132 Ric Thomason, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure defendant-presence defendant-rights district-court-discretion due-process judicial-procedure modified-sentence resentencing sentencing WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN FAILING TO HOLD A RESENTENCING HEARING, WITH THE DEFENDANT, PRESENT PRIOR TO IMPOSING A MODIFIED S… -6.5
19-7133 Angel Noel Guevara v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland cross-examination due-process expert-testimony eyewitness-identification eyewitness-testimony independent-evidence police-lineup rule-403 sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-present-defense 1. Whether excluding expert testimony on eyewitness memory and police lineup procedures violates the Sixth Amendment right to present a defense, or co… -6.5
19-7134 Jessie Carter v. Department of Agriculture Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing administrative-law administrative-law-judge arkansas-dept-of-human-services civil-rights declaration disqualification due-process federal-regulations national-disqualified-list usda usda-program usda-regulations What is the 'proper' interpretation of CFR 7 226.6 (c) (v). (copy enclosed) This question arises in direct relation to circumstances in the case. Encl… -6.5
19-7136 Karen Lynn McClaflin v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit appeal appellate-procedure cja-appointment counsel-appointment criminal-justice-act criminal-justice-act-1964 criminal-procedure due-process fee-waiver in-forma-pauperis prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing standing writ-of-certiorari Question not identified. -6.5
19-7137 Patrick Randell McIntosh v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-detention civil-commitment civil-rights commitment confinement constitutional-rights dangerousness due-process mental-health personality-disorder procedural-safeguards public-safety standing Question not identified. -6.5
19-7141 Fernando Oliveros v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-guarantee criminal-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto free-speech legislative-intent lenity standing statutory-ambiguity statutory-construction When the legislature has met spoken in law eluent that is clear and definite and has at fixed the punishment for a offense duly and without ambiguity,… -6.5
19-7144 James Brandon Strouse v. Warden, USP Coleman II Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 conviction-challenge federal-prisoner habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective post-conviction-relief section-2241 section-2255 sentence-challenge sentencing CAN A FEDERAL PRISONER CHALLENGE THEIR SENTENCE OR CONVICTION UNDER 28 U.S.C. SECT. 2241 MOTION WHEN THEIR POST SECTION 2255 MOTION IS INADEQUATE OR I… -6.5
19-7145 Carlos E. Rodriguez-Milian v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP §-2255-motion 2255-appeal appeals-court-discretion certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pro-se-motions procedural-default procedural-error subject-matter-jurisdiction summary-response 1. A court of appeals lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to decide a § 2255 the district court's procedural error-that the movant defaulted an ineffect… -6.5
19-7146 David Rapoport v. Robert Gilmore, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns death-penalty due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance life-without-parole plea-bargaining sentencing waiver-of-appeal-rights 1. Was the petitioner's counsel ineffective in pre-trial stages? 2. Was the petitioner's counsel ineffective during the plea-bargaining process? 3. … -6.5
19-7149 Guillermo Herrera v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility circuit-split daubert-standard daubert-v-merrell-dow expert-testimony eyewitness-identification federal-rules-of-evidence jury-instructions scientific-evidence In Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993), this Court held that Fed. R. Evid. 702 superseded the common law rule governing the ad… -6.5
19-7151 Erick David Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence evidence-admission fifth-amendment free-speech ninth-circuit prejudice rap-poem sixth-amendment Whether the Ninth Circuit's sanctioning of the admission of a vile and obscenity-laced rap poem found inside the purse of a 16-year-old girl and not w… -6.5
19-7152 Allan M. Leavitt v. Cynthia A. Phillips, et al. Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP choice-of-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract-enforcement contract-law declaratory-judgment due-process interstate-dispute judicial-procedure massachusetts property property-rights property-rights-deprivation standing state-interest vermont 1)Did Massachusetts deprive a Vermont citizen the fundamental right to property without a compelling state interest by refusing to enforce its substan… -6.5
19-7155 Russell DeFreitas v. Gregory A. Kizziah, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion actual-innocence constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241 ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation First Question: Whether Sixth Circuit's precedent supersedes and adoption of district court's arbitrary abuse of authority, prohibits petitioner's 2… -6.5
19-7156 Robert E. Clayborne v. Brad Hansen, Warden Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process false-arrest habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing unlawful-detention whit of habeas lor pus are not in his petition fer junsdichonal defects and then crdered that the -6.5
19-7159 Sir Giorgio Sanford Clardy v. Garth Gulick, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process service-of-process standing statute-of-limitations waiver Are waiving defendants since of mns r ty requd to cimpy w Fe. CN. P. IAli or (2ol (A) when fng timely anwe? And f me anwer a hn tey ont n aner imey t… -6.5
19-7161 Aaron Michael Murray v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-protections criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea guilty-plea-withdrawal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-withdraw plea-bargaining plea-colloquy sentencing withdrawal-of-plea Whether third-party affidavits filed with a motion to withdraw a guilty plea before sentencing, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, overcomes … -6.5
19-7163 Paul Anthony Hatton v. Douglas L. Combs, Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-enforcement standing state-court-rules state-courts state-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction WHETHER THE FEDERAL COURTS HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO EXERCISE THEIR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION TO HEAR A 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ACTION SEEKING TO HAVE A … -6.5
19-7164 Dominic Howard v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fifth-circuit fourth-amendment in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review pro-se probable-cause search-and-seizure sentencing standing writ-of-certiorari Question not identified. -6.5
19-7167 Harshadkumar Nanjibhai Jadav v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circumstantial-evidence criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency first-degree-murder identity-of-defendant identity-of-perpetrator jury-instructions possession-of-weapon premeditation sufficiency-of-evidence I. Contrary to precedent set in Yeager v. Commonwealth , 16 Va. 433 S.E.2d 248 (1993) and rule 3A:16 of the Rules of App. 761 Supreme Court of Virgini… -6.5
19-7170 Dante Taylor v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure appellate-review carpenter-v-united-states constitutional-law constitutional-ruling due-process fourth-amendment griffith-v-kentucky ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel retroactive-application retroactivity supremacy-clause supreme-court-precedent Q1. What is the appropriate appellate protocol for appellate counsel to follow when: (i) the Supreme Court has issued a new constitutional ruling affe… -6.5
19-7171 Samuel Turner v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest civil-rights conviction-and-sentence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-4th-amendment-search-and-seizur drug-possession due-process exculpatory-evidence fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure investigative-reports police-conduct probable-cause search-and-seizure subpoena-duces-tecum supervisory-power 1.) Whether, the lower courts erred by upholding the arrest of Mr. Turner? 2.) Whether the lower courts erred in denying and upholding the denial of … -6.5
19-7172 Larry Antonio Simmons v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-judiciary first-step-act judicial-ethics political-bias sentencing sentencing-reduction standing statutory-interpretation trump Whether the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina the Honorable Bruce H. Hendricks, Judge, Assistant United States District … -6.5
19-7174 John H. Stewart v. William Honsal, as Public Administrator of Humboldt County, California, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP domestic-violence due-process evidence-admission fair-trial hearsay judicial-notice property-rights 1. Was Petitioner's federal constitutional right to due process of law violated by an unfair trial in which the trial Judge ruled "that any documents … -6.5
19-7175 Curry Robinson v. Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment alibi alibi-claim federal-review fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance procedural-bar sixth-amendment I- WHETHER THE FEDERAL QUESTION OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL AS THETPEESERVED CLAIM OF AN ALIBI WAS VAGUE?AND/OR UNEXHAUSTED THEREBY P… -6.5
19-7176 David P. Moran v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion bias due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief recusal trial-procedure Should recusal of a judge be allowed during the post conviction relief phase if the prejudice and bias of the trial judge is apparent on the face of t… -6.5
19-7177 Eric C. Miller v. Randy Gibbs, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa civil-procedure district-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus procedural-dismissal successive-petition successive-petitions time-bar Can District Courts continue to dismiss (numerically) second habeas petitions as 'successive' and hold the petitioner to the stricter AEDPA requiremen… -6.5
19-7178 Tracy Jarvis Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-precedent johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states robbery sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment south-carolina standard-of-review Whether oJL not the District Court erred in determining that Petitioner Allen's South Carolina Armed Robbery convictions are valid predicates under th… -6.5
19-7183 Malcolm William v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP causation criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-arrest-of-judgment due-process elements-of-crime evidence evidence-sufficiency hearsay insufficient-evidence malice motion-in-limine murder murder-charge new-trial sixth-amendment third-degree 1. Whether Appellant should be awarded an arrest of judgement on the charge of Murder in the Third Degree, as *there is insufficient evidence to sust… -6.5
19-7185 Stanley Brewer v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-rights district-court-review due-process facts-and-evidence federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-precedent legal-standard precedent standing statutory-interpretation (1) The judgment of the United States District Court has violated long standing precedent of the United States Supreme Court and the United States Cou… -6.5
19-7187 Tyree Miles v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights court-review due-process federal-jurisdiction ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge legal-interpretation post-conviction-relief pre-arrest-delay procedural-requirements speedy-trial statutory-interpretation sixth AmEndMEnt U.S. Const to . whether Petitroner EFFECTIVE Fthe story? I. whEther PEtitoner sixth Amendment eights U.s. const to EfFectIVE unding fo… -6.5
19-7193 Charles Thomas Young v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
19-7194 Juan Carlos Vazquez v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea language-barrier sixth-amendment voluntary-plea DOES THE EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD THAT PETITIONER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH PLAINLY SHOWS THAT ANY ADMISSION AT THE GUILTY PLEA HEARING COULD NOT RE… -6.5
19-7197 Darryl William Young v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery colloquy constitutional-law constitutional-question-of-procedural-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 criminal-procedure-rule-20 direct-appeal district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question-of-statutory-law federal-rules-criminal-procedure jurisdictional-venue overbroad-interpretation plea-agreement plea-validity procedural-requirements sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-law venue waiver 1. The United States Supreme Court is asked to resolve a federal question of jurisdictional law, whether the district court for the Eastern District o… -6.5
19-7198 B. T. D. v. Alabama Alabama Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection juvenile-justice juvenile-transfer serious-physical-injury standing vagueness I. Does a child have due process rights to a judicial determination of whether his/her case should remain in juvenile court or should be transferred t… -6.5
19-7207 Mohamed Elshinawy, aka Mojoe, aka Mo Jo v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa due-process rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vcclea Did the Courts-violate the Separation of Powers and Due Process when the enhancement § 3Al.4 was applied without examining Congress' explicit directiv… -6.5
19-7208 Gbenga Benson Ogundele v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP chapman-standard confrontation-clause due-process evidence fair-trial federal-rule-of-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence government-evidence sixth-amendment Whether voluminous amounts of substantive evidence containing prejudicial opinions of government agents held to be erroneously admitted under Federal … -6.5
19-7209 Jurother Lee Alston, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-4th-amendment-exclusionary-rule evidence-law exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery nix-v-williams search-and-seizure What is the scope of the Inevitable Discovery doctrine originally set out in Nix v. Williams, 467 U.S. 431, 444 (1984)? -6.5
19-7216 Daniel A. Ramet v. Robert LeGrande, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper legal-malpractice plea-bargaining sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington If a defense attorney advises a client to reject a favorable plea offer based on a grave miscalculation about the viability of a legal defense, has th… -6.5
19-7218 Oscar Amezcua Cabrera v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-principles crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington due-process dying-declaration-exception fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hearsay hearsay-exception hearsay-rule prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay 1. In the context of the dying declaration exception of the hearsay rule, where that declaration is otherwise testimonial hearsay within the ambit of … -6.5
19-7223 Erik Bilal Khan v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arraignment counsel-duty criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance lesser-crimes plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-standard reasonable-probability right-to-counsel Does the right of a defendant to the effective assistance of counsel at every critical stage of a criminal proceeding, including arraignment, encompas… -6.5
19-7225 Michael Lara Salas v. N. Vazquez, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-issues constitutional-provisions due-process factual-background police-report standing 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process exigent-circumstances probable-cause search-and-seizure Please read on page 22, Motion requesting on Petition for a writ of certiorari also please read Exhibit-C-Page-24-26 ; also please read as follow the … -6.5
19-7226 Tony Robinson v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment patent qualified-immunity standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-7227 Santos Reyes-Villatoro v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consciousness-of-guilt due-process evidence-tampering fair-trial false-evidence giglio-v-united-states judicial-review napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial trial-fairness 1. In light of this Court's well established rulings in Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972) and Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959), as to… -6.5
19-7231 Joshua Andrew Monroe v. Scott Lewis, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure district-court due-process fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-court-of-appeals habeas-corpus procedural-ruling statute-of-limitations DID THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN NOT ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY WHERE PETITIONER DEMONSTRATED THAT JURIST OF REASON COULD FI… -6.5
19-7234 Denzel Chisholm, aka Den, aka Din v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-drug-abuse-act anti-drug-abuse-act-1986 anti-drug-abuse-act-of-1986 congressional-intent criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense proportionality retail-level-manager sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Whether a 342-month sentence for a retail-level manager is substantively reasonable where it far exceeds a sentence that properly accounts for Congres… -6.5
19-7235 Trevon Gross v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP daubert due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay prosecutorial-discretion 1. Should the Government be able to convert an expert witness into a summary witness by supplying one of several possible accounting methodologies, an… -6.5
19-7237 Christopher L. Croom v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP admonishment conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant judicial-admonishment jury-bias right-to-counsel trial-court trial-court-admonishment waiver Does a defendant knowingly waive the right to conflict free counsel when the trial court merely admonishes the defendant that a conflict exists, witho… -6.5
19-7238 Jerry Reginald Burkes v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dismissal due-process harmless-error harmless-error-analysis indictment-dismissal mandatory-language money-laundering speedy-trial speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation tennessee-local-rule-10.03 tennessee-rules-of-criminal-procedure tennessee-rules-of-evidence trial-rights 1. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT'S DENIAL OF A MOTION TO DISMISS AN INDICTMENT FOR A VIOLATION OF THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT'S 70 DAY TIME LIMIT FOR BRINGING A DE… -6.5
19-7239 John Edwin Corn, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process government-remedy standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-7242 Bryan Whitehead v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 5th-amendment conviction conviction-and-sentence crime-of-violence due-process fifth-amendment jury-determination residual-clause sentence sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis I. Whether the Petitioner was denied his Fifth Amendment right to due process of law by virtue of his conviction and sentence under the residual claus… -6.5
19-7243 Joshua Wolf v. Cindy Griffith, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment juvenile-offenders mandatory-life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing resentencing sentencing-procedures sixth-amendment Joshua Wolf has been serving an unconstitutional sentence since he was sentenced to mandatory life without parole for a homicide offense committed whe… -6.5
19-7245 Darren Lavald Bowie v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-relief constitutional-waiver habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-agreement sixth-amendment unknowing-waiver waiver 1. Does a Plea Agreement which waives challenges to collateral relief forbid challenges to ineffective assistance in proceedings following the entry o… -6.5
19-7246 Keith Harris v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-rule crawford-v-washington cross-examination hearsay informants law-enforcement-testimony lay-opinion-testimony right-to-counsel sixth-amendment witness-testimony whether the admission of law enforcement testimony that goes to whether a defendant was a participant in a conspiracy based on information provided by… -6.5
19-7247 Mark Linnear Hays v. Randy L. Tews, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus saving-clause second-or-successive second-or-successive-motion statutory-interpretation A federal prisoner who seeks to challenge the legality of his conviction or sentence usually must do so in a motion under 28 U.S.C. §2255. Under the s… -6.5
19-7249 Herbert Evans v. J. Hollingsworth, Warden Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction parole revocation sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release Illegal Sentence After Revocati Of supervised Release-Extended past Originol Sentence Expiration Date. -6.5
19-7250 Thomas Kevin Jenkins v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction patent standing takings Medientiun urce Frtvolons no Muetnienl ? dne to Rnling Done Jndge collnsion Thesdure D. Chnons and fourtn circnit Seewri UD Back side -6.5
19-7251 William McNeal v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP Apprendi apprendi-standard apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-law criminal-procedure degree-classification due-process essential-element essential-elements jury-trial reclassification sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether, when determining if a defendant's offense can be reclassified to the next highest degree, Florida's interpretation of "essential element" as … -6.5
19-7253 Fabrizio DeFrancisci v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-60(b)(6) due-process post-conviction-relief rule-60b-motion second-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg I. WAS THE DISTRICT COURT AND APPEALS COURT WRONG TO DENY THE RULE 60(b) MOTION AND CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY, REPSECTIVELY, WHEN THIS COURT HAS … -6.5
19-7255 Fernando Duran v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acknowledgment criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process evidence evidence-standard jury narcotics-law reasonable-doubt This case raises a fundamental question about the government's burden to prove a defendant's guilt beyond all reasonable doubt. The jury here convicte… -6.5
19-7256 Joseph Eugene Osborne v. Pelicia Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-statute-of-limitations civil-procedure civil-rights due-process factual-predicate habeas-corpus procedural-default statute-of-limitations timeliness 1. Do suspicions trigger AEDPA's statute of limitations even if they would be insufficient to state a factual predicate for a claim under AEDPA? 2. E… -6.5
19-7257 Dillon Mvuri v. American Airlines, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-reasoning pro-se summary-judgement summary-judgment 1. Where the district court issues a summary judgement without giving reasons on the record contrary to Rule 56 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure an… -6.5
19-7259 John Afriyie v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-forfeiture due-process insider-trading jury-trial libretti-v-united-states sixth-amendment In this insider trading case, the court of appeals affirmed a sweeping criminal forfeiture judgment encompassing all potential trades combined in a si… -6.5
19-7261 Gibron Lopez v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP co-conspirator criminal-procedure criminal-relationship criminal-relationship-development evidence evidence-admissibility evidence-rule-404(b) hobbs-act inextricably-intertwined-evidence intimate-relationship narcotics-sales relationship rule-404(b) rule-404b sexual-relationship trust trust-relationship 1. Where evidence of prior narcotics sales was introduced at trial to establish both a relationship of trust among co-conspirators, as well as how the… -6.5
19-7265 Joseph Totoro, II v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining rule-11 scienter scienter-requirement sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-access-to-courts speedy-trial 1. Did the Court, the United States Attorney, and the former attorneys violate DQJ policy and Due Process by allowing him to give up all his rights, … -6.5
19-7269 James Patton Robertson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP coram-nobis criminal-procedure due-process federal-law frivolous frivolous-claim judicial-review statute-of-limitations summary-disposition transactional-immunity 1. A petition for the ancient writ of Coram nobis calls for an adjudication of the facts as well as the law. The District court dismissed the action a… -6.5
19-7270 Hazhar A. Sayed v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP dna-evidence due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-due-process sexual-assault 1) Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provide Mr. Saved with a procedural due process to have exculpatory (DNA) evidence teste… -6.5
19-7271 Eric Hall v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statute burglary-statutes categorical-approach conviction conviction-requirements criminal-plea entry entry-element firearm-possession generic-crime generic-crimes instrument plea-withdrawal rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether Tennessee's burglary statutes are generic where the State can obtain a conviction by proving only attempted burglary because the element of… -6.5
19-7272 Kenyatta Quinn Mitchell v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment trial-fairness 1. Did the petitioner receive Constitutional effective assistance of trial Court counsel at trial Court answers? YES Appellant answers: NO 2. Did the… -6.5
19-7274 Gregory Bartko v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence perjured-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct wearry-v-cain witness-testimony I. Did the lower courts err in failing to properly review and conclude that the prosecution's withholding of exculpatory and impeachment evidence favo… -6.5
19-7276 Ketut Pujayasa v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules due-process judicial-discretion prejudice prisoner prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-4a6 time-limitation timeliness Did the District court and Appellate Court err in concluding that Mr. Pujayasa's Motion to Re-Open Time to File Appeal (6) motion, which was sent on F… -6.5
19-7278 Terrance Cobb v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP confession criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief Whether, the Florida Courts have violated Mr. Cobb's right to Due Process, under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, in denying him post-conviction r… -6.5
19-7283 Fairly W. Earls v. Susan Novak, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split civil-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence rule-60(b) rule-60b-motion Fairly Earls case raises a pressing issue of National Importance: Whether and to what extent did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Ci… -6.5
19-7289 Willis Shane Gordon v. Sam Cline, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey apprendi-violation brady-evidence Brady-Violation burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy doyle-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial kansas-sentencing-guidelines post-arrest-silence prior-convictions procedural-bar prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-guidelines Whether the Kansas courts violated petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel, his Fifth Amendment right against self-incri… -6.5
19-7291 Jose Abraham Guzman v. Kelly Santoro, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intoxication jury-instructions voluntary-intoxication Question not identified. -6.5
19-7292 Jerry Franks v. Emma Collins, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure habeas-corpus montgomery-v-louisiana post-conviction-review retroactivity retroactivity-of-new-rules statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause supreme-court-retroactivity trevino-v-thaler First Question : Did Montgomery v. Louisiana also announce a new watershed rule of criminal procedure that applies retroactively when ruling the Supre… -6.5
19-7293 Desmond Bowen v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) appellate-review booker-v-united-states federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states judicial-standard sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) states: "The court shall impose a sentence sufficient, but not greater than necessary." Indeed, there are factors found in § 3553(… -6.5
19-7294 Mohammed Kwaning v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidence fair-trial hearsay hearsay-testimony judicial-error jury-trial material-evidence preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the Government officials conduct violated constitutional rights? where;Petitioner's (a) The District Court failed to disclose material eviden… -6.5
19-7298 James Lee Bell v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-precedent blakely-rule criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury jury-trial mandatory-minimum recidivism recidivist-treatment sentencing sentencing-enhancement Q 1: Was the limitation of Almendarez-Torres and the dictates of Apprendi and Blakely violated? Florida in deciding whether Petitioner qualified for r… -6.5
19-7304 Anthony Michael Salazar v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure-appeal due-process habeas-corpus illegal-sentence incarceration judicial-review sentencing sentencing-error united-states-v-haymond The Court of Appeals erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability when Petitioner is incarcerated on an illegally-imposed sentence in light of Unit… -6.5
19-7307 Julian Moz-Aguilar v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach conduct-based-inquiry crime-of-violence elements-clause force-requirement johnson-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach physical-force sentencing-court In applying the categorical or modified categorical approach to § 924(c)(3)(A), must a sentencing court limit its consideration to the elements of an … -6.5
19-7313 Dalton Crutchfield v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statutes categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute entry entry-element entry-requirement generic-crimes generic-statutes predicate-offense sentencing state-conviction tennessee-law Whether Tennessee's burglary statutes are generic where the State can obtain a conviction by proving only attempted burglary because the element of "e… -6.5
19-7315 Andrew Wright v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C-2255(f)(4) civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal retained-counsel standing statutory-interpretation 1. Does equitable tolling automatically apply under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(4) where a defendant relies, to his detriment, on an oral order of a United St… -6.5
19-7323 Leo Stoller v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy chapter-13 civil-procedure criminal-law due-process false-statement fifth-amendment perjury seventh-circuit Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unconstitutionally affirmed the district court's denial of the petitioner's request for relief from the l… -6.5
19-7324 Lonnie Greer, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-procedure different-occasions generic-burglary recklessness sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-judge sixth-amendment sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-precedent statutory-interpretation 1) Whether Sixth Circuit precedent that counts Tennessee aggravated burglary as "generic burglary" for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act is in… -6.5
19-7325 Hope K. Kantete v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-process post-conviction-relief right-to-trial section-2255 sentencing trial-strategy 1.) Whether the lower courts erred by foiling to rule or even consider on the record whether Ms Kantete was advised of her "risk factors " in proceedi… -6.5
19-7326 Jimmy Lee Allred v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1513 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act bodily-injury categorical-approach modified-categorical-approach taylor-v-united-states violent-felony violent-force witness-retaliation 1. Clarification is needed to unite the Circuits in determining when to use the "Categorical Approach" defined in Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 57… -6.5
19-7327 Antonio Macli v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability claim-by-claim claim-determination constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus reasonable-jurists Does a federal habeas court have to determine the need for an evidentiary hearing on a claim by claim basis? When one court grants a certificate of a… -6.5
19-7330 Michael P. Haldorson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-844h2 constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment statutory-interpretation stirone-v-united-states Where a grand jury charges a defendant with violating 18 U.S.C. § 844(h)(2) based on the carrying of an "explosive, namely, smokeless powder," may he … -6.5
19-7332 Brian Dean King, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-production burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-objection due-process evidence government-burden pre-sentence-report sentencing I. Does the defendant bear the burden of production to rebut information found in a pre-sentence report after objecting to that information, or in ste… -6.5
19-7334 Edgardo Diaz-Cestary v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) categorical-approach categorical-qualification criminal-statute elements-clause hobbs-act johnson-i johnson-standard physical-force statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER FORCE REQUIRED TO COMMIT HOBBS ACT ROBBERY SATISFIES THE PHYSICAL FORCE STANDARD OF JOHNSON I TO CATEGORICALLY QUALIFY THE ELEMENTS CLAUSE … -6.5
19-7336 Francisco Pena, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-judge fifth-amendment judicial-discretion preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing sixth-amendment uncharged-conduct imposing a sentence, based on a defendant's uncharged conduct found by the judge by a preponderance of the evidence, higher than the sentence the judg… -6.5
19-7341 Joey D. Wiseman, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-intent criminal-law drug-crimes drug-felonies drug-policy drug-trafficking due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether this Honorable Court should re-evaluate the inherent inequity in Congress changing the level of the enhancement for prior drug felonies for 21… -6.5
19-7352 Alfredo Godoy-Machuca v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver collateral-consequences criminal-procedure defense-counsel ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining voluntary-and-knowing voluntary-plea A. Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in, at least implicitly, concluding that material affirmative misdavice given by defense counsel t… -6.5
19-7356 James H. Griffin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim criminal-procedure downward-departure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review law-enforcement procedural-due-process sentencing sentencing-manipulation Did the lower federal courts deny Appellant's Brady Petition without affording a full and fair hearing concerning the claim that his counsel was ineff… -6.5
19-7359 Danny Guzman-Correa v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-consultant lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye prejudice public-trial public-trial-violation 1. Whether reasonable jurist could find it debatable that Petitioner's public-trial violation warranted .. reversal at the minimum for an evidentiar… -6.5
19-7363 Richard Grady Romans v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-distribution felony-enhancement occasions-different predicate-offense serious-drug-offense substantive-offense violent-felony Under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), a felon who possesses a firearm is subject to an enhanced sentence if he has three p… -6.5
19-7364 Ernest William Singleton v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-schedules drug-scheduling general-verdict ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-pain-clinic money-laundering surveillance-footage I WHEN A JURY FOUND SINGLETON GUILTY OF COUNT 10 OF THE IMDICTMENT, WHICH ALLEGED THAT HE DISTRIBUTED "ULTRAM "; HOW CAN IT BE DETERMINED THAT THE J… -6.5
19-7365 Tyrone Terrance Roberts v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief standard-of-review HAS THE LOWER TRIBUNAL COURT IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, THE FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APP… -6.5
19-7366 In Re Andrew J. Johnston Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing takings Does the court of appeals' circuit precedent in United States v. Bilanzich, 771 F.2d 292 (7th Cir. 1985) accurately reflect the legislative intent/his… -6.5
19-7367 Adalberto Magana-Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP border-patrol confrontation-clause drug-smuggling expert-testimony hearsay prejudicial-error sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the district court committed prejudicial error under the Sixth Amendment when it permitted a DEA agent to tell the jury what a Border Patrol a… -6.5
19-7370 Mario Alberto Buenrostro-Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment anonymous-tip border-patrol border-security civil-rights criminal-activity criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment investigatory-stop reasonable-suspicion vehicle-stop Whether an individual's telephone call to law enforcement, in which he stated that a person was picked up by vehicle in an area known for alien smug g… -6.5
19-7371 Larry Bentley, Jr. v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment narcotics-detection prejudice retroactive-application retroactivity search search-and-seizure First, this court has held that the use of a detection device by law enforcement on a citizens person, places, or things without a warrant, which reve… -6.5
19-7375 Joaquin Mario Valencia-Trujillo v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington circuit-split constitutional-law contemporary-assessment criminal-defense ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-foreseeability sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. Whether, Despite Strickland's Contemporary Assessment Rule, Strickland's Test For Determining Whether A Criminal Defendant's Counsel Was Ineffectiv… -6.5
19-7381 Percy Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii constitutional-interpretation constitutional-provisions-involved due-process equal-protection executive-authority executive-delegation judicial-review separation-of-powers standing Whether the appellate court's determination that the government has the final say on whether petitioner had the right to pursue his late-filed appeal … -6.5
19-7386 Jack Dowell v. Richard Hudgins, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence burden-of-proof circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus jury-instructions retroactivity savings-clause suspension-of-writ Where the district court dismissed Mr. Dowell's §§2241 and 2255(e) habeas petition claiming the savings clause does not apply to Mr. Dowell, in light … -6.5
19-7387 Travis Miles v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statute criminal-sentencing entry entry-definition generic-burglary statutory-interpretation tennessee-burglary-statute violent-felony 1. Does Tennessee's burglary statute, which defines "entry" so broadly as to encompass mere attempted burglary, qualify as a "generic burglary" under … -6.5
19-7389 Nicole Rena McCrea v. District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights district-of-columbia due-process eeoc-obligations employment equal-employment-opportunity-commission equal-opportunity exhaustion-of-remedies human-rights judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation 1. Was the Petitioner adversely aggrieved by the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission- DC Fiel… -6.5
19-7392 Demetrius Darrell Davis, aka Meatman v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-search-and-seizure abandonment abandonment-doctrine criminal-procedure disclaimer-of-ownership fourth-amendment incriminating-statement incriminating-statements police-questioning property-rights reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure Whether a mere disclaimer of ownership in an effort to avoid making an incriminating statement in response to police questioning should not alone be d… -6.5
19-7396 Julio Mario Haro-Verdugo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cronic due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment strickland conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process federal-law fifth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland-standard Whether the District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's rejection of Petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claim(s) … -6.5
19-7400 Christopher R. Glenn v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights counsel-misconduct criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing fraud habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-proceedings pro-se-petition standing supervisory-power Did the Eleventh Circuit so far depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings as to call for an exercise of this Court's superviso… -6.5
19-7404 Joseph James Roe v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process enhancement-factors essential-factor guideline-interpretation guidelines judicial-discretion leadership-role lower-court-guidance sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-3b1.1(a) Whether a district court may impose a sentence enhancement under USSG § 3B1.1(a) for leadership role based on a factor not mentioned in the Sentencing… -6.5
19-7408 Daniel Jay Bowman v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment government-prosecution parallel-construction standing Whether the Government's use of "Parallel Construction" to prosecute citizens violates their 4th and 5th Amendment rights. -6.5
19-7416 James P. Griffin v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion calculation-error civil-procedure continuance criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment financial-penalties forfeiture medical-hardship medical-issues restitution restitution-calculation sentencing sixth-amendment trial-continuance trial-court trial-court-discretion Whether the amount of restitution and forfeiture w I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion in arbitrarily denying a continuance of trial requested due to Petitioner's documented medical proble… -6.5
19-7417 Corey Michael Edwards v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering constitutional-challenge criminal-history effective-counsel predicate-offense predicate-offenses prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Can a the breaking and entering of outbouildings (ie. storage Sheds), that were visably and actually padlocked from the outside, where no reasonable p… -6.5
19-7422 Andre Antonio Fairley v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights colloquy constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction record self-incrimination sentencing waiver Whether trial court committed reversible structural error, by failing to conduct a mandated on-the-record colloquy into a waiver of counsel, before al… -6.5
19-7430 Richard L. Bryant v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne apprendi apprendi-alleyne apprendi-alleyne-rule drug-distribution-conspiracy fair-sentencing-act fair-sentencing-act-2010 first-step-act first-step-act-2018 relevant-conduct retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-ranges 1. Whether a Defendant convicted by a jury of a drug distribution conspiracy involving multiple controlled substances, whose sentence has never been r… -6.5
19-7433 Anthony Russell Wilson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy federal-sentencing fifth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release united-states-v-haymond The question presented to this Court is whether Petitioner, Wilson, who suffered a criminal prosecution by way of a supervised release revocation hear… -6.5
19-7438 Javion Scott v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure fourth-amendment griffin-v-wisconsin law-enforcement-action parole post-release-supervision probation probation-supervision search-and-seizure special-needs-search united-states-v-knights warrantless-search In March 2017, a United States Marshal Service search of probationers and supervisees known as "Operation Spring Sweep" involved nearly 200 local, sta… -6.5
19-7439 Saddam Samaan Daoud Samaan v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP carpenter-v-united-states expectation-of-privacy fourth-amendment hotel-guest-registration law-enforcement reasonable-search search-and-seizure third-party-doctrine warrantless-search 1. Did Petitioner have a sufficient expectation of privacy in hotel guest registration information that a warrantless demand to the innkeeper for prod… -6.5
19-7491 In Re William James Berry Sr. Denied Response WaivedIFP byford-v-state due-process habeas-corpus montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity state-court-remedies welch-v-united-states 1. Did the jury instruction given in his trial for first-degree murder, which deprived the element of premeditation and relieved the state of its burd… -6.5