Conference: 2020-02-28

125 cases — 0 granted, 125 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-309 Lonnie Swartz v. Araceli Rodriguez, Individually and as the Surviving Mother and Personal Representative of J. A. Ninth Circuit GVR CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (4) bivens bivens-remedy bivens-v-six-unknown-named-agents border-security cross-border-shooting extraterritorial-application foreign-relations fourth-amendment qualified-immunity separation-of-powers 1. Whether the panel's decision to create an implied remedy for damages under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 … 28.0
19-840 California, et al. v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (14)Response WaivedRelisted (2) affordable-care-act article-iii-standing congress-power constitutional-challenge due-process minimum-coverage-provision severability standing tax-power taxation 1. Whether the individual and state plaintiffs in this case have established Article III standing to challenge the minimum coverage provision in Secti… 23.0
19-296 Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (7)Relisted (5) administrative-law chevron-deference criminal-law deference due-process judicial-review overrule rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation waiver 1. Whether Chevron deference, rather than the rule of lenity, takes precedence in the interpretation of statutory language defining an element of vari… 19.5
19-547 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. v. Sierra Club, Inc. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) agency-action agency-discretion deliberative-process-privilege document-disclosure draft-documents endangered-species-act freedom-of-information-act interagency-consultation Whether Exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5) (2012), by incorporating the deliberative process privilege, protects agains… 17.0
19-942 Laurel Zuckerman, as Ancillary Administratrix of the Estate of Alice Leffmann v. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Second Circuit Denied Amici (7)Response Waived art-restitution civil-rights holocaust-expropriated-art-recovery-act holocaust-expropriation laches laches-defense nazi-persecution property-recovery statute-of-limitations unclean-hands 1. Whether the nonstatutory defense of laches may bar an action to recover artwork lost because of Nazi persecution, where that action has been brough… 15.5
19-229 C. D., By and Through Her Parents, M. D. and P. D., et al. v. Natick Public School District, et al. First Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split due-process educational-placement individuals-with-disabilities-education-act least-restrictive-environment mainstreaming mainstreaming-mandate regular-classes special-education supplementary-aids-and-services supplementary-aids-services When does a school district's decision to educate a child with disabilities outside the regular classroom violate the IDEA's mainstreaming mandate? 14.0
19-550 Kimberly Watso, et al. v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure chevron-deference child-services civil-rights federal-preemption indian-child-welfare-act parental-custody state-agency-rules tribal-jurisdiction tribal-rights Whether the lower court improperly deferred to the Indian Child Services Department Manual over state agency rules and interpretations of the Indian C… 14.0
19-675 Bank of America Corporation, et al. v. City of Miami, Florida Eleventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (1) causal-chain civil-rights directness-principles fair-housing-act injury injury-recovery proximate-cause standing statutory-violation In its prior decision in this case, this Court held that the Fair Housing Act (FHA) requires proof of proximate cause in the same way as other federal… 11.5
19-688 Wells Fargo & Co., et al. v. City of Miami, Florida Eleventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (1) civil-procedure civil-rights fair-housing-act legal-causation private-litigation proximate-cause standing statutory-interpretation statutory-violation tort-liability Whether proximate cause in private litigation about the Fair Housing Act requires more than a "logical bond" between the alleged statutory violation a… 11.5
19-28 Kenneth Daniels v. United States Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2) aggravated-felony armed-career-criminal-act attempt controlled-substances-act criminal-attempt drug-distribution immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law solicitation uniform-administration The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) makes it a crime to "distribute * * * a controlled substance." 21 U.S.C. 841(a). The Act includes an "attempt" to … 11.0
19-1019 Texas, et al. v. California, et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued affordable-care-act affordable-care-act-aca congress congressional-intent constitutional-interpretation due-process health-insurance individual-mandate severability standing tax 1. Whether the unconstitutional individual mandate to purchase minimum essential coverage is severable from the remainder of the ACA. 2. Whether the … 10.5
19-808 Leibundguth Storage & Van Service, Inc. v. Village of Downers Grove, Illinois Seventh Circuit Denied commercial-speech content-based content-based-speech first-amendment free-speech government-restriction reed-v-gilbert reed-v-town-of-gilbert strict-scrutiny In Reed v. Town of Gilbert, this Court clarified that content-based restrictions are those that apply to particular speech because of the topic discus… 10.5
19-592 County Commissioners of Carroll County, Maryland v. Maryland Department of the Environment Maryland Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) clean-water-act municipal-separate-storm-sewer-system nonpoint-source nonpoint-source-runoff npdes npdes-permit permitting point-source-discharge stormwater stormwater-discharge third-party-discharges 1. Can responsibility for nonpoint source runoff and third parties' stormwater discharges be imposed upon a local government under the Clean Water Act… 10.0
19-5410 Charles Borden, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act due-process mens-rea recklessness retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation use-of-force 1. Does the "use of force" clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the "ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of mere … 9.0
19-714 Pennsylvania v.William R. Landis, Jr. Pennsylvania Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) blueford-v-arkansas criminal-procedure diminished-capacity double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause lesser-included-offense mens-rea murder murder-charges poland-v-arizona precedent retrial Did the Superior Court of Pennsylvania err in finding that the reinstatement of Murder in the Third Degree upon the award of a new trial violated the … 9.0
19-572 Ravneet Singh v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied civil-procedure due-process evidence harmless-error jury jury-instructions standard-of-review standing sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Whether, upon invalidating one of two alternative theories of liability presented to a jury, the reviewing court should ask if there is "sufficient… 5.5
19-689 Mark Chapman, et al. v. ACE American Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit Denied certification civil-procedure duty-to-defend insurance-coverage statutory-interpretation statutory-rights substance-abuse summary-judgment 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion by requiring allegations not contained in Chapter 397 and by denying petitioners' motion to cert… 5.5
19-817 Annette Shands v. Lakeland Central School District, et al. Second Circuit Denied age age-discrimination civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination fourteenth-amendment gender intentional-obstruction race race-discrimination school-district-liability Whether the guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment applicable against Lakeland Central School District in Shrub Oak, New York, and its Assistant Superi… 5.5
19-821 Isaac M. Nsejjere v. Reuben Smith, et ux. Washington Denied constitutional-law constitutional-rights deprivation deprivation-of-rights due-process equal-protection legal-principles state-action unequal-protection 1. Is a state action constitutional when it leads to deprivation by denying a process that is "due", and premised on unequal protection under the law?… 5.5
19A748 David Goad v. Gary L. Steel, Judge, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M103 Linda S. Elam, et vir v. Aurora Loan Services, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M104 Arthur L. Hairston, Sr. v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M105 Marlon R. Miller v. United States Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M106 Ruth Torres v. The Continental Apartments, et al. Texas Denied None 5.5
19-969 John M. Marshall, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived creditor-rights federal-law property-transfer recharacterization state-law stern-v-commissioner tax-law tax-liability transaction-recharacterization Whether, when the true form of the transaction is at issue, the court must determine whether state law would permit a private creditor to collapse or … 4.5
19-6230 Claudius L. Fincher v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process factual-question jury-determination jury-trial mandatory-minimum safety-valve safetyvalve-statute sentencing sixth-amendment Does the district court's resolution of a contested factual question under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) (safety-valve statute) for the purpose of determining w… 4.0
19-806 Michael S. Barth v. Township of Bernards, New Jersey, et al. New Jersey Denied Response Waived certiorari-review civil-procedure constitutional-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction legal-precedent procedural-due-process standing supreme-court-review takings tax truck-council There are a number of questions and sub questions whether to revisit, or distinguish this case from, National Private Truck Council. Inc, v. Oklahoma … 3.5
19-810 Avtar S. Badwal v. Ramandeep Badwal, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights divorce due-process judicial-bias judicial-complaint matrimonial matrimonial-law section-1983 Can the Petitioner request and receive a new trial from the Matrimonial Judge in a Divorce case whom acted against him with bias because he filed a ju… 3.5
19-853 Sandra R., et al. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety Arizona Denied Response Waived child-custody clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-standard due-process family-law parental-rights state-action state-intervention termination Whether, in order to terminate a parent's parental rights to their child, the due process Clause of the United States constitution requires that a Sta… 3.5
19-866 Emmanuel E. Ubinas-Brache v. Surgery Center of Texas, LP Texas Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute healthcare-fraud limited-partnership medicaid medicare partnership-agreement preemption state-contract-law surgical-center Animated by concerns over fraud and rising costs in federal healthcare reimbursement programs like Medicare and Medicaid, Congress enacted an anti-kic… 3.5
19-927 Wayne M. Klocke, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Klocke v. The University of Texas at Arlington Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof circuit-split disciplinary-action educational-programming gender-discrimination title-ix university-discipline university-liability Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ("Title IX") to provide a remedy to students attending publicly funded educational instit… 3.5
19-928 Kenneth Fernandez Johnson, Jr. v. Sadie Darnell, Sheriff, Alachua County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights-statute due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution probable-cause 1. Review whether my Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures was violated after I was falsely arrested, falsely i… 3.5
19-944 Scott A. Seldin v. Theodore M. Seldin, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration civil-procedure functus-officio jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar law-of-the-case mandate-rule rule-of-mandate statutory-interpretation trust-accounting 1. Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of a narrow statutory trust accounting action, which was based on fi… 3.5
19-952 Michael David Goodwin v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-client-relationship change-of-plea criminal-defendant criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance local-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether an attorney's presence as local counsel, for a criminal defendant's re-arraignment and change of plea, yet having no attorney-client relations… 3.5
19-954 Brian E. Harriss v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived amendment-xvi civil-rights constitutional constitutional-interpretation direct-taxation due-process income-tax ninth-circuit standing statutory tax tax-law 1. Did the Ninth Circuit commit reversible and plain Constitutional error by recharacterizing, without evidence, Petitioner's right to refute Commissi… 3.5
19-965 Kenin L. Edwards v. Michael L. Atterberry, et al. Illinois Denied Response Waived administrative-law appeal conviction criminal-jurisdiction due-process illinois-supreme-court jurisdictional-challenge sentencing Whether it is a violation of due process for the Illinois Supreme Court, after being fully advised in the premises, to abstain from addressing whether… 3.5
19-973 Brian D. Swanson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived apportionment capital capital-tax constitutional-taxation direct-tax federal-tax-return income-classification income-tax rule-12(b)(6) tax-refund 1. May the Respondent collect a direct tax on Petitioner 's capital without going through the rule of apportionment? 2. May Respondent use Petition… 3.5
18-7105 Tavaris Jemario Hunter v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP acca begay-v-united-states categorical-approach circuit-split elonis-v-united-states mens-rea second-fifth-ninth-circuits serious-drug-offense staples-v-united-states statutory-interpretation strict-liability Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession of cocaine with intent to sell in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "serious drug offense… 2.0
18-7833 Jerome Hayes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP begay begay-v-united-states categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-statute mens-rea serious-drug-offense staples staples-v-united-states strict-liability I. Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession of cocaine with intent to sell in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "serious drug offe… 2.0
18-8380 Woodrow Pressey, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) acca acca-predicate armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-enhancement criminal-history drug-conviction drug-offenses florida-statute florida-statute-893.13 predicate-offense prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses 1. Whether prior convictions under Fla. Stat. §893.13 qualify as "serious drug offenses" for purposes of the ACCA, §924(e)(2)(A)(ii). 2. Whether Flor… 2.0
18-9164 Antonio Muro, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction objection procedural-requirement reasonableness reasonableness-standard sentencing Whether a formal objection after pronouncement of sentence is necessary to invoke appellate reasonableness review of the length of a defendant's sente… 1.0
18-9772 William Jerome Howard, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 21-usc-841 cocaine-possession controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-offenses federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines felony-drug-offense florida florida-drug-law mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 Drug offenses in Florida are unlike most states insofar as in Florida, the prosecution does not have to prove a defendant knew the illicit nature of a… 1.0
19-5309 William Dante Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearms-violation habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court violent-felony Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States, 15-1498, U.S._, _ S.Ct. —, 2019 WL 2649851 (June 28, 2019)? 1.0
19-5575 Antwaine Enta Yarbrough v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus precedent sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States, 15-1498, U.S._, _S.Ct. —, 2019 WL 2649851 (June 28, 2019)? 1.0
19-5601 Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felony felony-status firearms firearms-possession indictment-requirements interstate-commerce knowledge mens-rea prior-conviction statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) provides for criminal penalties for felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of th… 1.0
19-5789 Jamar Lynn McMillan v. United States Third Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP career-offender career-offender-enhancement categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense pennsylvania-law predicate-offense rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines third-circuit 1. Does the categorical approach apply in determining whether an offense qualifies as a predicate for the career-offender enhancement under the Senten… 1.0
19-6213 Marcus Bartholomew Booker v. Texas Texas Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-habeas post-conviction-habeas-corpus right-to-access state-court-proceedings trial-ineffectiveness trial-records Does an indigent defendant have a right to access to a free Clerk's and Reporter's Records in a state post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding when th… 1.0
19-6249 Michael Terrill Faircloth v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 affirmative-defense circuit-split criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession innocent-possession safe-streets-act transitory-possession Whether a felon may assert an affirmative defense of innocent, transitory possession when charged as a felon-in-possession of a firearm under § 922(g)… 0.5
19-6405 Ernest Vereen, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act divisible-statute due-process felon-in-possession innocent-transitory-possession record-ambiguity sentencing sentencing-court transitory-possession violent-felony (1) Whether a sentencing court may look to disputed facts in the record to determine whether a prior conviction qualifies as a violent felony under th… 0.5
19-6773 Edgar Ortega-Limones 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
19-6078 Terreall McDaniel v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c appeal armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Does Section 403 of the First Step Act , which dramatically clarifies the applicable penalties for which a defendant may be sentenced for gun rela… -1.0
19-6148 Cornelius Lorenzo Wilson v. Dennis Grimes, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment medical-care monell-doctrine monell-liability municipal-jail municipal-liability prison-conditions prisoner-rights serious-medical-need systemic-underfunding 1. Does systemic underfunding and understaffing of a municipal jail that knowingly causes significant delays for prisoners receiving access to outside… -1.0
19-6910 Alfred T. Moliere v. Texas Texas Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey article-42.013 constitutional-rights criminal-penalties criminal-penalty family-violence firearm-possession jury-determination jury-trial right-to-bear-arms unconstitutional Generally, Apprendi v. New Jersey requires that any fact serving to increase a criminal penalty be found by a jury. Article 42.013, Texas Code of Crim… -1.0
19-7329 Jamaar Jerome Williams v. Jo Gentry, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-witnesses habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review post-conviction-litigation post-conviction-relief prejudice prejudice-analysis Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it concluded Williams had failed to establish prejudice under Martinez v. Ryan because the record clearly shows W… -1.5
19-7427 Rodolfo Perez-Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure deference due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors? -1.5
19-7446 Enrique A. Echeverria-Benitez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-circuit illegal-reentry plain-error retribution sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervised-release On direct appeal, Mr. Echeverria-Benitez argued his twenty-seven month sentence for illegal reentry after removal was unreasonable. Mr. Echeverria-Ben… -1.5
19-7454 Kenneth James Barfield v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-32 due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-circuit gall-v-united-states guidelines preponderance-of-evidence presentence-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-watts According to Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 (2007), every federal criminal sentencing must begin with a correctly calculated Guidelines range. Sen… -1.5
19-7478 Daniel Pye v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights due-process false-testimony giglio-v-united-states government-disclosure-obligations napue-v-illinois 1. Whether a federal agent's assurance that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations would "look into what we can do… -1.5
19-7494 Ricky Lynn Thomas v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-usc-20913(d) constitutional-limits executive-branch gundy gundy-precedent legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation (1) Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) i… -1.5
19-7512 Jose Luis Urias-Marquez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure discretionary-review federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation rule-11 supervisory-powers united-states-court-of-appeals united-states-v-lee 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
19-7540 Random Jackson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 attorney-abandonment attorney-neglect confrontation-clause due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus holland-v-florida ineffective-assistance postconviction-proceedings reasonable-diligence state-postconviction 1. Whether the Petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling in light of his attorney's neglect/abandonment (i.e., after his attorney abandoned him in t… -1.5
18-7797 Coree Patrick v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach conduct-based-approach drug-conviction drug-offense predicate-conviction predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement state-conviction statutory-interpretation TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PRIOR STATE CONVICTION FOR A DRUG OFFENSE IS A QUALIFYING PREDICATE CONVICTION UNDER THE ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT (ACCA), 18 U… -3.0
18-8447 Javis Wilson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP acca acca-predicate armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split drug-offense elonis-v-united-states mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability united-states-v-smith Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erroneously concluded in in finding. Petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug - offen… -3.0
18-9296 In Re Allen J. Dannewitz, Jr. Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment ada-violation civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment guardianship guardianship-rights judicial-procedure jurisdiction standing Whether ward was ever incapacitated. Whether ward was served with paperwork when guardianship was ordered. Whether ward was provided with opportunit… -4.0
18-9547 Antwan Bernard Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca acca-serious-drug-offense armed-career-criminal-act drug-offense eleventh-circuit elonis-v-united-states franklin-v-united-states mens-rea resisting-officer sentencing-enhancement strict-liability united-states-v-smith violent-felony Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erroneously concluded in finding Petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug offenses qu… -4.0
18-9796 Anthony Bernard Jimerson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "controlled substance offense" as defined in U.S.S8.G. § 4B1.2(b) … -4.0
19-5037 Gilberto Villanueva, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute descamps-v-united-states district-court-fact-finding felon-in-possession johnson-descamps-precedent johnson-v-united-states mens-rea Should the District Court be allowed to find the facts necessary in order to qualify defendant as an Armed Career Criminal or should precedent such as… -4.0
19-5247 Charles Michael Hedlund v. Arizona Arizona Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eddings-v-oklahoma habeas-corpus jury-trial sentencing 1. Whether the correction of error under Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104 (1982), requires resentencing, particularly where the error originated in t… -4.0
19-5478 Wilfredo Roy Madrigal v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense eleventh-circuit mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession with intent to sell cocaine in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "controlled substance of… -4.0
19-5480 Andrew Dorsey v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca cocaine criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses florida florida-statute possession sentencing statutory-interpretation I. Whether a Florida conviction for selling cocaine, delivering cocaine, or possessing cocaine with the intent to sell or deliver it, in violation of … -4.0
19-5923 Jamaar Danglo Hayes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony 1. Whether the determination of a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA or Act) requires the same categorical approach used… -4.0
19-6457 D. B. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-welfare civil-rights civil-rights-discrimination due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment parental-rights religious-freedom 1. Whether the Texas district court violated the Petitioner 's Federal Civil Rights under Section 1983 by discriminating against the Petitioner 's Re… -4.0
19-6537 Christopher Everson v. Theresa Lantz, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules final-judgment frivolous frivolous-standard hearing judicial-discretion prima-facie-case rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing The Petitioner presents two questions: In Neitzke v. Williams 490 U.S. 319 at 325 (1989), quoting from Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), The… -4.0
19-6596 Wylmina Hettinga v. Timothy P. Loumena California Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-sanction civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process passport passport-suspension standing state-court-jurisdiction state-courts suspension vexatious-litigant Can the state courts levy Petitioner's joint bank accounts, freeze her safety deposit box, suspend her California clear teaching credential, and suspe… -4.0
19-6675 Michael Ray Bishop v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance-offense enumerated-offense-clause sentencing-guidelines serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a "controlled substance offense" under the Sentencing Guidelines? -4.0
19-7064 Johanna Beanblossom v. Bay District Schools Florida Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure complaint-amendment due-process due-process-amendment employment-law first-amendment retaliation school-employment summary-judgment 1. Absent unfair delay or futility, does fundamental due process require that a Plaintiff be allowed to amend a complaint at least once before a Court… -4.5
19-7091 Alan Matthew Champagne v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP None -4.5
19-7108 Devell Moore v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection ninth-circuit peremptory-challenges purkett-v-elem trial-procedure Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability on Moore's claim he was denied equal protection of the law, and a fair trial… -4.5
19-7111 Robert W. Johnson v. Kevin S. Portnoy, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection insurance rico standing statutory-interpretation texas-department-of-insurance Question not identified. -4.5
19-7120 Gilbert Sanchez v. Texas Texas Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington criminal-appeals criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus in-re-winship jury-trial right-to-trial-by-jury sixth-amendment texas-constitution 1. Is the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution violated when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denies an Applicant habeas relief b… -4.5
19-7122 Vinodh Raghubir v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied IFP access-to-courts attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
19-7124 Derwin Lee Butler v. California California Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions post-trial-hearing right-to-call-witnesses stipulation trial-court-error trial-error trial-procedure witness-testimony 1. Does' a criminal defendant become deprived of his constitutional rights when the trial court fails to read an agreed upon stipulation and instructi… -4.5
19-7129 Brian Moore v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP consent-form consent-to-search fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-rights motel-room oath-administration probable-cause search-and-seizure state-courts telephonic-warrant warrant-validity Whether the Petitioner's Fourth Amendment right was violated where a consent-to-search form indicates it was signed AFTER the search and seizure occur… -4.5
19-7157 Mother v. Lorain County Children Services Ohio Denied IFP abuse-neglect administrative-law child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law federalism jurisdiction parental-rights separation-of-powers d;1 U» C»«n^s VioloAt p&^wta ru^WH % c ,4 r r Vv /-\loc>Si PovW" -4.5
19-7160 Ernest J. Espinoza v. Matt A. Ashe, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process free-speech patent. standing takings appeal case-statement civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process filing-deadlines jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court writ-petition Question not identified. -4.5
19-7162 Carlos Juan Negron v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure document-submission due-process filing habeas-corpus houston-v-lack judicial-procedure legal-filing prison prison-filing prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether a document when placed in the hands of prison officials hands for mailing pursuant to Houston v. Lack . 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed… -4.5
19-7168 Tracy Eugene Johnson v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP burglary constitutional-rights Direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel Failure-to-prove-essential-elements-of-offense fourteenth-amendment Fourteenth-Amendment-due-process Post-trial-motion reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Sixth-Amendment-right-to-effective-assistance-of-c 1.) WHEATHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF APPELLATE COUSEL FAILURE TO RAISE THE VALID… -4.5
19-7564 In Re Michael Dewayne Seibert Denied IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty-case due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge pro-se-representation resentencing resentencing-hearing void-judgment When a defendant is represented by counsel, who refuses to raise a substantial meritorious claim of fraud on the court, and therefore defendant's conv… -4.5
19-7643 In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard Denied IFP 6th-amendment administrative-hearing administrative-procedure article-iv compulsory-process constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceeding disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection judicial-proceedings liberty liberty-interest privileges-and-immunities witness-testimony 1.) Did the State of Florida violate Petitioner's protected rights to Judicial Proceedings under Article IV. Section 1, and Amendment 6; of the United… -4.5
19-7284 Bobby Y. Wallace, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-deference certificate-of-appealability criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment federalism gross-disproportionality habitual-offender insufficient-evidence jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-review no-evidence proportionality-review sentencing state-court-decisions The Supreme Court of Louisiana has a demonstrable, decades-long history of substituting in word and deed a "no evidence" standard for the "insufficien… -5.5
19-6153 Davontah Lee Nelson v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts jurisdiction standing DIo IO THE UNITEO STATCS COURT OF APPCALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT JUDGMENT ANDIOR ORDER COWFLICTS WITH FEOCRAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCCOURES ( FRAP 2S C… -6.0
19-6337 Monica Birch-Min v. Middlesex County Board of Social Services, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-agencies guardianship judicial-review senior-citizens 1. Whether the US Supreme Court will permit Government agencies, like Middlesex County Adult Protective Services and local Police in this case, to tak… -6.0
19-6470 Darrell Lamar Marshall v. George Caram Steeh, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights deprivation district-judge due-process federal-law human-services social-security Did United States District Judge, George C. Steeh, the Social Security Administration, Michigan Department of Human Services, Rehabilitation Services,… -6.0
19-7101 David Nowakowski v. E.E. Austin and Son, Inc., et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-organizations criminal-procedure criminal-racketeering due-process inchoate-crimes legal-remedies legislative-interpretation organized-crime pro-se pro-se-litigation racketeering standing statutory-construction Where a plaintiffs position falls within the scope of an open Legislative statement such as PA Code Title 18 Section 911 (a) (6); "in order to success… -6.5
19-7110 Robert W. Johnson v. Colleen McMahon, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bribery civil-procedure civil-rights due-process insurance-fraud standing Question not identified. -6.5
19-7140 Antonio Medrano Ortiz v. George T. Solomon, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process excessive-force judicial-review medical-care medical-rule standing statute-of-limitations statutory-limitations My OriginAl ComplAinT As Time- barved STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS . 2. Whether DR. MckeNzie's deli berATe INdiFFereNce To my Serious Medical Needs Violat… -6.5
19-7143 In Re Steven Darby McDonald Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process inmate-deaths inmate-rights judicial-misconduct medical-care medical-malpractice ninth-circuit-court prison-conditions pro-se-brief standing 1. WHY IS THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS AND THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON ALLOWED TO ACT AS THE RIGHT ARM OF THE DOC? (See GO 09-16) 2. WHY… -6.5
19-7158 Isaac Montanez v. McDean, LLC Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection free-speech retaliation voting-rights wrongful-termination Question not identified. -6.5
19-7181 Anna Bell v. Oregon Health & Science University Oregon Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-jury-trial self-representation 1) Does denying a pro se individual or public a proper course of justice by a Court violate prior U.S. Supreme Court rulings and The Ninth Amendment t… -6.5
19-7184 Stanley Brewer v. Robert F. Cunningham, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment conflict-of-interest due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-bias judicial-misconduct miller-el-standard prosecutorial-misconduct (1) Did the United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit misapplied the ruling in Miller-El v. Cockrell, in denial of petitioner 's claims? Using con… -6.5
19-7186 James R. Young v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens bivens-claim civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-review fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis inmate-rights property property-theft standing (1) - Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals abuse Petitioner's 5th Amendment due process right to be heard on his Bivens claim on appeal by summa… -6.5
19-7241 William Gene Cox, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-assault civil-rights confidential-informant confidential-informants constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement pretext search-and-seizure unreasonable-search Should law enforcement be allowed to utilize armed assaults by confidential informants as pretext for circumventing the Fourth Amendment guarantee aga… -6.5
19-7277 Dora Moreira v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct question-not-identified section-2255 sixth-amendment 1-) IN A DEPARTURE FROM THE DUE PROCESS REQUIREMENT OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT AND THE COMPULSORY PROCESS PROTECTION OF THE SIX AMENDMENT, 'DID THE UNITED… -6.5
19-7297 Christopher J. Burton v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment collateral-consequences criminal-justice criminal-procedure deportation due-process professional-assistance sexually-violent-predator strickland-v-washington voluntary-plea 1) IN THIS CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION, I ASK THIS COURT TO FINALLY DECIDE WHETHER THE NATURE OF CIVIL COMMITMENT, ITS PROCEDURAL SIMILARITY TO DEPORTATI… -6.5
19-7357 Chris Fordham v. Corrections Officer Manzola, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-remedies fourth-circuit judicial-procedure procedural-dismissal section-1983 standing Whether the USDO-EDAO erred in deciding that Plaintiff-Petitioner failed to exhaust and dismissing without prejudice the Petitioner's §1982 Complaint … -6.5
19-7372 Saundra Taylor v. District of Columbia District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-of-appeals discovery-rule due-process due-process,civil-procedure,statute-of-limitations judicial-review motion-to-dismiss notice statute-of-limitations Is the judgment of October 29, 2019, of the District of District Court of Appeals (DCCA) according to the law? Did the judgment of October 29, 2019, … -6.5
19-7376 Alice C. Trappler v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof confrontation-clause conspiracy criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture hearsay hearsay-exception legal-insufficiency sixth-amendment waiver 1. Upon trial counsel's failure to move to dismiss on legal insufficiency grounds at trail, is the uninformed automatic waiver and silently imposed pe… -6.5
19-7399 Frederick Charles Harris, II v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law asset-seizure civil-procedure due-process irs jurisdiction tax-law 1. Why was my demand denied when the defendant, the Commissioner of the IRS, admitted in writing that they didn't have jurisdiction to take my assets? -6.5
19-7435 In Re Robert N. Brooks Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process due-process-clause fdic-insured fifth-amendment grand-jury grand-jury-clause indictment indictment-clause notice-clause sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a manifest miscarriage of justice occurred on the face of Count One's conspiracy indictment to commit bank fraud in violation of the Grand Jur… -6.5
19-7437 Tony Sparks v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fifth-circuit juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-rule miller-v-alabama montgomery-retroactivity montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity sentencing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in concluding that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), which was made retroac… -6.5
19-7450 George Maurice Steele v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause confrontation-right criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment revocation-hearing sentencing supervised-release witness-testimony Whether the district court erred by allowing testimony at the revocation hearing that violated Mr. Steele's Fifth Amendment due process right to confr… -6.5
19-7457 Rogelio Villarreal-Estebis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP complete-defense criminal-conviction criminal-procedure drug-trafficking evidence-exclusion federal-rule-of-evidence-403 right-to-defense rule-403 sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-rights vehicle-ownership Whether the Fifth Circuit's decision to affirm the trial court's refusal to admit the evidence was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable applicatio… -6.5
19-7458 Kaleb Jermaine Myers v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts federal-criminal-law hobbs-act legal-standard statutory-interpretation (1) Whether this Court should grant certiorari to resolve the conflict among the lower federal courts and decide the important legal question of wheth… -6.5
19-7460 David Wright v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general-discretion civil-rights constitutional-review constitutional-rights-4th-amendment due-process fisa-surveillance foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act national-security standing surveillance terrorism terrorism-conspiracy warrantless-search warrantless-surveillance I. Whether FISA's emergency provision, 50 U.S.C. §1805(e), which allows warrantless surveillance of American citizens on America soil for up to seven … -6.5
19-7467 Frankie Beqiraj v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-presence due-process jury-selection peremptory-challenges right-to-be-present waiver 1. Whether a defendant has a constitutional right to be present during a conference at which the parties exercise their peremptory challenges to strik… -6.5
19-7477 Raul Mejia v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony fair-trial fourth-amendment franks-hearing search-and-seizure trial-fairness warrant warrant-validity Was petitioner's truck illegally searched due to an invalid warrant? Was petitioner improperly denied a Franks hearing? Did Officer Carbajal testify a… -6.5
19-7486 Michael Lindsay v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2423c commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-safeguards due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-regulation foreign-commerce foreign-commerce-clause non-commercial-conduct police-power united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-morrison This Court has well-settled that the Commerce Clause gives Congress no general police power over non-commercial, non-economic conduct. See United Stat… -6.5
19-7490 Omar Ernesto Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appeal conclusory-statements criminal-procedure fourth-amendment human-smuggling investigatory-stop law-enforcement law-enforcement-database reasonable-suspicion Whether, in determining that there was reasonable suspicion for an investigatory stop, the district court and Ninth Circuit erred by relying on factua… -6.5
19-7492 Inger L. Jensen v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 abuse-of-discretion evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-28-usc-2255 harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review A. 28 U.S.C. § 2255 states that "Unless the motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief… -6.5
19-7507 Tommy Gurule v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment consent consent-search detention fourth-amendment passenger-rights passengers search-and-seizure traffic-stop vehicle-search If the driver of a car consents to its search, may officers frisk non-consenting passengers and detain them for the duration of the search? -6.5
19-7510 Francis Damien Block v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-7514 Ekanem Kurfreobon Essien v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-street-gang due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit-review reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement street-terrorism-enforcement-and-prevention-act sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it denied petitioner Ekanem Kufreobon Essien's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition based on its conclusion that his … -6.5
19-7518 Baltazar Reyes Garcia, Angel Serrano Carreno, and Hector Contreras Ibarra v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-procedure criminal-procedure defendant-rights district-court-discretion due-process juror-bias juror-inquiry juror-safety jury-bias jury-inquiry ninth-circuit-precedent standing Whether a district court must hold a requested jury inquiry after a juror makes statements indicating the juror has a potential source of bias because… -6.5
19-7519 Ericka Hernandez-Nunez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-detection criminal-procedure exculpatory-evidence fourth-amendment holistic-analysis inculpatory-evidence law-enforcement motion-to-suppress reasonable-inference reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure Whether the Fourth Amendment requirement of reasonableness requires that a determination of reasonable suspicion be based upon an explicit identificat… -6.5
19-7522 Dedrick Matthews v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether the admission of blood test results w birchfield-precedent birchfield-v-north-dakota causation causation-analysis criminal-procedure fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicular-homicide vehicular-negligence (1) Was defendant's conduct a substantial factor in causing the victim's death or serious bodily injury, when the accident would have occurred without… -6.5