Conference: 2020-03-20

234 cases — 0 granted, 234 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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19-756 Louis Taylor v. Pima County, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (4) civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-damages due-process habeas-corpus heck-doctrine plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-imprisonment wrongful-incarceration In Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), this Court held that federal habeas corpus is the sole avenue by which a "state prisoner" may bring a claim … 14.5
19-597 Morris Reese v. Sprint Nextel Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-framework alice-v-cls-bank federal-circuit mayo-v-prometheus patent-eligibility patent-ineligible-concept patent-law section-101 Whether this case provides an appropriate vehicle for this Court to state with clarity and certainty the definition of an "abstract idea" under 35 U.S… 14.0
19-765 Michael Faust, Director, Arizona Department of Child Safety v. B. K., By Her Next Friend Margaret Tinsley, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (3) accountability civil-rights class-action commonality due-process federalism injunctive-relief rule-23 standing systemwide-failures In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), this Court held that a class action may not be certified unless a question central to each cla… 13.5
19-604 Ernest L. Francway, Jr. v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Amici (2) administrative-law burden-of-proof department-of-veterans-affairs due-process federal-circuit judicial-presumption medical-examination medical-examiner medical-expertise presumption-of-competency pro-claimant va-medical-examiners veterans-benefits Congress has established a veterans-benefits system that is uniquely pro-claimant. In veterans-benefit cases, every statutory and regulatory presumpti… 12.5
19-633 Edwin Arthur Avery v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (3) 28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 federal-custody federal-prisoners habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limitation post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief second-or-successive-motion state-custody statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. 11.5
19-484 John Doe 1, et al. v. Federal Election Commission District of Columbia Denied Relisted (2) administrative-enforcement confidential-investigation constitutional-avoidance disclosure disclosure-limitations federal-election-campaign-act federal-election-commission first-amendment rulemaking-power statutory-interpretation Whether, notwithstanding FECA's express bar on prohibiting the disclosure of any investigation, and its careful constraints on the FEC's disclosure po… 11.0
19-500 Ameer Siddiqui v. NetJets Aviation, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) but-for but-for-test causation-standard civil-rights comparator-analysis comparators employment-discrimination pretext pretext-evaluation reasonable-inference retaliation retaliation-claims section-1981 summary-judgment title-vii 1. Are plaintiffs who bring retaliation claims under either Title VII or Section 1981 subjected to the strenuous "but for" test, or is a reasonable in… 11.0
19-852 Maxell, Ltd. v. Fandango Media, LLC Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-101 alice-corp-v-cls-bank alice-test content-access content-access-control digital-media network-transmission online-streaming patent-eligibility time-controls Whether the claims at issue in Maxell's patents are patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. 101, as interpreted in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, 573 … 10.5
19-888 Eric A. Longmire v. Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP New York Denied appellate-review civil-procedure due-process employment-discrimination legal-malpractice motion-to-appeal prima-facie procedural-due-process standing sua-sponte Whether the State Appellate Division wrongfully denied Petitioner's Motion for Leave to Appeal when sua sponte and without notice to Petitioner, and w… 10.5
19-497 The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. v. Lincoln Property Company, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) causation disparate-impact fair-housing-act pleading pleading-requirements policy-challenge prima-facie-claim racial-discrimination racial-segregation robust-causality standing texas-v-icp 1. Whether the pleading of an FHA prima facie disparate impact claim must show the identified policy not only has caused the adverse effects on the ra… 9.0
19-735 William Tong, Attorney General of Connecticut v. Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-aviation-act federal-preemption political-subdivision preemption runway-length standing standing-to-sue state-regulation state-sovereignty supremacy-clause Does a political subdivision of a State have standing to sue its creator State under the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution? Does the… 9.0
19-1025 City of Ferguson, Missouri v. Keilee Fant, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure interlocutory-appeal required-entity rule-19 section-1983 sovereign-immunity standing state-law 1. An interlocutory appeal lies from a denial of sovereign immunity to protect the sovereign's dignitary interests. Under Fed.R.Civ.P. 19, a case may … 8.5
19-1068 Keith Inchierchiere v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-misconduct criminal-procedure guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender retained-attorney sentencing-exposure seventy-year-term trial-rights 1. Does a defendant receive ineffective assistance of counsel where his retained attorney fails to appear on the first day of trial, and, after receiv… 8.5
18-9645 Victor J. Black v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP appeals civil-procedure due-process federal-courts jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. 6.5
19-607 Woodcrest Homes, Inc. v. Carousel Farms Metropolitan District Colorado Denied Amici (1) 5th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment government-taking private-benefit property-rights public-use takings Is the Fifth Amendment's restriction of eminent domain to "public use[s]" satisfied even if a condemnation is undertaken "for the purpose of conferrin… 6.5
19-493 James J. Maksimuk v. Connor Sport Court International, LLC Federal Circuit Denied Relisted (2) cafc corporate-representation court-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause legal-counsel legal-representation overturning-decisions supreme-court-rulings trademark-cancellation trademark-law 1. Did the CAFC, District Court, 10th Cir., TTAB Orders and Judgments and referenced Supreme Court rulings —that required corporations to be represent… 6.0
19-5421 Charles Earl Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process factual-error harmless-error judicial-standard legal-interpretation plain-error plain-error-review procedural-review standard-of-review Whether factual error is categorically immune from plain error review? 6.0
19-582 Sara Ann Edmondson v. Lilliston Ford Inc., et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-formation due-process federal-procedure fraud fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-admission judicial-admissions oscanyan-v-arms-co standing summary-judgment Whether the Third Circuit and District Court are acting in opposition to long standing, controlling law and in splitting from other Circuits by refusi… 6.0
19-723 Oliver Lee White v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) civil-commitment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment incompetence incompetency liberty-interest sexually-dangerous sexually-violent-conduct Whether the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause forbids the civil-commitment trial of an incompetent person whose prior conduct is disputed. 6.0
19-646 Alaina Adkins, et al. v. Jesse Michael Collens Alaska Denied bmw-v-gore civil-damages civil-procedure civil-rights due-process excessive-judgment fourteenth-amendment punitive-damages state-farm-v-campbell statutory-damages treble-damages A Superior Court Judge in Alaska, presiding without a jury in a bench trial, imposed a $20 million judgment (principally based on treble damages under… 5.5
19-763 Richard C. Angino, et ux. v. TransUnion LLC Third Circuit Denied accuracy accuracy-of-reports attorneys-fees circuit-split consumer-protection consumer-rights credit-reporting credit-reporting-accuracy credit-reports credit-scores due-process fair-credit-reporting-act standing 1. WHETHER THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD ACCEPT AND DECIDE THIS CASE THAT AFFECTS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS, VIRTUALLY EVERYONE WHO APPLIES FOR C… 5.5
19-858 GemCap Lending I, LLC v. Quarles & Brady, LLP, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied attorney-ethics civil-procedure commercial-loan commercial-transactions duty-of-candor fraud fraud-representation legal-misrepresentation professional-responsibility summary-judgment 1. When an attorney representing a borrower makes false and misleading representations of fact and opinion in connection with a commercial loan applic… 5.5
19-861 Mark Shumski v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion prisoner-rights standard-of-review Is a prisoner entitled to a certificate of appealability (COA) on a claim for which other jurists have reached different conclusions from the district… 5.5
19-869 Nicole Weber v. Allergan, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied class-iii-device class-iii-medical-device current-good-manufacturing-practices fda-preemption fda-premarket-approval manufacturing-defect medical-device product-liability res-ipsa-loquitur Nicole Weber suffered severe damage to her eyesight and other injuries when an Allergan breast implant spewed silicone into her body. Nicole sued, ass… 5.5
19-884 Rick V. Caldwell, et ux. v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America Tenth Circuit Denied beneficiary-rights contra-proferentem discretionary-provision erisa fiduciary-duty insurance-policy judicial-deference trust-law I. UNUM (and other insurers) asserts ERISA insurers do not have a legal duty to draft unambiguous plans and policies. UNUM then argues that is has dis… 5.5
19-895 R. Kirk McDonald v. Bellco Credit Union Colorado Denied case-removal civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct legal-fabrication procedural-integrity removal standing state-court Whether a State judge can fabricate a lie into the Record attempt­ing to prevent removal of a state case to federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441… 5.5
19-915 Donald Henderson Scott, et ux. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court jurisdiction jury-trial standing supreme-court The Petitioners have been denied their right to a jury trial in federal court. I. Whether the United States Court of Appeal for the Eighth Circuit mi… 5.5
19-932 In Re Julius Jerome Murphy Denied 2244(b) 28-U.S.C.-§-2244(b) circuit-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction prima-facie-showing statutory-interpretation successive-petition successive-petitions I. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3) tasks federal courts of appeals with determining whether an applicant has made a "prima facie showing" that his application … 5.5
19M110 John Doe v. United States Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M111 Tecumseh Mondez Mayes v. Mary Windom, et al. Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M112 Samuel Zuniga Medina v. United States Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M113 Tom Clowers v. Kelly Cradduck, et al. Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19-921 John M. Paz v. Director, New Jersey Division of Taxation New Jersey Denied Amici (1)Response Waived allocation apportionment commerce-clause corporate-income-tax due-process multistate-business state-taxation unitary-business unitary-business-principle 1. Whether it is constitutionally permissible for the domiciliary State of a corporation engaged in a multistate unitary business to allocate to itsel… 4.5
19-552 William A. Salzwedel v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1985 americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-challenge disability-rights due-process equal-protection rehabilitation-act rooker-feldman-doctrine standing third-party-standing title-ii-ada 1. Does an attorney in the practice of representing proposed adult conservatees/wards have direct standing , associational standing, or traditional th… 4.0
19-637 Emma Serna v. Margette Webster, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration arbitration-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights contract-dispute default-judgments deprivation-of-rights due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure mandamus misconduct standing state-court-jurisdiction STATE: Mandate granted to the Serna Party filed on March, 2014 needs a writ of mandamus issued to obtain a written judgment to execute, which has mon… 4.0
19-6710 Thomas Franklin Bowling v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review case-mootness due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders mootness munsingwear-doctrine parole parole-board vacatur This Court has consistently recognized that when a prevailing party's unilateral action renders a case moot before appellate review concludes, the pro… 4.0
19-705 John F. Sharpe v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion federal-claims military-pay separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation treasury-disbursements I. Whether the acts of officials of the De partments of Defense and of the Navy are bound by statute and regulation. II. Whether a court may find va… 4.0
19-979 Patrick S. Crick v. James Key, Superintendent, Airway Heights Corrections Center Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abandonment abandonment-doctrine aedpa criminal-judgment due-process fabricated-evidence finality negligence post-conviction-counsel procedural-negligence state-finality 1. This Court has well settled that use of "fabricated evidence" by a State "virtually" voids a criminal judgment ab initio. But what effect does th… 4.0
19-1007 Zaid Abdul-Aziz v. National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan Second Circuit Denied Response Waived accrued-benefit actuarial-equivalent anti-cutback-rule breach-of-contract circuit-split civil-procedure denial-of-benefits erisa erisa-benefits retirement-benefits statute-of-limitations Under ERISA, the National Basketball Association's retirement plan has a statutory obligation to continuously recalculate retirement benefits during a… 3.5
19-1011 Eric F. Kelly v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response Waived appellate-review court-martial court-of-appeals-for-the-armed-forces court-of-criminal-appeals courts-martial criminal-appeals due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction military-court military-courts remand Whether a military Court of Criminal Appeals must review the results of a court-martial anew when the court previously reviewed the case but its judgm… 3.5
19-1015 Jeremy J. Walker v. Ameriprise Financial Services, Incorporated Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 9-usc-10 arbitration-agreement arbitrator-powers federal-arbitration-act finra finra-code industry-code industry-dispute judicial-review mandatory-arbitration nasd securities-regulation 1. Does the FINRA Industry Code supply the terms of the arbitration agreement governing a mandatory arbitration between a member (such as Ameriprise) … 3.5
19-1017 Solutran, Inc. v. Elavon, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived alice-test alice-v-cls-bank bilski-v-kappos business-method-patent business-method-patents claim-construction patent-eligibility prior-art subject-matter-eligibility Does Alice's step one require that the claims be viewed as a whole and that consideration be given to the claimed advance over the prior art? 3.5
19-1027 David Caswell v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived child-pornography computer-search federal-investigation fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception jurisdiction magistrate-jurisdiction network-investigative-technique search-warrant I) Did the FBI act in good-faith when it indicated to a magistrate judge that property to be searched pursuant to a search warrant application was loc… 3.5
19-1032 Alphonso I. Waters, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process government-burden-of-proof government-evidence intent-to-harm jury-charge target-deception wire-fraud 1. Whether petitioner's due process rights were violated by his wire fraud convictions for conduct that did not fall within the ambit of the wire frau… 3.5
19-885 Jamie Swartz, et ux. v. Heartland Equine Rescue, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment livestock livestock-seizure post-seizure-hearing pre-seizure-hearing rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983 seizure subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the 7th Circuit err by finding the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applied when the complained of and appealed violation was a seizure of livestock on fal… 3.5
19-886 Israel K. Negash, et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-process civil-procedure discovery-rights due-process government-data judicial-review regulatory-enforcement snap-benefits standing statistical-analysis summary-judgment In 2016, a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailer was accused by the United States Department of Agriculture of trafficking in SNAP… 3.5
19-890 Tom Jensen v. Hannah Blumenstiel, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-misconduct bankruptcy-court declaratory-relief due-process injunctive-relief judicial-immunity public-access Is a Bankruptcy Court judge absolutely immune from a complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief for denial of public access to the court? Should… 3.5
19-902 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1846 civil-conspiracy collateral-order collateral-orders constitutional-protection criminal-complaints defamation judicial-notice pa-constitution trial-court-discretion 1. The questions posed in the course of appellate actions at FD-07-000190 were made cognizable by stipulation of all represented parties. Each questio… 3.5
19-911 Ivon Castro v. Dina Simon, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Deputy Commissioner, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-service civil-service-law disciplinary-proceeding due-process employment-termination fourteenth-amendment probationary-period New York State Courts have consistently annulled determinations of administrative agencies that terminated the employment of competitive class civil s… 3.5
19-913 Ghazala Siddiqui, et vir, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Raheel Siddiqui, Deceased v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civilian-claims civilian-rights federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine military-discrimination military-nexus military-recruit pre-enlistment-negligence tort-claims In Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950) this Court held that service members were barred from bringing tort claims under the Federal Tort Claim… 3.5
19-918 Anthony J. Lucero v. James R. Koncilja, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-bias legal-malpractice motion-for-default-judgment res-judicata state-action Pursuant to Rule 14 of Supreme Court of the United States Rules effective July 1, 2019 Preface: Petitioner reiterated his multiple complaints against… 3.5
19-938 Sean A. Clark v. New York Commissioner of Social Services Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-fraud civil-procedure civil-rights disability-benefits due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine social-services standing statute-of-limitations 1. Can a federal district court review a state court ruling, exempting the case via Rooker-Feldman preclusion, where the state court judgment was alle… 3.5
19-961 Khashon Haselrig v. Stephanie Inslee Washington Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment armstrong-v-manzo beneficiary-rights constitutional-violation due-process in-terrorem-clause personal-representative public-policy Did the Washington Court err in finding that an infirmity in due process is cured by denial of a motion seeking to correct it and violate the 14th Ame… 3.5
19-964 Christopher Lawrence v. University Hospital, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights diversity due-process federal-procedure interpleader interpleader-statute minimal-diversity pro-se-litigant standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the decision of the 11th Circuit violates Petitioners Chaslie Lawrence and Petrice Ricks rights as beneficiaries to allow and select enjoining… 3.5
19-989 Kathleen K. Johnson, Individually and as Trustee of the Annabell M. Palmer Family Trust, et al. v. UBS AG Second Circuit Denied Response Waived commercial-disputes corporate-presence forum-selection general-jurisdiction long-arm-statute long-arm-statutes non-domiciliaries non-domiciliary nonresident-corporation personal-jurisdiction tortious-conduct 1. Should this Court address and resolve the conflicts and inconsistencies among the Federal Circuits and the State Courts on the issue of general jur… 3.5
19-991 Samson Primm v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment forfeiture forfeiture-case fourth-amendment search-and-seizure standing suppression-hearing I. WHETHER ONE WHO HAS THE REQUISITE STANDING TO MOVE TO SUPPRESS BASED ON CONTENTIONS, WHICH IF VALIDATED SHOW HIS FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE VIOLA… 3.5
19-6113 Jose Armando Bazan v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review cocaine-conspiracy criminal-appeal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing downward-adjustment fact-question guidelines plain-error plain-error-review role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Petitioner, JOSE ARMANDO BAZAN, was charged with and pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. T… 2.0
19-6431 Jose Armando Bazan v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure fact-question guidelines plain-error role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines Petitioner, JOSE ARMANDO BAZAN, was charged with and pleaded guilty to a single count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The District Co… 2.0
19-6370 Troy Bennett v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense elements-clause florida-statute-843.01 florida-statutes resisting-with-violence violent-felony I. Whether this Court should resolve the circuit split concerning whether a Florida conviction for resisting with violence under Florida Statutes § 84… 1.0
19-6439 Arthur Lopez v. MUFG Union Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions deception due-process fraud jurisdiction legal-procedure pro-se religious-beliefs standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari 1) Should the a.) United States Supreme Court Ruling in Richle v. Magolies 279 U.S.218,225 (1929) and b.) State of North Carolina Resolute Insurance C… 1.0
19-5926 Refugio Quintanar v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process presentence-report procedural-unreasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines timely-objection 1. Whether the defendant has the burden to deny and discredit the factual allegations of a Presentence Report that increase his or her sentence? 2. W… 0.5
19-6906 Datanya Damon Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-review indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States, 15-1498, __U.S.__, 139 S.Ct. 2773 (June 28, 2019)? Whether t… 0.5
19-6934 Dexter Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP buck-doctrine buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability fifth-circuit gonzalez-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel rule-60(b)(6) successive-petition successive-petitions 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit has misinterpreted Buck by requiring Mr. Johnson to plead a meritorious claim for habeas relief in his Rule 60(b)(6) moti… 0.5
19-5487 Martin Anthony Nino v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP violate due-process|civil-rights|8th-amendment|ba without an individualized determination of necess bail-reform-act civil-rights competency-restoration confinement due-process eighth-amendment mental-health (1) Does automatic confinement for competency restoration, without an individualized determination of whether confinement is necessary, violate due pr… 0.0
19-5995 Jason L. Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights collateral-attack constitutional-challenge constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea judicial-review plea-bargaining statute-of-conviction DOES A GUILTY PLEA BAR A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT FROM LATER COLLATERAL ATTACK ON HIS CONVICTION ON THE GROUND THAT THE STATUTE OF CONVICTION VIOLATES THE C… -1.0
19-6296 Michael Holmes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act bright-line-rule burglary-statute curtilage fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure implied-license knock-and-talk no-trespassing-sign property-rights reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-person-test (1) Herewith, then, the issue presented is whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals violated this Court's Fourth Amendment precedence and committ… -1.0
19-6361 Gregory Alan McKown v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights commitment competency-evaluation criminal-procedure due-process involuntary-commitment liberty liberty-interest mathews-factors mathews-v-eldridge mental-health procedural-safeguards substantive-due-process I. Does mandatory, involuntary commitment of an incompetent defendant to the Bureau of Prisons for the sole purpose of evaluating whether he can attai… -1.0
19-6363 David Pearson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-rights armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act categorical-analysis drug-offense drug-offenses ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum 1. Did the court of appeals, in rejecting petitioner's claim that his sentencing counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to challenge his a… -1.0
19-6464 Alejandro Garcia-Jacobo v. Marion Feather, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-convictions due-process habeas-corpus immigration jurisdiction suspension-clause Because he is actually innocent, petitioner Alejandro Garcia-Jacobo challenged his convictions for being an alien found in the United States without p… -1.0
19-6740 Glendal Rhoton v. Richard Brown, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process e-filing extraordinary-circumstances fraud fraud-upon-court habeas-corpus notification-delay rule-60-b rule-60b The District Court mandated that all prisoner communications to and from the Court be transmitted via the E-Filing system. The prison's legal libraria… -1.0
19-6938 Gabriel Garcia-Solar v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP congress-power congressional-power constitutional-interpretation extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause felony-definition foreign-nationals high-seas maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act nexus-requirement nexus-to-us sentencing-discretion 1. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70503 et. sec., which criminalizes foreign drug trafficking offenses committed aboard ve… -1.5
19-7517 Mario Palacios-Cordero v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent sentencing supreme-court Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
19-7520 Edward Steven Feeney, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law due-process eighth-circuit judicial-precedent lowest-level-conduct lowest-level-of-conduct rule-of-lenity state-law state-law-interpretation 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… -1.5
19-7526 Gregorio Segura-Resendiz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent overrule precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
19-7604 Richard Allen Lumpkin v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 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
19-7608 Juan Perez-Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 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… -1.5
19-7616 Fred Blajos v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline crime-of-violence elements-clause habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 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 … -1.5
19-7620 Bradley Campbell v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standard federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce judgment-of-acquittal kidnapping motion-for-acquittal motion-to-dismiss Where there was no evidence that Petitioner used an instrumentality of interstate commerce in furtherance of a kidnapping, whether Petitioner's motion… -1.5
19-7630 Paris Hollingshed v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fairness-integrity judicial-review jury-instructions plain-error public-reputation substantial-rights supreme-court-precedent trial-record (1) Whether plain-error review for failure to instruct on an element of the offense, based upon an intervening U.S. Supreme Court decision, allows cou… -1.5
19-7638 Rodrigo Cruz Perez v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment split-among-circuits Under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, a defendant who accepts responsibility for an offense receives a two-point reduction on the offense level. U.S.S… -1.5
19-7646 Davion Fitzgerald v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law due-deference federalism federalism-principles judicial-deference judicial-interpretation judicial-subjectivity sentencing-guidelines state-court-deference state-courts state-criminal-statutes state-statute statutory-interpretation May a federal court dismiss state precedent interpreting the state's own criminal statute as an "odd hypothetical" based on "legal imagination" to sub… -1.5
19-7713 Ronelle Lamar Oudems v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split confrontation-clause confrontation-right criminal-procedure due-process presentence-report sentencing Whether (as the D.C., Second, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits hold, see United States U. Price, 409 F.3d 436, 444 (D.C. Cir. 2005; United … -1.5
19-6465 Quintin Phillippe Jones v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3599 6th-amendment death-penalty federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-funding martinez-v-ryan meaningful-representation sixth-amendment This Court has unanimously ruled that Congress' intent in enacting 18 U.S.C. § 3599 was to provide high quality representation to qualifying prisoners… -4.0
19-6563 Robert William Wazney v. South Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-court access-to-courts civil-rights court-access due-process federal-courts in-forma-pauperis judicial-immunity ministerial-duty standing state-court Present Petitioner, an indigent state prisoner, brought suit for monetary damages against state court clerk under civil rights statute for alleged fai… -4.0
19-6575 Dorothy Williams Elliott v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights court-proceedings criminal-procedure due-process expungement ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining probation sentencing 1. On March 11, 2010, at the Felony Sounding Hearings The State of Florida was ready, and made the "Ore R." Why wasn't Attorney Robert L White, prepar… -4.0
19-6887 In Re Brad K. Edmonds Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment 4th-circuit carpenter-v-united-states civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment gps-tracking probable-cause retroactivity search search-and-seizure suppression warrantless-search 1. Did the government installation of a GPS device on a vehicle and its use of that device to monitor the car constitute a search? 2. Did trial couns… -4.0
19-6236 Christina Marie Eichler v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP buyer-seller-rule circuit-split conspiracy conspiracy-to-distribute criminal-law distribution drug-sales due-process end-users evidence-admissibility jury-instruction 1. Is evidence of drug sales admissible to prove a conspiracy to distribute when the person charged with the conspiracy only sold drugs to end users a… -4.5
19-6282 Aldo Salazar-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-offenses drug-statute due-process federal-criminal-code flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether, in light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), and Alleyne v. United Sta… -4.5
19-6589 Alicia Norman, Kendra Brantley, and Deenvaughn Rowe v. United States District of Columbia Denied IFP attorney-client-relationship criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 due-process federal-rules judicial-interference plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review KENDRA BRANTLEY: I. Was the D.C. Circuit's affirmance of Petitioner Brantley's convictions erroneous and in conflict with other federal jurisdictions … -4.5
19-6901 Alonso Barrera-Montes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review confrontation-clause criminal-procedure department-of-state due-process evidence evidence-admission hearsay hearsay-rule jurisdiction jury-trial I. THE COURT OF APPEALS CLEARLY ERRED IN UPHOLDING THE DISTRICT COURT'S RULING ADMITTING EVIDENCE AT DEFENDANT'S TRIAL WHICH VIOLATED BOTH THE HEARSAY… -4.5
19-6918 Michael Wade Nance v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing circuit-split constitutional-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-strategy record-evidence strickland-v-washington stun-belt trial-counsel 1. The state habeas testimony of Michael Nance's trial counsel established that they inexplicably omitted highly mitigating evidence from Mr. Nance's … -4.5
19-6942 Savon Germain Carter v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP buyer-seller-rule circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process end-user jury-instruction jury-instructions methamphetamine-distribution A federal jury convicted Savon Carter and Christina Eichler of the sole count charged against them, conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mi… -4.5
19-6965 Vondale Lamar Kincaide v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-sentencing gvr-order sentencing serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether the determination of a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act requires the same categorical approach used in the determina… -4.5
19-6991 Lei Ke v. Drexel University Pennsylvania Dismissed IFP contract-clause dual-proceedings-waiver due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-power res-judicata 1. Asa legal doctrine, the dual proceedings waiver is an important component of due process and equal protection of the laws and is there to ward off… -4.5
19-7011 Carl Golden v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea intent knowledge-of-elements mens-rea plea-bargaining rehaif-v-united-states Does the Constitution require that the accused know the elements of a crime in order to validly plead guilty? Is Florida § 893.13 categorically a ser… -4.5
19-7021 Otis Hunter and Deshawn Evans v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP bias confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination jury-instructions jury-nullification mandatory-minimum nullification sentencing sixth-amendment witness-cooperation Whether the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause is violated when a court bars a defendant from eliciting the mandatory minimum sentence a prosecution… -4.5
19-7022 Jesus D. Cruz v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rehaif-v-united-states search-and-seizure search-warrant sentencing toxicology-report 1. Whether Counsel was ineffective for not showing the Petitioner and or verifying to the Petitioner producted a valid search warrant, once they broke… -4.5
19-7045 Michael Jones v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense guidelines ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense In Shular v. United States, 18-6662, this Court granted certiorari to resolve whether "the determination of a 'serious drug offense' under the Armed C… -4.5
19-7222 Timothy Richardson v. Edward Thomas, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP atkins-v-virginia death-penalty eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus intellectual-disability rule-60(b) rule-60b state-law Timothy Richardson's death penalty case raises a significant issue of national importance: whether our criminal justice system tolerates the execution… -4.5
19-7224 Cheryl Jones v. Stephen Goldberg, et al. Maryland Denied IFP borrower-rights civil-procedure civil-rights document-falsification due-process foreclosure fraud legal-rights lender-fraud lender-practices property-law standing 1. WHEN A LENDER PRESENTS FALSE DOCUMENTS AND WINS A FINAL JUDGEMENT, DOES THIS VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF THE BORROWER? 2. WHEN THE BORROWERIS NOT GIVE… -4.5
19-7254 John Garrett Smith v. Washington Washington Dismissed IFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment jury-trial martial-law military-justice sixth-amendment (1) Is it lawfully permissible for a State to knowingly breach three core Amendment V of the U.S. Constitution (ratified 12.15.1791) provisions by ind… -4.5
19-7262 Danilo Mallari v. Tracy Vessigault, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 11th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-amendment first-amendment free-speech standing state-immunity 1. WHETHER THE PETITIONER HAS STANDING UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO BRING THE CASE BEFORE THE COURT OF JUSTICE? 2. WHETHER THE PETITIONER'… -4.5
19-7263 Praveen Kevin Khurana v. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Idaho Denied IFP bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-law-11-usc-362 civil-procedure due-process fraudulent-transfer governmental-unit medicaid-recovery probate property-rights property-tax property-transfer real-estate real-estate-transfer supremacy-clause voidable 1) Whether pre-petition probate charges/claims by a governmental unit against a real property of a debtor are treated the same as property tax charges… -4.5
19-7279 Charlotte Oliphant-Johns v. Good Deal Remodeling Pennsylvania Denied IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights court-records court-system due-process jurisdiction legal-filing municipal-court procedural-error record-keeping standing I WHAT LAWS OF CINIL COURT JURIS dICTION E OD SHN PE HE MT T V T I RECIEVED? 2 WHY WERE tHE dEFENDANTS bARELY QUESTIONED CONCERNINg MY COMPLAINT? 3.… -4.5
19-7281 Clifton A. Grant v. MTGLQ Investors, L.P. District of Columbia Denied IFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment access-to-courts due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigant right-to-petition 1) Whether the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denial of Petitioner's timely and duly filed Appeal, without any lawful judicial reasonin… -4.5
19-7282 John Anthony Arnold v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment law-enforcement motion-to-suppress ninth-circuit search-warrant standing warrantless-arrest Question not identified. -4.5
19-7286 Leah S. Caldwell v. Doris Downs, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection federal-jurisdiction petition-for-certiorari pro-se standing summary-judgment Question not identified. -4.5
19-7295 Robert W. Johnson v. Nationwide Insurance Company, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-crimes corporate-policy discrimination driver-records due-process federal-crimes federal-insurance-crimes insurance insurance-claim investigative-misconduct irs-tax-fraud monetary-relief standing Did Nationwide Aster lee Clementy revat elgj—W53029-GE rey 4k | 5) od Te pOE Clagiipy Ht Covporatey : Policy * (020560) 4 troessive Did Appellees con… -4.5
19-7301 Michael Goodrum v. Kenneth D. Hutchison, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER IT'S A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION, PROSCRIBED IN JACKSON V. VIRGINIA, FOR PETITIONER'S CONVICTION TO BE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE T… -4.5
19-7303 Michael W. Smith v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency plea-agreement plea-bargaining sexually-violent-person sixth-amendment Does the Petitioner have a Legal right by the U.S. Constitution and the Illinois Constitution, State law to be admonished about indefinite involuntary… -4.5
19-7306 Dmitry Pronin v. Charles Wright, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-circuit appellate-review civil-rights credibility district-court due-process legal-construction procedural-interpretation standing summary-judgment 1. May an United States District Judge construe legal argument for a party in a civil rights lawsuit, an argument that we forty itself never wisely in… -4.5
19-7308 Jerry Lynn McGavitt v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 14th-amendment criminal-law criminal-mental-state due-process jury-charge jury-instructions law-of-parties mens-rea murder murder-prosecution 1.) Whether the failure to limit the definitions, in the abstract portion of the jury charge, of "Intentionally" and "Knowingly" to the nature of th… -4.5
19-7311 Alphonso Vernell Frazier, II v. City of Omaha Police Department, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights color-of-law due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment search-and-seizure section-1983 unreasonable-search unreasonable-search-and-seizure This case is here by upon writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States. Honoring the life, liberty and property of CORPORATION ex-rel … -4.5
19-7317 Florence R. Parker Chailla v. Navient Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP anti-retaliation-law civil-rights due-process false-claims-act government-fraud higher-education-act motion-to-dismiss nonparty-intervention qui-tam relator retaliation standing First Question Can an illegal decision be upheld that granted a nonparty ' motion to dismiss after it refused to intervene in a False Claims Act lawsu… -4.5
19-7328 April Taylor v. City of Colonial Heights, Virginia Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-filing court-rules due-process equal-access equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction legal-procedure state-courts Does the federal Court of Appeals or Eastern District Court of VA erred and had conflict with the U.S. Supreme Court Rule 29.2, and U.S. Constitution … -4.5
19-7342 Ray Turner v. Veronica Cadney, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 1983-complaint 4th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-act-1983 dismissal due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment section-1983 standing temporary-restraining-order 1. DID THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT ERROR BY NOT APPLY THE FOUR AMENDMENT EQUAL PROTECTION TO THE PETITIONER CASE WHEN HE APPLY FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING… -4.5
19-7344 John L. Williams v. Jackson County, Missouri Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech standing summary-judgment turner-factors Should the District Court delegate the task of applying the (4) TURNER FACTORS to the Jury. OR Should the District Court apply the (4) TURNER FACTOR… -4.5
19-7345 Roberto Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-precedent civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-circuit immigration immigration-status judicial-conflict legal-interpretation precedent prejudice prejudicial-evidence procedural-review DID THE FIFTH CIRUIT*S OPINION CONFLICT WITH IT'S OWN PRECEDENT IN ROJAS V. RICHARDSON REGARDING THE PREJUDICICAL NATURE OF A PARTY'S IMMIGRATION STAT… -4.5
19-7347 Broderick Marshall v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appeals civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-appeal right-to-counsel right-to-jury-trial standing Question not identified. -4.5
19-7348 Raymond Alston, aka Raymond Austin v. New York New York Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure constitutional-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process grand-jury indictment judicial-discretion malicious-prosecution sentencing-standards standing WAS APPELLANT DENIED DUE PROCESS BY THE COURTS SUA SPONTE DECISION, PURSUANT TO CPL DIVISION TO CONSIDER THE ERROR INCLUDED CHARGE OF BURGLARY IN THE … -4.5
19-7350 Billy Battenfield v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP aedpa appeal-waiver criminal-procedure critical-stage garza-v-idaho ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining post-sentencing retroactivity statute-of-limitations 1. Whether Garza v. Idaho, — U.S. 139 S.Ct. 738, 203 L.Ed.2d 77 (2019) adopts a new watershed rule of procedure that applies retroactively on state co… -4.5
19-7353 Enamiden Celestine Okon v. Nate Knutson, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP brecht-standard constitutional-error due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review magwood-v-patterson procedural-default sanders-v-united-states standing successive-petition successive-petitions Whether Petitioner filed "a second or successive " application by re-raising a claim in his second habeas petition that was not fully addressed and/or… -4.5
19-7355 Herman L. Gaines v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-collusion judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Question not identified. -4.5
19-7358 Joshua Neil Harrell v. Fairfield Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings The OCR text provided is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section. While a "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED" header … -4.5
19-7360 Terry Simonton, Jr. v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-substance federal-constitutional-substance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Ground I. Did a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in denying Mr. Simonton a Certificate of Appealability by statin… -4.5
19-7378 Octavio Diaz v. San Bernardino County, California, et al. California Denied IFP 2nd-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation circuit-conflict civil-rights civil-rights-violation discriminatory-arrest due-process free-speech manuel-v-city-of-joliet probable-cause second-amendment self-defense Petitioner 's case was wrongly affirmed by the California Court of Appeal for reasons of "probable cause ", despite the fact that Manuel v. City of J… -4.5
19-7379 Lee Samuel Capers v. California California Denied IFP constitutional-requirement criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-maximum Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact other than a prior con… -4.5
19-7385 Arthur Lee Kimbel v. Texas Texas Denied IFP anders-brief appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-requirement criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure pro-se pro-se-claims right-to-counsel When an Appellant files an Appellate Brief raising Pro Se claims after appointed counsel submits an Anders Brief, is the reviewing appellate court con… -4.5
19-7390 Marshall Henry Ellis v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence exculpatory-material fifth-amendment lesser-included-offense newly-discovered-evidence procedural-bar sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Is a defendant serving Life for Murder I entitled to newly discovered exculpatory material when that material would make it more likely that the … -4.5
19-7397 Bert Hudson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Pennsylvania Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-mandate due-process equal-protection free-speech life-without-parole sentencing separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation takings Here in these United States of America where we have all pledged "...justice for all", is this Honorable High Court's supervisory authority called for… -4.5
19-7398 Andrew James Gibbons v. Nate Knutson, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP guilty-plea habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel knaffla-bar mental-illness mental-illness-defense Opsahi-rule procedural-default Spears-rule state-procedural-rule 1. Is petitioner (Gibbons) procedurally defaulted on his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to investigate a mental illness defens… -4.5
19-7414 Latray Whitley v. Texas Texas Denied IFP brady-disclosure-obligations brady-rule cooperation-agreement criminal-procedure due-process federal-inmates giglio-disclosure giglio-rule giglio-v-united-states impeachment-evidence materiality prosecutorial-misconduct state-prosecutors witness-testimony Whether the state district court's determination that 1. written, 5K1 and Rule 35-based cooperation addenda between two federal inmates who testified … -4.5
19-7415 Dennis C. Davis v. Fayette County Appraisal District, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 adjudicate-merits erroneous-limitation-law federal-jurisdiction state-court-remedies state-law-remedies statutory-claims statutory-interpretation tax-case-litigation tax-cases tax-cases-1983-relief taxation-violation-claim tort-claims Writ of Certiorari to resolve a conflict among the state, courts as to whether in TAX CASES, state court must provide relief under 42 U.S.C. §1983 whe… -4.5
19-7429 Louis Mitchell, Jr. v. California California Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment aggravating-circumstances aggravating-mitigating-circumstances constitutional-rights death-penalty fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-determination jury-trial mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Does the mandatory weighing of aggravating and mitigating circumstances under the California death penalty statute—a factfinding determination that se… -4.5
18-8804 Carlos Antonio Raymond v. Martin Joseph Roy, et al. Texas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appeal appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion manifest-injustice plea-bargain standing trial-procedure waiver waiver-consent Did the District (Trial) Court err in Allowing trial to proceed without firstobtaining A written WAIVER consent from Pfitib ner,Plaintiff? Was the op… -5.5
19-6329 Jackie Lee Boyd v. Carol Monroe, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-treatment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment incarceration medical-care prison-conditions (1) Is a constitutional right to be free of the wanton infliction of sei pain rendered void upon incarceration? (2) Is the denial of life sustaining … -6.0
19-6381 Anthony Tyrone Brown v. Michigan Michigan Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence evidence-suppression fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-activity-evidence witness-testimony I. DID THE TRIAL JUDGE VIOLATE THE PETTIONER'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS TO A FAIR TRIAL AND IMPARTIAL JUDCE. TO NSURE DUE PROCESS, AND FOR THE JUDGE TO AVOI… -6.0
19-6382 Manuel Aurelio Martinez-Covarrubias v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -6.0
19-6438 Jose Luis Tapia-Fierro v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-diligence due-process evidence-removal federal-jurisdiction innocence-claim procedural-limitations removal standing statute-of-limitations Whether the State of Arizona's statute of limitations found in the Arizona Revised Statute ("A.R.S." 812-542) applies to a federal action in a distric… -6.0
19-6495 Brent Curtis Schwertz v. Richard Jennings, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP accidental-discharge americans-with-disabilities-act brady-disclosure brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process expert-witness firearms-examination ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mistrial right-to-counsel strickland-standard Consistent with the holding in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), which held that to prove prejudice on a claim of ineffective assistance … -6.0
19-6498 Andrea Rene'e Tootle v. Beaux Art Institute of Plastic Surgery, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abscess cellulitis civil-rights duty-of-care informed-consent medical-malpractice patient-harm plastic-surgery radiation-treatment standard-of-care surgical-consent tissue-expander 1. Is defendant liable for HARM, MAIME, DISFIGUREMENT, MISUSE PATIENT TRUST, USE EXTREME CARE, PRACTICE OUTSIDE THE REALM OF PLASTIC SURGERY, FAIL TO … -6.0
19-6541 Star Fortes v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, et al. Texas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -6.0
19-6579 David Lee Smith v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights copyright criminal-procedure due-process habitual-felon habitual-offenders in-forma-pauperis legal-publication punitive-law standing statutory-law Are PRO. SE PETITIONERS ENTITLED TO U.S. SUPREME COURT LEAVE TO PROCEED AS PAUPER IN ISSUING COMPLAINT, WHEN CIRCUIT COURT ENTER DKILY FX) FRIVOLOUS I… -6.0
19-6651 Shawn A. Thompson v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attempted-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions sixth-amendment standard-of-review third-degree-murder I. Appellant alleged that Trial Court gave a defective/deficient Third Degree Murder instruction to the jury, by failing to provide the jury with inst… -6.0
19-6694 Tim Sundy v. Martha C. Christian, Judge, et al. Georgia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-court civil-rights constitutional-rights court-officer criminal-activity due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigants property-rights state-court-officers takings Whether pro se litigants are immune from criminal activity, undue interference and/or transgressional acts by State of Georgia court officers, with th… -6.0
19-6698 Amon Rweyemamu Mtaza v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-consent plain-view-doctrine probable-cause search-and-seizure sixth-amendment venue-defense wire-fraud 1. Whether jurists of reasonable mind would debate that counsel was ineffetive in violation of Sixth amendment for failure to investigate and litigat… -6.0
19-6702 In Re Ricardo J. Calderon-Lopez Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights disability-benefits due-process judicial-misconduct mandamus mandamus-writ pro-se-litigation social-security standing transfer 1. Whether Petitioner has a Right for direct appeal to this court ? 2. Whether on-going defaults from the clerk-caused the court to err ? 3. Whether… -6.0
19-6786 Carol Johnene Morris v. United States Fifth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-action habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review property sentencing standing takings Whether the Western District of Texas' District Courts lawfully uses Carol Johnene Morris, C# 57931, 1988 for conviction to try granted home confineme… -6.0
19-7047 In Re Antwoyn Spencer Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process pro-se sentencing Whether Appellant was deprived of his civil right of personal liberty against law contrary to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. -6.0
19-7233 Jameice Nash v. James Kenney, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Article III-right civil-rights due-process federalism Heck-doctrine Prison Litigation Reform Act prison-litigation-reform-act prosecutorial-immunity Racially-tainted procedural-violations Sovereign state-police powers sovereign-immunity statute-of-limitations Tenth Amendment-principles Tenth Amendment-rights tenth-amendment i. Procedurally, did the lower courts violate Petitioner's Fifth Amendment Due Process rights and Tenth Amendment rights by adhering to procedures/ su… -6.5
19-7280 David Everett Jones v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP despite Petitioner's diligent efforts to timely f -civil-procedure aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default standing state-post-conviction statute-of-limitations timeliness To whether Jones' successful Florida Claim 23-80 motion created a new judgment, sufficient to restart his one-year statute of limitations and Effectiv… -6.5
19-7290 Tamarkqua Garland v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights coerced-confession constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment speedy-trial 1. Defendant challenge and "impugned the integrity," of the denial of his CPL § 30.30 speedy trial consitutional rights, which includes 409 days in ex… -6.5
19-7299 John Joseph Barrera v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process false-information fourteenth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-accuracy sixth-amendment townsend-v-burke WHERE A STATE CRIMINAL DEFENDANT HAS BEEN SENTENCED ON THE BASIS OF INACCURATE/FALSE INFORMATION USED BY THE SENTENCER TO INCREASE HIS PUNISHMENT, FOL… -6.5
19-7321 Piper Lakay Ellis Snowton v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process government-misconduct governmental-misconduct informed-consent mandamus mandamus-action medical-experimentation medical-information-withholding standing (1) Whether The United States Supreme Court, Will review The Evidence In this Case and recognize and Acknowlege That The Respondent, The United States… -6.5
19-7338 David P. Moran v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-interpretation prosecutorial-charging same-conduct same-victim sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines 1. Should two charges for the same episode of conduct and the same victim with no temporal break whatsoever be sentenced to consecutive prison terms e… -6.5
19-7340 Junior Vazquez-Suarez v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure disclosure due-process fourteenth-amendment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance police-misconduct Whether police officer's failure to disclose impeachment evidence to the defense prior to trial violated the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause u… -6.5
19-7346 Peggy Jean Clark v. Department of the Army, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-action-review administrative-law benefits-revocation due-process federal-circuit-court judicial-review military-benefits procedural-error property-rights retroactive-determination statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the Appeals Court err in its judgment affirming the retroactive revocation of benefits on the premise that the initial determination granting … -6.5
19-7351 In Re Alphonza Leonard Phillip Thomas Bey Denied Response WaivedIFP 13th-14th-15th-amendments 14th-amendment-property 8th-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment amendment-interpretation black-negro-colored-citizenship citizenship citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-questions-28-usc-1331-1332 jurisdiction moorish-american-national property racial-identity-rights standing 1. Do the United Siates Constiiution, the United States Congress and/or the Constitution of the State of North Carolina have Averoment of Jurisdiction… -6.5
19-7362 John Alfred Regalado v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-authority civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-investigation due-process federal-investigation free-speech government-conspiracy government-misconduct government-overreach judicial-identity-protection national-security presidential-misconduct standing witness-protection Whether the Supreme Court of the United States, or any Inter-Government agency working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has knowledge of any … -6.5
19-7373 Sanjay Tyagi v. Marc D. Smith, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-abuse-registry child-seizure due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment interrogation medical-self-defense parental-rights privacy search-and-seizure This case raises important issues of public interest and circuit splits that require guidance of Supreme Court of United States. 1. Does seizure, phy… -6.5
19-7377 Gerald Adger v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment appeal appellate-counsel conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-argument procedural-error right-to-counsel trial-counsel weight-of-evidence 1. WAS THE APPELLATE ATTORNEY DAVID R. JUERGENS INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL FOR NOT RAISING ANY LEGAL ARGUMENT AGAINST THE WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE? … -6.5
19-7380 Dino Constance v. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection extraordinary-circumstances fourteenth-amendment mandamus mandamus-relief ninth-circuit post-conviction-review tenth-circuit I. Did the Ninth Circuit's unique five-part test for Mandamus relief cause a Fourteenth Amendment 'Equal Protection' violation? Are Equal Protection v… -6.5
19-7395 Jean Crump v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection false-arrest grand-jury-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias racial-discrimination 1. This is my second trial. At least five federal attorneys advised my new new attorney Dana Cephas, that Judge William Keller was a racist and he esp… -6.5
19-7407 Paula Bennett v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP closeness-of-case constitutional-deficiency criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns cumulative-errors cumulative-prejudice ineffective-assistance prejudice prejudice-analysis reasonable-likelihood sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard strickland-v-washington sufficiency-of-evidence sufficiency-of-the-evidence trial-counsel 1. Whether, under Strickland, a court may conduct a prejudice analysis that focuses solely on the sufficiency of the evidence presented, or must it in… -6.5
19-7411 In Re Lionel McCray Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act appeals circuit-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-mandamus contempt contempt-proceeding due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus second-circuit sequestration writ-of-sequestration (1) Whether Mandamus should issue to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit compelling the Chief Clerk of that Court to issue a Wri… -6.5
19-7428 Timothy O'Laughlin v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons civil-commitment civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation due-process personal-liberty pro-se pro-se-litigation pro-se-petition sixth-amendment standing standing-to-file Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4247(h) unconstitutionally and illegally deprives individuals of the right to litigate their personal liberty interests pro se, un… -6.5
19-7436 Ruth Ellen Reeves v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
19-7443 Charles Milton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-7449 Jack Robert Smith v. Harry Oreol Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-mental-health-commitment-due-process- constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment involuntary-hospitalization mental-health mental-health-commitment patient-rights supreme-court-review 1. Is OLONOVOR V. DONALDSON, 422 US. [?] a Valid Legal Precedent for Due Process? 2. Is FOURIER V. LOUISIANA, 504 US. 71 77-1780 (1992) still Valid? … -6.5
19-7463 Terrance A. Burlison v. David R. Ellspermann, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Clerk of Court for Marion County, Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion legal-procedure sec-1988 statutory-interpretation Whether the Florida Court of Appeals for the Fifth District abused its discretion in awarding defendant attorney's fees pursuant to sec. 1988. -6.5
19-7484 Jose Candelario Perez-Cruz v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-dispute jury-trial maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law mdlea pretrial-hearing stateless-vessel trial-procedure Whether the Court of Appeals clearly erred in upholding the District Court's conclusion that jurisdiction in a stateless vessel case under the MDLEA i… -6.5
19-7515 Andy Nguyen v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey consecutive-sentences consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding preponderance-of-evidence sentencing stare-decisis Should the Court reconsider its majority opinion in Oregon v. Ice, 555 U.S. 160, 167-168, 173-177, 129 S.Ct. 711, 172 L.Ed.2d 517 (2009) (Ice) which p… -6.5
19-7516 Mary Mosley v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-acquitted-conduct double-jeopardy due-process fifth-circuit jury-verdict nelson-v-colorado sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines 1) DID THE PANEL ERR BY UPHOLDING THE APPLICATION OF AN ENHANCEMENT FOR BRANDISHING OR POSSESSING A FIREARM WHEN MISS MOSLEY WAS ACQUITTED BY A JURY O… -6.5
19-7523 Micah L. Lawson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prison-discipline standing takings Wheather the decision. bot the United States CouRt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circnit in LAwson √. Secratary Department of Corrections, Docket No. 17… -6.5
19-7528 David Lee Smith v. Rick Jackson Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus incarceration innocence-claim legal-release parole recidivism rehabilitation sentencing IS APPELLANT ENITITLED TO RELEASE ON HISWN RECOGNANICES,AFTER DEMDNISTRATING NI.C.G.S.I4-7.I IS PATENTLY UNCANLSTITUTI ONAL COLORABLY SHAINIING HIS IN… -6.5
19-7530 Orando Ricardo Thompson v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fairness fundamental-unfairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-precedent outcome prejudice sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-review 1. Whether Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), and its progeny which establishes review of claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, ade… -6.5
19-7536 James Henry Simpson v. Martesha Bishop, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-liability criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution federal-rules immunity judicial-docketing prisoner-filing standing statutory-interpretation 1. Should a U.S. District Court docket a Criminal Complaint filed pursuant to Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure as a civil action and subjected to t… -6.5
19-7543 Earl Osborn v. Christopher Williams, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-rights corrections-department disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process inmate-rights medical-treatment mental-disability mental-health prisoner-rights standing summary-judgment 1. In Blake v Ross, 1365.Ct. 185o, Did The United states Supreme Coort Eliminate The Requirement For An Individualized, Fact Specific petermination Re… -6.5
19-7547 Phillip Boyd Cashion v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment jury-bias jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination trial-procedure Should the Petitioner's trial structure have been free from the fundamental unfairness of having the prosecutor tell the jury on two occasions that "y… -6.5
19-7548 Rudy Orlando Cabrera v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 Apprendi-v-New-Jersey criminal-procedure due-process indictment prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1. 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… -6.5
19-7551 Donald Arthur Herrington v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-Amendment case-management case-management-system civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech public-trial separation-of-powers sixth-amendment 1. "Was Petitioner 's conviction a result of a procedure, §17.1-293.1 that violates 1st Amendment U.S. Constitutional Civil Rights to access correct … -6.5
19-7558 Freddie Lee Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction question-not-identified standing takings 1) Is it the Unites States Supreme Court's duty to ensure that all United States Constitutional provided rights are protected when they are previously… -6.5
19-7562 Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach drug-offenses fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-categorical-approach mathis-v-united-states rehaif-v-united-states serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses shular-v-united-states statutory-interpretation 1. b18-6662 (January 2019) 2. United States, 136 S.Ct. 2243 (2016). 3. Did this Court's intervening decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2… -6.5
19-7571 Richard Williams v. Tony Mays, Warden Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process evidence murder murder-investigation presumption statutory-interpretation statutory-presumption venue Whether, as applied to the facts of this case, the statutory presumption if a body of a murder victim found within the state, the death is presumed to… -6.5
19-7574 Luis Beltran v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment brain-development due-process due-process-clause eighth-amendment juvenile-defendants juvenile-sentencing mandatory-life-imprisonment proportionality proportionality-principle sentencing In Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), and Montgomery v. Louisiana, 136 S. Ct. 718 (2016), this Court held that sentencing a juvenile defendant (i… -6.5
19-7580 Constantine Gus Cristo v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 26-usc-7491 9th-circuit burden-of-proof credible-evidence federal-agent irs-restructuring-and-reform-act-of-1998 ninth-circuit statutory-interest tax-court taxpayer-rights unconstitutional-conduct The Fourth Amendment guarantees that the people shall have a right: "to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable s… -6.5
19-7584 Vina Yazzie v. Mohave County, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection termination title-vii zero-tolerance - When was Ms. Yazzie hired into the Mohave County? - What County Merit Rules were applied to Ms. Yazzie at the time of her termination? Zero toleranc… -6.5
19-7585 Jerry Ellis, aka Jerry Leonard Ellis v. Noel Barlow-Hurst, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-standard post-conviction standard-of-review standing trial-procedure OTD THE UNITEO STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUZTEARORBYDEJIEING THE APDELANT MR(EUIS) A CERTIFICATE OF APDEAUABICZTY 2. OID THE UNTITEO S… -6.5
19-7586 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights civil-service due-process employment-law free-speech mootness public-employment ripeness standing statutory-interpretation veterans-rights voluntary-cessation IS THE UNDERLYING CASE MOOT? -6.5
19-7588 Aleksandr Bible v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction mental-incompetence standing statute-of-limitations takings tolling Question not identified. -6.5
19-7589 Michael M. Monzel v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-restitution paroline-factors proximate-cause restitution-methodology sentencing statutory-interpretation victim-compensation 1. Whether — in the context of a criminal restitution request on behalf of a victim of child pornography — § 2259/ Paroline requires disaggregation of… -6.5
19-7593 Young Yi v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure document-production due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct restitution standard-of-review I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming the District Court's denial of Ms. Yi's Motion for a New Trial, given the Government's substantial vi… -6.5
19-7594 Felix Lopez-Cabrera v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment age-of-culpability age-of-majority criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-sentence life-sentences national-consensus neuroscience Whether Supreme Court jurisprudence finding mandatory life sentences for juveniles cruel and unusual under the Eight Amendment, and non-mandatory life… -6.5
19-7599 Tracey Smith-Kilpatrick v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP business-records confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington evidence-rule federal-rule-of-evidence-803(6) federal-rules-of-evidence government-use hearsay hearsay-exception record-reliability sixth-circuit testimonial-statement testimonial-statements Whether business records qualify as inadmissible hearsay when the government uses them as testimonial statements and for purposes other than those for… -6.5
19-7602 Joshua Neil Harrell v. Michelle Belyea, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process eminent-domain jurisdiction legal-opinion procedural-grounds property-rights reasons-for-writ regulatory-takings statement-of-case takings I. Is lacked not or delived i firs hin 0 when the wo ua neget ras the day? e a Riht to Poredurad dhe Process? Pfectias Pettioners We ai d the atif Fo… -6.5
19-7614 Jason Perry v. Richard Brown Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-rule civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus judicial-review standing state-court 1. Whether the Courts violated Rule 2/a) Governing Section 2254 Cases? 2. Whether withholding an officer's statement until the habeas Corpus stage is… -6.5
19-7617 Donato Amaya-Rivas v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-against-self-incrimination right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-enhancement I. Whether a defendant who raises for the first time on appeal that his plea is unconstitutional because it was entered unknowingly and involuntarily … -6.5
19-7623 Sinyo Silkeutsabay, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cannabis-regulation civil-rights controlled-substances court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-preemption federal-response medical-marijuana state-law state-legalization washington-marijuana-laws washington-state-law Did the Courts below err in their analysis of Washington State law governing growing and selling medical marijuana? -6.5
19-7631 Regina Wolgamott v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment garrison-v-hudson law-enforcement privacy privacy-rights probable-cause residential-search search-and-seizure search-warrant standing If when executing a search warrant of a single-family residence, officers discover multiple occupants with their own private rooms, are officers requi… -6.5
19-7634 Aimee Hankins v. Tim Lowe Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-remedy section-1983 state-federal-proceedings unlawful-detention When habeous corpus relief is unavailable to an inmate or parolee who has been held beyond their lawful release or termination date, does this Court's… -6.5
19-7635 Timothy Courtney v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review 1. Whether the holding in Almendarez-Torres creating an exception for not having to prove the existence of prior convictions when used to enhance a de… -6.5
19-7640 Phillip Auston Carrier v. Billy Romero, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review congress-intent consent constitutional-law federal-appellate-court federal-prosecutor federal-prosecutor-consent gatekeeping-role gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2255-motion prosecutorial-consent second-or-successive-petition second-petition section-2255 Whether "the remedy by motion " authorized by 28 U.S.C. §2255(h)(2) is rendered "inadequate or ineffective " under §2255(e) when a federal appellate … -6.5
19-7648 Otis Renaldo Harris v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure discretion discretionary-power district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-review sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT FOUND THAT PETITIONER HARRIS WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A SENTENCE REDUCTION UNDER SECTION 404? -6.5
19-7650 D. W. v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families Washington Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-appointed-counsel due-process ex-parte-investigation fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-conduct parental-rights record-on-appeal recusal termination-of-parental-rights In a termination of parental rights proceeding in a state that provides appeals as a matter of right from decisions terminating parental rights, does … -6.5
19-7652 Steven Craig Whyte v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP common-sense common-sense-topics daubert daubert-standard drug-enforcement drug-experts evidence-admissibility expert-testimony jury-instructions kumho-tire Whether this Court's Daubert/Kumho Tire jurisprudence bars presentation of law-enforcement agent "drug experts" testifying regarding plain-English exc… -6.5
19-7654 Jean Roussel Eloi v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-process appeal-stages closing-arguments conviction defenses government-misconduct ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection relationship-evidence sealed-records sentencing-guidelines I.) Whether counsel was ineffective for not pursuing all the way through the appeal stages, the government's statement during closing arguments that… -6.5
19-7656 Michael Huntoon v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment affidavit computer-privacy computer-search fourth-amendment franks-hearing magistrate probable-cause reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure search-warrant 1. Whether or under what ci rcumstances i s this Court's rul ing in Jacobsen applicabl e to computers i n that a person l oses any reasonabl e expecta… -6.5
19-7661 Redinel Dervishaj, aka Redi, aka Red v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c)(3)(A) appellate-review crime-of-violence extortion federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-threat second-circuit title-18 title-18-924(c)(3)(a) I. May The Second Circuit Court; Of Appeals Determine That The'Underlying Offense Of Hobbs Act Extortion? Threatening Physical Violence In Furtheranc… -6.5
19-7662 Juan Orellana v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 5th-amendment-violation admissibility-of-statement criminal-procedure criminal-trial custodial-interrogation due-process evidence-admission fifth-amendment obstruction right-to-counsel unambiguous-request Whether Orellana's Fifth Amendment right to counsel was violated when, in the course of custodial interrogation, the detective obstructed Orellana's u… -6.5
19-7663 Ryan Douglas LaSalle v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review categorical-analysis congressional-definition criminal-procedure federal-regulations guidelines guidelines-miscalculation plain-error regulatory-definition sentencing statutory-interpretation taylor-categorical-analysis taylor-v-united-states Can a court of appeals successfully avoid undertaking plain error review of a Guidelines miscalculation by relying on a federal regulatory definition … -6.5
19-7664 Yervin Keith Barnett v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statute categorical-approach criminal-law entry entry-element generic generic-statute predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation 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
19-7667 Robert Tremaine Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment coercion detainment due-process fourth-amendment k-9-search law-enforcement search-and-seizure seizure traffic-stop video-evidence WHETHER THE PROMISE TO BE FREE TO LEAVE AFTER CLEARANCE OF DRIVERS LICENSE, VEHICLE PAPERS, AND WARRANTS — with issuance of a warning traffic citati… -6.5
19-7675 Alonzo Lamar Johnson v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus incarcerated incarcerated-petitioner plain-error pro-se pro-se-litigant section-2255-motion standing WHETHER the us court of Appeals for the Third circuit improperly denied petitioner's request for a certificate of Appealability by failing to grant hi… -6.5
19-7677 Sandchase Cody v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C.-2255 28-usc-2255 acca district-court due-process resentencing resentencing-hearing sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether Mr. Cody was denied due process when after the removal of his unlawful ACCA sentencing enhancement, following a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, the d… -6.5
19-7681 Howard Aron Washington, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines appellate-review criminal-sentencing gall-v-new-jersey guideline-departure procedural-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness rosales-mireles Rosales-Mireles-v-United-States sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review THE DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT IN UNITED STATES V. WASHINGTON IS INCONSISTENT WITH THIS COURT'S DECISION IN… -6.5
19-7682 Eric Beverly v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-site-location-information criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant warrant-application Whether Petitioner's rights under the Fourth Amendment were violated when the government used misleading information to seek a warrant for evidence it… -6.5
19-7695 Arturo Delacruz v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brandishing criminal-procedure group-one-robbery ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel otherwise-used plea-negotiation robbery-offense sentencing-guidelines weapon-enhancement Because Petitioner did not explicitly admit to facts that would support an "otherwise used" weapon enhancement, as opposed to a "brandishing" weapon e… -6.5
19-7698 Martin Calderon-Ortalejo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure extensive-scope extensive-scope-planning fifth-circuit-review judicial-abuse-of-discretion offense-level-enhancement plea-agreement sentencing-discretion substantial-interference substantial-interference-with-justice total-offense-level Did the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division, abuse its discretion by imposing two consecutive sentences … -6.5
19-7705 Michael Roman Burghardt v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-defendant criminal-procedure-waiver direct-appeal element-of-offense elements-of-offense indictment plain-error-review plea-colloquy rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement supreme-court-precedent waiver 1. Whether a criminal defendant has waived a claim that the indictment failed to charge an element of the offense where the claim arose while his case… -6.5
19-7707 Elijah Loren Arthur v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-fines criminal-restitution due-process jury-determination jury-trial sentencing-guidelines southern-union-co-v-united-states statutory-maximum This Court held in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490 (2000), that "[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the pe… -6.5
19-7711 John Patrick Vescuso v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravating-factor apprendi apprendi-error circuit-split criminal-procedure indictment prejudice sentencing When assessing if a defendant was prejudiced by a district court's imposing a sentence greater than the maximum authorized by the charge in the indict… -6.5
19-7718 Denny Reyes v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2a 8-usc-1324a aiding-and-abetting criminal-intent immigration-law mens-rea recklessness rosemond-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the intent element of 18 U.S.C. § 2(a) can, consistent with this Court's decision in Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65 (2014), be satisfi… -6.5
19-7719 Adam Christopher Sheafe v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circumvent-obligations circumvention criminal-procedure detainer federal-government federal-state-relations federal-transfer habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-ad-prosequendum interstate-agreement-on-detainers judicial-discretion purpose-of-iad state-filed-detainer violate-purpose writ-of-habeas-corpus-ad-prosequendum 1. Whether the Interstate Agreement on Detainers applies when the State, in which the federal district sits, filed a detainer and the federal governme… -6.5
19-7720 Lamont Jones v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-circuit-court abuse-of-discretion co-conspirator-hearsay co-conspirator-hearsay-exception criminal-association criminal-history district-court-conviction hearsay-exception mental-health racketeering-conspiracy racketeering-conspiracy-18-usc-1962(d) sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-mental-health-treatment sufficient-evidence uncorroborated-confession I. Did the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals abuse.it's discretion in upholding the District Court's conviction that the evidence against Jones was suffi… -6.5
19-7730 Elizabeth Alexander v. Bloomingdale's, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination hostile-work-environment human-rights maryland-law montgomery-county montgomery-county-md-code-of-human-rights racial-discrimination retaliation statutory-rights title-vii Me FEDERAL COURT IN GREENBELT, MD AND THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT IN RICHMOND VA, DENIED MY STATUTORY RIGHTS ASSERTED UNDER BOTH TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RI… -6.5
19-7733 Gustavo Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-dismissal civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal district-court-procedure due-process fifth-amendment pre-sentencing-waiver sentencing substantive-due-process waiver Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to a substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by the United States Co… -6.5
19-7737 Charles Wolfe v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advice-of-counsel compliance-officer controlled-substance-analogue controlled-substance-analogue-act controlled-substance-analogue-enforcement-act criminal-defense fair-notice federal-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence-403 industry-expert mens-rea statutory-interpretation vagueness When the "advice of counsel" is an industry expert on the CSA and the Analogue Act, and was the petitioner's compliance officer, how can that defense … -6.5
19-7744 Partha A. Rai Chowdhuri v. SGT, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-request civil-rights common-law due-process employment-discrimination fair-proceedings fourteenth-amendment fourth-circuit-review material-adverse-action prima-facie-case record-amendment seventh-amendment temporal-proximity 1) Whether the Fourth Circuit erred and disregarded this Court's precedents when it denied Petitioner's request to amend significantly incorrect recor… -6.5
19-7747 Christopher Robert Sueiro v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1291 appellate-jurisdiction collateral-order-doctrine criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment interlocutory-appeal self-representation sixth-amendment 1. Whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and the collateral order doctrine, a criminal defendant may appeal an interlocutory order denying the defendant's r… -6.5
19-7750 Russell Patrick Brown v. Kenneth D. Hutchison, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-degree-murder constitutional-due-process constitutional-violation conviction criminal-conviction due-process insufficient-evidence jackson-v-virginia jury-instruction premeditation self-defense supreme-court-precedent (1) Whether it's a U.S. constituion Due Process violation proscribed by this court in Jackson v. Virginia, for Mr. Brown's 1st degree murder convictio… -6.5
19-7752 Daniel Ochoa v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation custody due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona pre-miranda-questioning public-safety-exception self-incrimination Whether Mr. Ochoa's Fifth Amendment rights were violated when the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals found that the public-safety-exception to this Cou… -6.5
19-7754 Erik Leonardus Peeters v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-safeguards extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause jurisdictional-limits non-commercial-conduct non-economic-conduct police-power united-states-v-al-maliki united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-morrison Does 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c)'s regulation of noncommercial, non-economic conduct of American citizens outside the United States exceed Congress's Foreign … -6.5
19-7757 Babatunde Popoola v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud consent criminal-law criminal-procedure financial-crimes identity-theft money-laundering predicate-crime statutory-interpretation WHETHER A PERSON WHO WITH THE CONSENT OF A BANK ACCOUNT HOLDER PROVIDES IDENTIFYING INFORMATION TO A THIRD PARTY TO DEPOSIT FUNDS INTO THE ACCOUNT W… -6.5
19-7760 Jeremy Achey v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-analogue criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy due-process federal-drug-law mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-penalties 1. Whether, in cases where a drug conspiracy allegedly involves multiple substances, the government must prove that the defendant conspired to distrib… -6.5