Conference: 2020-03-27

148 cases — 0 granted, 148 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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19-311 Al Cannon, Sheriff, Charleston County, South Carolina v. Broderick William Seay, Jr. Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) appellate-review deference double-jeopardy fact-finding federal-habeas manifest-necessity mistrial strict-scrutiny trial-court-deference trial-court-discretion I. In review of a state decision under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, when a federal appellate court must determine if double jeopardy protection bars retrial afte… 17.5
19-608 Mark Elster, et al. v. City of Seattle, Washington Washington Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) campaign-finance civil-rights compelled-subsidy constitutional-review first-amendment free-speech property-levy rational-basis speech-funding standing Seattle's "democracy voucher" program establishes a dedicated property levy used solely to fund individual contributions from Seattle residents to the… 17.5
19-546 Douglas Brownback, et al. v. James King Sixth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) bivens-claim bivens-claims civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-tort-claims-act government-liability judgment-bar sovereign-immunity state-tort-law Whether a final judgment in favor of the United States in an action brought under Section 1346(b)(1), on the ground that a private person would not be… 17.0
19-784 University of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Jennifer Sweda, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) breach-of-duty civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty investment-options iqbal pleading-standard twombly twombly-standard 1. Whether Twombly's pleading standard governs breach of fiduciary duty claims under ERISA. 2. Whether a complaint states a plausible claim for breac… 16.0
19-442 Otto Anael Perez Castillo v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) None 14.0
18-1185 Charter Communications, Inc. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. Ninth Circuit GVR Relisted (5) 1981 but-for but-for-causation causation civil-rights civil-rights-act editorial-decisions editorial-discretion first-amendment hurley hurley-v-irish-american motivating-factor section-1981 Twice now in the context of federal anti discrimination laws, this Court has instructed that the rule of but -for causation is the "default rule[]" ag… 12.5
19-645 Arizona v. Hector Sebastion Nunez-Diaz Arizona Denied Amici (1) criminal-procedure deportation immigration immigration-law lee-v-united-states legal-prejudice padilla-claim padilla-v-kentucky prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington unauthorized-alien 1. Whether Respondent is categorically barred from establishing Strickland prejudice for a Padilla/Lee claim because, as an unauthorized alien, he is … 11.5
18-1255 Reynaldo Angeles v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) None 11.0
19-718 James King v. Douglas Brownback, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 42-usc-1983 bivens civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-law due-process federal-law law-enforcement section-1983 state-law task-force The use of joint state-federal police task forces has expanded nationwide and along with it the related practice of federally deputizing state law enf… 11.0
19-661 Mynor Abdiel Tun-Cos, et al. v. B. Perrotte, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied 4th-amendment bivens bivens-action civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-law-enforcement federal-tort-claims-act immigration-enforcement law-enforcement qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Whether victims of an unconstitutional search and seizure, who were subjected to a home raid and detention without a warrant or suspicion, by law enfo… 10.5
19-557 Cedric L. McDonald v. United States Armed Forces Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bodily-harm consent court-martial criminal-law due-process mens-rea military-justice sexual-assault Whether Congress's omission of a mens rea for the offense of sexual assault by bodily harm means mere negligence as to the lack of consent suffices. 10.0
19-1050 Kyle Brooks v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response Waived allocution criminal-procedure due-process essential-element guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-error plea-bargaining voluntary-plea Due process requires that a guilty plea be voluntary, knowing, and intelligent. Here, the charging document omitted an essential element of the crime.… 8.5
19-987 H. Stephens Winters, Judge, District Court of Louisiana, 4th Judicial District, et al. v. Stanley R. Palowsky, III, Individually and On Behalf of Alternative Environmental Solutions, Inc. Louisiana Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1257a administrative-function case-pending federal-law forrester-v-white judicial-immunity record-destruction state-court state-law 1. This Court is the final arbiter of the content of federal law. Louisiana has adopted the federal law of judicial immunity as its own state law and … 8.5
19-941 Billy Daniel Raulerson, Jr. v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2) aedpa atkins-v-virginia burden-of-proof capital-punishment cooper-v-oklahoma due-process habeas-corpus intellectual-disability supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court's unanimous holding in Cooper v. Oklahoma, 517 U.S. 348 (1996), clearly established that Georgia could not impose the burden of req… 7.5
18-1454 Carlos Alberto Londono-Gonzalez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) None 6.0
19-23 Rockwood Casualty Insurance Company v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) administrative-procedure-act agency-regulations agency-rulemaking black-lung-benefits-act burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidentiary-standards regulatory-amendment standing Does requiring a wrongly-named Responsible Operator to issue benefits to a Claimant with normal pulmonary function and normal arterial blood gas testi… 6.0
19-1060 Victor Thomas v. New York New York Denied Amici (2)Response Waived appeal appellate-jurisdiction criminal-defendant criminal-procedure garza-v-idaho jurisdiction right-to-counsel sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent waiver waiver-of-appeal Whether a provision in a waiver of appeal that forbids a criminal defendant from filing a notice of appeal, and in so doing also strips superior court… 5.5
19-667 Michael Baker v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied circuit-split common-law-definition criminal-code criminal-law fraud fraud-statutes honeycutt-v-united-states obtain-property property-rights sekhar-v-united-states statutory-interpretation The federal fraud statutes define the offense of fraud as a scheme to "obtain[ ] money or property" by deceptive means. 18 U.S.C. § 1343; see also 18 … 5.5
19-795 Paul D. Voorhees v. United States Armed Forces Denied conduct-unbecoming-an-officer criminal-prosecution criminal-statute due-process mens-rea military-justice negligence negligence-standard rehaif-v-united-states scienter sixth-amendment uniform-code-military-justice uniform-code-of-military-justice Does this mens rea or scienter principle apply to criminal prosecutions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, where the underlying statute at is… 5.5
19-797 City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al. v. Mary R. Meier Eighth Circuit Denied 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-rights fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment municipal-liability probable-cause section-1983 seizure wanted-bulletin warrantless-seizure Every year, thousands of automobiles are identified in law enforcement databases as stolen or wanted in connection with crimes. Warrants for seizure o… 5.5
19-798 Bay Point Properties, Incorporated v. Mississippi Transportation Commission, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process eleventh-amendment just-compensation just-compensation-clause property-rights sovereign-immunity state-immunity state-liability takings takings-clause Whether the "self -executing" Just Compensation Clause abrogates a State's Eleventh Amendment immunity, allowing a property owner to sue the State for… 5.5
19-802 David Ehrman v. Cox Communications, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied citizenship-pleading civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction domicile federal-jurisdiction notice-of-removal pleading pleading-standards procedural-requirements removal removal-procedure standing To plead diversity of citizenship, is an allegation of an individual's state citizenship made solely on "information and belief" sufficient, or must a… 5.5
19-807 Bank Melli v. Michael Bennett, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied agency-instrumentality asset-execution blocked-assets default-judgment foreign-sovereign-immunity juridical-separation separate-entity state-owned-entity terrorism-risk-insurance-act treaty-obligations The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act ("TRIA") provides that "the blocked assets of [a] terrorist party (including the blocked assets of any agency or inst… 5.5
19-903 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania Denied appellate-review civil-conspiracy civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-order-doctrine collateral-orders constitutional-protection defamation standing wrongful-use-of-civil-proceedings The questions posed in the course of appellate actions at FD-07-000190 were made cognizable by stipulation of all represented parties. Each question … 5.5
19-904 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania Denied appellate-procedure civil-conspiracy collateral-order collateral-orders constitutional-protection criminal-complaints defamation malpractice pa-constitution us-constitution 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… 5.5
19-905 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania Denied appellate-procedure civil-conspiracy civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-order constitutional-protection defamation due-process malpractice standing The questions posed in the course of appellate actions at FD-07-000190 were made cognizable by stipulation of all represented parties. Each question s… 5.5
19-931 Jay Lawrence Friedheim v. Dane Field Ninth Circuit Denied admiralty-law attorney-fees bankruptcy civil-procedure jones-act maintenance-and-cure maritime-law seaman-contract 1. Whether a seaman's wage contract that includes maintenance and cure entitles the prevailing party to attorney's fees under Alyeska Pipeline Serv. C… 5.5
19-935 Carl Leeper v. Hamilton County Coal, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied employee-recall employment-cessation employment-termination federal-law industry-standards layoffs objective-standard reasonable-expectation-of-recall terminations warn-act worker-adjustment-and-retraining-notification-act workforce-reduction On February 5, 2016, Hamilton County Coal, LLC ("HCC") notified 158 full-time employees, approximately 50 percent of its full-time workforce, that the… 5.5
19-936 Terry Trentacosta v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel state-prisoner Should a state prisoner take a separate, direct appeal of the denial of an evidentiary hearing in a federal habeas case when no "certificate of appeal… 5.5
19-945 Fred S. Pardes v. Susan Doan California Denied asset-concealment automatic-stay bankruptcy-fraud debtor-disclosure estoppel intentionally-omitted-assets post-discharge-injunction unclean-hands 1. Whether or not a Dishonest Bankruptcy Debtor, who was and is still in the process of committing a post discharge Bankruptcy Fraud against both the … 5.5
19-947 Xiu Jian Sun v. Robert N. Chatigny Second Circuit Denied civil-rights divine-intervention due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-complaint parable-interpretation religious-doctrine religious-freedom spiritual-adam standing unjust-judge The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows 1, Jehovah, -the Lord God … 5.5
19-948 Gene Rechtzigel v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment first-amendment fourth-amendment government-action petition-clause sixth-amendment standing I. Did the Government deprive Petitioner the First Amendment Right "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances?" II. Did the Government d… 5.5
19-950 Yung-Kai Lu v. University of Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied administrative-exhaustion civil-procedure civil-rights claim-preclusion due-process employment-discrimination judicial-stay retaliation right-to-sue right-to-sue-letter 1. Must a plaintiff who has filed a civil action which asserts various claims (but whose claims do not include claims for later acts of employment dis… 5.5
19A914 Gavin B. Davis v. California California Denied None 5.5
19M114 Valentina L. O'Connor, as Next Friend and Guardian of Michael W. O'Connor v. Arthur Wright, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M115 Terry L. Smith v. Illinois Department of Transportation Seventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M116 Shaun A. Hodge v. Kevin Genovese, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M117 Juvenile Male v. United States Second Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-1030 Karen Bishop v. Palm Beach County, Florida Florida Denied Response Waived -animal-seizure -due-process -judicial-discretion -property-rights -statutory-interpretation #NAME? animal-welfare due-process evidence-suppression judicial-discretion property-rights suppressed-evidence vague-definition-of-fitness vagueness How can a definition or determination of fitness be assessed when the Florida Statute 828.073(4)(a) provides a vague description of fitness, puts the … 3.5
19-1055 Dustin Moss v. United States First Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-procedure criminal-procedure evidence-suppression fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation illegal-search package package-description particularity-requirement probable-cause search-warrant tracking-number Where a search warrant particularly described a package to be searched, was the search of a completely different package illegal where that package wa… 3.5
19-1071 Gerald Claude Carlson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure delay due-process inconvenience judicial-discretion motion-to-terminate right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review supervisory-powers 1. Whether the Carlson Court's Memorandum Opinion conflicts with other Ninth Circuit opinions holding that a finding of substantial or undue delay is … 3.5
19-1073 Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-112 35-usc-282 clear-and-convincing-standard enablement inoperability non-enabled-claims patent-law patent-validity presumption-of-validity statutory-interpretation unpredictability I. In light of a patent's presumption of validity under 35 U.S.C. § 282 and the concomitant clear and convincing standard for proving invalidity, may … 3.5
19-919 Joseph Becker, et al. v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived anti-injunction-act equitable-receivership in-aid-of-jurisdiction in-rem-claims ponzi-scheme securities-claim securities-litigation settlement-bar-order state-court-litigation state-court-proceedings 1. Whether the Anti-Injunction Act ("AIA"), 28 U.S.C. §2283, allows for the issuance of bar order by the equitable receiver appointed by the SEC that … 3.5
19-951 Bellur G. Shiva Prasad v. General Electric Company, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived age-discrimination civil-rights corporate-liability due-process employment-arbitration forced-agreement forced-arbitration public-policy public-policy-violation standing takings 1) Can an employer compel arbitration based on virtually a forced agreement taken from a desperate employment-applicant at the hiring stage, who has… 3.5
19-977 Maria Angelita Alfonso Gomez, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
19-981 Todd A. English v. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived adea civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process sixth-amendment standing title-vii I. Did the Court(s) err in its discretion in applying the standard for "plausible cause for relief," as it relates to dismissing a claim during pretri… 3.5
19-6747 Josue Emmanuel Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP allocution allocution-error appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process harmless-error judicial-review plain-error plain-error-review procedural-default sentencing 1. Whether allocution error is subject to plain error review in the absence of objection? 0.5
19-7074 Victor J. Stitt, II v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary criminal-sentencing generic-burglary rehaif rehaif-standard sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tennessee-law I. Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct… 0.5
19-5526 Frances W. Lake v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure appeals civil-rights compassionate-release disability due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-prisoner financial-hardship first-step-act government-benefits medical-expenses sentence-reduction FRANCES LAKE 855YEARS OLD WIDOW OF MELVIN LAKE, VETERAN. HAS SPENT 9 YEARS SINCE BEING MEDICALLY APPROVED FOR EXPENSES WERE WITHIN MAPR. RIGHT ARM HAS… -0.5
19-6062 Priscilla Daydee Valdez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924d 21-usc-853 28-usc-2461 28-usc-2461c ammunition civil-forfeiture criminal-forfeiture firearms firearms-offense procedural-law statutory-interpretation substitute-assets (1) May a defendant be required to forfeit substitute property in lieu of the firearms and ammunition subject to forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 924(d)? … -0.5
19-7483 Lisa Washington v. Diana Deleon, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals appellate-procedure certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court in-forma-pauperis judicial-bias judicial-recusal jurisdiction procedural-due-process recusal standing Whether the List of California Vio rules Satin "firme (laeliPerks Satis "77 fatale hon Kar Jilerig Qe SCV V177G & kth of Cerhotars on fespondentt 18 f… -1.5
19-7549 Gerard Cliston Ellis v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit fifth-circuit lowest-level-conduct lowest-level-of-conduct state-law (1) Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the "lowest level of conduct" as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach… -1.5
19-7726 Larry Watkins, Sr. v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-reform-act constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence moot-question mootness pretrial-bail residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness Whether the judgment below should be vacated for deciding a moot question. -1.5
19-7771 Christopher Benjamin Blanton v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu certiorari criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit haymond-precedent sentence-vacatur sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review united-states-v-haymond Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymo… -1.5
19-7781 John Charles Fortner v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-crimes felony-offense minor minor-involvement minors sentencing sentencing-enhancement sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 2260A is a penalty provision which provides for an additional 10 year consecutive sentence if the defendant is: (1) required to register u… -1.5
19-7811 Marcus Scott Crum v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting attempt conspiracy controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offenses judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u-s-sentencing-commission Whether the Sentencing Commission's commentary to its definition of "controlled substance offense" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) to include inchoate offenses… -1.5
19-7833 Inocente Rodriguez-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… -1.5
19-7843 Tony Buck v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons constitutional-law constitutional-rights conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review punishment punishment-clause sentencing Whether the Judgment of Conviction should be vacated as a violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause because the Judgment punishes Mr. Buck for the exact… -1.5
19-5676 Jerel Leon Jordan v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment giglio-impeachment giglio-v-united-states good-faith-exception motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-warrant united-states-v-leon I. Whether a district court reviewing a motion to suppress evidence obtained pursuant to a defective search warrant may consider evidence outside the … -4.0
19-6215 Twila Haynes v. Assets Protection, Inc. Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion americans-with-disabilities-act breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process error-of-law in-forma-pauperis pro-se-plaintiff rule-240 standing Under Pa. Rate 240 Where Petitioner Constitutional rights violated? Yes Did the court abuse it discretion? Yes Did the Court Commit an error of law? Y… -4.0
19-6273 Henry Cyrus Lucas v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process liberty qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing takings Question not identified. -4.0
19-6328 Antonio Leonard Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection federalism habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue jury-selection mandatory-minimum state-criminal-procedure Does A State Constitutional violation Rise to the same severity As A United States Constitutional violation? If a majority of en banc Justices in A s… -4.0
19-6578 John Garrett Smith v. Washington Washington Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction probable-cause standing A. Is it legally permissible for a State Superior Court to acknowledge that State's witness is openly committing multiple counts of "perjury worthy of… -4.0
19-6598 Robert Hercenberger v. Gary A. Martin Oregon Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-policy legal-equality state-government state-jurisdiction Where Equal Protection of the laws definition apply for all: A phrase in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requiring that st… -4.0
19-6782 Adrienne Mallard v. Next Day Temps, et al. Virginia Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure appeal appeals civil-procedure court-appeal court-orders discovery document-withholding due-process evidence evidence-disclosure judicial-review workers-compensation I. The Court of Appeals of Virginia (CAVA) request all documents from Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission on my appeal. VAWCC withheld sixty-nin… -4.0
19-6389 Quincy Dennis v. J. A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 categorical-approach drug-offense federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-relief-28-usc-2241 intervening-change mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence presidential-commutation presidential-pardon retroactive-application retroactively-applicable-decision sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation QUESTION # ONE: Whether petitioner Dennis is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the ground that 28 U.S.C. § 225… -4.5
19-6720 James Dwayne Myers v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure divisibility divisibility-analysis eighth-circuit jury-unanimity mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation May a court properly apply the divisibility analysis prescribed in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), without considering the question o… -4.5
19-6757 Jamal Bowens v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1. Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct… -4.5
19-7071 Joseph A. Williams v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act certification criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-certification sentencing serious-drug-offense state-convictions statutory-interpretation I. Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's "serious drug offense" definition is limited to only those state convictions that are the same or narrower … -4.5
19-7097 Juan Sanchez v. California California Denied IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process out-of-court-statements prior-testimony testimonial-statements trial-evidence witness-memory witness-testimony Whether a defendant in a criminal case is denied the opportunity for full and effective cross-examination in violation of the Confrontation Clause by … -4.5
19-7401 Dumisai H. Hockaday v. Helene Christner, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-regulations civil-procedure confrontation-clause constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference double-jeopardy due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process medical-care prison-conditions standing summary-judgment 1. Whether the underlying activity of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is ethical or not under Thomas v. Am, 474 U.S. 140, at … -4.5
19-7406 Bartholomew Antonio Guzman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction first-amendment freedom-of-information government-transparency habeas-corpus public-records standing state-court state-court-interpretation state-court-proceedings Question/Issue No.l: Isthe juckgment of the because the habeas petitiower's State hebeas proceralie Question/Issue No.2: Did the United Stctes Distri… -4.5
19-7418 Jody Gifford v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-sentence parole proportionality resentencing Whether the courts below decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions of this Honorable Court when they d… -4.5
19-7419 Timothy Shayne Hardin, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appeals arrest charge civil-rights community-supervision constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process dismissal due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment probable-cause probation revocation search-and-seizure sentencing Question not identified. -4.5
19-7423 Adam Lee Hamilton v. Eileen Ramey, Warden Missouri Denied IFP criminal-law federal-jurisdiction government-property preemption property-theft robbery state-prosecution statutory-interpretation theft united-states-government Do the provisions of 18 U.S.C. §2112, 28 U.S.C. §2114, 28 U.S.C. §8 and 7 U.S.C. §2024(D) reserve jurisdiction for the prosecution of such a criminal… -4.5
19-7424 Christine Ham v. Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, et al. California Denied IFP conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment impartiality judicial-bias judicial-disclosure judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-recusal public-confidence Does an intolerable conflict exist when the Supreme Court of California and the Ninth Circuit squarely address whether the appearance of partiality su… -4.5
19-7442 Andrew Lee Williams v. Texas Texas Denied IFP confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-article-38.41 due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment indefiniteness sixth-amendment vagueness 1. Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' recent holdings in ANDREW LEE WILLIAMS v. STATE, No. PD-1199-17 (Tx.Crim.App.- October 9, 2019), regar… -4.5
19-7444 Ameen Abdullah Muhammad v. John Kozelski, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -4.5
19-7445 Maechel Shawn Patterson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deportation due-process habeas-corpus law-enforcement pro-se probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search ARE All StAtE PRiSONERS bEINg UN/Awfolly Held, If the eVideNCe UsED TO CONVICT THEM INVOlUED SheRiff DepaRrtment offciAls from ONE CoontyI SEARCHiNg S… -4.5
19-7448 Dennis Rydbom v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex West Virginia Denied IFP Compulsory-Process Confrontation-Clause due-process Equal-Protection fourteenth-amendment-due-process fourteenth-amendment-equal-protection fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-probable-cause fourth-amendment-warrant-requirement sixth-amendment-compulsory-process sixth-amendment-confrontation state-sovereignty The affidavit for Search Warrant No. 96-166 gave no information linking the place to be searched, 911 East Medlock Drive, Phoenix, Arizona, with Rydbo… -4.5
19-7452 Jeffrey R. Golin, et ux. v. San Andreas Regional Center, et al. California Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-violation developmental-disability due-process government-officials governmental-duties governmental-immunity harmless-error jury-determination qualified-immunity standing Whether persons who are not government officials and not performing governmental duties can claim qualified immunity from suit in a civil rights actio… -4.5
19-7459 Christopher Peyton v. Ravonne Sims, Warden, et al. Kentucky Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discretion due-process familial-visitation family-bonds grievance-procedure incarceration-rights parole rehabilitation visitation Does incarceration sever a person's right to maintain their familiar bonds through some form of visitation? Were Petitioner's Due Process Rights viol… -4.5
19-7462 Carol Bangura v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP appeals-court-review causal-connection civil-procedure civil-procedure-review-record-appeal-standard-of-r civil-rights discrimination-claim due-process employment prima-facie-evidence retaliation senate-employment-policy standing Did the Appeals Court conduct a full review of the record submitted to the panel on December 2, 2019 prior to the Per Curiam opinion issued one day la… -4.5
19-7464 Derrick Dewayne Davis v. Raymond Laborde Correctional Center, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights correctional-facility deliberate-indifference due-process medical-neglect medical-treatment standing writ-of-habeas-corpus 1. Whether the 5th Circuit and the United States District Court violated plaintiffs constitutional rights by denying plaintiffs writ without reviewing… -4.5
19-7465 Jose Antonio Contreras v. Washington Washington Denied IFP administrative-law agency-deference civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review patent procedural-rights racial-discrimination standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified. -4.5
19-7466 In Re Ricardo Jose Calderon Lopez Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure constitutional-rights corporate-structure discrimination due-process equal-protection harmless-error judicial-prejudice mandamus standing writ-of-certiorari I. In Aid of its Appellate Jurisdiction, this Hon. Court is empowered to Compel the District Court to decide excessively delayed cases. II. Appellate… -4.5
19-7473 Milon Jarr Brown v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights discretion due-process expert-testimony fifth-amendment hearsay judicial-bias photographic-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination sixth-amendment WAS THE PETITIONER DENIED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A COMPLETE DEFENSE WHEN A WITNESS FROM THE DEFENSE INVOKED A SPECIOUS FIFTH AMENDMENT CLAIM AGAINS… -4.5
19-7474 Rodney Banks v. California California Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights deliberation due-process evidence jurisdiction police-misconduct standing ARRESTING OFFICER DId NOT ReAd Me My MIRANDA RIGHTS. AUd THE JURY GOT THE WRonG eviden ce FOR DelibeRATiON. -4.5
19-7475 Douglas Edwin Ball, Jr. v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP 14th-amendment appeal civil-rights conviction dna-evidence due-process evidence insufficient-evidence jury jury-instructions unanimous-verdict % - '^eTxTXctJEE' ? Dkt T&cceiz? iZx&Hvz uvfrsF- The Tv\>FTetoJTH 4^fwMiSvr hbf'E\ZXoC4TtO B>ECAr 1/5£T -Z~5 -2^W (p<s>5'5jr&^£' TO TAETFRM^tj & IaJH… -4.5
19-7500 William Sim Spencer v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP constitutional-protections criminal-procedure due-process finality-rule fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sex-offender-registration sixth-amendment DOES THE OMISSION OF AN EXCEPTION TO THE FINALITY RULE IN MICHIGAN'S SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT ("SORA") ALLOW THE PROSECUTION TO BUILD ITS CASE AG… -4.5
19-7503 Michael Bernard Bell v. Florida Florida Denied IFP buck-v-davis constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-trial ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel racial-animus racial-bias retroactive-application strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Does the decision in Buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct. 759 (2017), which rejected the improper injection of racial animus, bias, or prejudice into a criminal t… -4.5
19-7505 Lamar James Crump v. Tracy Beltz, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… -4.5
19-7511 Frank Deville, et ux. v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. California Denied IFP civil-procedure concealing-material-facts conflict-of-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-law fraud-particularity hearsay-evidence judicial-procedure legal-standards liberal-amendment material-facts standing iaSSEsSsSHSSSt iS thaUegal?^ ^ there should be liberal ability to amend (Roland v. Christian, 69 Cal. 2d 108, 112) . ■ ,not what we believe it to be. … -4.5
19-6916 Sherri Jefferson v. Supreme Court of Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP attorney-discipline disbarment due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment legal-precedent professional-responsibility self-incrimination 1. Does this Court's opinion in Spevack v. Klein, 385 U.S. 511 (1967), In re Ruffalo, 390 U.S. 544 (1968), and North Carolina Board of Dental Examiner… -5.5
19-6577 John Garrett Smith v. Ronald Haynes Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP accomplice-to-felony civil-procedure civil-rights computer-fraud-abuse-act constitutional-accountability criminal-concealment due-process due-process-violation equal-protection government-misconduct judicial-misconduct judicial-usurpation misprision-of-felony official-crimes standing (i) Is it lawfully permissible for State and federal officials, including judges, to commit crimes, legally aver their commission, and yet repetitivel… -6.0
19-7826 Marlon R. Miller v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure document-sealing due-process first-amendment judicial-transparency law-enforcement-misconduct public-access public-access-to-courts right-to-fair-trial sealed-records Whether the district court correctly sealed an entire category of information from public access, including preventing Mr. Miller from having meaningf… -6.0
19-7421 Lawyer J. Henderson v. Kevin Franklin, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abandoned-claim bankruptcy bankruptcy-petition chapter-7-trustee civil-rights claim-abandonment disclosure due-process inadvertent-disclosure intent-standard judicial-estoppel presumption-of-deceit pro-se-litigant standing Courts of appeals are divided on the question presented in this case and left open in New Hampshire V. Maine; whether a debtor who has inadvertently f… -6.5
19-7431 Brandon J. Lofland v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus identification-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia jury-trial miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default state-procedural-rules sufficiency-of-evidence Did the Court of Appeals decide an important federal question -- whether a "mere modicum" of evidence is sufficient to sustain the conviction -- in a … -6.5
19-7441 Anthony Earl Ridley v. Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation damages due-process exhaustion-of-remedies section-1983 sovereign-immunity standing state-employee 1.)Is Petitioner's request for Compensatory damages barred by U.S.C.1997e (e)? Punitive damages because He alleges no facts whatsoever establishing th… -6.5
19-7453 Nancy Delaney v. San Andreas Regional Center, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-violation developmental-disability due-process government-officials governmental-duties harmless-error involuntary-confinement jury-determination qualified-immunity standing 1. Whether persons who are not government officials and not performing governmental duties can claim qualified immunity from suit in a civil rights ac… -6.5
19-7499 Susan Skipp v. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-amendments discrimination due-process equal-protection fatherhood-initiative federal-funding multi-agency-agreement state-action (1) Does the implemented Section 17b-27a - John S. Martinez Fatherhood Initiative, Objectives, Reports, Funding, Grant program, programming and tenacl… -6.5
19-7534 Ricky Lee Scott v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights coram-nobis disclosure-violations due-process evidence-disclosure evidence-suppression judicial-jurisdiction kyles-v-whitley police-misconduct WHETHER THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT'S REFUSAL TO REINVEST JURISDICTION IN THE TRIAL COURT T TO CONSIDER PETITIONER SCOTT'S PETITION FOR WRIT OF ERROR C… -6.5
19-7550 In Re Alexander Guice Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-courts florida jurisdictional-dispute legal-challenge south-carolina standing state-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition 1. Whether a writ of prohibition is warranted to confine the unlawful exercise of subject matter jurisdiction over Pamela Lee vs. Alexander Guice, Cas… -6.5
19-7560 Michael Swain v. Florida Commission on Offender Review Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-action circuit-court-conflict constitutional-protections due-process federal-law government-agency habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-relief parole parole-board DID THE JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL VIOLATE PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS WHEN THEY AFFIRMED TH… -6.5
19-7570 Deborah Ann Tierney-Young v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
19-7578 Ray Edward Barry v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion binding-over brady-violation circuit-court criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel lost-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct quash-information Did The District Court Abused Its Discretion In Binding Over To Circuit Court And The Circuit Court Erred In Refusing To Quash The Information? Did T… -6.5
19-7613 Wanda E. Smith-Jeter v. ArtSpace Everett Lofts Condominium Association, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights fair-housing-act prima-facie-case pro-se retaliation standing summary-judgment 1.Does petitioNer,pro se, WANDA E.Smith-Jeter Present a prima facie case for retaliation, uNder the Fair Housing Act against the ReSpONdeNtS, ARTSPACE… -6.5
19-7618 Nathan Gale Woods v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
19-7639 Gregory Franklin Harris v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus prison-law-library unpublished-opinions certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus michigan-court-of-appeals standing supreme-court-review unpublished-cases unpublished-opinion writ-of-certiorari WAS TRIAL COUNSEL INEFFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO FILE A MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE OBTAINED FROM HARRIS'S HOTEL ROOM? WAS TRIAL COUNSEL INEFFECTIVE FOR … -6.5
19-7651 Craig Keyon White v. Robert Fox, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process eyewitness-identification ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment (1) Whether the unduly suggestive pretrial identification procedure and resulting unreliable identifications admitted against White at his criminal tr… -6.5
19-7657 Marion L. Sherrod v. Sidney D. Harkelroad, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause qualified-immunity seizure seizure-disorder standing warrantless-search Whether the s. Corto Appes appction f the discretona waiver doctrine prejidiced M. Sherod a pro e petitionn Whether under Artice of the Constittion o… -6.5
19-7665 Marvie Chapman, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-statute divisibility felony-drug-offense mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation How to determine whether a statute is indivisible for purposes of applying Mathis v. United States to "controlled substance offense", "serious drug of… -6.5
19-7690 Devell Short v. Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greensburg, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-rights castle-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct jury jury-contamination jury-misconduct WHETHER A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE OCCURRED, DUE TO A MISTAKE AND BECAUSE OF A BREAKDOWN IN THE JUDICIAL OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL COURTS, WHEN IT FAILE… -6.5
19-7694 Malcolm J. Sanders v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenge racial-discrimination stop-and-frisk voir-dire 1. Whether qualified persons of color may constitutionally be stricken from juries based solely on prior experiences of being stopped for Driving Whil… -6.5
19-7722 Audrel Jack Watson, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-appeals due-process federal-procedural-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure standing state-court-rules state-statutes statutory-interpretation supreme-court-error ARE ALL STATES MANDATED BY ANY U.S. PROVISIONS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULE 11 BY ADOPTING THEIR OWN SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL R… -6.5
19-7735 Ronnie Kearby v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP base-offense-level burden-of-proof drug-conspiracy drug-quantities drug-quantity due-process evidence federal-courts non-testifying-coconspirator non-testifying-informant preponderance-of-evidence 1. In a federal drug conspiracy case where there is no drug seizure, may a court accept a mere allegation of estimated drug quantities from a non-test… -6.5
19-7755 Scott Michael Patrick v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the right initially recognized in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory G… -6.5
19-7761 Jose Osvaldo Arteaga v. Ken Clark, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-defense certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misidentification sixth-amendment This non-capital habeas case arises from petitioner-appellant Jose Osvaldo Arteaga's 2003 California state conviction fo r an attempted murder that to… -6.5
19-7765 William Reyes v. Robert Ercole, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2254 conviction criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus perjury prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-likelihood section-2254 witness-testimony Is a defendant deprived of his right to due process of law when he would not have been convicted had perjury not been introduced at his trial? The qu… -6.5
19-7768 Jibriil A. Hersi v. Harold May, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-misconduct jury-trial police-misconduct prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-appeal transcript trial-irregularities 1) Whether I am entitled to get the missing records from my trial in Medina County, Ohio for statements made by the judge outside the hearing of the j… -6.5
19-7773 James Curtis Denton v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavits business-records confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission hearsay-exception sixth-amendment Whether the introduction of unconfronted affidavits establishing the foundation for admission of business records violates the Confrontation Clause of… -6.5
19-7775 Rande Brian Isabella v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review circumstantial-evidence conflict-among-circuits criminal-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-18-usc-2251a due-process evidence evidence-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-procedure sexting statutory-interpretation substantial-step Whether if was prejudicial error for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings by disreg… -6.5
19-7776 Mickel L. Marzouk v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause fair-sentencing-act fourth-circuit hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Petitioner Mickel L. Marzouk presents two questions for this Court's review: 1. Whether Petitioner's sentence on the second § 924(c) conviction and t… -6.5
19-7777 John Henry Hoyle v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction question-not-identified sexual-offender-registration standing statutory-interpretation takings telephone-disclosure void-for-vagueness Is West Virginia's sexual offender registration scheme, which requires the disclosure of any telephone number that a registrant "has" or "uses," uncon… -6.5
19-7782 Stephen Mayer v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP absolute-immunity contempt-of-court-18-usc-401 contempt-proceedings criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-42-a-2 federal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction-28-usc-1331 federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure government-misconduct immunity judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT'S OPINION DECLINING JURISDICTION OVER CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS UNDER 18 U.S.C. §401, VIOLATES FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL P… -6.5
19-7784 Darren Lee Jenkins v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-7786 Daniel Teitelbaum v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
19-7796 Kevin T. Hawkins v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure interlocutory-appeal ninth-circuit vindictive-prosecution Does the Ninth Circuit circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particular when it results in depriving an individual due pr… -6.5
19-7797 Lonnie W. Hubbard v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process medical-necessity medical-practice medical-purpose prescription-dispensing prescription-drugs professional-practice statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY HOLDING A JURY COULD RATIONALLY CONCLUDE THAT DEFENDANT PHARMACIST ABDICATED HIS DUTY UNDER §§ 1306.04(a) & 841(… -6.5
19-7798 Pablo Cantu Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances mootness patent-law standing takings LOrft'ftttzfc' P^TlTloJo/Z ZZTs> £. tW^ SAr&ry val.^ Ujj^eK Q9 /L/f3£Li~/ td£r Op TsO/g.v ^yj£AcjO?/VA^y A-sujb C/£cu« n:>rAKIC gS -7^r cvgfcg OVDeg_… -6.5
19-7800 Donald Sheman Bush v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion circuit-split de-novo de-novo-review evidence-admissibility evidence-rule-404b evidentiary-rules federal-rules-of-evidence-404(b) legal-interpretation other-acts rule-404b standard-of-review Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) provides that "evidence of a crime, wrong, or other act is not admissible to prove a person's character in order to sh… -6.5
19-7802 Fernando Ramirez Noria v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alienage confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington essential-element federal-rules-of-evidence Hearsay non-testifying-agents sixth-amendment Did the admission of the non-testifying agents' reports of their interviews of the defendant to prove alienage, an essential element of the offense, v… -6.5
19-7804 Ramon F. Flores v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 appeal criminal-procedure drug-quantity guideline-range guidelines procedural-bar sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-amendment In a sentence reduction application matter pursuant to 1 8 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) under Amendment 782,to the Sentencing Guidelines, if a defendant object… -6.5
19-7812 Lajbar Lajaward Khan v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP clearly-erroneous criminal-procedure declaration district-court drug-quantity drug-weight fatico-hearing objections probation-office role-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether the District Court's findings as to drug weight and role were clearly erroneous. -6.5
19-7816 Terry Gay v. Shawn Foster, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-entitlement due-process evidentiary-development fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-v-ryan state-courts 1) Under the standards set by this Court in Martinez v. Ryan, 132 S.Ct. 1309 (2012), must a U.S. District Court allow evidentiary development of a fac… -6.5
19-7817 Maria de Lourdes Acosta v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court judicial-procedure plain-error pre-sentence-report prejudice procedural-error sentencing When the district court fails to either order a Pre-Sentence Report or make explicit on-the-record findings as to why a Pre-Sentence Report is unneces… -6.5
19-7819 Shamsuddin Dost v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anonymous-testimony confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial sixth-amendment undercover-agents Is it a violation of the Sixth Amendment to U.S. Constitution, which affords an accused the right to confront his or her accusers, for a court to allo… -6.5
19-7820 Marcus Derby v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split conspiracy conspiracy-involvement criminal-procedure drug-trafficking essential-participant minor-participant minor-role reduction sentencing-guidelines supplier In 2015, the United States Sentencing Guidelines were amended to clarify that defendants are entitled to the "minor role" reduction, even if they are … -6.5
19-7823 Seth A. Weaver v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment conviction due-process guilty-plea illinois-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining post-conviction-petition sixth-amendment unknowing-and-involuntary-plea 1. Does Illinois ignorance of the law theory as applied to successive post-conviction petitioners deny them relief from constitutionally unsound guil… -6.5
19-7824 Dexter Fisher v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure firearm-brandishing hobbs-act section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Fisher's § 924(c) convictions for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the Hobbs Act robbery offenses … -6.5
19-7844 Buck Otto White, aka Timothy Joseph Hoffman v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing Was it an abuse of discretion to sentence Buck White when the Statutory Maximum is 10 years or 120 months? Did the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals abuse… -6.5
19-7845 Omar Weise v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus standard-of-review standing Question not identified. -6.5
19-7848 Barton Joseph Adams v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP binding-plea-agreement criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11-c-1-c criminal-procedure-rule-32-2-e-1-a district-court-misconduct due-process forfeiture plea-agreement property-forfeiture property-rights protective-order rule-11 rule-32.2 sealed-court-order sealing-orders sentencing sentencing-procedure Whether the lower court violated the mandatory requirements of Rule 32.2(e)(1)(A) and breached the Rule 11(c)(1)(C) binding sentence, when the distric… -6.5
19-7853 Jaime Monzon-Silva v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-ruling fugitive judicial-discretion jury-evidence jury-instructions legal-standard trial-procedure Did the district court abuse its discretion by permitting a jury to hear evidence that Petitioner believed he was a "wanted fugitive," evidence that d… -6.5
19-7854 Howronda Overstreet v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure Did Ms. Overstreet's waiver of appeal unenforceabl Did the district court commit plain error when it due-process guidelines guidelines-calculation plain-error plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines waiver QUESTION 1: DID MS. OVERSTREET PRESERVE HER RIGHT TO APPEAL THE DISTRICT COURT'S INAPPLICABLE GUIDELINES CALCULATION ? QUESTION 2: WAS MS. OVERSTR… -6.5
19-7855 Jeremy T. Walker v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari criminal-procedure district-court-discretion federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession material-facts obstruction offense-level-enhancement sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines serial-number serial-number-obliteration Whether the district court erred at sentencing by increasing Mr. Walker's Sentencing Guidelines offense level for possessing a gun with an obliterated… -6.5
19-7857 Chance Dechristian Adams v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky circuit-split equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strike peremptory-strikes pretext prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination standard-of-review When a peremptory strike of a prospective juror is challenged under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), and a prosecutor offers multiple reasons f… -6.5
19-7863 Delores L. Knight v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-statute due-process federal-appellate-review judicial-review ninth-circuit patent sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified. -6.5