Conference: 2020-04-03

104 cases — 0 granted, 104 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-1455 Archdiocese of Washington v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (3)Relisted (5) civil-rights content-discrimination establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech government-speech public-forum religious-freedom viewpoint-discrimination 1. Whether WMATA's policy of refusing to accept advertisements that promote or oppose religion or reflect a religious perspective violates the First A… 15.5
19-659 Miladis Salgado v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2465 abuse-of-discretion civil-forfeiture claimant court-dismissal dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice federal-procedure judicial-discretion legal-prevailing-party prevail prevailing-party statutory-interpretation without-prejudice 1. When does a civil forfeiture claimant "substantially prevail" under 28 U.S.C. § 2465(b)(1)? 2. In civil forfeiture lawsuits where a district court… 12.0
19-710 Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits, LLC, dba Total Wine & More v. Michelle H. Seagull, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) antitrust antitrust-law commerce-clause market-competition preemption price-fixing sherman-act state-action-doctrine state-regulation wholesale-pricing Whether Section 1 of the Sherman Act preempts state laws facilitating such unsupervised private price-fixing. 11.5
19-726 Mallory Jones, et al. v. Ramone Lamkin, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Marshal of the Civil and Magistrate Court of Richmond County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) branti-finkel branti-v-finkel civil-rights confidential-employee due-process elrod-burns elrod-v-burns employment employment-law first-amendment free-speech government-policy policy-maker policymaker public-employee public-employees public-sector In determining whether or not the exception to First Amendment protections for public employees as set forth by this Court in Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S.… 11.0
19-573 Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) brecht-standard brecht-v-abrahamson closing-arguments constitutional-error fifth-amendment habeas-corpus harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct substantial-defense Under Brecht v. Abrahamson, a federal court cannot grant habeas relief unless a constitutional error had a "substantial and injurious effect or influe… 9.0
19-680 Kenneth Sealey, et al. v. J. Duane Gilliam, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process summary-judgment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process fourth-circuit legal-analysis qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment The questions presented here are: 1. Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that District Courts are not required to properly apply the qualified immu… 9.0
19-1075 Bryan Adrian Copeland v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan miller-el-v-cockrell strickland-v-washington 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the District Court and denying Copeland a Certificate of Appealability for § 2255 habeas review whe… 8.5
19-1103 INO Therapeutics LLC, et al. v. Praxair Distribution Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 drug-administration due-process eligibility innovation medical-research medical-treatment method-of-treatment patent patent-eligibility patient-outcomes personalized-medicine section-101 selective-treatment Whether a method of treatment that requires doctors to selectively administer a drug to certain patients and not others to enhance patient outcomes is… 8.5
19-446 VF Jeanswear LP v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (6) charge-of-discrimination discrimination-charge eeoc employment-law equal-employment-opportunity-commission investigation investigative-authority private-litigation right-to-sue title-vii 1. Whether Title VII authorizes the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to continue investigating a charge of discrimination after the Commission … 8.0
19-956 Donald E. Craig, et al. v. Janet Turner O'Kelley, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Harley Turner, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process government-officers harlow-standard harlow-v-fitzgerald moore-v-pederson panel-decision qualified-immunity timing-circumstance 1. Whether a panel decision decided nine days before the relevant conduct in question constitutes clearly established law to deprive government office… 6.5
19-678 United States, ex rel. Laurence Schneider v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, et al. District of Columbia Denied administrative-law appeal circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process false-claims-act false-claims-act-fca-qui-tam-government-deference- government-dismissal habeas-corpus Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-deference qui-tam sentencing standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Government is entitled to absolute deference regarding its decision to dismiss an FCA action under section 3730(c)(2)(A), or whether the q… 5.5
19-986 Mary Lou Vosburgh, et al. v. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District, et al. Second Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process government-action liberty-interest mandamus name-clearing procedural-rights reputation reputation-harm When a government actor deprives an individual of his liberty interest in his reputation, is a state court proceeding in the nature of mandamus to com… 5.5
19-990 Southern Illinois Storm Shelters v. 4SEMO.COM, Incorporated Seventh Circuit Denied business-impact circuit-conflict circuit-split common-law-trademark equitable-multi-factor-test equitable-test prior-precedent senior-user-rights trademark-ownership trademark-territory In this case, the Seventh Circuit panel refused to apply the equitable six-factor test adopted by the Second, Third, and Ninth Circuits to determine c… 5.5
19M119 William Francis Walsh, IV v. United States Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M120 Glenn W. Rebenstorf v. Jeffrey Grant Second Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M121 Phillip Earl Crenshaw, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M122 Morris J. Warren v. J. Ray Ormond, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M123 Michael Logan Lowery v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M124 Archie G. Armstrong v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M125 Archie G. Armstrong v. United States, et al. Third Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M126 Archie G. Armstrong v. Amtrak Police Third Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M127 Archie G. Armstrong v. GEICO Insurance Third Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-1102 Dontae Small v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived abandonment-exception carjacking-statute cell-phone cell-phone-privacy cell-phones digital-contents digital-privacy digital-search fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-warrant-requirement mens-rea riley-v-california search-incident-to-arrest 1. In Riley v. California, 573 U.S. 373 (2014), this Court held that the "search incident to arrest" exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requi… 4.5
19-996 Lindsay Waters v. Georgia Georgia Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights coercion due-process dui dui-testing fourth-amendment implied-consent search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether the Fourth Amendment permits police to coerce submission to a warrantless blood test by telling motorists arrested for driving under the influ… 4.5
19-1003 Isaac Gichuru Kinuthia v. Barbara Velarde, Acting Chief, Administrative Appeals Office, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
19-1072 Scott Rothstein v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived cooperation cooperation-credit criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing government-withdrawal plea-agreement rule-35 rule-35-motion A. Whether the Government's right to withdraw a previously earned and filed Rule 35 Motion, where the plea agreement fails to warn the defendant of th… 3.5
19-998 Vickie Cook, Individually and as Natural Mother to Deanna Cook, et al. v. Tonyita Hopkins, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment state-created-danger summary-judgment After making dozens of 911 calls concerning her abusive ex-husband during 2009-2012, and being promised assistance by police, in August 2012, Deanna C… 3.5
19-6410 Donald W. Rager v. Paige Augustine, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP administrative-remedies circuit-split civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies exhaustion-of-remedies plra prison-conditions prison-litigation-reform-act statute-of-limitations tolling Incarcerated inmate Donald W. Rager (Rager) was physically assaulted by Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Lt. Keith Buford on July 13, 2010. Rager filed… 0.5
19-6800 Rodney Dewayne Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP almendarez-torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states armed-career-criminal-act jury-determination maximum-punishment prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement standing texas-criminal-law violent-felony 1. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery is a "violent felony " under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. §924(e)? Subsidiary question:… 0.5
19-7086 Walter Daniel Prezioso v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment Whether reliance on acquitted conduct in imposing sentence violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments? 0.5
19-7088 Marcos Cortez-Rogel v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… 0.5
19-7102 Ruben Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-precedent legal-procedure precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? 0.5
19-7104 Julio Cesar Pacheco-Astrudillo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe… 0.5
19-7131 Eric Hanna v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 aiding-and-abetting certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act-robbery second-or-successive-motion statutory-interpretation I. Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the decision below, and remand (GVR) this case with directions that the Eleventh Circuit grant Pe… 0.5
19-7609 Juan Mauricio Castillo v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity state-courts statutory-interpretation substantive-rule welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Under the new constitutional rule of retroactivity established in Montgomery v. Louisiana and clarified in Welch v. United States, is a state court re… 0.5
19-6501 Alvin Felicianosoto v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-autonomy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel McCoy-challenge mccoy-v-louisiana remand right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel 1) Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred on direct review in failing to remand the case to the district court when a challenge under McCoy… -1.0
19-7595 Rickey Todd Major v. Renee Baker, Warden Nevada Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-constitution retroactivity state-courts substantive-function supreme-court-precedent welch-v-united-states Following Welch , does the federal Constitution require state courts to apply retroactively decisions that narrow the scope of criminal laws? -1.5
19-7839 Christopher Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure deterrence due-process imprisonment plain-error-review policy-statement policy-statement-range sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines I. Is a single-sentence explanation of "I believe this addresses the issues of adequate deterrence and protection of the public" procedurally reasonab… -1.5
19-7909 Sidney P. Kilmartin v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP assisted-suicide causation civil-rights due-process first-circuit free-speech legal-reasoning mail-fraud mailing-an-injurious-article mailing-injurious-article statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -1.5
19-6156 Randy Ethan Halprin v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (6)IFP abuse-of-the-writ aedpa anti-semitism capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-bias racial-discrimination recusal second-or-successive-petition Whether Halprin's second federal petition raising a judicial bias claim is "second or successive" under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2) if the judge concealed … -2.0
19-6427 Ray A. Smith v. John Chapdelaine, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP charging-document criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions professional-responsibility prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence 1. As representatives of the Office of Public Defender, did lawyers Willie Rios and Eric Zale, fufill their professional responsibilities and obligati… -4.0
19-6762 Fred Martin Wimberley v. Rachel M. Sacramento Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights court due-process patent standing takings No-f-<3 wi-e -c 3 J us'fv &zs o-f ■f/i-c Uhi'fcccl Sfcrhzs Ci h cui'f ls~, 'tV/ri'-J' a Cfeab cof Co(Jb-\r Of-Apjo Caye qsW a|/. 2 s^c h-c<x a v-e. V'… -4.0
19-6863 In Re Melvin Bonnell Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law due-process federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus retroactive-application retroactivity sixth-circuit state-court-decisions teague-doctrine teague-standard Bonnell's habeas petition presents exceptional circumstances that, if left unresolved, will cause disparate interpretations of the federal Constitutio… -4.0
19-6931 Robert W. Johnson v. Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, L.L.P. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure-fraud-due-process-white-collar-cr civil-rights due-process rico-act standing takings white-collar-crimes Question not identified. -4.0
19-7095 David Lee Smith v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-relief criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-standards pro-se sentencing standing statutory-interpretation ib PKQ-SE. permPMCA. eaititlek Ta this c-ounrk eecx — c>i Aia ft tAlR.IT Fftm TD h&dLARE Al.d. S.SQF ENTIRE. ArtATTER. iM £aMT£OVSGSV B'/XSSCtlMe ap… -4.0
19-7112 Gabriel Galindo-Serrano v. United States First Circuit Denied IFP confession confession-suppression court-of-appeals criminal-procedure delay magistrate-judge motion-to-suppress plain-error standard-of-review waiver Whether the standard of review on appeal of an untimely motion to suppress a confession, based upon the failure to bring the defendant before a magist… -4.5
19-7493 Charles T. Kirvin v. L. Grant, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process excusable-neglect good-cause jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge ninth-circuit notice-of-appeal standing timeliness Whether THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ARBITRARILY and ERRONEOUSLY Denied APPELLANT NOTICE of Appeal FOR LACK of JURISDICTIO… -4.5
19-7513 Omar Smith v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing severance suppression-of-evidence trial-procedure trial-severance virginia-supreme-court witness-testimony Did the Virginia Supreme Court err in deciding that counsel's failure to file a motion for a Bill of Particulars so that Petitioner could clearly unde… -4.5
19-7532 Travis Welsh v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment 3.850-motion 8th-amendment capital-sexual-battery civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus law-of-the-case motion-filing petition standing void-for-vagueness I. DID THE COURTS REFUSAL TO ACCEPT THE TIMELY 3.850 MOTION FILING BECAUSE IT DID NOT IDENTIFY THE CIRCUIT COURT IN THE CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE VIO… -4.5
19-7537 Donald Alexander Spice v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP appeal court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-defendants transcript transcript-access transcripts QUESTION I WHETHER ICR S.433(C) <3) IS UNCONSTTIOTTONAL AS IT VIOLATES THE EQUAL PROTECTION M© DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OP THE FOURTEENTH AMENDME3ST AND T… -4.5
19-7541 Richard Hurles v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-ethics recusal right-to-fair-trial 1. Are the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments violated where a judge who has personally litigated against a defendant in the same case presides over his… -4.5
19-7546 Juan Jorge v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court civil-rights coa constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus precedent standing supreme-court WHETHER PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED WHERE: (1) THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN DENYING PETITIONER'S HABEAS CORPUS, AS CONSTITUTI… -4.5
19-7563 Terry Glynn Speed v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus new-trial perjury racial-bias trial-procedure Question one. On remand claim by Petitioner under Petitioner v. for reasons of Potential racial Prejudice (D) Pled with Consisted Perjured x and confl… -4.5
19-7582 Raul Arellano v. Daniel Paramo, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure mailbox-rule ninth-circuit petition-reconsideration prisoner-rights standing My question Des roof of) Prison mail Log (2) Prisone declaration oficer who receives DosumentFrom Prisoner for mailing, acknowledementof receivin docu… -4.5
19-7583 Tiffany R. Byrd v. Frederick Boutte, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-preservation exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-search juror-bias jury-misconduct law-enforcement procedural-violations search-and-seizure Where I, Tiffany R. Byrd, was denied to receive an alternative evidentiary hearing on my claims of Illegal Search and Seizure. Where I was denied an e… -4.5
19-7600 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC Georgia Denied IFP effectively depriving pro se litigants of the sub equal-protection full-access-to-court judicial-estoppel private-property-without-just-compensation right-to-be-secured-in-papers with the specific and purposeful intent to defrau constitutional-rights document-tampering due-process equal-protection full-access-to-the-court judicial-and-or-equitable-estoppel judicial-misconduct private-property-without-just-compensation pro-se-litigation right-to-be-secured-in-one's-papers State of Georgia court officers have demonstrated a collective and relentless practice of knowingly removing or concealing documents and information f… -4.5
19-8026 In Re Jonathan A. Hampton Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-rights-speedy-trial-habeas-corpus-d criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jury-instructions personal-recognizance speedy-trial 1. DOES THE PETITIONER IN A HABEAS PROCEEDING HAVE AN INHERENT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE ENLARGED UPON HIS PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE IN THE INTEREST OF H… -4.5
19-6846 James W. Riley v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-as-of-right constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-analysis third-circuit-court Where the tril judge failed to revew evidence of trial coursel's gross misconduct of Fraud identical to the issues addressed in this Court's decision … -6.0
19-6856 James W. Riley v. Delaware Delaware Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP capital-punishment conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-considerations fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-review right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial sentencing sentencing-discretion Should this court extend Its Hurst v. Florida ruling to the pre-trial and trial stages of capital murder case where it is shown that the Judge's sente… -6.0
19-6967 Michael E. Boyd, et al. v. California Public Utilities Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-authority circuit-split commerce-clause conflicting-circuit-authority declaratory-and-injunctive-relief federal-power-act prevailing-party-attorney-fees public-utility-regulatory-policies-act purpa remedies statutory-interpretation 1. There is an important issue of law as to the scope of the remedies available for violations of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act ["PURPA"]… -6.0
19-7081 Adeoye Oriade Adebowale v. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -6.0
19-7529 Veronica A. Williams v. Litton Loan Services, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights dodd-frank-act due-process financial-fraud fraud glass-steagall-act institutional-deception mortgage-servicing pro-se-assistance pro-se-litigation 1) How long will legal deception, fraud and stonewalling be allowed to obfuscate and enable financial fraud at the expense of borrowers and investors?… -6.5
19-7545 Willie Palmer v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment abandonment effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance jury-instruction jury-instructions postconviction-relief rule-3.850 sixth-amendment unreasonable-determination-of-facts 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… -6.5
19-7554 Roger Hillygus v. Frances Doherty, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983,false-arrest,due-process, due-process false-arrest guardianship-fraud judicial-procedure qualified-immunity standing 1. Did the trial court err when it dismissed with prejudice all of Plaintiffs' claims under 42 USC § 1983 when Plaintiff Roger Hillygus has suffered f… -6.5
19-7559 Elijah Jackson, Jr. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech school-discipline standing statutory-interpretation student-rights • DOES APPENDIX Q PERSONAL GUARANTOR/SURETY BOND 5-9-2017 SUFFICE TO DEFER FILING FEES? • DID THE ARTICLE 3 COURT-U. S. DISTRICT COURT-MDF-TD ERROR I… -6.5
19-7573 Sean M. Donahue v. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts jobs-for-veterans-act standing statutory-enforcement statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-employment-rights veterans-preference-act void-for-vagueness Question I. WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR 38 U.S.C. §4215? Question II. WHAT IS THE NEXT BEST ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM ABSENT THE US… -6.5
19-7591 Leo Lionel Payne v. Jessica Mangum Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-deprivation due-process failure-to-defend fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction right-to-travel standing state-action travel WHEN MS. MANGUM ACTiNG UNDER COLOR OF STATE LAW DEPRIVED PETITIONER CONSTiTUTiONAL RiGHT TO TRAVEL BY THE FOuateenth Amendment Of the United STATES CO… -6.5
19-7628 Glen Gary Guyn v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cause-and-prejudice comity due-process finality fourth-amendment fundamental-injustice incarceration search-and-seizure unreasonable-search unreasonable-search-and-seizure 1.) Whether Mr. Guyn 's Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures was violated. 2.) Whether the principles of comity and fin… -6.5
19-7660 Ronald Blue West v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion breach-of-duty causation civil-rights constitutional-rights damages duty-of-care federal-tort-claims-act prisoner-protection subject-matter-jurisdiction In 2015, I Ronald Blue West, was incarcerated at the FCI-Allenwood Federal Correctional Institution in White Deer, Pa. 'Pennsylvania. West, file a civ… -6.5
19-7666 Donniel Woods v. Aaron Joyner, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 506 U.S. 390 113 S.Ct. 853 122 L.Ed.2d 203 holdin federal-habeas-relief herrera-v-collins independent-constitutional-violation newly-discovered-evidence state-criminal-proceeding actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus herrera-v-collins ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct state-criminal-proceeding Has the Supreme Court of the United States overruled Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390 113 S.Ct. 853 122 L.Ed.2d 203 holding that claims of actual inno… -6.5
19-7676 Robert Jackson v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-amendment graham-v-florida graham-vs-florida juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing miller-graham-rule miller-v-alabama miller-vs-alabama national-consensus parole scientific-evidence WHETHER EIGHTH AMENDMENT'S PROTECTION ESTABLISHED IN GRAHAM AND MILLER SHOULD BE EXPANDED BEYOND AGE CUTOFF AT EIGHTEEN TO PROHIBIT MANDATORY LIFE IMP… -6.5
19-7723 James William Brammer v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari circuit-split criminal-procedure critical-stage motion-for-new-trial new-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment writ-of-certiorari HI. DOES THE SIXTH AMENDMENT'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL, INCLUDE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR PROSECUTION OF MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL? 112. IS A MOTION FOR A NEW… -6.5
19-7734 Andre Dennis v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation miranda-rights sixth-amendment suppression-of-evidence Did counsel render ineffective assistance by failing to seek suppression of Mr. Dennis' statements to police because he was not re-Mirandized followin… -6.5
19-7740 Yolanda Bell v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review case-dismissal civil-rights collateral-order disability disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-discretion judicial-process motion-denial reasonable-accommodation Did the Court of Appeals commit legal error and abuse their discretion when denying Petitioner's appeal of the district courts denial of her motions r… -6.5
19-7759 Lyarron T. Emers v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment aggravating-factor constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment pre-sentence-investigation right-to-remain-silent right-to-silence sentencing sentencing-discretion Is People v. Emers IL App (4th) 170254-0 parallel to People v. Maggio IL App (4th) 150287? How is it not unconstitutional, if comments are made on a … -6.5
19-7762 Galen LeMar Amerson, et al. v. Atlas Law Firm, P.C., et al. Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-contempt civil-liberties constitutional-rights due-process hearing hearing-requirements judicial-procedure judicial-sanctions kidnapping liberty property warrantless-search If the right to a hearing, is assured under due process, according to the 6th and 14th amendments, before a person can be deprived of life, liberty or… -6.5
19-7791 Jermaine Michael Jackson v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-defense civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-prejudice right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. DID THE SUPERIOR COURT FAIL TO ANALYSIS PETITIONER CLAIM UNDER THE PRESUMPTION OF PREJUDICE STANDARD UNDER CRONIC? 2. WAS TRIAL COUNSEL ABANDONMEN… -6.5
19-7813 Michael C. Jamerson v. Jason Lewis, Warden Missouri Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process evidentiary-hearing exculpatory-evidence giglio-vs-united-states habeas-corpus napue-standard napue-vs-illinois perjured-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony I. Did the Missouri courts err in failing to find that the State's failure to disclose exculpatory evidence violated its obligation under Brady v. Mar… -6.5
19-7830 Pablo Antonio Pantaleon-Aviles v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure deportation deportation-warrant evidence illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sixth-amendment Whether a warrant of deportation admitted to prove an essential element of the offense of illegal reentry is subject to confrontation under the Sixth … -6.5
19-7835 Miguel Rodriguez v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-authorization constitutional-law constitutional-suspension due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision in McCarthan v. Dir. Goodwill Indus. Suncoast-Inc , 851 F.3d 1076 (11th Cir. 2017), is in violation of the … -6.5
19-7836 Tajuddin Salahuddin v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute property property-rights property-seizure restitution restitution-lien seizure third-party third-party-rights 1) When the United States of America seizes innocent third-party property and cash; applies 21 U.S.C 853 to forfeit the property but applies a separat… -6.5
19-7838 Anthony Shockey v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP addiction-treatment criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-addiction drug-test due-process parole probation sentencing-guidelines supervised-release violation-classification 1.When an addict on supervised release fails a drug test should the failure be treated as crime, a grade B violation under Sentencing Guideline § 7B1.… -6.5
19-7851 Lenin Martinez-Alvarado v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court downward-departure eleventh-circuit jurisdiction substantive-reasonableness u.s.s.g-§4a1.3 I. WHETHER CERTIORARI REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT HELD THAT IT DID NOT HAVE JURISDICTION TO REVIEW THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL… -6.5
19-7869 Raymond David Wilson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender common-scheme criminal-scheme criminal-sentencing felony-disposition judicial-discretion misdemeanor-conviction misrepresentation-of-felony prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Why Did The DiStRiCt CouRt ERRONeouSLY CLASSIFEd MR.WiLSON AS A CAREER OFFENdER WhEN IN FACT BOth PRiORS AN INtERVeNiNg ARRESt. LSO WAS The DiStRICt C… -6.5
19-7873 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error mens-rea standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Mr. Alexis appeal asked Justices Gorsuch and Kagan to overturn Defendant's knowledge of his two prior felony convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). Aff… -6.5
19-7875 Byron Gay v. Scott Daffenbach, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-procedure dna-testing evidence evidentiary-rules judicial-admission judicial-admissions legal-standards scientific-evidence standards 1. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAS NOT ESTABLISHED IN THE FEDERAL COURTS OR THE STATE COURTS ANY CASE LAW INSTRUCTING JUDGES THAT THEY MUST EMPH… -6.5
19-7876 Aaron Richardson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines I. Did an unconstitutional "objective risk of bias," Williams v. Pennsylvania, 136 S. Ct. 1899, 1905 (2016), or "probability of actual bias on the par… -6.5
19-7881 Tavares L. Farrington v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-behavior criminal-procedure first-hand-witness fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure second-hand-information terry-stop Under the Fourth Amendment, a Terry stop and frisk must be supported by reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or will soon be committed. Here, po… -6.5
19-7884 In Re James Ernest Frye Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-relief appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exceptional-circumstances jurisdiction standing takings 1) Is Mandamus and Injunctive Relief warranted in the instant request for the issuance of the All Writs Act 28 U.S.C. S 1651(a), due to the lower cour… -6.5
19-7886 Dennis Mahon v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-review custodial-interrogation district-court effective-assistance-of-counsel functional-equivalent-of-interrogation judicial-disagreement legal-standard magistrate-judge miranda-v-arizona right-to-silence substantial-showing The question presented, then, is whether the lower courts err in failing to find that a defendant made a substantial showing that jurists of reason co… -6.5
19-7887 Juvenile Female v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP adult-status congress-intent delinquency-prevention district-court-discretion due-process juvenile-justice juvenile-justice-and-delinquency-prevention-act juvenile-offenders juvenile-transfer sentencing supreme-court-precedent transfer-to-adult-status Whether a district court errs when it gives too much weight to the seriousness of charged offenses in deciding whether to transfer a juvenile to adult… -6.5
19-7894 In Re Charles S. Renchenski Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default statutory-adequacy statutory-interpretation statutory-notice writ-of-certiorari DID THE FEDERAL COURT(S) UNLAWFULLY SUSPEND THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BY RENDERING DECISIONS CONTRARY TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT RELATING TO: … -6.5
19-7896 Nicholas Hughes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute mens-rea sexual-abuse sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation Title 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) requires the government to prove that the defendant engaged in sexually explicit conduct with a minor "for the purpose of" p… -6.5
19-7898 Richard C. Murphy v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-review attorney-client attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure civil-rights counsel-ethics due-process judicial-discretion legal-ethics legal-representation procedural-integrity representation standing Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals abuse their discretion by allowing counsel to continue representation after counsel documented his unwillingnes… -6.5
19-7911 Thomas William Cornelius, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion 28-usc-2255 appeal criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process habeas-corpus physical-presence right-to-be-present sentencing With respect to a defendant who does not waive his right to be physically present during a re-sentencing hearing, held pursuant to a stipulated resolu… -6.5
19-7916 Mark Gelazela v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3282 continuing-offense criminal-indictment criminal-procedure federal-prosecution lulling statute-of-limitations time-barred wire-fraud Whether after-the-fact "lulling" allegations extend the statute of limitations for wire fraud beyond the five-year period authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 32… -6.5
19-7917 Isaac Feldman v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP antisemitic-reference antisemitism appellate-review conspiracy conspiracy-prosecution criminal-procedure double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause jury-verdict prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Where a jury returns a final verdict on a charge of conspiracy, finding a defendant guilty of only one of multiple charged offense objects, is the … -6.5
19-7934 Kathleen Betts v. United Airlines, Inc. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitration-procedure arbitration-procedures civil-procedure collective-bargaining court-review due-process eeoc-charge employment judicial-proceedings lower-court pro-se-litigation retaliation seventh-circuit Whether the Seventh Circuit so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned such a departure by a lower cour… -6.5
19-7940 Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3… -6.5
19-7942 Daniel Dale Parsons v. R. Blades, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP adverse-witness co-defendant-guilty-plea co-defendant-statement compulsory-process compulsory-process-clause confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination harmless-error plain-error waiver I. Has the accused's right of confrontation been converted from the prosecutor's duty under Confrontation Clause into the accused's privilege under th… -6.5
19-7949 Kenneth Richard Devore v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-public-trust criminal-law criminal-law,evidence,sentencing,fraud,public-trus evidence jurisdiction sentencing sophisticated-means I. Does sufficient evidence exist to support Mr. Devore's convictions for mail fraud, theft of public money, and wire fraud. II. Did the trial court … -6.5
19-7950 Daejerron L. Valentine v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment ambiguity automobile-exception conjunctive consistency criminal-procedure Did the removal of 'or' create ambiguity? disjunctive fourth-amendment Is a defendant entitled to consistent jury instruc jury-instructions jury-trial legislative-history possession probable-cause reasonableness reasonableness-standard scope-of-search search search-and-seizure search-scope statutory-interpretation warrant-requirement warrantless-search 1) Did the warrantless search of an automobile pursuant to the automobile exception become unreasonable when police officers expanded the search beyon… -6.5
19-7967 Kenneth Durant v. Frank Lawrence, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-rights filing-deadlines habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-remedy procedural-due-process right-to-counsel tolling o -K / r i a I -PQch! C\\o^h\ '+° 3. Tke a4<rte 5 reboiM 4 \os>I Assistance C ounS-C ;_L-ne i\/f -Pa \ r 4r (1 a. arG^y^^en 4~D i^e-rPtsc' hv/«ApptelU… -6.5
19-7970 Shawnte L. Shade v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus holland-v-florida ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-unconstitutionality statute-of-limitations I. Whether the Petitioner's statute of limitation was equitably tolled under Holland v. Florida, 560 U.S. 631 (2010) in excusing his 92-day delay. II… -6.5