Conference: 2020-04-24

107 cases — 0 granted, 107 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
19-887 Aryeh Simon, et ux. v. Marriott International, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cafa civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act constitution constitutional-requirement diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction minimal-diversity statutory-interpretation The United States Constitution requires that parties have at least minimally diverse citizenship for a federal court to exercise diversity jurisdictio… 14.0
19-764 Mark I. Sokolow, et al. v. Palestine Liberation Organization, et al. Second Circuit GVR Amici (3) anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-act-1992 anti-terrorism-clarification-act-2018 congress due-process fifth-amendment international-terrorism national-security palestinian-authority personal-jurisdiction terrorism united-states-citizen 1. Whether the PLO and PA consented to personal jurisdiction when they chose to maintain facilities within the United States after the date specified … 13.5
18-999 Atlanta Gas Light Company v. Bennett Regulator Guards, Inc. Federal Circuit GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) 35-usc-314 35-usc-315 administrative-procedure administrative-review america-invents-act dismissal-without-prejudice federal-circuit-jurisdiction inter-partes-review jurisdiction patent patent-law patent-review-procedure-35-usc-314-315 patent-trial-and-appeal-board standing time-bar The 2011 America Invents Act provides for inter partes review (IPR), an administrative procedure designed to streamline patentability challenges. Cong… 12.5
19-792 Vugo, Inc. v. City of New York, New York Second Circuit Denied Amici (2) central-hudson civil-rights commercial-speech content-based-restrictions content-based-speech first-amendment free-speech reed-v-gilbert reed-v-town-of-gilbert strict-scrutiny In Reed v. Town of Gilbert, this Court clarified that content-based restrictions are those that apply to particular speech because of the topic discus… 12.5
18-1027 Superior Communications, Inc. v. Voltstar Technologies, Inc. Federal Circuit GVR Response RequestedRelisted (4) 35-usc-314 35-usc-314d 35-usc-315 35-usc-315b administrative-law appealability inter-partes-review inter-partes-review-ipr patent-infringement patent-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab statutory-interpretation time-bar voluntary-dismissal 1. Whether, under § 314(d), a party may appeal the PTAB's application of § 315(b)'s time-bar provision made during its decision to institute IPR. 2. … 12.0
19-779 Jordany Pierre-Paul v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1) None 11.5
19-777 Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Department of Commerce, et al. District of Columbia Denied administrative-procedure article-iii article-iii-standing census-citizenship-question e-government-act federal-election-commission freedom-of-information informational-injury injury-in-fact mootness munsingwear-vacatur privacy-impact-assessment public-information standing-injury-in-fact statutory-disclosure vacatur 1. Does a plaintiff suffer an Article III injury in fact "when the plaintiff fails to obtain information which must be publicly disclosed pursuant to … 10.5
19-789 Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, S.A., et al. v. John Paul DeJoria Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-retroactivity-provisions civil-rights constitutional-law de-novo-review due-process erie-doctrine federal-constitution foreign-judgment foreign-money-judgment judicial-review retroactive-application retroactive-legislation retroactivity texas-constitution texas-law texas-legislature uniform-foreign-country-money-judgments-recognitio 1. Respondent John Paul DeJoria is a billionaire who co-founded a Moroccan company, was found liable in Moroccan court for defrauding Petitioners and … 10.0
18-1585 Kassim M. Nagi v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 8th-amendment controlled-substances cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-time-offender lockyer-v-andrade money-laundering proportionality proportionality-test racketeering sentencing solem-v-helm 1. A sentence, even within range, is excessive when it imposes punishment grossly disproportionate to the severity of the evidence, or constitutes not… 9.5
19-1149 UPMC, et al. v. United States, ex rel. J. William Bookwalter, III, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived ambiguity civil-penalty civil-procedure false-claims-act knowledge knowledge-standard pleading-standard regulatory-ambiguity regulatory-provision scienter treble-damages Whether a plaintiff plausibly alleges scienter—that a defendant knowingly submitted false claims—when the plaintiff does not allege any facts to sugge… 9.5
19-687 League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. v. Edwards Aquifer Authority, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights electoral-districts equal-protection franchise-elections local-government one-person-one-vote rational-basis-review salyer-ball-exception voting-rights In its Avery U. Midland County, Hadley U. Junior College District, and Morris U. Board of Estimate line of cases, this Court has held that political u… 9.0
19-1034 Tami L. Mitchell v. Thomas M. Dillahunt Minnesota Denied 14th-amendment district-court due-process enforceability evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment military-retired-pay state-courts uniformed-services-former-spouses-protection-act 1. Did the Minnesota District Court's division of petitioner's military retired pay violate the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act? 2.… 5.5
19-1047 Michael Weiss, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Jane L. Marsh, Deceased v. Damon Marsh, as Executor of the Estate of Monroe F. Marsh, Deceased, et al. California Denied and whether California's vexatious litigant statu appellate-opinions bill-of-rights civil-procedure constitutional-challenge court-procedure due-process first-amendment full-faith-and-credit standing vexatious-litigant vexatious-litigant-statutes void-court-opinions void-grant-deed (1) Whether Full Faith and Credit can be given to the appellate opinion in G058123 and other of its specified opinions; (2) Do Code of Civ.Proc. 391.7… 5.5
19-586 Devona Hollingsworth v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied due-process employment-rights federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board military-service opm-regulations probationary-period reemployment-rights termination uniformed-services userra 1. Are USERRA's reemployment rights applicable to federal employees during their probationary period? If so, may an agency-employer terminate an emplo… 5.5
19-741 Estate of Esther Klieman, By and Through Its Administrator, Aaron Kesner, et al. v. Palestinian Authority, aka Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority, et al. District of Columbia GVR anti-terrorism-act civil-liability civil-litigation congress-power congressional-intent criminal-prosecution due-process fifth-amendment foreign-sovereign 1. Whether the PA-PLO has the right to raise a Due Process defense under the Fifth Amendment—a defense the Court has ruled unavailable to U.S. state s… 5.5
19-891 John Lehmann v. Nicole Haims New York Denied child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights custody due-process family-law fundamental-rights parental-rights standing state-intervention 1. Did the New York courts ' decisions to deprive a child 's only living natural parent of physical and legal custody of his child, while granting s… 5.5
19-908 Maria Elena Araujo Buleje v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-995 Michael J. Murray v. Mayo Clinic, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied americans-with-disabilities-act causation causation-standard congressional-intent disability-discrimination discrimination motivating-factor statutory-interpretation The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) forbids discrimination "on the basis of" disability, but does not specifically set forth the standard to be … 5.5
19M130 Michael Cardora Roberson v. Norris D. Jackson, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M131 Roderick Johnson v. Denise Morgan, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18-9463 Michael Joseph Brooks, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict Whether Petitioner was constitutionally entitled to a unanimous jury under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constituti… 4.5
18-9693 Kevin Sheppard v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict Whether Petitioner was constitutionally entitled to a unanimous jury under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constituti… 4.5
18-9787 Jace Crehan v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity sixth-amendment unanimous-jury unanimous-verdict Whether Petitioner was constitutionally entitled to a unanimous jury under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constituti… 4.5
19-455 ARRIS International Limited v. ChanBond, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) 35-usc-315 35-usc-315(b) administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction due-process estoppel inter-partes-review patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab time-bar 1. Whether the Federal Circuit has appellate jurisdiction to review a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") denying institution of an… 4.5
19-898 Kimberly D. Collins v. Gwendolyn Thornton Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure discretion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-cause judicial-discretion service-of-process statute-of-limitations Some five years ago, in Chen v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, Md., 135 S. Ct. 475 (2014) (mem.), this Court recognized at least a 7-1 circuit spl… 4.0
19-929 Louis S. Shuman, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 5th-amendment administrative-procedure civil-procedure due-process internal-revenue-code irs judicial-review standing tax tax-law Whether the IRS and lower Courts application of IRC 6214(b) and IRC 6402 violate the Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment. 4.0
19-1151 Rohit Kumar v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeals-court civil-rights court-misconduct criminal-law due-process federal-judges judicial-misconduct judicial-safety judicial-threats legal-proceeding petition-language procedural-irregularity threat-of-violence threats violence Will W now order killing of Federal Judges and Appeals court Judges under the direct nose of this honorable court?? 3.5
19-1169 Jonas Ybarra, Jr. v. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-remedy bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-remedy retaliatory-conduct section-1983 section-1985 sex-discrimination standing 1. Mr. Ybarra's Bivens claim has no administrative remedy and should not be construed to preclude a juridical remedy. 2. Mr. Ybarra's Section 1983 cl… 3.5
19-1170 Ricky W. Campbell v. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion causal-connection civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eeoc-filing employment-discrimination federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdictional-bar standing staub-v-proctor-hospital supreme-court-precedent 1. If Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 12(b)(1), grants 21 days for a party to respond after being served, why would the Fourth Circuit Court uphold an allegation… 3.5
19-1174 John W. Kimbrough v. Ron Neal, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing sentencing-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. Is it an unreasonable application of federal law to hold, for Strickland purposes, that there was no reasonable probability that the state's appell… 3.5
19-7322 Gerardo Sanchez-Miranda v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either … 0.5
19-7410 Victor Manuel Mora-Galindo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear procedural-due-process removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation 1. Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mora because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time? 2. In an illegal ree… 0.5
18-7488 Billy R. Lewis v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial nonunanimous-jury nonunanimous-verdict ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment Does the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, allow a criminal convicti… -0.5
18-8748 Dajuan A. Alridge v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection jury-selection jury-unanimity juvenile-sentencing non-unanimous-jury prima-facie prima-facie-case racial-discrimination 1. Whether statistics alone are sufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of discrimination in the first step of a Batson analysis? 2. Whether lif… -0.5
18-9130 Shaun Allen Dick v. Oregon Oregon GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment incorporation incorporation-doctrine jury-unanimity sixth-amendment unanimous-jury-verdict unanimous-verdict Does the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporate the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a unanimous verdict? -0.5
18-9821 Robert Lee Heard, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP Apodaca-v-Oregon criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial nonunanimous-jury-verdict nonunanimous-verdict sixth-amendment Does the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, allow a state-court crimi… -0.5
19-5301 Aaron Orlando Richards v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection first-degree-murder jury-trial jury-unanimity jury-verdict legislative-amendment non-unanimous-verdict prosecutorial-discretion unanimous-verdict Did the appellate court err in its interpretation of Apodaca Bad Bertrand? In this first degree murder prosecution, the jury returned an eleven-to-one… -0.5
19-5989 Errol Victor, Sr. v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provision direct-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity retroactivity state-constitutional-law thirteenth-amendment verdict-retroactivity 1. Whether it denies defendant's Fourteenth and Thirteenth Amendment Rights while on direct review not to retroactively vacate a non-unanimous jury ve… -0.5
19-6679 Horatio Johnson v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial nonunanimous-verdict sixth-amendment state-court state-criminal-procedure Does the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, allow a state-court crimi… -0.5
19-7508 Jeffrey D. Leiser v. Karen Kloth, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP by triggering PTSD symptoms rise to a level that is cognizable under the Eigh that caused psychological harm civil-rights correctional-officer correctional-officer-duties due-process eighth-amendment emotional-distress inmate-rights intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress psychological-harm ptsd qualified-immunity 1. Does the intentional infliction of severe emotional distress, by triggering PTSD symptoms, that caused psychological harm, rise to a level that is… -1.0
18-8897 Corlious C. Dyson, aka Corlious Corall Dyson v. Louisiana Louisiana GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine jury-trial non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment Does the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, allow a criminal convicti… -4.0
19-6833 Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations dna-testing due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-relief state-court-interpretation state-federal-conflict If the highest court of a State, such a Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, holds that the State's post-conviction DNA testing provision constitutes a "post… -4.0
19-6851 Lena Lasher v. Nebraska State Board of Pharmacy, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-agency administrative-discretion civil-rights due-process equal-protection ethnic-discrimination independent-agency independent-review licensing pharmacist pharmacy-licensing state-board-of-pharmacy witness-credibility 1. Did the Nebraska Board of Pharmacy (NE BOP) erred by not acting independently in considering the matter at hand concerning the appellant's pharmaci… -4.0
19-6869 Michael Anthony Jefferson v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP barker-v-wingo blackledge-v-perry civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process motion-to-suppress prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vindictiveness speedy-trial vindictiveness A. Do prosecutors create the appearance and presumption of vindictiveness requiring dismissal of a case and violate the rule in Blackledge v. Perry wh… -4.0
19-7058 In Re Ramsey Randall Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 35-usc-101 civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech patent-eligibility standing Does the petitioner's arrest violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution's freedom of petition AND Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equ… -4.0
19-7150 Michael J. Walton v. Jack Kowalski, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review child-witness criminal-conviction direct-appeal due-process false-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct witness-coaching 1. WHETHER COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO REVEAL INDISPUTABLY FALSE TESTIMONY, ANDI COACHING TO THE 9 YR. OLD CHILD WHO SAYS THE SAME FALSE TE… -4.0
19-7052 Jose Alexander Callejas Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pereira-v-sessions removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether, in light of Pereira v. Sessions, 138 S. Ct. 2105 (2018), the immigration court issuing orders of removal against each petitioner lacked juris… -4.5
19-7388 Aaron Perez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP actual-prosecution categorical-match categorical-overbreadth circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-sentencing felon-in-possession insufficient-evidence prior-conviction prior-felony-conviction rehaif I. Whether a defendant who seeks to demonstrate that a prior conviction is not a categorical match for federal sentencing purposes must point to an ac… -4.5
19-7393 In Re David Gulbrandson Denied IFP arbitrary-and-capricious death-penalty standing state-law successive-petition arbitrary-and-capricious death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit second-successive-petition state-law state-law-application successive-petition Whether transfer to the district court for a hearing pursuant to this Court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional case where… -4.5
19-7709 John A. Toth v. Peter Antonacci, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance qualified-immunity treaty Question not identified. -4.5
19-7715 Alfredo Castillo-Reyes v. Bobbi Grant Ingalls, et al. Virginia Denied IFP civil-procedure divorce due-process property standing takings civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction divorce-proceedings due-process federal-law federal-review judicial-discretion legal-procedure property-rights standing takings Whether the Federal Law permit Virginia Supreme Court denied of case because of Circuit Court of Warren County refused of transcription and Order Medi… -4.5
19-7721 Machelle Parsons v. Ashton McDaniel, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP Child-protective-services-investigation child-support child-welfare civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment Eleventh-Amendment-immunity family-law guardian-ad-litem Guardian-ad-litem-liability jurisdiction parental-rights Parental-rights-termination social-security-disability standing Termination-order-access 1. Does the court have jurisdiction over the parties in the case to mandate services to families if there were no finding of neglect. No adjudicatory… -4.5
19-7741 Robert W. Johnson v. Victoria Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federal-courts jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-writ standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions 1. Was Appellant granted an IFP status with demand for trial in US District Courts for current litigations? 2. Why wasn't Appellant awarded a Jury Tr… -4.5
19-7742 Derrick Lamark Lewis, Sr. v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process exhaustion federal-courts federal-remedies habeas judicial-procedure judicial-review legal-error standing state-court-proceedings state-courts What remedies are available for Petetioner when the State Courts habeas proceedings are erroneous and contrary to the laws of dustice? How is it poss… -4.5
19-7769 Demetrius Antwon Wilson v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment competency competency-to-stand-trial constitutional-rights criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation law-enforcement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation If yourrepresenting yourself do you think I'm Competent to Stand trial or Sign a plea If you had Fecent Surgery of having Part of your Intestine remov… -4.5
19-7772 John Lee Barron v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review life-sentence Whether a Petitioner who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole is denied due process where a single judge of the Court of Appea… -4.5
19-7774 Ronald Muhammad v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process federal-circuit federal-preemption judicial-review precedent preemption reconciliation standing 1. Is the 7th circuits decision appropriate for this courts review, and if so why must this court hear and decide this? 2. Would any irreparable harm… -4.5
19-7779 Freddy Garcia v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,constitutional-erro harmless-error indictment indictment-variance jury-conviction jury-trial standard-of-review A jury convicted Freddy Garcia for a felony arising from a different incident than the one for which he was indicted. The State gave no pretrial notic… -4.5
19-7788 Ulises Corrales Vega v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process frivolous-claim habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-review legal-standard reasonable-jurists split standing summary-dismissal writ-of-certiorari I. DID THE PETITIONER RAISE A SUBSTANTIAL CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIM THAT WAS NOT SO PATENTLY FALSE OR FRIVOLOUS AS TO WARRANT SUMMARY DISMISSAL? -4.5
19-7789 Steven Klein v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof cage-v-louisiana criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions reasonable-doubt structural-error sullivan-v-louisiana Whether the trial court erred by overruling Klein's objection to prosecution's misstated of the burden of proof during closing arguments when he instr… -4.5
19-7793 Michael Deuschel v. City of Long Beach, California California Denied IFP ada ada-accommodation civil-rights constitutional-violation discrimination due-process judicial-procedure municipal-liability retroactivity trial-exclusion unconstitutional-custom 1. Due Process: (a) Whether the City's 1 ½ year-long custom of illegal seizure, fraudulent post storage notice, denied hearing, turning a blind eye an… -4.5
19-7803 Brandon Williams v. Brian B. Kemp, Governor of Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1986 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federalism negligence section-1986 standing 1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit exceed its enumerated powers and violate basic principles of federalism which seeme… -4.5
19-7808 Richard Wayne Taylor v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-validity conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction oath-of-office sentencing WHETHER THE TRIAL JUDGE'S FAILURE TO RETAKE AND REFILE A VALID OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE PRONOUNCING SENTENCE, RENDERS A JUDGEMENT, CONVICTION AND SENTENC… -4.5
19-7818 Kristopher Eric Benjamin v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP aedpa certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims de-novo-review due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default state-court-deference strickland-v-washington I. WHETHER UNDER §2254(e)(l) DISTRICT COURT REQUIRED TO GIVE DEFERENCE TO STATE APPELLATE COURT'S FINDING OF HISTORICAL FACTS AND UPON FINDING THAT P… -4.5
19-8163 In Re Marie Joy Tanamor-Steffan Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process executive-authority habeas-corpus immigration immigration-detention Question not identified. -4.5
19-8207 In Re David Dwayne Brown Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims constitutional-review default-review gateway-claim habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence schlup-v-delo The issue(s) presented is based on a claim of actual innocence, supported by newly discovered evidence, the new evidence is not proffered as a "freest… -4.5
19-6767 Douglas D. True v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness standard-of-review 1) Was the Eighth Circuit's summary denial of Mr. True's application for a certificate of appealability based upon an adjudication of the underlying m… -6.0
19-6874 In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1915 abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion judicial-power pro-se-litigation standing three-strikes three-strikes-provision 1.) Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit abuse its discretion when refusing to file the Petitioner 's Motion for Leave to… -6.0
19-6909 Efrain J. Rosa v. R. L. Rhodes, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation conviction-reversal criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct When the Government affirms that all the requisite documents under the rule of Brady v. Maryland, 373 US 83 (1963) will be provided, but then suppress… -6.0
19-7065 Carrie A. Braspenick v. Johnson Law PLC Michigan Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure contract contract-law court-judgment judgment legal-ethics legal-representation order professional-ethics statute-of-limitations termination 1. Can an attorney terminate the attorney-client relationship prior to the Circuit Court issuing a JUDGMENT/Order in the client's case? 2. Did the lo… -6.0
19-7096 David Lee Smith v. Rick Jackson Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standard fingerprint fingerprint-analysis jury jury-confusion probable-cause standing wrongful-conviction ARE 92954 PETITLONER(S\ ENTITLLEA TO REAAAND, INILTH INSTRUCTIONS FOR AISTRICT COURT TQ ORDER CASE ATSMISSED AITTH PREAUDICERECAUSE OF PROSEC.UTIPS ON… -6.0
19-7135 Hye-Young Park v. Charles Secolsky, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure campus-retaliation civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigation retaliation sexual-violence standing statute-of-limitations I, Hye-Young Park, pro se, refer to myself as "Park" hereinafter. As former Judge Richard Posner problematizes the United States Court of Appeals for… -6.0
19-7154 In Re Corey Devon Eaton Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-infirmity due-process plea-agreement plea-agreement-involuntary plea-waiver procedural-default retroactive-relief safety-valve ISSUE I (A) WHETHER CONSTITUTIONAL, STATUTORY INFIRMITIES, AND VIOLATIONS OF RULE 11 MAY HAVE RENDERED COREY DEVON EATON'S PLEA AGREEMENT, AND HIS PL… -6.0
19-7339 Victor O. Jones, Jr. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violations due-process foreclosure fraud pro-se-litigation res-judicata rooker-feldman standing takings Mr. Jones was taken to Court by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. three times. Mr. Jones, filed once in State Court against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and after Mr.… -6.0
19-7498 James Earvin Sanders v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights counsel-ineffectiveness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge mitigating-evidence procedural-due-process psychiatric-mitigating-evidence time-bar-exception united-states-v-fessel Where counsel lies about the existence of psychiatric mitigating evidence and deries the accused the use of 18 U.S.C. § 3ooloAle) in United States v. … -6.0
19-7502 Scott Peters v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings Question not identified. -6.0
19-7770 In Re Marcus Williams Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation constitutional-violations deception-by-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-plea plea-agreement pre-trial-acts-and-omissions pre-trial-counsel structural-error (1) WHETHER THE PRE-TRIAL ACTS AND OMISSIONS MADE BY MARCUS WILLIAMS' COUNSEL, ALLIED WITH FAILURE TO OBJECT ON THE RECORD, TO PRE-ARRAIGNMENT ERRORS… -6.5
19-7785 Jacob Daniel Wolf v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-appeal due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-petition post-conviction-relief statutory-tolling time-barred timeliness Did the district court properly grant Respondent's motion to dismiss Wolf's habeas petition as time-barred where Respondent conceded that Wolf was ent… -6.5
19-7806 Cherunda Lynn Fox v. United States Postal Service, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment attorney-general civil-procedure default-judgment due-process electronic-case-filing equal-protection federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-process Whether the defendants were served on 3-19-18 as verified by the court record, the Judge and receipt personally verified by the Attorney General, defa… -6.5
19-7837 Francine Slavin v. Residential Rentals, Trustee New Hampshire Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process free-speech judicial-intervention judicial-misconduct judicial-proceedings jurisdiction standing trial-procedure whistleblower 1. Whether the New Hampshire supreme court unconstitutionally intervened in the low court's trial of this case by assigning one of its own justices to… -6.5
19-7840 Victor Dewayne Jones v. Joe Errington Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance judicial-review mental-competency mental-evaluation post-conviction psychiatric-evaluation public-defender sentencing sentencing-petition trial-counsel whather Petitioner was denied his right to bue Process of Law where the pike counts Circuit court convicted Petitioner with out a Mental Evaluation an… -6.5
19-7859 Marlon Blacher v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-seizure civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-due-process due-process judicial-procedure neutral-hearing penal-code property-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. Is it not true that in view of the matters brought to be heard (see APPENDIX A-1a.) the Courts Summary denial is Unreasonable and advance the an Ac… -6.5
19-7883 Tyrone Harris, Sr. v. Arkansas Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing criminal-statute-conflict due-process habitual-offender judicial-review prejudice prejudice-standard sentencing statutory-interpretation Mr. Harris alleges an obvious conflict between the criminal 16-93-609(b), and the habitual offender statute 5-4-501(d)(2), that prohibits the two from… -6.5
19-7889 Walter Rosario-Colon v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence insufficient-evidence jury-instructions reasonable-jurist second-degree-murder self-defense 1. Reasonable jurists would determine that Walter Rosario-Colon acted in self-defense when he struck Antonio Aguado. In the alternative, there was Ins… -6.5
19-7891 Syl Rogers v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
19-7893 Nicholas Roos v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-case evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining psychological-evaluation red-flags strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel-performance 1) Did Arkansas Supreme Court misapply this Court 's ruling of Strickland v. Washington , by finding it effective for the trial counsel of a capital c… -6.5
19-7997 Jean-Gespere Pierre v. Dora L. Irizarry, Chief Judge, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination hostile-work-environment racial-discrimination retaliation standing Question not identified. -6.5
19-8040 Jerry Meas v. Osvaldo Vidal, Superintendent, Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation confrontation-clause credibility criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence habeas-corpus judicial-discretion sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-confrontation witness-credibility 1. Whether it is permissible under a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right of confrontation for a trial judge to curtail materially relevant cros… -6.5
19-8046 Michael Anthony Cervantes v. W. L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-interpretation witness-testimony WAS PETITIONERS CONVICTION SUSTAINED IN VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS WARRANTING HABEAS RELIEF WHERE THE DISTRICT THE INJUSTICE THAT RESOULTS FRON THE CON… -6.5
19-8076 Alfredo Galindo v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment federal-procedure habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-requirement Whether petitioner's claim that his 300-month sentence violates his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment meets the stat… -6.5
19-8089 Michael W. Jenkins v. Brigitte Amsberry Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit slack-standard slack-v-mcdaniel statutory-interpretation statutory-standard Does the Ninth Circuit's ruling, denying a Certificate of Appealabiliy to a habeas corpus petitioner, contravene the statutory standard, under 28 U.S.… -6.5
19-8104 Juan Gonzalez-Arias v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-trafficking fourth-amendment home-search nexus probable-cause right-to-counsel search-warrant sixth-amendment 1. Was there sufficient evidence of probable cause to establish a nexus between Mr. Gonzalez-Arias's drug trafficking activity and his home to justify… -6.5
19-8106 Salvador Arteaga Aragon v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conspiracy court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency judicial-review petitioner standard-of-review Whether the court of appeals erred in finding sufficient evidence to sustain petitioner's conspiracy conviction. -6.5
19-8109 Antonio Bogan v. Deanna Brookhart, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-ruling threshold-inquiry Whether a certificate of appealability (coa) can be denied without an overview of the habeas claims land issues in the request) and a general assesmen… -6.5
19-8110 DeVinche Javon AlBritton v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-state-ground brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process federal-habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct public-records state-procedural-ground (1) Does the availability in Public Records qualify as an Irideperidetit or Adequate State procedural ground to bar a State prisoner's Claim of prosec… -6.5
19-8111 Todd James Broxmeyer v. L. Ray Ormond, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-protection due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence presumption-of-innocence sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Is the use of the preponderance of evidence standard to enhance at sentencing deemed unconstitutional when the presumption of innocence is restored, i… -6.5
19-8113 Johnny R. Andoe v. Joe Biden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms government-restrictions individual-rights natural-born-citizens personal-liberty second-amendment voting-rights Na-ior^l kofr^ USt perjo^S /°W ' TR£ fifOflp''on J (*•) - /- 7 C, r. 7-CnS . (a) £5 ,V ior>i l/A ptrbonS 1Con$V,iui; dr\cc( to <//J (V,'A?/'o«/f &e.tu… -6.5
19-8120 Jarvis Rodrick Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection false-statements fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment liberty-interest 1. Was it "unreasonable" to be "seized" in violation of the Fourth Amendment and re-arrested for the same offense to deprive . the Petitioner of his … -6.5
19-8121 Nikkolas Thompson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP admiralty-rules burden-of-proof civil-asset-forfeiture civil-procedure constitutional-challenge currency-seizure due-process pleading-standards standing I. Whether, the 2000 amendments to the Civil Asset Forfeiture act are constitutional where it requires a Claimant to prove the source of the funds in … -6.5
19-8129 Charles Ben Bounds v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal bounds-case court-of-appeals criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jurisdiction legal-review sentence-enhancement sentencing statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the application of Obstruction-of-Justice Sentence Enhancement in United States of A… -6.5
19-8130 Raqib Abdul Al-Amin v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. South Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-challenge federal-constitutional-guarantees federal-guarantees habeas-corpus life-without-parole manifest-miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief state-court-conviction ISSUE ONE: CERTIORARI SHOULD ISSUE TO CORRECT SOUTH CAROLINA'S ERRONEOUS DENIAL OF EXTRAODINARY WRIT CHALLENGING THE SOUTH CAROLINA'S INADEQUATE POS… -6.5
19-8133 Jorge A. Martinez v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP but-for-causation causation constitutional-rights conviction-notice criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process health-care-fraud judicial-notice statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE 'BUT-FOR' TEST OF GENERAL CAUSATION IS SYNONYMOUS TO THE STATUTORIAL ELEMENT OF ACTUAL CAUSATION IN THOSE STATUTES LIKE 18 USCS § 1347H… -6.5
19-8137 Rafael Posadas-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing procedural-reasonableness sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-departure Whether the District Court and Court of Appeals misapplied the law under U.S.S.G § 4A1.3 and 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a) sentencing factors in granting an up… -6.5
19-8144 Franco Nicholas Padgett v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure concurrent-sentence-doctrine convictions courts-of-appeals federal-postconviction-motions federal-sentences federal-sentencing judicial-review postconviction-motion sentence-challenge sentences Whether the concurrent sentence doctrine applies to challenges to federal sentences when there is no challenge to a conviction. Whether the concurren… -6.5
19-8145 Santiago Cruz v. C. Betancourt Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-grievance administrative-remedies civil-rights eighth-amendment exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process prisoner-litigation procedural-error procedural-errors waiver The district caurt erred in finding Cruzfailed to exhaust administrative remedies for his Eighth Amendment claim. The district court failed to recogni… -6.5
19-8147 Romulo Murillo-Morales v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Whether PETITIONER'S conviction is constitutional, where the search and seizure of the petitioner was without a warrant and probable cause in violatio… -6.5
19-8160 Eddie Vincent Rutledge v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment issue-preclusion solicitation DID THE FLORIDA TRIAL COURT VIOLATE THE FIFTH AMENDMENT'S GUARANTEE AGAINST DOUBLE JEOPARDY WHEN IT REFUSED TO APPLY THE DOCTRINE OF ISSUE PRECLUSION … -6.5