Conference: 2020-06-11

96 cases — 0 granted, 96 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-824 Thomas Rogers, et al. v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment carry circuit-split constitutional-carry firearm-rights heller-v-dc intermediate-scrutiny licensing second-amendment self-defense 1. Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense. 2. Whether the government may deny categoric… 23.0
18-663 Fredric Russell Mance, Jr., et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (6)Relisted (8) 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-firearms-licensees firearm-sales firearms-regulation handgun-sales interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Federal law bars consumers from acquiring handguns outside their home state. This prohibition limits choice and price competition, and forces many han… 20.0
19-27 Mark Cheeseman v. Joseph Polillo, Chief of Police, City of Glassboro, New Jersey, et al. New Jersey Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry discretionary-permitting due-process handgun-permit justifiable-need public-safety right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-protection standing takings The State of New Jersey broadly prohibits people from carrying or otherwise possessing handguns for the purpose of personal protection—anywhere but in… 20.0
19-423 Brian Kirk Malpasso, et al. v. William M. Pallozzi, in His Official Capacity as Maryland Secretary of State Police Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment carry circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process handgun-carry heller law-abiding-citizens mcdonald second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit typical, law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self defense … 20.0
19-532 United States v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Relisted (14) anti-commandeering civil-rights federal-law federal-preemption immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law information-sharing intergovernmental-immunity preemption sb-54 state-enforcement state-law Whether provisions of California law that, with certain limited exceptions, prohibit state law-enforcement officials from providing federal immigratio… 20.0
19-963 Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) appellate-conflict arbitrability arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law delegation-doctrine federal-arbitration-act federal-courts questions-of-arbitrability state-courts Whether a provision in an arbitration agreement that exempts certain claims from arbitration negates an otherwise clear and unmistakable delegation of… 20.0
18-913 Joshua Brennan v. James Dawson, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (9) civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights common-law constitutional-rights due-process law-enforcement liability police-conduct qualified-immunity reasonable-reliance Whether a police officer may reasonably rely on a narrow exception to a specific and clearly established right to shield him from civil liability when… 19.5
19-897 Tae D. Johnson, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. v. Maria Angelica Guzman Chavez, et al. Fourth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (2) 8-usc-1226 8-usc-1231 administrative-law detention immigration-detention immigration-law immigration-procedure removal-order statutory-interpretation withholding-of-removal withholding-removal Whether the detention of an alien who is subject to a reinstated removal order and who is pursuing withholding or deferral of removal is governed by 8… 18.0
18-843 Ivan Pena, et al. v. Martin Horan, Director, California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (4)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection firearm-regulation firearm-restrictions handgun-regulation intermediate-scrutiny microstamping second-amendment self-defense standing takings California's "Unsafe Handgun Act," Cal. Penal Code § 31900 et seq., violates the Second Amendment by banning handguns of the kind in common use for tr… 17.5
19-679 Amy Corbitt v. Michael Vickers Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force interlocutory-appeal law-enforcement pleading-requirement pleading-standards police-use-of-force qualified-immunity section-1983 use-of-force 1) Whether qualified immunity is an affirmative defense (placing the burden on the defendant to raise and prove it) or whether it is a pleading requir… 17.0
18-1287 Alexander L. Baxter v. Brad Bracey, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (11) 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force police-misconduct police-use-of-force qualified-immunity search-and-seizure seizure 1. Does binding authority holding that a police officer violates the Fourth Amendment when he uses a police dog to apprehend a suspect who has surrend… 16.5
19-1010 Actavis Holdco U.S., Inc., et al. v. Connecticut, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (6) civil-procedure civil-procedure-discovery claw-back discovery discovery-scope document-production federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus mandamus-review proportionality relevance relevance-standard rule-26 scope-of-discovery Whether, contrary to Rule 26(b), this Court's decisions, and the decisions of five circuits, a district court may compel a party that has not engaged … 16.5
19-656 William Anderson v. City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emergency-responders first-responders hypothermia hypothermia-treatment qualified-immunity state-created-danger The Fourteenth Amendment provides that the government may not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny t… 16.0
19-899 Shaniz West v. Doug Winfield, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Relisted (6) 4th-amendment civil-rights consent due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement property-damage property-rights qualified-immunity Whether an officer who has consent to "get inside" a house but instead destroys it from the outside is entitled to qualified immunity in the absence o… 16.0
19-404 David Seth Worman, et al. v. Maura T. Healey, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit Denied Amici (7)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment caetano civil-rights due-process firearms-ban heller heller-standard individual-right intermediate-scrutiny mcdonald second-amendment self-defense Does Massachusetts' ban unconstitutionally infringe the individual right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment? 15.5
19-839 Eastern Oregon Mining Association, et al. v. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, et al. Oregon Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split clean-water-act environmental-regulation material-movement navigable-waters pollutant-discharge pollution-prohibition statutory-interpretation suction-dredge-mining The Clean Water Act forbids the unpermitted "addition of any pollutant to navigable waters," 33 U.S.C. § 1362(12) (emphasis added). See id. § 1311(a).… 15.0
19-966 Emerson Electric Co. v. SIPCO, LLC Federal Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-101 35-usc-103 35-usc-324 administrative-law america-invents-act cbm-patent covered-business-method judicial-review patent patent-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board statutory-interpretation In the America Invents Act, Congress authorized the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to review whether certain patents, called Covered Business Method (C… 14.0
18-1272 Michael Gould, et al. v. Andrew Lipson, in His Official Capacity as Chief of the Brookline Police Department, et al. First Circuit Denied Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-restrictions good-reason intermediate-scrutiny right-to-bear-arms right-to-carry second-amendment self-defense standing takings In District of Columbia v. Heller, this Court held that the Second Amendment protects "the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of co… 13.5
19-1141 Atlantic Trading USA, LLC, et al. v. BP P.L.C., et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (3) circuit-split commodity-exchange-act domestic-transaction extraterritorial-jurisdiction location-of-exchange morrison-test morrison-v-national-australia-bank securities-exchange-act stoyas-v-toshiba-corp territorial-application In Morrison v. National Australia Bank, Ltd., 561 U.S. 247, 259-60 (2010), this Court severely criticized the Second Circuit's so-called "conduct-and-… 13.5
18-1078 James Dawson, et al. v. Joshua Brennan Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) 4th-amendment circuit-split curtilage fourth-amendment law-enforcement probation probation-condition probation-conditions search-and-seizure sixth-circuit Did the Sixth Circuit misapply this Court's authority and create a conflict among Circuits by holding that a law enforcement officer violates the Four… 12.5
19-1061 Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd., et al. v. Eli Lilly and Company Federal Circuit Denied Amici (2) claim-amendment doctrine-of-equivalents festo-corp-v-shoketsu festo-corp-v-shoketsu-kinzoku-kogyo-kabushiki-co patent-claim patent-infringement patent-law patent-law-doctrine-of-equivalents patent-prosecution prosecution-history-estoppel tangential-exception Under patent law's "doctrine of equivalents," a patent holder can allege infringement even when the defendant does not literally practice every elemen… 12.5
19-1191 Ohio v. Shawn Ford Ohio Denied Amici (2) atkins-standard atkins-v-virginia civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability standing state-standards supreme-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent What is the test for determining whether someone is "intellectually disabled" for purposes of the Eighth Amendment? 12.5
19-753 Michael Hunter, et al. v. Randy Cole, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) civil-rights clearly-established-law deadly-force deadly-weapon due-process dynamic-encounter excessive-force fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment police-use-of-force qualified-immunity shooting-encounter use-of-force I. If the barrel of a gun is not yet pointed directly at an officer, does clearly established federal law prohibit police officers from firing to stop… 12.5
19-1080 Archer and White Sales, Inc. v. Henry Schein, Inc. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) arbitrability arbitration-agreement carve-out court-determination delegation equitable-estoppel nonsignatory Whether an arbitration agreement that makes no mention of delegation "clearly and unmistakably" delegates arbitrability with respect to actions that t… 12.0
19-114 Douglas F. Ciolek v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process handgun-carry justifiable-need permit-requirement permit-restriction public-carry public-safety second-amendment self-defense standing takings In order to obtain a permit to carry a handgun in the public, the State of New Jersey requires a showing of "justifiable need" which, as defined, does… 12.0
19-1058 Hospira, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Company Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1) claim-drafting claim-narrowing doctrine-of-equivalents literal-infringement patent-claim-interpretation patent-claims patent-prosecution-estoppel patent-prosecution-history-estoppel patent-scope prior-art-rejection tangential-relation tangential-relation-exception Whether a patentee may recapture subject matter via the doctrine of equivalents under the "tangential relation" exception by arguing that it surrender… 11.5
19-757 Arizona Libertarian Party, et al. v. Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) ballot-access ballot-qualified-party candidate-qualification constitutional-threshold election-law independent-voters political-parties primary-election voter-eligibility voter-support 1. May a state require that a candidate seeking to run in the primary election of a ballot-qualified party demonstrate support from as much as 30 perc… 11.0
19-1033 Daniel Enrique Cantú v. James M. Moody, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied bivens bivens-claim civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence federal-officer qualified-immunity standing The question presented is whether a plaintiff may pursue a claim under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S.… 10.5
19-1105 Tommy Sharp, Interim Warden v. Jimmy Dean Harris Tenth Circuit Denied death-penalty death-penalty-appeal deference-to-state-courts deferential-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intellectual-disability standard-of-review 1. In holding that the OCCA made an "unreasonable determination of the facts," did the Tenth Circuit contravene this Court's repeated admonition that … 10.5
19-487 Kevin W. Culp, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment concealed-carry constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection firearm-rights illinois non-resident-licensing second-amendment standing state-restrictions Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms requires that the State of Illinois allow qualified non-residents to apply for an Illinois co… 9.5
19-704 Matthew D. Wilson, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use common-use-test due-process firearms-regulation heller heller-precedent local-government-restriction second-amendment self-defense standing takings This Court has held that the Second Amendment "guarantee[s] the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation." District of C… 9.5
19-1065 Teresa Ann Johnson v. Alaska Alaska Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause criminal-procedure expert-testimony forensic-evidence lab-report sixth-amendment surrogate-expert testimonial-evidence 1. Whether the Confrontation Clause prohibits the prosecution from introducing into evidence at trial a certified lab report reflecting statements of … 9.0
18-9674 Terence Tramaine Andrus v. Texas Texas GVR Amici (1)Relisted (24)IFP death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Does the standard for assessing ineffective assistance of counsel claims, announced in Strickland v. Washington, fail to protect the Sixth Amendment r… 8.0
19-970 Retail Ready Career Center, Inc. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1) 5th-amendment civil-forfeiture constitutional-counterclaims due-process fifth-amendment in-rem in-rem-proceeding seizure-of-funds sovereign-immunity 1. Does the United States have complete immunity from constitutional counterclaims asserted in an in rem civil forfeiture case initiated by the United… 6.5
19-1206 Paul Boland, as Heir of the Estate of Dixie L. Boland, et al. v. Chris Boland, et al. Montana Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-rights due-process estate-dispute hearing probate probate-law standing 1) Were Petitioners denied due process of the law when their motion in probate court to turn over assets belonging to their father's estate was denied… 5.5
19-1207 Geoffrey M. Young v. Denise G. Clayton, Chief Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals Kentucky Denied ballot-access ballot-challenge due-process election-law federalism judicial-review kentucky-supreme-court original-jurisdiction separation-of-powers standing state-constitution state-constitution-interpretation statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky may nullify Kentucky's ballot challenge statute, Kentucky Revised Statute ("KRS ") 118.176, and violate Secti… 5.5
19-1217 Scottie A. Bagi, et al. v. City of Parma, Ohio Sixth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1988 attorney-fees christiansburg-garment civil-rights discretionary-standard due-process first-amendment free-speech public-employee retaliation retaliation-claim summary-judgment Whether the District Court abused its discretion in its application of the standards set forth in Christiansburg Garment Co. v. EEOC, 434 U.S. 412 (19… 5.5
19M141 Arturo Fernando Shaw Gutierrez v. California California Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M142 Faramarz Mehdipour v. Lisa Denwalt-Hammond, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-1127 Wheeler K. Neff v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) business-ownership civil-lawsuit mail-fraud money-or-property rico-conspiracy settlement-negotiations tribal-sovereign-immunity unlawful-debt wire-fraud 1. Does a misrepresentation about the true identity of the owner of a business during settlement negotiations to resolve a civil lawsuit constitute a … 4.0
19-6858 David Lamont Liddell v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery constitutional-law criminal-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states mississippi-state-law prior-conviction resentencing section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether, under the law established by this Court in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), Mr. Liddell should be resentenced without applyin… 4.0
19-1215 Steven Sussex, et ux. v. City of Tempe, Arizona Arizona Denied Response Waived civil-procedure enabling-act federal-defense federal-enabling-act federal-law federal-preemption judicial-procedure jurisdiction property-rights quiet-title state-law In a quiet title proceeding, can the trial court apply state law to bar a defense that the plaintiff's title is "null and void" under the federal Ariz… 3.5
19-1282 Avery Terry v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-924c appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal-waiver due-process force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL PURSUANT TO AN INVALID APPEAL WAIVER, AFTER MAKING ERRONEOUS FINDINGS, OVERLOOKING AND MIS… 3.5
19-1294 Geoffrey Young v. Amy McGrath Kentucky Denied Response Waived ballot-access ballot-challenge civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation democratic-party due-process election-integrity election-law judicial-procedure kentucky-constitution political-parties primary-election standing 1) Whether Kentucky's Judicial Department unlawfully enabled the names of Amy McGrath and Andy Beshear, who were shown by a preponderance of the evide… 3.5
19-1295 Rao S. Mandalapu v. Temple University Hospital, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1981 civil-rights civil-rights-act employment-discrimination pretext reeves-v-sanderson retaliation summary-judgment title-vii Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2-3) and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C. § 1981) prevent discrimination and reta… 3.5
19-1297 James K. Collins, et ux. v. D.R. Horton-Texas, Ltd. Texas Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment due-process federal-judgment fourteenth-amendment personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity state-rights takings tenth-amendment void-judgment Whether the Fourteenth Amendment allows a state to enforce a void federal judgment obtained without personal jurisdiction over and notice to the defen… 3.5
19-7188 John Jay Powers v. M. L. Stancil Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3584 18-usc-3584a administrative-deference administrative-law bureau-of-prisons criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deference federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-courts federal-sentencing sentencing-interpretation statutory-ambiguity statutory-interpretation FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ANY OF THE CIRCUITS, THE TENTH CIRCUIT HELD THE LANGUAGE OF 18 U.S.C. 3584(a)'S PHRASE "AT THE SAME TIME" TO BE AMBIGUOUS. THE T… -1.0
19-8036 Odis Lee Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction first-step-act judicial-review mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation I. What procedures does Section 404 of the First Step Act require a district court to follow when conducting its statutorily required "complete review… -1.0
19-7790 Brenda Mason, Individually and on Behalf of Quamaine Dwayne Mason, et vir v. Martin Faul Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (6)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force fifth-circuit objective-reasonableness police-misconduct qualified-immunity standing use-of-force This case involves the use of excessive force by a police officer that was determined by a jury to be "objectively unreasonable" but nonetheless resul… -2.0
19-7670 Hooman Ashkan Panah v. Ron Broomfield, Warden California Denied Amici (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-conviction due-process federal-law habeas invalidated-evidence judicial-review post-conviction scientific-evidence trial What is the test to determine when due process is violated based on scientific evidence presented at trial which is later shown to be invalid? -2.5
19-7300 Billy J. Booker v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction sentencing standing statutory-provisions DOES A MNLLY HALDULELT MANLNACULED IDITMENT COLPEL CREMIHAL JURISDICTIDLL BL A STAE MIAL CUAT. (Q)OOES A COUICTIOLUUDER A FAUDLLELTT LUDICTMEITT BINI… -4.0
19-7642 Ann Karnofel v. Superior Waterproofing, Inc. Ohio Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence federal-evidence judicial-review jurisdiction lower-court standing Were Petitioner's due process rights denied, since she is a 97-year-old, female, PRO SE litigant? Did Petitioner receive a fair day in court? -4.0
19-7919 Darius Latrell King v. United States Ninth Circuit GVR IFP 18-usc-922(g) 9th-circuit-appeal bench-trial felon-in-possession knowledge-requirement prohibited-status stipulated-facts 1. Mr. King was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm after a stipulated facts bench trial where the only stipulated fact related t… -4.5
19-8200 Don Farley v. Carl Parson Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-exclusion first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech witness-testimony 1. Was Farley denied his First Amendment Right of Free Speech and Fourteenth Amendment of due process? 2. Did the U.S. District Court fail to exercis… -4.5
19-8216 Scott Winfield Davis v. Shay Hatcher, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment arizona-v-youngblood bad-faith circuit-split due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment youngblood-standard This is the case for the Court to critically re-examine lost evidence and "bad faith" under Arizona v. Youngblood, 488 U.S. 51 (1988) because in appli… -4.5
19-8223 Timothy W. Connors v. Jerry Howell, Warden, et al. Nevada Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing Question not identified. -4.5
19-8224 James William Neuman v. Nathan Callahan, et al. Iowa Denied IFP civil-rights clerk-conspiracy court-records document-tampering due-process fraud fraud-allegations judicial-misconduct qualified-immunity retaliation theft 1. Do the Black Hawk County Clerks have qualified Immunity when they conspired to delete or erase a 200 dollar payment to the clerk's office under rec… -4.5
19-8230 Alexander Kates v. New York New York Denied IFP access-to-courts due-process fourth-amendment illegal-seizure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement property-return prosecutorial-misconduct retroactivity Whether a plea agreement to return illegally seized property in exchange for a guilty plea, induced by the prosecutor, is breached when the prosecutio… -4.5
19-8233 Reynaldo Alberto Cantu v. Texas Texas Denied IFP bias constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-jury judicial-bias juror-misconduct remand trial-procedure Whether The Texas High Court Error, denying Petitioner the Right to a "fair and impartial trial" failing to Remand Case back to the trial court, after… -4.5
19-8234 Eric J. Davis v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden Ohio Denied IFP conviction court-jurisdiction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-finality petition-construction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment (1) Whether there can be a finality of judgement of conviction rendered against a criminal defendant, where the criminal court lacked Subject Matter j… -4.5
19-8236 Iva Brooks v. Aaron Foster Illinois Denied IFP child-support civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion parental-rights pro-se procedural-violations standing state-attorney Question not identified. -4.5
19-8238 Morris Kent Thompson v. Jennifer Leppek Cerato, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Natalie A. Richards-Thompson Florida Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-override due-process equal-protection government-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-procedure legal-conspiracy separation-of-powers 1. Have the attorney's and court committed a management override of the Constitution? 2. When fraud and attorney misconduct is present is the court r… -4.5
19-8241 Joseph Llewellyn Worrell v. Emigrant Mortgage Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-proceedings mortgage-security preemption servicemembers-civil-relief-act summary-judgment Whether a mortgage security instrument created six days before the underlying promissory note is sufficiently executed provides sufficient standing to… -4.5
19-8243 Jonathan Melvin LeDeux v. Jeannette Louise Anthony, as an Individual and in her Official Capacity as Trustee of The Emmett and Aralee Charlton Trust, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process fraud fraud-vitiation judicial-error noerr-pennington-doctrine probate probate-clause separation-of-powers 1. Can Juridically created rules such as, The Probate Clause and the Noerr Pennington Doctrine, ect. Interfere with due process without also violating… -4.5
19-8244 Frank Morgan v. Illinois Department of Corrections Illinois Denied IFP chaplain-duties civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protections detainee-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment religious-services standing takings 1. Whothere the Illissis Dopnatnout ot COLNELTION'S HAS HUTHONITY TO CHANBO Qocumers Promalquted by THe IiGOOONA/ ASSEblY N01S 2y 21607 Body? THO DinO… -4.5
19-8247 John Wilson v. Florida Florida Denied IFP competency-hearing criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-procedure mental-competency self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court trial-court-discretion WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT WAS OBLIGATED TO DETERMINE THE MENTAL COMPETENCY OF A DEFENDANT BEFORE GRANTING HIM THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT HIMSELF AT TRIAL IF… -4.5
19-8253 Rudolph Churchill v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence hypothetical-question ineffective-assistance jury-instruction jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-counsel SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL (TRIAL COUNSEL) *FAILING TO REQUEST THAT THE JURY BE CHARGED WITH RESPECT … -4.5
19-8257 Eric C. Miller v. Randy Gibbs, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-requirements due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus procedural-default successive-petitions supreme-court-precedent time-barred-petition Can the lower courts continue to bypass U.S. Supreme Court law in favor of their self-created rule calling time-barred initial habeas petitions 'adjud… -4.5
19-8259 Talib Hussain v. Marietta Halal Meat, et al. Georgia Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eviction eviction-procedure georgia-statutes judicial-discretion landlord-tenant landlord-tenant-law property-rights Due process of law and great Importance of public interest Can a landlord in State of Georgia evict his tenant without dispossesry notice and without… -4.5
19-8260 Alvin Fulton v. New York New York Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ex-post-facto fundamental-miscarriage judicial-discretion post-release-supervision sentencing sentencing-error sex-offenses 1. the usages and principles of law Whether the State of New York Court of Appeals has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts w… -4.5
19-8266 James Heard v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-court-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation trial-court 1. Whether the trial court erred in denying James Heard's pre-trial motion to proceed pro Se? 2. Whether the appellate court unreosonably applied the… -4.5
19-8536 In Re Robert P. Russell Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitutional-right federal-crime federal-habeas habeas-corpus liberty-interest liberty-interests murder-conviction retroactive-application statutory-interpretation successive-motions Whether Petitioner Robert Peter Russell ("Russell"), convicted of first degree murder under 18 U.S.C. Section 1, retains a federal constitutional righ… -4.5
19-7732 Jerad Hanks v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP bank-robbery circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-statutes firearm-use rule-of-lenity use-of-force vagueness-doctrine I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), which criminalizes the use of a firearm during a "crime of violence," in this case, the federal bank robbery statute… -5.0
19-6593 Deshay D. Ford v. Timothy P. White, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 42-usc-1981 access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech racial-discrimination 1. Violation of the Petitioner's Constitutional and Civil Rights to prevent the Petitioner from filing a law suit against the Respondent (s) which w… -5.5
19-6444 Jermaine D. Harris v. Stephen T. Moyer, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aiding-and-abetting appeal cell-phone-technology cell-tower-testimony criminal-procedure cumulative-effect due-process fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-privilege habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legally-inconsistent-verdicts sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington 1) Did the Court of Appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability on Petitioner 's claim that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffec… -6.0
19-7495 Abu Ala M. D. Badruddoza v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights covid-19 due-process employment equal-protection osha standing statutory-authority takings vaccination workplace-safety Question not identified. -6.0
19-7538 Victoria Carlson, et vir v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Minnesota Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure administrative-procedures breast-cancer-treatment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute medicaid medicaid-coverage medical-assistance medicare state-statute statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the applicable "plain and unambiguous " language in light of Hauser v. IdahoDWP and of Congress 's federal statute 42 U.S.C. 1396a(aa) and… -6.0
19-7669 Lawrence Eliot Mattison v. Janie Deborah Willis, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-13 38-cfr-814 38-cfr-814-560-561 concurrent-criminal-jurisdiction concurrent-jurisdiction criminal-jurisdiction federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-enclave federal-enclave-jurisdiction jurisdiction-transfer retrocession stalking state-criminal-prosecution state-prosecution veterans-affairs Whether repeal of code of Virginia §7.1-21(1976) of jurisdiction over alleged crimes and offenses committed on federal enclave property, and acceptanc… -6.0
19-8010 Joseph Chhim v. City of Houston, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure burden-of-proof civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination hiring-process job-referral performance-review pre-qualification prequalification termination 1. Whether Appellant was discriminated against in the initial pre qualification process when he was qualified for the position of custodian and build… -6.0
19-8242 Adrian Weatherspoon v. Fatemah Bagahpour, et al. Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process eviction eviction-procedure foreclosure judicial-signature mortgage-dispute property-rights standing SHERIFF NOT REALIZING WRIT OF DOCUMENT WAS NOT SIGNED We would want to ask why Mr. Vincent Brooks(respondent) would declare the writ of possession doc… -6.5
19-8271 Loren J. Larson, Jr. v. Alaska Alaska Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection impartial-jury juror-bias jury-trial jury-trial-right no-impeachment-rule racial-bias sixth-amendment All states and the federal government have one version or another of an evidence rule that generally prohibits the introduction of juror testimony reg… -6.5
19-8290 Robert Taylor v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-procedure procedural-due-process standing 1. Did The Circuit Court Abuse Its Discretion? 2. Was There a Violation Of Procedural Due Process? 3. Was There a Disregard For Substantive Evidence… -6.5
19-8318 William Whiteley v. John Willis, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP automobile-exception certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure evidence-law exculpatory-evidence eyewitness fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether petitioner is entitled to a certificate of appealability on his claim that the warrantless search of his automobile's glove compartment violat… -6.5
19-8389 Edward Yarbrough, Jr. v. J. Sullivan, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bill-of-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-error federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure plain-error prosecutorial-misconduct remarks-authentication reversible-error trial-court 1. Whether a prosecutor's uninvited inflammatory remarks made in summation, absent a timely/explicit curative instruction, so infected the trial with … -6.5
19-8439 Marijan Cvjeticanin v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation catch-me-if-you-can criminal-procedure due-process kyles-standard kyles-v-whitley materiality-standard new-trial-motion perjury rule-33 trial-perjury 1) BRADY VIOLATIONS - "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN" - When, in direct violation of the district court's specific discovery order, the Government fails to turn… -6.5
19-8449 Gregory Harris, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-prosecution evidentiary-standards federal-rules-of-evidence helpfulness law-enforcement-witnesses lay-opinion-testimony personal-perception usurping-jury-role The Third Circuit panel majority, deepening a mature circuit split regarding the foundational requirements of Federal Rule of Evidence 701, ruled that… -6.5
19-8456 Thomas Hopes v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split essential-elements evidence-standard federal-rules-of-evidence helpfulness law-enforcement-witnesses lay-opinion-testimony personal-perception rule-701 usurping-jury-role The Third Circuit panel majority, deepening a mature circuit split regarding the foundational requirements of Federal Rule of Evidence 701, ruled that… -6.5
19-8466 Branch William Niehouse v. Brigitte Amsberry Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law evidence force legal-sufficiency lost-and-found property-rights robbery robbery-evidence speculative-testimony trespass trespassing use-of-force Would reasonable jurists debate whether the evidence of robbery was legally sufficient when the only evidence that Mr. Niehouse's threatened use of fo… -6.5
19-8470 Raymond K. Walker v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-right counsel-refusal court-order due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance judicial-review procedural-default right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Refusal of Price Counsel to Comply TUS XC.5 Continual request asad Couch orders bo file aaa tbiduvik telttiag ollesabtons of imeQte ecdiveness c… -6.5
19-8478 John King v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure fact-finding judicial-discretion jury-determination jury-fact-finding mcmillan-v-pennsylvania preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-watts I. BY A JURY TO ENHANCE A SENTENCE? AFTER THIS COURT'S DECISION IN UNITED STATES V. ALLEYNE, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), NON-CONTROLLING, CAN THE PREPONDERAN… -6.5
19-8479 Bernard J. Fleming v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-arguments criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial personal-opinion prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vouching vouching witness-credibility When do comments by a prosecutor in her final and rebuttal arguments to the jury in a criminal case that affirm the veracity of the government's chief… -6.5
19-8485 Melvin T. Bell v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process final-judgment judicial-review jurisdiction legal-remedy statutory-interpretation WHEN A PETITIONER HAS REALIZED, TWO YEARS LATER, AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY RETRIED FOR THE SAME STATUTORY OFFENSE TO IN THE SAME PROCEEDING, WHICH HAS LE… -6.5
19-8486 Quincy Tremayne Bloodworth v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment law-enforcement marijuana-legalization police-encounter probable-cause search-and-seizure standard-of-review unreasonable-seizures Are immunities provided and protected against seizures? Poor people from when certain seizures are prolonged to rely Does the Fourth Amendment of the… -6.5
19-8489 Jason Mitchell Abbo v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acca acca-enhancement burden-of-proof criminal-justice due-process equal-protection juvenile-conviction predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement #1. Does a Juvenile Conviction for "Possession" of a controlled substance qualify as a prior predicate conviction for an ACCA enhancement when 18 U.S.… -6.5
19-8494 Michael Lustig v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-poisonous-tree fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-search search-and-seizure standing Question not identified. -6.5
19-8500 David Furtado Gray v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the term "pattern of Racketeering Activity" as defined in 18 U.S.C.D. 1959(a), which cross references to 18 U.S.C.S. 1961, proved more of simp… -6.5