Conference: 2020-10-09

201 cases — 0 granted, 201 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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19-1057 Lori Rodriguez, et al. v. City of San Jose, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (3) civil-rights community-caretaking constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure immediate-threat issue-preclusion ripeness search-and-seizure second-amendment timely-warrant warrant-requirement 1. Whether the Fourth Amendment allows an exception to its warrant requirement for so-called "community caretaking" where the alleged danger to the co… 18.5
19-1137 Tennessee, By and Through the Tennessee General Assembly, et al. v. Department of State, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) coerce-state-pay-federal-program commandeer-state-funds commandeering constitutional-coercion federal-commandeering federal-government federal-program legislative-standing medicaid-funding separation-of-powers standing state-funds state-legislature state-sovereignty 1. Whether both chambers of a state legislature, acting together, have institutional standing to sue the federal government when the federal governmen… 17.0
19-1186 Joshua Baker, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (6) 42-usc-1396a(a)(23) 42-usc-1983 circuit-split federal-enforcement medicaid-recipients medicaid-rights private-right-of-action provider-qualification spending-clause state-determination statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Medicaid recipients have a private right of action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(23) to challenge a state's determination tha… 16.5
19-1272 Thomas Christopher Retzlaff v. Jason Lee Van Dyke Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) anti-slapp civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-courts federal-procedure free-speech litigation-strategy Whether under the doctrine of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), state anti-SLAPP statutes apply in federal diversity cases, as the Fi… 16.5
20-5 Richard Blumenthal, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States District of Columbia Denied Amici (5) article-iii judicial-relief legislative-standing raines-v-byrd separation-of-powers standing vote-nullification Do legislators have standing to seek judicial relief when their votes have been "completely nullified," Raines v. Byrd, 521 U.S. 811, 823 (1997)? 15.5
19-1284 Malwarebytes, Inc. v. Enigma Software Group USA, LLC Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (4)Relisted (2) anticompetitive-animus antitrust blocking civil-liability civil-rights communications-decency-act computer-service-providers filtering free-speech immunity section-230 Whether federal courts can derive an implied exception to Section 230(c)(2)(B) immunity for blocking or filtering decisions when they are alleged to b… 15.0
20-355 Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Dismissed Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived 35-usc-287 damages federal-circuit infringement-notice marking-statute notice-of-infringement patent-act patent-damages patent-marking statutory-interpretation willful-infringement Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that "notified of the infringement" and "such notice" under §287(a) refer only to communications from th… 14.5
19-1434 United States v. Arthrex, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officer inferior-officers patent patent-and-trademark-office principal-officer principal-officers standing uspto 1. Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Of… 13.0
19-1458 Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-judges administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause congress due-process executive-review independence judicial-remedy patent separation-of-powers severance tenure tenure-protection The Appointments Clause requires principal officers to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, but permits inferior o… 13.0
19-1291 Charles Hamner v. Danny Burls, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (7) affirmative-defense circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-prong due-process federal-appellate-courts qualified-immunity standing state-actors sua-sponte "Since qualified immunity is a defense, the burden of pleading it rests with the defendant." Gomez v. Toledo, 446 U.S. 635, 640 (1980). Nonetheless, t… 12.5
20-10 Emily Kollaritsch, et al. v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (2) circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process federal-funding sexual-harassment student-harassment student-liability title-ix Whether, as the Sixth and Eighth Circuits hold, in disagreement with the First, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits, Davis's "vulnerability" prong requires p… 12.5
20-148 Marvin Washington, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (9)Response Waived 5th-amendment administrative-review controlled-substances-act due-process federal-patents medical-cannabis Three of the Petitioners require daily administration of medical cannabis to live. Despite classifying it a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Subst… 12.5
19-1452 Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. v. Arthrex, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) administrative-adjudicators administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation federal-circuit inferior-officers lucia-v-sec patent-trial-and-appeal-board principal-officers Whether administrative patent judges are "principal" or "inferior" Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause. 12.0
19-1085 Shannon Deasey, et al. v. Daniella Slater, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 7th-circuit 9th-circuit civil-rights clearly-established clearly-established-law closely-analogous constitutional-rights due-process legal-precedent ninth-circuit qualified-immunity seventh-circuit sufficiently-analogous This petition presents the question whether, for purposes of qualified immunity, a merely "sufficiently analogous" case is enough to show that the law… 11.0
20-159 John Devos v. Rhino Contracting, Inc., et al. Minnesota Denied Amici (1)Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-law equal-protection interstate-commerce state-law state-residency workers-compensation Does a State's workers compensation statute violate Equal Protection when it treats Minnesota residents injured on the job in Minnesota differently ba… 9.5
20-280 George Georgiou v. United States Third Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 28-usc-1651 all-writs-act criminal-financial-penalty criminal-sentencing final-conviction post-conviction-remedy retroactive-decision unauthorized-penalty unauthorized-sentence Does the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, afford a post-conviction remedy for the correction of a criminal financial penalty that is unauthorized by s… 9.5
19-1378 Phazzer Electronics, Inc. v. Taser International, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ex-parte-review federal-circuit patent-cancellation patent-claims patent-damages remand standing uspto-cancellation uspto-reexamination Is the Federal Circuit affirmation of the patent damages now incorrect in light of the change of circumstances created by cancellation of all patent c… 9.0
20-313 Acer America Corporation, et al. v. Intellisoft, Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1451 claim-construction federal-jurisdiction gunn-v-minton inventorship patent-law removal removal-jurisdiction trade-secret (1) Where Plaintiffs' theories of trade secret ownership, misappropriation, and damages depend on deciding the patent law issues of inventorship, clai… 8.5
20-327 BBB Industries, LLC v. Cardone Industries, Inc. Texas Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-limits due-process forum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction state-court supplemental-jurisdiction texas Under the Due Process Clause, courts may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants only when the plaintiff's claim arises f… 8.5
19-1280 Idaho Department of Correction, et al. v. Adree Edmo, aka Mason Edmo Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) advocacy-organization-guidelines circuit-split constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment estelle-v-gamble gender-dysphoria inmate-medical-care medical-care prison-healthcare The Ninth Circuit became the first circuit in the nation to conclude that the Eighth Amendment mandates the provision of sex reassignment surgery when… 6.0
19-1352 Western Oilfields Supply Company, dba Rain for Rent v. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor, et al. District of Columbia Denied administrative-inspection due-process fourth-amendment mine-safety mine-safety-and-health-act msha msha-inspector walkaround-rights warrantless-inspection In Donovan v. Dewey, this Court held that the warrantless inspection scheme in the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 ("the Mine Act") does no… 5.5
19-1433 Autumn Stavely v. Jeffery G. Norman, et al. Utah Denied 14th-amendment appellate-review change-of-venue due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-sanctions Question not identified. sanctions venue-change Did the Supreme Court of Utah violate Petitioner Autumn Stavely's and her counsel's Fourteenth Amendment's due process rights when it sanctioned both … 5.5
19-1456 KK-PB Financial, LLC v. 160 Royal Palm, LLC Eleventh Circuit Denied asset-sale bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-court-discretion bid-procedures debtor-asset debtor-estate debtor's-estate discretionary-power higher-better-offer higher-bid maximize-value-estate private-sale public-bid-procedures sale-maximization Does a bankruptcy court abuse its discretion when it cancels public bid procedures and approves the private sale of a debtor's principal asset, even t… 5.5
20-114 Michael Edward Bufkin v. Scottrade, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied administrative-law arbitration-dispute civil-procedure compelled-arbitration due-process finra foia-request judicial-procedure standing statutory-interpretation tax tax-controversy 1. Was it error to compel FINRA arbitration of this "tax" dispute? 2. Was it error to refer anything to the un-consented-to magistrate? 3. Was it ab… 5.5
20-125 Iron Stone Real Estate Fund I, L.P., et al. v. Stephen Ratner, et al. Pennsylvania Denied civil-procedure direct-action due-process judicial-dissolution limited-partner limited-partnership partnership-law party-rights procedural-due-process standing Whether the procedural due process rights of a limited partner are violated when that limited partner is not named as a party in a direct action broug… 5.5
20-131 Essity Hygiene and Health AB v. Cascades Canada ULC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation discretion federal-circuit forfeiture judicial-discretion pending-cases precedential-decision scalia Following a precedential decision sustaining an Appointments Clause challenge, does a court have discretion to apply the decision in pending cases whe… 5.5
20-144 Spencer Savings Bank, SLA, et al. v. Lawrence B. Seidman New Jersey Denied bank-secrecy-act civil-liability customer-privacy financial-crimes financial-institution non-disclosure-obligation state-court-liability statutory-scheme suspicious-activity-report A recent decision from a New Jersey appellate court (which the New Jersey Supreme Court declined to review) joins a growing number of decisions across… 5.5
20-165 Angela L. Carroll v. Timothy W. Miller Wisconsin Denied 14th-amendment due-process fourteenth-amendment impartiality judicial-ethics recusal social-media standing Was the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment violated by a judge and party being Facebook "friends"? 5.5
20-227 Cynthia Madej, et vir v. Jeff Maiden, Athens County Engineer Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived accommodation-request americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split corroboration disability-accommodation disability-claims fair-housing-amendments-act medical-history summary-judgment In PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin, this Court carefully examined the important question of when, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an otherwi… 5.5
20A35 Miriam Haydee Arana-Molina, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
20M25 HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC, et al. v. Renewable Fuels Association, et al. Tenth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
20M26 Joseph W. Lattisaw v. District of Columbia District of Columbia Presumed Complete None 5.5
20M27 Ammar I. v. Connecticut Connecticut Presumed Complete None 5.5
20-232 Robert Anderson v. Teri Kennedy Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process evidence-exclusion expert-testimony eyewitness-identification holmes-precedent holmes-v-south-carolina state-rule Whether this Court's decision in Holmes v. South Carolina, 547 U.S. 319 (2006), clearly establishes that a defendant's due process right to present ev… 4.5
20-318 Equal Means Equal, et al. v. David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States First Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 1-usc-106b article-iii article-v constitution equal-rights-amendment standing 1. Whether the Equal Rights Amendment is now the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because three-fourths of the States have ratified it… 4.5
19-1004 Robert James Jaffe v. Brad Sherman, United States Congressman Ninth Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) certiorari-review checks-and-balances civil-rights congressional-oversight due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-misconduct summary-dismissal supervisory-power supreme-court-discretion void-judgment (1) Congress delegated the US Supreme Court justices the discretion to choose the petition for certiorari cases they will grant and Congress has direc… 4.0
20-124 Robert Fusco v. Tony Mays, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment standing 1) Whether the District court erred by dismissing Potitoners $2254 as Untimely (dee Wo. Lad 2) Which conklicts with decisions of other appellate court… 3.5
20-135 Customedia Technologies, LLC v. Dish Network Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-USC-101 Administrative-Procedure-Act Appointments-Clause Due-Process Leahy-Smith-America-Invents-Act patent-eligibility Patent-Eligible-Subject-Matter patent-trial-and-appeals-board ultra-vires 1. Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address an Appointments Clause violation in a pending appeal despite an intervening c… 3.5
20-141 Howard Bloomgarden v. National Archives and Records Administration District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-decision exemption-6 freedom-of-information-act government-criticism government-employment personal-privacy public-disclosure Where an Assistant United States Attorney was terminated for misconduct and has continued to cite his former government service in public letters crit… 3.5
20-154 Wayne P. Byzon, et ux. v. PNC Bank, National Association, Successor by Merger to National City Bank Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived act-6 act-6-of-1974 act-91 act-91-of-1983 foreclosure foreclosure-procedure homeowner-assistance homeowner-assistance-settlement-act mortgage-company mortgage-notices notices sheriff-sale 1. WHETHER THE MORTGAGE COMPANY'S ACT 6 OF 1974 AND ACT 91 OF 1983 NOTICES WERE ADEQUATE? 2. WHETHER THE COURT ERRED IN NOT APPLYING THE HOMEOWNER AS… 3.5
20-168 Paul W. Nusbaum, Jr. v. Marsha R. Nusbaum, et al. Maryland Denied Response Waived agency-determination arrearages child-support federal-regulations judicial-review public-assistance separation-of-powers spousal-support 1. Whether, where the obligee of child support payments is not receiving, and has not received, public assistance, the federal and state governments h… 3.5
20-175 Jinil Steel Company, Limited v. ValuePart, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure forfeiture judicial-discretion legal-forfeiture oral-argument pleadings preservation-of-error procedural-preservation Does a litigant forfeit an argument by raising it thoroughly in an oral proceeding in bankruptcy court or other court of first instance, but not in a … 3.5
20-178 Anne Prafada v. Mesa Unified School District Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy-to-defraud due-process educational-law equal-protection federal-preemption free-speech standing supplemental-jurisdiction Whether fraudulent misrepresentation and conspiracy to defraud are preempted, when the Educational federal statutes touch a field in which the federal… 3.5
20-185 Rickey Nelson Jones v. Mary Ellen Barbera, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland Maryland Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection judicial-appointment judicial-review judicial-selection maryland-law race-discrimination standing Was the United States Constitution violated when the highest court in Maryland supported the lower courts' decisions to [i] apply federal statutory di… 3.5
20-196 Ilma Alexandra Soriano Nunez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Third Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
20-211 Barry Rosen v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived airspace-system civil-procedure due-process injury-in-fact national-airspace-system pro-se-litigant public-use-airport separation-of-powers standing statutory-rights Federally-certificated Pro Se pilot, and aircraft owner, domiciled at a federally-funded airport, was denied standing by both the District Court and N… 3.5
20-223 Michael P. O'Donnell v. United States First Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14(l)(a) Petitioner respectfully presents the following four questions for review. Petitioner also respectfully states the "St… 3.5
20-228 ESIP Series 2, LLC v. Puzhen Life USA, LLC Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause arbitrary-and-capricious art-iii-court due-process inter-partes-review patent statutory-jurisdiction thryv-precedent 1. Whether Board decisions that are arbitrary and capricious, exceed the Board's statutory jurisdiction from the start, and are made by administrative… 3.5
20-252 Gannett Co., Inc., et al. v. Ryan Larson Minnesota Denied Response Waived defamation fair-report-privilege falsity-element first-amendment free-speech law-enforcement-statements media-reporting public-concern "[W]here a newspaper publishes speech of public concern, a private-figure plaintiff cannot recover damages without also showing that the statements at… 3.5
20-259 Minhnga Nguyen v. The Boeing Company Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment discrimination disparate-treatment due-process employment-discrimination fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment public-safety public-safety-reporting retaliation whistleblower wrongful-termination Did Boeing violate the Fifth Amendment and public safety when it punished Plaintiff for Plaintiff's saving hundreds of human lives from potential airp… 3.5
20-335 Maryland Reclamation Associates, Inc. v. Harford County, Maryland Maryland Denied Response Waived administrative-variance due-process fifth-amendment just-compensation penn-central penn-central-test property-rights takings-clause After a quarter century of continued litigation and a 2018 adjudication on the merits, a Maryland jury awarded petitioner $45,420,076. in damages for … 3.5
20-338 Johnny Clyde Benjamin, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 11th-circuit controlled-substances-act criminal-indictment federal-district-court furanyl-fentanyl indictment jurisdictional-defect statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION Federal district courts have their jurisdiction limited to violations of laws of the United States. During the per… 3.5
20-345 Deborah Katz Pueschel v. Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Transportation, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-service constitutional-rights disability-benefits first-amendment free-speech government-restrictions public-office standing Does the rule in U.S. Civil Service Comm'n v. Nat'l Ass'n of Letter Carriers, 413 U.S. 548 (1973), that the First Amendment does not prevent the feder… 3.5
20-346 D. Ashley Pennington v. Beattie I. Butler Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-termination first-amendment fourth-circuit public-defender qualified-immunity scott-v-harris standing 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit, consistent with this Court's decision in Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007), should have exercised jurisdiction and c… 3.5
20-5060 Justin Kirk Graves v. David Shinn, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act choice-of-law circuit-split district-of-confinement district-of-conviction habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Ninth Court err in deeming the Fifth Circuit's decision on Texas burglary to be conclusive of whether Mr. Graves could state a claim of act… -1.0
20-5507 Laci Landers v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure discretionary-review drug-offense guidelines judicial-review reasonableness reasonableness-standard revocation-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines totality-of-circumstances Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit") has so far departed from the accepted and usual cou… -1.5
20-5540 Ugunda Giovanni Sanders v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy-charge constructive-amendment double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion relevant-conduct The Government charged Sanders with a conspiracy taking place on June 28, 2017. When Sanders pled guilty the Government reserved the right to charge h… -1.5
20-5543 Javier Galindo-Caballero v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure legal-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
20-5548 James Michael Hood v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-predisposition digital-inducement digital-relationships due-process entrapment entrapment-defense law-enforcement-sting minor-enticement predisposition sting-operation Whether, when the government has induced a person to break the law and the defense of entrapment is at issue, the government need only show that its i… -1.5
20-5549 Javier Lopez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review credibility-determination credibility-determinations fact-finding factual-issues federal-sentencing judicial-standard precedent reasonableness-review standard-of-review wrongful-incarceration Whether review for reasonableness in federal sentencing requires a separate, more deferential, standard of review for credibility determinations than … -1.5
20-5560 Briand Daniel Fechner v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit evidence evidentiary-rules propensity-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure sixth-circuit (1) Whether the prosecution may introduce child pornography videos at trial that were not found on the defendant's devices, but found in an outside in… -1.5
20-5580 Kyle Phillips v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process due-process-clause evidence-law evidentiary-rules fourteenth-amendment prior-act-evidence sexual-battery Whether it is a violation of the due process guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment for irrelevant prior-act evidence to be received in a criminal tri… -1.5
20-5654 Aaron Jose Acuna-Duenas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law judicial-jurisdiction pereira-precedent pereira-v-sessions 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… -1.5
20-5655 Casye Necole Richardson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors? -1.5
20-5666 Cristian Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility advisory-sentencing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range 1. A defendant who enters a guilty plea pursuant to a plea agreement that includes a purported inducement that he will receive an acceptance of respon… -1.5
20-5669 Christopher Paul George v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-procedure criminal-restitution equity-practice fifth-amendment jury-trial jury-verdict seventh-amendment sixth-amendment 1. Whether Apprendi applies to a mandatory criminal restitution order, and whether the Seventh Amendment requires a restitution order to comply with t… -1.5
20-5706 Mark Berg v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-review legal-determination standard-of-review suppression-hearing suppression-ruling I. When reviewing a suppression ruling on appeal, should the appellate court view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party (as… -1.5
20-5709 Rickey Cole v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP and proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? placed in the indictment burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing grand-jury indictment jury-trial sentencing sentencing-guidelines I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be found by a grand jury, placed in the indictment, and proven to… -1.5
20-5710 Jaime E. Coca-Ortiz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions 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 … -1.5
20-5720 Martin Garcia-Moreno v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-offense immigration-law jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing-factors sixth-amendment In Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), the Court held that in a prosecution for 8 U.S.C. § 1326, the fact of a prior conviction n… -1.5
19-8246 Gregory Thomas v. Tom Corbett, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2)IFP cellmate-discrimination civil-rights conjugal-visit due-process fourth-amendment institutionalized-persons-act prison-policy privacy property-rights religious-exercise religious-land-use search-and-seizure 1. Whether the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Visiting policy violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Person Act of 2000, U.S.C.… -4.0
19-8588 Robert Donelson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 404(b) circuit-split criminal-case criminal-procedure defendant-rights evidence-rule federal-rules federal-rules-of-evidence prior-act-evidence propensity-evidence propensity-free-link Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)'s prohibition against prior act evidence requires the government to demonstrate a propensity-free link between… -4.5
19-8831 Eric Reid v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied IFP capital-case capital-cases constitutional-procedure criminal-trial death-penalty due-process jury-selection morgan-v-illinois voir-dire Whether the Arkansas' voir dire framework in capital cases conflicts with this Court's ruling in Morgan v. Illinois, 504 U.S. 719 (1992). -4.5
19-8903 William Clyde Gibson, III v. Indiana Indiana Denied IFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-claim criminal-appeal culyer-v-sullivan due-process ineffective-assistance-counsel post-conviction-proceedings public-defender strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Indiana Supreme Court erred in determining Gibson's conflict of interest claim should be analyzed under Strickland v. Washington rather th… -4.5
19-8904 William Clyde Gibson, III v. Indiana Indiana Denied IFP death-penalty ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-circumstances post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington traumatic-brain-injury wiggins-v-smith williams-v-taylor 1. Whether the Indiana Supreme Court's opinion contravened Williams v. Taylor and Wiggins v. Smith by failing to find deficient performance where coun… -4.5
20-5089 William Kirkpatrick, Jr. v. Kevin Chappell, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254e1 capital-inmate-rights capital-punishment colloquy due-process federal-review habeas-corpus presumption-of-correctness state-court-proceedings waiver waiver-of-rights whitmore-v-arkansas Whether the Ninth Circuit contravened Whitmore v. Arkansas in upholding a capital inmate's waiver of the right to proceed absent a colloquy demonstrat… -4.5
20-5119 Wayne Powell v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment expert-funding hurst-v-florida indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-relief sixth-amendment 1. Does Ohio's postconviction process allow indigent defendants a substantive opportunity to develop claims that comport with Ohio's collateral review… -4.5
20-5249 Marlon Blacher v. California California Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure Does the circumstances presented and detailed by STATEMENT OF THE CASE portion of the present Petition for a Writ of Certiorari warrant issuance of th… -4.5
20-5254 Quintin I. Brown v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence-law felony jury-trial misdemeanor DID the COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA IWA l court i)£MV MR.13ROWU H'S COMSTltTUTIbWAL RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL ON Ttffc MVSOEIAEAMOR CHARGES OP ReCJ&WtWC STOLEN… -4.5
20-5256 Travis Jackson Marron, aka Abdul Mu'min v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-precedent due-process judicial-ruling judicial-rulings jurisdiction legislative-law legislative-laws standing subject-matter-jurisdiction virginia-supreme-court "Marron " prays this Honorable Court will hear his extraordinary case about the errors of the lower courts when they violated Appellants ' Constitutio… -4.5
20-5260 In Re Kenton G. Findlay Denied IFP 11-usc-362 14th-amendment 5th-amendment bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-stay constitutional-violation court-jurisdiction due-process foreclosure property-seizure Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida ("the Third DCA") violated the due process protection of the 5th a… -4.5
20-5261 Michael Fred Houston v. Texas Texas Denied IFP court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification identification-testimony motion-to-suppress reliability-standard suggestive-identification suggestive-procedure totality-of-circumstances witness-reliability 1) Does under the totality of the circumstance, is the in-court identification reliable even though the confrontation procedure was suggestive? 2) Di… -4.5
20-5266 Angela Rogers, et vir v. Caddo Parish School Board Louisiana Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection liberty-interest property-interest redress-of-grievances state-government-liability state-liability 1. Whether the U.S. Const. amend XIV, § 1, Due Process, Equal Protection, Liberty Interest in employment and Property Interest in employment contracts… -4.5
20-5269 Amadeo Valls v. Florida Florida Denied IFP acquittal burglary criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions mens-rea structural-error (1) WHETHER Due process prohibits Florida from excluding Hews rea .instruction from Burglary CHARGES or WHETHER IT IS STRUCTURAL ERROR For Trial court… -4.5
20-5270 Keith Allen Wilson v. Florida Florida Denied IFP circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti delayed-prosecution due-process motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal witness-unavailability Can the Charlotte County Court of Florida deny a Motion for Judgment of Acquittal, when the State did "not" prove Corpus Delicit of 2"d Degree Murder … -4.5
20-5277 Joseph Thompson, Jr. v. Houma Terrebonne Housing Authority, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation discrimination due-process employment federal-review jurisdictional-challenge standing statutory-construction supreme-court-procedure (1) Is Joseph Thompson Jr. Being denied his 13th, 14th, 15th The United States District Court For Eastern District of Louisiana, and United States cou… -4.5
20-5282 Alla A. Zorikova v. Realvest, Inc. Missouri Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial falsified-facts foreign-corporation judicial-discretion missouri-statutes usurious-interest weight-of-evidence Did Circuit Court denied Petitioner's Constitutional right for fair Trial by entering judgment against the law, weight of evidences and facts? Did So… -4.5
20-5288 Eugene Peter Schuler v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP bad-faith contract-law extrinsic-fraud fraud intentional-omission legal-authority omission statute-of-limitations voidable-agreement k. WHETHER CONTRACT LAW IDENTIFIES THAT AN AGREEMENT CAN BE SUED "BAD FAITH" AND MADE VOIDABLE BY EITHER EXTRINSIC FRAUD OR, ANOTHER INADVERTENT OMISS… -4.5
20-5297 Demarius Bridges v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay hearsay-testimony right-to-confrontation sixth-amendment standing testimonial-hearsay unavailable-witness 2. Can unconfronted testimonial hearsay be used to secure the admission at trial of other unconfronted testimonial hearsay? 3. Did the state fail to … -4.5
20-5298 Rodney A. Smith v. Susan Barker, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals de-novo frivolous frivolous-complaint informa-pauperis judicial-discretion standard-of-review Whether dismissal of informa pauperis complaint as frivolous is properly reviewed for abuse of discretion and it wass error for court of appeals to re… -4.5
20-5310 Benjamin Franklin v. Glenna S. Blair Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech freedom-of-association judicial-review presumption-of-intent presumption-of-reasonableness procedural-due-process standing FOUND SEVErAl argUAbE ClAMS UNdER thE R.L.U.I. P.A.? Exhibit): C AND E; CouD the Court see PresumptioN of intent to the Respondent Blair's Contributor… -4.5
20-5318 Dimitri Rozenman v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP bad-faith brady-violation disclosure-requirement due-process evidence-preservation tampering youngblood-standard 1. Whether the United States District Court ("U.S.D.C. ") erred in its finding that, in order to obtain relief under Arizona v. Youngblood, 488 U.S. 5… -4.5
20-5322 Patrick H. Torrence v. Alaska Alaska Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection search-and-seizure self-incrimination unreasonable-searches-and-seizures 1) The decision of the State of Alaska, and the Alaska Court of Appeals are inconsistent with the United States Fourteenth Amendment rights to fair an… -4.5
20-5332 William David Bush v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 10th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federalism preemption public-health-emergency quarantine-powers state-authority state-police-powers tenth-amendment Where the State of California's Health and Safety Code, openly declares supremacy in codified authority to the articles and rights guaranteed in law b… -4.5
20-5333 Norman Paul Blanco v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law california-penal-code civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment felony-convictions judicial-review legal-procedure sentencing-enhancements statutory-interpretation Aunder parole consideration arficle under I vection 32 of california prparition fonmater whnvilenfe constitution sentence ner th p atn ith febny atte… -4.5
20-5674 In Re James Ward Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Consistent with the holding in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), which held that to prove prejudice on a claim of ineffective assistance … -4.5
20-5691 In Re Freeman Berry Denied IFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea indictment jurisdiction jurisdictional-authority plea-agreement the inherent right to bind this Petitioner and other Defendants to a guilty plea contract it drafted. Does the United States Government retain contain… -4.5
20-5761 In Re Antonio M. Bogan Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability collusion constructive-possession due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-fairness retaliation Whether habeas corpus relief is being denied where (a) the State of Illinois failed to prove the substantive demerits of constructive possession — Mr.… -4.5
19-7624 Jerome Shaw v. United States Second Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acceptance-of-responsibility burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fatico-hearing sentencing Whether the District Court violated Petitioner's Due Process Rights when it erroneously found that the Government had sustained its burden of proof … -6.0
20-5228 United States, ex rel. Friedrich Lu v. Ramandeep Samra, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-representation circuit-court civil-procedure false-claims-act jurisdiction legal-representation pro-se qui-tam standing Under False Claims Act, may a relator proceed pro se, or must he hire an attorney? -6.5
20-5237 Kenneth Lee Manhard v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal collision-liability criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection license-suspension miranda-rights sentencing vehicular-manslaughter (1) Was he denied equal protection of the law ? -6.5
20-5271 Toshi Edward Willingham v. Catherine S. Bauman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review sixth-circuit 1. DID THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN AND THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ERRONEOUSLY … -6.5
20-5305 Ronnie Smith v. New York State Child Support Processing Center, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-support child-support-garnishment erisa erisa-exemption federal-pension federal-pension-funds garnishment income-protection intergovernmental-tax-immunity statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause veterans-benefits 1. Whether the statutes 29 UCS Section 1001 et seq., ERISA insulated Petitioner 's federal pension funds in a account which is not taxable exempt from… -6.5
20-5307 Rebecca H. Gallogly v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-responsibility civil-rights community-supervision constitutional-deprivation criminal-procedure due-process expungement probation property-rights 1. Is it a Constitutional deprivation to put a person found not guilty on community supervision or probation for the charge! or, to permit states to a… -6.5
20-5313 Melquan Tucker v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge district-of-columbia-v-heller due-process felony-penalties home-protection second-amendment self-defense strict-scrutiny takings Whether New York's Penal Law § 265.01-b(1) is unconstitutional as applied where it imposes criminal, felony penalties when citizens fail to ask for th… -6.5
20-5328 Jeffrey Paul Giblin v. Washington Washington Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-rules eyewitness-testimony intent intent-standard lay-opinion-testimony A h FourteenAmenden Contittinauarnts of "Due Proces ofLaw and"equal protection of the laws" duly satistied for a Defendant accused of a crime involvin… -6.5
20-5330 Layne Aucoin v. Andrew Cupil, Lieutenant, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights eighth-amendment excessive-force muhammad-v-close prison-discipline prisoner-rights sixth-amendment Do the Sixth Amendment and this Court's decision in Muhammad v. Close, 540 U.S. 749 (2004), foreclose a federal court from dismissing an inmate 8th Am… -6.5
20-5331 Michael A. Bruzzone v. Intel Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure anti-SLAPP antitrust civil-rights confrontation confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection retaliation In a 15 U.S.C. § 1 controversy claiming industry, law, attorney, group boycott, can District and Appellant Courts, one after the next, deny a citizen … -6.5
20-5350 Jordan Duke Venable v. City of Phoenix, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process prison-mail qualified-immunity c.^1- of o^\6^ i/wa\|^ra^5Jont P\o\^ c^^eo\ \0 ^ 4+KcW d'A vvs-Vao\ OK Vk^ e^li Afy ofOK avs \e^r W.5 e^ o>K\CM -6.5
20-5352 Shawn Woodward v. Mohammed Ali, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies judicial-review standing \a\AW Vb VV e- AA A (X^A 'A'oV^ qxxA \b\W\xA \\A XU^AA VjO\W ^XyoXXAjVvJL ASX V Cj^AX qmA 'X'X ev\Xau^% V> <x YW^-w VxA ~ W\A \W xAA l-A Qv x\^-^'O'A… -6.5
20-5354 Johnnie Lee Jordan, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2254-petition brady-violation certificate-of-appealability civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process giglio-violation habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence pro-se-litigant standing Whether pro se litigants can be sentenced to a natural life sentence because of Giglio and Brady violations, and insufficient evidence plain on the fa… -6.5
20-5370 Luis Guillen v. Russell Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-procedure habeas-corpus standing statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent 1. WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S PETITION IS TIMELY AND/OR THE ONE YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN PETITIONER'S CASE ARE EQUATABLY TOLLED UNDER HOLLAND V. F… -6.5
20-5371 Keith Lemont Farmer v. Jonathan Lebo, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus standing Question not identified. -6.5
20-5374 In Re Amro Elansari Denied Response WaivedIFP cannabis-prohibition class-of-one constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection judicial-review mandamus-writ medicinal-value substantive-due-process 1. Does the failure of the Third Circuit - and other courts - to consider the Plaintiffs substantive due process claims applied to the prohibition of … -6.5
20-5381 Lawrence F. Curtin v. Kimberly Cortez Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-amendment fifth-amendment first-amendment florida fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-qualification-commission petition redress-of-grievances sixth-amendment state-court-judge DO I HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PETITION FLORIDA'S JUDBCIIAL QUALIFICATION COMMISSION, TOE GOVERNMENT, HIM WRITING, FOSS A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES … -6.5
20-5401 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abstention access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection federal-forum judicial-abstention pro-se-litigation standing When the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the U.S. District Court's abstaining from ruling on Sundy's independent claims despite Sundy bein… -6.5
20-5421 Doved Ben Downer v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-document criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-possession due-process information-charging legal-sufficiency racketeering statutory-interpretation 1. IS SIMPLE POSSESSION UNDER F.S. 893.13(6)(A). A LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE RACKETEERING PREDICATE INCIDENT UNDER F.S. § 895.02(l)(a), § 895.02(l)(b)? 2. … -6.5
20-5430 Anthony G. Meyers v. Cathy Jess, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law duty-to-retreat first-degree-reckless-homicide homicide ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense utter-disregard 1. Was there sufficient evidence of utter "utter disregard for human life" to support a first degree reckless homicide conviction? 2. Should addition… -6.5
20-5447 John David Wilson, Jr. v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct speedy-trial DOES A PROPEPL FUEO DE MAND SPEEDY FOr TRAL AOPUIES TO A STATE PRISON,HEUD WITHOUT BAIL IN A UNTH JAIL , APPUES TO E STATE STATE PRIsoMee. -6.5
20-5458 Fidel Alain Martin-Sosa v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review clear-error criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy methamphetamine mitigating-role role-adjustment sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review A district court's guidelines calculations are reviewed for clear error. Did the court of appeals err in holding that the district court's guidelines … -6.5
20-5464 Dwayne Banks v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights death-penalty due-process habeas standing ThE quUERNMeNt F1l2D ReSpONSE T the 7 pEtItINNEn's 2255 "2yNS AFTER ORDERRD by the POUt". ThE GUERNMES ADMIts CONCEDES Hat "It FoRgot". DID thE Distai… -6.5
20-5476 Derek Tyler Horton v. Alabama Alabama Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights duty-to-investigate fourth-amendment law-enforcement lawful-arrest pretext pretextual-arrest probable-cause warrant-validity 1.) Whether a police officer's reason for acting , in at least some circumstances , should factor into the Fourth Amendment inquiry?* 2.) Whether t… -6.5
20-5477 Elvis Henry Idada v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-justice constitutional-deprivation criminal-procedure defendants-rights discovery discovery-restrictions due-process government-limitations government-misconduct judicial-review sixth-amendment Should This Court Address the Sixth Amendment Deprivations Created by the Government's Pervasive Restrictions on Defendants' Access to Discovery? -6.5
20-5482 Marvin Arido Sorro v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-law fourth-amendment judicial-proceedings jurisdictional-challenge procedural-rights standing I. Did Phe OmFed SPedes DisPricV CourV Deprive.d The. PeAvPiooer Access ToTbe. Coords and Id Siofe a Claim When il Departed From The Accepted and U… -6.5
20-5487 Jerome Adams v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process due-process-clause eighth-amendment procedural-bar res-judicata standing Whether the procedural bar of res judicata may serve as the basis for the dismissal of constitutional claims that were previously raised, but with sub… -6.5
20-5496 Santosh Ram v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-violations evidentiary-standard judicial-review lower-court-analysis mcquiggin-v-perkins post-conviction-relief procedural-due-process schup-v-delo Question not identified. -6.5
20-5498 John Silvia, Jr. v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-performance client-representation criminal-procedure discovery evidence-preservation exculpatory-evidence expert-consultation expert-witness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel subpoena witness-interview This case raises the question of whether an attorney can be found to have rendered effective assistance of counsel where he failed to review a signifi… -6.5
20-5508 David P. Moran v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-challenge due-process fourteenth-amendment motion-preservation preservation-of-issues statutory-interpretation trial-procedure 1. Is Fla. Stat. 924.05l(l)(b) unconstitutional on it's face due to it's conflict with the due process clause of the U.S. Const. 14th Amend.? 2. Shou… -6.5
20-5510 Robert L. Pernell, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 direct-appeal equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements procedural-default supreme-court-precedent I. WHETHER THE GOVERNING PROVISIONS IN THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS PRECEDENT CASE LAW, IN RE GODDARD, 170 F.3d 43541999), HAS UNLAWFULLY CREAT… -6.5
20-5513 Timothy Allen McWilliams v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split conspiracy controlled-substance due-process methamphetamine sentencing-guidelines Whether the courts must give deference to the commentary to United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G.) § 4B1.1(b)(2) in determining whether a defe… -6.5
20-5524 Ranau D. Johnson v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ohio-appellate-rule sixth-amendment unit-of-prosecution Can the State Court deprive the Appellant the fundamental right to effective assistance of Appellate Counsel by denying an Appellant/Defendant the opp… -6.5
20-5530 Tony Gordon v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice-act due-process expert-services independent-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment Whether a trial court violates the Sixth Amendment right to independent counsel in denying a defense application for necessary expert services pursuan… -6.5
20-5533 Gayle McNamara v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review criminal-history district-court-error downward-variance judicial-discretion offense-level sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review A defendant who has shown that the district court mistakenly deemed applicable an incorrect, higher Guidelines range has demonstrated a reasonable pro… -6.5
20-5534 In Re Marcos Antonio Blancas Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-3231 breach-of-agreement congress-powers congressional-powers district-court-jurisdiction government-agreement government-breach subject-matter-jurisdiction WHETHER BY REASON OF THE GOVERNMENT BREACHING AN AGREEMENT IT EXECUTED WITH MARCO ANTONIO BLANCA, THE DISTRICT COURT EFFECTIVELY LOST SUBJECT MATTER J… -6.5
20-5535 Randy Platt v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender common-law common-law-definition elements-clause physical-force robbery robbery-statute sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-commission In Stokeling v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 544 (2029), this Court reviewed whether Florida's robbery statute required a level of force necessary to qual… -6.5
20-5542 Devin M. Kugler v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-limitation due-process juvenile-adjudication life-sentence miller-v-alabama sentencing-precedent sexually-violent-person Whether this Court's decision in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), which prohibits life sentences for juveniles, prevents a court from civilly c… -6.5
20-5552 Ohio, ex rel. Jeremy Kerr v. Reeve Kelsey, Judge Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure default-judgment dismissal-prejudice due-process non-legal-entity procedural-due-process standing state-court Does a state court violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution when it issues a Default Judgment against a non-legal entity? Does a … -6.5
20-5553 Joseph E. Lawrence v. Montana Montana Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech government-accountability judicial-misconduct public-records standing state-accountability subject-matter-jurisdiction (1) Are the Montana Supreme Court, Montana Attorney General and Montana's lower courts obligated and/or accountable to abide by the express provisions… -6.5
20-5554 Kenton Dayne Eagle Chasing v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 8th-circuit circuit-split criminal-offense criminal-revocation public-importance sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction 1) Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred on a matter of public importance and created a circuit split when it ruled that subject matter ju… -6.5
20-5555 Franklin C. Edwards v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure fourth-amendment investigatory-stop kansas-v-glover law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop vehicle-search Duri ng the early morni ng hours, a shooti ng took place in a parking lot of an apartment compl ex. The crime scene was large. There were a lot of she… -6.5
20-5561 Craig Edward Hunnicutt, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review discretion federal-sentencing first-step-act guidelines judicial-discretion motion-denial sentence-reduction sentencing 1. A First Step Act (FSA) sentence reduction denial should come only after a "complete review on the merits." Yet the Sixth Circuit held that it had n… -6.5
20-5564 Antonio U. Akel v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brown-opinion Brown-v-Board due-process Eleventh-Circuit fair-trial recusal recusal-statute resentencing sentencing WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S REFUSAL TO CONDUCT A FULL RESENTENCING WITH THE DEFENDANT PRESENT RENDERS THE P… -6.5
20-5568 Alex Alberto Castro v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review criminal-procedure evidence-law exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence wiretap-suppression wiretaps Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's Order denying the defense motion to suppress wiretaps. -6.5
20-5569 Carlos Garcia-Toro v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-defense criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment homicide ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Does the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment of the federal Constitution guarantee the right to conflict free counsel if defense counsel represents multipl… -6.5
20-5571 Angel C. Pacheco v. Maine Maine Denied Response WaivedIFP any-persons-present collective-searches criminal-procedure drug-trafficking fourth-amendment probable-cause search-warrant warrant-standard (1) Whether, to obtain a search warrant authorizing the search of "any," "all" or "unknown" persons likely to be found at a residence believed to be u… -6.5
20-5574 Jose Luis Torres v. Jamey Luther, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions deficient-performance due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance multiplicious-offenses plea-agreement plea-bargaining procedural-default Question not identified. -6.5
20-5575 In Re Van Lawson Williams Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court civil-procedure clear-and-convincing-standard due-process standard-of-proof successive-proceedings Whether a secondary appeals court has disregarded clear controlling law and abused its discretion in denying petitioner's motion for leave to proceed … -6.5
20-5576 Sarina Ann Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split congressional-intent conspiracy federal-law sentencing-guidelines sex-trafficking Whether the crime of Conspiracy to Engage in Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, and Coercion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1594(c), carries a base offens… -6.5
20-5577 Malik Timbers v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea minor-role-reduction plea-bargaining sentence-appeal-waiver sentencing sentencing-guidelines violence-enhancement weapon-enhancement I. WHETHER CERTIORARI REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN FINDING THAT TIMBERS' GUILTY PLEA WAS VOLUNTARY AND THE SENTENCE-AP… -6.5
20-5583 Gregory D. Crosby v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Diel TE TRIALend APleals COoM ERRED NOT AOWING witen meniToned iRiaL dURING 1BW 4 -6.5
20-5586 Jose Zamudio-Silva v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-sentencing sentencing-departures sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness When considering guidelines rulings, should appellate courts review the decision to depart from the guideline range in the same way as other guideline… -6.5
20-5587 Zachary Joseph Love v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 constitutional-rights evidentiary-hearing federal-procedure habeas-corpus kaufman-v-united-states townsend-factors townsend-v-sain In a habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 originating from a federal district court, where facts have not been established on the record to… -6.5
20-5590 Manuel Chacon-Lara v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process fast-track fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pre-trial-proceedings pre-trial-stage sentence-reduction sentencing Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err in determining there was no "Substantial Showing of Denial of a Constitutional Right" - When Chacon-Lara ar… -6.5
20-5595 Joshua Glen Box v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit categorical-approach child-pornography criminal-law eighth-circuit federal-criminal-law predicate-offense predicate-offenses sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erred when it failed to properly apply the categorical approach to determine whether Mr. Box's pri… -6.5
20-5596 Kevin Dean Green v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP beckles-v-united-states constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines vagueness-challenge vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Does Beckles U. United States, U.S. —, 137 S. Ct. 886 (2017) foreclose a vagueness challenge to a sentencing guideline when the operative term in that… -6.5
20-5597 Rory Swenson v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law first-amendment free-speech intent intent-standard listener-perception speech-protection true-threat true-threats virginia-v-black May speech that does not contain any expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence be criminalized as a "true threat" unprotected by t… -6.5
20-5599 Michael W. Greenwell, Sr. v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
20-5601 Eric Wayne Grinder v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split computer-search computer-searches digital-evidence fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-rights particularity-requirement search-and-seizure search-warrant Does the conflict of the particularity required in computer searches between the Fourth and Tenth circuits diminish Fourth Amendment rights? -6.5
20-5603 Michael A. Glover v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-sufficiency reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence I. DID THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COURTS VIOLATE THE PETITIONER'S 5TH & 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WHEN THEY FOUND THE PETITIONER … -6.5
20-5604 Atorbe Aaron Isibor v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure federal-rules forfeiture olano venue venue-insufficiency waiver waiver-doctrine Under this Court's decision in United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725 (1993), does a defendant who argues for the first time on appeal that the governme… -6.5
20-5606 Keith A. Brown v. Alberto Ramirez Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment incompetent-defendant motion-to-suppress suppression-of-evidence During a hearingr.ori: a Motion to Suppress Evidence, when the State fails to carry it's burden of proof, is the remedy suppression of the evidence?… -6.5
20-5611 Andy Buxton v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process federal-appeal habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-representation post-conviction-relief procedural-default Whether claims of ineffective assistance of post-convictional relief counsel could serve as cause to excuse the procedural default of a claim of trial… -6.5
20-5612 Anthony Roy Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment charging-instrument criminal-procedure due-process felony-sentencing intervening-arrest prior-sentences same-charging-instrument sentencing-guidelines Is the Court prohibited from calculating a sentences which were imposed on the same day or in the same charging instrument as separate sentences in ac… -6.5
20-5614 Derrick Anthony Felton v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-activity defendant-status due-process judicial-determination leadership-role legal-error plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement trial-court vagueness Did the Trial Court error in finding that Mr. Felton was an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor of the criminal activity? -6.5
20-5615 Michael Gordon v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-prosecution juror-impartiality jury-impartiality jury-selection marijuana-legalization marijuana-prosecution voir-dire 1. When empaneling a jury for a federal marijuana prosecution in a state where marijuana is legal, does a voir dire inquiry focusing on whether the po… -6.5
20-5620 Ivan Soto-Barraza and Jesus Lionel Sanchez-Meza v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consent conspiracy constructive-amendment criminal-procedure extortion hobbs-act jury-instructions robbery The Hobbs Act defines extortion, in relevant part, as requiring the wrongful use of violence or fear in order to induce a person to consent to part wi… -6.5
20-5622 Larry E. Starks, Jr. v. United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fifth-amendment judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-amendment A. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT ERRED AND ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY TERMINATING THE INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PETITIONER MET TH… -6.5
20-5625 Ricky Williams v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review Petitioner was not entitled to issuance of a certificate of appealability? -6.5
20-5628 Javier Corona-Verduzco v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP based on the plain text of the statute without relying on extratextual sources of author 21-usc-841 drug-felony extratextual-sources first-step-act imprisonment-term plain-text plain-text-analysis plain-text-interpretation sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony statutory-interpretation Whether the phrase "served a term of imprisonment of more than 12 months" in the First Step Act unambiguously allows a defendant to sustain two "serio… -6.5
20-5636 Miguel Figueroa v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction gun-statute plea-bargaining plea-colloquy predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant's statement during a plea colloquy admitting conduct that could serve as a predicate for a conviction for use of a gun under 18 U.… -6.5
20-5637 Limmia Page v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP citizen-arrest citizen's-arrest civil-rights color-of-law customs-and-border-patrol federal-preemption fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure unreasonable-search vehicle-stop Whether a citizen loses the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures because an on-duty federal agent acting under color of law makes … -6.5
20-5644 Jonathan Limary v. Maine Maine Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights defense-of-others fair-trial impartial-jury jury-selection self-defense sixth-amendment voir-dire Did the lower court deny Jonathan Limary the right to a fair and impartial jury under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, by denyin… -6.5
20-5648 Damien Guidry v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines imprisonment-aggregation probation-modification probation-revocation rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Sentencing Guidelines permit the aggregation of a prior sentence of imprisonment with a subsequent probation modification imposed … -6.5
20-5650 Carlos Cruz-Rivera v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure firearms firearms-conviction first-step-act judicial-review retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C), which as clarified and as amended by the First Step Act of 2018, precludes aggravated punishment for second firearms… -6.5
20-5652 Daniel L. Lopez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states motion-to-vacate sentencing statute-of-limitations Whether Lopez's 28 USC Section 2255(a) Motion was timely filed under Johnson v United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) as there is a split between the 8… -6.5
20-5653 Hermenegildo Margarito Espinoza Espinoza v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum 1) Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eith… -6.5
20-5656 Priscilla Ann Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure district-prosecution due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge overt-act venue venue-requirement In a criminal conspiracy case, does proof of venue require that at least one defendant charged in the case have participated in an overt act in furthe… -6.5
20-5658 Martin Racioppi v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-procedure divisibility divisible-statute mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states robbery-statute state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit's approach, in United States v. McCants, 952 F.3d 416 (3d Cir. 2020), to determining that New Jersey's second-degree robbery… -6.5
20-5660 Percy St. George v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim court-of-appeals district-court due-process habeas-corpus legal-standard petition-review reasonable-jurist standard-of-review standing WHETHER REASONABLE JURIST COULD DEBATE THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ADOPTION THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S RULING THAT APPELLANT'S PETITION DOES NOT… -6.5
20-5661 Monty Marcellus Shelton v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeal civil-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis standing Question not identified. -6.5
20-5668 Kelly Frithiof Sundberg v. Harold Oreol, Executive Director of Patton State Hospital Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-procedure diligence-standard due-process equitable-tolling federal-procedure habeas-corpus section-2254 standing Along with the Fifth and Eighth Circuits, the Ninth Circuit requires petitioners that qualify for equitable tolling to show diligence during the perio… -6.5
20-5670 Henry Horace Givins v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender-enhancement circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-law eleventh-circuit mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession with intent to sell cocaine, in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13, a "controlled substance … -6.5
20-5673 In Re Ricardo Watkins Denied Response WaivedIFP cares-act civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-management due-process home-confinement medical-conditions prison-conditions prison-safety WHETHER RICARDO WATKINS SHOULD BE RESEASED TO HOME CONFINEMENT UNDER THE CARES ACT OF MARCH 2020, BECAUSE OF HIS UNDERLYING, DEBILITATING MEDICAL COND… -6.5
20-5681 Ryan K. Sumlin v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
20-5685 Ruben Sanchez v. Steven Silva, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenge pretext racial-discrimination standard-of-review (1) Whether, in an analysis under Batson v Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the prosecutor's peremptory challenge of Hispanic prospective jurors was just… -6.5
20-5687 John Oliver Bryant v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction legal-review petition-dismissal standing suspension-clause timeliness 1. Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petition as untimely. 2. Whether dismissal of the petition violated the Suspension Clause. -6.5
20-5688 Joseph L. Berry v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gender-discrimination jury-selection race-discrimination Does discrimination in jury selection at the intersection of race and gender violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Un… -6.5
20-5692 Johnathon Nico Wise v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure error-preservation federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-circuit judgment-of-acquittal legal-motion preservation-of-error rule-29 standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether specific grounds must be identified in a Rule 29 motion for judgment of acquittal to preserve error? -6.5
20-5695 Tony DuPree v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation takings (1). Is the Florida Supreme Court correct in saying it lacks jurisdiction where Petitioner is bringing Actual Innocence claim, Newly Discovered Eviden… -6.5
20-5704 Leonard Borden v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof co-conspirator-testimony criminal-procedure due-process factual-statements guideline-application preponderance-of-evidence presentence-report sentencing-guidelines sentencing-hearing does a defendant have an obligation to prove the facts in the PSR are inaccurate or untrue after the defendant objects to the factual statements and t… -6.5
20-5711 David Smith-Garcia, fka David Garwood Atwood, II v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure fifth-circuit plain-error-review sentencing supervised-release 1. Whether the district court erred by ordering two terms of imprisonment to run consecutive in the subject third supervised release revocation procee… -6.5
20-5717 William Bradner v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system due-process government-breach plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-level sixth-circuit Whether the government breaches the bargain of a plea agreement by requesting a minimum sentencing level fifteen years longer than what it had explici… -6.5
20-5721 Sheyna Douprea v. Janel Espinoza, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP battered-woman-syndrome ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health post-traumatic-stress-disorder prejudice prejudice-analysis self-defense strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Sheyna Douprea was convicted of first degree murder after she stabbed her boyfriend with a pocketknife while he tried to strangle her. At trial, Doupr… -6.5
20-5726 In Re Charlette Dufray Johnson Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-process mandamus standing Question not identified. -6.5
20-5727 Martez LaJuan Edwards v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression fourth-amendment jury probable-cause search-and-seizure standing Question not identified. -6.5
20-5737 Jesse Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process juror-misconduct jury-impartiality jury-selection religious-bias sex-trafficking sixth-amendment Whether, at petitioner's trial for sex trafficking—in which the government's case rested on evidence of the defendant's conduct as a procurer of prost… -6.5
20-5743 Johnny Melendez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-criminal-act constitutional-rights ineffective-assistance narcotics-possession prior-conviction right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-enhancement Should a writ of certiorari should be granted to determine if counsel rendered ineffective assistance when it allowed the court to rely on a prior con… -6.5
20-5744 Antonio Miller v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights expectation-of-privacy private-property search-and-seizure standing Petitioner Miller objected to an unlawful search of a rental car in his driveway. The District Court held that Miller did not have standing because th… -6.5
20-5745 Bradley William Monical v. Christina Towers, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process government-employees governmental-powers judicial-review legal-standards park-county-orders qualified-immunity statutory-provisions Question not identified. -6.5
20-5749 Elijah Hart v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-infirmity fourth-amendment good-faith-exception law-enforcement law-enforcement-disclosure magistrate-judge magistrate-review warrant warrant-application Whether the good-faith exception should apply when law enforcement officers technically disclose a crucial fact that would reveal a warrant's constitu… -6.5
20-5756 Chen Xu v. City of New York, New York Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-abuse child-abuse child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-court due-process family-court substantive-rights After a diagnosis and an assigned test in Weill Cornell hospital, petitioner Chen Xu's eight years old son urinate blood for two weeks. The hospital t… -6.5