Conference: 2020-10-16

110 cases — 0 granted, 110 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
20-366 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Appellants v. New York, et al. New York Denied Amici (31) None 41.5
20-18 Arthur Gregory Lange v. California California Judgment Issued Amici (19)Relisted (2) 4th-amendment exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment home-search misdemeanor misdemeanor-pursuit probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-entry Does pursuit of a person who a police officer has probable cause to believe has committed a misdemeanor categorically qualify as an exigent circumstan… 30.0
20-138 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Sierra Club, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (16)Relisted (2) administrative-law appropriations appropriations-transfer department-of-defense executive-power judicial-review national-security separation-of-powers standing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation 1. Whether respondents have a cognizable cause of action to obtain review of the Acting Secretary's compliance with Section 8005's proviso in transfer… 27.0
19-1212 Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Innovation Law Lab, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (13)Relisted (3) administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-authority border-policy due-process immigration-law non-refoulement notice-and-comment preliminary-injunction statutory-interpretation This case concerns a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy, known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which applies to aliens who have n… 24.5
19-1301 Clyde S. Bovat v. Vermont Vermont Denied Amici (3)Relisted (3) 4th-amendment curtilage exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Whether a police officer can access "semiprivate" areas within a home's curtilage to conduct an investigation without a warrant. 14.5
19-1357 Robert Angel Perez v. Colorado Colorado Denied Amici (2) criminal-defendant criminal-procedure discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment mental-health-records privilege sixth-amendment state-privilege Whether, and to what extent, the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee a criminal defendant the right to discover potentially exculpatory mental h… 12.5
20-39 AVIC International Holding Corporation, et al. v. Soaring Wind Energy, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied arbitrability arbitral-panel-composition arbitration-agreement arbitration-jurisdiction due-process equality-of-treatment federal-arbitration-act new-york-convention non-signatory-challenge public-policy 1. Petitioners are foreign corporations that did not sign the arbitration agreement signed by an affiliated entity, did not consent to arbitration, an… 10.5
19-1260 Andrew Demma v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 18-usc-3553a appeals-court child-pornography circuit-split discretion gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion kimbrough-v-united-states policy-disagreement sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness (1) Whether the discretion recognized under Kimbrough v. United States for a district court to vary based on a policy disagreement applies to the chil… 9.5
19-1323 B.E. Technology, L.L.C. v. Facebook, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights costs due-process federal-circuit judicial-imprimatur legal-relationship mootness preclusion prevailing-party standing texas-state-teachers-association-v-garland Following this Court's decision in CRST, does the standard for determining whether a defendant is a "prevailing party" require the "material alteratio… 9.0
20-161 City of Sacramento, California, et al. v. Robert Mann, Sr., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment intimate-association section-1983 sibling-relationship sibling-relationships standing 1. Whether the First Amendment protects intimate associations absent expressive activity; 2. If so, whether that protection exceeds what the Due Proc… 9.0
20-376 DNF Associates, LLC v. Jillian McAdory Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consumer-protection debt-buyer debt-collection debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act henson-v-santander legal-standing passive-debt-buyer statutory-interpretation Whether a passive debt buyer—an entity that purchases defaulted debts for its own account, refers the debts to third parties that perform collection, … 8.5
19-1298 Rogers County Board of Tax Roll Corrections, et al. v. Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. Oklahoma Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) ad-valorem-tax bracker-balancing-test federal-preemption government-interests indian-gaming-regulatory-act non-indian-entity non-indian-property state-taxation tribal-sovereignty Whether a generally applicable state ad valorem tax, as assessed against personal property owned by a non-Indian, out-of-state corporate entity and le… 7.5
20-147 Timothy B. Brown v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied adversary-process civil-procedure district-court due-process magistrate magistrate-referral pro-se-litigant res-judicata sua-sponte Does the Supreme Court's Ruling in Arizona v. California, 530 U.S. 392 (2000) empower a District Judge to Raise the issue of res judicata sua sponte i… 5.5
20-149 Cheryl D. Uzamere v. New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied antitrust civil-rights court-corruption due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech genocide hobbs-act new-york-state-law Whether New York State Law S2942 —A is unconstitutional: a) Federal Courts find that New York State Law S2942 —A is unconstitutional. b) New York Stat… 5.5
20-151 Joe Blessett v. Beverly Ann Garcia Fifth Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-law due-process federal-contract federal-court-jurisdiction homestead-exemption property-seizure standing title-iv-d 1. Has the Court decision denied Blessett 's U.S. Constitution protected right not to contract into Title IV-D services? 2. Did the 5th Appellate Cou… 5.5
20-152 Anastasia Wullschleger, et al. v. Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit Denied appellate-jurisdiction class-action fake-products federal-question federal-question-jurisdiction jurisdictional-interpretation legal-procedure marketing state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction Petitioners' class action complaint brought in state court seeking relief under Missouri law for respondents' marketing of fake prescription pet food … 5.5
20-153 Joe Blessett v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas Fifth Circuit Denied 10th-amendment 42-usc-654 constitutional-protections contract contract-law interstate-contract private-law-liability separation-of-powers title-iv-d u.s.-congress 1. Did U.S. Congress intend for Title IV-D Cooperative-Federalism 42 U.S.C 654(3) contactors escape private law liabilities for violating their 10th a… 5.5
20-156 Kevin Edward Connors v. Texas Texas Denied brady-v-maryland brady-violation cold-record credibility-determinations due-process fact-finding habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility I. Whether it violates due process for a superior court to substitute its own unfavorable fact findings based on a cold record for an inferior court's… 5.5
20-164 Roosevelt Johnson v. Florida Florida Denied access-to-court claim-forfeiture due-process manifest-injustice miscarriage-of-justice postconviction-counsel pro-se-action procedural-default Whether a defendant is denied due process and access to the court when appointed postconviction counsel refuses to adopt a meritorious claim and Flori… 5.5
20-170 Karen Chongah Han v. Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. Sixth Circuit Denied civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-discretion federal-courts judicial-estoppel legal-standing procedural-dismissal standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel can be applied to defeat subject matter jurisdiction that otherwise exists—while it cannot be used to create… 5.5
20-180 Matthew William George v. Virginia Virginia Denied 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech post-commitment probation-restrictions A. Does a Virginia Court have the authority to extinguish a defendant's post commitment First Amendment Rights? B. Can a Virginia Court subject a def… 5.5
20-182 Rita Stanback, et al. v. Ginny Humphrey, as Parent and Legal Guardian of Minor Child, O. H., et al. Sixth Circuit Denied civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process law-enforcement police-investigation qualified-immunity sexual-misconduct sixth-circuit supervisory-liability takings Whether the Sixth Circuit contradicted a fundamental principle of this Court's qualified immunity precedent when it denied qualified immunity to Petit… 5.5
20-22 Malik Akbar Bhai, aka Malik Akbarbhai Virani, aka Malik Akbar-Bhai Virani, aka Malik Abbar-Bhai Virani, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
20-40 CATIC USA Incorporated v. Soaring Wind Energy, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied arbitral-award arbitration-agreement arbitration-jurisdiction commercial-arbitration due-process international-treaty jurisdiction new-york-convention us-activities us-citizens 1. The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, commonly referred to as the "New York Convention," is an internationa… 5.5
20M28 Glenda Marcus v. Sylvester Marcus, Sr. Georgia Presumed Complete None 5.5
20M29 Lawanda Warren v. Kennection Installation, LLC, et al. Virginia Presumed Complete None 5.5
20M30 Derry Sykes v. New York State Office of Children and Family Services, et al. Second Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
20M31 Anthony A. Stringer v. Lincoln County Jail, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
20M32 Richard W. Rose v. Department of Justice District of Columbia Presumed Complete None 5.5
20-224 Marion E. Pitch, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony S. Pitch, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights civil-rights-records exceptional-circumstances federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-6 grand-jury-materials grand-jury-proceedings historical-significance inherent-judicial-authority rule-6e-exceptions 1. Whether the Federal District Court has the authority under case law precedent or the inherent Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act to rele… 4.5
20-192 Mary Louise Serafine v. Karin Crump, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity prospective-relief section-1983 standing state-court-proceeding Whether City of Los Angeles v. Lyons may be expanded to bar Article III standing under Section 1983 in a suit for prospective relief against state jud… 3.5
20-212 Teresita A. Canuto v. Nancy Pelosi, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived article-iii causal-connection civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure ftca ftca-claims jurisdiction standing standing-doctrine summary-judgment 1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals and the District Court erred when it affirm the motion for summary affirmance and motion to dismiss of appellee G… 3.5
20-215 Richard Bernholz v. Internal Revenue Service Second Circuit Denied Response Waived federal-tort-claims-act government-liability immunity internal-revenue-service sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tax-assessment tax-collection The question presented is whether any conduct by the Internal Revenue Service which may broadly be construed as a mechanism for the assessment and col… 3.5
20-230 Donald L. Baker v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-misconduct civil-rights due-process judicial-notice judicial-review patent patent-law pro-se-litigation retaliation 1. Whether U.S. Agencies, in particular the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), may under law render shoddy, arbitrary, capricious and dishonest… 3.5
20-233 Hmong 2, et al. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived breach-of-promise civil-procedure constitutional-law exception judicial-review justiciability non-justiciable political-question political-question-doctrine separation-of-powers standing treaty-interpretation 1. Whether the Court should establish a breach of promise exception to the non-justiciable political question rule? 2. Whether the Court should estab… 3.5
20-241 Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-action attorney-client-privilege circuit-court-review foia freedom-of-information-act judicial-review rule-60 summary-judgment To oppose release under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") of two emails, an agency asserted FOIA Exemption 4 based on the attorney-client privil… 3.5
20-258 Alvin E. Medina v. Federal Aviation Administration Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived appeal appeal-rights arbitration arbitration-decision civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review notice notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-litigant Alvin E Medina, the Petitioners, request this Petition for Writ of Certiorari be granted given the salient issue equitable tolling, and the constituti… 3.5
20-274 Evelia Bueno v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
20-279 Esaun Torres, aka Esau Torres Medina v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
20-295 Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived botanical-ingredients constituent-definition dietary-supplements dmaa DSHEA FDA-approval federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act geranium-plants prior-history-of-use trace-quantities Did the Eleventh Circuit err in holding that a substance that naturally occurs in a plant is not a "constituent" of an "herb or other botanical"—and t… 3.5
20-368 Eric Christopher Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment appellate-counsel constructive-possession contraband due-process fifth-amendment intent physical-evidence presentence-report residence I. Does constructive possession established without showing intent or any physical evidence linking defendant to contraband found in a storage bedroom… 3.5
20-387 Lewana Howard v. Gabriel DeFrates, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights equal-protection federal-remedy retaliation state-action state-employees (1) When state employees acting in their personal capacity rather than agents of the state, violate the 14,h Amendment Equal Protection rights of a ci… 3.5
19-8832 Stefan Van Der End v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial maritime-law nationality sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments are violated by the provision of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70504(a), precluding jur… -1.0
20-5719 Efrain Camarill Cruz v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability double-jeopardy federal-jurisdiction guilty-plea habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mental-illness plea-bargaining Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his federal habeas claims th… -1.5
20-5738 Willie Hugh Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu 139-S-Ct-2369 certiorari constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit sentence-vacatur sentencing united-states-v-haymond L. Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Ha… -1.5
20-5739 David Rothenberg v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-sentencing paroline-v-united-states physical-abuse restitution restitution-calculation statutory-interpretation victim-losses When calculating restitution for a possessor of child pornography, must the victim's losses caused by the initial physical abuse be disaggregated from… -1.5
20-5741 Juan Gabriel Sanchez-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial recidivism sentencing Sixth-Amendment Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States , 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
19-8280 Jesus Jaime Jimenez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus jurisdiction lack-of-jurisdiction statutory-window 1. Did the Fifth Circuit err in not allowing Petitioner his rights to bring his complaint of 'Lack of Jurisdiction', under a §2254 Writ of Habeas Corp… -4.0
19-8357 Jeffery J. Lout v. Montana Montana Denied Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claims death-penalty due-process ex-post-facto intellectual-disability mental-illness procedural-challenges psychological-evaluation sentencing Question not identified. -4.0
20-5072 Rodney Renard Newberry v. Florida Florida Denied IFP apprendi capital-sentencing due-process elements reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona Under the Due Process Clause, determinations as to both elements and their "functional equivalents" must be made beyond a reasonable doubt. See, e.g.,… -4.5
20-5087 Italo Ebaristo Napa Moreira v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-challenge due-process johnson jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act miranda prosecutorial-discretion stateless-vessel I. Whether the MDLEA is unconstitutional because the Government is not required to prove any "minimum contacts" or "nexus" between a defendant and the… -4.5
20-5263 Patrick W. Schroeder v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mitigation mitigation-evidence pro-se pro-se-representation proportionality sentencing 1) Whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution are violated when a capital sentencing panel issues a death sentence… -4.5
20-5367 In Re Abdul Mohammed Denied IFP civil-procedure district-court district-court-judgment frivolous-appeal good-faith good-faith-complaint judicial-immunity mandamus-petition subject-matter-jurisdiction 1) whether the judges who rule on matters upon which they have no subject matter jurisdiction whatsoever are entitled to judicial immunity; 2) whethe… -4.5
20-5378 James Lynn Styers v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Ninth Circuit Denied IFP capital-case certificate-of-appealability collateral-review eddings-standard eddings-v-oklahoma habeas-corpus mitigation-evidence ninth-circuit second-or-successive-petition Whether the Arizona Supreme Court, during reweighing on collateral review to correct its error under Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104 (1982), is requ… -4.5
20-5386 Leon Hawkins v. Donnie Morgan, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion merger ohio-law sentencing sentencing-merger Does Ohio violate petitioner's constitutional right to be sentenced for sentences that merged (yet) the court sentenced separate sentences for the sam… -4.5
20-5387 Abraham A. Augustin v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied IFP accessory-after-the-fact actual-innocence due-process guilty-verdict post-conviction-relief principal-crime Question not identified. -4.5
20-5397 Wilbert Romon Banks v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan plea-bargaining racial-bias racial-discrimination trevino-v-thaler trial-counsel venue-change WAS BANKS CLAIM OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, RAISED FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING HIS FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS PETITION, A SUBSTANTIAL CLAIM WITHIN … -4.5
20-5406 In Re Abdul Mohammed Denied IFP civil-rights discrimination due-process executive-committee federal-judges judicial-harassment judicial-misconduct judicial-order mandamus-petition race religion retaliation 1) whether the Executive Committee's Order entered against the Petitioner on August 13, 2020 is legal; 2) whether the individual Respondents who are … -4.5
20-5419 Michael D. Dyer v. Aimee Smith, Warden, et al. Georgia Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel Question not identified. -4.5
20-5420 Helga G. Suarez Clark v. Republic of Peru District of Columbia Denied IFP civil-procedure court-appointed-counsel due-process pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigation rule-8a short-and-plain-statement standing venue venue-transfer 1 USCA(case 20-7001) erroneously denied my motion for court appointed counsel, aledging case did not have merits despite chief judge Me Mahon NYSD(18-… -4.5
20-5425 Rasheen J. Gamble v. New York New York Denied IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cumulative-error dna-evidence due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct I. WAS DEFENSE COUNSEL INEFFECTIVE FOR CONSENTING TO THE PROSECUTOR'S EXTREMELY UNTIMELY REQUEST FOR A DNA SAMPLE —A MOVE THAT THE APPELLATE DIVISI… -4.5
20-5426 David Moss v. Texas Texas Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance retroactive-application retroactivity strickland-standard strickland-v-washington texas-code-of-criminal-procedure AState Court of last resort decided an- important question of law in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of this court. This court decided L… -4.5
20-5451 Casey Rafael Tyler v. North Carolina Fourth Circuit Dismissed IFP actual-innocence church-state constitutional-claims due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus legal-prosecution second-petition successive-petitions unlawful-prosecution When Petitioning For Federal Habeas Relief a 2nd Time, is the Actual Innocence Requirement Satisfied Where "Conceding Guilt" Nevertheless Could Not Wa… -4.5
20-5837 In Re Edward Donald Oberwise Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-standards circuit-court habeas-corpus state-court successive-petition teague teague-claim Should this Court use its power to grant a writ of habeas corpus to a non-capital state court defendant who has no other available forum to raise a co… -4.5
19-8232 William Lynn Jackson v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge district-mapping due-process equal-protection jury-selection minority-representation racial-discrimination racial-gerrymandering standing voting-rights Whether this Petitioner is another example of such deprivation of the Equal Protection Clause which forbids the State's to exclude black persons from … -6.0
19-8279 Jeffrey LaGasse v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment-violation certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto plea-bargaining police-misconduct severance Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals by-pass the petitioner's 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment rights by denying his petition for Certificate of Appealabi… -6.0
19-8348 Roland I. Kehano, Sr. v. Scott Harrington, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process medical-care prisoner-rights Question not identified. -6.0
20-5365 In Re Jacquelyn B. N'Jai Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Question not identified. -6.5
20-5383 Dennis Marc Grigsby v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction post-conviction-writ procedural-due-process standard-of-review state-court-proceedings Did the state district court failure to certify its grant of motion for reconsideration affect the course of proceedings and factor into the Nevada Su… -6.5
20-5384 Jerome Nathan Grant v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-court-review pro-se-petition right-to-counsel sentencing-enhancement standing Question not identified. -6.5
20-5413 Josiah English v. Jo Lynn Gentry, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court federal-courts judicial-discretion standing state-courts Did the Arizona Supreme Court err by denying Petition For Review and Request For A Stay of Proceedings in disregard of the fact that ongoing parallel … -6.5
20-5414 Aimee Lewis v. Seventh Circuit Court, South Dakota Unified Judicial System, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process jurisdiction patent standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
20-5438 Michael Robinson v. Geisinger Hospital, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process property standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
20-5443 Christopher Rondeau v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-alien due-process federal-law foreign-national legal-status legally-dead murder-prosecution subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Were the Petitioner 's 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendment rights violated when the State of Indiana held a trial without subject matter jurisdiction in w… -6.5
20-5448 Antonio Williams v. William J. Pollard, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-standards antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act appellate-counsel certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance interest-of-justice newly-discovered-evidence 1. Whether federal courts should or must consider the restrictive standards for granting habaes relief under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death P… -6.5
20-5456 Lorenzo Robertson v. Ozell Pace, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-procedures judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-construction Question not identified. -6.5
20-5460 Keith L. Calvin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa antiterrorism-act civil-rights due-process federal-petition habeas-corpus post-conviction state-prisoner statute-of-limitations time-limitation Quastin of greatpabli mportance: Das Sction 22A .' of the A E D P A of lgb) stating that" The Antiterrorism and Effaitive Death Penalty Act requires a… -6.5
20-5463 Rowmoto Rogers v. Gregory Skipper, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-arguments constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure witness-credibility WHETHER THE PROSECUTOR WAS IMPROPERLY ALLOWED TO VOUCH FOR THE CREDIBILITY OF HIS STAR WITNESS DURING CLOSING ARGUMENTS, DENYING VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONA… -6.5
20-5480 Dennis Andrew Ball v. John Does 1-X, et al. District of Columbia Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech schools student-discipline Question not identified. -6.5
20-5491 M. C. v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment delinquent-acts due-process eighth-amendment imprisonment juvenile-detention juvenile-justice punishment 1. Is a child imprisoned for delinquent acts "punished" within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment? -6.5
20-5494 Ernest Ray Snow v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception search-warrant standard-of-review Does United State v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984), permit an appellate standard of review that requires an appellant to raise and rebut the applicability… -6.5
20-5503 Kevin L. Martin v. Christopher Nicholson Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
20-5506 Rodolfo Lopez, Jr. v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP bill-of-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indiana-criminal-rule-4 indiana-law sixth-amendment speedy-trial I. DID THE TRIAL COURT VIOLATE M. LOPEZ'S RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL UNDER U.S. CONSTITUTION SIXTH AMENDMENT BILL OF RIGHTS RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF IN… -6.5
20-5514 Daryl D. Nelson v. Mike Brown, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Did the Circuit Court commit a reversible error and grossly violate petitioner's Due Process when it (1) overlooked the district court's fact-finding … -6.5
20-5528 Miguel Romero v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP fourteenth-amendment jury-trial juvenile-adjudication prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments preclude a trial court from using a prior juvenile adjudication to increase a defendant's maximum sentence… -6.5
20-5536 Joseph Scott McKinney v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-defense due-process evidence evidence-exclusion rape-shield rape-shield-law sixth-amendment The Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant's meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense. As of now, the Court has not directly address… -6.5
20-5544 Clarence B. Jackson v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
20-5546 Rudolph Carryl v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure fraud fraud-definition sale sale-requirement sec-v-zandford securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 securities-fraud standing statutory-interpretation zandford-precedent WHETHER VIOLATION OF §10(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (15 U.S.C. §78j(b)) AND THE HOLDING OF SEC u. Zandford, 535 U.S. 813 (2002) HAS BEE… -6.5
20-5585 Denis Nikolla v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute duenas-alvarez federal-criminal-statute federal-definition generic-definition generic-offense predicate-offense realistic-probability realistic-probability-test In Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2007), an immigration case, this Court held that when a federal court applies the categorical approach to… -6.5
20-5613 Keith Bernard Smith v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing extraneous-contact fair-trial juror-misconduct jury remmer-v-united-states sixth-amendment trial-fairness DID THE TRIAL COURT INTERFERE WITH PETITIONER'S STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO A FAIR JURY TRIAL WHEN SHE REFUSED TO HOLD AN EVIDENTIARY H… -6.5
20-5630 Mark Anthony Thacker v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indiana-law jail-time-credit judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice sentencing sentencing-credit Whether Petitioner, Mark A. Thacker, has suffer a miscarriage of justice and has been denied the equal protection and due process of laws as guarantee… -6.5
20-5647 Robert William Moynihan v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-injustice constitutional-manifest-injustice exceptional-circumstances federal-courts judicial-power legal-remedy procedural-default standing Whether or not, as a matter of law, wove fe po. Se litigank, whe has presented clear and convincing evidence. demonsbroting a. ae constitutional im na… -6.5
20-5676 Leon Venegas, Jr. v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence faretta-inquiry ineffective-assistance jury-selection self-representation timely-request I. DOES A STATE TRIAL COURT DEPRIVE A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT OF HIS/HER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SELF REPRESENTION WHEN THEY DENY THE DEFENDANTS UNEQUIVOCA… -6.5
20-5690 Darrick Michael Loff v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-tampering false-arrest fourth-amendment law-enforcement malicious-prosecution probable-cause property-seizure search-and-seizure warrantless-search I. biri prior 1-e rinoad-rle.aci orket.oe earmi:SSIOnt enfed- or aufliori2e. sere 6Pappe lam iszaviAdre_s -froperty ? a uo...c ;1-- /e,3cci-Por -L. cu… -6.5
20-5714 Donald Joseph Koshmider, II v. Daniel Lesatz, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process medical-marijuana possession-immunity retroactivity standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure Did the Sixth Circuit err when its opinion failed to analyze Petitioner's issues according to the Legislative directive that Public Act 283 is retroac… -6.5
20-5730 Jimmie Butler v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review career-offender criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process harmless-error judicial-discretion sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review I. The district court improperly designated Mr. Butler as a career offender, and this was not harmless error. The district court made a rote, less tha… -6.5
20-5740 Edward Mahan v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3553a appeal criminal-procedure downward-adjustment drug-offense due-process government-misconduct plea-agreement safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY ALLOWING THE GOVERNMENT TO VIOLATE THE PLEA AGREEMENT? DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY DENYING MR. MAHAN'S OBJECTION TO T… -6.5
20-5751 Pedro Fernandez-de Campa v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certiorari-petition criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-reconsideration precedent precedent-review sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), should be overruled. -6.5
20-5752 Christopher Aundre Faulkner, aka Christopher A. Faulkner v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery discovery-obligations due-process fifth-amendment government-diligence government-misconduct pretrial-detention Whether a prolonged length of pretrial detention violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment because the government has failed to exercise … -6.5
20-5753 Kunta Kenta Redd v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP crack-cocaine-sentencing due-process first-step-act retroactive-sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-retroactivity Whether we, the Petitioner, is entitled to Belief from denial 404 motion at the District Court level in light of the First Step Act, December 21st, 20… -6.5
20-5755 Joseph Lee Jones v. Google LLC Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights consumer-protection due-process first-amendment free-speech human-rights in-forma-pauperis legal-remedies three-strikes Question not identified. -6.5
20-5757 Jerrieus Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process firearms-offense plea-agreement plea-bargaining residual-clause sentencing void-for-vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1951(a), aiding and abetting interference with commerce by robbery, falls under the residual clause found at 18 U.S.C. § 92… -6.5
20-5759 Charles C. Williamson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability criminal-procedure drug-quantity drug-weight judicial-interpretation relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT AND CIRCUIT COURT MISINTERPRETED AND MISAPPLIED THE "RELEVANT CONDUCT" PROVISIONS OF UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION, G… -6.5
20-5770 David A. Bridgewater v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule dismissed-conduct due-process fifth-amendment judicial-fact-finding sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment substantive-reasonableness Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a court from relying solely on dismissed conduct to impose an otherwise substantively unreasonable sen… -6.5
20-5783 Chia Jean Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review chapman-v-california circuit-split constitutional-standard criminal-procedure deliberate-indifference harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions standard-of-review The government requested and received a deliberate indifference instruction in the criminal jury charge, over Lee's objection. The Fifth Circuit Court… -6.5
20-5785 Michael Hunter Cook v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure consideration contract contract-law due-process judicial-review standing Whether, consistent with due process, an appellate court may enforce an appellate waiver unsupported by consideration. -6.5
20-5791 Anthony Moreno v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearms-possession home-defense interest-balancing risk-assessment second-amendment sentencing-guidelines standing 1. Does the use of an interest-balancing test to evaluate the Second Amendment rights of a person to keep and bear arms in his home (or vehicle where … -6.5
20-5793 Francisco Zendejas v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-defendant disclosure disclosure-motion due-process-rights in-camera-hearing roviaro-standard roviaro-v-united-states threshold-showing When a criminal defendant moves to disclose the identity of a confidential informant under Roviaro v. United States, 353 U.S. 53 (1957), and makes a t… -6.5
20-5794 Scott T. Wilbert v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure fourth-amendment franks-hearing probable-cause search-and-seizure second-circuit suppression-motion 1. Should certiorari be granted because the Second Circuit Court of Appeals improperly affirmed the denial of Petitioner's Fourth Amendment suppressio… -6.5
20-5816 Jose Antonio Acevedo-Lemus v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure good-cause plain-error probable-cause search-warrant suppression-motion waiver 1. When a defendant raises a new theory on appeal in support of a suppression motion filed in district court—in this case, a lack of probable cause fo… -6.5