Conference: 2020-10-30

135 cases — 0 granted, 135 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
19-1108 DeRay Mckesson v. John Doe Fifth Circuit GVR Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) civil-rights demonstration-law due-process first-amendment free-speech naacp-v-claiborne-hardware negligence negligence-action personal-liability protest protest-demonstration protest-liability standing tort-liability Do the First Amendment and this Court's decision in NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 458 U.S. 886 (1982), foreclose a state law negligence action maki… 16.5
19-1098 National Football League, et al. v. Ninth Inning, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) antitrust-market competition-harm damages-claim illinois-brick indirect-purchaser joint-venture rule-of-reason sherman-act 1. Whether an agreement among the members of a joint venture on how best to distribute the venture's jointly created core product may be condemned und… 14.0
19-1261 Trent Michael Taylor v. Robert Riojas, et al. Fifth Circuit GVR Amici (2)Relisted (4) 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment government-officials obvious-violation prisoner-rights qualified-immunity section-1983 standing Respondents are prison officials who deliberately left Petitioner Trent Taylor naked for six days in two filthy cells; the first cell was covered from… 14.0
19-1412 Mark Johnson v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (2) common-law common-law-interpretation contract criminal-statute criminal-statutes false-promises federal-criminal-statutes fraud integration-clause mail-fraud right-to-control wire-fraud Can an oral promise excluded from a fully-integrated written contract, which is unenforceable under the common law, be a "false or fraudulent…promise[… 12.5
19-1447 Yehudi Manzano v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) 18-usc-3731 circuit-split criminal-appeals-act criminal-procedure interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction jurisdictional-basis jury-nullification mandamus writ-of-mandamus 1. Whether the United States may seek a writ of mandamus in a criminal case to bring an interlocutory appeal that is not permitted by 18 U.S.C. § 3731… 11.5
19-1445 Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions dietary-supplements due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-trade-commission injunction injunction-specificity waiver-doctrine I. Can the FTC unilaterally reinterpret an injunction years after its entry to seek contempt sanctions based on a more restrictive standard found nowh… 10.5
20-53 Cecilia Aguilar Fermin v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied None 10.5
20-88 HZNP Finance Limited, et al. v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-112 claim-construction consisting-essentially-of nautilus-v-biosig patent patent-act patent-claim patent-validity reasonable-certainty statutory-interpretation transitional-phrase Whether the "basic and novel properties" identified in connection with a patent claim's transitional phrase "consisting essentially of" must independe… 9.0
20-195 Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Tulalip Tribes, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived d-c-circuit indian-tribes judicial-decree judicial-precedent ninth-circuit precedent treaty-fishing-rights treaty-interpretation treaty-rights Whether the Ninth Circuit, in conflict with precedent of this Court and the D.C. Circuit, impermissibly narrowed a decades-old judicial decree so as t… 8.5
20-358 Randy Henry v. J. Bret Johnson, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-employer government-employment public-concern public-employee retaliation When a government employee speaks on a matter of public concern, may the government punish that employee (1) if the employee's interest in freedom of… 8.5
19-1436 Denise DeMartini v. Town of Gulf Stream, Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 causation civil-lawsuit civil-litigation civil-rights first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation municipal-liability probable-cause retaliation section-1983 Did the Eleventh Circuit err in importing a "lack of probable cause" requirement for a First Amendment retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C § 1983 arising… 5.5
20-188 Zhiheng Sheng v. Daniel Michael Snyder Georgia Denied antenuptial-agreement beneficiary-designation civil-procedure erisa erisa-waiver retirement-plan spousal-rights spousal-waiver state-law 1. Can a waiver by a spouse of her interest in a retirement plan covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1984 ("ERISA") in an antenu… 5.5
20-199 George Charles Clark v. Inco Champion National Security, Incorporated Fifth Circuit Denied ada-disability-discrimination ada-discrimination causation circuit-conflict direct-evidence disability-accommodation employment-termination reasonable-accommodation retaliation summary-judgment 1. What is the standard under the ADA applicable to firing an employee for conduct caused by a disability? 2. Is it a reasonable accommodation to mod… 5.5
20-200 Morgan McCoy v. Michael Bullock, et al. Ohio Denied 8th-amendment civil-procedure dismissal due-process evidence landlord-tenant-law prima-facie prima-facie-case racial-discrimination selective-enforcement standing 1. Does pretrial court dismissing prima facie case before its evidence filing deadline constitute R. 103(D) plain error in constitutional violation of… 5.5
20-204 Ming Wei v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing Question not identified. 5.5
20-207 Lara Bush-Pensy v. Timothy Pflieger Wisconsin Denied due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech private-communication private-email state-court state-court-restraint unprotected-speech Whether basic First Amendment and Due Process freedom of speech is infringed where a state court restrains a person's private email absent any evidenc… 5.5
20-213 Dilip Dey v. Li-Huei Tsai, et al. First Circuit Denied adverse-employment-action age-discrimination civil-rights employment-discrimination race-discrimination retaliation title-vii 1. Whether the prohibition in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against em ployment discrimination was violated because of my race, age encomp… 5.5
20-218 Isidro Abascal-Montalvo v. City of New York, New York New York Denied cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-arrest mental-hygiene-law organized-stalking remote-electronic-assault standing statute-of-limitations WHETHER PETITIONER'S CAUSES OF ACTION RELATING TO ORGANIZED STALKING AND REMOTE ELECTRONIC ASSAULTS ARE NOT INHERENTLY INCREDIBLE AND STATE A CAUSE OF… 5.5
20-229 Michael Woolen v. California California Denied 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech habeas-corpus judicial-error mental-illness prosecutorial-misconduct I. WHETHER PETITIONER ,1 OF 60 MILLION AMERICANS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WAS DEPRIVED BILL OF RIGHTS PROTECTIONS OF AMENDMENT I ,V ,VI ,IX ,AND XIV. WHER… 5.5
20-243 James L. Robison v. Citibank, N.A., et al. Florida Denied 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court procedural-fairness property-rights standing state-court-procedure state-courts 1. Is the United States Constitution 's 5th Amendment right for a person not to be deprived of property without due process of law an amendment that … 5.5
20-246 Stephen B. Pence, et al. v. VNB New York, LLC, as Successor by Merger to VNB New York Corporation, as Successor in Interest to the Park Avenue Bank Kentucky Denied banking banking-regulation d'oench-doctrine defenses federal-common-law financial-institutions-reform firrea fraud holder-in-due-course statutory-interpretation Does the D'Oench doctrine, D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. FDIC, 315 U.S. 447 (1942), or federal common law "holder in due course" doctrine, survive Congress'… 5.5
20-264 Stephen S. Bona v. Illinois Illinois Denied criminal-threat elonis-v-united-states first-amendment free-speech intent-to-harm political-speech true-threat virginia-v-black 1. Whether, in a case involving political speech, the first amendment allows a state to criminalize a knowing threat of violence directed against a po… 5.5
20-50 Monica Voss v. Gregory G. Goode Fifth Circuit Denied 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-right due-process fourth-amendment qualified-immunity section-1983 standing sua-sponte 1. Whether an appellate court may, sua sponte, impute the actions of a third party to a § 1983 claimant as the sole basis for extending qualified immu… 5.5
20-58 Anita Smith v. Vestavia Hills Board of Education Eleventh Circuit Denied but-for-causation causation causation-standard civil-rights discrimination-claim motivating-factor pleading summary-judgment title-vii Nearly thirty years ago, Congress replaced Title VII's but-for causation standard with the "more forgiving" motivating factor standard. Bostock v. Cla… 5.5
20M33 John H. Cirota v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19-8375 Lamarr Robinson v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-claim exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine fair-presentation federal-review habeas-corpus incorporation-by-reference procedural-default state-court-remedies Does a prisoner "fairly present" the substance of his federal habeas corpus claim to the state's highest court, when he utilizes a commonly used, unof… 5.0
20-384 Penny Nichols Corn, et al. v. Mississippi Department of Public Safety, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech garcetti-precedent garcetti-v-ceballos lane-v-franks law-enforcement-misconduct misprision-of-felony public-employee-speech Whether, after inconsistencies generated by Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006) and Lane v. Franks, 573 U.S. 228 (2014), citizen public employee… 4.5
20-210 Jing Shu Zheng v. Christina Ellis, et vir Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-penalties civil-rights due-process false-claims-act promissory-fraud section-8-housing treble-damages Whether the number of FCA civil penalties is based upon the number of overpayments received by a Section 8 landlord or whether they are based upon the… 3.5
20-225 John R. Muenster v. Disciplinary Board of the Washington State Bar Association Washington Denied Response Waived bar-association-resignation civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights due-process free-speech lawyer-conduct professional-ethics standing state-bar-rules takings In 2018, after 44 years of law practice, petitioner permanently cancelled and terminated his membership in the Washington state bar. In 2020, the stat… 3.5
20-235 Edward J. Mierzwa v. Arkadiusz M. Dudek, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-manipulation due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racketeering supervisory-powers supreme-court-jurisdiction unlawful-process As the Court of Last Resort, will the Supreme Court of the United States exercise its supervisory powers to remedy the unlawful process, enacted by th… 3.5
20-236 Jerry W. Wells v. Robbin Nelson, et al. Kentucky Denied Response Waived adoption civil-rights constitutional-rights custody due-process family-law federal-law jurisdiction uccjea 1. Can an original decree state, having lost personal and subject matter jurisdiction for purpose of an adoption pursuant to its own state statute, KR… 3.5
20-262 Bridget Alex, et al. v. T-Mobile USA, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived certification civil-rights due-process erie-doctrine federal-jurisdiction federalism judicial-discretion state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation tort-claims-act Plaintiffs sued T-Mobile in state court for breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, and gross negligence that led to Brandon Alex's death. T-Mo… 3.5
20-269 In Re Barbara Stone Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-enterprise due-process ex-parte-judgment extortion fraud judicial-misconduct jurisdiction-stripping whistleblower-protection writ-of-prohibition QUESTION I. Should a Writ of Prohibition be issued to the 11th Circuit and Joan Lenard, a federal district court judge in the Southern District of Fl… 3.5
20-270 Irma Rosas v. R.K. Kenzie Corp., et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 7th-circuit case-law civil-complaint civil-procedure dismissal george-v-smith judicial-precedent pleadings procedural-rule seventh-circuit standing WHETHER A CIVIL COMPLAINT CAN BE DISMISSED SOLELY PURSUANT TO GEORGE v. SMITH, 507 F.3D 605 (7TH CIR. 2007) 3.5
20-275 Barrington Boyd v. Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived blacklisting civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination expungement financial-services FINRA finra-form-u5 regulatory-action title-vii Is it a matter of national interest and importance that large financial services employers should not be able to skate around discrimination laws, EEO… 3.5
20-284 Nicole Barone v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Florida Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-property-rights due-process fannie-mae-liability foreclosure foreclosure-fraud government-takings securities securities-law-violation standing takings void-judgment 1. Whether U.S. Government's wrongful possession of a tainted, unlawful void title due to clear violations of federal and Florida laws, including crim… 3.5
20-290 Charles Meyers, et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived assembly civil-rights constitutional-review due-process fair-notice first-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-permission A. How individualized must government permission be to raise fair notice protection under the due process component of the Fourteenth Amendment? B. I… 3.5
20-323 John S. Barth v. City of Peabody, Massachusetts First Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights compensation due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment municipal-ordinance property property-rights regulatory-taking takings 1. Did municipal denial of permission to rebuild a home effect a taking of private property, where an ex post facto ordinance prohibited all other eco… 3.5
20-328 Charlie Wilson, as Executor of the Estate of Debra Wilson v. Dallas County Hospital District, dba Parkland Health and Hospital System Texas Denied Response Waived civil-procedure conflict-preemption federal-appeal federal-removal jurisdictional-ping-pong preemption state-court-jurisdiction state-deadlines statutory-deadline tolling 1. Are state statutory pre-discovery deadlines tolled – either by the rules of federal appeal, rules of federal procedure, or equitable tolling princi… 3.5
20-339 Jason Winer v. Coralys Negron, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consumer-protection creditor-definition creditor-status de-facto-dealer district-court-jurisdiction state-law-claims Supplemental-jurisdiction unfair-trade-practices 1. Did the District Court err in exercising supplemental jurisdiction over the Plaintiffs state law claims when the Defendant-Jason Winer was not a cr… 3.5
20-341 Natalie McDaniel v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived ada-constructive-discharge ada-essential-functions ada-hostile-work-environment ada-reasonable-accommodation ada-telework ada-undue-hardship constructive-discharge disability-discrimination essential-job-functions hostile-work-environment medical-restrictions reasonable-accommodation This Court, in US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett. 535 U.S. 391 (2002), considered what burden of proof governs the determination that an accommodation is re… 3.5
20-342 Kyko Global Inc., et al. v. Omkar Bhongir Third Circuit Denied Response Waived calder-effects-test calder-v-jones civil-procedure corporate-directors due-process effects-test personal-jurisdiction rule-12b2 state-law walden-v-fiore (1) Whether Walden v. Fiore, 571 U.S. 277 (2014) nullifies Pennsylvania statute 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 5322(a)(7)(iv) and similar statutes and rules from oth… 3.5
20-372 Richard Louis Arnold Phillips v. Kevin Chappell, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights conviction-challenge due-process heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey partial-reversal section-1983 standing Is a plaintiff 'Heck barred' from seeking §1983 relief, when his conviction is partially reversed — thus vacating the only sentence imposed — but part… 3.5
20-373 Richard Lee Abrams v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss standing state-action 1. Did the district court and the Ninth Circuit abuse their discretion by not allowing Petitioner to even argue that the behavior of the Commission on… 3.5
20-383 PAR, Inc., et al. v. Nichole L. Richards Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure enforcement-mechanism fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-law plain-meaning right-to-possession state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Courts may look to state law to define "present right to possession" in 15 U.S.C. §1692f(6) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to e… 3.5
20-390 Brandan A. Mack v. Florida Florida Denied Response Waived child-pornography civil-rights criminal-offense criminal-procedure due-process felony-penalty juvenile-offender sex-offender-registration Where a state enacts long-term sex offender registration requirements which are enforced under threat of felony criminal offense, may the state subjec… 3.5
20-411 Traize T. Wash v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment automobile-exception civil-rights fourth-amendment law-enforcement pretextual-stop probable-cause racial-profiling reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure whren-v-united-states 1. Whether a police officer's subject ive intent should be considered in the context of a Fourth Amendment analysis involving a pretextual stop and un… 3.5
20-415 Pablo Javier Aleman v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response Waived criminal-responsibility detainer-transfer interstate-agreement interstate-agreement-on-detainers jurisdictional-authority mental-health-adjudication not-criminally-responsible receiving-state sending-state sentencing sentencing-procedure treatment 1. Under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers ("IAD"), MD. CODE ANN., CORR. SERVS. § 8-401 et seq., does the receiving state have the authority to co… 3.5
20-420 Jack R. T. Jordan v. Department of Labor Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure-act constitutional-interpretation federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence foia foia-review judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure judicial-review supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether, under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), lower courts may disregard, violate or change the plain language of the judicial review pro… 3.5
19-7309 James Milton Dailey v. Florida Florida Denied Amici (5)Relisted (5)IFP capital-punishment chambers-exception chambers-v-mississippi codefendant-confession due-process fifth-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence innocence parole third-party-confession Since being convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1987, Petitioner James Dailey has steadfastly maintained his innocence. No eyewitness, physi… 2.5
19-8900 Jeffrey Chleo Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-preservation circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-procedure factual-dispute factual-objection legal-sufficiency preservation-of-appeal procedural-error sentencing sentencing-objection standard-of-review Is a factual objection at sentencing sufficient to preserve for appeal the district court's failure to resolve the ensuing dispute? 0.5
19-8594 Justin Harrington Darrell v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment high-crime-area illinois-v-wardlow officer-safety reasonable-suspicion seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio Whether "officer safety" can justify the seizure of a person for a Terry stop, instead of pointing to specific, articulable facts that lead him to rea… -1.0
19-8929 Tedarel Leshun Preston v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-offense elements-clause mens-rea reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation violent-felony I. Whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 … -1.0
20-5651 Christopher R. Gish v. Randall Hepp, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure hill-v-lockhart immigration immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lee-v-united-states plea-bargaining prejudice-standard In Lee v. United States , __ U.S. __, 137 S. Ct. 1958, 1965 (2017), this Court held that in assessing whether a defense attorney's deficient advice th… -1.5
20-5772 Michael Portanova v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the "categorical approach," which this Court has repeatedly held must be applied in assessing whether a prior state conviction qualifies as a … -1.5
20-5884 Charles Chad Giese v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-defense self-defense self-incrimination I. Did Police Violated Giese's Miranda Rights by Interrogating Him While He was in Custody? II. By Excluding Evidence of the Decedent's Drug Use, Was… -1.5
20-5570 Richard Bernard Moore v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (2)IFP adjudicated-on-the-merits fair-presentation fair-presentation-doctrine habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan new-evidence procedural-default state-post-conviction-review In determining whether a claim has been fairly presented to, and "adjudicated on the merits" by, the state courts for § 2254(d) purposes, must a feder… -2.5
19-8332 Robert Boyd Rhoades v. California California Denied Relisted (4)IFP batson-challenge civil-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenge peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination 1. Whether, by hypothesizing reasons the prosecutors might have had to use half of their peremptory challenges to excuse all four prospective African-… -3.0
19-8921 Zane Floyd v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)IFP aedpa brain-damage capital-case fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence ninth-circuit-rule strickland-prejudice strickland-standard Trial counsel in this capital case knew that the defendant's mother had consumed alcohol while pregnant. Despite recognizing the need to investigate w… -3.5
19-8598 Gerald Ross Pizzuto, Jr. v. Keith Yordy, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP adaptive-functioning adaptive-skills atkins-standard atkins-v-virginia clinical-standards eighth-amendment habeas-corpus intellectual-disability iq-scores standard-error-of-measurement 1. In determining intellectual disability, at the time of the pertinent state court decision in 2008, whether Atkins and the Eighth Amendment mandated… -4.5
19-8821 Jose Santiago-Ortiz v. United States Second Circuit Denied IFP -criminal-organization -federal-criminal-law -murder-statute -organizational-intent -substantive-nexus #NAME? criminal-organization federal-criminal-offenses murder second-circuit sixth-circuit substantive-nexus Whether federal criminal offenses that include, as an element, a substantive nexus between a charged murder and the defendant's alleged secure his pos… -4.5
20-5217 David Kelsey Sparre v. Florida Florida Denied IFP adolescent-brain-development brain-development constitutional-rights first-degree-murder harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-sentencing prejudice trial-strategy 1. Whether trial counsel's failure to investigate and execute the defense trial strategy, which would have significantly undermined the State's case f… -4.5
20-5395 Marcus Tyler Sheffield v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 5th-amendment criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process miranda-rights police-questioning reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard self-incrimination Whether the police detective's assurance to Sheffield that he is free to leave on the condition that he make a truthful statement would lead a reasona… -4.5
20-5452 Judy Thorpe v. Justin Swidler, et al. New Jersey Denied IFP appellate-division appellate-review certification-denial civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review manifest-error prejudice supreme-court-of-new-jersey trial-court Whether it was manifest error and significantly prejudicial for the Supreme Court of New Jersey to Deny Certification and Not Fairly and Equitably Rev… -4.5
20-5454 Mark Shields v. R. C. Smith, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto judicial-individualization parole parole-considerations sentencing sentencing-rights stage-1-calculation standing takings F Whhe specifeS.7-1steE Reveinnane Consider a actuall produ of a Mandted litial Individulized Parle Considerdon heingo R ab a ubsuenb ProlCnsloheaing… -4.5
20-5455 Fareed Sepehry-Fard v. Aurora Bank, FSB, et al. California Denied IFP arbitration-award civil-procedure court-conflict due-process henry-schein-inc-v-archer-white-sales-inc judicial-corruption judicial-interpretation non-judicial-arbitration notary-affidavit schein-rules standing A recalled judge in 2018, Mr. Aaron Persky of Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, granted relief in 2012 to strangers to an alleged f… -4.5
20-5459 Sean S. Earl v. Virginia Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
20-5461 Jose Camilo v. New Jersey State Parole Board New Jersey Denied IFP appeal appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process extended-term parole parole-board retaliation retaliatory-action sentencing THE PETITIONER, CONTENDS THAT His CASE IS VERY SIMILAR. TO TRANTINO V. STATE OF N.S. _ PAROLE BOARD. AFTER HAVING SERVED THE PUNIT IVE ASPECTS OF HIS … -4.5
20-5462 Smith Ellison, Jr. v. Robert Neuschmid, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure complete-defense constitutional-rights due-process evidence-preclusion motion-for-reconsideration remorse self-defense standing Whether Petitioner is entitled to a certificate of appealability to appeal a denial of the Motion for Reconsideration. -4.5
20-5466 John Eldridge Cone, Jr. v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-discretion circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-claims factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-petition harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel When a petitioner supplements his Constitutional claim on appeal with a colorable showing of factual innocence that was not raised in his habeas petit… -4.5
20-5467 Carlos Michael Lopez v. Texas Texas Denied IFP adversarial-process appeal appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process garza-v-idaho inherent-powers sua-sponte-dismissal waiver Garza v. Idaho, 139 S. Ct. 738, 749-50 (2019), holds that a defense attorney offends the Constitution by failing to file a notice of appeal upon the c… -4.5
20-5468 Corey Manning v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP competency-hearing competency-to-stand-trial constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-stages due-process fair-trial judicial-procedure right-to-be-present supreme-court-precedent trial-presence 1.) WHETHER DEFENDANT-APPELLANT WAS DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE PRESENT AT ALL CRITICAL STAGES OF TRIAL WHERE HE WAS INTENTIONALLY NOT SUMMO… -4.5
20-5471 Darryl C. Daniels v. Florida Florida Denied IFP civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment involuntary-detention liberty liberty-interest sexual-predator state-power Question not identified. -4.5
20-5483 Dion Black v. Norm Robinson, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-rights cross-examination double-inference-rule effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sufficiency-of-evidence Should the petitioner have been granted a certificate of appealability where the State courtS/U.S. District Court and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals d… -4.5
20-5484 Haider Salah Abdulrazzak v. J. C. Smith, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process fifth-amendment parole parole-revocation retaliation supervisory-liability COUNT I: 1. Whether Petitioner's claims that his parole was revoked due to invoking his Fifth Amendment Right to refuse to incriminate himself could e… -4.5
20-5492 Ray Lamar Johnston v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review caldwell-v-mississippi capital-punishment constitutional-claims death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus hurst-v-florida ineffective-assistance jury-instructions procedural-default 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit should have remanded or expanded the appeal after new law and evidence developed. The Eleventh Circuit had limited the… -4.5
20-5493 Tobias O. Reed v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP constitutional-evidence criminal-investigation ex-parte-order exclusionary-rule good-faith-defense good-faith-exemption illinois-v-krull prosecutorial-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct I. Are prosecuting attorneys who engage with a court in the course of conducting a criminal investigation, such as obtaining an ex parte order, entitl… -4.5
20-5500 Valentin Spataru v. Pedro Antonio Suarez, et al. Florida Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-ethics pro-se-litigation procedural-rules professional-responsibility standing Whether Florida judges may disregard my filings and prior cases, and may not exercise the standard of care requested by law and expected from professi… -4.5
20-5501 Andrew Darvin Hersh v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP ativan-influence confession-admissibility credibility-determination credibility-determinations due-process federal-court-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-confession non-custodial-confession state-court-findings state-court-review Ground I. Does a 'non-custodial' confession uttered under the influence of the prescription drug, 'Ativan,' render a confession involuntary and inadmi… -4.5
20-5511 Debbie Pittman v. Ronnie Pittman Illinois Denied IFP appeals civil-contempt civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection notice-of-appeal premature-filing prematurely-filed standing 1. Whether a notice of appeal filed on May 10, 2016 is considered prematurely filed when the orders being challenged cover the period between 2013 and… -4.5
20-5515 In Re Tracey A. Merrill Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction ninth-circuit pleadings predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation IS THIS A DISTORTION OF JUSTICE WAS EXTREME MALICE DISPLAYED IN THIS CASE -4.5
20-5516 Joseph Peter Garbarini v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-court district-court double-jeopardy due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-disagreement procedural-bar Did the Fifth Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability on a double jeopardy claim reasoning that I am procedurally barred when a debate e… -4.5
20-5521 Wilbert Williams, aka Serenity Izabel Williams v. Beverly Kelly, Assistant Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment gender-dysphoria medical-treatment prisoners-rights transgender transgender-rights 1) Whether this court "Decide Whether Gender dysphoria IS A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION, AND, IF SO, TO ENTER A DECISION FOR THE COMPANY that THE 5TH CI… -4.5
20-5522 Obatala Blount v. Bridgett Beecher Georgia Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection government-conduct judicial-review Question not identified. -4.5
20-5526 Norman Paul Blanco v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process municipal-liability qualified-immunity supervisory-liability Question not identified. -4.5
20-5529 Herman Bernard v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa amendment bankruptcy-court district-court due-process habeas-corpus judgment jurisdictional-defect procedural-rules successive-motions successive-petition Question not identified. -4.5
20-5538 Michael Gerrell Boone v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing Is O.J. Boone okie le a reherdenedng Inecaute, LYS Sevdenes WO nok Cearonable ods the dstal Court ploused! TH olistreHon by wi clang he clock ne of pr… -4.5
20-5545 Mary Klebba-Shulga v. Jodi Shulga Illinois Denied IFP civil-rights constructive-trust divorce divorce-law due-process judicial-discretion pension pension-rights unjust-enrichment workman-compensation Do judges have the right to ignore the laws of: The Retirement Equity Act of 1984; a couple's finalized MSA and QDRO; the rules of an established Pens… -4.5
20-5547 Roger Lee Baker, Jr. v. Magistrate Court of Georgia, Talbot County Georgia Denied IFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
20-5550 Robert Kelvin Lindbloom v. Manatee County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights false-evidence legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss perjury qualified-immunity standing Do specific and particular allegations of perjury and submitting false evidence overcome a presumption of qualified immunity in a Motion to Dismiss? -4.5
20-5556 Genaro Edgar Espinosa Dorantes v. Kevin Genovese, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP §2254-case civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling extradition extradition-treaty habeas-corpus language-barrier mexican-national Did the District Court Err Or Abuse Its Discretion in a § 2254 case When It Denied Equitable Tolling To A Mexican National, Unable To Speak Or Underst… -4.5
20-5557 Earl Crownhart v. STRiVE Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
20-5559 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. Georgia Dismissed IFP constitutional-rights court-record-tampering criminal-immunity due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity judicial-remedy 1) Given that Art. I, Sec. II, Par. I, of the Constitution of Georgia of 1983 states, (a) "Public officers are the trustees and servants of the people… -4.5
20-5593 Chaz Antonio Earp v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review mistake 1. DID THE Appellant RECEIVE A Fair TRIAL, AS PROMISED BY BOTH FEDERAL, AND STATE CONSTITUTION. 2. DID THE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT SHUT THE DOOR, NOT … -4.5
20-5896 In Re Douglas Weissert Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights cross-examination evidence-admissibility mental-health prescription-medication sixth-amendment trial-procedure witness-testimony WHETHER STATE TRIAL COURT VIOLATED SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS WHEN IT FORBADE CROSS EXAMINING ANGLE LEWIS ON MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY AND USE OF PRESCRIPTION… -4.5
20-5932 In Re Maurice Johnson Denied IFP 14th-amendment african-american-rights citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fourteenth-amendment legal-personhood reconstruction slavery slavery-abolition states-rights I. What branch of law Authorized the STATES to apply Abolished Slaves labels (Negro, Black , Colored or African-American), To any person of AFRICAN de… -4.5
20-5944 In Re Gerald M. Calmese Denied IFP constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus identity-theft jurisdiction sixth-amendment 1. Was the Eidere tresrs toblishThe "Anoter Person. in RDiRn Ent of Pantiff which The LAS COnUCED of Lakno thie I 2 2. Ds the cot betore which the Pe… -4.5
19-8227 Joshua Dwayne Carrier v. Colorado Colorado Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4-year-old-transaction 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-violation constitutional-rights double-jeopardy expert-testimony fourth-amendment probable-cause search-warrant stale-information 1. WAS THE SEARCH WARRANT FOR MR. CARRIERS HOME AND COMPUTERS RELYING ON A SINGLE TRANSACTION FROM FOUR YEARS EARLIER BASED UPON STALE INFORMATION AND… -6.0
20-5758 Damon Woodard v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c1c congressional-amendment congressional-amendments first-time-offender first-time-offenders mandatory-minimum-sentences recidivism sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should revisit and recede from its decision in Deal v. United States, 508 U.S. 129 (1993), which permits the "stacking" of mandator… -6.0
20-5495 Ruben Sanchez v. United States, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights complaint-amendment due-process federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction immunity marginalized-defendants pro-se standing state-actor-immunity 1. Does a Pro Se plaintiff have the right to appointment of counsel for the purpose of amending a complaint, which complaint sought to challenge the d… -6.5
20-5505 Keith O. Johnson v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fundamental-error mental-health CAN, a Defendant pursuant to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure § 3.210 be proceeded against in a criminal proceeding where a question of Defendant '… -6.5
20-5512 James L. Miller v. Scott S. Harris, Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP fifth-amendment just-compensation physical-appropriation private-property public-use takings-clause Question not identified. -6.5
20-5551 Ohio, ex rel. Jeremy Kerr v. Robert Pollex, et al. Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-sufficiency jurisdiction state-court state-court-judgment subject-matter-jurisdiction sufficiency-of-evidence Does a state court's judgment of conviction violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution when the record of the case is wholly devoid … -6.5
20-5591 Joseph G. Edwards v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP competency compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection material-facts nebraska-supreme-court precedential-authority sexual-assault vulnerable-adult 1. The petitioner asks this honorbale court, did, the Petitioner;, obtain a denial from the Nebraska Supreme Court, that omitted material fact(s) on o… -6.5
20-5592 Christopher Lipsey, Jr. v. D. Goree, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-review frivolous habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance malicious procedural-default standing state-court-review Cllo Does 42u.S.C.1983 coMPlaints that Sound, in Part, like hablas Constitute Strikes inder 28 u.s.csi9is(9) explicitly Stating they are being sued in… -6.5
20-5618 Adrian D. Riley v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 appellate-review cullen-v-pinholster federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2254 sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Whether, by erroneously affirming Petitioner's conviction based on a finding that the district court lacked authority to hold an evidentiary hearing a… -6.5
20-5629 Lester Waller v. Vance Laughlin, Warden Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process expert-witness-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-error waiver-of-counsel Did the Trial Court err when it determined Defendant's waiver of counsel was valid thus violating his Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel and his Fourtee… -6.5
20-5679 Marie Joy Tanamor-Steffan v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
20-5682 Simon F. Ranteesi v. Eric Arnold, Warden Ninth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony fair-trial ineffective-counsel jury-instructions medical-malpractice mental-state prosecutorial-misconduct (1) Was Petitioner denied his Human and Civil Rights Under the First, fifth, sixth, eight, and fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,… -6.5
20-5694 Marc Anthony Lowell Endsley v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-detention civil-rights conditional-release constitutional-rights due-process insanity-acquittee insanity-acquittees involuntary-civil-detention involuntary-confinement recommitment 1. Whether persons involuntarily civilly detained as insanity acquittees are entitled to the due process protections constitutionally required for all… -6.5
20-5698 Adrian Hernandez v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection post-conviction procedural-default racial-bias standing state-court A. Is a petitioner deried a fair trial when a juror B Is counsel ineffective if he does not raise the fact that A Petitioner was dheried a fair trail… -6.5
20-5699 Abdur-Rashid Muhammad v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-error court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel jurisdiction plea-agreement void-conviction void-judgment 1. DID THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ROBERT R. OTTE ERROR, In denying th'eePetitioner ' s Petition For Writ Of Habeas Corpus & Emergency Ex'Parte Motion "F… -6.5
20-5700 Antonio Moss v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-regulations civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation judicial-review sentencing statutory-construction Question not identified. -6.5
20-5708 Fagbemi Miranda v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-rights fundamental-decision fundamental-decisions legal-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-strategy Does the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to make fundamental decisions about his case include the right to choose which defense to present at trial? -6.5
20-5716 James Ziegenfuss v. Anthony Mackey, et al. Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment capital-punishment civil-rights competency due-process mental-illness 1. WHETHER IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE RESPONDENT JUDGES, PRO-TEM JUDGE ANTHONY MACKEY, AND MS. TAHELLE MEHEURH, ARIZONA, TO ALLOW PETITIONER TO US… -6.5
20-5729 Amos Westmoreland v. Glen Johnson, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-conflict-of-interest conflict-of-interest cuyler-v-sullivan due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-bar procedural-default sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington QUESTION#!: Does the 11th Circuit decision conflicts with this Court's decision in Martinez v. Ryan . (2012), since it ignores that in Martinez v. Ry… -6.5
20-5769 Bradley Beauchamp v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Childhood Asthme, The COVID 19 Pandemic, a history and Current Diagnosis of Asthmo Qudifies os exceptional THhe Dofendonts rade Beawhop to be redsons … -6.5
20-5771 Taveon Nixon v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver due-process miscarriage-of-justice procedural-reasonableness sentencing statutory-maximum substantive-reasonableness WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT'S OVERT CONSIDERATION OF THE EXISTENCE AND NATURE OF AN APPEAL WAIVER PRIOR TO VARYING UPWARD TO THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM SENTENC… -6.5
20-5779 Cynthia B. Woods v. South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process employment-law equal-protection Question not identified. -6.5
20-5781 Abdur-Rashid Muhammad v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel jurisdiction plea-agreement subject-matter-jurisdiction void-conviction 1. DID THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ROBERT R. OTTE ERROR, In denying th 'eePetitioner ' s Petition For Writ Of Habeas Corpus & Emergency Ex Parte Motion F… -6.5
20-5787 Thomas Wayne Godard v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) 924(c)-conviction due-process equal-protection first-step-act retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-relief Whether the Circuit Court Erred Failing to Apply First Step Act retroactively to multiple 924(c) convictions that were announced, but not final, at th… -6.5
20-5792 Ronald Leslie Pierce, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentence concurrent-sentencing conviction-review criminal-monetary-penalties fourth-circuit harmless-error independent-sentences judicial-precedent sentencing-doctrine summary-reversal Whether concurrent sentence harmless error doctrine is not appliable to multiple convictions and sentences with criminal monetary penalties on each si… -6.5
20-5798 Jose Velasquez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act common-law constructive-force robbery tenth-circuit violent-felony In Stokeling v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 544 (2019) this Court determined that the definition of robbery contained in the Armed Career Criminal Act (A… -6.5
20-5799 Lorenzo Davis v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a criminal defendant's sentence should be based upon acquitted conduct. -6.5
20-5805 Ian Resnick v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process fraud-loss overview-testimony sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment testimonial-statements 1) Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permits, under the guise of "overview testimony", the admission against a criminal defenda… -6.5
20-5806 Anthony Rogelio Griego v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254d2 28-usc-2254e1 collateral-review constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus Hill-v-Lockhart's-prejudice-analysis ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactivity strickland-standard 1) Whether the state court's decision was contrary to or involved an unreasonable application of Strickland v. Washington's deficient performance anal… -6.5
20-5809 Albert Martinez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute criminal-sentencing force reasonable-fear robbery robbery-force statutory-interpretation stokeling stokeling-definition 1. Whether the definition of force adopted in Stokeling for robbery eschews a requirement that any fear produced by a threat of force be reasonable? … -6.5
20-5812 Jason Andrew Dunlap v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure defendant-responsibility federal-sentencing guilty-plea offense-level plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines Do the sentencing Guidelines limit the maximum offense level to 43, so that, from that highest level, there is a reduction when a defendant accepts re… -6.5
20-5818 Tyrone Johnston v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP autopsy certificate-of-appeal circuit-split confrontation-clause confrontation-rights constitutional-provisions district-court due-process habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason third-circuit DID THE THIRD CIRCUIT ERR IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEAL ("COA") BASED UPON A FAILURE TO SHOW ENTITLEMENT TO RELIEF, DESPITE SATISFYING THE REQUIR… -6.5
20-5825 Larry Lamar Nance v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review central-thesis circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion mitigation mitigation-arguments sentencing sentencing-review Whether it is sufficient for a sentencing court to address the "central thesis" of a defendant's arguments in mitigation or whether, as a majority of … -6.5
20-5829 Jerry Fruit v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement officer-safety probable-cause rodriguez-precedent search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether police may delay a traffic stop, in the interest of officer safety, absent probable cause, in order to conduct a search? -6.5
20-5832 Damon Graham v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process expectation-of-privacy habeas-corpus k-9-search sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review warrantless-search 1) Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit abused it's discretion by improperly denying Petitioner a certificate of appeal… -6.5
20-5860 Miguel Antonio Wooten v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP county-of-riverside-v-mclaughlin criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment habeas-corpus probable-cause sixth-amendment 1. On habeas corpus revi ew of a state-court judgment under 28 U.S.C . § 2254, di d the Di strict Court fai l to uphol d peti tioner's Si xth Amendmen… -6.5
20-5895 Michael Carlton Lowe, Sr. v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedures civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct liberty-interest separation-of-powers standing substantive-due-process I. Did the lower courts infringe on relator's fundamental right of substantive due procedd by failing to treat relators Jwith fundam ental fairness … -6.5
20-5902 Larry Burt Sexton v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence parole-consideration sentencing Error by the trial court in admitting hearsay evidence at the sentencing hearing and by finding that the petitioner was a career offender and sentenci… -6.5