Conference: 2020-12-11

96 cases — 0 granted, 95 denied/dismissed, 1 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
20-297 TransUnion LLC v. Sergio L. Ramirez Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (28) article-iii-standing civil-rights class-action damages due-process fair-credit-reporting-act punitive-damages standing statutory-damages 1. Whether either Article III or Rule 23 permits a damages class action where the vast majority of the class suffered no actual injury, let alone an i… 38.5
20-222 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., et al. v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (24)Relisted (2) basic-v-levinson burden-of-proof materiality price-impact reliance securities-class-action 1. Whether a defendant in a securities class action may rebut the presumption of class wide reliance recognized in Basic Inc. v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 22… 35.0
19-1385 Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health v. Ashlee Henderson, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) biological-parentage biology-based birth-certificate birth-certificates due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-status parentage presumption rebuttable-presumption May a State, consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, adopt a biology-based birth-certificate system that in… 15.0
20-362 Cochlear Corporation, et al. v. Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-284 apportionment book-of-wisdom circuit-split damages damages-calculation hypothetical-negotiation patent-infringement reasonable-royalty sinclair-refining 1. Whether the Federal Circuit has misapplied the "book of wisdom" set forth in Sinclair Refining Co. v. Jenkins Petroleum Process Co., 289 U.S. 689 (… 15.0
20-163 Brett C. Lillemoe v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split criminal-conviction due-process economic-harm federal-fraud fraud materiality money-property-fraud second-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant may be convicted of federal "money or property" fraud when his alleged deceit was incapable of affecting any economic decisions by… 14.5
20-109 Scott Schwab, Secretary of State of Kansas v. Steven Wayne Fish, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) citizenship-requirement constitutional-law election-law federal-preemption national-voter-registration-act voter-registration voting-rights The Kansas Constitution establishes United States citizenship as a qualification to vote and directs the Legislature to provide for proof of eligibili… 14.0
20-326 Mitchell J. Stein v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2) constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence false-testimony government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Due Process Clause excuses the government's knowing use of false testimony in a criminal prosecution so long as the government divulged ev… 12.5
20-512 National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Shawne Alston, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (2) antitrust antitrust-law board-of-regents circuit-conflict compensation federal-antitrust ncaa ncaa-rules ninth-circuit rule-of-reason student-athlete-compensation student-athletes Whether the Ninth Circuit erroneously held, in conflict with decisions of other circuits and general antitrust principles, that the National Collegiat… 12.5
20-520 American Athletic Conference, et al. v. Shawne Alston, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (1) antitrust joint-venture ncaa rule-of-reason sherman-act student-athlete student-athletes Whether the Sherman Act authorizes a court to subject the product-defining rules of a joint venture to full Rule of Reason review, and to hold those r… 11.5
19-1302 David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. George Russell Kayer Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (1)Relisted (9) aedpa aedpa-standard comity de-novo-review federalism habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit rule-of-law sixth-amendment standard-of-review Did the Ninth Circuit violate 28 U.S.C. § 2254's deferential standard, and employ a flawed methodology this Court has repeatedly condemned, when it gr… 10.5
20-298 El Paso County, Texas, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit Pending appropriations-clause border-wall caa congressional-spending department-of-defense executive-branch executive-power separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation transfer-of-funds In January 2019, during a government shutdown, President Trump formally requested from Congress $5.7 billion in appropriations for a wall along the So… 10.5
20-347 Charles Malcolm Spivey, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process forum-shopping interstate-commerce registration-requirement sorna venue Whether venue for a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) for failing to update a registration under SORNA after traveling in interstate commerce can … 10.5
20M44 Pedro Carrasco, Jr., aka Pedro Carrasco v. United States Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 10.5
20M45 Richard Rynn v. Gregory A. McKay, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 10.5
19-1427 William Price Tedards, Jr., et al. v. Doug Ducey, Governor of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) election-date election-writ executive-authority executive-power legislative-power senate-vacancy seventeenth-amendment state-executive state-legislature temporary-appointment Both the Ninth Circuit and Seventh Circuit have struggled to reconcile the text of Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment with this Court's order summ… 10.0
19-1144 Michael McCarron v. DeCarlo & Shanley, P.C. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption fiduciary-duty labor-law labor-union legal-advice legal-malpractice preemption professional-misconduct standing state-law-claims I. Does The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA ") (29 U.S.C. §1144(a)), preempt state law claims of a labor union official agains… 9.5
19-1402 Antonio Jubis Zacarias, et al. v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii article-iii-jurisdiction article-iii-standing bar-orders circuit-conflict civil-procedure investor-claims receivership receivership-estate standing standing-doctrine Whether a district court in a receivership action has Article III jurisdiction to bar investor claims for individual injuries when the receiver lacks … 9.0
19-1411 Barry L. Rupert, et al. v. Ralph S. Janvey, as Receiver for Stanford Receivership Estate, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii article-iii-standing civil-procedure federal-court-jurisdiction non-receivership-entities ponzi-scheme receivership receivership-estate settlement settlement-bar standing third-party-claims Petitioners were investors who lost their investment in the Stanford International Bank Ponzi scheme. Petitioners brought suit in state court against … 9.0
20-638 Samuel Gonzales v. ConocoPhillips Company, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-fees burden-shifting civil-rights discretion employee-benefits erisa 1. Whether and to what extent district courts must consider ERISA's purpose "to protect *** the interests of participants in employee benefit plans an… 8.5
19-1321 In Re Cheryl A. Wolf, et al. Denied Relisted (2) bill-of-rights civil-procedure civil-rights common-law constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process false-claims incarcerated-prisoner incarceration ninth-amendment standing tucker-act 1. Respondent created Court Technicality reiterated false claim, incarcerated prisoner, common law originated U.S. Court Federal Claims case 04CV226! … 6.0
20-473 Ammar I. v. Connecticut Connecticut Denied Relisted (2) child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law foster-care fourteenth-amendment parental-rights religious-freedom 1- Whether the State's prolonged 'temporary' foster placement (in excess of 40 months) of children on a plan of reunification, violated federal law, i… 6.0
20-67 Delaney E. Smith, Jr. v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights contradictory-rulings due-process en-banc-panel federal-removal notice-of-appeal racial-discrimination standing subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals forfeited subject matter jurisdiction to make rulings when Court failed and then refused to file Notice of A… 6.0
20-442 Kelly Colvard Parsons v. Richard Jearl Parsons Tennessee Denied appellate-review attorney-fees divorce-decree marital-property modification property-rights retirement-benefits vested-interest 1. Did the Appellate Court of the State of Tennessee err, as a matter of law, when it concluded that Wife did not obtain a vested, nonmodifiable prope… 5.5
20-448 Kenneth Ray Strickland v. Texas Texas Denied appellate-review assault corpus-delicti directed-verdict due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel summary-rejection summation trial-counsel I. Whether it violates due process for an appellate court to reject without explanation a trial court's favorable dispositive fact findings that were … 5.5
20-452 S. S., Mother v. D. S., et al. Pennsylvania Denied 14th-amendment adoption amish-education best-interest-of-the-child best-interest-standard child-welfare constitutional-protections due-process equal-protection fundamental-liberty-interest parental-rights Is the decision to terminate parental rights Constitutional, where the court determined that adoption to an Amish home is in the best interest of the … 5.5
20-459 Robert Ryan Snyder v. California California Denied administrative-law cell-assignment constitutional-rights due-process emergency-regulations equal-protection prison-overcrowding prisoner-conditions prisoner-rights sentencing-reform After the Plata ruling, California's legislature lowered its prison population by enacting Proposition(s): 36, 47 and 57. Should the resultant extra l… 5.5
20-474 CMT Hospital HIMA San Pablo Caguas v. Jose Suero-Algarin First Circuit Denied civil-procedure damages-review diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine excessiveness federal-standard gasperini-standard gasperini-v-center-for-humanities remittitur state-law 1. Whether the decision below contravenes Erie Railroad v. Tompkins by granting respondent a recovery that is ten times larger than the recovery respo… 5.5
20-476 Rafael Martinez, et al. v. Bryheim Jamar Baskin New Jersey Denied 42-u.s.c.a.-§-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process law-enforcement municipal-liability police-misconduct qualified-immunity section-1983 Is the petitioner/Police Detective Rafael Martinez protected by "qualified immunity" in this action brought under the jurisprudence of 42 U.S.C.A. § 1… 5.5
20-483 Artem Koshkalda v. Seiko Epson Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied abuse-of-discretion appellate-review case-termination civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure legal-order ninth-circuit sanctions Did The United States District Court District of Nevada (hereinafter "NV Court ") err in its Report and Recommendation Order For Case Terminating Sanc… 5.5
20-485 Michael Torrence v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied 14th-amendment cell-phone-evidence cell-phone-tower-evidence confrontation-clause cross-examination due-process lay-witness pretrial-identification state-action WHETHER THE COURT'S RULING THAT CELL PHONE TOWER LOCATION DATA AND INTERPRETATION MAY BE PRESENTED BY AN UNQUALIFIED LAY WITNESS WHO IS UNABLE TO ANSW… 5.5
20A37 Consuelo E. Kelly-Leppert v. United States Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
20-176 Pablo Calderon v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) civil-action civil-fraud criminal-fraud decision-act letter-of-credit property-right property-rights statutory-law uniform-commercial-code Can a party in a criminal fraud action have a property right that applicable statutory law denies in a civil action? 4.5
20-468 Xpedite Systems, Inc. v. John J. Ficara, Acting Director, New Jersey Division of Taxation New Jersey Denied Amici (1)Response Waived apportionment commerce-clause deference due-process due-process-clause interstate-commerce revenue-reapportionment state-taxation tax-apportionment This Court has long held that State taxation of interstate commerce is only permissible where, among other factors, the tax is fairly apportioned to t… 4.5
19-8597 Lewis McKenzie v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof gatekeeping-requirement johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement violent-felony In Johnson v. United States, this Court invalidated the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, but left intact the two remaining definition… 4.0
20-100 Michael S. Barth v. Bernards Township Planning Board, et al. New Jersey Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-process constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection injunction new-jersey-supreme-court procedural-fairness remand supreme-court-review temporary-injunction While there are a number of questions and sub questions in this matter, the overarching question is whether the unconstitutional process of the court … 4.0
20-102 Christopher Hadsell v. Barry Baskin, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction rooker-doctrine separation-of-powers state-court-judgments state-courts Congress has the sole power to govern the federal courts' original and review jurisdiction of state-court judgments. Does Rooker's usurpation of Congr… 4.0
20-172 Ukpai I. Ukpai v. Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) comparative-evidence disparate-treatment employment-discrimination hostile-work-environment mcdonnell-douglas retaliation similarly-situated summary-judgment 1. Can Courts find that two employees are not similarly situated though both employees performed the same conduct under the supervision of the same su… 4.0
20-194 Franklin Cox v. Texas Workforce Commission, et al. Texas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) duty-to-defend employment-law substantial-evidence-rule tax-audit unemployment-insurance vicarious-liability 1. Will the employee have a duty to defend employer tax audit for unemployment joined as employer in the above reference cause? 2. Under Tex. Lab. Co… 4.0
20-433 Mark Anthony Jenkins v. Timothy O'Rourke, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) child-custody-dispute civil-rights conspiracy de-novo-review due-process judicial-conspiracy res-judicata rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983-lawsuit subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio The federal district and circuit courts failed to conduct a de novo review and incorrectly denied jurisdiction to this 42 U.S.C.* sec. 1983 lawsuit. I… 4.0
20-5030 Jimmy Lee Franklin v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 acca-provision acca-sentence burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge criminal-defendant federal-statutory-enhancement-provision retroactive-constitutional-decision section-2255 sentencing-relief statutory-enhancement Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, based on a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory… 4.0
20-470 Gladys Mendoza v. Inspira Health Network, Inc., et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process free-speech seventh-amendment summary-judgment trial-by-jury Does not the Decision in this case require a reaffirmation and clarification of Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc, 477 U.S. 242, 255 and its progeny wher… 3.5
20-508 Brandon S. LaVergne v. Michael Vaughn, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech mail-restriction qualified-immunity religious-freedom solitary-confinement turner-test 1) Can a prisoner's 1st amendment right to correspondence be totally "revoked" without a hearing or due process? This included all religious mail, edu… 3.5
20-521 Citizens for Fair Representation, et al. v. Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii article-iii-standing civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review party-presentation standing subject-matter-jurisdiction three-judge-district-court 1. Did any Petitioner/Plaintiffs named in the three complaints filed with the District Court allege sufficient personal concrete and particularized ha… 3.5
20-524 Yi Tai Shao v. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived court-jurisdiction court-records default-judgment disqualification due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-bias judicial-recusal recusal 1. Did the district court and court of appeal violate due process by failing to rule on requests for recusal and disqualification, and failure to prov… 3.5
20-615 Petra Martinez, et al. v. America's Wholesale Lender Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived capacity civil-procedure claim-preclusion conflict-of-laws corporate-capacity corporate-dissolution dissolution federal-jurisdiction ninth-circuit-conflict notice-of-removal removal standing 1. Is the Opinion below in conflict with the opinions of the Courts of the State of New York in that Respondent America 's Wholesale Lender is a disso… 3.5
20-630 Benjamin Scott Brewer v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response Waived brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering exculpatory-evidence forensic-evidence material-evidence state-misconduct Whether this Court's ruling in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and its progeny entitle a defendant to the knowledge, before trial, that a state … 3.5
20-657 Tony C. Thomas, for the Estate of Thalia Dukes v. Lawrence S. Craige Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction guardian-ad-litem rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-judgment state-court-judgments subject-matter-jurisdiction This Court has yet to resolve the question lying at the core of this appeal, which has produced a split amongst this country's federal judiciary: whet… 3.5
20-661 Christian Charles v. Jerry Seinfeld, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived authorship authorship-claim circuit-split civil-procedure copyright-infringement copyright-ownership ownership-dispute statute-of-limitations work-for-hire The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's application of the limitations period in 17 U.S.C. §507 (b) to dismiss plaintiff Christian Charles's … 3.5
20-677 John T. Laettner v. California Commission on Judicial Performance California Denied Response Waived due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech judicial-discipline judicial-performance notice rebuttal-evidence right-to-be-heard speech-restraint This Writ seeks review of a Decision by the California Commission on Judicial Performance to remove Judge John T. Laettner from service on the Contra … 3.5
20-699 Michael Sammons v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure frivolous frivolous-litigation mandamus mandamus-review pro-se-litigant sanctions standing voluntary-dismissal Whether, as the Ninth Circuit has held, a plaintiff has an "absolute right" to voluntary dismissal under FRCP, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), if no answer or mo… 3.5
20-5754 Palani Karupaiyan v. New York City Department of Education Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process homelessness notice-of-appeal pro-se-petition standing timely-filing 1) When petitioner's home is evicted on Nov 2019, District Court dismissed the complaint on Dec 10 2019, Plaintiff/petitioner got this appealable orde… -1.0
20-5579 Israel Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment standing May an individual charged with violating a law barring the possession of firearms by felons bring an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to his pros… -3.5
19-8436 In Re Michael A. Young Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federal-courts federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-recusal legal-standing right-to-appeal standing I. Whether indigent petitioner's "GATEWAY" FACTUAL INNOCENCE" Showing while being Constructively "DENIED appointment of Counsel on" FIRST and "ALL" ot… -4.0
19-8516 Craig Mrazek v. Illinois Illinois Denied Relisted (2)IFP automatic-reversal brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-assistance sixth-amendment A. WHETHER COURT'S DISREGARD OF PETITIONER'S ASSERTION A BRADY CLAIM, SPECIFICALLY PER SE CONFLICT WHERE PROSECUTOR AS CURRENTLY IS A STATE PROSECUTOR… -4.0
19-8638 Walter Brzowski v. Executive Committee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-statute judicial-review procedural-due-process remand removal removal-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction Can the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, (Chicago IL. 60604), review and discredit a previously entered: "Certified Copy of Order of Rem… -4.0
20-5194 In Re Kevin D. Moore Denied Relisted (2)IFP compassionate-release covid-19 due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus non-successive-claim post-conviction-relief sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Question not identified. -4.0
20-5368 Usman Oyibo v. Huntington Hospital, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP biological-relationship civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial judicial-misconduct legal-standing standing takings SINCE PETITIONER HAS NOT HAD A REAL JUDGE IN ALL OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS NOR CAN THEY DISPROVE LOGICALLY THAT A CHILD IS INFALLIBLY RELATED TO… -4.0
20-5531 Cynthia Holmes v. James Y. Becker, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech seventh-amendment Whether the revised South Carolina Frivolous Proceedings Act (FPA), S.C. Code § 15-36-10, is unconstitutional on its face or as applied in violation o… -4.0
20-5605 In Re Eric Wallace Koehl Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights compulsory-process criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-trial racial-bias sixth-amendment # 1.2) Does Not A CRIMiNAl defend any have A Const TvTien AL RIGHT 9 A Poblic RAR VRAL UNDER GTR AMEND MONT To THe Wwiten STaTes Constitvhen % # Q) a… -4.0
20-5963 Daniel Edward Murray v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-time-calculation hipaa hipaa-restrictions ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel medical-records medical-records-disclosure plea-agreement plea-agreements pro-se pro-se-litigation 1) If there is a set of plea agreements taken at the same time and the court of appeals reverses a part of the appealed agreeemnt does this, A) Start … -4.5
20-5966 Keven A. Morgan v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment attorney-general authorization-order criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial law-enforcement wire-tapping wiretapping LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY FAIL TO ATTACHED THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL SPECIAL DESIGNATED AUTHORIZATION ORDER AND AUTHORIZATION M… -4.5
20-5972 John Garrett Smith v. Ronald Hayes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Correctional Center Ninth Circuit Dismissed IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure search-and-seizure standing suppression-of-evidence WrXsJkditou <*ver 3 enW«a/1) Po^ a coof^ a^ns- ^ . . cUa^e ujluLix ^Zu>_ aroSn^-'*^ 'jv2'^*" 2 sr'(fu,'^l <^e, <^.0OOlujuZir (ok. video looMr^ cMi^^ P… -4.5
20-5973 Efrain Santos v. Stewart Eckert, Superintendent, Wende Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct second-circuit sixth-amendment 1. Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in refusing to grant petitioner a COA to appeal from a judgment of the District Co… -4.5
20-5979 Steven Dwayne Bailey v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP case-review compassionate-release criminal-justice district-court due-process early-release judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-standard parole procedural-error sentencing Assembly Bill 29u2 allows the Court to recall andlor resentence the defendant upon recommendation of the district Attorney of the Cownty in Which the … -4.5
20-5982 Elmo Fortenberry v. Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings For which Relief Can Be granted. IS Fraud A Tort When Donwilfully is FTA Crime. Knoutrghy And inTenToNAly WillFolly iSAFdoNY: is Fraud Any FAlse STA… -4.5
20-6000 Sara G. Kielly v. New York New York Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-conditions conviction-challenge criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus plea-agreement plea-bargaining prison-treatment sentencing 1.5 a defendant required, in light of well-established facts, to explicitly state a plea agreement's constitutional conditions, and treatment in priso… -4.5
20-6010 Cezary Wojcik v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment ada ada-statute civil-rights constitutional-rights disabled-persons disabled-prisoners-rights eighth-amendment estelle-v-gamble fourteenth-amendment medical-care 1. Did cook county defendants violate disabled Cezary Wojcik Constitutional Rights to provide disable person proper medical care-treatment with medica… -4.5
20-6011 Randy Williams v. American International Group, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
20-6013 Peter Patrick LaForte v. California California Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech standing Is it correct a conflict of interest claim "does not depend on the outcome of the case as in a more typical [federal] analysis." and is instead satisf… -4.5
20-6015 Lance R. Martin v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation California Denied IFP administrative-appeal administrative-law civil-rights documentary-evidence due-process habeas-corpus ministerial-duty state-court-procedure state-courts writ-of-mandate The question presented to the United states Supreme Court, is that the State Courts wrongly misconstrued the writ of mandate for a habeas Petition, an… -4.5
20-6016 George A. Christian v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Dismissed IFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez martinez-rule post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing state-denial Whether the State's denial of the post-conviction relief establish cause for any procedural default to be excused and considered on this issue anew in… -4.5
20-6368 In Re Richard J. Ramsey Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights court-martial due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial military-justice plea-bargain separation-of-powers sixth-amendment ucmj I. Whether military plea-bargains procedures are unconstitutional creating a lack of jurisdiction over petitioners court-martial therefore, making unl… -4.5
20-6401 In Re Gregory Richardson Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-procedure lower-court-decision standing supreme-court-review Question not identified. -4.5
19-8410 Johnathan Pinney v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-limitations criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-rights standing statutory-interpretation The Constitation's Direct anthorty that the wi't of Habens Corpus Shall ot be suspended" superceeds the requirement suspendig shch wight perding the S… -6.0
19-8518 Dexter C. Newson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-law due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence judicial-review legal-procedure right-to-present-defense statutory-interpretation Petitioners appeal Without him compusorry process to Call a Witness in his Fabor as guarented in the 6th AMendment of the Constitution and to determin… -6.0
19-8622 Kimberley McQueary-Layne v. Louisiana State Board of Nursing, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law case-number civil-procedure civil-rights court-case district-court due-process government-liability judicial-system jurisdiction legal-proceeding standing How Can A Federal District Judge Dismiss With Prejudice A Matter Pursuant To Stub Violation Reg'l Memorandum Sys.) Exc 594 F.2d 1232 (5th Cir. 1980), … -6.0
19-8752 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Annette Moore, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal due-process fourth-circuit judicial-procedure jurisdiction official-misconduct precedent standing UniTiaot*., X>ee*iG t ^JL.AWod *£>*., Kespecr A oolS'N-iiT THis 'Tfennori Foi£ GG'£,T °F C_t6n o^o.£\ Folloupf'^? TWe. o^polbO'SlfeD "pe£ CjU^iONj … -6.0
19-8758 Li Qin, et al. v. 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC, et al. California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection evidence-tampering fraud judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice (1) May a state trial court proceed a personal injury case bypass U.S. Constitution XIV Amendment 's clause of due process and clause of equal protect… -6.0
20-5068 Li Qin v. Barbara Kong-Brown, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment ada-protection arbitration arbitration-fraud civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-jurisdiction due-process fraud medical-malpractice rooker-feldman-doctrine Where is the jurisdiction in U.S.A. over a corruptive arbitration? In this most outrageous arbitration, a neutral arbitrator and the defendants' couns… -6.0
20-5475 Archie Cabello, aka Archibaldo Cabello, aka Archie Cabello, Jr., aka Archie P. Cabello, aka Arquimedes Cabello, aka Archie Palumbo v. United States Ninth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 60(b)(4) 60(b)(6) constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-law plea-petition right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1) When thegovernment moves to strip a defendant of hiscounsel of choice,does the court have any obligation to hold to inquire and determine what the… -6.0
20-5497 Marcus Simpson v. Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County, et al. Ohio Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-usurpation mandamus perjury wrongful-conviction Whether perjury has amounted to and causes one or both. The judicial usurpation of power or abuse of discretion by the trial court, therefore mandamus… -6.0
20-5565 Mary Jo Weidrick v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-interference civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process executive-order fifth-amendment first-amendment investigation-misconduct national-security standing 1. ) Whether this case is "frivolous " as claimed and dismissed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ON 4/27/20. … -6.0
20-5671 Michael Ward v. Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission Michigan Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection fees-and-costs indigent-litigant prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights I. IS MICHIGAN'S STATUTE, MCL 60G.2963(B) UNCONSTITUTIONAL ON ITS FACE and/or AS APPLIED TO THIS PETITIONER, AS VIOLATING THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO COURT… -6.0
20-5707 Ruth Ellen Reeves v. Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial institutional-abuse medical-ethics military-intervention patient-rights standing 1. Is it legal for a court to render judgment on a case before the case is heard from the Plaintiff and/or the Defendants? 2. Is it legal for a medic… -6.0
20-5987 William J. Truesdale v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge civil-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection neil-challenge peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination standing Whether a state trial court's brief colloquy and abbreviated review of evidence relevant to a Batson challenge satisfied its obligation under step thr… -6.5
20-6008 Brian Evans v. Kaiali'i Kahele Hawaii Dismissed Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech government-regulation private-entities 1. During an Objection to an Election, if a candidate is duly served and fails to Answer the Complaint or otherwise appear, is he in Default and shou… -6.5
20-6023 Carlos Anderson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-sentencing life-sentence procedural-bar state-court-decisional-law state-court-law Can the Florida Supreme Court use state court decisional law to procedurally bar a non-homicide juvenile defendant from seeking relief from an illegal… -6.5
20-6071 Jerry Kent Dillingham v. Eva Scruggs, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies inmate-appeals prison-litigation-reform-act Whether a by signed receipt Form 2d properly filed /submitted to a grievance dep deposited in an (Inmate Appeals Office) designated Secure 2d Appeals … -6.5
20-6082 Douglas D. Yokois v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice ninth-circuit procedural-ruling Whether the Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied Petitioner's Motion for Issuance of Certificate of Appealability (hereinafter, "C… -6.5
20-6123 Dale C. Holcombe v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment racketeering stolen-property Whether – in a case involving a racketeering charge based on predicate incidents for "dealing in stolen property" – possession of an item that is one … -6.5
20-6142 Steven Spain v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment gun-rights law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion second-amendment terry-v-ohio In a state that allows residents to carry a firearm in public, is it reasonabl e under the Fourth Amendment to stop and arrest someone for carryi ng a… -6.5
20-6184 I. Dean Fulton v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence third-circuit I. WHETHER THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS VIOLATED BUCK V. DAVIS, 580 U.S.__, 137 S.CT. 759, 197 L.ED.2D 1 (2017) WHEN IT DENIED A CERTIFICATE OF … -6.5
20-6209 Louis Sanders v. Charles Williams, Jr., Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus miller-el-standard slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review threshold-inquiry CERTIORARI SHOULD ISSUE TO REVIEW THE JUDGEMENT BELOW WHERE THE FOURTH CIRCUIT DENIED CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILTY IN CONFLICT WITH RELEVANT DECISIONS … -6.5
20-6247 Jermont Cox v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability default-rule exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan rule-60(b)(6) Rule 60(b)(6) authorizes a district court to grant relief from judgment for "any . . . reason that justifies relief " on a showing of "extraordinary c… -6.5
20-6302 Nguyen Vu v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Dismissed Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-bias perjured-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states, in part, nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or … -6.5
20-6319 Kathleen McCullough v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-order legal-appeal procedural-error standing Question not identified. -6.5