Conference: 2021-03-19

211 cases — 1 granted, 210 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
19-1414 United States v. Joshua James Cooley Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fourth-amendment indian-law indian-tribe-authority law-enforcement-authority non-indian non-indian-rights public-lands public-right-of-way reservation reservation-jurisdiction search-and-seizure state-and-federal-law tribal-law-enforcement Whether the lower courts erred in suppressing evidence on the theory that a police officer of an Indian tribe lacked authority to temporarily detain a… 28.0
20-443 United States v. Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev First Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (10)Relisted (7) capital-sentences district-court penalty-phase pretrial-media-coverage reversible-error voir-dire 1. Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that respondent's capital sentences must be vacated on the ground that the district court, during … 23.5
20-794 Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, et al. Seventh Circuit Granted Amici (13)Relisted (2) circuit-split district-court-discretion evidence-gathering foreign-tribunal international-arbitration international-tribunal judicial-assistance private-arbitration statutory-interpretation tribunal-definition Whether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C. §1782(a) to render assistance in gathering evidence for use in "a foreign or internatio… 19.0
20-97 Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, et al. v. Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (4)Relisted (7) antiquities-act ecosystem-protection federal-land marine-conservation national-marine-sanctuaries-act national-monuments presidential-power regulatory-authority separation-of-powers Whether, in conflict with the holdings of the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the Antiquities Act applies to ocea… 17.5
20-409 Christopher Michael Marino, et ux. v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-code circuit-split discharge-violation judicial-review recurring-issue statutory-interpretation Whether, under 11 U.S.C. 105(a), debtors may recover attorney's fees incurred on appeal to remedy a discharge violation. 14.0
20-649 Level the Playing Field, et al. v. Federal Election Commission District of Columbia Denied Amici (3) candidate-endorsement civil-rights debate-staging debate-staging-organization election-regulations federal-commission federal-election-commission free-speech objective-criteria partisan-criteria political-activities standing 1. Whether the partisan political activities of a debate-staging organization's decisionmakers bear upon whether the organization "endorse[s], support… 13.5
20-727 Facebook, Inc. v. Perrin Aikens Davis, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure consent content-provider electronic-communication internet-content-provider internet-privacy user-consent web-browser wiretap-act Whether an internet content provider violates the Wiretap Act where a computer user's web browser instructs the provider to display content on the web… 11.5
20-669 Billy John Bell v. Texas Texas Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) bad-faith due-process evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence material-evidence material-exculpatory state-destruction trombetta trombetta-test youngblood youngblood-standard In 2016, Petitioner Billy John Bell was indicted for crimes against a child sixteen years after the time of alleged incidents, dated between 1998 and … 11.0
20-633 Byron David Smith v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) aedpa antiterrorism-act criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process habeas-corpus public-trial sixth-amendment The question presented by this petition is whether the Sixth Amendment's public trial guarantee, within the review apparatus imposed by the Antiterror… 10.5
20M62 Arthur Lopez v. Superior Court of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 10.5
20-779 Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-proceeding article-iii-standing article-three-standing fda-approval inter-partes-review joint-venture leahy-smith-america-invents-act patent-challenge patent-validity pharmaceutical-industry pharmaceutical-patent Did the Federal Circuit categorically and erroneously preclude redress for injured members of joint ventures in the pharmaceutical industry by only re… 10.0
20-1177 National Medical Imaging, LLC, et al. v. U.S. Bank, N.A., et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived bad-faith bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-petition compensatory-damages involuntary-bankruptcy jury-trial punitive-damages seventh-amendment Section 303 of the Bankruptcy Code governs involuntary bankruptcy cases. In an involuntary bankruptcy case it is the creditors, not the debtors, who s… 9.5
20-808 Johnny Duane Miles v. California California Denied Amici (1) batson-challenge batson-claim comparative-juror-analysis death-penalty jury-selection peremptory-challenges pretext prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination During jury selection for Johnny Duane Miles's capital murder trial, the prosecutor used his peremptory challenges to remove every Black prospective j… 6.5
20-621 Hua Cai v. Huntsman Corporation Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) code-of-conduct contract-elements contract-formation contractual-obligations employee-handbook employment-contract employment-contract-terms judicial-interpretation non-retaliation-policy policy-documents 1: Usually employer and employee will sign a set of policy documents on top of employment contract, such as Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct, Code o… 6.0
20-739 Isaac Levin v. Kenneth J. Frank, Individually and as Corporation Counsel for the City of Binghamton, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2) abandonment conflict-of-law grandfathered-rights municipal-ordinances property-rights zoning This Court should grant certiorari to resolve the existing conflict of law which exists as to the application of abandonment to a property which was g… 6.0
20-763 Ericka Richardson, et al. v. Coverall North America, Inc., et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2) adhesive-agreement arbitration clear-and-unmistakable delegation-of-arbitrability state-vs-federal-law unsophisticated-party 1. Whether incorporation by reference of a separate set of arbitration rules constitutes clear and unmistakable evidence of intent to delegate the thr… 6.0
20-587 Hope Angelic White, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Myron Pollard v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied bivens bivens-action civil-procedure civil-rights federal-tort-claims-act judgment-bar personal-representative sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. 1346(b), 2671 et seq., waives the sovereign immunity of the United States and creates a cause of action … 5.5
20-839 Kenneth Greenway v. Southern Health Partners, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied credibility-of-statements deliberate-indifference fourteenth-amendment inmate-rights jail-officials medical-needs serious-medical-needs summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton 1. Should the Eleventh Circuit be permitted to reinvent the Fourteenth Amendment standard for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs by ruli… 5.5
20-840 Kenneth Knowles v. Officer Jason Michael Hart Eleventh Circuit Denied 2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment police-entry second-amendment self-defense standing use-of-force 1. Does the Fourth Amendment authorize a police officer to use deadly force against a citizen exercising her Second Amendment right to wear a holstere… 5.5
20-894 Barbara Andersen v. Village of Glenview, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied appellate-review civil-procedure due-process motion-to-dismiss motion-to-strike standing summary-judgment trial-court Whether the trial court properly disregarded Andersen's Motion to Strike relative to the Motions to Dismiss filed by the Respondents herein. Whether … 5.5
20-910 Anthony M. Lee v. Heath Parshall Seventh Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion jury jury-selection racial-bias section-1983 standing voir-dire 1. Whether the district court's refusal to probe potential jurors for bias or prejudice was an abuse of discretion under Rule 47(a). 2. Whether the d… 5.5
20-933 In Re Jack R. Finnegan Denied 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-guarantees due-process equal-protection equitable-relief fraud-prevention injunction judicial-jurisdiction standing The courts have no authority to arbitrarily impose a misapplication of a legal doctrine to action in equity. This elliptical action leads to incorrect… 5.5
20-936 Judy Knight v. Ward & Glass, et al. Oklahoma Denied civil-procedure due-process page-limit rehearing standing time-extension 1) Whether the failure of this Court to timely respond to the Motions impeded Appellant's ability to present their case thereby denying Appellants con… 5.5
20-943 Jean Barton, et vir v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied 28-usc-1738 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-proceedings land-rights standing takings 1. When the lower federal courts abandon 28 U.S.C. Section 1738- State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit and im… 5.5
20-944 Pamela D. Stark v. Joe Edward Stark Tennessee Denied appellate-review constitutional-safeguards contempt contempt-of-court legislative-safeguards mootness mootness-doctrine prior-restraint right-to-petition 1. Whether a state trial court can create a hybrid form of contempt which avoids traditional constitutional and legislative safeguards and prevents ap… 5.5
20-945 Samuel T. Russell v. Texas Fifth Circuit Denied 11th-amendment bill-of-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process eleventh-amendment federal-jurisdiction jury-trial right-to-petition search-and-seizure sovereign-immunity When the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (" Court) said they reviewed "an Eleventh Amendment immunity determination de novo, " di… 5.5
20-949 Angelica Christina Limcaco v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied 28-usc-455 court-impartiality court-payments extrajudicial-source judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics liljeberg-v-health-services liteky-v-us procedural-standards statutory-interpretation The first question presented is whether the language "might reasonably be questioned" under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) can be judicially restricted to require… 5.5
20-950 H. Renee James v. City of Montgomery, Alabama Eleventh Circuit Denied but-for-causation employment-discrimination first-amendment free-speech mcdonnell-douglas retaliation summary-judgment title-vii 1. Whether the court deprives a plaintiff of her First Amendment right to free speech and expression when, in applying the McDonnell Douglas framework… 5.5
20-954 Ohio, ex rel. Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr. v. Maureen O’Connor, et al. Ohio Denied civil-procedure conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-recusal panel-composition procedural-fairness recusal standing I. Whether it constitutes a violation of the Due Process Clause when a majority of judges on a judicial panel are also named parties in a case before … 5.5
20-968 R. M. S. v. Madison County Department of Human Resources Alabama Denied child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute federal-statutory-notice grandparent-rights social-service-agency state-proceedings termination-of-parental-rights First Question Presented : When a State initiates child custody proceedings, does 28 U.S.C. §1738A(e), the national standard for custody determinat… 5.5
20-973 Ricky Haywood-Watson v. Texas Texas Denied apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-guarantee continuous-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure jury-unanimity ramos-v-louisiana richardson-v-united-states schad-v-arizona sexual-abuse texas-penal-code In light of Ramos v. Louisiana, does Section 21.02(d) of the Texas Penal Code violate the constitutional guarantee of jury unanimity by not requiring … 5.5
20M63 Samuel Woody v. New Jersey New Jersey Presumed Complete None 5.5
20M64 Josue Portillo v. United States Second Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
20-529 Richard E. Boggs v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights enforcement-scope fifth-amendment fourth-amendment internal-revenue-enforcement irs-authority judicial-review standing 1) Does 26 U.S.C. §7608 (Authority of internal revenue enforcement officers) establish the relevant requisite authority of IRS agents and did Special … 4.0
20-757 Timothy L. Ashford v. Office for Counsel for Discipline, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-discipline bad-faith-exception civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity race racial-discrimination standing younger-abstention The question presented is whether the federal court should abstain in an attorney disciplinary action when the Nebraska state court has placed bad fai… 4.0
20-765 M. S. Willman v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 8th-amendment constitutional-rights declaratory-relief eighth-amendment federal-registry full-faith-and-credit res-judicata sex-offender-registration sorna sorna-compliance If a State sex offender is not legally required 34 U.S.C. §20921 to be on their Jurisdiction's registry, then they will not appear in the Federal offe… 4.0
20-1030 Tommie Rae Brown v. Deanna Brown-Thomas, et al. South Carolina Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fundamental-right-to-marry judicial-decree marriage-validity retroactive-application retroactivity void-marriage I. Whether requiring the class of persons in marriages that are void ab initio to obtain a judicial decree of invalidity before remarrying violates th… 3.5
20-1039 Elizabeth Aviles-Wynkoop v. Department of Defense Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment administrative-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-employment federal-regulations fifth-amendment whistleblower Can the Federal Government violate a Federal Employee's 5th Amendment right by depriving a federal employee of his or her property right (job) without… 3.5
20-1042 Pedro Hernandez v. New York New York Denied Response Waived constitutional-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-rules-of-evidence holmes-precedent holmes-v-south-carolina relevance-standard third-party-guilt This Court has long held that a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to introduce evidence suggesting that someone else committed the crime c… 3.5
20-1050 Sylvestre Esteeven Point du Jour v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
20-1053 Ronald Dewayne Pitts v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response Waived affidavit credibility-reliability due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment judicial-scrutiny probable-cause search-warrant undisclosed-sources 1. Whether a Search Warrant Affidavit that failed to set forth probable cause can survive meaningful scrutiny where, as here, the Affiant failed to: v… 3.5
20-1079 Richard E. Boggs v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights federal-procedure fifth-amendment fourth-amendment internal-revenue-enforcement irs-authority judicial-review 1) Does 26 U.S.C. §7608 (Authority of internal revenue enforcement officers) establish the relevant requisite authority of IRS agents and did Special … 3.5
20-1083 Thomas Rossley, Jr. v. Drake University, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights college disability-discrimination disciplinary-proceedings due-process reasonable-accommodations title-ix university university-disciplinary-proceedings 1. Does the conflict in fact among the Circuits involving, on the one hand, Doe v. Purdue , 928 F.3d 652 (7th Cir. 2019) (Barrett, J.), Doe v. Univers… 3.5
20-1103 Michael F. Kissell v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights hostile-environment hostile-work-environment jury-award procedural-due-process reinstatement retaliation subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-fraud title-vii 1. Whether subject matter jurisdiction matter was properly invoked involving a continuing violation of Title VII, 1983 etc in the underlying claims … 3.5
20-1121 James Saylor v. Taggart Boyd, Interim Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived actual-innocence aedpa civil-procedure due-process gateway-claim habeas-corpus standing summary-judgment 1. Whether summary judgment may be utilized to dispose of a federal habeas petition in light of AEDPA. 2. Whether a State's failure to address a gate… 3.5
20-1128 Ralph Clay Walsh, Jr. v. Lisa Hodge, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established clearly-established-law cross-examination due-process qualified-immunity title-ix Justice Thomas and Justice Sotomayor have criticized the "clearly established" prong of the qualified immunity test and would revisit the Court's prec… 3.5
20-1131 James C. Dimora v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived bribery conviction criminal-conviction due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions lawful-conduct legal-error official-act statutory-interpretation Whether a McDonnell error—i.e., defining the element of "official act" overbroadly in bribery counts and thereby enabling a jury to wrongly conclude t… 3.5
20-1154 Adan Torres-Nieves v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 9th-circuit ambiguity ambiguity-resolution defendant defendant-rights government-breach legal-precedent plea-agreement precedent Did the 9th Circuit significantly depart from its own precedent when it failed to resolve ambiguity in favor of the defendant in its determination of … 3.5
20-919 Richard Spinnenweber, et al. v. Dan Williams Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived arrest civil-rights criminal-arrest criminal-procedure district-court due-process fourth-amendment judicial-determination law-enforcement legal-standard probable-cause Whether the district court erred in holding that there was probable cause to believe the plaintiffs had committed the crime for which they were arrest… 3.5
20-974 Emil Svrcina, et al. v. Scott T. Nago, Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii, et al. Hawaii Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process election-contest election-law elections first-amendment fourteenth-amendment hawaii-supreme-court state-legislature vote-by-mail Article II of the Constitution provides that "Each State shall appoint [electors for President and Vice President] in such Manner as the Legislature … 3.5
20-983 Celestino G. Almeda v. Department of Education, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived agency-records deliberative-process-privilege disclosure exemption-5 freedom-of-information-act good-faith-presumption reasonable-person-standard segregable-portions 1. Whether publicly-known, purely factual content selected, organized, and recited in an agency's records can be fully withheld from disclosure under … 3.5
20-985 Kathryn A. Flynn v. Department of the Army Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-remedies circuit-split exhaustion-doctrine federal-employee federal-employee-rights ninth-circuit protected-activities res-judicata retaliation whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protection-act I. Where a federal employee's administrative complaint under the Whistleblower Protection Act identifies the Agency's adverse actions and seeks relief… 3.5
20-991 Stevie L. England v. DeEdra Hart, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure davis-v-united-states fifth-amendment interrogation interrogation-standard miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona objective-inquiry right-to-counsel subjective-factors Whether the "objective inquiry" required by Davis may be based on subjective factors. 3.5
20-992 John Vigna v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response Waived appellate-review character-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process fair-trial harmless-error In this criminal case, the Maryland court, in a trial for sexual abuse of a child, excluded evidence of the petitioner's character trait of appropriat… 3.5
20-993 Jeremy Mickens v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure dog-sniff due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether a police officer may, in the absence of reasonable suspicion, extend an otherwise completed traffic stop, justified only by a police officer o… 3.5
20-996 Raymond Marling v. Frank Vanihel, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment circuit-split closed-container fourth-amendment incriminating-evidence inventory-search officer-discretion standardized-criteria warrantless-search In Florida v. Wells, 495 U.S. 1 (1990), this Court held that a warrantless search of a closed container found in an impounded vehicle is permissible u… 3.5
20-6356 Ryan Dennis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP acca criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus physical-force reckless-injury residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether an offense that can be committed by recklessly causing serious injury has "the use of physical force against the person of another" as an e… 0.5
20-6826 Melissa Dean-Baumann v. Janelle Espinoza, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez martinez-exception state-habeas-petition This case presents questions about the AEDPA: I. Do the California Courts' Denials Bar Dean-Baumann's Federal Claims? ; Does Martinez Apply to Ineffe… 0.5
20-5715 Martin Rogelio Longoria v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP at sentencing may withhold a motion for a third-level reduction acceptance-of-responsibility circuit-split criminal-procedure government-discretion motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines Whether the government, at sentencing, may withhold a motion for a third-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under USSG § 3E1.1(b) on the… -0.5
20-7024 Randy Macario Ancheta v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing due-process hobbs-act mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent force. Hobs Act robbery's p… -1.5
20-7033 Otto Edward Christofferson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing drug-offenses evidence judicial-review mandatory-minimums sentencing-guidelines Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–which affirmed the significant increase of the base… -1.5
20-7034 Kelli Renee Bullard v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing defendant-rehabilitation district-court-discretion due-process judicial-review rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-maximum Did the district court impose a substantively unreasonable sentence of 60 months imprisonment —the statutory maximum—when it did so with a blind eye t… -1.5
20-7041 Bruce Kintrell Green v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment parole sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments? -1.5
20-7048 Roman Gabriel Gonzales v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargain sentencing supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–which affirmed the significant increase of the base… -1.5
20-7052 Joshua Wright v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion mitigating-factors procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing substantive-reasonableness Where the court failed to address Petitioner's mitigating arguments and failed to justify its sentence, whether the 151-month sentence is procedurally… -1.5
20-7091 Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states jurisdictional-challenge residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review violent-felony The overall issue is whether, under law set forth in Johnson, Mr. Chaney should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions o… -1.5
20-7112 Hector Miguel Martinez-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
20-7156 Faizal Sabar, aka Brian Pimentel v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discretionary-review evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea supervisory-powers united-states-court-of-appeals Whether the decision of the United State s Cour t of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–whi ch affirmed the District Cour t's denial of M… -1.5
20-7164 Marcelino Hernandez-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals criminal-procedure drug-offenses due-process sentencing supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United State s Cour t of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–whi ch affirmed the significant increase of the b… -1.5
20-7197 Roberto Elias Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court due-process maximum-term plain-error plea-bargaining plea-colloquy sentencing statutory-maximum Whether plain error resulted from the district court erroneously advising the client during plea colloquy that the maximum term of imprisonment was 10… -1.5
20-7208 Bruce Harold Hendler v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split detention exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment search-and-seizure supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–which affirmed the District court's denial of a mot… -1.5
20-7220 Antonio Diaz-Agurcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe… -1.5
20-7232 Raul Almanza-Portillo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either … -1.5
20-7255 Samuel Zubia-Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial precedent sentencing Supreme-Court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
20-5941 Charles Victor Thompson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (5)IFP 28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) aedpa-deference capital-punishment constitutional-claim federal-habeas habeas-corpus Massiah-claims punishment Sixth-Amendment state-court-review Williams-v-Taylor I. Did the circuit court err in holding that a federal habeas court may never hold a hearing on a punishment issue without first considering 28 U.S.C.… -2.5
20-6158 Clara Lewis Brockington v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP discrimination due-process education-requirements employment-termination equal-protection master's-degree test-administration workers-compensation workplace-discrimination 1/ Why did S. C. Department of Social Services terminate Pro Se Plaintiff from employment with S. C. Department of Social Services when it was not abo… -4.0
20-5375 Charles Michael Hall v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech standing UNDER THE FEDERAL DEATH ACT, "MUST" JURORS RETURN A DEATH SENTENCE IF PROVEN AGGRAVATING FACTORS SUFFICIENTLY OUTWEIGH PROVEN MITIGATING FACTORS, AS M… -4.5
20-6296 David Lague v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility intent prior-acts rule-404(b) rule-404b statistical-comparison statistics unlawful-acts unlawful-intent Rule 404(b) prohibits evidence of a defendant's uncharged acts that "might adversely reflect on the actor's character," unless the evidence helps prov… -4.5
20-6336 Eric Troy Snell v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing fourth-circuit gall-standard gall-v-united-states harmless-error harmlessness-standard sentencing-guidelines 1. Does the Fourth Circuit's practice of not addressing erroneous Sentencing Guidelines calculations but affirming a sentence under "assumed error har… -4.5
20-6339 George B. Larsen v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP bad-faith-defense bank-fraud due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment jury-instructions sixth-amendment Where a United States district court's bank-fraud jury instructions erroneously omit a factually supported bad-faith defense — which is an absolute de… -4.5
20-6367 Kissinger St. Fleur v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review buyer-seller-transaction cocaine-distribution conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instruction jury-instructions Did the district court and the Eleventh Circuit deny Mr. St. Fleur a fair trial when it failed to give buyer-seller instructions to the jury? -4.5
20-6515 Anthony Ponticelli v. Florida Florida Denied IFP capital-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-state jury-unanimity retroactivity statutory-construction substantive-law 1.Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law, and if so, whether the Due Process Clause … -4.5
20-6533 Grover B. Reed v. Florida Florida Denied IFP capital-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment florida-supreme-court fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-state retroactive-law retroactivity statutory-construction 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law, and if so, whether under the Due Process … -4.5
20-6586 Shane Mauritz Vandergroen v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment anonymous-tip circuit-split corroboration law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion terry-stop warrant-exception warrant-requirement 1. Police officers may stop a person under an exception to the warrant requirement only if they have reasonable suspicion to support an assertion of i… -4.5
20-6622 Devon Mitchell v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-924 armed-robbery bank-robbery crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation violent-crime 1. By denying Petitioner's Petition For Certificate of Appealability, did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in implicitly holding that Bank Robbe… -4.5
20-6797 Kevin Sembrat v. Heather Stanton, fka Heather Sembrat New Jersey Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-conduct judicial-impartiality property-rights section-1983 1. Whether, in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as The Civil Rights Act of 1871 "Sect… -4.5
20-6806 Troy Merck, Jr. v. Florida Florida Denied IFP autonomy-defense criminal-defense due-process mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment specific-intent trial-counsel voluntary-intoxication 1.Whether a defendant's "[a]utonomy to decide that the objective of the defense is to assert innocence." McCoy v. Louisiana , 138 S.Ct. 1500, 1508 (20… -4.5
20-6812 Keith McCoy v. Michael Atherton, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection inter-prison-transfer involuntary-treatment liberty-interest mental-health prison-transfer pro-se-representation state-law stigma 1. Did the Appeals Court err though McCoy might have had a liberty interest in avoiding transfer to a mental hospital for involuntary psychiatric trea… -4.5
20-6821 Matthew Jamal Jackson v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment prejudice pretrial-incarceration public-trial sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether petitioner was denied his Constitutional Right to a Speedy Trial Pursuant to the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. Gonzales v. State, 435 S.W.3… -4.5
20-6824 Raymond Bright v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process elements-of-offense fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-determinations statutory-maximum unanimous-verdict Whether a defendant's right to due process as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment through requiring that every element of any offense to be proven … -4.5
20-6825 Andrew Andersen v. Marisela Montes, Commissioner of California Board of Parole Hearings, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process first-amendment greenholtz-v-inmates-of-nebraska parole parole-denial prisoners-rights protected-freedoms swarthout-v-cooke 1. Did this court's ruling in swarthout v. cooke and Greenholtz v. inmates of Nebraska foreclose First Amendment challenges agasint statements of reas… -4.5
20-6830 Donald Jones v. Bank of America, et al. Eleventh Circuit Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fee-waiver indigent-litigant judicial-procedure poverty Denying the petitioner a panel of three judges becouse he was to poor to pay the fee's was in violation of his Fifth and fouteeth amendment right, -4.5
20-6833 Clorey Eugene France v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-law free-speech standing state-court supreme-court-review Question not identified. -4.5
20-6836 Julian P. Gutierrez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-counsel appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether the Petitioner received Effective Assistance of Counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, viz.: a. Whet… -4.5
20-6846 Tyrone Campbell v. Florida Florida Denied IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment standing supreme-court Question not identified. -4.5
20-6849 Casey Rafael Tyler v. Katy Poole, et al. Fourth Circuit Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process health-safety inmate-rights institutional-policy prison-conditions DOES LAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IMPOSE A LEGAL Duty om the prisoner to try surviving '~The General Population ^ so that he can oe Lawfully ordered 'to go i… -4.5
20-6851 Jeffrey Lee Atwater v. Florida Florida Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Did Mr. Atwater show a violation of the right to determine the objective of his defense and his right to hold the State to its burden of proof of e… -4.5
20-6865 William Rouser v. Unknown Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -4.5
20-6868 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. Georgia Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights constructive-custody due-process fraud-upon-court free-speech judicial-procedure legal-remedy standing state-accountability 1) Whether the State of Georgia's use of constructive custody, i.e., constraining the liberty of a litigant to petition for redress while simultaneous… -4.5
20-6874 Jacob Earl Murphy v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process government-fraud standing 33 14" ££o'kA (L{ 3Vu^ (^2*j- >-5r of i^j>3u Ccool 43 r| Cc^ptn^c^ 3<^ %/Ureffes -4.5
20-6886 Zachary M. Enslow v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights due-process false-arrest illegal-incarceration speedy-trial These Questions presented for review are very important to my Petition in my case, Please take the Time to read the Questions carefully. The Question… -4.5
20-6894 Macho Joe Williams v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines DiD The Trial court Abuse Its Disctetion when He Denied Apellant's Motions To Sever a. Dig The Trial couwst commit Reversible Ervor when He faile To … -4.5
20-6898 Lewis Anderson v. California Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-petition fourth-amendment habeas-corpus search-and-seizure standing suppress-writ-of-habeas-corpus 1. ARE SECTION 2254, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, AND ACTUAL INNOCENCE GATEWAY CLAIM THAT GOVERN THE COMMON LAW WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS COMMON LAW A LEGAL STANDARD… -4.5
20-6901 Antonio Sierra v. Jack Daneri, et al. Pennsylvania Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus rules-of-court standing state-court-error unreasonable-seizure Whether petitioner sufficiently asserted federal rights in the case being heard by state courts who defeated by rules of court, in error, petitioner's… -4.5
20-6907 Dashon Hines v. TopShelf Management, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-employment standing title-vii Did Khe Manage men 4 Top Shelf petition to right vidlate the Petitioner's without govern ment for p0 qrievances redvess the fear of punishment C repvi… -4.5
20-6908 In Re Michael Ingram El Denied IFP 14th-amendment citizenship-status civil-rights consular-court consular-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction extraterritoriality international-agreement self-executing-treaty treaty treaty-interpretation 1. Will the International Court of Justices Translation and Interpretation be enough to Construe that the Treaty of 1787/1836 is "Self- Executing, " g… -4.5
20-7209 In Re Rodolfo A. Lopez, Jr. Denied IFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency speedy-trial 1. IS MR. LOPEZ HELD UNLAWFULM IN ACCORDADCE WITH THE SIXTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND THE INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON DETAIWERS? -4.5
20-5233 Michael R. Burns v. United States First Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-fabrication due-process evidence fingerprint-fabrication habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief 1. Appoint Counsel And Recall A Mandate 2. When Appeals Court Have Jurisdiction Summary Cases, Where A Rule 33 Is Filed Under US v. CRONIC? -6.0
20-6159 Nelson L. Bruce v. Pentagon Federal Credit Union Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arbitrability arbitration-clause contract-interpretation contract-validity delegation-clause dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act jurisdiction-challenge redress-of-grievance 1. Whether the agreement/contract presented before the court evidences an "arbitration clause " (See...Doc. 75... Exhibits/Evidence Set - C- U.S. Dis… -6.0
20-6168 Christopher J. Rahaim v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence fraud free-speech government-misconduct standing Question not identified. -6.0
20-6178 William Scott Davis, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights criminal-liability design-standard due-process evidence-tampering family-rights government-overreach privacy product-liability regulatory-interpretation statutory-authorization Question not identified. -6.0
20-6207 Steven Cooper v. Bay County, Florida, et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adverse-possession constitutional-vagueness due-process judicial-review mandamus property-rights statutory-interpretation takings trespass vagueness 1. Whether the Florida Statute for Adverse Possession without Color of Title section 95.18 is unconstitutionally vague on its face and as applied beca… -6.0
20-6219 Sascha Lynch v. Allen Y. Chao, et al. California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-455 28-usc-455a civil-procedure due-process equitable-estoppel inquiry-notice judicial-bias statute-of-limitations 1) Whether the California Court of Appeal erred by affirming judgment based on the federal district court's inquiry notice in favor of the defendants … -6.0
20-6503 George J. Raudenbush, III v. Monroe County, Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process false-prosecution in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance police-brutality right-to-counsel 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by denying Raudenbush's application to proceed in forma pauperis. 2. Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by finding th… -6.0
20-6793 Curtis Parks v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus post-conviction procedural-default structural-error (1) After Weaver, can a petitioner in post-conviction proceedings asserting a procedurally defaulted structural error demonstrate prejudice by showing… -6.5
20-6819 Frantz Sterlin v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-sentencing eligibility fair-sentencing-act first-step-act section-404 sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction u.s.-senate-bill-756 Whether Petitioner was eligible for a First Step Act reduction of his sentence, based on Section 404 of the Fair Sentencing Act. -6.5
20-6828 Mwenda Murithi v. Bryan Gleckler, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ANOER-Son-v.-LIBERTY-LOBBY civil-procedure credibility-determinations deposition-testimony district-court due-process federal-rules material-fact summary-judgment venue Whether or not the district court and the 7th circuit court of appeals superseded this Court's ruling in ANDERSON V LIBERTY LOBBY INC., 477 U.S. 242, … -6.5
20-6843 Cedryck Davis v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial identity identity-evidence other-crimes-evidence reasonable-doubt witness-testimony Whether Cedryck Davis's convictions for the attempt murder of Naja and Shawn Harringon should be reversed because the prosecution failed to sustain it… -6.5
20-6848 Dana Sylvester Whitley v. R. Graham, Jr., Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review merger-of-sentences ohio-court-of-appeals post-conviction-relief second-degree-murder sentencing VfcLS \\\L IhsrfricA C-cuifrf Fc>r OhiAnd OF MoualjUni e_(MTe.£rf \n T3.5^ ?e.Vrf\on W uarrf erf ha.beaS V\w\£. VsClt r-e_d , lv r\A tx .ft CjlS Corpu… -6.5
20-6852 Cindy Bauer, fka Cindy Gamrat v. Edward McBroom, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fair-and-just-treatment fair-treatment legislative-immunity legislative-investigations-and-hearings pleading-standard pleading-standards sixth-circuit Article I § 17 of Michigan 's Constitution states in part, The right of all individuals, firms, and corporations, and voluntary associations to fair … -6.5
20-6853 Dora L. Adkins v. Dulles Hotel Corporation Fourth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1332 civil-procedure corporate-citizenship dismissal-with-prejudice diversity-jurisdiction headquarters nerve-center principal-place-of-business standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether, for purposes of determining principal place of business for diversity jurisdiction citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, a court can disregard … -6.5
20-6855 Stacia O'Neil v. Marisa Berquist, et al. Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-review arbitration commercial-disputes due-process uniform-arbitration-act Whether The Supreme Court of the State of Massachusetts denied the Petitioner Due Process of Law under the 14th Amendment, when it denied a timely fil… -6.5
20-6866 Kevin Sutherby v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct warrantless-arrest Whether, Mr. Sutherby is entitled to a new trial, based on Newly Discovered Evidence, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at trial, and appeals, and the… -6.5
20-6892 Vashaun Williams v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment compelled-testimony constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions self-incrimination sixth-amendment 4he U^e^lc'i^erAfeasor 4o Calf D^Pe^SC. a [/lo/aJ't'ojO o\ b&fh A" Q/^A /VA^ejuAbeAs Pcl coi-f-yjsSS Cr -jP23) |a)\\hoiA XoooL/Ap -Me u)eplAby -fhe. … -6.5
20-6900 John Reints v. Janet Sayler, et al. South Dakota Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process economic-benefit fourteenth-amendment goldberg-v-kelly pre-deprivation-hearing pre-deprivation-notice procedural-rights statutory-benefits Are the Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process rights of a recipient of the need-based, statutory economic benefit at issue here violated when he… -6.5
20-6902 Layw Thomas v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Response WaivedIFP disproportionate-sentencing eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hammer-clause juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-discretion Did Kentucky violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments when it allowed a youth who was 17 when his crimes occurred to be sentenced to life in priso… -6.5
20-6904 Billy S. Jeffries v. Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, et al. Kentucky Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge due-process ex-post-facto juvenile juvenile-offender sex-offender-registration stare-decisis statutory-scheme In Smith v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84, 105 (2003), this Court found that Alaska's sex offender registration statute was a "civil regulatory scheme" which was "… -6.5
20-6910 El-Asad Alsaedi v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-authority sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -6.5
20-6913 Terry Smith v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review severance speedy-trial standing state-constitution .ofJla^Js'th^ -hm-Ameferemuff bedecided. bmreA^ .. _ QM~m&pmc€5Sjj#hts _ . _ vblai/m , 'i _ (^Qo^SJkdbiOMcL 'ho^eUSJConsfArAXX ' (flkaS'-PebWon^r suff… -6.5
20-6939 Thomas Nevius v. Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law brady-violation civil-procedure civil-rights co-defendant-confession confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-admissibility judicial-discretion standing DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR WHEN IT DECIDED THAT CO-DEFENDANT (WILLIAM BOSTON) MINIMIZED HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE HOMICIDE, THEREFORE MAKING HIS CONFESSI… -6.5
20-6963 F. Allan Midyett v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-criminal federal-employment indian-employment statutory-compliance veterans-affairs The question in this case is whether the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs can refuse to comply with provisions of 25 U.S.C. Ch. 36 to t… -6.5
20-6966 Charles Eloys Johnson, aka Adam White v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error substantial-rights Charles Johnson was convicted of two counts of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The district court instructed the … -6.5
20-6967 Justin Loper v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge conviction crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL WHERE THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCE WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE HOBBS ACT ROBBERY IS NOT A… -6.5
20-6982 Misty R. Weed v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-laws constitutional-rights district-court-conflict due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice plea-withdrawal sentencing sentencing-discretion I. DID THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL CREATE A MANIFEST INJUSTICE WHEN IT EXPRESSLY AND DIRECTLY RULED IN CONFLICT WITH DECISIONS OF FELLOW DISTRI… -6.5
20-6983 Demarcus Cole v. Kevin Myers, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cellular-phone-evidence certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure fourth-amendment habeas-corpus illegal-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress trial-counsel Did the Court of Appeals err in denying a Certificate of Appealability on trial counsel was ineffective, when counsel failed to file a pre-trial Motio… -6.5
20-6984 Ralph Frank Esposito, Jr. v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression structural-error witness-testimony Question not identified. -6.5
20-6987 Nelson N. Rodriguez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
20-7010 Israel Santiago-Lugo v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguity amendment-782 criminal-procedure federal-rules forfeiture molina-martinez-v-us peugh-v-us rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines 1) WHETHER THE SENTENCE WAS IMPOSED UNDER U.S.S.G. §2Dl.l(c) TO ESTABLISH THE BASE OFFENSE, THE GUIDELINES ARE IN REAL SENSE THE BASIC FOR THE SENTEN… -6.5
20-7018 Lawrence Westbrook, III v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion enhancement firearm-enhancement firearms sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines I. Whether the district court erred by applying a six-level enhancement pursuant to USSG § 2K2.1(b)(1)(C). II. Whether the district court erred by ap… -6.5
20-7020 Richie Wheeler v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury criminal-law criminal-statute deadly-weapon intent jury-finding law-enforcement reckless-driving sentencing sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether to be guilty of a violation of 18 U.S.C. §111(b), which requires the use of a deadly weapon while forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing,… -6.5
20-7032 Salvador Delrio v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP courier courier-status criminal-procedure due-process mitigating-role sentencing sentencing-guidelines speculative-inference speculative-inferences u.s.s.g.-3b1.2 1. What weight should a court give to a defendant's essential role as a mere courier when determining a mitigating-role adjustment? 2. Does a distric… -6.5
20-7037 Elias Junior Rodriguez v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5K1.1-motion appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing downward-variance government-motion judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines U.S.S.G.-5K1.1 1. DOES A COURT VIOLATE THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN GALL v. UNITED STATES, 552 U.S. 38 (2007) BY FAILING TO ADEQUATELY EXPLAIN TO WHAT EXTENT THE COURT'S … -6.5
20-7043 Kevin Hall v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-decision criminal-law due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dominguez 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err by finding that Hobbs Act robbery is a "crime of violence" under United States v. Dominguez, 954 F.3d 1251 (9th Cir. 2020… -6.5
20-7044 Gregory Bartunek v. Hall County, Nebraska, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause pretrial-detainee pretrial-detainees religious-freedom Whether failing to provide consistent and reliable opportunities for pretrial detainees to exercise their religious freedoms is a violation of the Fir… -6.5
20-7047 Juan Francisco Lopez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
20-7049 Edwin Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment age-based-sentencing brain-development constitutional-interpretation criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole rehabilitation In Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455, (2012), this Court held mandatory life sentences without parole for juvenile homicide offenders violates the Ei… -6.5
20-7063 Pablo Damiani-Melendez v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights constitutional-violations due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-challenge self-representation sixth-amendment supreme-court-review Question not identified. -6.5
20-7064 Justin Lee Perry v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-amendment due-process felony felony-charge fourteenth-amendment grand-jury indictment sixth-amendment trial-modification 1. Since the N.C. Constitution guarantees indictment by a grand jury for felony charges, does the N.C. Supreme Court decision conflict with Plveiff. D… -6.5
20-7068 Jerry Davis v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy criminal-procedure discretionary-sentencing drug-convictions drug-crimes due-process first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the 4thCircuit Court of Appeals created a Cirauit split by affiomingthe District Courts reuson to ceny his motion for a sentence reduction und… -6.5
20-7070 Jeremy S. v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-inquiry jury-polling jury-trial trial-court-procedure verdict-review 1. Does the new syllabus point issued by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia permitting a trial court judge to make further inquiry of a ju… -6.5
20-7073 Donovan Muskett v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-consequences due-process fair-warning precedent retroactive-application In the absence of a circuit split, can a single decision from another circuit afford fair warning that the federal circuit in which an individual resi… -6.5
20-7076 Michael Javier Ottogalli v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process enhanced-sentence factual-contestation government-sentencing-memorandum ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presentence-report sentencing sentencing-enhancement Is d ueprocess Violat&J dut ~h> i'neffe:f iVe assistance of Counsel when defendant aWofney did oof qivc defendant opportunity to review Peesenfence … -6.5
20-7080 Jimmy Lloyd Alexander v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-seizure fair-trial judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified. -6.5
20-7082 Edward Bishop v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment 924(c)-prosecution constitutional-violation constructive-amendment deficient-performance drug-trafficking-crime due-process habeas-corpus indictment-defect ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice vagueness-challenge 1. Whether Trial Counsel's performance was deficient and whether any errors were prejudicial? 2. Is an indictment defective in a 924(c) prosecution i… -6.5
20-7085 Thomas Hoey, Jr. v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process harsher-punishment plain-text precedents sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines 1-Should lower courts be permitted to interpret the plain text and meaning of sentencing commission's provisions to inflict harsher punishment upon pe… -6.5
20-7086 Michael Fetherolf v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-interpretation cumulative-error due-process habeas-corpus hearsay jackson-v-virginia sixth-circuit-review suspension-clause Whether the Sixth Circuit erred when it applied a death penalty sentencing Strickland review, in a non death penalty case, raising an actual innocence… -6.5
20-7088 Mohamad Jamal Khweis v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fbi-procedure fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-violations interrogation interrogation-process miranda-rights missouri-v-seibert self-incrimination Did the intentional utilization by the F.B.I. of a two step interrogation process, without taking remedial measures as required by Missouri v. Seibert… -6.5
20-7090 Michael David Omondi v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP authorized-entry civil-rights common-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute jurisdictional-boundary military-installation section-1382 trespass In United States v. Apel, 571 U.S. 359, 373 (2014), this Court held that the term "military installation" in 18 U.S.C. § 1382 includes all areas under… -6.5
20-7094 Kenneth Ray Sheffey v. Iowa Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus illiterate indigent-status legal-representation prisoner-assistance prisoner-rights pro-se I. Did the lower court violate the protections under the Iowa and United States Constitutions by denying Petitioner, an illiterate prisoner, both lega… -6.5
20-7095 Gary S. Colldock v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP dark-web drug-trafficking fourth-amendment probable-cause search-warrant staleness Whether the information in the application for the warrant to place the GPS device on Colldock's vehicle was 'stale', where the Agents relied upon 2-y… -6.5
20-7096 Brian Edward Reynolds v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit exclusionary-rule federal-court mandate search-and-seizure standing Question not identified. -6.5
20-7100 Ryan Detrell Robinson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-variance Whether the Circuit Court Erred Failing To Reverse District Court's Imposition of an "Alternate Variance Sentence" Which Was Designed To Insulate The … -6.5
20-7102 Toheed Ahmed v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment circuit-split dog-sniff high-crime-area motion-to-suppress racial-profiling tenth-circuit totality-of-circumstances traffic-stop Was the Tenth Circuit correct in affirming the denial of Mr. Ahmed's motion to suppress evidence seized during and derived from an August 26, 2015 tra… -6.5
20-7107 Jimmy Richard Husband v. J. Ray Ormond, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-defect retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-rule 1. Whether NELSON V. COLORADO 137 S. Ct. 1249 (2018), announced a new substantive rule, narrowing the language and scope of 18 USC Sect. 3661, that ha… -6.5
20-7108 Jan Gawlik v. Scott Semple, et al. Connecticut Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-association freedom-of-expression freedom-of-speech religious-rights WHERE THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION VIOLATES THE FIRST AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS, DENYING USED RELIGIOUS/NON-RELIGIOUS BOOKS FROM PUBLISHER… -6.5
20-7109 Raul Flores-Villalvaso v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process illegal-reentry mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines specific-intent Whether the 8 U.S.C. § 1326 Attempted Illegal Reentry mens rea element of "specific intent" can be restated as simply "a conscious desire" with no ref… -6.5
20-7110 David Falcon v. Neil McDowell, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa alibi-defense criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance miranda-hearing miranda-rights police-misconduct police-testimony right-to-counsel strickland-standard David Falcon was convicted of murder based on an incident where two men approached and shot a stranger in a public park. Falcon's counsel raised an al… -6.5
20-7113 Troy X. Kelley v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure contract-rights contractual-obligation criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process imprisonment-for-debt property-rights stolen-property 1. Whether a contractual right to paymen t constitutes ownership of money, such that a defendant can properly be convic ted under a federal statute cr… -6.5
20-7114 Aesha Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP co-defendant confrontation-clause constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence invited-error plea-agreement I. Does the admission into evidence of a non-testifying co-defendant's plea agreement which includes a statement implicating the defendant on trial as… -6.5
20-7118 Terry Allen Miles v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment Did the trial court violate the 5th and 6th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States in overruling Petitioner's objection to the inclusion … -6.5
20-7119 Javier Alejandro Moline-Borroto v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment checkpoint-seizure civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment investigatory-encounter prolonged-detention reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio Whether the lower courts erred by finding that the officer had reasonable suspicion to transform a suspicionless checkpoint seizure into a prolonged i… -6.5
20-7121 Georges Michel v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey drug-quantity due-process jury-trial sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-maximum Whether the Court of Appeals erred, reversibly, in affirming the district court's decision—making a drug quantity determination, after the Remand—wher… -6.5
20-7122 Adam Lloyd Cooper v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea rosemond-v-united-states Whether Sec. 924(c) contains a specific mens rea requirement that requires one to know more than that firearms are "tools of the trade" for drug traff… -6.5
20-7124 George Skylar Cloud v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court-discretion evidence evidence-admission federal-charges federal-criminal-law firearm-discharge guilty-plea sentencing separation-of-powers Did the district court error when it allowed the government to introduce into evidence the Petitioner's guilty plea, in a separate pending matter, to … -6.5
20-7128 Teodoro Reynosa-Denova v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-procedure sentencing stare-decisis supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -6.5
20-7132 Roy Lee Dykes v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure bail bond bond-motion criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard motion-denial Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to find that the District Court erred in denying Mr. Dykes' Motion for Release on Bond pending appeal? -6.5
20-7135 Lamont R. Reed v. Scott Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitations discovery discovery-hearing equitable-tolling habeas-corpus postconviction-petition postconviction-relief state-court-procedure statute-of-limitations statutory-tolling Is the AEDPA one year limitations for filing a Federal Petition statute of tolled when a State Court statutorily or equitably delays the filing of a S… -6.5
20-7138 Patrick Begay v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 aggravated-assault criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion native-american native-american-defendants sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission In carrying out the mandate of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) to impose a sentence that is "sufficient but not greater than necessary on a defendant," may a dist… -6.5
20-7140 Cesar Raul Aceves v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure immigration immigration-law mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states status-elements statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rehaif unlawful-reentry 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) prohibits individuals falling into particular status categories from possessing firearms or ammunition. Rehaif v. United States, 58… -6.5
20-7142 Lewis R. Fox v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process felonious-assault habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence merits-review sixth-circuit Lewis Fox's federal habeas corpus petition case (Insufficient Evidence Claim) raises a pressing issue of national importance: Did the United States Co… -6.5
20-7146 Frank Ray Gallardo v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea specific-intent statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant charged with an offense under 18 USC § 2244 is entitled to a specific intent instruction and there is a conflict among Circuits. -6.5
20-7150 Creadell Hubbard v. Charles Ratledge, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -6.5
20-7154 Robert Earl Ramseur v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-seizure government-surveillance judicial-misconduct mental-health privacy racial-discrimination sentencing veterans-rights Question not identified. -6.5
20-7157 David Smith-Garcia v. Paula Burke Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment bivens civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-need prison-healthcare probation U Indies cw\ QjnoJaV'K AfAendmtnV clWiwi (b Vq a ^enoo^ vv\€d\Ca\ need Ck<^o,\ a'SV (X deO "vS'Nen^ ConVe*V-'\r\ vde\'i bf<~afe indiW-erencc. Ov 0-… -6.5
20-7163 Gabriel Z. Kershaw v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach charging-document controlled-substance-offense generic-judgment-records shepard-documents u.s.s.g.-§4b1.1 Whether the Fourth Circuit should be required to use the categorical approach, applying the parameters set by this Court, to its determination that a … -6.5
20-7166 Charles J. Jordan v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection grand-jury grand-jury-selection judicial-review jurisdiction 1. Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals is interpreting D.C. Code § 1-204 right when it is allowing the D.C. Superior Court to modify Federal Rules and i… -6.5
20-7167 Elin Robinson Mejia Romero v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-distribution due-process mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether, under 21 U.S.C. § 841, a defendant who knowingly possesses or distributes a controlled substance can be convicted and subjected to an enhance… -6.5
20-7168 Loren Joel McReynolds v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review base-offense-level criminal-procedure firearms-offense reasonableness-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review ussg-2k2.1 I. Whether The Court's Calculation Of McReynolds' Base Offense Level Was Erroneous? II. Whether The Court Erred In Denying A Reduction In The Offense… -6.5
20-7171 Luis Javier Correa-Figueroa, aka Barney, aka Gordo v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-procedure district-court-ruling evidence evidence-exclusion federal-property intent motion-for-acquittal procedural-error self-defense use-of-force (A) WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED A PROCEDURAL ERROR WHEN IT EXCLUDED EVIDENCE THAT PETITIONER WAS SHOT 11 TIMES, AND AS HE WAS TRYING TO EVADE… -6.5
20-7174 Antonio Lopez v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP coerced-confession confession-voluntariness criminal-procedure due-process family-coercion family-member interrogation police-interrogation probable-cause truthful-statements 1. Whether a threat to arrest, or a promise not to arrest, a member of a suspect's family, depending only on his willingness to confess to a crime, re… -6.5
20-7177 Sandra Doyle v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process post-arrest-interview prosecutorial-discretion relevant-conduct safety-valve sentencing witness-testimony 1. Is it a denial of due process to sentence petitioner to additional imprisonment based on a finding that she lied or minimized in her safety-valve i… -6.5
20-7180 William Hugh Wilson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review motion-denial sixth-circuit wilson-case Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in denying Wilson's Motion for Certificate of Appealability and Granting Relief… -6.5
20-7181 Quincy O'Neill Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm firearm-possession government-burden-of-proof ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dye united-states-v-frady The Statute 18 U.S.C.924 (c)(1)(A) which states: Except to the extent that'a -greater minimumsentence is otherwise provided by this subsection or by… -6.5
20-7182 Anton Tuomi v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure conflict-of-interest faretta-rights faretta-v-california guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel waiver-of-rights Issue 1: Whether the appellate court erred in concluding that petitioner was not denied his right to counsel when the state court accepted petitioner'… -6.5
20-7186 Brian Dale Lee v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5k2.1-motion appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court fourth-circuit judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fourth Circuit court erred in finding that the district court's consideration of conduct raised in a 5k2.1 motion was appropriate? -6.5
20-7187 Haseeb Malik v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-rights fourth-amendment law-enforcement marijuana-legalization probable-cause search-and-seizure state-law-enforcement vehicle-search Probable cause requires facts and circumstances within an officer's knowledge establishing a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime w… -6.5
20-7199 Maurice Duncan Burks v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure motion-for-new-trial new-trial standard-of-review trial-court-discretion witness-credibility Whether Using a Different, More Stringent, Standard of Review When a Trial Court Grants a Motion for New Trial than Utilized When a Trial Court Denies… -6.5
20-7202 Deon Anthony Romell Bailey v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel ninth-circuit plea-bargaining post-conviction sentencing sixth-amendment Did the Eighth Circuit improperly deny Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel by failing to remand to the district cour… -6.5
20-7206 Pedro Gonzalez-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2015-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraneous-factors mitigating-role sentencing-adjustment sentencing-guidelines u-s-sentencing-commission unrelated-cases DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY FINDING THAT MR. GONZALEZ-MENDOZA WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A MITIGATING ROLE ADJUSTMENT PURSUANT TO U.S.S.G. §3B1.2? DID TH… -6.5
20-7215 Sunni Askari Newell v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment eighth-circuit federal-sentencing firearms firearms-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT HAS MISCONSTRUED U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), CONTRARY TO EVERY OTHER CIRCUIT, RESULTING IN DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF FIREARMS … -6.5
20-7216 Antwan Seawood v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dismissed-charges fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-discretion sixth-amendment Did the District Court abuse its discretion and violate Appellant's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights by sentencing him to a term of 240 months based u… -6.5
20-7217 Felix Cisneros, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-intent criminal-law due-process mens-rea sentencing statutory-elements statutory-interpretation waiver-doctrine 1. Can a person be convicted of conspiracy to violate a statute containing an element increasing the offense's severity, where that element is not act… -6.5
20-7218 Crystal Zuniga v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-856 congressional-intent double-counting drug-involved-premise drug-sentencing fair-sentencing-act precedent sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Congress intended The Fair Sentencing Act to more severely punish persons sentenced under 21 U.S.C. §856 in what is a departure from over 20 y… -6.5
20-7224 Leon Niles Daye v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
20-7226 John R. Scannell v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP disciplinary-proceedings first-amendment fourteenth-amendment investigation judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction obstruction res-judicata rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court unlawful-practice 1. Did the Washington State Supreme Court have jurisdiction conduct original disciplinary proceedings against Scanned for obstruction into an investig… -6.5
20-7230 Stanley Joseph Thompson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-defense-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana prejudice sixth-amendment trial-strategy 1. Whether the Sixth Amendment permits criminal defense counsel to unilaterally concede his client's guilt before the jury at trial—over the defendant… -6.5
20-7237 Clyde E. Bradley v. Teri Kennedy, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus petition pro-se rebuttal statutory-interpretation I.) WHETHER THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN DISMISSING THE PRO SE PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF WITHOUT PERMITTING THE PETITIONER A FAIR OPPORTUN… -6.5
20-7240 Joseph A. Hollahan v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights courtroom-privacy due-process evidence-examination fair-trial jury-deliberations jury-room non-juror-presence public-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure Does the right to private and secret jury deliberations apply only in the jury room? -6.5
20-7242 Xavier Lister v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach generic-offense shepard-v-united-states state-law-interpretation taylor-definition taylor-v-united-states To decide whether a prior burglary conviction qualifies as a predicate violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), "courts… -6.5
20-7244 Melvin Landry, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery as defined by Title 18 U.S.C. §1951(b)(1) is a "crime of violence" within the meaning of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(a). -6.5
20-7246 Renaldo Demarquis Metcalf v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-history judicial-doctrine legal-departure sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-process Does the use of the "de facto career offender" doctrine distort the sentencing process and lead to unwarranted sentencing disparity? -6.5