Conference: 2021-04-16

219 cases — 0 granted, 219 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
20-8 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, et al. v. Robert R. McCormick Foundation, et al. Second Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (4)Relisted (2) bankruptcy-law creditor-rights financial-institution fraudulent-transfers merit-management-group merit-management-precedent preemption 1. Whether the court of appeals correctly held, in conflict with the decisions of four other circuits and of this Court, that the presumption against … 35.0
20-637 Darrell Hemphill v. New York New York Judgment Issued Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence evidence-law hearsay-exception right-to-confrontation testimonial-hearsay trial-strategy A litigant's argumentation or introduction of evidence at trial is often deemed to "open the door" to the admission of responsive evidence that would … 28.5
20-363 Frederick R. Whatley v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (12) circuit-split federal-law habeas habeas-corpus holbrook-v-flynn ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice shackling strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Does a state court unreasonably apply federal law when, in determining whether a person suffered prejudice as a result of ineffective assistance of co… 17.0
20-418 Melanie Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-split human-intervention predictive-dialer random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ("TCPA"), Pub. L. No. 102-243, 105 Stat. 2394, prohibits use of an "automatic telephone dialing system" … 16.5
20-479 David C. Shinn v. Ryan Robert Baker Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) adversarial-system appellate-procedure case-transformation civil-procedure gvr judicial-restraint ninth-circuit party-presentation sineneng-smith summary-reversal 1. Whether this Court should reverse the decision below under Sineneng-Smith. 2. Whether this Court should grant, vacate and remand in light of Sinen… 16.0
20-782 Raymond Holloway, Jr. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process firearms-prohibition gun-ownership individual-liberty misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violate the Second Amendment? 15.5
20-812 Lisa M. Folajtar v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights felons felony-prohibition firearm-possession nonviolent-crimes second-amendment self-defense tax-fraud Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which permanently prohibits nearly all felons—even those convicted of nonviolent crimes—from possessing firearms for se… 15.5
20-902 Kenneth E. Flick v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (4) 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenges circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-copyright criminal-history felony-conviction felony-convictions firearm-possession second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment secures Ken Flick's right to keep and bear arms, notwithstanding his convictions for importing and selling counterfeit ca… 14.5
20-740 Jim Bognet, et al. v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ballot-deadline election-integrity elections-clause electors-clause equal-protection judicial-overreach mail-in-ballots purcell-v-gonzalez standing The Pennsylvania General Assembly established an unambiguous election- day deadline for receipt of absentee and mail -in ballots. A majority of the … 14.0
20-1008 State Farm Life Insurance Company v. Michael G. Vogt Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (3) class-certification class-members class-representative damages damages-model fail-safe-class intraclass-conflict rule-23 universal-life-insurance This is one of a series of class actions against life insurance companies arising from "cost of insurance" provisions in Universal Life policies. Plai… 13.5
20-308 La Boom Disco, Inc. v. Radames Duran Second Circuit GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-court-interpretation federal-communications-commission hobbs-act human-intervention random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-definition telephone-consumer-protection-act 1. Does the statutory definition of ATDS encompass any device that can "store" telephone numbers, even if the device does not "us[e] a random or seque… 11.5
20-723 Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. Susan Allan, et al. Sixth Circuit GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system civil-procedure federal-regulation number-generation random-or-sequential-number-generator standing statutory-interpretation telecommunications-law telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the definition of ATDS in the TCPA encompasses any device that can "store" and "automatically dial" telephone numbers, even if the device does… 11.5
20-768 Gerardo Serrano v. United States Customs and Border Protection, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1) appropriate-case civil-forfeiture due-process federal-law government-action legal-detention post-seizure-hearing split-in-circuits vehicle-seizure When the government seizes a vehicle for civil forfeiture, does due process require a prompt post-seizure hearing to test the legality of the seizure … 11.5
20-209 Ali Gadelhak v. AT&T Services, Inc. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-split consent database-telemarketing smartphone statutory-interpretation telemarketing telephone-consumer-protection-act The question presented is whether this definition encompasses only systems that autodial telephone numbers generated using a random or sequential numb… 11.0
20-1155 Jonas David Nelson v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Amici (2)Response Waived cognitive-deficits cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-sentence life-without-parole mental-illness proportionality proportionality-review 1. Whether the Eighth Amendment right to narrow proportionality review of sentences of life without release entails a right to a hearing at which evid… 10.5
20-963 Stephen K. Walton, Sr. v. Virginia International Terminals, LLC Virginia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) land-based marine-terminal-operator personal-injury preemption property-handling shipping-act shipping-act-1984 state-law terminal-operator time-limitation Pursuant to the Shipping Act of 1984, is a marine terminal operator's schedule of rates, which is authorized by the Act to pertain to the receiving, d… 9.0
20-1112 In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam Denied Response Waived administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law contract-clause due-process equal-protection government-contracts patent patent-law separation-of-powers stare-decisis 1. Whether Justice Barrett, as the last standing Justice with original jurisdiction, with the same duty and oath as the lower courts to enforce the … 8.5
20-1289 NetScout Systems, Inc., et al. v. Packet Intelligence LLC Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 enhanced-damages good-faith-defenses patent-eligibility patent-infringement section-101 technological-subject-matter treble-damages willful-infringement Whether a finding of willful infringement justifying treble damages may be based solely on the defendant's conduct following the filing of the suit. … 8.5
20-982 Sharon Lynn Brown v. Polk County, Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) body-cavity-search civil-rights exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment pre-trial-detainee pretrial-detainee probable-cause search search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Whether the Fourth Amendment permits jail officials to conduct a physical, penetrative search of the vagina and/or anus of a pretrial detainee without… 8.5
20-1072 Chad Thompson, et al. v. Richard Michael DeWine, Governor of Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1) anderson-burdick anderson-burdick-test ballot-access ballot-initiative electoral-rights first-amendment initiative recurring-issue signature-gathering strict-scrutiny Whether and how the First Amendment applies to regulations that impede a person's ability to place an initiative on the ballot. 6.5
20-1074 Sedfrey M. Linsangan v. Alice M. Taijeron, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process election-law first-amendment free-speech guam-law legal-burden political-office standing Is there anything else that I need to suffer or injure in order to qualify for the standing issue? 2. How could I live the quality of life that I des… 6.0
20-758 Audie Jay Reynolds v. U.S. Bank National Association Arizona Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-violation deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure property-rights severability statutory-interpretation takings Does the Arizona Deed of Trust Scheme provide good cause for removal of one or more of its provisions under severability? 6.0
20-781 United States, ex rel. Concilio de Salud Integral de Loíza, Inc., et al. v. J.C. Remodeling, Inc., et al. First Circuit Denied Relisted (2) benefit-of-bargain benefit-of-the-bargain circuit-split damages damages-calculation false-claims-act intangible-benefits prejudice tainted-claim-theory treble-damages 1) Should this Court resolve a circuit split concerning the question as to whether Courts should allow gross trebling damages or net trebling damages … 6.0
20-1054 Vipula D. Valambhia, et al. v. United Republic of Tanzania, et al. District of Columbia Denied bank-account commercial-activities commercial-activities-exception direct-effects foreign-judgments foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunity international-law judgment-recognition jurisdiction payments u.s.-banking 1. Whether clause 3 of the commercial activities exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2), provides for jurisd… 5.5
20-1071 West Virginia, ex rel. June Yurish, et al. v. Laura V. Faircloth, Judge, Circuit Court of West Virginia, 23rd Judicial Circuit, et al. West Virginia Denied 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process joint-representation sixth-amendment standing supremacy-clause Whether a state precedent which uses a state rule of procedure to disregard its own test for balancing the Constitutional interests implicated by a pr… 5.5
20-1075 John Robert Reichard, et ux. v. Russell A. Brown, Chapter 13 Trustee Ninth Circuit Denied administrative-law administrative-procedure bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure chapter-13-bankruptcy due-process federal-statutory-interpretation local-rules privacy privacy-protection tax-return-confidentiality tax-returns Whether the privacy protections due Chapter 13 bankruptcy debtors' income tax returns pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §521(g)(2), and implemented by the Directo… 5.5
20-1082 Raymond Gardner v. Matthew T. Mglej Tenth Circuit Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search identification identification-statute law-enforcement qualified-immunity terry-stop Whether it was clearly established in 2011 that an arrest under Utah Code Section 76-8-301.5(1) for refusal to hand over an identification document vi… 5.5
20-1086 Randall G. Stephens v. Dow Chemical Company Ohio Denied access-to-courts constitutional-rights court-access due-process impartial-jury judicial-discretion public-trial speedy-trial vexatious-litigator Whether Administrative Judge John J. Russo's, Journal Entry of April 15, 2019 and Judge Brendan J. Sheehan's, Journal Entry of February 26, 2020 denyi… 5.5
20-1097 Karen C. Han v. Yangrai Cho Ninth Circuit Denied civil-procedure domicile due-process foreign-citizenship foreign-defendant forum-state general-jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction Whether a defendant who is a citizen of foreign country but is domiciled in a forum state is subject to the forum's exercise of general personal juris… 5.5
20-1102 Michael James Hanna v. Little League Baseball, Inc. California Denied access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process pro-se-litigant standing vexatious-litigant Whether California's vexatious litigant statute unconstitutionally deprives a litigant of due process and access to the courts, by declaring a pro se … 5.5
20-1107 Roddie Melvin v. Federal Express Corporation Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived age-discrimination circuit-split eleventh-circuit employment-discrimination evidence-standard preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence seventh-circuit standard-of-proof summary-judgment In evaluating motions for summary judgment under employment discrimination laws, such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, must a court examin… 5.5
20-1115 Christopher R. Granton v. Washington State Lottery Ninth Circuit Denied 11th-amendment civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment federal-jurisdiction judicial-bias lottery-dispute property-rights standing state-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err when it did not recognize that my case has federal subject matter jurisdiction, Standing, a… 5.5
20-1124 Michael Don Leatherwood v. Jeorld Braggs, Jr., Warden Tenth Circuit Denied affidavit criminal-procedure due-process fair-warning ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion probation probation-conditions statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Was Petitioner subject to the release conditions of probation while he was in prison? Does the statute which defines probation as "a procedure by whi… 5.5
20-1126 Joachim Carlo Santos Martillo, et al. v. Unknown Defendants Massachusetts Denied 35-usc-145 35-usc-261 adverse-possession federal-circuit patent-application patent-ownership property-rights quiet-title standing-doctrine try-title uspto-procedure Does a party asserting ownership to a patent application have a right to a state (commonwealth) action like either a Massachusetts quiet action or a M… 5.5
20-1136 Peter Capote v. Alabama Alabama Denied 6th-amendment aggravating-circumstances capital-punishment death-penalty judicial-fact-finding judicial-weighing jury-trial mitigating-circumstances sentencing-scheme sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Alabama death penalty sentencing scheme, which leaves it to the judge to find whether the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitiga… 5.5
20-1140 Angela W. DeBose v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied appeal appeal-rights civil-procedure consolidation due-process final-judgment pro-se-litigant rule-42-consolidation rules-enabling-act self-representation substantive-right substantive-rights 1. Whether a Rule 42 consolidation can deprive a party of a substantive right —the right to an appeal from a final judgment —when the Rules Enabling A… 5.5
20-1282 In Re Kaysha F. N. Dery Denied administrative-detention civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus immigration immigration-law indigenous-rights terrorism torture 1. Is it constitutional to detain someone who is fleeing torture and terrorism? Is it constitutional when that person is the posterity of the UNITED S… 5.5
20-1304 In Re Rexford Tweed Denied conflict-with-constitution constitutional-violation due-process florida-sentencing-statute habeas-corpus indefinite-sentence indeterminate-sentence parole-eligibility sixth-amendment There exists exceptional circumstances of a United States Constitutional magnitude, wherein, based on substantive United States Supreme and other Fede… 5.5
20-674 Tito Michael Uzodinma v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eighth Circuit Denied None 5.5
20-877 Trinell King v. Ricky Pridmore, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied civil-rights clearly-established excessive-force hope-v-peltzer police-misconduct qualified-immunity racial-bias summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton Respondents Ricky Pridmore, Corey Archer, and Andrew Hill are White police officers who treated Petitioner Trinell King, a young Black citizen, as a t… 5.5
20-941 Gregory Atkins, et al. v. Kenneth Williams, Medical Director, Tennessee Department of Correction Sixth Circuit Denied 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment injunctive-relief lack-of-funds official-capacity prison-conditions subjective-component The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishments, including deliberate indifference to a convicted prisoner's serious medical needs and ot… 5.5
20-975 Freddie Owens v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights federal-appeals-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan procedural-default The Court of Appeals granted a Certificate of Appealability (COA) on Freddie Owens's constitutional claim that he was denied the effective assistance … 5.5
20M68 Antwan Lamar Hutchinson v. United States Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
20-6054 Alex Cori Tribue v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process notice notice-requirement prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement Whether, on collateral review, the government may maintain a sentencing enhancement under the ACCA by substituting a different conviction that it did … 5.0
20-863 Akeva L.L.C. v. Nike, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-112 claim-construction claim-interpretation federal-circuit-split innovation-goals judicial-precedent patent-claim-construction patent-law patent-property-rights predictability property-rights public-notice Whether the Federal Circuit's "heavy presumption" line of cases or its "holistic" line should govern claim construction. 5.0
20-302 Steven Dotson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review predicate-convictions sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation substitute-predicate-convictions If a defendant successfully challenges on collateral review one or more of the predicate convictions that the district court relied on to impose a sen… 4.5
20-607 Tatyana E. Drevaleva v. Alameda Health System California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure board-of-trustees california-government-code claim-presentation contractor due-process government-claim government-claims government-code public-agency statute-of-limitations 1) Does the local Public Agency Alameda Health System (AHS) have a right to do the following: a) To refuse to assign a Board of Trustees and to assign… 4.0
20-6640 James David Perryman v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… 4.0
20-732 David Wyche v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-review civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment-termination occupational-safety prima-facie-case termination whistleblower whistleblower-protection workplace-safety 1. Under the OSH Act of 1970 Do I fit the criteria as a whistleblower (1) considering I made work complaints to human resources; within two weeks of … 4.0
20-909 Iqbal S. Randhawa v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) california-law federal-truth-in-lending-act foreclosure jesinoski-v-countrywide property-possession quiet-title statute-of-limitations tila-rescission truth-in-lending-act In 1968 Congress passed the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, Title 1, known as the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1601 et seq., w… 4.0
20-932 Bobby L. Franklin v. D. J. Laughlin, et al. Nevada Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-fraud patent patent-rights quiet-title standing stare-decisis takings Has Petitioner Franklin's existing stare decisis patent rights that is published in his certified First Title on the described 80 acres ever been addr… 4.0
20-942 Christopher L. Buie v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-findings discrimination-claims employee-protection issue-preclusion substantial-evidence surface-transportation-assistance-act unsafe-acts vehicle-operation 1. Does the "refuses to operate " clause under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act ("STAA ") afford protection to employees who refuse to commit… 4.0
20-976 David H. Penny v. Lincoln's Challenge Academy Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-civil-rules judicial-procedure pro-se pro-se-litigants standing summary-judgment What is the proper treatment of Pro Se litigants nationwide who make a technical error or other mistake for lack of knowledge or a misunderstanding of… 4.0
20-978 Poppi Metaxas v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining reasonable-probability trial 1. Whether the petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel with respect to the plea process by counsel's failure to discuss with and inform … 4.0
20-1085 Scott Erik Stafne v. Thomas S. Zilly, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 article-iii civil-rights due-process good-behaviour-tenure judicial-independence judicial-tenure jurisdictional-challenge separation-of-powers standing Whether the challenge that a jurist is not an Article III judge because she or he does not have "good behaviour" tenure is a jurisdictional one which … 3.5
20-1091 Robert L. Schulz v. Town Board of the Town of Queensbury, et al. New York Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment government-accountability government-obligations petition-clause public-records republican-form-of-government state-statute 1. Whether the lower Court has misapplied Minne sota State Bd. for Community Colls, v. Knight, 465 U.S. 271 (1984) in ruling Respondent Town Board … 3.5
20-1096 Philip Jay Fetner v. Hotel Street Capital, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeals appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction chapter-11-bankruptcy civil-rights constitutional-appeal constitutional-rights due-process final-order mootness Petitioner asks this Court to review whether he was denied a constitutional appeal on the false preliminary premise that the appellate courts — both t… 3.5
20-1104 Irina Tesoriero v. Carnival Corporation, dba Carnival Cruise Line Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-inference circuit-split civil-procedure discovery evidence evidentiary-standard federal-courts legal-sanction sanctions spoliation spoliation-of-evidence Whether federal courts may grant an adverse inference as a sanction for negligent spoliation of evidence, as the Second, Sixth, and D.C. Circuits have… 3.5
20-1117 Philip Jay Fetner v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-matters chapter-conversion conflicts-among-federal-courts constitutional-mandate constitutional-mandates equitable-mootness jurisdictional-deadline national-legal-standard supervisory-role timing-of-conversion-order Petitioner asks this Court to review two questions arising from closely related orders issued by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in two bankruptcy… 3.5
20-1118 Robert Grundstein v. Lamoille Superior Docket Entries/Orders, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud rooker-feldman standing state-court-review void-ab-initio RESOLVE CIRCUIT SPLITS WITH RESPECT TO "ROOKER-FELDMAN" FRAUD EXCEPTION Should the Circuit Splits with respect to the Rooker-Feldman Fraud Exception … 3.5
20-1122 Edward B. Fleury v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process law-enforcement second-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. Whether Massachusetts gun storage law M.G.L. c. 140, § 131L, providing enhanced penalties for different types of firearms, is unconstitutionally va… 3.5
20-1133 Nicholas L. Triantos v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-HE4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE4, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federalism mgc-93a remand separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the First Circuit erred in concluding that one Count under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was sufficient to confer Federal Jurisdic… 3.5
20-1160 West Ventures L.P., fka Sleiman Ventures, L.P., et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived affected-item affected-items irs-examination outside-basis partner-level-adjustments partnership-items partnership-taxation statute-of-limitations tax-partnership tefra A partnership does not pay income tax to the U.S. Treasury. Unlike a corporation, which is subject to tax on its earnings, partnerships report items o… 3.5
20-1166 Jorel Shophar, et ux. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 4th-amendment child-welfare child-welfare-act constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment seizure state-seizures 1. Is the 1974 Child Welfare Act of Child Protective Services violating U.S. Citizens Constitutional Rights of the Fourth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendm… 3.5
20-1178 Pacific Choice Seafood Company, et al. v. Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference commerce-secretary fishery-management quota-limits quota-shares statutory-interpretation The Ninth Circuit below applied deference under Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), to a statutory … 3.5
20-1182 Leonardo Tapia-Felix v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
20-1225 Jenean Elizabeth Winston, et al. v. Mark Anthony Walsh Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived actual-notice affidavit civil-procedure hague-convention prejudice service-of-process 1) Did the Court of Appeals err by affirming the District Court setting aside the United Kingdom's Central Authority Certificate of Compliance without… 3.5
20-1230 In Re Reginald L. Sydnor Denied Response Waived administrative-law-judge administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act constitutional-appointment due-process lucia-v-sec mandamus merit-systems-protection-board standing united-states-constitution Does petitioner's repeated timely requests for his appropriate ALJ due process hearing before a constitutionally appointed board ALJ, although all wer… 3.5
20-1237 Blanche A. Brown v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response Waived duty-to-protect federal-tort-claims-act ftca-claim patient-abuse patient-protection procedural-error rule-41-dismissal va-negligence va-security-policy victim-rights-act witness-protection 38 USC§ 901 makes the VA Secretary and VA Facility Directors Responsible for Providing PROTECTION of persons, to include patients, visitors, and empl… 3.5
20-1260 Maria Rita Castillo, aka Maria Rita Moreno Velasquez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
20-1269 Amanda Kay Renfroe, et al. v. Robert Denver Parker, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-doctrine qualified-immunity separation-of-powers standing I. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY VIOLATES THE SEPARATION OF POWERS, IS REPUGNANT TO THE CONSTITUTION, AND IS VOID. II. IS A FACTUAL REASONABLENESS FOR A JURY TO… 3.5
20-1270 Scott Erik Stafne v. Bank of New York Mellon Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-three boundary-lines federalism judicial-power real-property res senior-judges state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the Federalism structure of government prevented the District Court from assuming subject-matter jurisdiction over a real property res for … 3.5
20-1274 Richard G. Wern v. South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct South Carolina Denied Response Waived disciplinary-counsel due-process lawyer-discipline legal-ethics professional-conduct public-protection punitive sanction supreme-court unannounced-standard Did the South Carolina Supreme Court deny Petitioner Richard G. Wern of due process of law by disbarring him based on a previously unannounced standar… 3.5
20-1280 Joseph Cotropia v. Mary Chapman Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law fair-warning fourth-amendment government-immunity per-se-unreasonable probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure warrantless-search warrantless-searches Is the presumption that warrantless searches are per se unreasonable so obvious a violation of the Fourth Amendment that the presumption gives governm… 3.5
20-1281 Byron Dredd v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1001 18-usc-1519 18-usc-241 acquittal civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy false-statements religious-communication trial-evidence 1. Whether petitioner's acquittals on two counts - conspiracy against civil rights, 18 U.S.C. section 241 and providing false statements, 18 U.S.C. se… 3.5
20-1283 Margaret Temponeras v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split controlled-substances-act criminal-liability medical-boards medical-practice pain-management pharmaceutical-companies prosecutorial-discretion vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether 21 U.S.C. § 841 and 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04 are unconstitutionally vague whereas the term "legitimate medical purpose" does not provide fair notic… 3.5
20-1290 In Re Adesijuola Ogunjobi Denied Response Waived civil-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights class-action covid-19 covid-19-challenge doj-officials due-process intervention-motion loan-blocking standing statutory-relief The global community is facing the most egregious crime ever committed against humanity as in the invention or fabrication of Coronavirus aka COVID-19… 3.5
20-1300 Emilio Torres Luque, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived cross-border-residency double-taxation international-tax-law ninth-circuit reciprocity residency revenue-procedure supremacy-clause tax-treaty treaty-interpretation This is a case of first impression. There are no similar cases that either party or the Court's own research could find. The Supremacy Clause of Artic… 3.5
20-1301 Kenneth Charles McNeil, aka Chip v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 all-writs-act coram-nobis equitable-relief federal-courts federal-equity judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation united-states-v-morgan writ-of-relief 1. Whether, and to what extent, United States v. Morgan, 346 U.S. 502 (1954) fashioned the writ of coram nobis to incorporate the former federal equit… 3.5
20-1314 Joshua Gregory Richardson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation legal-procedure paid-citation sixth-amendment traffic-stop unlawful-search Whether Counsel's decision not to suppress evidence unlawfully seized from a traffic stop because a traffic citation was paid, then relying on that pa… 3.5
20-1319 Victor Manuel Solorzano v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment judicial-integrity judicial-review plain-error search-and-seizure unreasonable-search For the first time on appeal, Mr. Solorzano raised a Fourth Amendment claim objecting to a state order to place a tracking device on his vehicle. He c… 3.5
20-6599 Randy Dominguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appeal circuit-split criminal-procedure good-faith in-forma-pauperis retained-counsel If a criminal defendant was represented by retained counsel in the district court, must he show that his appeal is taken in good faith to proceed in f… 0.5
20-6754 Alford Donta Tarpley v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP borden-v-united-states burris-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing precedent robbery sentencing sentencing-guidelines texas-law ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Texas offense of robbery by injury constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2? 0.5
20-6773 Artavius Dontrell Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary circuit-split fair-warning reckless-causation serious-bodily-injury texas-penal-code texas-robbery theft violent-felony 1. Is Texas aggravated robbery—which can be committed by recklessly causing serious bodily injury to another person during the course of a theft—a vio… 0.5
20-6791 Alvin Christopher Penn v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP affirmative-defense commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law felon-in-possession interstate-commerce minimal-nexus united-states-v-bailey united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-scarborough 1. Whether United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), compels overruling Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563 (1977), which requires only a mi… 0.5
20-7372 Terry Lee Ockert, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure good-cause plain-error rule-12 rule-52 suppression-motion Whether, under current Rule 12, after a defendant has made a timely motion to suppress evidence that did not include a particular argument, should the… 0.5
20-6260 Sherman Johnson, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP eighth-circuit equal-protection fifth-amendment flowers-v-mississippi foster-v-chatman juror-strikes jury-selection miller-el-v-dretke prosecutorial-discrimination voir-dire Whether the District Court and United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit considered the full context of the other evidence of discriminati… -1.0
20-6563 Isaiah Devon Stallworth v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals causation civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard petitioner standing Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by concluding that Petitioner had not made the requisite showing by reference to a (CoA), when two courts of appeals … -1.0
20-7275 Alvin Herron v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation prior-record sixth-amendment Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his counsel r… -1.5
20-7404 De Andre Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act individual-victim interstate-commerce intra-state-robbery mandatory-sentencing robbery software-purchase Whether the intra-state robbery of an individual satisfies the interstate commerce nexus sufficient for a Hobbs Act prosecution merely because the ind… -1.5
20-7408 Trystan Keun Napper v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts judicial-discretion legal-interpretation plain-error standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) permits courts of appeals to grant appellate relief in the absence of error shown by binding preceden… -1.5
20-7409 Eduardo Pena-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure deference federal-courts judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors? -1.5
20-7417 Allen Pace, III v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas… -1.5
20-7421 Jefferson Levine v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) circuit-conflict criminal-resentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion post-sentencing-conduct section-404(b) sentencing sentencing-discretion 1. Whether, in order to properly exercise its discretion under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018 to impose a reduced sentence for an eligib… -1.5
20-7439 Michael Luis Suarez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) actual-innocence categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining predicate-offense procedural-default sentencing-guidelines statutory-enhancement Whether a defendant may be enhanced under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) where he entered a plea of guilty to an offense that no longer qualifies as a predicate o… -1.5
20-7456 Rafael Ayala-Solorio v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction 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
20-7469 Joaquin Hernandez-Ayala v. Rene Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit procedural-default Whether the Ninth Circuit clearly erred in denying Hernandez-Ayala's request for a certificate of appealability because reasonable jurists would find … -1.5
20-7475 Corry Jessie v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction enhancement extraneous-offense felony relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines I. Did the district court err when it applied a 4- level enhancement for "in connection with another felony offense" based on a finding that a prior, … -1.5
20-7483 Luis Andres Medel-Guadalupe v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii delegation-of-authority inpatient-treatment outpatient-treatment probation-officer supervised-release 1. Does a district court's delegation of authority to a probation officer to determine whether a person on supervised release undergoes inpatient trea… -1.5
20-5594 William N. Lucy v. Estate of Annie D. Fox Alabama Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-law circuit-court civil-rights discretion due-process estate-administration judicial-review probate procedural-requirements standing Question not identified. -4.0
20-6139 Pedro Alvarado v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment property-rights search-and-seizure takings Question not identified. -4.0
20-6325 Krystal Megan Delima v. Walmart Stores Arkansas, LLC Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct motion-for-new-trial preponderance-of-evidence transcript-irregularities 1. Whether a Motion for a New Trial, FRCP Rule 59, should had been granted? 2. Whether Jury 's Verdict, went against Preponderance of Evidence due th… -4.0
20-6501 Shannon Riley v. Carrie Kathleen Meehan South Carolina Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit original-jurisdiction public-interest writ-of-mandamus (1) Has the "public interest" requirement pursuant to South Carolina Appellate Court Rules (SCACR) 245(a) been met under the Full Faith and Credit Cla… -4.0
20-6525 Gerald Aranoff v. Susan Aranoff New York Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals divorce-proceedings due-process judicial-decision-making judicial-interpretation legal-principles pension-division standing state-constitutional-law Are the NYS Court of Appeals' rulings consistent with the NYS constitutional requirement to articulate statewide principles of law in the context of d… -4.0
20-6780 Guillermina Aguilar v. Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. California Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure foreclosure legal-standing loan-servicing mortgage mortgage-ownership note payment-collection reconveyance-certificate standing trustee trustee-status One main question that arise in my mind is regarding in how Attorney's for Defendant Wells Fargo Bank N. A. litigate in this defendant's favor when in… -4.0
20-6498 Tony Barksdale v. Jefferson Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing certificate-of-appealability due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eighth-amendment eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent 1. Did the Eleventh Circuit misconstrue this Court's guidance in, inter alia, Buck v. Davis, 580 U.S. ___, 137 S. Ct. 759 (2017), when it denied Petit… -4.5
20-6871 Angnem Green v. New York New York Denied IFP closing-argument constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias racial-discrimination Petitioner an African-American man, was tried for the crime of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, namely cocaine. During the prosecutor's closin… -4.5
20-7025 Derrick Michael Allen, Jr. v. Orlando Hudson, Jr. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus immunity monetary-relief post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing state-court-review WHETHER THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT ORDER IN DISMISSING PETITIONER'S COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO … -4.5
20-7038 David Paul Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-921-a-33 criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearms firearms-possession mens-rea misdemeanor-domestic-violence plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether Mr. Martinez's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), possession of a firearm after a conviction for a "misdemeanor crime of dome… -4.5
20-7045 In Re Cyrus Linton Brooks Denied IFP appearance-of-justice appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-court district-court due-process extraordinary-writ judicial-review procedural-fairness Did The Review Treatment Accorded The Request For The Issuance Of A Certificate Of Appealability By A Circuit Judge, Fail To Satisfy The Appearance Of… -4.5
20-7051 Tomas Zavalidroga v. United States District Court for the Northern District of New York Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech iccpr pro-se-litigant standing vexatious-litigant Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) pro… -4.5
20-7053 Hector Manuel Torres v. Texas Texas Denied IFP effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance plea-bargain retroactivity sixth-amendment strickland-standard In Ghaidez V United kStages. 56B U . S . 342( 2023 ) this court decided that Padilla V Kentucky , dis not apply retroactive and announced a new rule… -4.5
20-7056 Faramarz Mehdipour v. Heather Coyle, Judge, et al. Oklahoma Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-challenges frivolous habeas-corpus malicious procedural-deficiencies sentencing-disparities standing The Oklahoma Supreme Court's October 26, 2020 ORDER denying his petition for writ of habeas Corpus is based upon the bare allegation that Petitioner h… -4.5
20-7060 Charles Lee Mosier, Sr. v. Texas Texas Denied IFP collateral-proceedings constitutional-review constitutional-standards due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington DOES A STATE'S INITIAL-REVIEW POST-CONVICTION COLLATERAL PROCEEDINGS MEET CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARDS WHEN THOSE PROCEEDINGS FAIL TO PROVIDE A PRISONER T… -4.5
20-7061 Frank Durand Tomlin v. Todd E. Ishee Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment basic-human-needs civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection prison-conditions public-policy standing THE ISSUE OF PLAIN ISSUES UPON OF HYGIENE AND CASH ISSUES THAT DON'T WORK AT TRANSSHIPMENTS CONSTITUTE DEPRIVATION OF A PUBLIC GRIEVOUSLY EXPLICITLY H… -4.5
20-7067 Wilma Pennington-Thurman v. Sansone Group DDR LLC Missouri Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction removal-jurisdiction state-courts state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1971 stated: "In the event of conflicting proceedings during the interim, federal jurisdiction prevails over st… -4.5
20-7075 J. P. Parnell v. Doctor Chen, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process inmate-litigation judicial-discretion medical-need prison-reform procedural-bar standing At what point is the judiciary obliged to curtail efforts to procedurally bar inmate litigation and consider gross salient factors that are persuasive… -4.5
20-7093 Noel Christopher Turner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mcquiggin-v-perkins statutory-provisions 1. Are the lower Courts misinterpreting and applying the United States Supreme Courts decision in McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383, 133 S.Ct. 1924,… -4.5
20-7104 Vincent Lyle Badkin v. Lockheed Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-justice civil-rights collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement duty-of-fair-representation judicial-review labor-management-relations labor-management-relations-act section-301 wrongful-termination In this "hybrid § 301" claim brought under Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals "has… -4.5
20-7111 Carlos Lopez-Vanegas v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence-presentation judicial-interpretation jurisdiction jury-trial state-court Should be purved n apped process totlly regerded to Direct Appea be properly-conpetent exected Whers the mess rea and actus rea have wotbees presested… -4.5
20-7123 Kenneth R. Heddlesten v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit Denied IFP conviction-finality district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus haynes-v-kerner jurisdiction limitations-period pro-se pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation 1. When was my conviction final? 2. When did the limitations period under 28 U.S.C. 2244(d)(1)(D) actually start? 3. Did the Caddo County District C… -4.5
20-7131 Shean Elkins v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights marriage-equality sexual-orientation Question not identified. -4.5
20-7139 Chayce Aaron Anderson v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel substitute-counsel 1. Whether the Appellate Court abused its discretion in denying Mr. Anderson's request for the appointment of substitute Counsel since defense Counsel… -4.5
20-7145 Rasheik Amond Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-offense jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error Whether a defendant who was found guilty after a jury trial to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g), is automatically ent… -4.5
20-7147 Joe Angel Acosta, III v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions post-conviction-relief procedural-default sufficiency-of-evidence Does this Court's holding in Cole v. Arkansas 68 S.Ct 514 constitute "Actual Innocence" or "Miscarriage of Justice" to excuse procedural default? -4.5
20-7148 Benjamin W. Fawley v. David Jablonski, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-violations contracts-clause criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus pro-se procedural-errors sentencing standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
20-7149 Michael John Gaddy v. C. E. Ducart, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP due-process greenholtz-v-inmates liberty-interest minimal-protections parole prison-officials P/HE7HEA Co*lSTl7UTl*riM- &AFE6fVA&OS SAP PoEPk GUZBhlhtQlTZ. I/.1JMA7EA Of Jp£P4SfA PBjAL CMEoT/°J#L_ CjMPL bK, iHZ am) PtZZE AAT/Sf/zd Hyf&J'PMSo'… -4.5
20-7151 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Clifton Harrold, Sheriff, Lane County, Oregon Ninth Circuit Denied IFP bail civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel speedy-trial state-court-review Did the V.S. Coust of Appeals for the Ninth Grcuit err when it denied the certificate of appealibility whereas there were in-set before the istrict co… -4.5
20-7153 Anthony Lonnie Forbes v. SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 1981 civil-rights civil-rights-act contractual-relationship contractual-relationships employment employment-discrimination federal-arbitration-act retaliation section-1981 1. Where the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits racial discrimination in contractual relationshi… -4.5
20-7159 Danny L. Smith v. Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights congressional-intent court-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus legal-conflict standing statutory-interpretation I. Whether oa not the lower Covrts' "decision"to "timebar Petitioner' Claims of "Statutory tolling" was in "conflict" with Btatutory Congressional ist… -4.5
20-7161 Tyrell E. Artis v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal res-judicata sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment CAN A PLEA DEAL CONSISTING OF TWO (2) MISDEMEANOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES BE WITHDREW POST SENTENCE, WHEN; (1 ) NO DIRECT APPEAL WAS TAKEN; (2) SAID… -4.5
20-7165 Robin E. Jackson v. Marsha Josiah, as Trustee California Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fundamental-fairness laches probate probate-court procedural-due-process standing state-proceedings trust-litigation Whether 14th Amendment Procedural due process violated by Probate court based on principles of "fundamental fairness," addresses which legal procedure… -4.5
20-7179 Nelson Viera v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice procedural-review rule-60 supreme-court Whether the lower Courts are properly interpreting and implementing the Supreme Court decree about jurisdiction and fraud upon the Court under Rule … -4.5
20-7517 In Re Khayree Smith Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-amendments denationalization due-process ex-post-facto genocide jurisdiction slave-labels slavery A) What branch of law authorized states to apply abolished slave labels (Negro, Black, colored) to any person of African descent after 1865? This act … -4.5
20-7575 In Re Ivory Lee Robinson Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process equal-protection mandatory-minimum sentencing Question not identified. -4.5
20-5532 Larry Golden v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-review fifth-amendment government-taking government-use implied-in-fact-contract intellectual-property just-compensation takings If the Government: on the Executive level accepts a person's intellectual property, passes it on to a government agency to be used with the public wit… -5.5
20-6413 Maxine Shepard v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-cause pro-se-litigant procedural-default service-of-process standing 1. Whether the COA improperly held- in conflict with the decisions of other courts - that the Petitioner did not show good cause to excuse any proce… -5.5
19-8413 Troy Pope v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice federal-law-application federal-state-comity habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default state-court-decision Question not identified. -6.0
20-5504 Kevin L. Martin v. Cathleen Capron, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights court-discretion due-process equal-protection federal-pleading jurisdictional-review pleading-standards procedural-standards qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals dealt with the merit and merits due in good faith process protection protect mactin in this case. 2) District court abus… -6.0
20-5989 Ann Karnofel v. Superior Waterproofing, Inc. Ohio Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-fees attorney-sanctions civil-rights court-procedure due-process evidentiary-challenges evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion legal-ethics legal-representation pro-se sanctions Petitionee denied her due peocess WAS RioHts, Decause she is A PRo liticant? se fees on Petitionee, when Peritioner did seot bet AN oPPDR tUNiT4 TO Re… -6.0
20-6366 James W. Riley v. Delaware Delaware Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation Question not identified. -6.0
20-6423 Byron Lee v. AT&T Services, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP breach-of-contract breach-of-duty equal-protection federal-question feha feha-violation procedural-due-process removal removal-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction 1.) Did Los Angeles' Central District of California Court or The Ninth Cir. Ct. of Appeals, commit an Equal Protection Under The Law violation or Cali… -6.0
20-6487 Andrew Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge sentencing suppression-of-evidence Question not identified. -6.0
20-6961 Christopher Scott Pfoff v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings 1. Can criminal proceedings be brought on an indictment if the indictment on Court record is not signed by an attorney for the government? 2. Can a p… -6.0
20-6976 Timothy Tijwan Doctor v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure different-occasions federal-court non-elemental-facts plea-colloquy prior-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether a federal court may increase a defendant's sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) by relying on its own finding about non-elem… -6.0
20-7516 Josue Portillo v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment incorrigibility juvenile-justice juvenile-offenders miller-rule miller-v-alabama proportionality sentencing Absent proof of incorrigibility, can a district court sentence a defendant to fifty-five years imprisonment without parole for participating in a exec… -6.0
20-7092 Marlon L. Watford v. Randy Pfister, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Th thot a poly on negulatin t nt be inconsient with the low inder which it was drafed d the Epth mendment wil when pson ofile da a nialy oe k legal p… -6.5
20-7155 James Scott, Jr. v. Norm Robinson, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-law content-moderation free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure social-media statutory-interpretation Does the Petitioner have the right to Due Process Equal Law lanse And Jury Trial as guarecd the Cthaudrth b Vou.d Count abuse ifs dxenetod or Sensiaic… -6.5
20-7158 Raymond J. Ramirez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review certificate-of-appeal criminal-procedure due-process florida-rules habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge standing WHETHER A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED ? WHETHER RULE 3.I9I (J), FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, IS TRULY JURISDICTIONA… -6.5
20-7176 Jeffrey S. Davis v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-law certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals district-court habeas-petition judicial-review legal-error procedural-default I. Did the Court of Appeals error by not addressing the Certified questions from the district Courts Certificate of Appeal of Inquiry (COD) as granted… -6.5
20-7178 Nolan C. Turner, III v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief retroactivity right-to-counsel second-degree-murder trial-counsel Over Turner's objection, trial counsel told the jury the offense committed in this case was a general intent second degree murder and not the charged … -6.5
20-7192 Phillip Vance Smith, II v. Josh Stein, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactivity sixth-amendment teague-doctrine Whether the rule announced in McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 U.S. 1500 (2018) applies retroactively to cases on collateral review. -6.5
20-7193 John C. Stuart v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-impartiality due-process judicial-bias pecuniary-conflict pecuniary-interest private-prison private-prisons state-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction takings This Supreme Court has always held that state courts lack subject-matter jurisdiction in trials wherein the judge receives additional pecuniary gain f… -6.5
20-7203 Chiron Sharrol Francis v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP chambers-v-mississippi confrontation-clause crane-v-kentucky crime-scene-evidence due-process evidence-authentication evidence-preservation fair-trial right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment 1. The police violate State criminal law, Federal and State regulations, and their own procedures and policies in disposing of and failing to preserve… -6.5
20-7221 William David Cannon v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregate-prejudice criminal-procedure cumulative-effect due-process fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Fourth Circuit's judicial precedence of not reviewing multiple ineffective assistance of counsel claims for the cumulative effect and aggr… -6.5
20-7241 Rene Gosselin v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defendant evidence-law fourth-amendment medical-records privacy privacy-rights standing third-party-doctrine 1. Does a criminal defendant have a Fourth Amendment right of privacy in his medical provider's records, such that the Third Party Doctrine does not a… -6.5
20-7260 Al Rue Hopkins v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment blood-draw dui dui-investigation exigency-exception exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Whether Florida statues 316.1933(1)(a) violates Petitioner's right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures where it exigency exception to t… -6.5
20-7262 Melvin Stills v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure conflicting-opinions court-opinion due-process judicial-integrity legal-procedure merits-review record-completeness waiver Did the Pennsylvania Superior Court violate the due process rights of the Petitioner when it issued two opinions that conflicted on whether the record… -6.5
20-7274 Michael Diabolis Griffis, Sr. v. Les Parish, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process faretta-standard federal-courts pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment I. WHETHER THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DECISION CONFLICTS WITH CLEARLY ESTABLISHED LAW IN FARETTA V. CALIFORNIA AND CONFLICTS WITH THE DECISION… -6.5
20-7289 Bobby Campbell, Jr. v. Bottling Group, LLC Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment civil-rights comparator-analysis employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas pretext seventh-amendment similarly-situated summary-judgment title-vii 1. Does the 7th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibit courts from measuring degrees of similarity to grant summary judgment on the fact… -6.5
20-7310 Derrick Arnold Johnson v. Raybon C. Johnson, Jr., Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that petitioner's trial counsel was not ineffective under Strickland v. Washington for failing to investiga… -6.5
20-7320 Zbigniew Laskowski v. Washington State Department of Labor and Industries Washington Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights de-novo-review due-process evidence judicial-findings prosecutorial-discretion standing statutory-interpretation Whether in reviewing a claim, appellate court must 1) apply de novo review where a superior court trial judge failed to make specific findings on the … -6.5
20-7343 Justin David Williams v. Utah Utah Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence hearsay sixth-amendment standard-of-review witness-testimony Why was I denied the right to cross-examine my accused attacker, thereby violating my Sixth Amendment right "the accused shall enjoy the right to be c… -6.5
20-7345 Willie Ray Lewis v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abortion appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-standing medical-regulations standing statutory-interpretation I) Whether Trial counsel's failune to inwestigate interview, or loss-examine thealleged Victims, Pretrial, Whenshe was inossession of a resantationtaf… -6.5
20-7361 Robert Eugene Ayers v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine jury-trial mental-health seventh-amendment sexual-predator sexually-violent-predator Was Petitioner entitled by the Incorporation of the Seventh Amendment's Jury Trial Clause into the Fourteenth Amendment to Trial By Jury in a State Ci… -6.5
20-7364 James Baldwin v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance mental-disability sixth-amendment 1. Whether Appellant was denied rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution to effective trial counsel and w… -6.5
20-7367 Sherwood Laran Bostic v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court constitutional-right constitutional-rights counsel due-process evidentiary-hearing post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings right-to-counsel state-court-proceedings state-proceeding DID THE U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL ERR WHEN IT DENIED (COA) S B B P B B B Y PS WHEN IT SUSTAINED THAT PETITIONER HAS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COUN… -6.5
20-7370 Avery Bradford v. Clinton Perry, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -6.5
20-7380 Michael Eugene Wyatt v. John Sutton, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-elements deliberation first-degree-murder habeas-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-precedent precedent premeditation premeditation-and-deliberation state-law sufficiency-of-evidence Did the Ninth Circuit improperly disregard and/or overlook United State Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit precedent that required it to defer to Califor… -6.5
20-7384 Samuel Rasheen Rymond Toliver v. K. Adner Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process exhaustion-of-remedies first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech solitary-confinement Was the treatmenttof the Petitioner on 5/30/17, being forced into Solitary Confinment for asserting his U.S.C.A. Const. First Amendment Unconsitutiona… -6.5
20-7395 Antonio E. Wills v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence career-offender certificate-of-appealability ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement section-2255 statutory-maximum Did the appellate court err in denying a certificate of appealability on whether the district court erred or alternatively abuse its discretion by den… -6.5
20-7400 Drashawn Bartlett v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 double-jeopardy felony-murder fifth-amendment harris-precedent harris-v-oklahoma robbery sixth-circuit In a case involving the substantive offenses of murder and robbery, can the offense of robbery be included as an element in a felony murder instructio… -6.5
20-7415 Keith Griffin v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment curtilage fishing-expedition fourth-amendment home-privacy implied-license probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search Could police search the curtilage of the home — a narrow driveway wedged between two homes — merely because they wanted to look for evidence of a none… -6.5
20-7418 Javon Joshua Jennings v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-witness obstruction-of-justice witness-tampering hJofy^rb &oho /W" )/ybU) T)oes /$S%a)hffh Jha-f-kz 6JaiT aryy? an i Can J%£ ££&'zCknt&JfJi dvz/j&d' a)/% /a&y)&7kf & Cvoyesrisn&Ct h), -6.5
20-7419 Kamil Johnson v. W. E. Mackelburg, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-2254 constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance iowa-supreme-court juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama post-conviction-relief Is whether the Iowa Court of Appeals abused its discretion in denying the habeas corpus petition based upon ineffective assistance of counsel under th… -6.5
20-7428 Aldo Marones v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-rights due-process evidence firearms sentencing Question not identified. -6.5
20-7437 Frederico Ramsey v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment amendment-of-claims certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-precedent mayle-v-felix I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE TENTH CIRCUIT DECISIONS DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THE DECISION IN MAYLE V. FELIX, 545 U.S. 644,664, 125 S.Ct. 2562,… -6.5
20-7438 Christopher Stegawski v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP addiction chronic-pain chronic-pain-treatment criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-enforcement due-process federal-prosecution medical-licensing medical-practice-standard medical-prescribing opioid-prescribing # 1 - When pain of more than three months duration becomes chronic pain (Ohio definition) and dependence (ie. addiction) forms after three months of o… -6.5
20-7441 Konstantin Rudenko v. Raymond Shanley, Superintendent, Coxsackie Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts free-speech standing Did the NEW YORK STATE COURTS DENY PETITIONER HIS FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS IN VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. Did the F… -6.5
20-7444 Toddrey Bruce v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anonymous-911-call circuit-split fourth-amendment high-crime-area law-enforcement navarette-v-california probable-cause reasonable-suspicion second-amendment traffic-stop In Navarette v. California, the Court held that the "absence of additional suspicious conduct"—five minutes of normal driving—did not dispel reasonabl… -6.5
20-7446 Juan Luis Rivera Arreola v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split co-defendant-liability criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense federal-sentencing-guidelines firearm-enhancement reasonable-foreseeability sentencing-guidelines tools-of-the-trade U.S.S.G.-2D1.1(b)(1) In order to warra nt a two-level enhance ment for possession of a fir earm, pursuant to U.S .S.G. § 2D1.1 (b)(1), is it suffic ient to simply label fi… -6.5
20-7448 Shuntario Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP chambers-v-mississippi confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay jury-instructions right-to-confront-witnesses right-to-present-defense right-to-present-evidence sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Circuit's decision to affirm the hearsay objection was contrary to Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284, 302 (1973) and its progeny… -6.5
20-7449 Michael Nunez, aka Gordo v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 3553(a) 3553a-factors appellate-review appellate-waiver constitutional-review due-process judicial-bias judicial-discretion plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-bias Whether a sentence imposed by an apparently biased judge, based on material falsehood, disregard of the 3553(a) factors, legally unfounded fixed polic… -6.5
20-7451 David K. Jenner v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP colorado-revised-statute colorado-statute constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment johnson-v-us unconstitutional In light of this Court's decision in Johnson v. U.S., 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), is Colorado Revised Statute § 17-22.5403(2)-(3.5) unconstitutional in tha… -6.5
20-7452 Despina Neuph Lucas v. Social Security Administration Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
20-7453 Douglas D. Jackson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation venue Question not identified. -6.5
20-7457 Mark Andrew Morris v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-circuit appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-standard merits-review standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent threshold-inquiry 1. Did the United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, use an improper and unduly burdensome Certificate of Appealability (COA) standard which confl… -6.5
20-7458 Promila Rajput v. Tiffany Terrell, et al. Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights court-misconduct due-process injunctive-order judicial-discretion misconduct procedural-abuse secured-rights standing witness-tampering If the system does not provide adequate measures to address culpability, the injunctive rulings as to why; how: 'when entered ' manifest improper purp… -6.5
20-7459 Herman Rosario v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule good-faith-exception independent-determination motion-to-suppress physical-evidence probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-application 1. Whether the district court err ed in denying defendant's motion to suppress physical evidence seized at1611 S. 28th Street, Philadelphia, where t… -6.5
20-7461 David Kendrick v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregation alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-quantity mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing rowe-interpretation threshold-quantity united-states-v-rowe In applying a mandatory sentence in a drug conspiracy case, does Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99, 133 S.Ct. 2151 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013), when re… -6.5
20-7465 Johnny Andres Asuncion, III v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-sentencing felony-drug-offense mandatory-minimum ninth-circuit-precedent predicate-offense recidivism sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The District Court Judge sentenced the Petitioner to life in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine , 21 U.S.C. Sect. 841(a)(… -6.5
20-7467 Timothy Wayne Carver v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sixth-amendment Where plea counsel erroneously convinces a defendant to believe that he is guilty of an offense, may the guilty-pleading defendant obtain relief from … -6.5
20-7468 Aaron Feazell v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-protection-order constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fundamental-fairness notice variance variance-doctrine Question (i). The information charges the defendant with violating a civil protection order (CPO) by being within a hundred (100) yards of the complai… -6.5
20-7471 Christian Joseph Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-review standing statutory-interpretation -Can the Court of Appeals deny Petitioner's application for Certificate of Appedlability ("coA") withoct any analysis of whether the District Courts d… -6.5
20-7472 David Maurice Milner v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction reconsideration rule-59-motion section-2255 successive-motions Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court ruled it lacked jurisdiction to consider Mr. Milner's R… -6.5
20-7473 Ivan Dario Obregon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error plea-agreement sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines Are unforeseeable sentencing mistakes beyond the scope of federal appeal waivers? -6.5
20-7476 Jose Armondo Ramos Cabrera v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure defendant-objection due-process firearm-possession firearms fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review two-level-enhancement Whether the court erred when it denied defendant's objection to the two level enhancement for possession of a firearm -6.5
20-7477 Hakimah Jabbar v. James L. Graham, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-law circuit-conflict conflict-of-laws due-process fiduciary-duty forfeited-property property-law statutory-interpretation trust-beneficiary trust-law 1) The U.S Court of Appeals 6th Cir. Affirming of District Court decision directly conflicts with the Appeals Court 's opinion, In re Adams, 302 B.R.… -6.5
20-7486 Carlos Guzman-Merced v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2106 appellate-remedy appellate-review criminal-procedure indictment indictment-dismissal judicial-discretion plain-error plain-error-review remedial-authority statutory-interpretation Whether a Court of Appeals can, and should, order an indictment that omits an element of the crime dismissed as part of the appellate remedy given the… -6.5
20-7488 William Douglas Hampton v. Mark Williams, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process electronic-fraud free-speech plea-agreement standing statutory-interpretation 1) DOES 28 UNITED STATES CODE SERUICE $2LHI's. SPECIFIC WORDING PERMIT THE JUDICIAL SUBMISSION AND CONSIDERATION OFA HABEAS CORPUS IFTHE STATUTE'S SUB… -6.5
20-7489 Michael Formica v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fabricated-evidence fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-standards standing I, WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT RELIED ON CONTROLS TO DENY PETITIONER'S PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AS LAWFUL EVIDENCE. 2. WHETHER THE FOURTH CI… -6.5
20-7493 Jose Luis Sanchez, Jr. v. Donald Holbrook, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-terrorism-act article-iii constitutional-interpretation federal-courts federal-judicial-power federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-power state-court state-court-review Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2254(d) of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), prohibiting federal courts from granting a writ of habeas c… -6.5
20-7494 Kirk A. Simmons v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-issue fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus jurisdiction legal-innocence rule-60 rule-60-motion standing 1. Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it dismissed petitioner's Rule 60 motion, which asserted evidence falsification and Fraud on the … -6.5
20-7496 Maurice Spriggs v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified. -6.5
20-7498 Jose Federico Almeida-Olivas v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability dahda-v-united-states eighth-circuit federal-law habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing I. WHETHER THE COURT PROPERLY DENIED COA? THE TRIAL COURT AND THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAVE DECIDED AN IMPORTANT QUESTION OF FEDERAL LAW RE… -6.5
20-7501 Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez, like many noncitizen defendants, was ordered removed by an immigration judge after being served a document titled "notice to… -6.5
20-7503 Mark Randall Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation gut-feeling mail-chute post-office warrantless-search warrantless-seizure A. Whether the Warrantless Seizure of Packages from the Mail Chute at the U.S. Post Office Based on Nothing More than a "Gut Feeling" Violates the Fou… -6.5
20-7507 Christopher Faella v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2259 appellate-rights eighth-amendment plea-agreement restitution sentencing sentencing-appeal statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum waiver Whether a defendant's waiver in his plea agreement of the right to appeal his sentence -- unless it exceeds the statutory maximum penalty or violated … -6.5
20-7508 James W. Campbell v. Tammy Brown, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-law Question not identified. -6.5
20-7509 Erik Santiago Leon Del Angel v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP continuance criminal-procedure defendant-rights district-court-discretion due-process immigration immigration-proceedings judicial-error jurisdiction procedural-fairness sentencing sentencing-continuance Did the District Court prejudicially err by denying petitioner's request to continue his sentencing so he may first appear in Immigration Court? -6.5
20-7510 In Re Leonard English Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fairness fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-discretion ninth-amendment 1) Does any judge have the discretion to arbitrarily pick what relevant written & verified facts to consider and not apply them to governing laws for … -6.5
20-7519 Angadbir Singh Salwan v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abstract-idea administrative-law civil-rights due-process intellectual-property judicial-corruption patent patent-law standing supreme-court-precedent takings (1) The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) judge Ms. Leonie Brinkema, the clerks of CAFC, and the CAFC panel of judges O'Ma… -6.5
20-7521 Lionel Lewis v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights courtroom-closure criminal-procedure due-process public-trial sixth-amendment undercover-officer Does an undercover officer's interest in potentially continuing undercover work in the general area where a defendant's family members reside categori… -6.5
20-7524 Mathew Ryan Byrd v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing fourth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-review parolee probationer search-and-seizure Question not identified. -6.5
20-7529 Brian E. Moore v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal attorney-client-privilege criminal-intent evidence obstruction threats Question not identified. -6.5
20-7546 Reginald L. Shumpert v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process eminent-domain property-rights takings Question not identified. -6.5
20-7552 Hugo Rufino Alvarez-Reyes v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment standing witness-credibility 1. Where petitioner is actually innocent and being held in violation of the 8th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution, where such peti… -6.5
20-7556 Terrence A. McKnight v. R. Johnson, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus harmless-error hearsay-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct standards-of-review 1. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) (1)& (2), did the California Court of Appeal unreasonably determine that the established prosecutorial misconduct in rely… -6.5
20-7584 In Re Terril Lee Graham Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-threats due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech public-defender 1. Is California Penal Code 422, Criminal Threats, an invalid statute, prohibiting the exercise of 1% Amendment free speech rights? (In re Robbins : (… -6.5