Conference: 2021-10-08

240 cases — 0 granted, 240 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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20-1334 Bradley Boardman, et al. v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) first-amendment harris-v-quinn information-access opt-out-rights public-records public-sector-unions speech-rights viewpoint-discrimination Whether a law that skews the debate over the value of public-sector unions and undermines public sector employees' opt-out rights by giving incumbent … 27.5
20-1438 Tina Cates v. Bruce D. Stroud, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law courts-of-appeals due-process fourth-amendment legal-doctrine precedent qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing 1. Whether the unanimous conclusion of multiple other courts of appeals suffices to clearly establish the law for purposes of qualified immunity. 2. … 18.0
20-1735 Angel Manuel Ortiz-Diaz, et al. v. United States, et al. First Circuit Denied Amici (7)Relisted (2) agriculture-improvement-act cockfighting commerce-clause constitutional-power cultural-tradition federal-regulation local-traditions puerto-rico puerto-rico-sovereignty sovereignty Whether Congress has power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize cockfighting on the island of Puerto Rico. 18.0
21-17 David Hargreaves v. Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc., aka Heckmann Corporation, aka Rough Rider Escrow, Inc., et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abstention-doctrine article-three-jurisdiction bankruptcy bankruptcy-law case-jurisdiction equitable-mootness federal-courts judicial-abstention jurisdiction reorganization-plan Several courts of appeals have adopted a new abstention doctrine—called "equitable mootness"—under which Article III courts decline to exercise jurisd… 15.0
20-1614 John D. Leontaritis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fact-determination jury-finding jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-discretion standard-of-proof This criminal case's questions concern the impact of jury findings on sentencing. Both recur frequently, especially in cases about drugs. Both are the… 14.0
20-1773 Pasadena Republican Club v. Western Justice Center, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1985 civil-rights first-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-management state-action state-actor viewpoint-discrimination While it is managing the city-owned property, is the Western Justice Center a State Actor for purposes of the First and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U… 14.0
21-276 Safehouse v. Department of Justice, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response Waived commerce-clause controlled-substances-act federalism felony-statute medical-supervision opioid-crisis overdose-prevention public-health public-health-intervention Does 21 U.S.C. § 856(a) make it a felony to offer medically supervised consumption services for the purpose of preventing opioid overdose deaths? 12.5
21-375 Joshua Gray v. Maine Department of Public Safety Maine Denied Amici (3)Response Waived civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech good-moral-character occupational-licensing professional-license speech-content strict-scrutiny Petitioner Joshua Gray made comments on his Facebook page in which he criticized the conduct of employees of the Respondent Maine Department of Public… 11.5
20-1767 Sarasota Wine Market, LLC, et al. v. Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General of Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commerce-clause nondiscrimination nondiscrimination-principle online-market physical-presence regulatory-interests state-regulation twenty-first-amendment wine-retailers When considering both the Twenty-first Amendment and the Commerce Clause, may Missouri ban out-of-state wine retailers from participating in its onlin… 11.0
20-1738 Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. v. United States House of Representatives District of Columbia GVR article-iii-standing border-wall border-wall-expenditures congress congressional-standing executive-branch executive-branch-challenge mootness separation-of-powers statutory-authority Whether, pursuant to United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950), this Court should vacate the court of appeals' judgment that a single Hou… 10.5
21-152 Estate of Madison Jody Jensen, by Her Personal Representative Jared Jensen v. Kennon Tubbs Tenth Circuit Denied civil-rights correctional-facilities due-process medical-personnel mental-health mental-health-facilities qualified-immunity Whether private medical personnel working in correctional or mental-health facilities can assert qualified immunity. 10.5
21-242 Desire, LLC v. Manna Textiles, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure common-source-defendant copyright copyright-infringement joint-and-several-liability joint-liability secondary-liability statutory-damages Section 504(c)(1) of the Copyright Act provides "an award of statutory damages for all infringements involved in the action . . . for which any two or… 9.5
20-1744 Google, Inc., et al. v. John Doe, et al. California Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure federal-preemption labor-relations national-labor-relations-act nlra-jurisdiction penalties preemption state-law-claims statutory-preemption Where plaintiff has sought and obtained relief under the National Labor Relations Act, does the Act preempt plaintiff's state-law claim for penalties … 9.0
21-220 DoorDash, Inc. v. Brandon Campbell California Denied Response Waived california-supreme-court epic-systems federal-arbitration-act individual-arbitration ninth-circuit private-attorneys-general-act Whether agreements calling for individual arbitration are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act with respect to claims asserted under Californ… 8.5
21-223 Juan Carlos Mayen-Lopez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 8.5
21-281 Maria Falcon v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 8.5
21-292 Robert H. Healy v. Ledura Watkins Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-tort due-process fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution section-1983 statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's conclusion that "malicious prosecution" is a cognizable "tort" for purposes of… 8.5
21-297 Travis Croft v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived armed-career-criminal-act carjacking categorical-approach force-clause fourth-circuit intimidation south-carolina statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in concluding that a conviction for South Carolina carjacking, S.C. Code § 16-3-1075, is categorically a crime of … 8.5
21-400 Melecia Baltazar-Sebastian v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii-court bail-reform-act civil-detention executive-branch executive-branch-authority immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-detention separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Whether it violates the separation of powers for executive branch officials to keep a person in civil detention on the basis of factual findings th… 8.5
21-408 Gertrude Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived conspiracy-charge criminal-intent criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel general-verdict insufficient-evidence jury-verdict medicare medicare-statutes reasonable-interpretation sixth-amendment WHETHER PARKER WAS DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL GUARANTEED BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AS A RESULT OF HER TRIAL… 8.5
20-1755 Dean Hotop, et al. v. City of San Jose, California Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2) business-records compelled-disclosure criminal-sanctions due-process fourth-amendment judicial-review landlord landlord-rights search search-and-seizure 1. Does City of San Jose Ordinance 30032 which requires that a landlord produce and transmit his or her business records and information to the City u… 7.5
21-148 California Restaurant Association, Inc. v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California Denied Amici (2) constitutional-law due-process government-action jacobson-v-massachusetts property-rights public-health rational-basis takings takings-clause Is due process satisfied, consistent with the decision in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), where a public health department acts based o… 7.5
20-1219 Carline Maria Curry v. Douglas Mackenzie Ohio Rehearing Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-challenge damages-calculation default-judgment due-process jurisdiction jurisdiction-denial partial-liability resubmission summons-process THIS IS A QUESTION OF CONSTITUTION CHALLENGE FOR DEFAULT JUDGEMENT The Ohio Supreme Court declined to accept Jurisdiction of the Appeal & a motion fo… 6.0
20-1451 Tracy Nixon v. General Motors Corporation Federal Circuit Rehearing Relisted (2) abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure due-process evidence judicial-review standing I. Whether The U.S. District Court Swolge Commit Ay Ercoe IN Decision adopting the U.S. Magistrate Sudees ocdec signed on June i, HORO Petitioner Subo… 6.0
21-124 Emmanuel Torres v. Bay Area Credit Services, et al. Second Circuit Denied civil-rights consumer-protection debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection federal-jurisdiction federal-statute new-york-business-law private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation Does a consumer have a private right of action under New York General Business Law Section 349 for a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Violation. 5.5
21-135 Vaun Monroe v. Columbia College Chicago, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination equitable-estoppel procedural-review racial-discrimination statute-of-limitations title-vii 1. Did the court of appeals err in requiring Petitioner Vaun Monroe ("Monroe") to show, on a motion to dismiss, that equitable estoppel can only arise… 5.5
21-138 Luz González-Bermúdez v. Abbott Laboratories P.R. Inc., et al. First Circuit Denied adverse-employment-action age-discrimination comparator-evidence employer-defense employment employment-discrimination jury-inference jury-verdict pretext retaliation retaliation-claim A jury returned a verdict for petitioner on her age discrimination and retaliation claims. The district court upheld the verdict, finding that a reaso… 5.5
21-141 Jaimee Carole Finley v. Jon Mark Finley California Denied 14th-amendment child-custody constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-court parental-rights state-discretion 1. If each citizen is protected under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, why would any parent, absent compell… 5.5
21-142 Robert J. Frey v. Anthony Binford Minter, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied choice-of-law defamation diversity-jurisdiction forum-shopping internet-communication internet-publication personal-jurisdiction reputation-injury reputational-injury Whether Petitioner, a natural person, domiciled in Florida, who suffered injury to his internet communication published in Florida, while Petitioner w… 5.5
21-156 American Contractors Supply, LLC v. HD Supply Construction Supply, Ltd. Eleventh Circuit Denied antitrust antitrust-law civil-procedure evidence-weighing federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jury-trial material-fact summary-judgment Does Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 permit the court to weigh competing evidence of a material fact from the moving party to grant summary judgmen… 5.5
21-160 Justin M. Corliss v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit Denied certificate-of-appealability certificates-of-appealability ex-post-facto false-testimony habeas jury-instruction prosecutorial-misconduct state-court time-barred-charges Whether the applications for certificates of appealability were improperly denied when the issues presented plainly meet the standards articulated by … 5.5
21-167 Timothy Dasler v. Jennifer Dasler Vermont Denied 14th-amendment burden-of-proof civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-action fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court pre-trial-election standing Fraud Upon the Court is necessarily a sliding scale. When a state process allows a party to waive their own burden of proof through pre-trial election… 5.5
21-170 Rain Computing, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-112 35-usc-112f claim-construction federal-circuit indefiniteness nautilus-standard nautilus-v-biosig patent patent-law statutory-interpretation Whether a patent claim may be invalidated for indefiniteness only if, under 35 U.S.C. § 112, para. 2 (now subsection 112(b)) as construed by Nautilus,… 5.5
21-182 Sean A. Clark v. Mark Schroeder, Commissioner, New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Second Circuit Denied administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment service-of-process social-security social-security-benefits standing student-loans This actions pertains to the leakage of my current drivers license #xxx-xxx-678 which expires in 2025. A leakage is secret information that exposes th… 5.5
21-191 Sergei Vinkov v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied case-or-controversy civil-rights constitutional-claims declaratory-judgment diversity-jurisdiction establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech insurance-coverage standing subject-matter-jurisdiction (1) Whether the District Court abused its discretion retaining jurisdiction over the Declaratory Judgment Act (28 USC § 2201(a)) in the insurance disp… 5.5
21-200 Willie Frank Walker v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied 14th-amendment accardi-doctrine civil-procedure due-process foreign-state jurisdictional-challenge personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunities sovereign-immunities-act subject-matter-jurisdiction transient-foreigner The Court lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction for the reasons below. This Court, and all public offices, is defined under FRCP Rule 4(j) as… 5.5
21-299 Montgomery County, Maryland v. Yasmin Reyazuddin Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-relief legal-standing prevailing-party standing statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff who obtains no judicial relief is a "prevailing party" entitled to attorney's fees. 5.5
21-414 First Midwest Bank, as Guardian of the Estate of Michael D. LaPorta v. City of Chicago, Illinois Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights legal-causation municipal-liability off-duty off-duty-conduct official-policy section-1983 Can municipalities evade liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for unlawful acts that their official municipal policies undisputedly caused if the municipa… 5.5
21M24 Edward Hedican v. Walmart Stores East, L.P., et al. Seventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M27 Kimberly Michelle Dubois v. Daniel Lee Tucker, Jr. Texas Denied None 5.5
21M28 Daeshawn D. Williams v. Illinois Illinois Denied None 5.5
21M29 Billie Odell Stone v. Mary K. Viegelahn Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M30 Jovani Jacobo v. United States Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
20-1527 Michelle Stopyra Yaney v. State Bar of California California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process effective-communication government-agency mental-disability reasonable-accommodation reasonable-modification Is communication to facilitate understanding regarding procedure by one who suffers from a mental disability, such as anxiety disorder, a statutory re… 4.0
21-174 David Louis Whitehead v. United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) amended-complaint civil-procedure constitutional-rights fraud fraud-on-court judicial-conflict mandamus pecuniary-interest recusal rule-15 rule-15a standing Whether Writ Of Mandamus and Amended Writ of Mandamus should have been granted in the lower courts. Whether Petitioner should have been allowed to am… 4.0
21-125 Constantino Basile v. The Los Angeles Film School, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights copyright criminal-conspiracy due-process racketeering rico Whether a Petitioner is entitled to a conservative summary judgement of 1 Billion dollars awarded after instructions on remand or another amount order… 3.5
21-127 Adolfo Gutierrez Avila Jr. v. Vicki Janssen, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived a person of color violate his fundamental-federal-rights 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct systemic-racism 1. Where judicial misconduct targeted Petitioner, a person of color, violate his Fundamental Federal Rights guaranteed him by the Due Process Clause i… 3.5
21-146 Christine Clifford, as Administrator of the Estate of John Clifford, et al. v. Richard Federman, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleading-standard pleadings rule-12 rule-8 shotgun-pleading twombly-and-iqbal This Court created the governing standard for substantive Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 ("Rule 12") and 8 ("Rule 8") review of federal civil pleadings in Bell At… 3.5
21-150 The Texas Brandon Corporation, Inc., et al. v. EOG Resources, Inc., et al. Texas Denied Response Waived civil-procedure corporate-dispute district-court due-process judicial-misconduct oil-and-gas-rights severance standing summary-judgment trespassing trial-court Does Russell Wilson, the judge of the 218th District Court of Karnes County, Texas, list the objections, stated by John R. Chiles IV, and Ronald Wilso… 3.5
21-181 Lyndon McArthur Ike Peterson v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
21-188 Eddison Ramsaran v. Candace Lapidus Sloane, et al. Massachusetts Denied Response Waived absolute-immunity administrative-investigation buckley-standard buckley-v-fitzsimmons evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence medical-licensing medical-licensing-board pre-adjudicatory-investigation pre-adjudicatory-proceedings prosecutorial-function prosecutorial-immunity In this case, the Petitioner, Eddison Ramsaran, M.D., alleges that during an investigation into his medical practice, certain non-attorney members of … 3.5
21-205 Thomas Rimini v. Department of Labor Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act administrative-record default-judgment department-of-labor frap-17 local-rules res-judicata sarbanes-oxley subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Should an unopposed default judgement be granted because the Department of Labor ("DOL ") did not submit the full administrative record to the cou… 3.5
21-227 Venus Y. Springs v. North Carolina State Bar North Carolina Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights corporate-litigation due-process evidence first-amendment free-speech judicial-discipline north-carolina standing I. Whether the N.C. Court of Appeals erred in holding that Springs' posting of a deposition video --long after the proceedings were concluded -- in or… 3.5
21-237 James Clay, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 25-usc-2 bureau-of-indian-affairs federal-regulations indian-tribe irs land-compensation secretary-of-interior tax-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty This Court is presented with a case of first impression regarding the authority of a Federally recognized Indian Tribe, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indian… 3.5
21-238 Keith Foster v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-precedent judicial-procedure legal-conflict prosecutorial-misconduct 1. How can panels of Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirm decisions as matters of law, that are in direct conflict with previously established bindin… 3.5
21-245 Pyrotechnic Specialties, Inc. v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure contract-appeals due-process right-for-any-reason standard-of-review 1. Is a litigant entitled to have the correct standard of law applied by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals or does a "right for any reason"… 3.5
21-246 Joseph Schneider v. New York New York Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process eavesdropping-warrant extraterritorial-jurisdiction federalism interstate-communications jurisdictional-limits state-judicial-authority state-sovereignty title-iii wiretapping Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 prohibits wiretapping except as provided in the enabling statute, 18 U.S.C. §2516.… 3.5
21-249 Probir Kumar Bondyopadhyay v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-claims government-taking invention-compensation national-defense patent patent-rights standing takings The question before the Honorable U.S. Supreme Court is on the recognition and affirmation of the Jeffersonian claim of an original creature of the U.… 3.5
21-256 Bilal Hamid Love v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard Is defense counsel required, in order to provide effective assistance of counsel, to give the defendant an estimate of the potential guideline sentenc… 3.5
21-272 Ralph Abekassis v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-regulations judicial-review mootness second-amendment standing Whether, based on this Court's jurisprudence as articulated in City of Mesquite and Honig, the Second Circuit erred in dismissing this case as moot wh… 3.5
21-278 John Krakowski, et al. v. Allied Pilots Association, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 11-usc-1113 bankruptcy-court collective-bargaining discrimination duty-of-fair-representation labor-union railway-labor-act seniority-system Where a labor union imposed as part of its collective bargaining agreement a seniority system that admittedly discriminated in bad faith against a dis… 3.5
21-280 Amy Harrison v. Kevin Lilly, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure frcp-12(b)(6) iqbal judicial-review motion-to-dismiss plausibility-standard pleadings pleadings-stage standard-of-review twombly Therefore the question presented is whether the District Court and the Court of Appeals failed to follow this well settled standard and dismissed this… 3.5
21-283 In Re Roland N. Patterson Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline bar-admission civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment procedural-due-process reinstatement separation-of-powers substantive-due-process A) Whether Petitioner suffered the violation of his Constitutional Rights to Procedural Due Process when he was denied Reinstatement in 2012, without … 3.5
21-284 In Re Mathew Ryan Byrd Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-review covid-19 criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit incarceration mandamus medical-conditions medical-risk I. This Court has long held that it, "has power to issue a mandamus, in the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction, and that the writ will lie in a pr… 3.5
21-286 Abeba Mekonnen v. OTG Management, LLC, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived discrimination-claims employee-manual employment-laws employment-termination fair-pay-act ledbetter-fair-pay-act mystery-shopper mystery-shopper-report performance-evaluation procedural-due-process termination wage-hour-law terminate employees by a Mystery Shopper Report1. Whether employers can in the context of Employment Laws. 1 2. Whether employer ean terminate my emp… 3.5
21-288 Lancy White, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived computer-forensics criminal-procedure cronic-standard e-mail-evidence email-manipulation expert-testimony federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel missing-evidence strickland-standard 1. Whether under the Strickland standards of deficient performance and prejudice, trial counsel was ineffective by failing to file a proper notice und… 3.5
21-291 Barbara Silva v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-tort-claims-act personal-information privacy-act privacy-act-1974 social-security-number sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction 1) Under Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C § 552a. (2)(c)(d),(6), (9), (10). a) Is the Agency required to maintain accurate information on each… 3.5
21-298 Bobby Wilson v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., et al. Arizona Denied Response Waived context defamation false-publication first-amendment freedom-of-press freedom-of-speech malice media-liability speech-protection 1. Is a per se false publication that was proven fabricated solely by the defendant sufficient proof alone of malice? Liability for the publication of… 3.5
21-307 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. v. John J. Shufeldt Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion circuit-split federal-common-law inconsistent-position judicial-estoppel preliminary-motion standard-of-review 1. Whether a prior court's denial of a preliminary motion based on a litigant's prior inconsistent position constitutes judicial acceptance of that po… 3.5
21-314 Ed Reynolds, et al. v. Karri Dalton, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Nikki Bascom, and Next Friend to M. B., a Minor Child and A. C.. a Minor Child Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 10th-circuit civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights domestic-violence equal-protection police-duty police-protection qualified-immunity Question not identified. section-1983 21-313" section-1983 21-313" I. Did the Tenth Circuit err in denying Petitioners qualified immunity on Dalton's Equal Protection claim where it was not clearly established that po… 3.5
21-316 Lorenzo Williams v. Steve Kallis, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-conflict circuit-split federal-habeas habeas-corpus mathis-decision mathis-v-united-states section-2241 section-2255 statutory-interpretation This Petition seeks to resolve a circuit conflict. Persons convicted of a federal offense can file a petition to challenge their convictions pursuant … 3.5
21-332 William A. White v. Daniel Sproul, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-USC-1503 18-USC-373 28-USC-2241 28-USC-2255(e) federal-criminal-law habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge non-existent-offense post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation When, if ever, is relief available under 28 USC §2241 and 28 USC. §2255 (e), where a person stands convicted and remains in custody for a non-existant… 3.5
21-338 Gary S. Christensen v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 16th-amendment criminal-tax due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction irs-determination precedent-interpretation restitution sixteenth-amendment tax-liability Where no determination of federal tax liability has been made by the IRS and the court of appeals has ruled patently contrary to this court's decision… 3.5
21-344 Quest International Monitor Service, Inc. v. Rockwell Collins, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration-award federal-arbitration-act limitation-period procedural-rules removal removal-jurisdiction state-court state-court-procedure uniformity vacatur This Court has recognized that while the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) reflects a federal policy of favoring arbitration, "there is no federal policy … 3.5
21-345 Manpreet Singh v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived collateral-attack counsel due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-remedy restitution writ-of-error-coram-nobis Is there no avenue for a collateral attack on a restitution award that was the result of ineffective assistance of counsel? 3.5
21-349 Kent Eric LeBere v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived brady-claim brady-violation certificate-of-appealability criminal-conviction due-process false-testimony habeas-corpus perjury prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction 1. Whether the lower courts should fully decide whether the state knew or should have known that the testimony about Mr. LeBere's "confession" was fal… 3.5
21-364 Sarada Mohapatra v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 alice-doctrine alice-mayo citizen-inventors computer-implemented-invention mayo-framework non-preemptive-solution patent patent-eligibility practical-solutions preemption process-improvement Whether computer-based process improvement by Citizen patent applications for inventions Inventors - characterized by narrow and well-defined practica… 3.5
21-366 Michael Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-intent criminal-prosecution due-process expert-testimony fifth-circuit fraud medicare-fraud medicare-regulations sufficiency-of-evidence Petitioners Michael Jones hereby adopts the Petitions for Writ of Certiorari filed by Dr. Henry Evans and Dr. Shelton Barnes and the Questions Present… 3.5
21-367 Paula Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-intent due-process expert-testimony fifth-circuit medicare-fraud medicare-rules prosecutorial-misconduct sufficiency-of-evidence Petitioner Paula Jones hereby adopts the Petitions for Writ of Certiorari filed by Dr. Henry Evans and Dr. Shelton Barnes and the Questions Presented … 3.5
21-387 George Berka v. City of Middletown, Connecticut, et al. Connecticut Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure blight-citation civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection municipal-law property-rights Did the subject, February 14th; 2018 Blight Citation that the Defendant City had issued to. the Plaintiff, violate many of the Plaintiffs important co… 3.5
21-390 Christopher Daniel Everson v. Theresa Lantz, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 12b6-motion civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-rule-12(b)(6) federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-rule-60(d)(1) frivolous-standard independent-action res-judicata rule-60 The Petitioner presents two questions: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60 (d) (1) Provides: "(d) Other powers to grant relief, This rule does n… 3.5
21-391 Paul Alexander, aka David Paul Hayes v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-conflict circuit-split constitutional-search derivative-evidence exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fourth-circuit harmless-error suppression supreme-court-precedent 1. Is the Fourth Circuit in violation of Supreme Court precedent and in conflict with other circuits when, in conducting a harmless error review, i… 3.5
21-392 Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc., et al. v. Eric Holcomb, Governor of Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split dormant-commerce-clause governmental-authority highway-tolling interstate-commerce market-participant-exception state-action state-discrimination The dormant Commerce Clause authorizes judicial intervention to address state discrimination to and undue burdens upon interstate commerce. The "marke… 3.5
21-397 Juan Joe Cano v. Texas Texas Denied Response Waived contamination-of-accusations due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-inconsistent-statements procedural-due-process prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-abuse suggestive-questioning witness-impeachment I. Was petitioner denied the effective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to impeach the complainants with their prior inconsistent st… 3.5
21-402 Akari Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment general-search-warrant ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress Failing to file a suppression motion is not per se ineffective assistance of counsel. Kimmelman v. Morrison, 477 U.S. 365, 106 S.Ct. 2574, 91 L.Ed.2d … 3.5
21-409 Anthony Italo Provitola, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction appellate-rules article-iii circuit-court civil-procedure federal-rules judicial-review procedural-rules standing summary-judgment tax-court Whether the United States Circuit Courts of Appeal have the power to override federal statutory appellate rules with their decision to render unappeal… 3.5
21-5248 Davion L. Jefferson v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment crime-of-violence directed-verdict due-process jury-instructions jury-trial sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Did the district court violate the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Sixth Amendment's Jury Trial Clause when it directed a verdict on 1… 0.5
20-7609 Raynal King and Howard R. Ross, III v. United States Eighth Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c3a criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause force-clause mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a crime that requires a resulting death categorically includes, as an element, "the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force ag… -1.0
20-7998 Tuan Ngoc Luong v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commercial-transaction craigslist criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-robbery The federal Hobbs Act "makes it a crime for a person to affect commerce, or attempt to do so, by robbery." Taylor v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2074, 2… -1.0
21-5341 Vernon Norman Earle v. Shreves, C/O, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP policy-based judgments that present special Biven administrative-grievance bivens Bivens-remedy civil-rights constitutional-violation correctional-officer due-process policy-based-judgment policy-based-judgments retaliation special-factors Whether a rogue correctional officer's unlawful retaliation against an inmate for utilizing an administrative grievance process implicates the sort of… -1.5
21-5380 Luke Edward Fleming v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence cold-case constitutional-law criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process evidence murder sexual-battery Whether the Petitioner's convictions for murder and sexual battery violate the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution because the eviden… -1.5
21-5410 Joydeth Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-discretion district-court judicial-remand legal-procedure limited-remand plain-error substantial-rights Whether courts of appeals should order a limited remand to determine whether a plain error has affected a party's substantial rights when that party h… -1.5
21-5455 Emmanuel Granados v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power firearms firearms-regulation statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a fire arm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. -1.5
21-5499 Joel Reyna-Aragon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof court-of-appeals-division federal-sentencing-guidelines molina-martinez-v-united-states presumption-of-prejudice sentencing-error 1. Whether an error in applying the Federal Sentencing Guidelines occasions a presumption of prejudice? 2. What is the government's burden of persuas… -1.5
21-5548 Brent Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-counting firearm-possession plain-error reckless-endangerment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines vehicular-flight I. Did the district court plainly err when it applied a 2-level enhancement for "reckless endangerment during flight" after already applying a 4-level… -1.5
21-5559 Selvin Leonell Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-procedure criminal-statute evidence evidentiary-standard federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea Whether possession of a firearm is "in or affecting commerce" when there is no evidence that the defendant moved the firearm across state lines or tha… -1.5
21-5560 Gary Lamar Henry v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-law pinkerton-liability sentencing supreme-court violent-crimes 1. Whether Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640 (1946) liability, which only requires that a conspirator reasonably foresee the substantive crimes… -1.5
21-5563 William Ferguson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-242 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-ruling due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense section-924c statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether a defendant's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) should be vacated, where each § 924(c) charge had, as an underlying predicate, a vi… -1.5
21-5572 Kamau Alan Israel v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP competency competency-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insanity-defense mental-illness plea-bargain sentencing sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Trial counsel in this case failed to investigate Mr. Israel's mental illness before his case was adjudicated. But Mr. Israel has been mentally ill for… -1.5
21-5574 Walter Manuel Marques-Mejia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process 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
21-5583 Jordan Lee Bell v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-sentencing due-process first-amendment pornographic-matter supervised-release unconstitutionally-vague 1. Does a special condition of supervised release that prohibits possession or control of "any pornographic matter" violate due process as unconstitut… -1.5
21-5624 Ryan Scott Kibble v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion chronic-health-conditions chronic-health-issues compassionate-release district-court-discretion global-pandemic incarceration pandemic-incarceration sentencing-modification Whether a district court abuses its discretion by refusing to grant compassionate relief to defendant under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(1)(A)(i) where that d… -1.5
21-5625 Phillip Shawn Horton v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-interpretation legal-conflict procedural-review remand remand-order sentencing stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent I. Should this Court should grant review to determine whether the opinion of the court below conflicts with this Court's decisions in Witte v. United … -1.5
21-5640 Todd Dalton v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-sexual-abuse child-sexual-abuse-accommodation-syndrome csaas-evidence due-process evidentiary-hearing hearsay in-absentia-trial ineffective-assistance taint-and-memory-expert trial-procedure I. Did the California Courts' Unreasonable Refusal to Hold an Evidentiary Hearing Entitle Dalton to anEvidentiary Hearing? II. Did Trial Counsel Rend… -1.5
21-5693 Eleno Guillen-Morales v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
21-5694 Shawn Travis Paschal v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights elements-of-offense federal-sentencing maximum-sentence minimum-sentence sentencing I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be treated as elements of the defendant's offense for constitutio… -1.5
20-8231 Kevin Thomas Seigler v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review burden-of-proof circuit-split conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law drug-distribution due-process federal-courts single-transaction 1. Is evidence of a single sale of illegal drugs, from one seller to one buyer, sufficient to support a conviction for conspiracy to distribute illega… -4.5
21-5012 Brian David Johnsen v. California California Denied IFP death-penalty due-process jury reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona sentencing Does California's death penalty scheme, which permits the trier of fact to impose a sentence of death without finding beyond a reasonable doubt the ex… -4.5
21-5017 Angel Mondragon Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR IFP aggravated-felony borden-decision certiorari crime-of-violence criminal-law immigration mens-rea sentencing statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below and remand for further consideration in light of this Court's recent decision in … -4.5
21-5046 Ira Lee Wilkins v. United States Tenth Circuit GVR IFP crime-of-violence criminal-law reckless-conduct reckless-force sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review tenth-circuit violent-crime Should this Court grant this petition, vacate the judgment below, and remand in order to allow the Tenth Circuit to determine in the first instance wh… -4.5
21-5048 Wesley Lynn Ruiz v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-amendment expert-testimony expert-witness false-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct Under the Due Process clause, and the Eighth Amendment, should the prosecution be held responsible for the presentation of false expert testimony on a… -4.5
21-5232 Duane Allen Short v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP caldwell-v-mississippi capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-decency due-process eighth-amendment evolving-standards-of-decency jury-recommendation jury-trial sixth-amendment Is Ohio's capital sentencing scheme, which permits telling the jury that their decision is only a mere recommendation, unconstitutional under Hurst v.… -4.5
21-5259 James Plas Sams v. Neil McDowell, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP class-of-one contracts-clause due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination habeas-corpus plea-agreement police-misconduct 1. The State may not selectively deny its protective services to certain minorities without violating the Equal Protection Clause. Petitioner's wife a… -4.5
21-5260 James E. Nottingham v. Laurel Harry, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-arrest habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge perjury standing writ-of-certiorari 1. Shall the Writ of Certiorari be Granted in favor of the Petitioner James E. Nottingham for false arrest? 2. Shall the Writ of Certiorari be Grante… -4.5
21-5273 Jerry L. Wheeler v. Randall Hepp, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-notice trial-counsel witness-testimony 1. Whether titled CFf^iwc, t9<JJiS^wc6 OF Counsel*, UjKefJ Trial CauffSgL. FaU<uH To Qh<tripi£jT t Call H) Testify fTk& 2-3 gyz* uj )+cJ£6<} bJKo Sl*f… -4.5
21-5282 Tyrius Green v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP due-process eyewitness-identification jury-instructions reasonable-doubt structural-error sullivan-v-united-states trial-by-jury trial-procedure witness-identification Tyrius Green was convicted of murder based solely upon witness identification testimony as there was no physical evidence presented at his trial that … -4.5
21-5286 Gerald M. Calmese v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP conviction criminal-indictment double-jeopardy due-process essential-elements fraudulent-schemes indictment legal-sufficiency multiplicity sentencing-error Is there legally sufficient evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the required element for fraudulent schemes for which the petitioner was c… -4.5
21-5288 Cornelius L. Jones v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review post-conviction post-conviction-review standing writ-of-certiorari CoRnelius L.Jones, PetitioneR- Appllant, APPeAls fm A file A successive post-Conviction Petition. An isse is Raised concerning the sufficiency of the… -4.5
21-5289 Gregory Moore, Individually, and on Behalf of J. M., et al. v. County of Orange, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP child-seizure civil-rights due-process federal-funds fourth-amendment fraud res-judicata rooker-feldman standing warrant-requirement A) In federal districts that recognize the Rooker-Feldman fraud exception to res judicata: Shall Rooker-Feldman be arbitrarily applied? B) Shall the … -4.5
21-5296 Patrick C. Lynn v. Debra Lundry Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-144 administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection physical-injury recusal reverse-error statutory-duty statutory-interpretation v\"~Ue lO1^ kr^urV- err m -^zhUa^ 1t> ko[J! k's L-Cf. /Wtqren s-f^k/tory dSuiy oo^r vKC ^ 144- 4© fc-fer ANy Af£i^a/i4of j^nejo^oe, 1x> jsncrt-Wr C+.… -4.5
21-5297 Kurzie Lee Curtis v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment bureau-of-prisons civil-rights compassionate-release due-process first-step-act Questions of law In Belatiol To Inoiztment whe A MAabo DiniVE is AN AulhoAtive iNstmenthat Dicates thAN C PC CuDCAN n ea.RulE 12. Rsion ofTue b6sEsFed… -4.5
21-5298 In Re Rayfield Thibeaux Denied IFP access-to-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process forensic-services medical-records mental-health mental-health-treatment social-security social-security-administration standing 1.1 presented new evidence in this filing to the District Court which included the files of the Social Security Administration on the claim I filed wi… -4.5
21-5299 John Johnson, Jr. v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause factfinder-discretion fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-verdict penal-code statutory-interpretation Does Texas Penal Code §21.02 desciminate who is an<d.who is not protected under the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing… -4.5
21-5300 In Re Richard Charles Lussy Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process estate-litigation extrinsic-fraud fraud mandamus mandamus-petition ministerial-duty oath-of-office probate-dispute vexatious-litigant Question not identified. -4.5
21-5308 Calvin B. Lynch v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-law statutory-interpretation witness-intimidation witness-testimony 1. Is PETITIDNER ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREM COURTS CLARIFYING INTERPRETATION OF THE WITNESS INTIMIDATION STATUTE, PA.C.S.A.S49… -4.5
21-5309 Zachary Cooper v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP actual-bias conflict-of-interest confrontation-clause due-process fraud judicial-bias judicial-conduct judicial-recusal standard-of-review state-judicial-conduct trial-procedure 1. Does the Due Process Clause require the recusal of a trial judge when a conflict of interest arises from their participation in an earlier proceedi… -4.5
21-5311 Thomas Morgan Soper, II v. Idaho Idaho Denied IFP brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation *1. 0oes A PisTfaicrF C.jp&'kT A#*®' p&^ef\ &*tcL/o/? RicpT *To Avi e?^o<ef^ o£-0lo5u5pes)^ a/J pefts/'sTMt E/ilfiwceirtert& **3{t O&e.'b a Di^TricT"… -4.5
21-5316 In Re Taryn Christian Denied IFP autonomy brady-v-maryland brady-violation counsel-strategy habeas-corpus mandamus mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment strickland This case presents the kind of extraordinary circumstances in which this Court exercises its discretionary authority to issue a writ of mandamus. The … -4.5
21-5317 Mauricio Melendez v. Renee Baker, Warden Nevada Denied IFP attorney-concession criminal-autonomy criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel right-to-defense stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent In 2018, this Court decided McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S.Ct. 1500 (2018), recognizing a criminal defendant's right to secured autonomy over his defense. … -4.5
21-5320 Trenton John Tompkins v. Lauren Leigh Hackett Third Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure prison-conditions pro-se A pro se prisoner was unable to submit his appellant's brief and appendix (copies of which provided in this petition's appendix) because the Court of … -4.5
21-5337 Garrett McElveen v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics Wherein M. McElveen's original public defender became the lead State's Attorney, does not an appearance of impropriety exist? By extension, does not t… -4.5
21-5338 Michael Vincent Moore v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process evidence-admissibility fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment mistrial probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure PETTIONER'S INTERNET FALEBOOK PAGE AND SEEING HIS TAN AND WHITE OG WHEN THE PROSECUTOR RECEIVED THE DNA REPORT ON H/D/AOL ONE WEEK BEFORE FILING AFFID… -4.5
21-5343 Jimmie Washington, aka Jim Washington v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure cheney-standard cheney-test civil-procedure immediate-relief injunction injunctive-relief judicial-review mandamus mandamus-petition stay writ-of-certiorari 1. Whether a court of appeals failure to grant a first and second amended petition for writ of mandamus conflicts with this court and other court of a… -4.5
21-5349 Chris Allen Miller v. Jason R. Ravnsborg, Attorney General of South Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury-trial prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified. -4.5
21-5371 James Roland Henderson v. California California Denied IFP criminal-intent criminal-procedure evidence-exclusion familial-violence first-degree-murder homicide imperfect-self-defense jury-instructions parental-relationship religious-beliefs self-defense special-circumstances Question not identified. -4.5
21-5373 Bernard Hollomond v. Tracy Ray, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP confusion constitutional-rights due-process evidence-consideration jury-trial knowing-and-intelligent sentencing trial-procedure voluntariness waiver Question not identified. -4.5
21-5378 Anthony Kirkland v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure capital-punishment constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct I. Is a capital sentence invalid, and imposed in violation of the capital defendant's constitutional rights, when during the final closing argument ad… -4.5
21-5525 Thomas Richardson v. Nevada Nevada Denied IFP aggravating-circumstance court-martial death-penalty due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief rompilla-standard rompilla-v-beard Whether the Nevada Supreme Court misapplied the law by failing to examine or analyze the failure of counsel to investigate readily available informati… -4.5
21-5645 In Re Donald Mack Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus mental-incompetence pate-v-robinson procedural-rules The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from trying or convicting a defendant who is mentally incompetent. See Pate v. Rob… -4.5
21-5653 In Re Matthew Phillips Denied IFP criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure Matthew Sherman Phillips did not receive the "effective assistance of counsel," as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the United States of America's… -4.5
21-5721 In Re Michael Wappler Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 due-process prison-conditions IS PETITIONER WHO HAS TWICE SUFFERED COVID-19 INFECTIONS WITH RELATED DUAL-PNEUMONIA WHO IS AMONG A GROUP OF PRISONERS IDENTIFIED BY THE CDC AS A VULN… -4.5
21-5746 In Re Conghau Huu To Denied IFP criminal-conviction cruel-and-unusual-punishment district-court-procedure due-process federal-review gatekeeping habeas-corpus judicial-integrity newly-discovered-evidence sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -4.5
20-8112 Richard Knider Jackson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process fourth-amendment indefinite-retention personal-property search-and-seizure warrantless-seizure Question not identified. -6.0
21-5306 In Re Richard Arjun Kaul Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction free-speech standing In continuing to violate Kaul's fundamental and constitutional human rights, does the law strip the judges and the District of New Jersey of their jur… -6.5
21-5334 Cecile A. Brown v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process government-defendants governmental-defendants judicial-review legal-presumption presumption standing supreme-court-doctrine voluntary-cessation Whether the doctrine of voluntary cessation applies less stringently to governmental defendants than to private ones? -6.5
21-5363 Christopher Cope v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP client-autonomy constitutional-right criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy 1. Whether petitioner was denied his constitutional right to have effective assistance of counsel when trial counsel admitted petitioner's guilt at tr… -6.5
21-5366 Abram K. Sollman v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hearsay-evidence witness-testimony I. WHETHER OR NOT THE NEBRASKA COURTS RELIANCE ON A WITNESS STATEMENTS (Sean Nowling) INDUCED THE STATE'S (Respondent) CASE-IN-CHIEF VIA ERRONEOUS OR … -6.5
21-5376 Samuel Roy Abram v. David Leu, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies prison-litigation-reform-act standing d.) Vks ^vm^ viAkiA urvtedW. ?LM"Vo Ttau^sV ejcxvsvkrrittfn ofar\ onkmAvi (Ar'kja'rxca.. Tax' Cl \1aM t£AdDc\ di$i\ d ^^Pl'a'sT^ITemj T » \ 1OdS ^OTUo… -6.5
21-5384 William A. Masters v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process executive-taking fourteenth-amendment property-rights property-seizure standing state-remedies takings A. Must a Citizen exhaust his State's remedies before filing in the Federal Court for a decision upon a Constitutional issue? B. When a State makes a… -6.5
21-5387 Roland Adams, aka Peter Brown, aka Harold Whiteker v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction plea-agreement statutory-authority statutory-interpretation void-judgment 1. Whether the district court lacked jurisdiction to enter judgement under 18 U.S.C § 1956(h), where Petitioner was not charged with nor engaged in "f… -6.5
21-5388 Wilbert Kelly, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP age-restriction burden-of-proof constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process legal-standing post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence public-official sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-jurisdiction Have The PElitioner Beon Reovided With Fundamental Due Process According To The United Stales Constilulions By His Slate CauFts? -6.5
21-5394 Michael Nathaniel Boyd v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-suppression false-evidence fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-and-seizure search-warrant I. Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the Circuit's ruling, and remand for further consideration in light of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S… -6.5
21-5405 George A. Luna v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights confrontation-clause domestic-violence due-process evidentiary-rule federal-jurisdiction forfeiture-by-wrongdoing hearsay-exception pleadings standing witness-unavailability Under Giles v., California can a State constitutionally introduce a murder victim's out. of court statements to others about defendant's abuse/ pursua… -6.5
21-5409 Antonyo Reece v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court judicial-discretion pepper-precedent pepper-v-united-states rehabilitation-evidence sentencing sentencing-variance upward-departure Whether imposing an upward departure of 200 months to a criminal defendant who has exemplary rehabilitation evidence is incongruous to this Court's ho… -6.5
21-5413 Antoine L. Wallace v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation United States Sentencing Guidelines enhance the sentence for drug offenders and gun offenders, if, among other things, they have prior "felony convict… -6.5
21-5418 Sergio Bucio v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion mitigating-role money-laundering role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-3b1.2 I. Whether the district court erred in calculating the amount of laundered funds attributable to Mr. Bucio. II. Whether the district court erred by f… -6.5
21-5419 Dilang Dat v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-plea deportation deportation-consequences due-process-advice immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel padilla-standard padilla-v-united-states strickland-test Does trial counsel advising a criminal defendant that he "could" be deported for entering a guilty plea breach trial counsel's duty to give "clear and… -6.5
21-5425 Jay J. Sawatzky v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession first-amendment judicial-discretion racist-paraphernalia racist-views sentencing sentencing-variance upward-variance May a sentencing judge impose an upward variance on a defendant convicted of possessing firearms and ammunition as a felon, based on that defendant's … -6.5
21-5428 Crystal V. L. Rivers v. United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights crime-victims-rights-act criminal-procedure federal-investigation government-disclosure government-misconduct ongoing-investigation rico victim-notification The Petitioner/Victim, Crystal VL Rivers, filed her Crime Victim Rights Act Petition to aid in the enforcement of the CVRA rights currently in place a… -6.5
21-5429 Pedro Reyes v. Jeff Jensen, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment notice notice-requirement standing state-action 1. Whether State action is implied by the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) anomalous codification of C.R.S. § 34-32.5-112 (9) (c) into the Division o… -6.5
21-5431 Jereme Eugene Mackey v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-crimes due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel pre-trial-custody sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN FINDING THE APPELLANT JEREME EUGENE MACKEY GUILTY INASMUCH AS THE GOVERNMENT FAILED TO PROVE AT THE TIME OF ARR… -6.5
21-5434 Demontrae Wilson v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP authentication circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidentiary-standards lay-witness social-media social-media-evidence Social media evidence presents unique foundational issues and is now a nearly ubiquitous component of many criminal cases. The standards for admission… -6.5
21-5436 William D. Dickerson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-analysis civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-review court-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-standard legal-procedure procedural-error sentencing statutory-interpretation The OCR text provided is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section. While a "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED" header … -6.5
21-5437 Jean Crump v. Social Security Administration, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisons medication-access prisoner-retirement prisoner-rights retirement-funds retirement-plan room-and-board social-security 1. Is the Social Security Administration employee funded retirement, a retirement plan? 2. Should you advise the pubic that the government do not hon… -6.5
21-5441 Brandon Mark Bjerknes v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment article-1-section-3 constitutional-construction double-jeopardy executive-branch federal-government federal-lawmaking judicial-minimalism senate-representation state-representation (1) Under Article I, section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, does the Senate, through its constitutional construction, link the State G… -6.5
21-5451 John M. Wasson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions legal-counsel mining-claim right-to-counsel The questions presented are: 1. Did Mr. Wasson have adequate counsel during his trial and appeal? 2. Was Mr. Wasson's accessing his mining claim's c… -6.5
21-5452 Elliot Joseph v. Daniel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel miranda-v-arizona strickland-v-washington Whether the lower courts incorrectly found petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus failed to demonstrate a substantial showing of the denial o… -6.5
21-5453 Charles J. Senke v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion circuit-split collateral-review criminal-procedure direct-appeal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel strickland-standard substitution-of-counsel The Third Circuit panel majority, deepening a n acknowledged and entrenched circuit split, ruled that the district court's failure to inquire into Sen… -6.5
21-5456 Yarlin Garcia v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure district-court evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment legal-standard motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure standard-of-review Whether the District Court erred by denying Mr. Garcia's Motion to Suppress? -6.5
21-5462 James Michael Kerns v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence plea-bargaining plea-validity sentencing-challenge sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis Question I. If Count 3 charging a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 is without legal, constitutional foundation as it alleges a crime of violence in Count … -6.5
21-5463 Christopher Jonell Tyler v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process fourth-circuit government-breach judicial-review plain-error plea-agreement sentencing Whether the Fourth Circuit violated the "interests of justice" and this Court's ruling in Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 143, 129 S. Ct. 1423… -6.5
21-5468 Fredrick Mackie v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-appeal due-process in-forma-pauperis knowing-and-intelligent-waiver pro-se-appeal right-to-appeal right-to-counsel Petitioner was convicted of escape from a halfway house and was sentenced in 2019 to 41 months in prison. He personally signed a pro se notice of appe… -6.5
21-5472 Vincent Jones v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Whether a criminal judgment becomes final for purposes of the 1-year Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act time limitation for filing a habeas… -6.5
21-5474 Antwoyn Terrell Spencer v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment first-step-act jurisdiction resentencing standing 1. Whether Petitioner is being deprived of his civil right to due process of law against law (without due process of law) in violation of the Fifth Am… -6.5
21-5475 Derrick Jerome Spencer v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-resentencing due-process fifth-amendment first-step-act sentencing-review standing 1. Whether Petitioner is being deprived of his civil right to due process of law against law (without due process of law) in violation of the Fifth Am… -6.5
21-5477 Clifford Senter v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-attack criminal-law due-process federal-procedure federal-sentencing non-existent-offense sentencing-enhancement state-conviction state-law Where state law holds that a particular offense is non-existent, but a defendant has a conviction for the non-existent offense, and a federal sentenci… -6.5
21-5478 Ulises Alvarado v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conditions-of-release COVID-19 covid-19-test criminal-law due-process federal-law federal-procedure revocation supervised-release Is it a violation of due process for a defendant to have his supervised release revoked for declining to take a COVID-19 test that was not clearly a c… -6.5
21-5484 Sylvia Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-law due-process equal-protection firearms licensed-dealer mens-rea selective-prosecution straw-purchase Petitioner plead guilty to one count of conspiring to commit straw purchases of firearms (as proscribed by 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6)) in violation of 18 U… -6.5
21-5485 Yamilet Diaz v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-kickback conspiracy criminal-liability due-process federal-health-care government-burden-of-proof intended-victim jury-instructions medicare-fraud I. Whether jury instructions, which require that the government prove a defendant knew the crimes were against the United States and involved a federa… -6.5
21-5486 Scott Sanford v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fundamental-rights intelligent-waiver jury-trial knowing-waiver sixth-amendment voluntary-waiver waiver I. What are the minimum requirements and procedures for establishing that a defendant's fundamental right to a jury trial is waived in an intelligent,… -6.5
21-5488 John Patrick Blackmon v. Jeffrey A. Uttecht, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process exceptional-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-inquiry prior-testimony right-to-testify testimony-waiver trial-procedure waiver 1. Did events in the second trial establish additional process due the Defendant in any subsequent trial? 2. Was the trial judge's noting the Defenda… -6.5
21-5492 Marcus Phillips v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure drug-agent-testimony drug-enforcement expert-testimony first-impression legal-admissibility mental-acuity perceptive-ability witness-credibility This court has not decided whether expert testimony about mental acuity is admissible to show a person's ability to observe and to act to exercise dom… -6.5
21-5502 Lucio P. Munoz v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-in-limine postconviction-relief WHETHER OR NOT THE NEBRASKA COURTS DECISIONS CONCERNING "HEARSAY" CONFORMS TO THE ESTABLISHED RULE OF EVIDENCE ON THIS SUBJECT? WHETHER OR NOT NEBR… -6.5
21-5503 Eric Henry Woodberry and Bradford Marselas Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-length firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea prosecutorial-burden sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(B)(i) requires the government to prove that a defendant knew of the length of the firearm carried during the commission … -6.5
21-5504 Eric Worley v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP base-offense-level burden-of-proof confrontation-clause criminal-procedure drug-quantity evidence preponderance-of-evidence presentence-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines The Appellant's Appeal was denied on June 1, 2021 by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In this case, the Appellant raised one (1) issue for determin… -6.5
21-5516 In Re Freddy Perkins Denied Response WaivedIFP 841-b-1-a 846 851-enhancement actual-innocence cocaine-base criminal-procedure mathis-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-enhancement 1. Whether Mathis applies retroactive to Petitioner Perkin's claim of 'Actual Innocent" under 841 (b)(1)(a) & 846, 280 grams or more Cocaine Base and … -6.5
21-5518 John Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP atascosa-county base-offense-level criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-quantity mass-marketing relevant-conduct sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines traffic-stop I. Was it improper for the Court to find the base offense level was 34 because Mr. Perez should only have been held accountable for the 15 pounds of "… -6.5
21-5520 Brunson Roberts v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process individual-liberty judicial-review legal-precedent patent standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -6.5
21-5523 Amos Kiprop Koech v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof cell-phone-evidence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-statutes interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element jury-instruction reasonable-doubt I. Does the jurisdictional element "in or affecting interstate commerce" in federal criminal statutes require an actual effect on interstate commerce … -6.5
21-5524 Miguel Andres Lara-Unzueta v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1252 8-usc-1326 deportation deportation-proceeding due-process immigration-law judicial-review procedural-rights removable-alien I. 1. Does a deportation proceeding deprive a removable alien of the opportunity for judicial review under 8 U.S.C. §1326(d)(2) where neither the IJ… -6.5
21-5526 Duane Kelly v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court-review double-jeopardy due-process evidentiary-hearing inconsistent-verdict inconsistent-verdicts post-conviction-relief reasonable-jurist state-court-decision 1.) WAS THE DISTRICT COURTS FINDINGS THAT THE STATE COURT REASONABLY APPLIED THE INCONSISTENT VERDICT LAW IN THIS CASE CORRECT? 2.) WOULD A REASONABL… -6.5
21-5528 Gabriel Samar Martinez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP can give rise to reasonable suspicion to justify standing alone 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-jurisprudence anonymous-tip corroboration fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion seizure terry-stop vehicle-stop Whether an uncorroborated anonymous tip, standing alone, can give rise to reasonable suspicion to justify a seizure. -6.5
21-5530 Luis Gomez-Castro v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process judicial-findings obstruction-of-justice perjury plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines I. Sentencing Guideline §3C1.1 provides a 2-level enhancement for obstruction of justice and applies if a defendant testifies untruthfully about a mat… -6.5
21-5531 Garlin Raymond Farris v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-principles appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process excusable-neglect indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pioneer-investment-services procedural-hurdles sixth-amendment The question presented, on which the federal appellate courts are currently divided, is whether appointed counsel's misconduct can serve as excusable … -6.5
21-5532 Guy Harvey Spruhan, IV v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection non-delegation-doctrine retroactive-relief retroactive-sentence-reduction sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act separation-of-powers 1. Is the limitation in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, which prohibits proportional sentence reductions for defendants who have previously received variances or d… -6.5
21-5537 John Creech v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-materiality brady-v-maryland conviction criminal-procedure defense-strategy disclosure due-process evidence-disclosure litigation-strategy materiality prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-circuit Is evidence material for purposes of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), if its disclosure would affect defense litigation strategy? -6.5
21-5538 Michael Joseph Edmondson v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus self-representation sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel In this case, the United States Court of Appeals per curiam affirmed denial of Petitioner's appeal for habeas corpus relief. Petitioner contends that … -6.5
21-5540 Guadalupe Urbina-Rodriguez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g1 18-usc-924a2 8th-amendment 8th-circuit carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-firearm-possession criminal-history eighth-circuit-precedent felony-enhancement second-amendment-rights sentencing-interpretation statutory-construction I. Because Urbina-Rodrigue z was never actually sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment that exceeds one year, by the State of Missouri's court ba… -6.5
21-5541 Dan Kenny Delva v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel joint-trial right-to-counsel severance sixth-amendment trial-severance Whether it is debatable Mr. Delva was denied a Sixth Amendment right under the United States Constitution to effective assistance of counsel when his… -6.5
21-5543 Louis Matthews v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review circuit-court-conflict conspiracy conspiracy-charge federal-law indictment judgment-acquittal ninth-circuit plain-error 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in upholding a conviction for a conspiracy other than the conspiracy charged in the indictment, on a theory raised for th… -6.5
21-5544 Thomas Charles Scott v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel probable-cause search-warrant sixth-amendment Were petitioner's rights under the Fourth and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution violated by trial counsel's failure to challenge the … -6.5
21-5564 Russell Jay Reger v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process jurisdictional-challenge legal-nullity personal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment (a) IS an UNCONTESTED VOID JUDGNENT STILL VIENED BY THIS COURT as BEINg "MrRE WAsTE PAPER*? (B) WHEN An UNCONTRSTED VOID JUDGNENT NULLIPIBS SUBJECTMA… -6.5
21-5565 Fortrell Latrae Sain v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights cross-examination discovery-violations due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review procedural-violation sentencing I. Whether delendant was the ^ deried the Oppurtunity to hry CRoss - examine the key Goveenment witness. II. Whether remand is requrees to deteemines… -6.5
21-5566 Razhden Shulaya v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel-interference due-process judicial-bias jury-instruction jury-instructions right-to-counsel structural-error trial-procedure 1) Whether the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York provided a constitutionally flawed trial and committed structural er… -6.5
21-5570 Richard Boyle v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court due-process evidence-admission federal-rules-of-evidence prior-convictions stare-decisis undue-prejudice witness-testimony Whether the federal courts are free to withdraw the protection from undue prejudice which emanates from the required four-step process as set forth in… -6.5
21-5571 Jerald E. Holcomb v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
21-5575 Frederick Arayatanon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defendant-rights district-court due-process evidence evidentiary-admission fair-trial jail-telephone-calls presumption-of-innocence Do-es —t-he—admirs's!on of "jail telephone calls by the District Court during defendant's trial undermine defendant's presumption of innocence? -6.5
21-5577 Terry Darnell Anderson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split cumulative-error cumulative-error-doctrine fair-trial federal-habeas-corpus fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Does the cumulative error doctrine in the context of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim apply whereby individual errors, insufficient to ne… -6.5
21-5582 Marlon Darrel Evans v. Amy Miller, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-review due-process eyewitness-identification habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit strickland-standard strickland-v-washington The question presented is whether the state court unreasonably applied this Court's precedents when it concluded that Evans's trial counsel was not co… -6.5
21-5584 Guerly Alexis v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit equal-protection fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant whose offense preceded the enactment of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, and who was sentenced after its enactment, but not necess… -6.5
21-5585 Willie Lee Davis v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing I oWtr rhs ■fhe Vvllnefker misin+erpre4ed Amended 1$ (J.S,C.CQU *Hie. m*/ T'+le of \ZersTon 1771 (f) !5 -6.5
21-5595 Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-crimes drug-distribution due-process overdose proximate-cause sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1.) WHETHER, FOR PURPOSES OF TITLE 21 U.S.C. §841(A)(1) AND (B)(1) (C)'S ENHANCED PENALTY "IF DEATH RESULTS " FROM THE USE OF A SUBSTANCE, REQUIRES P… -6.5
21-5597 Johnathan Holt v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process property-rights standing takings-clause whether was ineffefine CONSE FO Not parsuins A Mertal He.lth E4uM T1y95=00tad O~ wkether Connsel q5 iNEffecfio For Gl0n his bchif O whether C CommiI… -6.5
21-5599 Robert Nathan Hensley v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions On an important matter, and subsequent to a capital case of Texas 5495, and east the Government VEN Prose Knowyes by Ay @ Leite peldover; Not uF B, wd… -6.5
21-5600 Linda Hardison v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-law constitutional-review court-procedure criminal-procedure documentary-evidence due-process habeas-corpus judicial-error judicial-review legal-adjudication CAN THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE APPEALS' COURT OVERLOOK A BLATANT ERROR OF LAW WHEN THE PETITIONER PRESENTED ALL DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE AND DECLARATIONS … -6.5
21-5601 Abdullah Hamidullah v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP colloquy constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts guilty-plea motion-to-withdraw plea-bargaining rule-11 sentencing 1. DID. THE DISTRICT'COURT VIOLATE THE DEFENDANT'S SUBSTANTIAL DUE PROCESS RIGHTS DURING THE MANDATORY RULE 11 COLLOGUY? 2. DID THE COURT ERR WHEN TH… -6.5
21-5603 Alphonse Gainer v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeal appellate-discretion criminal-justice criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit first-step-act motion-for-reconsideration motion-reconsideration sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion in denying Gainer's Motion for Reconsideration of Denial of … -6.5
21-5604 Daniel Chase Harris v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3261 18-usc-7 circuit-split civilian-jurisdiction due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-law military-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation 1) Whether U.S. military or civilian courts have exclusive jurisdiction of service members for their overseas conduct on foreign U.S. military install… -6.5
21-5607 Terry R. Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP autopsy autopsy-requirement black-lung-disease cause-of-death civil-rights compensation-claim criminal-procedure due-process evidence medical-evidence A Reason(s) Wh+ Wftuse, of 4V ^p\\+- of ^ +Wis MA+feR +W (^ <3lWisioA/ / U)WcV\ is J C.A a/ you iACCuRjdely <SeWmiA^, A 4n0e, cwu^ of cW"^ U)>4Wf AV … -6.5
21-5609 Matthew Staszak v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege confidential-communications constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment interception legal-interception sixth-amendment I. WHETHER PETITIONER'S FIFTH AND SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE DEPRIVED AND VIOLATED WHEN HIS ATTORNEY-CLIENT CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS WERE INTERCEP… -6.5
21-5610 Willie M. Hardy, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender confession crime-of-violence criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession jury-instructions malicious-wounding sentencing sentencing-factor sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Whether Virginia Code 18.2-51, malicious wounding, is a a crime of violence. 2. Whether acquitted conduct is a proper sentencing factor. 3. Wheth… -6.5
21-5612 Geontay Patterson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-rights controlled-substances prolonged-detention reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop I. Mr. Patterson moved to suppress controlled substances found during a search of his person because there was no constitutional basis to seize and se… -6.5
21-5613 Byron McCollum v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253c certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review merits-determination slack-v-mcdaniel unauthorized-merits-determination Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a Certificate of Appealability, stating only that the Petitioner "has failed to make a substantial showing of… -6.5
21-5615 Carlos Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-preservation criminal-justice due-process importation mens-rea methamphetamine-importation plain-error plain-error-review sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines 1. Where counsel raised an issue in written Objections to the Addendum to the Presentence Report filed with the district court, and never withdrew or … -6.5
21-5616 Felix Antequera Rivera, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards separation-of-powers standing Wv€_ <Vex>eXo.\ oc^Wo-Oe-d .v^dvCA CXxT\ £oC cx*\ (X\\e.0^d \V ncA 'cOV- vVcV, \V\.?_ \Ze_'T ^ SVcAe.~X1-^ \o ^jr-V£>X^- C3 VW* W>g_ cc\^e_ vOGx^>AA… -6.5
21-5617 Akube Wuromoni Ndoromo v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment amendment-protections civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment government-seizure • Is the Federal Government entitled to rob peoples Bank Accounts therein? • Does Fourth (VI) Amendment protect the right of the people to be secure t… -6.5
21-5620 Raymond L. Crum v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split plain-error prison-term rehabilitation rehabilitation-consideration sentencing-reform-act tapia-precedent tapia-v-united-states In Tapia v. United States, 564 U.S. 319, 321 (2011), this Court held that the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 "precludes federal courts from imposing or… -6.5
21-5627 William Brinson Ball v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction international-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) extends to conduct occurring outside the United States. -6.5
21-5632 Eliseo Carrillo, III v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons criminal-law district-court due-process liberty liberty-interest mental-health sentencing supervised-release upward-departure Whether the District Court deprived the Petitioner of liberty within the terms of 18 U.S.C. 3583 (c) and (d) by upward departing in re-sentencing Peti… -6.5
21-5638 Davin Griffin v. J. A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights due-process factual-innocence first-step-act habeas-corpus sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the lower court courts denial of relief in a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241 ON THE QUESTION OF FACTUAL AND ACTUAL INNOCE… -6.5
21-5639 Siliaivaoese Fuimaona v. D. Hudson, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentences criminal-appeal custody federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review ninth-circuit parole sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation k)kje.-rkfiA +VUL U'5- CouA-t-o-f. Appeals, 44 a +VuL 4 C>N:ai^ cPf>Mio^ ;as u>eN at> -vW ©p<* '<M ©44U£ . ftfe-tNc-*' CcuM- -VW btetXcto4 ^av\SGS Qj… -6.5
21-5641 Conoly Freddie Franklin, III, and Andre Anthony Franklin, aka Tommy Martin v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-document circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure good-cause judicial-review plain-error plain-error-review sufficiency Does Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(b)(3) bar reviewing the sufficiency of a charging document absent a showing of good cause as the Ninth Circ… -6.5
21-5642 Terry Dibble v. Deanna Brookhart, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burglary certificate-of-appealability district-court-conclusion due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jury-instructions legal-standard reasonable-jurists residential-burglary Did Mr. Dibble present a ground for relief as to which reasonable jurists could differ concerning the correctness of the district court's conclusion, … -6.5
21-5647 Adolphus Symonette v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-proceeding certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court-discretion habeas-corpus post-offense-rehabilitation reasonable-jurists resentencing sentencing Whether reasonable jurists would find the district court's decision to vacate Count 3 of the second superseding indictment while simultaneously denyin… -6.5
21-5659 Willie Powell v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms united-states-v-lopez WHETHER THE "MINIM AL NEXUS" TEST EMPLOYED BY THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT TO AFFIRM MR. POWELL'S CONVICTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. §922(G) AS A FELON IN POSSESSION … -6.5
21-5661 Raymond Moya v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP causation causation-of-death criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidence evidence-suppression expert-testimony motion-in-limine motion-to-dismiss PROPOSITION ONE: Whether the District Court erred in denying Moya's Motion to Dismiss Count 2 in that there was insufficient evidence that the heroin … -6.5
21-5670 Elijah Vines v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-seizure circuit-split expectation-of-privacy fourth-circuit law-enforcement password-protected password-protection privacy-expectation tenth-circuit third-party-consent WHETHER A THIRD PARTY POSSESSES AUTHORITY TO CONSENT TO THE SEIZURE OF ANOTHER'S CELL PHONE WHEN THAT PHONE IS PASSWORD PROTECTED, THE OWNER OF THAT P… -6.5
21-5678 Shawn Kelly Thomason v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law court-practice due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure pronoun-usage transgender-rights It is common practice for courts to refer to transgender litigants using their pronouns. Since at least 1980, the Eighth Circuit has issued opinions t… -6.5
21-5679 Toye Tutis v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-site-simulator criminal-procedure fourth-amendment plea-agreement plea-bargaining privacy privacy-rights search-and-seizure wiretap wiretap-order WHETHER EMPLOYMENT OF A "CELL-SITE SIMULATOR", IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF THE PETITIONER POSSESSED ANOTHER CELLPHONE, OR CELLPHONES, CONSTITUTED AN INFR… -6.5
21-5686 Tobias Soto-Melchor v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlling-precedent counsel-of-choice ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-rule right-to-counsel right-to-counsel-of-choice right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-delay What is the proper standard for evaluating a defendant's request to exercise his or her Sixth Amendment right to substitute retained counsel of choice… -6.5