Conference: 2021-11-12

161 cases — 0 granted, 161 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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20-994 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., et al. v. The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, Florida, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) clean-air-act emission-standards federal-authority federal-regulation nationwide-updates preemption state-law state-regulation vehicle-emissions vehicle-regulation Title II of the Clean Air Act ("CAA") grants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") broad and exclusive authority to enforce auto manufactur… 35.5
21-328 Robyn Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. Eighth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (10)Relisted (2) arbitration arbitration-waiver circuit-split contract-law equal-treatment equal-treatment-principle federal-courts litigation-conduct prejudice prejudice-requirement state-courts waiver Waiver is the intentional relinquishment of a known right and, in the context of contracts, occurs when one party to a contract either explicitly repu… 21.0
21-195 Belmora LLC, et al. v. Bayer Consumer Care AG, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1) false-advertising false-association lanham-act statute-of-limitations trademark-registration trademark-territoriality 1. Whether, in view of the principle of trademark territoriality, the zone of interests encompassed by Lanham Act §§ 43(a) and 14(3) extends to the fo… 11.5
20-1389 Kaboni Savage v. United States Third Circuit Denied appellate-procedure district-court federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion procedural-barriers record-on-appeal record-reconstruction statement-of-proceedings supplemental-record third-circuit transcript Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10 affords litigants multiple tools to ensure a complete appellate record. Rule 10(c) states that if a hearing tra… 10.5
21-183 Gas Pipe, Inc., et al. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied appellate-review conspiracy conspiracy-to-defraud constitutional-error criminal-law defraud-clause government-function harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 371's defraud clause, which in relevant part prohibits conspiracies "to defraud the United States," reaches any conspiracy whos… 10.5
21-68 Brendon Janis v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied constitutional-delegation delegation-of-authority due-process probation-officer risk-notification sentencing-guidelines supervised-release vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate authority to the probation officer? 2. Is Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally vague? 10.5
21-312 Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, et al. v. Ohio, ex rel. Dave Yost, Attorney General Ohio Denied Amici (4) clean-air-act emission-standards epa-authority federal-regulation nationwide-updates preemption state-regulation vehicle-emissions vehicle-regulation Title II of the Clean Air Act ("CAA") grants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") broad and exclusive authority to enforce auto manufactur… 9.5
20-1605 Justin Terrell Atkins v. Timothy Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) aedpa brecht-v-abrahamson confrontation-clause habeas habeas-corpus harmless-error harmlessness preservation-rule sufficiency-of-evidence Whether, as concluded by every circuit that has considered the issue, the preservation rule applies to the State's forfeiture of harmlessness in AEDPA… 9.0
21-107 Edward Thomas Kendrick, III v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) actual-innocence constitutional-review constitutional-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default strickland-standard strickland-v-washington State courts must appropriately apply the standards for counsel's performance outlined in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), to survive fe… 9.0
21-422 Steven Hatton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-claims due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sixth-amendment Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his ineffective assistance o… 8.5
21-482 Hassan Sharif Ali, aka Big Hassan v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process jury-verdict modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-code united-states-v-davis Whether a court must apply the modified categorical approach to determine whether a verdict of conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) necessarily rests o… 8.5
20-1713 Symon B. Mandawala v. Era Living, LLC, et al. Washington Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 42-usc-1985 attorney-client-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process equal-protection motion-to-dismiss service-of-process As of Matter of Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment right of the U.S constitution^ (1)(a) while racially civil rights action is pending, wi… 6.0
20-1708 Jose Leonel Bonilla-Romero v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied 5th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment notice sentencing sentencing-range separation-of-powers Does the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment require notice of the sentencing range prior to sentencing? Is it a violation of separation of pow… 5.5
21-213 Nathaniel Borrell Dyer v. Atlanta Independent School System Eleventh Circuit Denied due-process first-amendment free-speech limited-public-forum protected-speech public-figures public-forum satirical-flyer satirical-speech viewpoint-discrimination 1. Whether Atlanta Independent School System violated Mr. Dyer's First Amendment right to free speech by categorically banning him from using protecte… 5.5
21-235 Gary Heidel, et al. v. Anthony Mazzola, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process failure-to-enforce fourteenth-amendment kingsley-standard medical-treatment predictable-consequence pretrial-detainee recklessness suicide-prevention 1. Whether pursuant to Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 135 S.Ct. 2466 (2015), jail officials violate a pretrial detainee's Fourteenth Amendment right to medi… 5.5
21-26 Brittany Billetts, et al. v. Mentor Worldwide LLC Ninth Circuit Denied adverse-events common-law-claims defective-manufacture failure-to-warn food-and-drug-administration medical-device-amendments medical-device-manufacturing preemption rule-12(b)(6) The question presented is whether preemption under the Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act supports Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal … 5.5
21-363 Wendy Marie Meigs v. Trey Bergman, et al. Texas Denied abuse alternative-dispute-resolution court-ordered-mediation courtroom-guidelines family-court judicial-process manipulation mediation mediation-liability pro-se-representation victim-protection vulnerable-victim Should a mediation, family court-ordered or not, follow normal courtroom guidelines as courts defer court functions to mediation which creates the exp… 5.5
21-383 Wyoming v. William Thomas Mahaffy, V Wyoming Denied constitutional-law de-minimis-extension duration-of-stop fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence police-inquiry reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop unrelated-questioning Did the Rodriguez Court's rejection of de minimis extensions to traffic stops abrogate or limit Johnson, thereby prohibiting officers from posing any … 5.5
21M40 Cesar Martinez v. United States First Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
21M41 Johnathan Dewayne Mitchell v. United States Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
20-1626 Robert L. Schulz v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment government-response historical-practice judicial-review petition-clause right-to-petition Whether a forerunner to this case, We The People, et al. u. United States, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20409 (D.D.C. 2005) aff 'd 485 F.3d 140 (2007, D.C. C… 4.0
21-30 Cammie L. Marceaux v. Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., et al. Arizona Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure-challenge just-compensation mortgage-transfer property property-rights standing takings The Questions Presented for review of this Court of last resort. Has the Only Power Enlisted in it to rule upon the Land and the Law 's of this Land t… 4.0
21-496 Martez L. Smith v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) categorical-approach conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure guideline-interpretation overt-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the categorical approach for generic offenses applies to the offense of conspiring under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 Application Note 1 and requires a… 4.0
21-407 James P. Mhina v. Beth Van Doren, Assistant District Attorney of Onondaga County, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-action collateral-estoppel criminal-action due-process issue-preclusion res-judicata UNDER HE DOCIRINE OF RES JUDICATA, OR CLAIM PRECLUSION AND DOCTRINE OF COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL DOES THE FINAL JUDGMENT ON THE MERS OF A CRIMINAL ACTON PRE… 3.5
21-424 KD, et ux., as Parents, Natural Guardians, and Next Friends of Minor LD v. Douglas County School District No. 001, aka Omaha Public Schools, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-damages civil-procedure civil-rights damages default-judgment due-process jury-trial victim-rights willful-blindness 1. May a convicted rapist sued by the victim deprive the victim of trial by jury to determine damages by defaulting and declining to respond to the Co… 3.5
21-445 Floyd Calhoun Dent, III v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute federal-healthcare-programs healthcare-fraud independent-contractor independent-contractors marketing medical-referral referral remuneration sales-commission statutory-interpretation Whether the AKS prohibits the payment of sales commissions to independent contractors who make marketing presentations to physicians but who are not m… 3.5
21-449 Bilal Abdul Kareem v. William J. Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-rights d-c-circuit due-process government-media government-transparency judicial-notice online-publication standing sua-sponte technology WHETHER THE D.C. CIRCUIT'S DECISION TO DISMISS THE CASE BASED ON DISPUTED FACTS NOTICED SUA SPONTE AND WITHOUT DUE PROCESS WAS IMPROPER. WHETHER THE … 3.5
21-452 Falisha Bell v. Scott Wagner & Associates Florida Denied Response Waived answer-brief civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process legal-malpractice standing statute-of-limitations timely-filing After filing case within the lower court and being dealt unfairly. I immediately filed with the Third district court of appeal. On January 16, 2020 I … 3.5
21-493 Susan Chen v. Darren Migita, et al. Washington Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-dismissal due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-challenge legal-representation notice personal-jurisdiction procedural-ambiguity standing unrepresented-minor 1. Whether a state court's dismissal order, absent clear languages about the legal effects; and its further refusal to clarify - which has led to four… 3.5
21-509 James Lawrence v. Altice USA Second Circuit Denied Response Waived arrest-warrant civil-rights defamation due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-interpretation media-defamation media-reporting standing substantial-truth Can a media lawfully portray a ONE TIME One Count of Second Degree Breach of Peace arrest as "ARRESTED FOR STALKING SEVERAL WOMEN " given the fact tha… 3.5
21-514 Robert Bello v. Rockland County, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process firearm-surrender fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment handgun-ownership mental-health property-rights In New York State, when a handgun licensee becomes the subject of a mental health report made pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.46, the state's handg… 3.5
21-531 Jerome D. Lee, Stephen E. Brown-Bennett, and Taylor Lee & Associates LLC v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived available-funds civil-procedure cja-vouchers contempt contract-authority due-process fee-inquiry judicial-discretion reimbursement standing statutory-interpretation sua-sponte I. DID THE LOWER COURT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, SUA SPONTE, SET ASIDE THE PETITIONERS' CONTRACTS, AND CONDUCT AN FEE INQUIRY INTO WHETHER OR NOT FUNDS W… 3.5
21-536 Christopher Chestnut v. Charles Canady, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived anti-injunction-statute civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction protected-class state-bar-discipline younger-abstention 1. Whether the district court may abstain from exercising its jurisdiction to enjoin an ongoing state bar disciplinary proceeding, pursuant to the You… 3.5
21-544 Joshua O. Thomas v. Farmers Insurance Exchange Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-procedure genuine-issue-of-material-fact inference-standard judicial-precedent material-fact standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether the district court and court of appeals have effectively abrogated this Court's binding precedent for reviewing a motion for summary judgment—… 3.5
21-547 Kevin Tung v. Superior Court of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-ethics civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment equal-protection ex-parte-young federal-law judiciary sovereign-immunity The Third Circuit affirmed the New Jersey District Court's decision that dismissed the Petitioner Kevin Tung, Esq.'s violation of the constitutional d… 3.5
21-555 Benjamin A. Appleby v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response Waived alleyne due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-trial legislative-directive liberty-interest procedural-due-process resentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of procedural due process is violated when a State supreme court refuses to enforce its legislature's … 3.5
21-556 Alexander P. Bebris v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing evidentiary-hearings pretrial-hearing pretrial-hearings sixth-amendment witness-credibility Does the Sixth Amendment and Confrontation Clause apply to all pretrial evidentiary hearings implicating the credibility of a witness? 3.5
21-566 Teresa Ward Cooper, as Next Friend of Jane Doe/D. T. v. First Financial Bank, N.A. Texas Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment attorney-fees civil-procedure constitutional-review declaratory-judgment equal-protection mootness standing subject-matter-jurisdiction When its petition was filed, did the Bank have standing to sue Petitioner/D.T. to remove a claimed uncertainty? After the Bank pled in its Motion for… 3.5
21-567 Horizon Christian School, et al. v. Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech injunctive-relief mootness-doctrine pandemic pandemic-restrictions religious-schools standing takings 1. To obtain injunctive relief against a state governor during the pandemic—and to satisfy the exception to mootness for a controversy "capable of rep… 3.5
20-8063 Darius Theriot v. Bob Vashaw, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP case-by-case-review constitutional-error federal-constitutional-error federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus merits-review plain-error state-court-ruling unpreserved-claim Whether a state court's ruling that an unpreserved claim of federal constitutional error does not meet the requirements of the "plain error" standard … 1.0
21-5060 Kevin Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-921 18-usc-922 circuit-split criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-hayes Under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) , a person may not possess a gun if he has been convicted of a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence." A "misdemeanor cr… 1.0
21-5352 Vernon D. Nelson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP border-patrol circuit-split criminal-activity drug-offense fourth-amendment immigration-enforcement law-enforcement-authority search-and-seizure seizure Whether a Fourth Amendment violation occurs when Border Patrol agents seize a person solely on suspicion of a drug-related offense, with no suspicion … 0.5
21-5644 Michael Hall v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3a actus-reus aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-statute force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement violent-physical-force Aiding and Abetting Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951(a) and 2, does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violen… 0.5
21-5819 Rahem Lipford v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP curtilage fourth-amendment home-privacy search-and-seizure trash-pull trespass Whether a trash pull which took place at Lipford's home, from a location where trash cans were not kept when they were put out for regular collection,… -1.5
21-5822 Tahji Antonio Eley, et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act-robbery section-924(c) sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act Robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a "crime of violence" as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3). -1.5
21-5835 Guillermo Gonzalez-Zea v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights identity immigration investigative-stop reasonable-suspicion terry-v-ohio I. Pursuant to Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 22 (1968) and its progeny, law enforcement officers may conduct a brief, investigative stop when, under the … -1.5
21-5843 Brandon Lamar Pruitt v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment jury-instruction mens-rea sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation 1. The federal sex trafficking statute requires that the government prove the defendant knew his/her own actions would cause the victim to engage in a… -1.5
21-5872 Antonio Donnel Johnson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses precursor-offense precursor-offenses sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of "controlled … -1.5
21-5873 Justin Douglas Jones v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence federal-prisoner hobbs-act ninth-circuit physical-force sentencing-enhancement Should the Ninth Circuit have issued a certificate of appealability on the issue of whether conviction for Hobbs Act robbery qualified as a "crime of … -1.5
21-5899 Joseph Vasquez, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender guidelines individualized-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness substantive-review Whether a below guidelines sentence can still result in a substantively unreasonable sentence? -1.5
21-5916 Ramiro Medina-Oliden v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… -1.5
21-5957 Manuela Villa de Morales v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-v-kentucky civil-rights fifth-circuit jury-selection racial-discrimination supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–which affirmed the decision of the United States Ma… -1.5
21-5958 Aaron Christopher Pleasant v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-regulation federal-power firearms statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. -1.5
21-5973 Jesus Lopez-Mejia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness I. Whether Petitioner's sentence was substantively unreasonable? -1.5
21-5974 Eduviges Ayala-Bello and Walter Velez-Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-policy alienage alienage-classification citizenship-distinction due-process equal-protection immigration rational-basis-review strict-scrutiny Whether agency policies that distinguish on the basis of citizenship automatically receive rational basis review. -1.5
21-5984 Zacharia Allen Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act causation-of-injury circuit-split criminal-statute failure-to-act force-clause statutory-interpretation violent-force (1) Whether a statute that only requires causation-of-injury and not the affirmative application of force satisfies the violent force requirement of t… -1.5
21-5985 DeCarlos Titington v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentences constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing discharged-sentences due-process equal-protection relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines undischarged-sentences The federal Sentencing Guidelines treat discharged and undischarged sentences based on conduct relevant to a case before the court for sentencing diff… -1.5
21-5989 Jeffrey G. Boyd v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split contested-element criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions knowledge-element standard-of-review Based on this Court's harmless error jurisprudence and that of seven other circuits, the government must establish beyond a reasonable doubt that an e… -1.5
21-6034 Clifton James Jackson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-conduct criminal-procedure discovery-violations federal-jurisdiction government-agencies indictment-defect mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states speedy-trial-act 1. After Jackson was charged with and convicted of unlawful firearm possession, this Court overturned near-unanimous circuit authority by holding the … -1.5
21-5018 In Re Zoe Ajjahnon Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process false-claims-act federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pro-se-litigant summary-judgment third-circuit-court Do the False Claims Act statutes -31 USC §§ 3729-3799 - preclude established standards of Federal Rules for Civil Procedure Rule 56 in a default/summa… -4.0
21-5117 Christopher Allan Allred v. Washington Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial jurisdiction jury-selection standing 1o Does the U.s. Constitution allov for Grand Juries in state Criminal cases? 2. Per the Hurtao v. California ruling, can states, if they so choose, … -4.0
21-5042 John Shields v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied IFP controlled-substance criminal-procedure double-jeopardy evidence guilty-plea money-laundering plain-error waiver waiver-doctrine I. Whether the Sixth Circuit's blanket policy of relying on the waiver doctrine as justificatio n for refusing to review an insufficiency of the evide… -4.5
21-5280 Robert Craft v. Florida Florida Denied IFP aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process hurst-v-florida reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona Under the Due Process Clause, the determination of the existence of an element of a crime must be made beyond a reasonable doubt. See Apprendi v. New … -4.5
21-5372 Jessica Graulau v. Credit One Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-dispute civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection jury-trial subject-matter-jurisdiction telephone-consumer-protection-act Did Circuit Court of Appeal violated U.S. Const. Amend. XII enforced by Fed. R. 1. Civ. P. 38 & 39 after affirmed the District Court 's decision that … -4.5
21-5589 Michael Lee Gordon v. United States Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel sentencing standing 1. whether the United States District Court or not has jurisdiction to grant Habeas Corpus relief for WNH pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241 2. whether or no… -4.5
21-5626 Carnell Fitzpatrick v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process equal-protection incarceration prison-library-access Question not identified. -4.5
21-5629 Alba Duque v. Chabad at the Civic Center, Inc. Florida Denied IFP contract contract-validity enforceability evidence evidence-admissibility judicial-discretion parties quit-claim-deed real-estate real-estate-contract specific-performance (1) *Can a Real Estate Contract be legally valid and enforceable if not all the required parties signed it? (2) *When a Quit Claim Deed became legall… -4.5
21-5636 Peter Hurley v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied IFP civil-rights due-process evidence-preservation government-misconduct plea-bargaining sentencing CONST ART I 1O S7 Commonmealth MasS. Allowed 15 The iNTO Felony break TURN 1 CoNTRaCts AN Prison (whch they h 9N deFencdant PUT IM 2 is Comm. Allowed … -4.5
21-5637 Vinicio Jesus Garcia v. Darryl Glenn, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-resources due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus inmate-rights legal-access standing DOES THE DENIAL OF THE RIGHT TO FILE A §2254 HABEAS PETITION OF A CLAIM AND AN INJURY? IS THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL DENIAL OF SUPPLIES TO INCARCERATED I… -4.5
21-5648 O. B. Davis, Jr. v. Johnny Sumlin, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel nolo-contendere prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-review witness-testimony Whether the Court's adjudication of this case ensue from a decision that was to, or involve an unreasonable application of, clearly established law as… -4.5
21-5651 Taniko C. Smith v. Brian E. Williams, Sr., Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas habeas-corpus judicial-deference jurisprudence ninth-circuit state-court state-law supreme-court-precedent Under the principle that federal courts must defer to state courts on questions of state law, if a state court arbitrarily fails to follow its own law… -4.5
21-5664 Maurice L. Ross v. United States Third Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 24(c), since the elements of Hobbs Act robbery, especially atte… -4.5
21-5668 Freddy Angel Trujillo v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment gang-evidence joinder joinder-of-charges prejudicial-evidence summary-reversal Trujillo's trial was rendered fundamentally unfair due to the joint trial of unrelated charges and the admission of highly prejudicial gang evidence r… -4.5
21-5674 In Re Gregory Scott Savoy Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech mandamus standing 1. Is there no escape ever? -4.5
21-5675 Jayson Neil Sparks v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-protections criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigenous-rights jurisdiction native-american-law sentencing WAS PETITIONER NOT OWED THE MIMISTERIOL DUTY BU THE JS. DIBTRICT COURT OF A FOL AND FOIR HEARING OF TUE FIIED S ZZSY LOBEAS CRPUS? ACCORDING TO US. C… -4.5
21-5681 Joe Johnson, Jr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP civil-procedure collateral-post-conviction mcgirt-decision post-conviction-relief procedural-defenses retroactivity seminoles-nation-consent subject-matter-jurisdiction teague-exception WHETHER RESPONDENT WAIVED/FORFEITED ANY OF IT'S PROCEDURAL DEFENSES IN McGIRT 'S DECISION AND RESPONDENT IS PROCEDURALLY BARRED FROM ASSERTING ANY I… -4.5
21-5682 Sheila Davalloo v. Amy Lamanna, Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process faretta-hearing mckaskle-v-wiggins right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standby-counsel Most federal courts of appeal require that defendants are aware of the "dangers and disadvantages" of self-representation prior to waiver of their Six… -4.5
21-5685 Robert Pugh v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP None -4.5
21-5688 Larry Donnell Dunlap v. Corizon Health, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure disputed-facts facts-unavailable judicial-interpretation legal-standard motion-procedure petitioner respondents summary-judgment Did the trial Court Judge of the rs wiVPi facts Were Omto/MZ to PHhner in order to ckfe fa the (\-esfordents MobiM fbrS)mmary J\jdf Mart accurst him f -4.5
21-5689 Harold V. Hoskins v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment WAS THE PETITIONER DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL AS MEANT BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT AND DID THE ACTIONS OF "ALL" COUNSE… -4.5
21-5691 Juan Guzman Zuniga, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule federal-courts fourth-amendment habeas-corpus probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search (1) WHETHER HIS PETITION HABEAS CORPUS IS "SECOND OF SUCCESSIVE"? (2) WHETHER THE PROCEDURAL DEFAULT RULING DECISION BY THE DISTRICT COURT ON PRIOR H… -4.5
21-5692 Thomas George Craaybeek v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure legal-review loretto-v-teleprompter takings LOUDERMI. 1OS S.CT. 1487(198S), AM I NOT ENTITLED TD THE RIGUT TO OUE AROCESS? ACCORDING TO THE UMITED STATES CONSTITUTION AMENOTONT V AND SMITH V. P… -4.5
21-5697 Shawn Mayreis v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights courtroom-closure due-process fundamental-unfairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-trial right-to-counsel strickland voir-dire I. This Court has established that a defendant's right to a public trial extends to voir dire. When counsel's defective advice given in advance of tri… -4.5
21-5699 Al-Kareem Rasool-Rachmaan Collier v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation supreme-court ^■Mou) d_tfie6j'M' mcI -the petitioner? l\MMJlUm&„i4)A$LCmmitte4S- _ ^ _ ^J^^6-^ilsct^t £&4t ktiJ? ~0uhide_m£(uinceJmproi&JyJ r(,u4kU&„k^ p _ __ %-… -4.5
21-5701 Michel Cherfrere v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP competency competency-examination criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california right-to-counsel self-representation speedy-trial standby-counsel Do United States Supreme Court supported any Defendant who competent have right to represent himself in the criminal case at the jury trial. Do United… -4.5
21-5702 Ronald Webster v. Scott Dauffenbach, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights district-court habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason procedural-ruling procedural-rulings Whether the United States Court of Appeals Erred by failing to Issue a Certificate of Appealability (COA) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A), becau… -4.5
21-5703 Mark French v. Frank B. Bishop, Jr., Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-inquiry right-to-counsel trial-counsel trial-court-discretion 1. IS IT A CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION WHEN A TRIAL COURT FAIL'S TO INQUIRY OR ADDRESS A DEFENDANT'S WRITTEN REQUEST ABOUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT HIS TRIAL C… -4.5
21-5706 Susan Neal Matousek v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
21-5708 Rodney Dale Hood v. Texas Texas Denied IFP contract-law contractual-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fraud fraud-in-judicial-proceedings judgment judicial-discretion plea-agreement plea-bargaining state-power 1. Wether the current Due Process standard for interpreting the obligations of the parties in plea agreements Is to broad? 2. Are the States free to … -4.5
21-5709 Miguel Gonzalez v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-error legal-precedent mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity supreme-court supreme-court-interpretation Did the Supreme Court, Superior Court and trial Court commit reversible error when they held that a new constitutional right was not created by the Su… -4.5
20-7993 Eugene Korte v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process free-speech government-surveillance internet-service-providers standing Question not identified. -6.0
20-8141 Paul Castonguay v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process federal-constitution fifth-amendment post-conviction-relief sexual-assault state-constitution statutory-rights I. WHETHER THE STATE COURTS ERRED AND ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION BY DEPRIVING AND DENYING THE DEFENDANT OF HIS STATUTORY RIGHTS TO DNA TESTING TO A CHARG… -6.0
20-8397 Louis A. Banks v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights custodial-interrogation due-process edwards-violation fifth-amendment judicial-immunity law-enforcement rule-23 rule-60 1. Whether Teacher, officers, law enforcement violate the rule announced in Edwards v. Arizona by interviewing, interrogated, unreasonable searches Fa… -6.0
21-5082 Benjamin Michael Dubay v. Stephen King, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggregation-of-traits character-protection character-traits comic-book-characters constitutional-rights copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-protection expert-testimony fact-question jury-determination 1. The Copyright Act defines statutorily eligible works in 17 U.S.C. § 102(a). While § 102(a) does not list Comic Book Characters, some Circuit Courts… -6.0
21-5879 Dheadry Powell v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act guidelines justification money-laundering resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines I. UNDER THE FIRST STEP ACT, DID THE DISTRICT COURT FAIL TO PROVIDE A SUFFICIENTLY COMPELLING JUSTIFICATION THAT THOROUGHLY EXPLAINS IT'S ABOVE THE GU… -6.0
21-5883 Davon Nelson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split collateral-proceeding direct-appeal evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement remand sixth-amendment The record below raises serious questions about whether Petitioner —an individual whose exposure to lead paint poisoning as a child has had a signific… -6.0
21-5940 Jovani Jacobo v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-courts federal-prisoners judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation The federal compassionate-release statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), permits sentencing courts to release federal prisoners for "extraordinary and co… -6.0
21-5628 Danny W. Alcoser v. Court of Appeals of Texas, Tenth District Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law judicial-procedure procedural-rights standing supreme-court-review texas-family-code texas-supreme-court Did the Texas Supreme Court deprive the petitioner from obtaining the Equal Protection of a procedural right under the Due Process of law, specificall… -6.5
21-5660 Kevin McBride v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process evidence-suppression false-conviction police-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct suppression-of-evidence wrongful-conviction When fraudulent police reports deceive the lower court into a false conviction, shouldn't the fraud precede the false conviction and be overturned imm… -6.5
21-5695 Nicholas Stewart Hines v. Tim Reisch, Secretary, South Dakota Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cares-act civil-rights constitutional-exemption due-process federal-exemption prisoners-rights state-seizure stimulus-payments supremacy-clause whether states seizure op prisoners * stimulus payments violate the federal exemption STATUTES WITHIN THE CARES ACT AND THE SUPREMACY CLAUSE OF THE UN… -6.5
21-5700 Stanley Renard Tilley, Sr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence capital-case forensic-pathology habeas-corpus herrera-standard ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default schlup-standard strickland-standard Mr. Tilley alleged that he is actual innocent, and his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call expert witnesses as requested by Mr. Tilley, … -6.5
21-5734 Tony Lamar Vann v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process police-misconduct racial-discrimination standing A fOUCt of ft ctd C»qiU UbGftlLy piANT Q81M& ori &LmK MM, am r/% ewers p/s&cM# /ul ut6AL ptfcAP/^ (j\m wow peoof.) -6.5
21-5744 Joseph George v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-violation criminal-conspiracy due-process federal-law law-enforcement prisoner-rights public-officials standing DoeS AlONg RUNNiNg GOVERNMEN/ ANd ORgANiZEd CRIMiNAL CoNspiRAcy taRgeting ANd fRaming pelitioNeR toe batteRy caSES Meet the PLRA 3-striKes exceptiorof… -6.5
21-5765 Tyrus D. Coleman v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder constitutional-review double-jeopardy habeas-corpus judicial-procedure murder retrial self-defense state-court-review 1. Whether, even after Wilson v. Sellers, 584 U.S. ___, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), when the last state court to decide a prisoner's federal claim explain… -6.5
21-5793 Cyrus Sarvestaney v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
21-5805 Jean Leonard Teganya v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure false-statements obstruction-of-justice perjury sentencing-guidelines significant-further-obstruction 1. The United States Sentencing Guidelines permit a two-point increase in offense level if the defendant obstructed or impeded the administration of j… -6.5
21-5806 Antonio Medina Puerta v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bias circuit-split civil-procedure constitutional-provisions coram-nobis due-process judicial-impartiality legal-remedy standing witch-hunt 1. Whether the split in the Circuits regarding tests to grant coram nobis relief should remain unresolved. 2. Whether the test used by the 1st circui… -6.5
21-5807 Christian Estrada Comacho v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause covid-19 covid-19-exception criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process interpreter-testimony two-way-video video-testimony witness-demeanor witness-testimony 1. Did the district court err when it allowed testimony via two-way interactive video on foundational or "factual scenario" grounds over confrontati… -6.5
21-5808 In Re Tommy Rutledge Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy habeas-corpus judicial-discretion judicial-mandate mandate procedural-review res-judicata sentencing supreme-court-order vacatur When a District Court Judge has executed a mandate of the United States Supreme Court by vacating a charge and its sentence, can that same Judge reins… -6.5
21-5812 Carlos Velazquez-Fontanez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) actual-innocence crime-of-violence davis-precedent davis-v-us first-step-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing sentencing-review "WHETHER THE U.S. FIRST CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN FAILING TO FIND THAT APPELLANT CARLOS VELAZQUEZ-FONTANEZ IS "ACTUALLY INNOCENT" OF VIOLATING… -6.5
21-5813 Anthony Foster v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach general-verdict habeas-proceeding harmless-error-review predicate-offenses Stromberg-error (1) Should the categorical approach be used in a habeas proceeding to evaluate which of several predicate offenses support a jury's general verdict? … -6.5
21-5815 Jose Antonio Morales v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -6.5
21-5818 Cynthia Lozano v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judgment judgment-amendment legal-rights notice-of-appeal time-to-file Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly split from the well-established rule of the Court and other Circuits that changes to the legal rights and obligat… -6.5
21-5820 Hector Manuel Bossio v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process evidence-destruction federal-jurisdiction silver-platter witness-intimidation Question not identified. -6.5
21-5823 Salvador Vasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment marijuana-decriminalization probable-cause search-and-seizure state-law state-marijuana-laws vehicle-search warrantless-search When a state has decriminalized marijuana possession and use, does evidence of marijuana use inside a car—combined with nonspecific indications that t… -6.5
21-5827 Jerry Ray Craine v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession government-prosecution mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove, as an element of a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), that defendant knew his constitutionally protected cond… -6.5
21-5829 Amar Taylor v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 2nd-amendment crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process firearm-statute statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis 1. Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) remains valid in light of United … -6.5
21-5840 Daniel Kofi Awuku-Asare v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
21-5844 James Malcolm Hale v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-disposition federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion pretrial-motion pretrial-motions procedural-waiver waiver Whether, in a federal criminal prosecution, a defendant who has not reserved in writing his right to appellate court review of an adverse determinatio… -6.5
21-5845 Danny Collins v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certiorari criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing service-of-process solicitor-general supreme-court-rule Question not identified. -6.5
21-5848 Zackie Thomas Reed, IV v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP black-v-romano criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit narcotics narcotics-violation preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-standard revocation supervised-release Whether the preponderance of the evidence standard utilized by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a supervised release revoca… -6.5
21-5849 Jason August Eisenach v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-standing plea-bargaining sentencing Why did may public defender help the prosecution by delaging the trial so the prosrcution could d 3.why Did my attorney at the last sicond ask me to … -6.5
21-5855 Jeremiah Kyle Blaber v. Oregon Oregon Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-due-process criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process individual-standard medical-appropriateness medical-coercion mental-health mental-health-standard physician-opinion trial-fitness 1. Can the court medicate a defendant against the opinion of the defendant's treating physician under a "Sell order" (Sell vs. United States) for the … -6.5
21-5857 Justin P. Stahmer v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals civil-rights due-process miscarriage-of-justice rule-60(b) Question not identified. -6.5
21-5858 Enrique E. Quintana v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence collateral-attack commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure indictment indictment-deficiency plea-agreement waiver Can a defendant who claims actual innocence after entering a plea agreement be barred from raising his actual innocence claim based on a Plea Agreemen… -6.5
21-5866 Francisco Carbajal, aka Frank X. Carbajal, Jr. v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice supremacy-clause wrongful-conviction Whether fair-minded jurists could disagree with a reviewing courts decision to ignore a claim of actual innocence, not presented for review in prisone… -6.5
21-5868 Ryan Russell Parks, aka Dinero v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment constitutional-rights constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial indictment ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief variance Question not identified. -6.5
21-5870 Kirby Gant v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-principles due-process free-speech judicial-interpretation judicial-review legal-standard standing state-courts takings the governments and the courts duty to snsure the long standing legal principle of fair notice in lighto this Courts decision in Rehaif? Question 2: … -6.5
21-5891 Archie Ned Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability crime-of-violence criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process hobbs-act-robbery physical-force pinkerton-liability section-924c statutory-interpretation 1. Must the "use of physical force" required to establish a predicate crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) be personal to the defendant co… -6.5
21-5898 Ernest Gabriel Verdugo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abandoned-address criminal-procedure fourth-amendment independent-access law-enforcement motel-room probable-cause residence residence-definition search-and-seizure Whether police officers establish probable cause that a motel room is a suspect's "residence" when they learn that he has abandoned his reported addre… -6.5
21-5901 Shawn R. Erpelding v. Scott Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-judgment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief pro-se pro-se-application state-criminal-judgment 1. Whether pro se applications to vacate and set aside a state criminal nonsupport judgment and its direct counterpart civil judgment tolls the limita… -6.5
21-5906 Michael Jerome Pettway v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance notice-of-appeal rule-11 section-924(c) sixth-amendment QUESTION NUMBER ONE: Whether Petitioner Pettway's ex-lawyer provided him with ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to object to.Rule 11 (b) … -6.5
21-5910 Carlos Sauzo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights credibility due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-amendment inconclusive-record judicial-review sixth-amendment Does the Fifth and Sixth Amendment require the lower court to address an evidentiary hearing when the record before the court is inconclusive as to wh… -6.5
21-5912 Mark Wayne Gray v. Dean Borders, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment self-incrimination sixth-amendment Should CERTIORARI be granted to review two unreasonable and unconstitutional decisions of the state court: 1) Whether the 5th Amendment (right to be … -6.5
21-5913 Desmond S. Gaines v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 911-tip anonymous-tip anonymous-tips corroboration drug-sales reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure seizure terry-stop totality-of-circumstances An anonymous tip must either be reliable on its own or be adequately corroborated before it can provide reasonable suspicion to seize a person. This C… -6.5
21-5930 Albert M. Ranieri v. Vicky Moser, Warden Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3613(b) ex-post-facto mandatory-victims-restitution-act mvra plea-agreement restitution restitution-order sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation victim-witness-protection-act vwpa 1) Is the VWPA the controlling law regarding payment of the Order of Restitution in the underlying criminal action and is the Ex Post Facto Clause of … -6.5
21-5932 Michael R. Burns v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP chain-of-custody civil-rights dna-fabrication due-process evidence-substitution evidence-tampering fabrication forensic-evidence forensic-integrity laboratory-procedure substitution Whether the Court should grant a Writ of Certiorari to review whether petitioner's conviction was obtained through the fabrication of DNA and fingerpr… -6.5
21-5936 Allen Fong v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment criminal-forfeiture in-personam-forfeiture jury-trial reasonable-doubt statutory-authority 1. Whether the Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt any fact necessary to the imposition of a mandatory cr… -6.5
21-5937 Odilon Martinez-Rojas v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver due-process fifth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment Whether a plea agreement's appeal waiver can bar a defendant from challenging the unconstitutionality of a sentencing procedure that deprives the defe… -6.5
21-5944 Casey Ray Culp v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment reform sentencing 1. Whether a guideline sentence of seventy-five months imprisonment violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment in the c… -6.5
21-5947 Jorge Petter v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP court-of-appeals covid-19 due-process fifth-amendment filing-deadlines incarcerated-filers pandemic-response standing-order No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in… -6.5
21-5956 Nolan Nathaniel Edwards v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act incarceration notice resentencing sentencing-modification supervised-release I. Whether § 404 of the First Step Act allows a district court to impose a term of supervised release not previously imposed, as it was not a componen… -6.5
21-5963 Norris Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment habeas-corpus investigation right-to-silence self-incrimination 1. When a defendant in an investigation says "No" is it a 5th amendment violation. When does the investigation stop? 2. When new evidence is made ava… -6.5
21-5964 Robert L. Kelly v. Garrett Laney, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights court-access due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus procedural-default standing state-procedural-requirements Whether the Court should issue a grant of certiorari, vacatur, and remand to the Court of Appeals for issuance of a certificate of appealability when … -6.5
21-5970 Fredrick Devone Flemming v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process juvenile-delinquency prior-conviction sentencing-factor sentencing-factors sixth-amendment stare-decisis In Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), this Court held that the fact of a prior conviction was a "sentencing factor," not an "ele… -6.5
21-5980 Jerome Curtis Stancil v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause controlled-substances-act distribution serious-drug-offense social-sharing The Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), (ACCA) mandates a 15year mandatory-minimum term of imprisonment for individuals convicted of violat… -6.5
21-5982 Marcus Matthews v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-precedent controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines georgia-criminal-code sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines Does a conviction under Official Code of Georgia Annotated ("OCGA") § 1613-30 qualify as a "controlled substance offense" for purposes of enhancing a … -6.5
21-5992 Jose Miguel Ramirez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP COVID-19 criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection felony-convictions judicial-discretion medical-records procedural-error sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines time-served -1-he. Scolcnce 4he Tudge (kiitheia Moo fez) eae d vivre Aan 4-14e Guedelmes Rom mord-)15- 4's on error sloe broke 4-he )sol rules -(4/Jere_ 7) -tkie … -6.5
21-5993 Michael Lee Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce 1. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm and ammunition on the sole basis that the firearm and ammunition once moved, be… -6.5
21-5997 Jeremiah Ybarra v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-statute due-process effective-counsel fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment WHETHER APPELLANT WAS DENIED HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT OR INDICTMENT WHETHER APPELLANT WAS DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIG… -6.5
21-5999 Steven Dewayne Gilbert v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure career-offender-guideline circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guideline-interpretation holguin-hernandez procedural-reasonableness sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness 1. This Court in Holguin-Hernandez recently held that a defendant's argument in the district court for a lower sentence preserves appellate review to … -6.5
21-6000 Marius A. Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appointed-counsel criminal-procedure fruit-of-poisonous-tree fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree miranda-rights probable-cause search-warrant wanton-endangerment Section 61-7-12 of the West Virginia Code provides that the offense of wanton endangerment is committed if a person "wantonly performs any act with a … -6.5
21-6003 Eli Erickson, aka Black v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
21-6004 Olufolajimi Abegunde v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split conspiracy-charges criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure indictment indictment-allegations rule-8-joinder venue venue-impropriety In determining the propriety of Joinder of offenses and/or defendants under Rule 8 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, there is a profound circuit sp… -6.5
21-6005 Terrell Hunter v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-statute drug-proceeds drug-robbery federal-jurisdiction federal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-interpretation taylor-v-united-states Did the decisions of the district court and the court of appeals, that the commerce element of the Hobbs Act is satisfied by the robbery of moneys int… -6.5
21-6006 Cory Wayne Kilgore v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment address-connection appellate-review child-pornography criminal-procedure fourth-amendment prior-conviction probable-cause search-warrant Did the Tenth Circuit, on review of the denial of Petitioner's motion to suppress, err in holding that the search warrant affidavit provided adequate … -6.5
21-6011 Robert Leslie Stencil v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-defendant clean-energy criminal-procedure defendant-prejudice due-process fraud-intent prejudice severance trial-severance Whether due process is violated when a trial court denies a motion to sever the trial, resulting in prejudice to petitioner because an adversarial def… -6.5
21-6014 Yina Maria Castaneda Benavidez, aka La Reina, aka Ingeniera v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence evidence-standard knowledge-element sentencing sentencing-disparity This petition arises from the affirm ance of a judgment of conviction and sentence to a term of 22 ½ years ' incarceration following a jury trial for … -6.5
21-6029 Daronnie Thompkins v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery coercion criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency firearm-enhancement interrogation interrogation-tactics involuntary-statements self-incrimination sentencing Whether Thompkins' incriminating statements were involuntary and should have been suppressed, where the interrogating officer: suggested that Thompkin… -6.5
21-6049 Aaron Christopher Pena v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offenses importation knowledge-standard mens-rea methamphetamine offense-level-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether an offense level enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines that applies when "the offense involved the importation of amphetamine or methamp… -6.5
21-6063 Jason William Custer v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-6th-14th-amendments due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions miranda-rights pauper-defendant postconviction procedural-bar self-defense This is a First Degree Murder case, which resulted in the finding of guilt on all charges and a Life Without the Possibility (LWOP) sentence plus and … -6.5