Conference: 2021-12-10

124 cases — 0 granted, 124 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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20-603 Le Roy Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (17)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process military-employment sovereign-immunity standing state-immunity state-sovereign-immunity uniformed-services-employment-and-reemployment-rig userra war-powers In the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), Congress gave the over 19 million military servicemembers—including… 51.5
20-1573 Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Angie Moriana California Judgment Issued Amici (27)Response RequestedRelisted (2) bilateral-arbitration class-action concepcion employee-rights epic-systems federal-arbitration-act iskanian paga private-attorneys-general-act representative-claims Whether the Federal Arbitration Act requires enforcement of a bilateral arbitration agreement providing that an employee cannot raise representative c… 43.0
20-1034 Narkis Aliza Golan v. Isacco Jacky Saada Second Circuit Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (16)Relisted (3) ameliorative-measures child-abduction district-court grave-risk habitual-residence hague-convention international-child-abduction international-law Whether, upon finding that return to the country of habitual residence places a child at grave risk, a district court is required to consider ameliora… 42.5
20-807 Bradley LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company Seventh Circuit Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split federal-employers-liability-act foreseeability in-use interstate-commerce locomotive-inspection-act negligence-per-se railroad-liability safety-regulation statutory-interpretation Two questions are presented: 1. Whether a locomotive is in use on a railroad's line and subject to the LIA and its safety regulations when its train … 40.5
20-609 Gannett Company, Inc., et al. v. Jeffrey Quatrone Fourth Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) defined-contribution-plan diversification erisa fiduciary-duty investment-options menu-of-investment-options prudence single-stock-fund Whether a plaintiff adequately pleads breach of the duties of prudence and diversification solely by alleging that fiduciaries permitted participants … 37.5
20-1046 Marin Housing Authority v. Kerrie Reilly California Denied CVSGAmici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law annual-income developmental-disability housing-assistance income-calculation medicaid-funding medicaid-payments personal-caregiving public-housing Whether a public housing authority, in calculating a family's annual income, is required by this regulation to exclude Medicaid-funded payments made t… 32.5
21-309 Southwest Airlines Co. v. Latrice Saxon Seventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) circuit-city-stores-v-adams circuit-split contract-exemption eastus-v-iss-facility-services federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce ramp-agent-supervisor statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether workers who load or unload goods from vehicles that travel in interstate commerce, but do not physically transport such goods themselves, are … 26.0
21-296 AMN Services, LLC v. Verna Clarke, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) employee-reimbursement fair-labor-standards-act overtime overtime-compensation per-diem-allowance per-diem-allowances regular-rate statutory-interpretation traveling-expenses Whether, under the FLSA, per-diem allowances for traveling expenses, which are reduced when the employee fails to work a contractually required shift,… 20.5
21-348 Johnson & Johnson, et al. v. Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi, ex rel. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Amici (7) administrative-law agency-action chevron-deference civil-rights due-process notice-and-comment-rulemaking police-powers preemption preemption-clause state-police-powers statutory-interpretation 1. In Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust, this Court held that courts should "not invoke any presumption against pre-emption" when a "s… 17.5
20-1255 Jeffrey Schweitzer, et al. v. Investment Committee of the Phillips 66 Savings Plan, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) defined-contribution-plan diversification erisa erisa-fiduciary fiduciary-duty imprudent-investment investment-diversification participant-claims participant-rights pleadings single-stock-fund Is an ERISA fiduciary entitled to dismissal on the pleadings of a plan participant's claim that the fiduciary imprudently maintained an undiversified,… 14.5
21-388 John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, Inc., et al. v. Tony Evers, Governor of Wisconsin Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (4) circuit-split equal-access first-amendment forum-analysis government-exclusion press-access press-clause public-forum speech-clause viewpoint-neutrality Whether the government's selective exclusion of members of the press implicates the equal treatment guarantee of the First Amendment's Press Clause, a… 14.5
21-110 GMAG, LLC, et al. v. Ralph S. Janvey, as Receiver for the Stanford International Bank Limited, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process factual-dispute jury-trial jury-verdict legal-ruling ponzi-scheme seventh-amendment transferee-liability Whether the Seventh Amendment and due process permit a court of appeals to reverse a jury verdict based on the court's own independent examination of … 14.0
21-518 AlixPartners, LLP, et al. v. The Fund for Protection of Investors' Rights in Foreign States Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) 28-usc-1782 arbitration-proceeding commercial-dispute discovery discovery-authorization foreign-tribunal international-tribunal investor-state-arbitration investor-state-dispute section-1782 statutory-interpretation Whether a n ad hoc arbitration to resolve a commercial dispute between two parties is a "foreign or international tribunal" under 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) … 13.0
21-161 Derick Donovan Roberts, aka Cypress Roberts v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied None 10.5
21-335 Stephen A. Begani v. United States Armed Forces Denied active-duty article-iii-courts civilian-crimes constitutional-limits court-martial due-process military-jurisdiction retired-servicemembers When, if ever, does the Constitution permit the court-martial of retired servicemembers for offenses committed after their discharge from active duty? 10.5
21-617 Christopher N. Payne v. Jahal Taslimi, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment inmate-privacy medical-confidentiality penological-interests prejudice privacy qualified-immunity Do inmates have a constitutional right to privacy in their HIV status, as the Second, Third, and Sixth Circuits have held (subject to legitimate penol… 10.5
21-575 Freedom Foundation v. Washington Department of Ecology, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech public-employee-unions public-employees right-to-work state-action unions viewpoint-discrimination Does state action that supports speech by public employee unions to public employees advocating union membership and disfavors speech by right-to-work… 9.5
21-23 Brenda Cook v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-impartiality sixth-amendment voir-dire I. Has the Petitioner's Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment right to an impartial jury been violated when the court erred in allowing juror, Victor… 9.0
21-31 Fast Auto Loans, Inc. v. Joe Maldonado, et al. California Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration-agreement civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act individualized-arbitration preemption public-injunctive-relief state-law state-law-preemption supreme-court-precedent Is California's McGill rule, under which agreements for individualized arbitration are invalidated when a plaintiff seeks public injunctive relief, pr… 9.0
21-423 Jason Cunningham, Individually and as Administrator ad Litem and Personal Representative of the Estate of Nancy Jane Lewellyn, Deceased v. Robert Paschal, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process excessive-force material-fact qualified-immunity summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton use-of-force 1. Does the ruling in this case by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit violate basic fundamental principles of Rule 56 of the Federal Rule… 9.0
21-198 Anthony W. Knights v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2) constitutional-analysis eleventh-circuit fourth-amendment free-to-leave free-to-leave-test race race-consideration reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard seizure A Fourth Amendment seizure occurs when, "in view of all the circumstances surrounding the incident, a reasonable person would have believed that he wa… 7.5
20-1570 HRB Tax Group, Inc., et al. v. Derek Snarr Ninth Circuit Dismissed Amici (1)Relisted (2) arbitration-agreement california-law class-action class-action-waiver consumer-protection federal-arbitration-act preemption public-injunction public-injunctive-relief This Court has repeatedly held that the Federal Arbitration Act "protect[s]" agreements "to use individualized rather than class or collective action … 7.0
21-169 James Gatto, et al. v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) 18-usc-1843 criminal-law federal-statute incidental-harms jury-instructions property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-text united-states-v-kelly wire-fraud 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1343—the federal wire fraud statute—requires the Government to prove, consistent with section 1343's statutory text, that the "… 6.5
21-264 San Diego County, California, et al. v. Ana Sandoval, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established-rights deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-care medical-needs pretrial-detainee qualified-immunity Under the Fourteenth Amendment, must a pretrial detainee alleging deliberate indifference to medical needs prove that the defendant was subjectively a… 6.5
21-406 Impax Laboratories, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1) antitrust antitrust-law competition-law patent patent-infringement patent-litigation patent-settlement patent-strength patent-validity reverse-payment Because settlement agreements that permit a "generic manufacturer to enter [a] patentee's market prior to the patent's expiration" increase competitio… 6.5
20-1589 Kris Kaszuba, dba Hollywood Group v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 15-usc-1064 administrative-law appointments-clause civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-circuit judicial-review lexmark principal-officers standing trademark trademark-law 1. Has the Federal Circuit erred in refusing to follow this Court's Lexmark precedent, and in not applying precedent to standing under 15 U.S.C. § 106… 6.0
21-65 Yvonne Bowers, Sr. v. Lynx Asset Services, LLC New Jersey Denied Relisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court section-1983 state-action state-actions 1. Whether violations of due process and equal protection of law by state actions present a constitutional challenge and violates Petitioner's civil r… 6.0
21-199 Mohammad Sharif Khalil v. Ur Jaddou, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied asylum-status immigration-law immigration-nationality-act inadmissibility military-training real-id-act retroactive-application terrorist-activities terrorist-organization Whether the INA, as amended by the REAL ID Act, permits the government to retroactively deem a noncitizen inadmissible for receiving military-type tra… 5.5
21-211 Valueland Auto Sales, Inc., and Ron Benit v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied circuit-split criminal-charges criminal-procedure district-court expungement judicial-procedure jurisdiction record-expungement When the district court dismisses all criminal charges against a defendant, does that court have jurisdiction over a motion to expunge the records rel… 5.5
21-233 Mike Finnin Motors, Inc., et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit Denied bankruptcy civil-procedure direct-takings due-process economic-valuation federal-defense property-rights regulatory-takings supreme-court-precedent takings takings-liability During the liquidity crisis of 2008-09, the United States determined the public interest required Chrysler and General Motors because they were too im… 5.5
21-244 Taylor & Sons, Inc., et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit Denied 5th-amendment economic-impact fifth-amendment just-compensation penn-central penn-central-test property-rights regulatory-taking takings At the time the Government required Petitioners to cease doing business under their Chrysler dealer franchises, which are compensable property interes… 5.5
21-266 Robert S. Carlborg v. Department of the Navy District of Columbia Denied agency-exemption authored-material first-party-request government-records personal-identifier privacy-act record-access unrestricted-access Barring a general or specific exemption for a SOR claimed by an agency, does an individual making a first party request for his own record retrieved b… 5.5
21-350 Infineum USA L.P. v. Chevron Oronite Company LLC, et al. Federal Circuit GVR administrative-review appointments-clause certiorari-review federal-circuit federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-41 final-written-decision judicial-mandate mandate patent-proceedings united-states-v-arthrex 1. Whether this Court should vacate the judgment below in view of its recent decision in United States v. Arthrex, Inc., 141 S. Ct. 1970 (2021), and r… 5.5
21-448 France.com, Inc. v. The French Republic, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied appellate-interpretation circuit-court claim-analysis commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception distinct-claims foreign-sovereign-immunities-act gravamen legal-misapplication lower-federal-courts obb-personenverkeher-v-sachs Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and other lower federal courts have misapplied this Court's decision in OBB Personen… 5.5
21-521 Foster Wheeler, LLC, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County, et al. California Denied civil-procedure deposition-time-limit due-process fairness fairness-doctrine judicial-remedies mesothelioma mesothelioma-litigation time-limits Where a mesothelioma plaintiff sues more than 100 defendants, and the plaintiff's health would not be endangered by the deposition process, does newly… 5.5
21-527 Jeffery Mitchell v. Leonta Jackson, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied aedpa buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel statute-of-limitations void-ab-initio void-statute 1) Has the Supreme Court of the United States Abandoned its own precedent in Norton v. Shelby County, 118 U.S. 425, 6 S.Ct. 1121, 30 L.Ed. 178 (1886),… 5.5
21-534 Roman Andy Janiec, et al. v. City of Glendora, California Ninth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights class-of-one monell monell-doctrine municipal-liability section-1983 selective-enforcement 1. Can a municipality be held liable under 42 U.S.C. §1983 pursuant to Monell v Dep't of Soc. Servs. of City of New York, 436 U.S. 658 (1978) for a "c… 5.5
20-1702 Jimmy Cobb v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction plea-bargaining plea-deal sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation undercover-operation 1. Does a District Court have the have Jurisdiction to punish and convict conduct that does not fall within a Federal Statute of 18 U.S.C 2422(b) and … 4.0
20-1714 William Joseph Mooney, et ux. v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure article-iii courts-of-the-united-states due-process federal-register iRS-collection legal-notice real-party-of-interest standing substantive-regulations united-states united-states-of-america Question 1. Who has Standing against the Mooneys as the Plaintiff and being the as the Real Party of Interest in the "Courts of the United States " ar… 4.0
21-216 Roger Brown v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights commercial-activity contract-impairment due-process eleventh-amendment governmental-function pro-se-rights state-immunity state-sovereign-immunity thacker-v-tva Both the lower Courts ' decisions contradict cases within its own circuit, other circuits, and this Court 's precedent in Thacker v TVA. Please cons… 4.0
21-5228 Dwayne Sheckles v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-dealing evidence-seizure home-invasion probable-cause residential-searches search-warrant search-warrants Search warrants are directed at places, not people. To obtain a warrant to enter a person's home, there must be probable cause that evidence of a crim… 4.0
21-530 Thomas C. Donald v. James P. Kimberley, et ux. Alabama Denied Response Waived boundary-lines due-process federal-land-patent land-patent land-survey property-law public-land real-property-law supremacy-clause title-43-usc-752 When the United States conveys ownership of public land to a person, it does so with a land patent in which the conveyed land is described by the Sect… 3.5
21-559 Todd W. Hutton, et al. v. Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure counsel-illness excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-civil-procedure illness-of-counsel rule-60b summary-judgment texas-law This case presents two questions: 1. Is illness of counsel which results in failure to comply with the local rules, a basis for relief as inadvertenc… 3.5
21-561 Elijah Anthony Olivarez v. T-Mobile USA, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-2000e-2m adverse-employment-action discrimination employment-discrimination pleading-stage pleading-standard prima-facie-case protected-category swierkiewicz-v-sorema title-vii At the pleading stage of a Title VII discrimination claim (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.), in which there is no direct evidence of discrimination, must th… 3.5
21-574 Whitewater Draw Natural Resource Conservation District, et al. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedures-act agency-rulemaking bennett-v-spear environmental-impact nepa notice-and-comment procedural-finality standing standing-doctrine 1) The National Policy Act ("NEPA") , 42 U.S.C. § 4331 et seq. (2012) mandates that all federal agencies consider environmental impacts before acting.… 3.5
21-577 Fredric N. Eshelman v. Puma Biotechnology, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure damages damages-challenge defamation federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judgment-as-matter-of-law rule-50 sufficiency-of-evidence unitherm unitherm-precedent Under Unitherm and the Federal Rules, can a defendant who did not file a Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law in the district court nonethel… 3.5
21-590 A. Michael Davallou v. United States First Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law discretionary-function-exception failure-to-warn federal-tort-claims-act government-liability hazard-disclosure negligence policy-decision specific-known-immediate-hazard warning-duty Whether the Government's failure to warn of a specific, known, immediate hazard, for which the acting agency is responsible, is not the kind of broade… 3.5
21-595 Bruce Alexander v. Anheuser-Busch, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process employee-contacts federal-rules in-rem-jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss personal-jurisdiction sales subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Did the Western District Court erred by not allowing the Declaration by Kristin M. Byrne, an employee of Anheuser-Busch, LLC, et.al. be considered … 3.5
21-604 Stephen Kantos v. Leonard Major, et al. Michigan Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-right court-of-appeals dismissal-with-prejudice due-process jury-trial legal-sanction sanctions standing vicencio-v-ramirez 1. Did the court of appeals manifestly err in affirming the trial court's erroneous order that denied plaintiff his constitutional right to a jury tri… 3.5
21-624 Brian D. Swanson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 11th-circuit circuit-court commissioner direct-tax frivolous income-tax internal-revenue supreme-court supreme-court-precedent tax taxable-income 1. May the Commissioner of Internal Revenue collect a uniform direct tax on Petitioner's taxable income? 2. Does the decision of The Eleventh Circuit… 3.5
21-684 Beverly Zylstra, et vir v. DRV, LLC Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived breach-of-warranty circuit-split consumer-protection cure-opportunity federal-law judicial-uniformity jury-trial magnuson-moss-warranty-act repair-attempts warranty-claims The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act creates a private right of action for any "consumer who is damaged by the failure of a supplier, warrantor, or service … 3.5
21-702 Shahen Minassian v. Seda Galstian Aghaian, et al. California Denied Response Waived equitable-remedy executive-orders executive-power federal-preemption illegal-contract international-emergency-economic-powers-act international-trade-sanctions iran-sanctions iranian-transactions-and-sanctions-regulations national-security Whether a state court may fashion an equitable remedy for enforcement of an illegal contract for services concerning blocked property prohibited by in… 3.5
21-713 Victor P. Kearney v. Unsecured Creditors Committee, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-trustee district-court-jurisdiction due-process fiduciary-duty jurisdiction trust-law trustee-appointment I. When does a lower district court have the sole discretion to influence, lead, dictate, supersede, deny, or nullify the jurisdiction of the higher f… 3.5
21-723 Mark Alan Staples v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 1st-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-law disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection ex-parte-communication free-speech social-security-law tax-law Under the United States Constitution, especially the 14th Amendment, "due process of law" and "equal protection of the laws", the 1st Amendment, free … 3.5
21-729 Shirene Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-circuits fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud ninth-circuit-precedent skilling-standard skilling-v-united-states statutory-interpretation The Court avoided a "vagueness shoal" in Skilling by holding that 18 U.S.C. § 1346's prohibition on schemes targeting "the intangible right of honest … 3.5
21-5016 Salvador Acosta v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-knowledge criminal-law drug-statutes evidence harmless-error mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement testimony 1. Whether a federal court of appeals can reject a defendant's testimony denying the requisite criminal knowledge as implausible in determining that a… 0.5
20-7883 Kathleen M. O'Donnell v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP None -0.5
21-6201 Reginald Kindle v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure jury-trial preponderance-of-evidence recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-maximum Whether a sentencing court violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial when it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that he commi… -1.5
21-6210 Tony Bowen v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver armed-career-criminal-act conviction-counting felon-in-possession sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-maximum 1. If a defendant convicted of felon-in-possession charges has three qualifying convictions, the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") enhances the maxim… -1.5
21-6234 Edward Stain v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting conviction crimes-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense section-924c shepard-documents statutory-interpretation 1. Petitioner Stain asks this Court to address whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is unconstitutional when the Shepard documents do not cle… -1.5
21-6251 Jason Wattie Buzzard and Paul William Martin v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-investigation fourth-amendment police-questioning prolonged-detention reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop unlawful-detention Whether a police officer conducting a traffic stop unlawfully prolongs that stop, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, by asking the occupants of the… -1.5
21-6252 Ryder Shane Altman v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure collateral-appeal collateral-review criminal-defendants criminal-procedure fact-finding ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se Whether federal criminal defendants presenting substantial claims of ineffective assistance of counsel should receive the benefit of additional fact-f… -1.5
21-6270 Catherine Pileggi v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction postconviction-relief state-court state-court-procedure Whether the due process clause of the United States Constitution requires a state court adjudicating a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel to a… -1.5
21-6298 Ronald David McCalister, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreements sentencing waivers-of-appeal I. Whether this Court should recognize a "miscarriage of justice" exception to waivers of appeal in plea agreements? -1.5
20-8175 Timothy Alan Marr v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP violating Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment Right constitutional-rights due-process federal-question fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus petition statutory-interpretation untimely-filing Whether the courts below decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the decisions of this Honorable Court when the lower court… -4.0
21-5075 Elizabeth Shaw v. Derek Shaw Michigan Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute icwa jurisdiction-challenge mifpa tribal-law 1. In violation of court orders, MIFPA, ICWA, federal law, state law, and tribal law, the Tribe illegally seized my children from their school and ref… -4.0
21-5258 In Re Calvin James Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment standing A) WHE ARE MAKING ERROR OF H/7- HEE BERE BRASLY WEKLAO KEO SUDS 5 THE ABUL APU OE CONSTZ TUTTO NAL at ice, + ime 7ZO LATIONS SENTING TN TAT FETIT ION.… -4.0
21-5420 Naim Rasool Muhammad v. Texas Texas Denied IFP burden-of-proof capital-case constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice preponderance-of-the-evidence strickland-standard strickland-v-washington texas-court-of-criminal-appeals 1. Whether a habeas court violates Strickland and decades of this Court's precedent by imposing a "preponderance of the evidence" standard for prejudi… -4.5
21-5460 Joe Michael Luna v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 circuit-split clearly-established-law federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review state-court-decision statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) and Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), is a habeas court's review of a state court decision limited to an analysi… -4.5
21-5900 Justin Anderson v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied IFP 8th-amendment capital-case constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment prior-offense resentencing sentencing victim-impact victim-impact-evidence 1. Whether the Eighth Amendment permits a State to present victim-impact evidence arising from a crime other than the murder for which the defendant i… -4.5
21-5917 Darius Murphy v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-court-review federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-deference state-court-procedure statutory-deference The question presented to this Court is whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit improperly applied 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) , when it gave s… -4.5
21-5923 Deonte Kinwan McCoy v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance judicial-fact-finding jury-selection reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence Was the Evidence Insufficient to convict Mr. McCoy of each offense. Should this court should reverse his convictions pursuant to federal and state con… -4.5
21-5931 Noe Lopez Suchite v. New York New York Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-information penal-law right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense trial-transcripts NY-PENAL'LAW' '35.15 JUSTIFICATION . I reasonably believes to defend myself,when I am risk of peril, whenever can be in my defense. I. AM JUSTIFY 4.CO… -4.5
21-5935 Alex Adams v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights unnecessary-litigation 1. Does not the law say anything the Jury did not hear is Now Evidence ? 2. Is the Court abusins there decreation by issuiny denied order on Clian? … -4.5
21-5939 Michael Luis Cota v. Nevada Nevada Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing state-laws takings Question not identified. -4.5
20-8470 Christopher McLees v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -6.0
21-5130 Michael Storey v. City of Alton, Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure development-regulation due-process land-use municipal-law property-rights takings zoning Can a city deny a resident use of his land without due process? Can city allow resident to develop his property then without any changes to its Offic… -6.0
21-5167 Bishop Ruben DeWayne v. JPMorgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP and the right to a fair trial equal protection bill-of-rights civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment judicial-proceedings seventh-amendment standing 1. Whether or not the lower court 's denial of the Petitioner 's guaranteed rights under provision as outlined in the Bill of Rights departed so far f… -6.0
21-5199 Vincent Johnson v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings What is the correct vehicle and avenue inwhich a petitioner may challange a COA violation by a circuit court pursuant to Buck v. Davis 13? S. Ct. 759 … -6.0
21-5264 In Re Melvin Dinkins Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1651 28-usc-3730 administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction qui-tam standing statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause What are the "usages and principles" of law, in this case 28 USC 3730 (b)(1) - when legislature proclaims "A person may bring a civil action for the p… -6.0
21-5330 Laura Marie Scott v. Nandan Patel, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-exemption civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-preemption michigan-v-long monroe-v-pape standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tax trustee-liquidation Does enjoining both courts in contradictory reliance on faux removal of a 100% exempt parcel (11 U.S.C.) revested in Petitioner before removal from th… -6.0
21-5385 Albert M. Kun v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fine fifth-amendment fourth-amendment state-bar timbs-standard timbs-v-indiana 1. Whether the approximately $40,000 fine assessed by the State Bar is an excessive fine under Timbs v. Indiana 586 U.S.—(2019) for a $460-financial v… -6.0
21-5408 Bruce Allen Rutherford v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sixth-amendment Court states that, Movant claimes counsel failed to inform him of plea offers and allowed them to expire was not in §2255. (see Appendix A) This state… -6.0
21-6269 Johnathan Dewayne Mitchell v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process forcible-medication judicial-authority medical-intervention medication mental-health Whether this Court should resolve an issue of first impression and decide if district courts have the authority to order the forcible medication of co… -6.0
21-5925 Denworth Davidson v. Thomas Griffin, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment 1. Whether, as a threshold matter, Petitioner has shown that his federal constitutional right to a fair trial and due process was violated by the pros… -6.5
21-5949 In Re Henryk S. Borecki Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure citizenship-documentation due-process federal-authority identity-documents immigration mandamus real-id-act travel travel-identification Whether this court should issue a writ of mandamus in order to immediately expedite the issuance of petitioner's long-delayed REAL Travel ID, in advan… -6.5
21-5953 Dennis Sena v. Steven Kenneway, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Shirley First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari federal-issue first-circuit good-cause habeas precedent precedents rhines-v-weber Whether this Court should grant certiorari to review a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in conflict with this Cour… -6.5
21-6020 Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process sentencing-guidelines specific-intent statutory-interpretation terrorism-enhancement Question 1: This Court should resolve the circuit split that has developed by finding that the twelve-level terrorism enhancement under U.S.S.G. §3A1.… -6.5
21-6024 Dudley Allen Hicks v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-competence criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency post-conviction-relief right-to-counsel sixth-amendment VJWV V\\nM oP evxfAe-'Ote avd C'^cuvvisAa^ces n'lusV be. CeveoAed Vo a CCxnVxnaN aVVo'r*>ey •Vo C-CeciVe a boma Pde dloubV as Vo W\± cV»eoVs cor*pe.… -6.5
21-6041 Eric Benson Skeens v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-misconduct due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct state-court-procedure witness-testimony 4VvC <2'V(^)r€. \V<> tf/jervfs 4o 4wnf>er (Xf\d ui'iAWnold £vi<4e/\ce. AivoroWe. 4o 4Wfl. LJVie-VWr line stafe Coor-V^ erreA i^n^n. Suppress VV.4 '\V\… -6.5
21-6048 Shakina Ortega v. Higgs Fletcher and Mack LLP, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection impartial-court racial-discrimination self-representation self-represented summary-judgment 1. Whether the Court of Appeals ' decision to uphold the granting of the summary judgment motion when discovery was not complete, in conflict with the… -6.5
21-6051 Travis L. Watson v. Dennis Daniels, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment fraud habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice and Fraudulent imprisonment under a falsified document? The state imprisoned mr. Watson past the l25 month maximum sentence ordered in the zoo5 Origi… -6.5
21-6059 Terry Jonathan Phillips v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process felony felony-offense fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure 1. Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a twelve-person jury to try a criminal defendant accused of a felony offense. -6.5
21-6080 Carl Henry Olsen, III v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa anti-terrorism-act circuit-split federal-habeas federal-statute habeas-corpus presumption-against-retroactivity retroactive-application retroactivity second-or-successive-petitions second-petition If a petitioner litigated a pre-AEDPA federal habeas petition, do AEDPA's new restrictions on second or successive petitions apply retroactively to th… -6.5
21-6113 Clinton Rayshawn Grayson v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Question not identified. -6.5
21-6157 Christopher Coker, aka Christopher Forman v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP default-rule due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan pcra post-conviction-relief standing trial-procedure 1. Did Trial Judge failed to rule on meritorious issues ? 2. Did.. PCRA Counsel l fail to raise a substantial claim of ineffective assistance of tria… -6.5
21-6178 Henry Baird v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-defense criminal-law drug-cases entrapment federal-drug-cases federal-sentencing judicial-doctrine manipulation sentencing sentencing-entrapment WHETHER THE COURT SHOULD RESOLVE THE CIRCUIT SPLIT ON RECOGNIZING SENTENCING ENTRAPMENT AND SENTENCING MANIPULATION DOCTRINES AS VIABLE DEFENSES AT SE… -6.5
21-6184 Mark Bitzan v. Chris Tripp, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review court-discretion court-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel petition-for-rehearing I. Where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit (Eighth Circuit) granted permission to file an overlength Petition for Rehearing and then den… -6.5
21-6185 Rodney Smith v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion downward-departure judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines 1. Was the District Court's decision not to depart downward appropriate? -6.5
21-6187 James E. Lyons v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-relief sixth-amendment WHETHER THE 11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS SHOULD HEAR AND RULE UPON PETITIONER'S CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY THAT WAS DENIED AND ALLEGED THAT TRIAL C… -6.5
21-6207 Philip Bernard Friend v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review comparable-cases comparative-sentencing criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines juvenile-offenders sentencing-disparities sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness substantive-review The question presented is whether an appellate court reviewing a sentence for substantive reasonableness should consider, when presented, a comparison… -6.5
21-6208 Daliang Guo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP control-over-others criminal-procedure criminal-scheme criminal-sentencing leader-enhancement leadership-role ninth-circuit participant-control role-model sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant who took part in a criminal scheme with multiple participants is properly subject to the leader/ organizer enhancement at USSG § 3… -6.5
21-6211 Cubby Wayne Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brain-injury cognitive-deficits criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony good-faith mens-rea rule-702 traumatic-brain-injury willfulness Whether, in a case in which the government was required to prove that the defendant was not working from a good faith misunderstanding of the law, the… -6.5
21-6215 Lawrence Oakie, aka LBJ v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the use of acquitted conduct to determine a defendant's sentence violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. -6.5
21-6231 Christopher Lee Scott v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offenses divisibility fourth-circuit-review modified-categorical-approach precedent remand sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Whether this case should be remanded for the Fourth Circuit to decide the issue presented below, which is whether S.C. Code §§ 44-53-370 and 44-53-… -6.5
21-6232 Jason Stallcup v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does completed Hobbs Act robbery qualify as a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? -6.5
21-6233 Joe Lenard Rodriguez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-to-distribute criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency jury-trial methamphetamine 1. Did the courts below err when they determined that there was sufficient evidence to convict the Petitioner of Conspiracy to Distribute Methampheta… -6.5
21-6235 Brandon Marquis Jennings v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process eighth-amendment life-sentence miller-v-alabama presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines WHETHER THE APPELLATE REVIEW FOR REASONABLENESS OF A LIFE SENTENCE LACKS SUFFICIENT SCRUTINY. THE CIRCUIT COURT'S APPLICATION OF PRESUMED REASONABLENE… -6.5
21-6242 Shelly Margaret Arndt v. Washington Washington Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling factual-innocence fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus state-court unlawful-incarceration When a state court evidentiary ruling impinges on the constitutional rights of a factually innocent person, does the fundamental miscarriage of justic… -6.5
21-6243 Richard Barnhart, Jr. v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-new-trial ohio-appellate-court search-and-seizure supreme-court-precedent unreasonable-application Is a Petitioner denied his due process rights when the Ohio Appellate Court applies an unreasonable application of U.S. Supreme Court precedent in reg… -6.5
21-6245 Robin Moore v. James David Green, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge civil-rights due-process fair-trial jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination 1. Whether the (Court's) failure to specifically find that the prosecution had made a preliminary showing of racial discrimination when denying a crim… -6.5
21-6250 Joel Rivera-Alejandro v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process excessive-delay fifth-amendment indictment multi-defendant sixth-amendment speedy-trial trial-delay Whether Petitioners Constitutional Fifth Amendment's Right to Due Process of Law and his Sixth Amendment Right to a Speedy Trial were violated when hi… -6.5
21-6254 Deante Blackman v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting circuit-precedent crime-of-violence habeas-corpus overruling-precedent procedural-default witness-murder 1. Whether cause exists to excuse a habeas petitioner's procedural default when near-unanimous circuit precedent foreclosed the petitioner's claim or … -6.5
21-6260 Samuel Lee Murchison v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review credibility-determination factual-findings findings-of-fact fourth-circuit judicial-procedure standard-of-review trial-court video-evidence Did the Fourth Circuit err by employing a "particularly defer[entional]" standard of review to findings of fact by the trial court that did not involv… -6.5
21-6264 Marion Katrell Campbell v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP district-court-discretion due-process evidence evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence rule-404(b) rule-404b rule-702 trial-procedure WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IMPROPERLY ALLOWED FEDERAL RULE OF EVIDENCE 404(b) & 702 IN PETITIONERS TRIAL -6.5
21-6265 Jonathan Barrett v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP buyer-seller buyer-seller-instruction circuit-conflict conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-law drug drug-conspiracy due-process jury-instructions Is a defendant's constitutional right to present an effective legally acceptable defense violated when the district court wrongfully declines to give … -6.5
21-6266 Mary Aragon, aka Mary Delgado, and German Ramirez-Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acting-attorney-general appointments-clause constitutional-law due-process executive-branch principal-officer senate-confirmation united-states-attorney Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioners' claim under Article II's Appointments Clause — namely, that Whitaker's unconstitutional appointmen… -6.5
21-6276 Terrell B. Sullivan v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split eighth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie united-states-v-havis united-states-v-winstead Whether the Eighth Circuit Erred in Holding that Petitioner's Issue on "Certificate of Appealability" Was Not Debatable Among Jurists of Reason, When … -6.5
21-6279 Jquan Leearthur McInnis v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama roper-v-simmons sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether sentencing a juvenile to two consecutive homicide sentences of life-with-the possibility-of-release after thirty years, the functional equival… -6.5
21-6280 Johnny Williams v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-distribution-conspiracy due-process enhanced-sentence mens-rea statutory-construction statutory-interpretation When the Government clearly defines the scope and object of a drug distribution conspiracy in a charging Indictment, do the lower courts err when they… -6.5
21-6283 Jamie Joe Dulus v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-113a3 assault-with-dangerous-weapon certificate-of-appealability circuit-split collateral-review federal-assault-with-dangerous-weapon jurisdictional-claim mandatory-minimum-sentence procedural-default violent-physical-force 1. Federal assault with a dangerous weapon does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent physical force. Rather… -6.5
21-6294 Robert Michael Junkins v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure drug-evidence drug-sentencing illegal-search motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure sentencing sentencing-guidelines vehicle-search 1. Whether the district court erred in denying Junkins' Defendant's Motion to Suppress Evidence for the evidence discovered in Mr. Junkins' vehicle af… -6.5
21-6297 Henry Cervantes and Jaime Cervantes v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-statute jury-trial obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation As to both petitioners, 1. Whether the federal obstruction of justice statute, 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(2) (obstruction of an official proceeding), can be … -6.5
21-6349 Victor Hurns v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment judicial-acquittal judicial-review legal-procedure newly-discovered-evidence statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN THE MISSISSIPPI TRIAL COURT BY THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT WAS CLEARLY ERRONEOUS AND CO… -6.5