Conference: 2022-04-01

94 cases — 0 granted, 94 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
21-800 Tony K. McDonald, et al. v. Sylvia Borunda Firth, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech ideological-speech legal-membership mandatory-bar political-activities political-activity standing state-bar-association Does the First Amendment prohibit a state from compelling attorneys to join and fund a state bar association that engages in extensive political and i… 22.0
21-779 Mark E. Schell v. Richard Darby, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bar-dues compulsory-fees constitutional-scrutiny exacting-scrutiny first-amendment ideological-speech mandatory-bar-dues political-speech union-fees Are mandatory bar dues that subsidize the political and ideological speech of bar associations subject to "the same constitutional rule" of exacting F… 19.0
21-641 Ferrellgas Partners, LP v. Director, Division of Taxation New Jersey Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commerce-clause general-fund internal-consistency interstate-commerce partnership-levy regulatory-fee state-taxation If a State imposes a fee or tax on interstate commerce, the Commerce Clause requires it to be fairly apportioned among the States where the commerce t… 18.0
21-762 Lena Lasher v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) brady-violation criminal-prosecution good-faith-defense medical-practitioner medical-practitioners misbranding pharmacist prescription prescription-validity scope-of-practice 1. Where the government prosecutes a licensed pharmacist under "Misbranding ", 18 usc§ 371, 21 USC§§ 331(a) and 333(a)(2), for dispensing "invalid " p… 14.0
21-357 Lucille S. Taylor v. James W. Heath, President-Elect, State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) compelled-speech exacting-scrutiny first-amendment integrated-bar keller-v-state-bar labor-unions policy-positions public-sector public-sector-employees In Janus v. AFSCME, 138 S.Ct. 2448 (2018), this Court held that laws that impinge on public-sector employees' First Amendment rights are subject to "e… 6.0
21-1040 Corona Clay Company v. Inland Empire Waterkeeper, a Project of Orange County Coastkeeper, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied article-iii-standing citizen-suit civil-rights clean-water-act due-process environmental-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure informational-injury jurisdictional-waters standing 1. Whether, in a private citizen suit brought under 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a) of the Clean Water Act (the "CWA"), a plaintiff can establish Article III stan… 5.5
21-1049 Alice Guan v. Ellingsworth Residential Community Association, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied appellate-review automatic-stay bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-rights due-process final-order judicial-order laws-of-the-united-states rule-3007 1. Whether bankruptcy court violated Petitioner's rights protected by the Constitution and the laws of the United States and by other laws and rules b… 5.5
21-1053 Randall Hepp, Warden v. Danny L. Wilber Seventh Circuit Denied aedpa-review criminal-procedure deck-v-missouri due-process federal-habeas habeas-corpus judicial-restraint jury-trial shackling state-conviction state-court-deference During Danny Wilber's jury trial in 2005 for fatally shooting a man at a party, Wilber became increasingly belligerent with the Milwaukee County Circu… 5.5
21-1060 Heath Richard Douglas v. Nancy Summers Douglas Sixth Circuit Denied child-abduction family-law habitual-residence hague-convention international-child-abduction international-law settled-purpose wrongful-retention In cases of wrongful retention, must a district court find a settled purpose to abandon a former habitual residence before concluding that a new habit… 5.5
21-781 NVS Technologies, Inc. v. Department of Homeland Security Federal Circuit Denied administrative-law consideration contract-law contract-termination due-process federal-agency funding-limitation good-faith good-faith-dealing government-contracts termination After nearly four years of work on an incrementally funded research and development contract, and six months away from Petitioner's working prototype … 5.5
21-895 John Rodrigues, Jr. v. County of Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process federal-preemption firearms firearms-law law-enforcement leosa preemption qualified-retired-officer statutory-interpretation Does LEOSA (18 U.S.C. Sec. 966C) preempt State firearms laws that prohibit the transport, carrying and possession of firearms by a Qualified Retired L… 5.5
21-945 Wisconsin v. Manuel Garcia Wisconsin Denied confession criminal-confession criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence-exclusion fifth-amendment miranda-warning miranda-warnings misleading-jury witness-testimony Can a criminal defendant's cross-examination of a witness for the State, designed to mislead the jury, open the door to the introduction of the defend… 5.5
21-949 George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. Samuel Randolph Third Circuit Denied continuance continuances counsel-of-choice criminal-defendant criminal-procedure forfeiture right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court waiver Whether this Honorable Court should grant review to decide an important question of federal law—whether a criminal defendant can forfeit or waive his … 5.5
21-950 Ker'Sean Olajuwa Ramey v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied 28-usc-2254 batson-claim batson-v-kentucky certificate-of-appealability fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance martinez-trevino peremptory-strike racial-bias 1. In rejecting Ramey's claim for relief under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986) ("Batson Claim") and ignoring Ramey's argument that 28 U.S.C. § … 5.5
21-953 Richard Leake, et al. v. James T. Drinkard, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Assistant City Administrator of the City of Alpharetta, GA, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-speech historical-context parade-participation public-forum 1. Whether the District Court and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred when applying the "Gov-ernment Speech" doctrine to limit the speech of priva… 5.5
21-974 Sylvia Borunda Firth, et al. v. Tony K. McDonald, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied administrative-agency civil-rights first-amendment free-speech free-speech-clause government-speech judicial-department keller-v-state-bar overrule-precedent state-bar 1. Whether the State Bar of Texas, which is "a public corporation and an administrative agency of the judicial department of [the Texas] government," … 5.5
21M100 In Re Rafael Cezar Danam Presumed Complete None 5.5
21M101 Rafi Wali McCall v. United States Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
21-1062 Keith Robert Caldwell, Sr. v. Department of Transportation, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal-of-defendants due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice safety-act 1 Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals circumvent the appeals process by ignoring significant evidence which demonstrated that the district court tri… 4.0
21-775 Thomas Edward Rubin v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) cancellation-of-debt congressional-authority debt-cancellation due-process income-recognition ninth-circuit summary-judgment tax tax-law Did the Ninth Circuit err when, disregarding the precedential cases in the Ninth Circuit, in sister circuits, and in this Court, it disallowed a taxpa… 4.0
21-1061 Courtney Kristek v. The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-discrimination diversity due-process jurisdiction removal standing Ninth Circuit affirmed jurisdiction over two insurance companies, one insurance agency, and the insured, Petitioner, when there is no complete diversi… 3.5
21-1085 Ikorongo Texas LLC, et al. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived convenience convenience-standard forum-non-conveniens judicial-discretion mandamus patent-rights statutory-venue transfer venue venue-transfer Ikorongo Technology LLC and Ikorongo Texas LLC have separate ownership and geographically divided patent rights that were infringed by Samsung, LG, an… 3.5
21-1093 PersonalWeb Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived abstract-idea alice-corp-v-cls-bank computer-implemented-invention computer-implemented-inventions federal-circuit innovation patent-eligibility patent-law technical-field 1. How should courts determine whether a patent for a computer-implemented invention is patent-eligible because it "improve[s] the functioning of the … 3.5
21-1114 Betty Charles v. James Shelton Ellis, Trustee of the James Shelton Ellis Trust CUI 9/2/1998. Arkansas Denied Response Waived civil-procedure farmland heirs-property land-ownership partition-act property-rights timberland timberland-protection uniform-law uniform-partition-of-heirs-property-act Betty L. Charles is an heirs ' timberland and farmland owner. When heirs ' property is determined, The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act #107 ap… 3.5
21-1155 Natalia Marshall v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights declaratory-judgment fourth-circuit injunctive-relief mootness second-amendment standing I. Whether a suit seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief is rendered moot on appeal if the plaintiff remains negatively impacted by the … 3.5
21-1159 Balubhai Patel, et al. v. Julie A. Su, et al. California Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights declaratory-relief federal-courts-improvement-act injunctive-relief judicial-immunity quasi-judicial-officers section-1983 Prior to the 1996 amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, this Court held that judicial immunity for state defendants does not extend to actions for declarator… 3.5
21-1184 Joyce D. Hutton, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, et al. Mississippi Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-verdict standard-of-review state-court-review supreme-court trial-court Did the Mississippi Supreme Court violate the due process rights of the Petitioners under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United S… 3.5
21-1189 Arthur Dale Lothringer v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived alter-ego circuit-precedent civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-law due-process legal-standard standing statutory-interpretation texas-law Whether Texas statutory law supersedes Fifth Circuit precedent regarding alter-ego determinations. 3.5
21-1208 Eric Andrews v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3582 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act section-924(c) sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … 3.5
21-6748 Jose Luis Wong v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts habeas-corpus hobbs-act procedural-default vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether a certificate of appealability is warranted on the question of whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence, where this Court… 0.5
21-7291 Bonifacio Eduardo Trujillo-Gutierrez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
21-7293 Jose Rodriguez-Vasquez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either … -1.5
21-7295 Miguel Lerma-Reyes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either … -1.5
21-7324 Caleb Guerrier v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment home-arrest law-enforcement-procedure protective-sweep reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure warrant-exception warrant-requirement When arresting someone in a home, police may search immediately adjoining spaces from which they could be directly attacked. To search other areas, ho… -1.5
21-7327 Tina Carol Ortega v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure delegation-of-authority district-court due-process judicial-discretion plain-error probation probation-officer sentencing separation-of-powers 1. Did the district court plainly err when it delegated to a probation officer the authority to determine the duration of a residential treatment prog… -1.5
21-6180 Marion Alexander v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Second Circuit Denied Amici (2)IFP None -2.5
20-7617 Willie Lee Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances-act felony-drug-offense first-step-act sentence-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation One: Does the First Step Act's addition of a definition for "felony drug offense" to section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 802, al… -3.0
20-7798 Christopher Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance drug-transactions judicial-vindictiveness law-enforcement-officer occasions-different prosecutorial-vindictiveness sentencing sentencing-recommendation undercover-law-enforcement I. Are sequential drug transactions over a short time frame "committed on occasions different from one another" for purposes of the Armed Career Crimi… -3.0
21-6448 Joseph D. Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP acca career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-procedure occasions-different occasions-test sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation temporal-analysis 1. Should the courts employ a purely temporal approach or a "totality of the circumstances" test when interpreting the Career Criminal Act's phrase, "… -3.0
21-6214 Usman Oyibo v. North Shore University Hospital, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct legal-procedure standing tuskegee-experiment SINCE PETITIONER HAS NOT HAD A REAL JUDGE IN ALL OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS NOR CAN THEY DISPROVE LOGICALLY THAT A CHILD IS INFALLIBLY RELATED TO… -4.0
21-6421 Shirlene Bailey v. Suffolk Public Schools, et al. Virginia Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights doctor-patient-relationship due-process employment employment-rights medical-evidence physician-abandonment workers-compensation 1. Employer fail to give Employer 's intent in a timely manner. 65.2-601.2 a. Question: Should the Court have required claims adjuster, Loretta Lawren… -4.0
21-6434 Robert Alan Fratta v. Texas Texas Denied IFP aiding-and-abetting constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus indictment jury-charge jury-instructions law-of-parties 1) CAN A LAW OF PARTIES (OR AIDING AND ABETTING) BE ADDED TO A JURY CHARGE WHEN A PERSON IS INDICTED AS THE ONLY ACTOR TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE? 2) IS U.… -4.5
21-6982 Robert Stanley Gordon v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Ninth Circuit Denied IFP benefits-denial conflict-of-interest custody erisa evidence evidence-retention long-term-disability plan-concealment Whether ERISA long-term disability benefits can be denied after years of plan concealment. Whether a conflict of interest is acceptable when a defend… -4.5
21-6983 Shahid L. A. Majid, aka Arthur Moseley v. RN Richards, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process excessive-force municipal-liability qualified-immunity Question not identified. -4.5
21-6989 Jason Wayne Oien v. Chad Pringle, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP certiorari civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review lower-court-decision post-conviction-relief procedural-error prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing supreme-court-review Testinny y Exprt winses My lawer ad 1. Rule 702. Police OFFicer. (14thAmendment) 2. Luminol testing. DNA was never found on me or victim. 3. Rule 1… -4.5
21-7010 Jabari J. Johnson v. James Johnson Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 35-usc-112 federal-circuit patent patent-act standing written-description /. P/tf/hZ/tf /JfA'-Z/ie S/z^/cwe ZZ///Z r//A -f/te AA/ie /Zfz/r z/zscAz/zok / y?#z/ /fs/ye J ? tfp' tf/tfj //fz A/'A'ff'Z Ayi/y/ r/fAf-/5Z /. A/a/m-… -4.5
21-7011 Jabari J. Johnson v. Kathleen McGuire, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation district-court due-process judicial-review jurisdiction ninth-circuit standing supreme-court takings Issueland abise their descrefion res SSUE Or was the Distrct Court Ciearly errncouls? Court ofappeals iludament incorcect and if so what other actons … -4.5
21-7012 Jessica Ewing v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof counsel-performance criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel innocence judicial-discretion plea-agreement plea-bargaining post-conviction Ms. Ewing asserts that the previcis court erred when it did not grant a C.O.A. despite the debatability of the District Court's opinion by a reasonabl… -4.5
21-7017 Kenneth Lynn Funkhouser v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP federal-preemption habeas-corpus habeas-jurisprudence indian-lands jurisdictional-challenge mcbratney-draper-rule public-law-83-280 retroactivity-jurisprudence subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio Does Oklahoma's 1906 Federal Enabling Act preempt the State from exercising jurisdiction over "Indian lands"—despite race—thus rendering petitioner's … -4.5
21-7018 Jose Fuentes v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP character-evidence criminal-procedure deposition due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insanity-defense medical-records subpoena trial-counsel witness-testimony Question one of ground one of Fuentes £2254 petition: Relevancy is everything when it comes to evidence, and the Petitioner 's private psychologist, D… -4.5
21-7023 Toni Marie Rambo v. Texas Texas Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment sentencing DOES THE SENTENCE IMPOSED ON MRS. RAMBO CONSTITUTE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT IN VIOLATION OF HIS EIGHTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS? -4.5
21-7027 Raul Mendez v. Ada County, Idaho, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection-clause frcp-12(b)(6) mandatory-services motion-to-dismiss pro-se property-tax-lien standing 1) Is a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to FRCP 12(b) (6) a ruling on a question of law? If so, is this Motion inappropriate when applied to Pro se complai… -4.5
21-7029 David Pedder v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment actual-innocence appellate-review brady-v-maryland certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus substantial-availability-test QUESTION No. 1: Whether a federal habeas petitioner is deprived of his constitutional rights to Due Process as implicated by the 14TH Amendment to the… -4.5
21-7030 Darrin Lynn Pickens v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure enabling-act federal-jurisdiction federal-land-restrictions indian-country state-enabling-act state-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction I. Does the State of oKlahoma have Subject matter Jurisdiction over anY person mho Commits an offense UUithin tlic boundries of Indian CountrY ? Does… -4.5
21-7040 Harshadkumar Nanjibhai Jadav v. J. Woodson, Warden Virginia Denied IFP closing-argument constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial false-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure A. Does the prosecutor's deliberate use of a known false evidence—which is also an outside evidence—during closing argument violate the accused's Cons… -4.5
21-7048 Christopher Gerken v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP constitutional-rights courtroom-procedure due-process emotional-display fair-trial free-press motion-in-limine prejudicial-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Was Christphe Gecens constituhina right to a Fair tral Wehhd wha a oro read 0 Pewspaper achek. contariog infeemadion thot wos barred From bung hearel … -4.5
21-7049 Arthur R. Holloway, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process product-liability standing takings Hn in Socher v. Floridy 504 u.S.507, 11dS.C.a114 (1998). Whth e h a a t acconlane th us d he Fodrl Ru o Ael de "conflis with he Sume Cout dsn in Bell … -4.5
21-7051 Demarcus Antwon Chatmon v. Texas Texas Denied IFP body-camera body-camera-recording confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay hearsay-exception police-evidence primary-purpose testimonial-statement The Confrontation Clause grants defendants the right to confront witnesses against them. Here, the trial court overruled objections and allowed accusa… -4.5
21-7056 Joseph Lamont Wilson v. MCSO Legal Liaison Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process property-rights standing takings 2 81 OT T6 FAR HD MOANST TIE AUBEDOM OR MYNUGHT TO PREBU BOUCNCISE NELLLDW? 8WWME CO ORTOS WVOTY AO AE O MO 1 SNR UD CONMRONTDOS TYY SEOMDUE MY LEPE … -4.5
21-7058 Adam Pelletier v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure fraud-upon-the-court gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus jurisdiction motion-to-reconsider rule-60(b)(3) state-court-dismissal 1.) Whether Petitioner's claim prosecutorial fraud upon the court is a Rule 60(b)(3) claim of fraud upon the court? 2) The U.S. District Court ruled … -4.5
21-7059 Timothy George Muller v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction plea-bargaining substance venue MR. MULLED- EaJT/TIE D To uoiTA/TIRA lS DlEA AMD Tai/E /J& CoaJTclVoa} fa/Z DEA iuEAY oE 6orimoU.tX> SuBSfAAJCE tAOZiti^DEATbJ VACATED, l$EC/kJSE '… -4.5
21-7105 Charles E. Sisney v. Denny Kaemingk, Secretary, South Dakota Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights content-based content-based-restriction first-amendment less-restrictive-alternative penological-interest prison-censorship prison-policy turner-factors turner-v-safley 1. It is settled that inmates in state and federal prisons retain First Amendment rights consistent with the application of the four factors set forth… -4.5
21-7337 In Re Aurlieas D. McClarty Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
21-6415 Terril Kinchen v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech standing IF THE DISTRICT COURT SENTENCED A DEFENDANT TO A AGREED PLEA AGREEMENT BETWEEN PARTIES, CAN THE DISTRICT COURT NOW DETERMINE THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS NO… -6.0
21-6664 Robert Breest v. John M. Formella, Attorney General of New Hampshire First Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-error due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sullivan-v-louisiana In light of this Court's holding in Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. 275 (1993); and, Massaro v. United States, 123 S.Ct. 1690 (2003; as well as United… -6.0
21-7001 Adam J. Tenser v. Beth Silverman, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-representation civil-rights due-process fairness judicial-interpretation legal-solicitude liberal-construction pro-se self-representation slander standing Whether this Court's articulation of the pro se liberal construction rule in Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 529 (1972) implies a general withdrawal of the… -6.5
21-7044 Marc Fishman v. Office of Court Administration New York State Courts, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-function americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split court-access disability-discrimination judicial-immunity meaningful-access reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations This case is of great National and public importance as the holding of the Court of Appeals that the state family court is shiel ded from any claims b… -6.5
21-7045 Michael James Hoffman v. Arizona Department of Corrections Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process free-speech legal-mail mail-obstruction obstruction-of-mail prison-communication takings Did Anoc violate Petihonec's constitutional right tobe secuce inthis papers, dnd to du o-pcocess. of lan by comoving his documents te tne U 'S.Supcem … -6.5
21-7084 Dwight David Jordan v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-instructions legal-precedent lesser-included-offense principal-liability waiver GROUND 1) Whether the court can depart from clearly established law on case by case basis? State v. Gray, 435 So. 2d 816, 818 (Fla. 1983) is a case th… -6.5
21-7154 John Walters v. Michael Martin, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining plea-offer prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Mr. Walters lost an opportunity for a favorable plea because his counsel failed to tell him about it. As a result, Mr. Walters entered a guilty plea t… -6.5
21-7177 Maurice O. Byrd, Jr. v. Raymond Byrd, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abandonment-of-appeal conflict-of-interest habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief prejudice structural-error Does grossly inadequate representation on appeal by appellate counsel, counsel acting after announcing an actual conflict of interest was the basis to… -6.5
21-7199 Bryan Matthew Brewer v. Oklahoma Bar Association Oklahoma Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-rules bar-association civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emolument-violation free-speech judicial-procedure oaths-and-emoluments remedies republican-form-of-government state-government @A. Ameo dead% @B where does Vhe_law_ociginuke Com? B_wotek is 0 ""regublican Sorm of government" under US Const Ack Ui Sect and ok _._tshak ink is… -6.5
21-7215 Clayton Walker v. Freeman's Electric Service, Inc., et al. South Dakota Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights cross-examination disputable-facts due-process federal-statute medical-records subpoena witness-examination Under 45 CFR § 164.524 does the Petitioner get to have the Right to his own Medical Records after they are subpoena by the Petitioner, and when those … -6.5
21-7216 Cory Mendrell Welch v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Did the state courts rely solely on a procedural bar? Also, the basis of this petition challenges the Wisconsin court of appeals jurisprudence pursuan… -6.5
21-7271 Matthew Moore v. Thomas Mackie, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-sexual-conduct due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment WAS DEFENDANT-PETITIONER DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY COERCED INTO TAKING A PATERNITY BLOOD TEST IN JUVENILE COURT TH… -6.5
21-7272 Delila Uwasomba v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights corporate-misconduct due-process employment-discrimination employment-interference financial-burden financial-harm job-security judicial-review legal-remedy standing wrongful-termination Why does the Federal and Circuit Court think it's acceptable for Bank of America and its affiliates to remove me from my position with Wells Fargo and… -6.5
21-7284 Jesus Ruiz v. Louis Williams, II, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence conviction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus section-2241 section-2255 sentence statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a new statutory interpretation from this Court allows a federal prisoner to redress the legality of his conviction or sentence pursuant to … -6.5
21-7287 Ivan Cruz-Rivera v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure fourth-amendment informant informant-tip law-enforcement police-officer probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure Whether It Is Not Necessary To Evaluate The Basis Of Knowledge Underlying An Informant's Tip If The Informant Is A Police Officer. -6.5
21-7289 Katrina Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-argument criminal-procedure fair-trial judicial-error motion-for-severance prejudice right-to-counsel severance standby-counsel I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED ERROR BY ORDERING THE DEFENDANT TO GO FORWARD WITH CLOSING ARGUMENT WITHOUT STANDBY COUNSEL LANDES BEING PRESE… -6.5
21-7299 Rasheed Ali Muhammad v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction Question not identified. -6.5
21-7301 Bogdan Nicolescu v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-devices congressional-intent criminal-enhancement criminal-sentencing guideline-commentary identity-theft sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unauthorized-access-device wireless-telephone-protection-act 1. Whether Application Note 2 of the Commentary to U.S.S.G. § 2B1.6 bars the application of the U.S.S.G. § 2Bl.l(b)(ll)(B)(i) 2-level enhancement for … -6.5
21-7305 Steven Bryant v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure false-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-deal prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington witness-testimony Where the state's only eyewitness and linchpin of its case, the co-defendant, struck a deal whereby she would plead to a lesser offense and testify ag… -6.5
21-7306 Jonathan Mota v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellant-standard appellate-review circuit-conflict civil-rights criminal-procedure cumulative-error district-court due-process judicial-error legal-prejudice prejudice What degree of error and of prejudice must an appellant show with respect to individuals errors of the district court before those errors may be consi… -6.5
21-7307 Jennifer McFarland v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination venireperson Whether the government's preemptory strike of Prospective Juror 128, the sole black venireperson in the 31-member pool of potential jurors, violated M… -6.5
21-7309 Jaime Calderon, aka Jaime Arredonde, aka Jaime Rene Calderon v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights daubert-standard due-process evidence expert-testimony gatekeeping-function judicial-reliability kumho-tire law-enforcement law-enforcement-experts reliability Whether district courts, serving as Daubert/Kumho Tire gatekeepers, have a duty to assess the reliability of law enforcement officers testifying as ex… -6.5
21-7313 Domonick Deshay Wright v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-misconduct probable-cause qualified-immunity reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop Question not identified. -6.5
21-7315 Michael Lynn Cash v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights court-decision due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-reasoning pro-se procedural-fairness standing successive-petitions Question not identified. -6.5
21-7318 Abraham A. Augustin v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process federal-court mandatory-sentence resentencing right-to-counsel section-2255 section-3553a sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-requirements SENTENCING IN FEDERAL COURT IS GUIDED BY STATUTE AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS. STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF THE FACTORS IN 18 … -6.5
21-7319 Abraham A. Augustin v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ancillary-jurisdiction civil-action criminal-investigation due-process equity federal-court property-seizure return-of-property rule-41(g) rule-41g I. WHETHER THE UNITED STATES INDICTMENT OF A DEFENDANT WHO'S PROPERTY WAS SEIZED BY THE STATE AND FBI DURING THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF A CASE PROS… -6.5
21-7322 James Earl Harper v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP breach-of-agreement breach-of-contract criminal-procedure due-process government-contract government-motion incarceration plea-agreement sentencing 1. Whether the Government should have been bound by the provisions of the Plea Agreement as the Petitioner did not breach the provisions contained the… -6.5
21-7323 Russell Hampton v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conspiracy jury-instructions juvenile-delinquency juvenile-delinquency-act post-majority-misconduct presentence-report presumption-of-retaliation sentencing-guidelines Whether, to comply with the Juvenile Delinquency Act, a jury must be instructed that it cannot convict unless it finds that the defendant 'ratified' h… -6.5
21-7326 Edison Burgos-Montes v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review prisoner-motion record-development summary-dismissal Whether a court of appeals may deny a certificate of appealability to a prisoner whose 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion is summarily denied even though the rec… -6.5
21-7338 Chandler Saxton v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction cumulative-error due-process fair-trial judicial-review medical-issues procedural-error trial-court /}$ A TomiTv of cowimive emoR's nvciooim 16NOfeO /HCOlCrtc jssyfS. THf Cur>wL/>TJi€ EftfloR OocWui/6 S/TvS It UIUL REUERSE >» Gm/uiCTiort UHE/V W nG&… -6.5
21-7363 Jessie Vornell Lewis v. John Davids, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review jurists-of-reason sixth-circuit united-states-court-of-appeals united-states-district-court Did the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erroneously den… -6.5