Conference: 2022-05-26

102 cases — 0 granted, 102 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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21-365 Branch Banking and Trust Company v. Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) arbitration-requirement circuit-court-split contract-law customer-dispute-resolution dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act standard-form-contract state-common-law Whether the Federal Arbitration Act displaces a state common-law rule forbidding companies from adding an arbitration requirement to their standard-fo… 13.0
21-1047 Annick Roy, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jean-Guy Veilleux, Deceased, et al. v. Canadian Pacific Railway Company First Circuit Denied Amici (1) appeal appeal-tolling bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure district-court federal-rules judicial-review title-11 1. The Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure govern procedure in "cases under title 11 of the United States Code." Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1001. Does the te… 11.5
21-938 Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Sammie Louis Stokes Fourth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) capital-punishment fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence prejudice-analysis procedural-default strategic-decision strickland-standard strickland-v-washington I. Did the Fourth Circuit violate basic principles of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) when it failed to reweigh the whole of the evidenc… 11.0
21-1028 International Energy Ventures Management, L.L.C. v. United Energy Group, Ltd. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) appellate-review arbitration arbitration-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure clear-error-standard deference fact-finding federal-rules-of-civil-procedure litigation-conduct rule-52a standard-of-review The district court in this case found, as a factual matter, that Respondent did not suffer prejudice from Petitioner's failure to immediately press it… 9.5
21-956 Sojourner Rudisill v. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-review arbitration civil-procedure due-process judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction labor-law railway-labor-act Whether the Railway Labor Act ("RLA") permits courts to exercise jurisdiction over due process challenges to decisions rendered by RLA arbitration pan… 9.0
21-1343 Victor R. Marshall v. Supreme Court of New Mexico New Mexico Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-recusal lawyer-discipline legal-ethics professional-conduct standing Does the First Amendment permit a state to suspend a lawyer from practice indefinitely because it found statements in a motion, in which the lawyer so… 8.5
21-1069 Merrilee Stewart v. RRL Holding Company of Ohio, LLC, et al. Ohio Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process free-speech judicial-misconduct legal-stay ohio standing vexatious-litigator whistleblower whistleblower-laws Does the Ohio Vexatious Litigator statute, as applied, violate the United States Constitution and/or Federal Whistleblower Laws and shall these "Ohio"… 6.0
21-1269 Heidi M. Lobstein, et al. v. Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates WMALT Series 2007-OC1, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied capacity foreclosure foreclosure-fraud legal-identity mortgage mortgage-securitization perjury procedural-misrepresentation securitization standing trust-standing The securitization of a mortgage into a closed trust require that the servicer carry PMI on every loan, and that any default is paid in full by the co… 5.5
21-1276 Ram Mehta, et ux. v. WestRock Co., et al. Delaware Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process embezzlement escrow escrow-funds fraud judicial-misconduct procedural-fairness shareholder-rights 1. Is the refusal to distribute billions of dollars in escrow to the rightful shareholders an act of embezzlement and fraud? 2. Is it a violation of … 5.5
21-1279 Klavdia Thomas, et al. v. Valentin Belevich Eleventh Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process fair-justice judicial-intent jurisdiction legal-misalignment legal-review standing statutory-interpretation Whether there is a serious misalignment of courts on statute intent, interpretation and jurisdiction. Whether the fair justice was served. 5.5
21-1301 Hector M. Jenkins v. Housing Court Department, City of Boston, Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit Denied civil-procedure-amendment civil-rights eeoc eeoc-notice employment-discrimination insubordination retaliation title-vii workplace-retaliation 1. Whether an employee's repeated complaints of unlawful and discriminatory treatment and the employee's failure to cease making such complaints when … 5.5
21M120 Alejandro Evaristo Perez v. LinkedIn Corporation Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M121 Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo v. Target Brands Inc. Federal Circuit Denied None 5.5
21-628 Ebenezer K. Howe, IV v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) access-to-courts civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process irs judicial-impartiality judicial-independence judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigant recusal Question 1: A. Do courts of appeal exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY ISSUE presented by the Class of disrespected, unr… 4.0
21-1320 Robert Campo, et al. v. Department of Justice, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-precedent court-interpretation evidence-rules federal-rules-of-evidence federal-rules-of-procedure freedom-of-information-act judicial-discretion judicial-review procedural-rules supreme-court-precedent u.s-constitution Whether, in adjudications under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), federal judges are free to flout and knowingly violate FOIA, federal rules of… 3.5
21-1321 Yan Sui v. Richard A. Marshack, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-court civil-procedure civil-rights discharge-injunction due-process ninth-circuit property-rights standing summary-affirmance takings Layperson Yan Sui is not legally trained to correctly raise the question for Court to decide. Sui has thought about these questions: (1) whether lower… 3.5
21-1328 Community Baptist Church, et al. v. Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment 42-usc-1983 due-process free-exercise mootness standing Whether a statute requires strict scrutiny for facial and as-applied claims where officials invoke it as legal authority to issue mandates which depri… 3.5
21-1335 Waleed Khalid Abu Al-Waleed Al Hood Al-Qarqani, et al. v. Saudi Arabian Oil Company Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitral-award arbitration cross-appeal foreign-sovereign-immunity jurisdictional-immunity new-york-convention sovereign-waiver united-nations-convention waiver 1. Whether a foreign sovereign or instrumentality of a state that is a signatory member of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement … 3.5
21-1351 Don Barnes, Sheriff, Orange County, California, et al. v. Melissa Ahlman, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review judicial-error merits-review miller-v-french mootness preliminary-injunction prison-litigation-reform-act standing supreme-court-stay Whether a preliminary injunction issued under the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA") and stayed by this Honorable Court shall evade appellate revie… 3.5
21-1353 Isabella Nartey v. Franciscan Health Hospital Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-act disparate-treatment due-process emergency-medical-treatment medical-negligence supplemental-jurisdiction title-vi 1. Equitable Aid. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act forbids Medicare-participating hospitals from withholding or downgrading medica… 3.5
21-1392 Abigail Simon v. Jeremy Howard, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived actus-reus certiorari-review criminal-law criminal-sexual-conduct due-process jury-instructions legal-error sexual-assault standard-of-review trial-court Whether this court should grant certiorari because the state trial court judge gave erroneous jury instructions on the critical actus reus element of … 3.5
21-1396 Dustin Dillard, et al. v. Vicki Timpa, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Anthony Timpa, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment bystander-liability civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement-liability mental-health-intervention qualified-immunity section-1983 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit misapplied the Court's qualified immunity jurisprudence in holding that a police officer who held a mentally ill subject … 3.5
21-7468 Nahid Kadir Moshrefi v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP constitutional-rights evidence fifth-amendment non-custodial police-questioning pre-arrest self-incrimination Whether the Fifth Amendment protects an individual who invokes her privilege against self-incrimination during pre-arrest, non-custodial questioning b… 0.5
21-7700 Ronald Hunter v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons rehabilitation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), a district court may "reduce [a] term of imprisonment" upon "motion of the defendant" if it finds that "extraordin… -1.5
21-7702 Marvin Lewis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process fifth-circuit presentence-investigation-report sentencing-enhancement supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit" or "Appellate Court")–which affirmed the decision of… -1.5
19-8209 Delgen Foye v. North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule federal-trial speedy-trial standing takings Question not identified. -4.0
21-6531 Billy Mack Nichols, Jr. v. Gary Kerstein, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment equal-protection medical-care medical-negligence summary-judgment 1) Whether the lower courts were wrong for not seeking out, or for not causing the medical doctor, defendant, to seek out the cause for my Central Dia… -4.0
21-6792 Pauline Leslie v. Alexander Bodkin, et al. Massachusetts Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hipaa independent-medical-examiner medical-malpractice Whether the State of Massachusetts has authority to abrogate a citizen's Constitutional rights under the 14th Amendment Due Process by depriving the c… -4.0
21-6855 Devin Andrich v. Jerome Francis Meyers, et al. Arizona Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process judicial-procedure rebuttal-evidence time-limits trial-procedure trial-time-limits witness-examination 1. Whether the court of appeals erred when deciding that a 2-hour trial "chess clock" did not violate Petitioner's due process rights, because Petitio… -4.0
21-7008 Marco Dane Acoff v. Alabama Alabama Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-protocol criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitution habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mental-evaluation state-constitution supreme-court-review WHETHER "THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT WRONGFULLY DECIDED AN IMPORTANT ISSUE RAISED TO THEM BY PETITIONER MARCO DANE ACOFF WHERE HE WAS DENIED A TIMELY AN… -4.0
21-6685 Christopher Dominguez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informed-consent mandatory-minimum plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-trial sentencing sentencing-guidelines The prosecutor, defense counsel, and the district court all informed Mr. Dominguez that if he went to trial he would face a mandatory minimum sentence… -4.5
21-6934 Donnie Barnes, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP child-pornography circuit-split dost-factors federal-criminal-law lascivious-exhibition model-jury-instructions statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether an instruction on the Dost factors authorizes a conviction for production of child pornography on broader grounds th… -4.5
21-7446 Kristopher Kyle Russell v. Texas Texas Denied IFP criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation 1. The plain reading of the statute indicates that counsel must be appointed to learn if biological evidence exists, yet Texas courts have specificall… -4.5
21-7449 Leonard S. Taylor v. Paul Blair, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-trial closing-argument ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan mccoy-v-louisiana nixon-v-florida sixth-amendment strickland-test strickland-v-washington 1. Whether the decision to forego a closing argument in the penalty phase of a capital murder trial is a tactical decision for trial counsel to make o… -4.5
21-7452 Anthony Atkinson v. New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-confinement criminal-intent criminal-responsibility mental-abnormality mental-hygiene-law psychiatric-evaluation volitional-impairment 1. Whether the state of New York, Attorney General along with psychiatric examiners should be required to produce sufficient medical proof to support … -4.5
21-7453 Jaime Luevano v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law due-process equal-protection medical-marijuana standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
21-7454 Mounir Lebbad v. Raji Donat, et al. California Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process elderly-tenants eviction homelessness judicial-review property-rights public-policy The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments state that no one shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. The First Amendment o… -4.5
21-7456 Robert Earl Rowles v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing florida-law ineffective-assistance outcome-of-proceeding post-conviction reasonable-probability right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strategic-decision Whether a Petitioner who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole is denied his constitutional rights to counsel where counsel's r… -4.5
21-7457 Gregory Wynn v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP criminal-rehabilitation cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders life-sentence life-without-parole rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-proportionality Whether, in light of the uncontroverted evidence of Gregory Wynn's potential for maturity and positive change as an adult, his sentence of life impris… -4.5
21-7464 Ioan Lela v. Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff, Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus irreparable-harm pre-trial-detention speedy-trial younger-abstention I. Whether a pre-trial detainee, amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, can obtain dismissal of his/her pending state criminal charges in federal court pur… -4.5
21-7465 Jean Lynn Lillie v. Iowa Iowa Denied IFP abuse-of-power civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process harassment local-government sheriff-liability standing takings Is a local government allowed to demand take money from an American in pay for that American to avoid jail? or threat of loss of personal liberty? Is… -4.5
21-7466 Anthony Aanand Patel v. Sonya Bhatia Patel California Denied IFP civil-rights congress due-process federal-judges judicial-misconduct judicial-resignation legal-education mandatory-legal-education martial-law national-security standing 1. Why does wasting Appellant's time in this sixth (6th) request for relief in this Court in less than 12 months prove that all judges in the United S… -4.5
21-7470 Reggie Orlando Williams v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment judicial-charging legal-procedure margin-of-error state-court state-prosecution \/OV\en '■WML o€ "Y&*aS -£<x\\eA 'V^ eAeoV vJVucIa cJaargin^ -Vrtvvsaoticn °f -VVml oCCW# -V4 ,v€_ V> W»\)£- Cen\i\<ot«A uaQ$J\ O^s AV\e. scvw-e- re_s… -4.5
21-7478 Derrick Jerome Spencer v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 1st-amendment capital-punishment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts standing takings Whether Petitioner is being deprived of his civil right to "equal" due process of law in violation of "the Constitution and laws of the United States.… -4.5
21-7481 Timothy K. Prince v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP appellate-review evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias michigan-supreme-court neglected-issues pecuniary-interest procedural-default trial-counsel I. Did the Michigan Supreme Court err by refusing to review this claim where a judge must disqualify itself where it is actually biased or where the p… -4.5
21-7490 Jeremy P. Spencer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing Question not identified. -4.5
21-7492 In Re Jonathan Manwell Denied IFP appellate-review confrontation constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel forensic-evidence impartial-tribunal DOES PETITIONER HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO LOCATED AND CONFISCATED EXCULPATORY FORENSIC EVIDENCE, TRANSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR A MEANIN… -4.5
21-7493 Thomas Carl Bruni v. Craig Apple, Sheriff, Albany County, New York Second Circuit Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights counsel-appointment due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus standing Question not identified. -4.5
21-7496 John O. Williams v. Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing TRIAL THERE PETITIONER HAD A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HAVE THE JURY INSTRUCTED ON HIS THEORY OF DEFENSE THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE? 4) THE UNI… -4.5
21-7498 Eric Lloyd Hermansen v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP atypical-hardship civil-rights constitutional-protection covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus health-complications prisoner-rights Are State prisoners protected under this Court's decision in Helling v. McKinney from being forcibly subjected to its unknown health complications/ ex… -4.5
21-7499 David Lopez Gonzales v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP brady-v-maryland cullen-v-pinholster due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-habeas fifth-amendment habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct I. Does Cullen v Pikolster S53 U.S. 170, 181 (1011) bar consideration of evidence in federal habeas corpus proceedings like in a case like mine, to re… -4.5
21-6773 In Re Robert L. Hedrick Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleadings rule-8(a) standing 1. Did the Court Error in ruling that "the complaint failed to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)? 2. Did the Court Error in ruling th… -6.0
21-7098 Thomas G. Landreth v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights indian-law land-use navigable-waters property-rights redress-of-grievances sovereign-immunity treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty 1. Whether 25 U.S.C. @ 1302 preserves the sovereign immunity claimed by the Quinault Indian Tribe/Nation when citizens have or seek redress for grieva… -6.0
21-7152 Jeremy Heath Barney v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process post-conviction-relief resentencing undisturbed-conviction I. DOES A DEFENDANT HAVE A UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONAL 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHT UNDER DUE PROCESS - TO ATTACK HIS UNDISTURBED CONVICTION AFTER BEING RESE… -6.0
21-7245 Julia Ann Poff v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-filing sentence-reduction sentencing Question not identified. -6.0
21-7501 Helen Tyne Mayfield v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus right-to-confrontation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-in-abstentia 1. WHEN PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IS DISCRETIONARY BY THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS, DID THE COURT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION IN NOT REVIEWI… -6.5
21-7536 Ramonta Forte v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment counsel-of-choice discretion due-process federal-law habeas-corpus right-to-counsel sentencing 1. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT CORRECTLY DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL AT SENTENCING IS NOT CLEARLY ESTABLISHED FEDERAL LAW? 2. WHETHER THE DIS… -6.5
21-7545 Sloan Patrick Stanley v. Jeffrey Uttecht, Superintendent, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-rights constitutional-provisions custody-status due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review statutory-interpretation 4) Is Petiti fao bt bt\v\d n\y\ oafaody fa fa If USC § H5i } y{OfttC fast parti'e^or faefa rds io\fah NmH\ \b Cou/Hofafapptds o\pw preccfan^ &5 wiXI… -6.5
21-7553 Larry David Davis v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment administrative-procedure civil-rights discretionary-relief due-process immigration-law ineffective-assistance judicial-review motion-to-reopen speedy-trial 1. IF I was Convicted on anly a Thumbprint that belong to 13 difFerent individuals, but 12 oF the people isunknown to the Fingerprint Analyst who test… -6.5
21-7556 Jeffrey L. G. Johnson, et al. v. Stephen R. Clark, Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-proceedings civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process federal-claim federal-damages fourth-amendment governmental-privilege search-and-seizure (1) Does violation of an individual's Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure give rise to a federal claim for damages. (… -6.5
21-7569 Miguel Scott Arnold v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute human-trafficking jury-instructions rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation third-circuit-court third-circuit-court-of-appeals unit-of-prosecution What is the allowable unit of prosecution for violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)? 2. Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err by not remanding to th… -6.5
21-7578 Calvin Latimer v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process executive-privilege separation-of-powers standing tax-returns Question not identified. -6.5
21-7580 Amos Lamar Burch v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process fourteenth-amendment free-speech post-conviction-relief qualified-immunity standing Question not identified. -6.5
21-7582 Francisco Abreu Tartabull v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability district-court eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2255 Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court erred or alternatively abused its discretion by deny… -6.5
21-7583 Larry Lowery, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary categorical-approach civil-rights due-process fourth-circuit generic-burglary violent-felony 1. Whether North Carolina breaking or entering is categorically broader than generic burglary and cannot be a violent felony under the Armed Career Cr… -6.5
21-7586 Jaako Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing generic-offense robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code texas-robbery violent-crime Whether Texas robbery, a crime defined differently than similarly named crimes in a majority of states, is a crime of violence under the United States… -6.5
21-7587 Jose Garcia Solorzano v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility appeal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion reduction-in-sentence sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§3e1.1 u.s.s.g.-interpretation Did the district court err in not granting Mr. Solorzano a reduction in sentence for his acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. §3E1.1? -6.5
21-7594 Orin Kristich v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-counsel attorney-misconduct court-discretion de-novo-review due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure plea-bargaining plea-waiver sentencing-guidelines supervised-release 1. Whether the Appellant's Appeal Counsel, Mr. Acton, can tell the court that the Appellant agrees to dismiss the Appeal without ever talking to the A… -6.5
21-7597 Clifford Idris Bell v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement personal-residence probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the issuance of a warrant and the subsequent search of a personal residence based solely on a confidential info… -6.5
21-7598 Irvin Garces v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice criminal-procedure drug-offense exceptional-importance federal-law fifth-circuit minor-role sentencing-guidelines I. Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it conducted a cursory review of the facts related to a warranted two-level adjustment under U.… -6.5
21-7599 Neil Timothy Aho v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority due-process enumerated-powers federalism necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-amendment Whether Section 2252 of Title 18 of the United States Code ("Section 2252" or the "Statute") forming the gravamen of the charges in the Indictment l… -6.5
21-7600 Christopher Hibshman v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3583 18-USC-3583(e) criminal-conduct criminal-sentencing reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-standards supervised-release 1. For violation of supervised release is the imposition of a 24 month sentence consecutive to a 2 year Indiana prison term unreasonable and at odds w… -6.5
21-7601 Eugene Kevin Pugh v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified. -6.5
21-7628 Cedric Lee Goliday v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa appellate-review constitutional-infringement constitutional-rights federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion petition-review pro-se 1. Whether a federal habeas court can intentionally fight dissemble avoid or neglect a pro se applicant's petition specifically identify adduce propos… -6.5
21-7631 Johnell Lee Carter v. Hunter Anglea, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process pro-per pro-per-status right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court denied Petitioner's right to self representation by concluding Mr. Carter's opting for pro per status was made too close to th… -6.5
21-7663 Guy Adam Rook v. Donald Holbrook Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment federal-constitutional-law gross-disproportionality habeas-corpus harmelin-v-michigan lockyer-v-andrade state-constitutional-law supreme-court-precedent 1) Whether a demonstration that a state constitutional test is less protective than the federal constitutional test means that an adjudication of the … -6.5
21-7666 Izell Delorean Grissett, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-ruling collateral-review constitutional-claim criminal-procedure guidelines mandatory-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Sixth Amendment requires the fact of a first-degree murder cross reference under § 2Al.l-to be treated as an element-when that finding … -6.5
21-7669 Thomas Hoey, Jr. v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment legal-precedent sixth-amendment Does new precedent need to be set to protect the Fifth & Sixth Amendments, and the attorney-client privilege? -6.5
21-7673 Dimitar Petlechkov v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-853 circuit-split criminal-forfeiture forfeiture-law money-judgment personal-money-judgment statutory-interpretation substitute-assets Can a district court order forfeiture of substitute assets far in excess of the personal money judgment balance owed? 21 U.S.C. § 853(p) authorizes f… -6.5
21-7674 Jamie Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process fourth-circuit reversible-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY REFUSING TO HEAR MR. ALLEN'S MERITORIOUS CLAIMS THAT THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED REVERSIBLE ERRO… -6.5
21-7677 Kyle Maurice Parks v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-violation criminal-conviction due-process fabricated-evidence fourth-amendment human-trafficking illegal-search probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant (1) Whether the district Court acted properly when it was denied 28 U.S.C. §2255 relief to the petitioner when evidence reveals law enforcement misco… -6.5
21-7681 Oniel McKenzie v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP canine-sniff curtilage fourth-amendment law-enforcement privacy-interest privacy-interests search search-and-seizure storage-unit Whether a warrantless canine sniff of the exterior of a private storage unit to detect contraband inside the unit constitutes a search in violation of… -6.5
21-7683 Nelson Conto v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourth-circuit interview-evidence judicial-error motion-in-limine standard-of-review trial-procedure 1. WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN DISMISSING THE PETITIONER'S MERITORIOUS APPEAL OF THE DENIAL OF APPELLAN… -6.5
21-7686 Robert Maillet v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process sex-offender-registry supervised-release UNDER ISSUE 1: Is §3583 ('Supervised Release) as it stands after 3583(k) was found to be unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, and so, void in whole? D… -6.5
21-7687 Earl Jones v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-review fact-inference jackson-standard reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-ohio Whether a reviewing court must consider all the evidence in determining whether inferences from basic facts to ultimate facts are reasonable to prove … -6.5
21-7688 Raleigh Rogers v. Wells Fargo Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ada ada-compliance civil-procedure class-action due-process individual-notice notice opt-out rule-23 wells-fargo Can the court disregard: one, that Wells Fargo promised to provide the "next steps to be taken regarding [Plaintiff-Appellant's] unauthorized account … -6.5
21-7689 Deverick Scott v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discovery due-process eighth-amendment failure-to-protect prisoner-rights retaliation screening-process section-1983 1. On 4/24/18, 4/25/18 Did Defendants Malone, Sexton, Burchfield violate Scott s clearly establish right to be protected by Assault from other inmate … -6.5
21-7690 Anthony J. Springer v. Bryan Morrison, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure entrapment-by-estoppel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel michigan-supreme-court pre-trial-defense reasonable-jurist TRAIL AND APPELLATE COUNSEL PROVIDED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE FOR FAILING TO INVESTIGATE AND PRESENT THE PRE-TRIAL DEFENSE OF ENTRAPMENT BY ESTOPPEL. A… -6.5
21-7698 Daniel Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause correctional-officer evidence hearsay prison sixth-amendment 1) Was the Sixth Amendment guaranty of the right of confrontation denied by the trial introduction of a handwritten statement of a state prison correc… -6.5
21-7699 Eugene Nicholson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-exclusionary-rule good-faith-exception motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant Question not identified. -6.5
21-7701 Francisco Rosales Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines advisory-range criminal-procedure district-court extraordinary-compelling-reasons judicial-discretion molina-martinez-v-united-states ninth-circuit plain-error remand remand 21-7700" rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider nonretroacti When should a case be remanded for resentencing under the plain-error standard of review if the district court failed to announce its calculation of t… -6.5
21-7704 Kerry Vanderpool v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3742 appeals criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction sentencing 1. Does the plain language of 18 U.S.C. § 3742(f) deprive the federal Courts of Appeals of jurisdiction to vacate a sentence when it is uncontested th… -6.5
21-7705 Nolan Woods v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judgment-of-acquittal judicial-remedy re-prosecution WILL THIS COURT CREATE A BRIGHT-LINE RULE DELINEATING THAT THE ONLY CURE FOR A DOUBLE JEOPARDY VIOLATION CAUSED BY DUAL CONVICTIONS OF THE SAME CRIME … -6.5
21-7706 Irving Ernesto Arias v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process fifth-circuit guilty-plea motion-to-withdraw plea-bargaining sentencing DID THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ERR BY FINDING THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION TO DENY MR. ARIAS'S MOTION TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA DID NOT CONSTITUTE AN A… -6.5
21-7707 Jerome Lamar Pitts v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process legal-remedy plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines 1) Whether a miscalculated Sentencing Guideline violates Due Process enough to count as a "sentence in violation of the Constitution or laws of the Un… -6.5
21-7710 Hernandez Lopaz Daniels v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-v-california appellate-review counsel-withdrawal due-process eleventh-circuit frivolous-appeal frivolous-case meaningful-review I. IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANDERS V. CALIFORINA, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), CAN COUNSEL SIMPLY WITHDRAW WITHOUT FINDING THE CASE TO BE "WHOLLY FRIVOLOUS" AS REQU… -6.5
21-7714 Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis crime-of-violence federal-predicate federal-statute generic-definitions judicial-review predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation Whether categorical analysis of the predicate crime of violence for a 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) offense allows a reviewing court to "look through" the … -6.5
21-7723 Freddie Galan v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit guilty-plea ineffective-assistance judicial-review plea-bargaining rule-11 supreme-court-review Whether Mr. Galan's guilty plea to facts which do not constitute a conspiracy offense as a matter of law is an invalid and unintelligent guilty plea w… -6.5
21-7724 Anthony Fields v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment court-of-appeals evidence-suppression Faretta-v-California fourth-amendment Koon-v-United-States legal-error precedent-interpretation self-representation traffic-stop 1. Whether the court of appeals' decision affirming the denial of Petitioner's request to exercise his right to self-representation while ignoring com… -6.5
21-7728 Antonio M. Branco v. Massachusetts First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus state-appeals Question 1. May a dismissal of a Section 2254 Petition based on failure to exhaust state remedies, be overturned, given that the judgement conflicts w… -6.5
21-7750 Corey Duran Steward v. Tiffany Sims, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process negligence standing Failure to protect vac aoa\j fo\aiion xt)y 8+h am(1 IMwioPtMerydr cT ConShMtonal RfcjVrP 2OR pon -6.5
21-7792 John Joseph Dedeaux v. Marc McClure, Superintendent, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-questions due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto jurisdiction retroactive-application statutory-interpretation vagueness whetheR the Application of M.C.A. 97-3-2 IAs Applred] eRentes A" Slgnificant Risk of prolonging The petitioneR's StAYin pRison. whetheR the RetroActi… -6.5