Conference: 2022-06-29

51 cases — 0 granted, 51 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
21-1271 Timothy K. Moore, in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, et al. v. Rebecca Harper, et al. North Carolina Judgment Issued Amici (74)Relisted (3) constitutional-interpretation election-regulations elections-clause legislative-power redistricting separation-of-powers state-judiciary state-legislature voting-rights Whether a State's judicial branch may nullify the regulations governing the "Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives . . . prescr… 85.5
21-194 California Trucking Association, Inc., et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (12)Relisted (3) federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-preemption independent-owner-operator independent-owner-operators motor-carrier motor-carriers preemption state-law statutory-interpretation trucking-services workforce-law The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act ("FA") expressly preempts state laws "related to a price, route, or service, of any motor carrie… 43.5
20-891 American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (11)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) 35-usc-101 alice-v-cls claim-construction judicial-exception judicial-exceptions patent-eligibility patent-ineligibility patent-law standard-of-review two-step-framework American Axle invented a new process for making a new, useful, and tangible thing – a quieter automobile driveshaft. It is the type of invention that … 41.0
21-260 Virgin America, Inc., et al. v. Julia Bernstein, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Ninth Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (5)Relisted (4) airline-deregulation-act carrier-regulations federal-aviation-administration flight-attendants ninth-circuit preemption significant-impact state-law state-laws The Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) expressly preempts state laws that are "related to a price, route, or service of an air carrier." 49 U.S.C. § 41713… 37.0
21-1143 Dr. A., et al. v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (12)Relisted (10) administrative-rule covid-19 covid-vaccine-mandate employment-division-v-smith free-exercise free-exercise-clause medical-exemption religious-exemption secular-conduct vaccine-mandate Using its emergency regulatory powers, New York has imposed a COVID vaccine mandate on healthcare workers, but provided no religious exemption. Worker… 27.0
21-783 Patsy K. Cope, et al. v. Leslie W. Cogdill, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (13) civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process inadequate-medical-care jail-official pretrial-detainee pretrial-detainees qualified-immunity suicide-prevention suicide-risk Upon arriving in jail, pretrial detainee Derrek Monroe informed jail officials that he was suicidal and attempted to hang himself twice in his cell. J… 22.5
21-902 Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Brian Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit GVR Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 2nd-amendment arms-possession civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-regulation heller-precedent second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom… 19.5
20-1434 Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas, et al. v. Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al. Eighth Circuit GVR Amici (8)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights civil-rights disability down-syndrome due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medical-ethics prenatal-diagnosis selective-abortion state-prohibition Whether the Fourteenth Amendment bars States from prohibiting abortions that are sought solely because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. 19.0
21-778 Selina Marie Ramirez, et al. v. Jeremias Guadarrama, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (16) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force mental-health-crisis motion-to-dismiss police-conduct qualified-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment To defeat a motion to dismiss in a Section 1983 suit alleging that officers used excessive force, must plaintiffs plead as an element of their claim t… 19.0
20-1507 Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc., et al. v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit GVR Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process law-abiding-citizens magazine-ban property-rights retrospective-law second-amendment standing takings takings-clause 1. Whether a blanket, retrospective, and confiscatory law prohibiting ordinary law-abiding citizens from possessing magazines in common use violates t… 18.5
20-1375 Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. Seventh Circuit GVR Amici (7)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights best-interests civil-rights constitutional-privacy constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bypass minor-consent minors parental-notification parental-rights When a court permits an unemancipated minor to have an abortion, may the State require that her parents be notified before the abortion occurs except … 18.0
21-960 Oklahoma v. Jessy Shay Bailey Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma tribal-sovereignty 1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. … 17.5
20-1639 George K. Young, Jr. v. Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (6)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights concealed-carry due-process home-defense right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense standing 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding, in direct conflict with the holdings of the First, Seventh and D.C. Circuits, that the Second Amendment… 17.0
21-1170 Louis Ciminelli v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure economic-decision federal-statute fraud-statutes property-fraud right-to-control second-circuit wire-fraud Whether the Second Circuit's "right to control" theory of fraud—which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person'… 16.0
21-1194 Virginia Duncan, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (5)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process magazine-ban property-rights scrutiny-standard second-amendment self-defense standing takings takings-clause In District of Columbia v. Heller, this Court held that the Second Amendment protects arms that are "typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for l… 16.0
21-1158 Joseph Percoco v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-law due-process fiduciary-duty government-decisionmaking honest-services-fraud political-influence public-corruption Does a private citizen who holds no elected office or government employment, but has informal political or other influence over governmental decisionm… 15.0
20-1479 Eddie Houston, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion reduced-sentence retroactive-sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing court must consider applicable sentencing factors codified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sente… 13.0
20-1480 George P. Naum, III v. United States Fourth Circuit GVR Relisted (6) 21-cfr-1306-04 21-usc-841 controlled-substances criminal-prosecution medical-practice opioid-prescription professional-standards statutory-interpretation united-states-v-moore Can the elements of 21 U.S.C. §841(a)(l) as defined in United States v. Moore, 423 U.S. 122 (1975) requiring the Government to prove unlawful distribu… 13.0
21-265 Oklahoma v. Erik Sherney Williams Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma tribal-sovereignty 1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. … 13.0
21-274 Oklahoma v. Johnny Edward Mize, II Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-law due-process federal-indian-law indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-v-oklahoma 1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. … 13.0
21-451 Oklahoma v. Shawn Thomas Jones Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-prosecution state-authority tribal-sovereignty 1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. … 13.0
21-485 Oklahoma v. Shawn Lee McDaniel Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty 1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.C… 13.0
21-1009 Oklahoma v. Robert Taylor Bragg Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty 1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.C… 12.0
21-643 Oklahoma v. Bryce Miller Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma native-american-rights overruling-precedent 1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.C… 12.0
21-772 Oklahoma v. Stewart Wayne Coffman Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty 1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.C… 12.0
20-1653 Lazelle Maxwell v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-sentencing first-step-act legal-developments procedural-history resentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 21 U.S.C. § 841 n… 11.0
21-1058 Oklahoma v. Marquise Petey White Oklahoma GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process equal-protection indian-country non-indian-defendants public-safety state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 11.0
21-546 Michael G. Harper, aka Cuban Mike v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2) criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … 11.0
21-914 Oklahoma v. Richard Ray Roth Oklahoma GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty 1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.C… 11.0
21-959 Oklahoma v. Joshua Lee Purdom Oklahoma GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty 1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute Indian country. 2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. 11.0
21-1609 Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona v. Paul A. Isaacson, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection injunction irreparable-harm stay Question not identified. 10.5
21A222 Mark Brnovich v. Paul Isaacson, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 10.5
21-627 Air Transport Association of America, Inc., dba Airlines for America v. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) airline-deregulation-act carrier-prices-routes-services circuit-split federal-law morales-v-trans-world-airlines preemption state-law statutory-interpretation transportation-regulation The Airline Deregulation Act ("ADA") expressly preempts any state law "related to a price, route, or service of an air carrier." 49 U.S.C. § 41713(b)(… 9.5
21-1008 Andres Mencia v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2) criminal-conduct criminal-intent criminal-liability due-process expert-testimony good-faith-defense medical-practice medical-standard-of-care mens-rea prosecutorial-discretion standard-of-care For more than a decade, the civil standard of care established for the practice of medicine has been utilized by federal prosecutors in criminal prose… 6.0
21-1370 Spireon, Inc. v. Procon Analytics, LLC Federal Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 35-usc-101 abstract-idea claim-construction fact-question federal-circuit judicial-exception patent-eligibility patent-ineligibility pleadings 1. What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim is "directed to" a patent-ineligible concept under step 1 of the Court's tw… 6.0
21-884 Blake Fields v. United States First Circuit GVR Relisted (2) criminal-procedure district-court factual-developments first-step-act intervening-factual-developments intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 21 U.S.C. § 841 n… 6.0
21-6428 Danny Lee Hill v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (18)IFP atkins-claim atkins-v-virginia death-penalty diagnoses federal-review habeas-corpus historical-evidence intellectual-disability miscarriage-of-justice present-functioning state-court-review I. Whether it constitutes an unreasonable determination of the facts under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2) when a state court decision rejecting an Atkins v. V… 5.0
21-5480 Charles Bryant v. United States Second Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP circuit-split crack-cocaine fair-sentencing-act first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 increased the threshold amounts of crack cocaine – from 5 and 50 grams to 28 and 280 grams – needed to trigger two man… 4.5
20-7065 Anibal Canales, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (13)IFP capital-habeas capital-punishment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence penalty-phase prejudice sixth-amendment Wiggins-v-Smith 1. For penalty phase ineffective assistance of counsel violations, has Richter "established a substantial likelihood standard for evaluating prejudice… 3.5
20-7934 John Patrick Couch v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (6)IFP affirmative-defense controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instructions medical-practice standard-of-care Did the trial court error by conflating the Valid defense of a crime as an element of that crime in its instruction to the jury regarding a physician … 3.0
21-6144 Johnnie Sims v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation (1) Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence u… 1.0
21-6376 Antonio Soul Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-resentencing eligibility first-step-act judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation The question presented here is analogous to the question presented in Concepcion v. United States, No. 20-1650, on which this Court recently granted c… 1.0
21-6736 Steven R. Henson v. United States Tenth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP actual-knowledge appellate-review criminal-intent criminal-procedure deliberate-ignorance harmless-error jury-instructions medical-practitioner prescription-liability statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence willful-blindness 1. Whether the erroneous issuance of a deliberate ignorance or willful blindness instruction is harmless as a matter of law and beyond appellate revie… 1.0
21-5967 Zenon Grzegorczyk v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (11)IFP collateral-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea retroactivity substantive-law waiver Pursuant to this Court's holding in Class, does an unconditional guilty plea, by itself, waive a defendant's right to challenge his conviction under §… 0.5
20-7878 Maci Denon Davis and Joe L. Franklin v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP congress congressional-intent discretion district-court eighth-circuit first-step-act sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines unwarranted-disparities Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly found that the district court was permitted to tether itself to the United States Sentencing G… -4.0
21-6009 Jose Moyhernandez, aka Yindo v. United States Second Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split crack-cocaine criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing court must consider applicable sentencing factors codified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to "impose a reduced sent… -4.0
21-6575 Nathaniel Fields v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … -4.0
21-6584 Gregory Donell Eatmon v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-u.s.c.-3553(a) criminal-procedure district-court-discretion first-step-act section-404(b) sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.-sentencing-guidelines This Court recently granted certiorari in Concepcion v. United States, No. 201650, on the question of whether, when deciding if it should "impose a re… -4.0
21-6674 Paul David Storey v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process first-federal-habeas habeas-corpus panetti prosecutorial-concealment prosecutorial-misconduct second-federal-habeas Does 28 U.S.C. §2244 bar claims of prosecutorial misconduct that were deliberately and successfully concealed by the prosecution until after the petit… -4.0
21-6739 Anthony Harris v. United States Second Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP covered-offense criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion factual-developments first-step-act intervening-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments before imposing a reduced sentence on an individual found eli… -4.0
21-7368 Antwan Boyd v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … -4.0