Conference: 2023-11-09

84 cases — 0 granted, 84 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
22-693 Michael Johnson v. Susan Prentice, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) circuit-split civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment exercise-deprivation prisoner-rights solitary-confinement Whether punitively depriving a prisoner in solitary confinement of virtually all exercise for three years notwithstanding the absence of a security ju… 14.0
23-14 Delilah Guadalupe Diaz v. United States Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) criminal-procedure drug-trafficking evidence evidence-law expert-testimony mens-rea mental-state rule-704(b) rule-704b In a prosecution for drug trafficking—where an element of the offense is that the defendant knew she was carrying illegal drugs—does Rule 704(b) permi… 14.0
22-1217 Akiel McKnight v. Pickens Police Department, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) bostock-decision civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination jury-trial seventh-amendment sexual-orientation title-vii I. Whether the Petitioner has a claim pursuant to Title VII 42 U.S.C. § 2000e -2(a)(1) when he was terminated on the basis of his sexual orientation .… 11.0
22-540 Paul Anthony Riojas v. Department of the Army, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-court-standards civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review military-court-review military-justice service-member standard-of-review In Burns v. Wilson, 346 U.S. 137 (1953), this Court addressed the scope of review the civil courts must apply when considering a service member's habe… 9.5
23-212 Amos N. Jones v. Catholic University of America District of Columbia Denied civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection procedural-due-process procedural-fairness stare-decisis substantive-due-process tortious-interference Did the District of Columbia Court of Appeals err in its failure to apply its very own intervening and controlling authority as per the Full Faith and… 5.5
23-215 John F. Marchisotto v. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office New Jersey Denied 2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment procedural-due-process red-flag-laws retaliation second-amendment 1. Constitutionality of "Red Flag" Laws: Do "Red Flag" laws, as implemented by states, infringe upon the due process rights guaranteed by the U.S. Con… 5.5
23-225 Keith M. Krupka, et al. v. Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc. Eighth Circuit Denied civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act federal-jurisdiction negligence securities securities-exception securities-law statutory-construction underwriter underwriter-liability Whether a state law negligence claim based solely on an underwriter's acts and omissions with respect to a securities offering document "relates to th… 5.5
23-231 Linda A. Porter v. Kennard Law PC, dba Kennard Richard PC, et al. Texas Denied appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se pro-se-litigant standing 1. Whether the appellate court violated Porter 's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional Rights, by denying her right of appeal and due proce… 5.5
23-371 D'Andre M. Johnson v. United States Armed Forces Denied Amici (1)Response Waived case-scope court-of-appeals harmonious-reading jurisdiction jurisdictional-question legal-sufficiency legislative-history military-justice standard-of-review statutory-interpretation surplusage-canon I. 28 U.S.C. § 1259(3) states that this Court may review "[c]ases in which the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces granted a petition for review." D… 4.5
22-1127 Christine Sawicky v. Tao Sykes, Manuel Real Beneficiary, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment bribery due-process equal-protection honest-services-fraud judicial-immunity pro-se pro-se-litigation 1. How can the DOJ bring multiple indictments for judges in several circuits, inclusive of counts for honest services fraud and bribery, but then re… 4.0
23-223 Charles J. Jenkins v. TriWest Healthcare Alliance, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights court-procedure due-process federal-circuit federal-courts judicial-authority judicial-review rule-56 separation-of-powers stare-decisis sua-sponte 1. Whether the triumvirate overstepped their authority when they decided (sua sponte) to invoke, incite, insurrect, or for the lack of a better desc… 3.5
23-265 Katie Sczesny, et al. v. Philip Murphy, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Governor of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process employment employment-termination executive-order judicial-scrutiny mootness preliminary-injunction rescission vaccine-mandate 1. Whether an appeal from the denial of a preliminary injunction becomes moot when the challenged executive order required private employers to enact … 3.5
23-290 Marc Grano, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Barron, et al. v. El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd., dba Las Palmas Medical Center New Mexico Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process forum-contacts forum-state fundamental-fairness healthcare-system medical-care medical-referral personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Whether specific personal jurisdiction in a forum state over a nonresident hospital and healthcare system is permissible where: (1) the hospital syste… 3.5
23-319 Evelyn Newey v. Orange County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 1983-claims civil-rights decertification due-process heck-doctrine judicial-conduct judicial-policy law-enforcement police-accountability sb-2 Of legal and national significance, important to real-world impact in law and order decision making, is the Peace Officers Decertification process all… 3.5
23-364 Nima Nazerzadeh v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process fifth-circuit plain-reading rule-of-last-antecedent sex-offender-registration statutory-construction statutory-interpretation surplusage-canon tier-classification 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's reversal of the district court's order terminating petitioner's sex offender reg… 3.5
23-382 Phyllis Carr v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure irs-audit tax-complaints tax-dispute-resolution tax-procedure tax-refund taxpayer-advocate-service taxpayer-bill-of-rights 1. Does the closing of an examination/audit following complaints of violation of the Taxpayer Bill of Right against the IRS auditors during the audit … 3.5
23-421 Alfonso Cioffi, et al. v. Google LLC Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-251 embodiment-standard federal-circuit original-patent patent patent-disclosure patent-law patent-reissue reissue statutory-interpretation u.s.-industrial-chemicals 1. Should the Antares Pharma, Inc. v. Medac Pharma Inc., 771 F.3d 1354, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2014) "exact embodiment" standard for "original patent" disclo… 3.5
22-7697 Kenneth Brown, Jr. v. Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP act-84 civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio I. Whether Act B4, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9728(b)(5) is Unconstitutional on its Face as Violative of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Constitution and/or the … 1.0
22-7068 Joshua Anderson v. Mark Bolster Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burns-v-wilson constitutional-law constitutional-review due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus military-courts standard-of-review writ-suspension Does the indistinct standard of review promulgated in Burns v. Wilson, 346 U.S. 137 (1953); with the confusion and diverse approaches taken in the low… -1.0
22-7872 Carmelita Barela v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP borden-v-united-states circuit-split crime-of-violence force-definition hobbs-act mens-rea stokeling-v-united-states violent-felony The circuit courts have held unanimously that Hobbs Act robbery qualifies categorically as a "violent felony" and "crime of violence." Therefore, all … -1.0
23-5742 Joseph Michael Easton v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… -1.5
23-5762 Isaiah Whitefox Redbird v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP where context made the basis of his objection to criminal-procedure evidence-preservation federal-rules-of-evidence plain-error-review preservation-requirement propensity-evidence tenth-circuit Did the Tenth Circuit incorrectly hold that Mr. Redbird's claim was not preserved, where context made the basis of his objection to exclude the prosec… -1.5
23-5773 Adrian De La Torre v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release When a district court imposes a term of supervised release as part of a sentence, the United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long l… -1.5
23-5776 Andrea Lamont Medlock v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-authority imprisonment-review judicial-discretion plain-error reasonableness revocation sentencing-review sentencing-standards standard-of-review supervised-release Whether sentences of imprisonment following the revocation of supervised release should be reviewed for reasonableness or plain unreasonableness? -1.5
23-5777 Iker Fabricio Mendez-Alfaro v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-standard precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
23-5788 Roberto Buendia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review davis fifth-circuit intra-circuit-conflict molina-martinez plain-error plain-error-review rosales-mireles sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent Whether the standard the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals applied for determining if the sentencing Guidelines' error in Buendia's case was "plain" conf… -1.5
23-5834 Herbert Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-waiver categorical-analysis criminal-procedure illegal-conviction illegal-sentence jurisdictional-challenge plea-agreement statutory-interpretation For convictions and sentences to stand, they must not violate the Constitution. Challenges to illegal 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) convictions necessarily encom… -1.5
23-5840 Alvaro Castillo, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP border-search cell-phone-search cell-phones constitutional-rights customs-and-border-protection digital-privacy fourth-amendment search-and-seizure u.s-border warrantless-search Whether, or under what circumstances, the Fourth Amendment permits customs officers to conduct a warrantless search of the digital contents of a perso… -1.5
23-5338 Keith A. Penn v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP attempt circuit-split criminal-law distribution distribution-definition drug-offense elements-test sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the legal test announced in Shular v. United States — a state "serious drug offense" is an offense with elements that "necessarily entail one … -4.5
23-5551 Kristian G. Little, nka Kristian G. Childers v. Jamie A. Little Kentucky Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction statutory-interpretation This case presents issues of first impression for this Court arising under UCCJEA. Did the Madison County Family Court ever have jurisdiction to make… -4.5
23-5557 Millard E. Price v. Centurion of Delaware, LLC, et al. Delaware Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence fair-trial indigent ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief prisoner Question not identified. -4.5
23-5563 Christopher John Derting v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court-conflict due-process federal-review habeas-corpus keeney-v-tamayo-reyes post-conviction-review strickland strickland-claim townsend-v-sain vicks-v-bunnell Can the District Court ignore the views of this Court stated in Lovell v. Duffey pertaining to 2254 (d) (2) claims, which should focus on what State C… -4.5
23-5564 Trent Steven Griffin, Sr. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fifth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion jury-trial motion-to-dismiss procedural-misconduct standing 1. Whether Honorable Jorge Solis (retired), and now Honorable Ed Kinkeade, District Court Judge, had the power or authority or there was an abuse of d… -4.5
23-5845 In Re Kennedy Wright Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction sentencing supreme-court Question not identified. -4.5
23-5854 In Re Terrance A. McCauley Denied IFP civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review petition-for-review sovereign-immunity standing Whales The _pdquedt oF comndiion aggd Tecconce. N ao. So . DMCarhey, wren, sengosedd \purdens oF Dre Shake a won URSConsiA, UREN @ ciraen oF Ye Nooa… -4.5
22-7503 Earnest A. Davis v. Porsche Cars of North America, et al. California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights court-forms due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-discretion legal-process procedural-fairness racial-discrimination standing 1.) Are U.S. judicial officers presiding over civil cases required to process standard court forms such as Applications for Requests for Entry of Defa… -6.0
22-7695 Meghan Marie Kelly v. Pennsylvania Office of Disciplinary Counsel Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process first-amendment reciprocal-discipline religious-freedom standing 1. Whether there is subject matter jurisdiction under the applicable Pennsylvania subject matter jurisdiction statute 204 Pa. Code § 85.3, given my st… -6.0
23-5086 Betsy Sachs v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority First Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-constraints due-process executive-power finra-immunity non-delegation-doctrine private-delegation quasi-governmental quasi-governmental-entity securities-regulation 1. DOES FINRA HAVE IMMUNITY? 2. DOES THE REGULATION OF US SECURITIES PROFESSIONALS REMAIN A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE FREE FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAIN… -6.0
23-5324 Michael D. Beiter, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3006a court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process forced-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation waiver This case presents an important issue concerning what constitutes "the right to have the assistance of counsel" under the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. … -6.0
23-5559 Jarrish Outlaw v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion legal-remedy manifest-injustice manifest-of-injustice standing supreme-court-review writ-jurisdiction WHETHER OR NOT THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT WAS IN ERROR TO DENY THE PETITIONER 'S PETITION TO INVOKE ALL WRIT JURISDICTION ON A MANIFEST OF INJUSTICE FO… -6.5
23-5571 Deon Jefferson Johnson v. Mike Brown, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus habitual-offender jury-trial sentencing-guidelines PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JURY TRIAL DUE TO HIS CONVICTION BASED ON A HUNG JURY. PETITIONER WAS DENIED … -6.5
23-5600 Richard D. Bostwick v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, et al. Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure discretion due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-vacate standing time-limitation Whether Bostwick's Appeal was NOT Reviewed by the Lower Courts (Appeals Case No. 21-P-721) given Bostwick's Notice of Appeal. The following was Appeal… -6.5
23-5695 Stephen Michael Michuda v. Minnesota Minnesota Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendants indigent-rights ineffective-assistance procedural-bar public-defender public-defenders time-bar 1. Is it unconstitutional for the State of Minnesota to block all avenues for indigent against public defenders? 2. Is it unconstitutional for the St… -6.5
23-5700 Paul Gray v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-economy montgomery-v-louisiana nonunanimous-verdict sixth-amendment 1. Does the State of Louisiana have the express right to invoke the defense of "judicial economy " as a ruse for plausible deniability; especially wh… -6.5
23-5709 Guy L. Coulston v. Raúl Labrador, Attorney General of Idaho Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction sovereign-individual standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Did the District court through the 9th circuit court of appeals and Prosecution, and My Trial counsel err in discretion to a Void Judgment that lead i… -6.5
23-5716 Jimmy Zavala v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 10(e) appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-petition motion-to-correct procedural-rules rule-10e successive-appeal 1. When should the Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10(e) be recharacterized as a successive appeal? 2. Do the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedur… -6.5
23-5717 Ronnie Shahar v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights coin-seizure due-process expert-testimony forfeiture forfeiture-proceedings import-regulations metallurgical-evidence probable-cause seizure standing summary-judgment I. What is the level of proof required from the US Government when it seizes mutilated or damaged coins imported from Chinese recycling factories and… -6.5
23-5722 Armando Orozco-Calderon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -6.5
23-5725 Edward Troup v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP antiracketeering-statute criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-law federal-statute murder-prosecution predicate-offense racketeering state-law statute-of-limitations Does a federal antiracketeering statute, conviction for which is predicated on the commission of a murder "in violation of the laws of any State," rea… -6.5
23-5726 John Holden v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-test constitutional-review felony-indictment firearm-prohibition material-false-statement materiality-standard second-amendment Question 1: Is the criminal prohibition on the receipt of a firearm by a person under felony indictment (18 U.S.C. § 922(n)) constitutional under the … -6.5
23-5728 Daniel E. Salley v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts federal-district-court habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge standing state-court-review subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the district Court can deny a Motion To Vacate under 28 U.S.C. 2255 that argued that the Court did not have subject matter jurisdiction to hol… -6.5
23-5730 Blaise Caroleo v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment sentencing sentencing-scheme statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights 1. Whether a waiver of the protections against cruel and unusual punishment afforded to a defendant under the Eighth Amendment is valid and enforceabl… -6.5
23-5734 Lawrence Flack v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waivers constitutional-rights double-jeopardy guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel plain-error plea-agreement Whether Appellant counsel Anders brief was inadequate were evidence exist that Appellant Constitutional rights were violated, double jeopardy rightsI.… -6.5
23-5739 Daniel Ray Metsinger v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jurisdiction plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing waiver Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by dismissing Mr. Metsinger's appeal based on the waiver of appeal provision in his Plea Agreement. -6.5
23-5749 Mark Anthony Thompson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus selective-adjudication selective-prosecution standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent I. DOES THIS SUPREME COURT FINDS THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 'S SELECTIVE ADJUDICATION AND UNDERMINING THE LAW OF THIS COURT ACCEPTABLE WHEN IT AFFIRMED THE D… -6.5
23-5751 Akeem R. Gumbs v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
23-5756 David Davalos, Sr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-forfeiture criminal-law due-process Fifth-Circuit forfeiture Honeycutt-v-United-States property-rights property-seizure statutory-interpretation tainted-property Whether Honeycutt v. United States, 581 U.S. 443 (2017) and its progeny require the Fifth Circuit to limit forfeiture to tainted property the defendan… -6.5
23-5758 Jimmy Jay Strayhorn, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 3553(a)-factors constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial pepper-v-united-states resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation unconstitutional WHETHER OR NOT/WHEN ONE HAS EXCERSIZED HIS RIGHT TO TRIAL AND RF. FOUND GUILTY OF A COUNT IN HIS INDICTMENT THAT WOULD LATER RF. FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONA… -6.5
23-5759 Meredith McConnell v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment false-statements federal-statute materiality neder-v-united-states ninth-circuit omissions wire-fraud Does an indictment charging the offense of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, require pleading and proof of a specific false statement or o… -6.5
23-5764 Kevin Lynn Tucker v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process nolle-prosequi nolle-prossed plea-agreement pretrial-detention sentencing sentencing-credit substantive-reasonableness waiver 1. Whether the District Court's failure to give credit in sentencing for state pretrial detention on subsequently nolle prossed "related" charges crea… -6.5
23-5766 Richard Todd Haas v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 3553a-factors appellate-review criminal-sentencing fourth-circuit procedural-error sentencing-guidelines variance-sentence Is the Fourth Circuit's plausibility test for evaluating a variance sentence under the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, because it is untethered from any … -6.5
23-5774 Andres Fernando Cabezas v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-policy civil-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-ethics judicial-recusal mandamus-petition public-confidence standing Several federal appellate circuits have endorsed the view that a federal district court's refusal to recuse is better resolved earlier in interlocutor… -6.5
23-5778 Larry David Davis v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment interrogation-tactics law-enforcement self-incrimination standing takings voluntary-confession Question not identified. -6.5
23-5779 Donovan Romo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture-doctrine judicial-discretion plain-error sentencing sentencing-procedure standard-of-review Does a defendant forfeit a challenge to the manner in which the district court imposed sentence by failing to object after the sentence is pronounced,… -6.5
23-5781 Troy George Skinner v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-exploitation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-conduct interstate-commerce sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation One of the statutes addressing the sexual exploitation of children, 18 U.S.C. § 2251, prohibits (a) the employment, enticement, or coercion of a minor… -6.5
23-5782 Tyrone Robinson, aka Tyrone R. Robinson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance federal-law grievous-ambiguity rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the meaning of the term "controlled substance" in the Sentencing Guidelines includes any substance prohibited by state law, or instead only th… -6.5
23-5784 Aaron Lee Porter v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abandonment-doctrine clear-error de-novo-review fourth-amendment question-of-fact question-of-law search-and-seizure standard-of-review Is a finding that an object has been abandoned within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment a question of law subject to de novo review, or a purely fac… -6.5
23-5786 Mark Andre Green v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court borden-precedent borden-v-united-states circuit-split crime-of-violence legal-analysis sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Texas state law aggravated assault by injury can be considered a crime of violence under the Sentencing Guidelines in light of this Court's… -6.5
23-5790 Brock Brian Beeman v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit notice-requirements plea-agreement rule-32 sentencing sentencing-notice Did the Fourth Circuit err in upholding the Petitioner's appeal waiver to preclude his claim that the trial court violated the notice provisions of Ru… -6.5
23-5791 John Sherman Jumper v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing disgorgement double-jeopardy fifth-amendment kokesh-precedent kokesh-v-sec sentencing-enhancement WHETHER THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN KOKESH V. SEC. WHICH HELD THAT DISGORGEMENT IS A PENALTY, PRECLUDES EITHER THE IMPOSITION OF A CRIMINAL SENTENCE IN IT… -6.5
23-5795 Benjamin D. Morrow v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1746 civil-procedure declaration declaration-requirements fourth-amendment oath-clause oath-or-affirmation perjury perjury-standard statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-section-1746 I. Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1746 requires, in writing, an affirmative statement that the declaration's contents are "true" to support, establish, or prove… -6.5
23-5796 Jose Folch-Colon v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-law mens-rea racketeering VICAR violent-crime If by procuring and paying for the commission of murder, Petitioner aided and abetted a crime of violence in aid of racketeering (VICAR) as defined in… -6.5
23-5802 Erie Adams, aka Michael Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-precedent sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington In light of the facts of this case, was the defense counsel ineffective in light of this court's precedent in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (… -6.5
23-5803 Robert K. Decker v. Edwin Baez, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force failure-to-protect federal-question shackling spoliation Did the United States District Court, Magistrate Judge err in the decision to have the Plaintiff, Robert K. Decker be hand cuffed, (left wrist) and sh… -6.5
23-5807 Fares Mustafa v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington witness-translation 1) Whether the State Court's ruling on Petitioner's claim that Trial Counsel was ineffective for failing to move to suppress Petitioner's inculpatory … -6.5
23-5810 Christopher L. Laureano-Perez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-verdict procedural-error section-2255-motion 1. Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if the First Circuit of Appeals erred in not granting a certificate of appealability? 2. Shoul… -6.5
23-5812 Jurmaine A. Jeffries v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense due-process mens-rea proximate-causation racial-disparities sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation After this Court's decision in Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014), the Circuit Courts have accepted that "death results" in 21 U.S.C. 841(b… -6.5
23-5813 Medghyne Calonge, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-fraud computer-fraud-and-abuse-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-venue data-access due-process fair-trial government-abuse statutory-construction venue venue-requirements vicinage Petitioner was convicted of two Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) violations requiring "damage" to protected computers. At trial, the government's e… -6.5
23-5816 Henry Jo Ward v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-presumption fourteenth-amendment official-capacity The West Virginia Supreme Court interpreted a statute to create an unconstitutional evidentiary presumption. Specifically, the West Virginia Supreme C… -6.5
23-5818 Eduardo Martinez v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process entitlement-to-relief habeas-corpus legal-standard procedural-requirements (1). Whether a court of appeals can deny a Certificate of appealability because it believes the applicant will not demonstrate an entitlement to relie… -6.5
23-5820 William H. Cornelius v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment due-process federal-jurisdiction first-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions non-delegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sixth-amendment state-courts 1.) IN LIGHT OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S ASSERTIONS IN "THE FEDERALIST PAPERS" NO. 80, IS IT THE OBLIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO RESOLVE … -6.5
23-5828 Raquel Rivera v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof controlled-substances-act drug-prosecution farm-bill hemp hemp-classification marijuana marijuana-definition possession-with-intent-to-distribute thc-concentration thc-content Whether, in a possession of marijuana with intent to distribute prosecution, the government is required to prove as an element that the substance is m… -6.5
23-5836 Siddhanth Sharma v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights factual-innocence legal-innocence mcquiggin-v-perkins procedural-bar procedural-default sandstrom-claim slack-v-mcdaniel 1.) To be issued a COA : Does the claim of Factual Innocence qualify as a debatable claim for the denial of a Constitutional Right as enunciated in Sl… -6.5
23-5838 Mario Reynoso, aka Mario Hernandez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence character-evidence district-court-discretion district-courts evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence non-propensity-purpose reasoning rule-404(b)(2) rule-404b ultimate-decision Whether Rule 404(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Evidence permits district courts the use of propensity/character-conforming reasoning to reach an ultim… -6.5