Conference: 2024-01-19

86 cases — 0 granted, 86 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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23-329 Chong Yim, et al. v. City of Seattle, Washington Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-penalties criminal-history due-process fourteenth-amendment housing-ordinance landlord-tenant property-rights public-housing tenant-screening Does Seattle's restriction on private owners' right to exclude potentially dangerous tenants from their property violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Du… 21.0
23-208 Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, et al. v. Education for a Just Peace in the Middle East District of Columbia Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) aiding-and-abetting civil-rights due-process facial-plausibility foreign-policy foreign-terrorist-organizations jurisdiction pro-palestinian-organizations standing statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorism-liability 1. Whether "facial plausibility" of a complaint filed by a victim of international terrorism committed in Israel may be judged by a different standard… 19.0
23-259 Lewis County, Kentucky, et al. v. Julie Helphenstine, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Dale Helphenstine and Guardian of B. D. H., the Minor Son of Christopher Dale Helphenstine Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment objective-knowledge pretrial-detainee prison-officials qualified-immunity separation-of-powers Whether a pretrial detainee alleging deliberate indifference must prove the defendant actually knew of a significant risk of harm, as six circuits hav… 17.0
23-405 Kristy Ross v. Federal Trade Commission Fourth Circuit Denied arguable-basis article-iii civil-procedure frcp-60(b)(4) jurisdictional-challenge rule-60(b)(4) rule-60(b)(6) subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent void 1. Whether a judgment lacking in subject matter jurisdiction under Article III of the U.S. Constitution is "void" under Federal Rule of Civil Procedur… 10.5
23-363 Stephen R. Porter v. Board of Trustees of North Carolina State University, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) academic-freedom causal-connection employment-retaliation faculty-hiring first-amendment free-speech garcetti-doctrine garcetti-v-ceballos public-concern scholarship teaching I. Were Petitioner's statements about the role that diversity and equity considerations should play in faculty hiring and evaluation protected by the … 10.0
23-210 Christina Jordan v. Karla Howell, as Administratrix of the Estate of Cornelius Pierre Howell Sixth Circuit Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force kingsley-v-hendrickson medical-care objective-standard pretrial-detainee To successfully state a constitutional claim for inadequate medical care, a pretrial detainee must show that a correctional healthcare provider was de… 9.0
23-260 Daniel Erwin v. Karla Howell, as Administratrix of the Estate of Cornelius Pierre Howell Sixth Circuit Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-standard deliberate-indifference due-process farmer-v-brennan fourteenth-amendment kingsley-v-hendrickson medical-need pretrial-detainee section-1983 Whether Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 576 U.S. 389, 135 S.Ct. 2466 (2015), applies to claims for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need brought … 9.0
23-504 Photoplaza, Inc., et al. v. Herbal Brands, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2) fair-play-and-substantial-justice forum-state minimum-contacts nationwide-sales non-resident-defendant personal-jurisdiction substantial-connection suit-related-conduct third-party-fulfillment Whether a seller whose products ship nationwide is subject to personal jurisdiction in every forum into which even one of its products is shipped. 7.5
23-414 Devon Archer v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) circuit-split criminal-procedure discretion judicial-discretion manifest-injustice new-trial new-trial-standard rule-33 second-circuit weight-of-evidence 1. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33 permits a district court to order a new trial "if the interest of justice so requires." The district court he… 6.5
23-530 Terrence R. Yoast v. Pottstown Borough, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied excessive-bail false-arrest false-imprisonment fourth-amendment heck-doctrine malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity section-1983 warrantless-arrest warrantless-entry 1. Under the Fourth Amendment's in-presence requirement, a police officer who conducts a warrantless arrest on a person accused of a misdemeanor, or l… 5.5
23-545 Achashverosh Adnah Ammiyhuwd Ngola Mbandi, et al. v. Pangea Adventures LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied alien-tort-statute civil-rights federal-question first-amendment free-speech human-rights international-law retaliation self-determination standing 1) Whether aliens of the Hebrew Israelite Kingdom/Nation self-determination, self-governing and autonomy, expressive first amendment retaliatory tort … 5.5
23-572 Dustin Williams, et al. v. Randall McElhaney Sixth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-rights extracurricular-activities first-amendment free-speech parent-speech-rights qualified-immunity school-rules Where a parent who has voluntarily agreed to be bound by team rules for their minor to play in an extracurricular academic setting including rules tha… 5.5
23-576 Sohail M. Abdulla v. Southern Bank Eleventh Circuit Denied access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-fairness legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigation procedural-rules standing May it please this Honorable Court to consider the establishment of a new guideli inp aimed at preventing the dismissal of pro se civil parties with m… 5.5
23-200 Byungmin Chae v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) customs-inspection diplomatic-pouches gifts government-officials import-regulations mail-exemptions military-personnel personal-effects plant-material Which of the following mail articles are not subject to examination or inspection by Customs? A. Bona-fide gifts with an aggregate fair retail value n… 4.0
23-518 In Re Henry Klein Denied Response Waived contract-interpretation filed-rate-doctrine group-life-precedent group-life-vs-royal-drug insurance-regulation louisiana-insurance-code risk-spreading state-law-preemption supremacy-clause title-insurance Did the Louisiana district court violate the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution by giving higher deference to the Louisiana Insurance … 3.5
23-534 Peter Otoh v. U.S. Bank Trust National Association, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-court-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction navarro-rule real-party-in-interest removal removal-jurisdiction securitized-trust traditional-trust trustee trustee-citizenship (1) Whether the Eleventh Circuit was required to apply Navarro's rule to the Respondent, before concluding that the Respondent is the real party to th… 3.5
23-536 Kendall Merlo v. Ingrid Warren, Presiding Judge, Probate Court No. 2, Dallas County, Texas Texas Denied Response Waived competency competency-hearing due-process estate-law guardian-ad-litem judicial-procedure notice pleadings probate-court sua-sponte Does a state trial court violate due process by appointing a guardian ad litem for the adult beneficiary of an estate, who is presumed to be competent… 3.5
23-546 Corporate Management, Incorporated, et al. v. United States, ex rel. James Aldridge, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-remedy cms due-process executive-compensation false-claims-act government-investigation materiality medicaid medicare medicare-reimbursement pay-and-chase 1. Where the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) makes paym ents pursuant to a "pay and chase" policy, are the certifications of Stone Co… 3.5
23-549 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-of-columbia federal-courts judicial-procedure jurisdictional-error subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether inexcusable error or neglect by U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Court of Columbia to issue an improper Order stating the Court had no s… 3.5
23-567 Superior Well Services, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Company, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived commercial-general-liability commercial-liability faulty-workmanship federalism insurance-law occurrence state-law third-circuit 1. Whether the Third Circuit's decision below violated core principles of federalism by rewriting Pennsylvania state insurance law regarding applicati… 3.5
23-640 Caleb A. C. Smith v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response Waived 10th-circuit declarant-memory evidence-rule evidence-rules excited-utterance hearsay-exception memory military-rules-of-evidence statement-admissibility testimonial-evidence unpublished-decision Whether a statement, made hours after an alleged assault that the declarant has no memory of, is admissible as an excited utterance? 3.5
23-641 Daisy Miller v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process independent-investigation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation-failure trial-counsel witness-testimony Whether trial counsel's near total reliance on the defendant's characterization of proposed defense witnesses' testimony, and the failure to conduct m… 3.5
23-681 Diamond J. Wholesale, LLC, dba Gabsons Novelties v. Top Tobacco, L.P., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure corporate-liability individual-liability knowing-violation lanham-act mark-misuse statutory-interpretation threshold-of-significance trademark-infringement The Lanham Act sets up a two-tiered penalty regime for cases involving counterfeit marks depending on whether the use of those marks was knowing. Whil… 3.5
23-5968 Richard Langston v. Connecticut Connecticut Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy fourteenth-amendment jury-acquittal jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States prohibit a state court from basing a criminal defendant's sentenc… 0.0
23-5654 Daquail Ramon Johnson v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia rational-trier-of-fact reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence virginia In Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), this Court held that the Due Process Clause requires the following standard of review for appellate claim… -1.0
23-6217 Ubaldo De La Cruz Leyva v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey historical-practices notice-clause prior-conviction prior-conviction-exception recidivism-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p… -1.5
23-6218 Shaquille Dewayne Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).… -1.5
23-6219 Manuel Rodrigues-Barios v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-criminal-law immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo… -1.5
23-6221 Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration race-discrimination racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo… -1.5
23-6242 Francisco Mora-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial precedent-overturning sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
23-6245 Donato Lopez-Arellano v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
23-6252 Juan Antonio Guerrero-Lazaro v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
23-6277 Fidel Gutierrez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment court-interpreter-act due-process fundamental-fairness indigenous-rights language-comprehension sixth-amendment The Court Interpreter's Act, as well as the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, require a district court to appoint a qualified inter-preter for a defendant, … -1.5
23-6279 Ismael Robles-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres almendarez-torres-precedent constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
23-6285 Kenneth Paiva v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation legislative-power statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause . -1.5
23-6320 Santiago Salazar-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either … -1.5
23-6332 Antonio Misael Rivera-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-law circuit-split criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-review legal-precedent precedent procedural-error sentencing standard-of-review Whether Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, __U.S.__, 140 S.Ct. 762 (2020), applies to claims of procedural error? -1.5
22-7790 Lancey Darnell Ray v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied Relisted (2)IFP active-duty-service-members actual-innocence criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process forensic-pathology medical-examiners military-jurisdiction state-medical-examiners veterans Active duty service members, i.e., Airmen, Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Space Force alike, with civilian dependents stationed in the continental Un… -4.0
23-5218 In Re Jerome Curry Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indictment material-facts non-response sentencing standing summary-judgment waiver Was na-F -tee, ChtcC aJ US ltf,H US ?a CK/ljc.R-k,vtc Gr,W*j^ Kr,/^' F, 0 H Doei nof Ike. /d/vU reqtfint AUeA dot 4o Hoe fLetyoniew+Y na>vre£ pcn.se … -4.0
23-5614 Ellison O. Jordan v. The Pennsylvania State University, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process duty-of-care jury-trial negligence special-relationship standing student-athlete 1. Was the Petitioner's constitutional right to jury trial by demand denied and/or violated by the lower court when it did not conduct a jury trial as… -4.0
23-5857 Jeremy Moody v. Georgia Georgia Denied Relisted (2)IFP autonomy-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process faretta-v-california guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-control-defense right-to-self-representation self-representation trial-court-discretion 1. Whether a guilty plea inherently waives claims that the trial court violated a defendant's autonomy-based rights, such as the right to self-represe… -4.0
23-6046 Antonio Lebaron Melton v. Florida Florida Denied IFP age-of-culpability age-of-offender criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment roper-v-simmons scientific-evidence 1. Does this Court's holding in Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005), that the death penalty is unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment for i… -4.5
23-6053 Nathan Nixon v. Florida Florida Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process first-district-court florida-supreme-court free-speech jurisdiction public-records standing Did the First District Court of Appeal of Florida violate questions in the Petition alleging that it conflicts with relevant decisions of this court? … -4.5
23-6055 Debora D. v. John D., et al. California Denied IFP custody due-process ex-parte ex-parte-orders idea-law jurisdiction parental-rights special-education state-encroachment Did the court make a mistake rendering orders on an ex-parte basis? Did the ex-parte application render the necessary elements for ex-parte relief? … -4.5
23-6066 Kirk Lamar Williams v. Washington Washington Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery-violations due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure speedy-trial Question not identified. -4.5
23-6073 William Shirley, IV v. Steven Harpe, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief 1.) Have petitioner 's Fifth(5th) and Fourteenth(l4th) Constitutional Amendment Rights been violated? 2.) Has the State of Oklahoma violated the M.C.… -4.5
23-6088 Alpheus Elite Hamilton v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process false-evidence fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment miller-v-pate prosecutorial-misconduct Did the State of Arizona violate the Due Process Clause when its prosecutor presented knowing use of false evidence to the jury as in Miller v. Pate, … -4.5
23-6091 Valentino Bernard Lee v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession jury-instructions legal-principles mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence possession-of-firearm sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the trial court erred in sentencing defendant to a mandatory 11 year sentence under the 10-20-Life statute for possession of a firearm when th… -4.5
23-6099 Carlos Noe Gallegos v. Texas Texas Denied IFP circuit-split citizenship-denaturalization denaturalization guilty-plea habeas-corpus immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel naturalized-citizenship padilla-standard padilla-v-kentucky prejudice-standard 1. Should the Court resolve the circuit split regarding whether Padilla applies to denaturalization consequences flowing from a guilty plea? 2. Did t… -4.5
22-5330 Demetrius J. Wade v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fifth-amendment forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel (1). Was petitioner's 5th and 14th Amendment Rights violated when police tampered with evidence and removed bullet fragments recovered from the victim… -6.0
23-5356 Trequan Devonte James v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection identification judicial-review police-procedures statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -6.0
23-5990 Kirk A. Simmons v. Thomas Scarantino Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2241 aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-procedure entrapment-defense federal-criminal-procedure government-fraud government-misconduct habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review 1. Does fraud, perpetrated by the federal government during a federal criminal proceeding so as to obstruct a defendant from mounting an entrapment de… -6.0
23-6093 George H. Finn v. New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction obstruction-of-court-orders obstruction-of-justice perjury standing state-actors 1. Can a Motion for Dismissal, argued upon an Amended Complaint, be granted if the Court dismisses the Amended Complaint in its entirety and then gran… -6.5
23-6152 In Re Michael Alonza Rufus Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitration civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review preemption statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified. -6.5
23-6213 Robert Poliero, aka Charlie v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-data civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment privacy search-and-seizure Whether the District Court committed procedural error when it applied a 4-level enhancement pursuant to USSG §3B1.1, despite defendant's limited respo… -6.5
23-6220 Daniel Thomason Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-violations corporate-liability discriminatory-practices due-process federal-prosecution fraud medical-billing standing statutory-interpretation takings ^ a*& UcbntftJjfe \davJ de)04) <4 in, 'ShoujJ, JT receive^ aid (Jb °r loatoc^a), e-fr a4_ pp f Ae create o-Pmv 'PreJC' ^«/ 1) 'toMX-ytflC -f,a£ynJ&'1 … -6.5
23-6224 Terry Daum v. Joseph Corey, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 appellate-procedure brady-v-maryland certificate-of-appealability clear-and-convincing-evidence federal-statute gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus reasonable-probability sawyer-v-whitley He * i/-e pr& (oa b r it h y Lj //. f/)c,r-Lj hand 1 evidence"0<ZS re a. <S on a es fa hi is fed in for#. d, " dear and under cj°35 fan dar dt Confihc… -6.5
23-6231 Kyle Maurice Parks v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-document civil-procedure civil-rights court-filing due-process judicial-review legal-petition patent procedural-matter standing takings Jtr/usi,rir/ Jfafa ZW*'c/ 7^oa> Jl**- v ctzfa^olA^-r w*c+-*t'~ 0/ fh* ^ftputeto(^$K> A /Jti /! cfe 'k*jC/'t'VM* / Yuc f2i€ owe Lfe4t^£ O S AS 5 £) -j… -6.5
23-6235 John S. Romero, aka John Silva Romero v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bargained-for-product district-court embezzlement federal-question health-care health-care-embezzlement insurance-coverage restitution victim-compensation victims Should this Court grant the petition for writ of certiorari to resolve the important federal question of whether a district court may award restitutio… -6.5
23-6236 Joseph R. Dickey v. Warden, FCI Marianna Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-restrictions constitutional-challenge federal-prisoner felker-v-turpin habeas-corpus successive-petition In light of the plain language contained in 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(1), which requires any claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus "applicat… -6.5
23-6240 Jesus Salvador Gonzalez-Lunar v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation covered-vessel criminal-procedure due-process jurisdictional-determination jury-trial maritime-law proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, or an adequate factual basis during a guilty plea, to find that a … -6.5
23-6251 Jonathan Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct confrontation-clause due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-standard sixth-amendment suppression-motion I. Whether the use of a preponderance of the evidence standard at sentencing violated Rodriguez's Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment rights? II. Whe… -6.5
23-6259 Bryan Lee Ogle v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction most-innocent-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tennessee-statute violent-felony Whether the district court erred in applying an enhanced sentence, pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), to Mr. Ogle at sente… -6.5
23-6263 Freddy Abad v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) 924(j) criminal-charging criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-criminal-law lora-v-united-states robbery-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution united-states-v-davis 1). Whether the two §§ 924(C), 924(J) Counts Five and Six, were based on a single "unit of prosectution ," this court should hold that they were; un… -6.5
23-6264 Ignacio Salcido, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phones data-collection digital-privacy fourth-amendment privacy search-and-seizure Question not identified. -6.5
23-6269 Yavonne Hand v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing administrative-law civil-rights criminal-conduct declaratory-judgment due-process ethics-violation government-misconduct public-officials standing IN AN ACTION IN WHICH THE SOLE CLAIM TO BE TRIED IS A CLAIM UNDER THE DECLARA TORY JUDGMENT ACT RESULTING TO VIOLATION OF ETHICS AND CRIMINAL CONDUCT… -6.5
23-6275 Samuel Trelawney Hughes v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining sentencing Question not identified. -6.5
23-6286 Kyle Maurice Parks v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process petition-for-writ-of-certiorari standing supreme-court Question not identified. -6.5
23-6297 Kevin Hewlett v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 cellphone-evidence child-pornography commerce-clause criminal-conduct criminal-law criminal-procedure interstate-commerce jury-instruction mens-rea 1) Whether the use of an internationally-manufactured cellphone in criminal conduct is, by itself, a sufficient nexus to interstate commerce to satisf… -6.5
23-6299 Jovon Montell Hollowell v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process indigenous-rights judicial-authority jurisdiction service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-courts tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Questions without prejudice I need your help to comprehend: 1. Does a court treated by Congress of the United States not obligated to prove it's a co… -6.5
23-6302 Robert Lee Crawford v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-claim due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-procedure preliminary-review prisoner-rights Is the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment violated by the lower courts when a prisoner petitioner's 28 USC §2255 habeas corpus raising Sec… -6.5
23-6314 Dana Jahmal Stevenson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review attempt attempt-offense controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the court of appeal s erred in ruling that a prior sentence for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) qualified as a "controlled substance … -6.5
23-6318 William Joseph Daniel v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consenting-adults constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection glucksberg-test privileges-or-immunities substantive-due-process 1.) There are 330 million Americans and almost all of them either have or will choose who to pursue for potential marriage, children, and family, whic… -6.5
23-6319 Lacarl Dow v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment franks-hearing probable-cause suppression-of-evidence warrant-application (1) Did the affiant officer intentionally or recklessly make false or misleading statements or omissions in support of the warrant? (2) Was the false… -6.5
23-6330 Raymond Ghaloustian v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule harmless-error harrison-v-united-states miranda-rights miranda-warning opening-brief The Court has held that where a defendant's statements are admitted in the Government's case-in-chief in violation of Miranda v. State of Arizona, 384… -6.5
23-6331 Hannibal Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense burden-of-proof criminal-conduct criminal-law disqualifying-element imminent-threat justification-defense legal-alternative proximate-cause The question presented is whether the courts should also take a narrow view in considering the disqualifying element of the justification defense, and… -6.5
23-6333 Nora Gilda Guevara Triana v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit evidence-rule fair-trial rule-of-completeness special-verdict standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent u.s.-v.-griffin 1. Whether the Eighth Circuit Court's failure to follow this Court's precedence in U.S. v. Griffin, 502 U.S. 46 (1991) and Turner v. U.S., 396 U.S. 39… -6.5
23-6335 Devonne L. Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-leadership criminal-organization criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing firearm-possession guideline-enhancement leadership sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review 1) Whether the lower court erred in applying a 4-level increase pursuant to U.S.S.G. Guideline § 3B1.1(a) in determining the Petitioner to be an organ… -6.5
23-6336 Javier Garibay Mendoza, aka Javier Garibay Mendoza-Romero, aka Jose Mendoza-Romero v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a circuit-split criminal-sentencing gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion procedural-obligations procedural-requirements sentencing-guidelines upward-variance Under Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 50 (2007), a district court imposing an outside-Guidelines sentence "must consider the extent of the deviati… -6.5
23-6339 Juan Guzman, aka Juan Villarreal-Guzman, aka Juan Guzman-Villareal, aka Victor Nava, aka Francisco Lara, aka Francisco Lara-Paramo, aka Ayala Ramoro, aka Carlos Solorio, aka Daniel Solorio, aka Flaco v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion assault-with-a-firearm criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion evidence-admission firearm-possession prior-allegation prior-bad-acts sixth-circuit Does a District Court prejudicially abuse its discretion in a firearm possession case, as previously found by the Sixth Circuit, when that District Co… -6.5
23-6343 Patrick Bowie v. Mark Miller, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP authentication confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence-authentication hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington 1. Is the right to confrontation violated when inculpatory letters, turned over to the People by a non-testifying witness, admitted into evidence wit… -6.5
23-6346 Walter Freeman Jordan, III v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeal habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-petition sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified. -6.5
23-6347 Trayone Lefferio Bell v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-loss administrative-deference circuit-split federal-sentencing-guidelines fraud-guidelines intended-loss kisor-v-wilke loss-calculation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the intended loss commentary to the fraud guidelines § 2B1.1(b)(1) violate this court's decision Kisor v. Wilke, 139 S.Ct. 2400 (2019). -6.5
23-6351 Jerome Terry, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect ninth-circuit notice sentencing sentencing-departure upward-departure waiver Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing the appeal when the district court failed to give notice of its intent to depart upwards 147 months and … -6.5
23-6357 Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-justice due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion motion-for-relief sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the denial of the Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) Motion is contrary to this Court's ruling in CONCEPCION? see infra. -6.5
23-6375 Mark E. Sells v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-precedent constitutional-rights dismissal-of-appeal due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure plea-agreement supreme-court-precedent tenth-circuit-court united-states-supreme-court-law Question #1: Did the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, violate Sells' Right to 'Due Process' and 'access to a Court of Law' guaranteed by … -6.5