Conference: 2025-04-17

154 cases — 1 granted, 153 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
24-773 Joshua Wade v. University of Michigan Michigan Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) campus-carry constitutional-rights firearm-possession fourteenth-amendment second-amendment sensitive-places Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments allow a criminal ordinance that prohibits mere possession of firearms on an entire poorly-delineated univ… 15.0
24-474 Food and Drug Administration v. SWT Global Supply, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law arbitrary-and-capricious-standard e-cigarette-products fda-authorization public-health tobacco-control-act Whether the court of appeals erred in setting aside FDA's denial orders as arbitrary and capricious. 14.5
23-871 Lotus Vaping Technologies, LLC v. Food and Drug Administration Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (4) administrative-procedure-act arbitrary-and-capricious circuit-split comparative-efficacy electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems fair-warning flavored-products food-and-drug-administration marketing-applications Whether FDA's denial of Petitioner's marketing applications for flavored ENDS was arbitrary and capricious where FDA based the denial solely on a prev… 14.0
24-351 United States Postal Service, et al. v. Lebene Konan Fifth Circuit Granted Amici (3)Relisted (2) federal-tort-claims-act intentional-non-delivery mail-delivery postal-service sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff's claim that she and her tenants did not receive mail because Postal Service employees intentionally did not deliver it to a desig… 14.0
24-542 United States, ex rel. James Heron v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) false-claims-act foreclosure-fraud materiality-standard original-source public-disclosure-bar qui-tam 1. The False Claims Act allows qui tam relators to sue those who violate the Act, but its "public-disclosure bar" requires courts to dismiss qui tam l… 14.0
24-591 CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) antitrust-violation continuing-violation monopoly sherman-act statute-of-limitations trade-restraint This Court has held that the Clayton Act statute of limitations permits recovery of damages for injuries arising from "conduct which constituted a con… 14.0
23-799 Magellan Technology, Inc. v. Food and Drug Administration Second Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking arbitrary-and-capricious circuit-split comparative-efficacy electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems ends-products fda-regulation marketing-authorization reliance-interests youth-access Whether FDA's denial of Petitioner's marketing applications for flavored ENDS was arbitrary and capricious where FDA based the denial solely on a prev… 13.0
23-1125 Logic Technology Development LLC v. Food and Drug Administration Third Circuit Denied Relisted (3) administrative-law agency-action arbitrary-and-capricious electronic-nicotine-delivery-system electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems fda-regulation menthol-flavoring premarket-tobacco-application premarket-tobacco-product-application retroactive-rulemaking retroactive-standard 1. Whether the Food and Drug Administration's ("FDA") creation of a new, heightened standard for evaluating already-pending premarket tobacco product … 11.5
24-669 Alma Aracely Castaneda-Martinez v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1) None 11.5
24-655 Viewpoint Neutrality Now!, et al. v. Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied first-amendment free-speech-clause limited-public-forum status-discrimination student-organization viewpoint-neutrality A student organization of student-service-fee-paying students called Viewpoint Neutrality Now! sued the University of Minnesota based on alleged viola… 10.5
24-782 Bob Jacobson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety v. Kristin Worth, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied age-restriction constitutional-rights firearms-regulation historical-analysis public-carry second-amendment Minnesota allows young people significant access to firearms. Young people can use guns under the supervision of an adult at any age, and they can u… 10.5
24-827 Broadband iTV, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied alice-test claim-construction material-fact patent-eligibility patent-law summary-judgment Courts assess whether patent claims are patenteligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 using the two-step test articulated in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Internatio… 10.5
24-848 Anne Catherine Richard v. Eric John Horacius Eleventh Circuit Denied child-custody circuit-split habitual-residence international-law monasky-standard well-settled-defense I. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's habitual-residence analysis conflicts with this Court's totality-of-thecircumstances standard under Monasky v. Tagli… 10.5
24-863 Wanda L. Edwards v. South Dakota South Dakota Denied fourth-amendment passenger-rights probable-cause search-warrant traffic-stop vehicle-search When police officers have probable cause to believe that a stopped car contains contraband, they may search containers in the car, including a purse s… 10.5
24-870 AMN Distribution, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, et al. v. Athena Cosmetics, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Ninth Circuit Denied attorney-fees fraud legal-standard misconduct prevailing-party reasonableness Should attorney time spent due to a prevailing party's fraud and misconduct be presumed unreasonable as a matter of law and excluded from prevailing p… 10.5
24-876 NVWS Properties, LLC v. Casun Invest, A.G., a Swiss Corporation Ninth Circuit Denied choice-of-law conflict-of-laws diversity-jurisdiction forum-state restatement-of-conflict-of-laws statute-of-limitations In assessing under a conflict of laws which jurisdiction's statute of limitations applies, does it apply to the jurisdiction where all the parties res… 10.5
24-615 HCI Distribution, Inc., et al. v. Michael T. Hilgers, Attorney General of Nebraska, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) None I. Under this Court's decision in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987), may a state directly regulate commerce between t… 9.0
24-1018 I. S., By and Through His Attorney in Fact, M. S., et al. v. Fulton County School District Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived free-appropriate-public-education idea individualized-education-plan procedural-safeguards psychological-report school-district When Congress enacted the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), it imposed on public school districts an affirmative duty to ensure that… 8.5
24-883 Molly Vogt, as Trustee for the Heirs and Next of Kin of Joshua Vogt, Deceased v. CO Robert Anderson, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (3) adverse-inference circuit-split civil-procedure evidence-destruction spoliation summary-judgment When a party destroys evidence "with the intent to deprive another party of the information's use in the litigation," Federal Rule of Civil Procedure … 8.5
24-912 Earl Casperson Meggison v. Florida Florida Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto removal-provision sex-offender-registration state-courts Whether the Court should resolve the following question for which the state courts are split: is it a violation of constitutional ex post facto princi… 8.5
24-995 MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived asset-sale bankruptcy-code circuit-conflict lease-assignment section-365 stipulation-waiver Whether parties must invoke a particular phrase and explicitly acknowledge all possible consequences for a stipulation to constitute waiver; and Whet… 8.5
24-737 Sprout Foods, Inc. v. Gillian Davidson, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) fdca food-labeling private-enforcement regulatory-incorporation sherman-law state-law 1. Whether § 337's explicit bar on private enforcement of the FDCA precludes a private action seeking to enforce FDCA food labeling regulations by ass… 6.5
24-411 Jeffrey Gray Thomas v. State Bar of Nevada Nevada Denied Relisted (2) compelled-government-speech constitutional-rights due-process free-speech interstate-commerce right-to-travel (1) Whether the Supreme Court of Nevada denied due process of the laws and his constitutional right of free speech to Petitioner and Compelled Governm… 6.0
24-495 Lebene Konan v. United States Postal Service, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split equal-protection federal-employees intracorporate-conspiracy ku-klux-klan-act section-1985-3 The Ku Klux Klan Act provides a federal cause of action against "two or more persons" who "conspire," as relevant here, to deprive "any person or clas… 6.0
24-639 David Orlando Marquez Cruz v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
24-738 Juan Cartaya v. Travelers Indemnity Company Colorado Denied appraisal-process arbitration contract-interpretation dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act insurance-law Whether the insurance industry's appraisal process, which fully and finally resolves insurer-insured disputes over the loss amount when two of three a… 5.5
24-765 Robert R. Turner v. Sharon W. Jordan, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied circuit-split comity-principles constitutional-takings federal-abstention property-rights tax-foreclosure Whether federal courts must abstain from constitutional takings cases that seek to recover only the surplus value of a property that was taken pursuan… 5.5
24-814 Guillermo Gray v. Killick Group, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit Denied None 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. previously decided the issue. 2. Whether the Fifth Circuit erred when it failed to 3. Whether the Fi… 5.5
24-844 Joseph Srour v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied constitutional-challenge facial-unconstitutionality government-action judicial-review mootness vacatur Whether vacatur is proper where the government's voluntary conduct causes the case to become moot in the context of the review of a successful facial … 5.5
24-869 Randall P. Ewing, Jr., et ux. v. Erik Carrier, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied appellate-review civil-procedure claim-preclusion district-court judicial-discretion motion-to-amend Should a court dismiss a plaintiffs claim, using its inherent authority or otherwise, because they first filed a motion for leave to amend to join the… 5.5
24M73 Hazem Garada v. District of Columbia Board of Medicine District of Columbia Presumed Complete None 5.5
24M74 Thomas Ostly v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
24M75 Donald J. Englert, II v. Reginald Bishop, Superintendent, Five Points Correctional Facility Second Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
24M76 I. M. v. Illinois Illinois Presumed Complete None 5.5
24-886 Christopher Schurr v. Peter Lyoya, Personal Representative for the Estate of Patrick Lyoya, Deceased Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived deadly-force law-enforcement pleading-stage qualified-immunity summary-judgment video-evidence 1. Whether Scott v. Harris permits courts to resolve qualified immunity at the pleading stage based on objective video evidence that demonstrates the … 4.5
24-956 Los Angeles County, California, et al. v. Peter Woods Nyarecha, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived cell-check-policy constitutional-violation monell-doctrine municipal-liability section-1983 summary-judgment The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's official policy requires deputy officers to regularly check inmates' cells for signs of life. It is undi… 4.5
24-644 Darrell E. Williams v. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-remedies appeals-council exhaustion-doctrine judicial-review Medicare-Act procedural-interpretation 1. Whether this Court should directly consider the issue of what constitutes "exhaustion of administrative remedies" according to the Medicare Act, be… 4.0
24-688 Property Matters USA, LLC v. Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-fees copyright-law federal-procedure rule-41 statutory-interpretation voluntary-dismissal Whether a defendant is barred from recovering attorney's fee under 17 U.S.C. §505 because a plaintiff's Rule 41(a)(1) voluntary dismissal is not a cou… 4.0
24-708 Zafar Iqbal v. BPOA Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeal circuit-court jurisdictional-statute medicaid preclusion supreme-court 1.Can the 34 Circuit Court and DCWPA overrule, Jurisdictional statute of limitations set by US Supreme Court as 10/18/2022 in case no.22-624? 2. Did … 4.0
24-1004 Aframax River Marine Company v. Suderman and Young Towing Company, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived admiralty-law fault-apportionment international-code maritime-liability safety-management-system vessel-collision Under federal admiralty law, whether a court adjudicating and apportioning the fault/liability of the respective parties in a vessel collision/allisio… 3.5
24-1009 Joseph D. Lento v. Pennsylvania Office of Disciplinary Counsel Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline disciplinary-proceedings due-process judicial-fairness legal-ethics procedural-rights The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) issued a 134-page Report, with 496 factual statements, followed by legal conclus… 3.5
24-873 Angela W. DeBose v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived jury-trial preliminary-injunction rule-12b6 rule-65 temporary-restraining-order vexatious-litigant (1) Whether the "with " and/or "without " notice rules of Rule 65 for a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order require a hearing? (2) … 3.5
24-878 Rachel Breaux v. Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District, et al. Louisiana Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-review bankruptcy-court equitable-factors fair-notice judicial-estoppel 1. Where Petitioner's duty to report her claim to the bankruptcy court was unclear and unsettled, would application of judicial estoppel to her claims… 3.5
24-893 Eric Jamie Katz v. Department of Justice Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-judge due-process federal-circuit hostile-work-environment merit-systems-protection-board whistleblower-retaliation 1. Whether the Federal Circuit erred in denying the request for a rehearing en banc, given that Eric Katz suffered through a hostile work environment … 3.5
24-894 Michelle Avery Bey v. David Harper, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-USC-1961 circuit-court district-court federal-jurisdiction racketeering statute-of-limitations 1. Did the United States Court of Appeal for the Tenth Circuit err in declaring that the federal questions concerning 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 and 1962 shoul… 3.5
24-939 Kendall Streb v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining reasonable-jurists sentencing-guidelines The "reasonable jurists" test was created only as a threshold to discourage frivolous habeas appeals. It was never intended as a sky-reaching wall o… 3.5
24-945 Jenn-Ching Luo v. Owen J. Roberts School District, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-issue default-judgment federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-procedure pre-answer-motion void-judgment Whether bombing courts or shooting judges is a holy mission to counter a corrupt judicial system? That is a satire to ridicule the Courts below if a c… 3.5
24-947 Chanel Wiley v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights court-precedent criminal-procedure jury-prejudice ninth-circuit physical-restraints Whether a criminal defendant whose government imposed restraint is perceptible to a jury must show actual prejudice, as the decision below held, or wh… 3.5
24-950 Urvashi Bhagat v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-standards due-process expert-testimony innovation nutrition-arts patent-law The Respondents and the U.S. patent courts are obstructing advancement in nutrition and prevention by unlawfully denying patents, neutering innovation… 3.5
24-951 Sergeant Fred Cueto, et al. v. Hasmik Jasmine Chinaryan, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem for NEC, a Minor, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-procedure harmless-error judicial-review standard-of-review Given a jury verdict and resulting judgment in a civil case, does the appellant generally have the burden to show that any error was prejudicial to th… 3.5
24-954 Anthony Vetri v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response Waived conflict-of-interest criminal-defense cronic-standard effective-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard 1. To show a violation of the right to conflict-free counsel when represented by multiple attorneys, only some of whom are conflicted, must a defendan… 3.5
24-955 Gabino Ramos Hernandez v. Phillip Causey Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 bivens-action constitutional-rights federal-employee state-action willful-participation 1. Is the rule expressed in Lugar v Edmondson Oil Co., 457 U.S. 922, 102 S. Ct.2744, 73 L. Ed. 2d 482 (1982), that a challenged activity is deemed sta… 3.5
24-963 Elvin Torres-Estrada v. United States First Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion Whether the inaccurate advice by Mr. Torres-Estrada's rogue attorney to reject a favorable plea agreement during plea negotiations, with the prosecuto… 3.5
24-980 William Jones, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Police Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department v. Ymelda Elena, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived excessive-force law-enforcement ninth-circuit qualified-immunity summary-judgment video-evidence In ruling on a claim for qualified immunity raised in a motion for summary judgment, does a court's obligation to view the evidence in the light most … 3.5
24-989 Cedrick Frazier, et al. v. Southeast Georgia Health System, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process electronic-stored-information fraud-upon-court inherent-authority sanctions seventh-amendment 1. Now exists split of authority where Ninth Circuit, in Gregory v. State of Montana, 118 F.4th 1069 (9th Cir. 2024), held district court committed le… 3.5
24-6594 Jermaine Alexander Foster v. Florida Florida Denied IFP atkins-standard death-penalty intellectual-disability procedural-hurdles retroactivity supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the categorical restriction against executing the intellectually disabled can be circumvented via procedural hurdles implemented after liti… 0.5
24-5758 Eriston Wilson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split conspiracy-charge evidence-admissibility extrinsic-evidence intent-determination rule-404b Does the Fifth Circuit's rule that a plea of not guilty to a conspiracy charge automatically renders similar, extrinsic acts admissible as relevant to… -1.0
24-6146 Jarvis Parker v. Florida Florida Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None 1. Whether, contrary to the Due Process and Jury Clauses, the trial court erred in imposing an enhanced sentence under a statute authorizing the enhan… -1.0
24-6402 Colby McCoggle v. Florida Florida Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-sentencing due-process hearing-rights judicial-procedure mandatory-sentence notice-requirement Is a criminal defendant denied due process when, upon having their sentence vacated, a court imposes a new mandatory sentence without affording notice… -1.0
24-6667 Luke John Scott, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure false-testimony federal-question obstructing-justice sentencing-guidelines trial-testimony Does a criminal defendant's trial testimony constitute a willful intent to provide materially false testimony as required for a two-level increase for… -1.5
24-6757 Caed Brawner v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole Whether a sentence of mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a teenager violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punish… -1.5
24-6761 Eric Vaughn v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing drug-testing probation-officer special-conditions supervised-release If a criminal defendant receives a term of supervised release, the district court will specify the conditions that the defendant must follow. See 18 U… -1.5
24-6796 Steven Nicholson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP covid-19-test district-court ninth-circuit sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act summary-reversal Whether this Court should summarily reverse the Ninth Circuit, which itself summarily reversed the district court's order dismissing petitioner's indi… -1.5
24-6814 Jason Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure illegal-sentence plea-agreement sentencing-law While "jurisdictions appear to treat at least some claims as unwaivable" via an appeal waiver in a plea agreement, this Court has not yet had occasion… -1.5
24-6861 Haitham Yousef Alhindi v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-commitment competency-to-stand-trial detention-order inter-circuit-conflict mootness Did the Eleventh Circuit err and create an inter-circuit conflict by dismissing Mr. Alhindi's appeal as moot where, pursuant to United States v. Carri… -1.5
23-7393 Gregory Shawn Mercer v. Virginia, et al. Virginia Denied Relisted (3)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment amendment-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process incorporation-doctrine privileges-and-immunities privileges-immunities state-court-procedure supremacy-clause 1) Whether or not the Circuit Court of Fairfax County (hereafter "FCCC ") Trial Court, the Court of Appeals of Virginia (hereafter "COAV '), and the S… -3.5
23-7840 Douglas Lemon v. Illinois Illinois Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violation disclosure-of-evidence due-process due-process-clause evidence-disclosure fitness-evaluation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel sixth-amendment (1), He was not given a fair Fitness Evaluation Nor Hearing, Due Process Right, U.S. Constitution, Amendment, 14th, ILL. Const. ( 1970 ) Art; 1 § 2; d… -4.0
24-5094 Kenyatta Quinn Mitchell v. Paul Bennett, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 11th-amendment 42-usc-1983 circuit-court-review civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process heck-v-humphrey judicial-discretion legal-standards plra procedural-due-process state-law statutory-interpretation Did the Ninth Circuit and Fifth District Court apply all necessary and properly applicable elements to the petitioner's 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 claim? … -4.0
24-5839 Jordan Powell v. JBG Smith Properties, LP First Residences, et al. District of Columbia Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights-removal fourteenth-amendment remand-review statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction thirteenth-amendment Whether the civil rights removal statute 28 U.S.C. Section 1443 permits removal remand review according to the text thereof where Subsection 1447(d) d… -4.0
24-5848 Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Tiara Thomas Maryland Denied Relisted (2)IFP corrections-personnel exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance pretrial-detainee protective-order state-custody 1. IS THE INMATE GRIEVANCE PROCESS THE "EXCLUSIVE REMEDY " AVAILABLE TO PRETRIAL DETAINEES AND CONVICTED PERSONS FOR PROTECTION FROM ABUSE? 2. CAN … -4.0
24-5849 Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Jeremiah Kinney Maryland Denied Relisted (2)IFP exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance power-of-attorney pretrial-detainee protective-order state-custody 1. IS THE INMATE GRIEVANCE PROCESS THE "EXCLUSIVE REMEDY " AVAILABLE TO PRETRIAL DETAINEES AND CONVICTED PERSONS FOR PROTECTION FROM ABUSE? 2. CAN … -4.0
24-5850 Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Shannon Blackwell Maryland Denied Relisted (2)IFP corrections-staff exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance pretrial-detainee protective-order state-custody 1. IS THE INMATE GRIEVANCE PROCESS THE "EXCLUSIVE REMEDY" AVAILABLE TO PRETRIAL DETAINEES AND CONVICTED PERSONS FOR PROTECTION FROM ABUSE? 2. CAN A… -4.0
24-5851 Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Deshawn Hector Maryland Denied Relisted (2)IFP corrections-staff exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance power-of-attorney pretrial-detainee protective-order 1. IS THE INMATE GRIEVANCE PROCESS THE "EXCLUSIVE REMEDY " AVAILABLE TO PRETRIAL DETAINEES AND CONVICTED PERSONS FOR PROTECTION FROM ABUSE? 2. CAN … -4.0
24-5861 Robert Joseph Schmitt v. Texas Texas Denied Relisted (2)IFP concurrent-sentencing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance statutory-interpretation Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in not exercising their inherent authority to correct the sentence imposed unlawfully due to the ineffecti… -4.0
24-5960 Christopher Patrick McGowan v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2)IFP fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment grand-jury preliminary-hearing probable-cause 1. DID THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS VIOLATE THE PETITIONER'S FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY FAILING TO ESTABLISH PROBABLE CAUSE BY REFUSING T… -4.0
24-6090 In Re William A. Freeman Denied Relisted (2)IFP None Question not identified. -4.0
24-6095 William Lematty v. Georgia Georgia Denied Relisted (2)IFP None Question not identified. -4.0
24-6238 In Re Daniel Felix Denied Relisted (2)IFP animal-rights constitutional-personhood due-process equal-protection hate-crime-classification religious-freedom 1. That Non-property Animals have a US Constitutional Right to be individual "stand alone" Plaintiffs and petitioners in Courts of the United States O… -4.0
24-6310 Descart Austin Begay, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split evidence-rule fabrication impeachment prior-consistent-statement witness-testimony Subsection (i) of Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(B) allows for admission of a declarant's prior consistent statement only when offered "to rebut a… -4.5
24-6472 Willie R. Burgess, Jr. v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP capital-murder death-penalty expert-testimony ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief strickland-standard Under the extreme circumstances of this case, can a state court deny a Strickland claim on the merits without conducting an evidentiary hearing? -4.5
24-6479 Thomas Sawyer v. Caryn Die, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
24-6513 Tavon Johnathon Magee v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-standard habeas-relief sixth-amendment I. HAS PETITIONER MAGEE MADE A PROPER SHOWING OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE TO HAVE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIMS ADDRESSED ON THE MERITS? II. WHETHER THE SUPREME … -4.5
24-6515 Joseph T. Shine-Johnson v. Shelbie Smith, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review habeas-corpus judicial-finality merits-review procedural-grounds rule-60b 1. Can a petitioner use the 60(b) Rule to gain Relief of Judgment from a legal error that precluded a merits review, when habeas relief was denied by … -4.5
24-6521 Lea Welles v. Marcel Lowitsch California Denied IFP civil-restraining-order constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias procedural-technicality 1. Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing Petitioner's appeal based on a technicality that caused no harm or prejudice, and abused its discre… -4.5
24-6523 Timothy W. Wright, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus Question not identified. -4.5
24-6527 Hazhar A. Sayed v. Gilbert Caley, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-litigant self-defense 1) Whether The Doyle v. Ohio. 426 U.S. 610 (1976) violation had a substantial and injurious effect in determining the jury 's verdict? 2) Whether the… -4.5
24-6528 Marlon Abraham Rosasen v. Kingdom of Norway, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights diplomatic-service due-process international-law service-of-process tort-jurisdiction 1. Whether a substantial part of the torts took place in the United States and/or had a direct cause and effect in the United States, and if so; If de… -4.5
24-6529 Tarun Kumar Vyas v. Bryan F. Hutcheson, Sheriff, Rockingham County, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
24-6531 Mary Ruffin v. Mark Henry Texas Dismissed IFP court-fees fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority jurisdictional-challenge mandamus-writ procedural-due-process Whether the lower court's failure to honor a Statement of Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs after filing, without any contest, thereby imposi… -4.5
24-6534 Keith Robert Lugo v. California California Denied IFP administrative-law chevron-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection supremacy-clause THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THIS HIGH COURT'S RECENT RULING OVERTURNING THE CHEVRON DOCTRINE, AS ANNOUNCED IN LOPER LIGHT ENTERPRISES V. RAIMONDO, NO. 22-… -4.5
24-6547 Mitchell S. Sanderson v. Janne Myrdal, et al. North Dakota Denied IFP due-process judicial-oath jurisdiction rules-of-court service-of-process supremacy-clause Whether the Rules of Court must be followed by the Court. The Walsh District Court violated Rules of Court on the 21-day default judgment. ND Supreme … -4.5
24-6548 Kynnedi'Rae Joan Charles v. Officer Gary Wayne Chambers, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment law-enforcement Does law enforcement's involvement in the arrest and use of force against Ms. Kynnedi 'Rae Charles potentially violate fundamental constitutional prot… -4.5
24-6556 Edward Farley v. Ubiratan Marinho, Jr., et al. New Hampshire Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction minimum-contacts nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction 1- Did the New Hampshire Supreme Court misapprehend the two-part test for federal due process jurisdiction is a way to determine if a state court ca… -4.5
24-6564 Kenneth Johnson v. Seagraves Compress, Trinity Company Fifth Circuit Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
24-6566 Felix O. Brown, Jr. v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment brady-violation due-process jury-communication state-suppression 1. Can newly discovered material evidence which revealed an unauthorized communication had with a deliberating jury, in the jury room, by/or through a… -4.5
24-6568 Andrivia Frances Wells v. Mecklenburg County Clerk of Probate Estates, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-distribution probate-law section-1983 Congress enacted 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Blessing v. Freestone, 520 U.S. 329 (1997) to hold state actors accountable for violating federal constitutional and… -4.5
24-6574 Mark A. Marchetti v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance exculpatory-evidence fair-trial trial-procedure WHETHER PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS, A FAIR TRIAL, AND EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WERE VIOLATED BY TRIAL COUNSEL'S FAILURE … -4.5
24-6576 Simaron D. Hill v. Todd Ishee Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 5th-amendment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process procedural-ruling slack-standard In the Uis Court 9 F appeals For the YW circuth ecide an ih pockant fed eral question in q way that contlids with Slack me Danie (2000) Fn Slack v. M… -4.5
24-6581 Velin Mezinev v. Bermet Tashybekova New York Denied IFP None Under what circumstances do parents who use US-born children as cures for asylum fraud endanger their physical or psychological wellbeing? Do state ac… -4.5
24-6587 Angel Antonio Rosario v. Florida Florida Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
24-6778 Jessie Hoffman v. Gary Westcott, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit Dismissed IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment execution-method nitrogen-gassing religious-freedom rluipa 1. Whether a method of execution that superadds psychological suffering—including terror and mental anguish—compared to an available alternative metho… -4.5
24-6868 In Re James Eric Mansfield Denied IFP antiterrorism-act evidentiary-law federal-court habeas-corpus state-sovereignty tenth-amendment 1. Whether a federal court violates the Tenth Amendment by commandeering state evidentiary law and adding a heightened provision for the admissibility… -4.5
24-6902 In Re Sefe A. Almedom Denied IFP constitutional-law federal-supremacy fraud-upon-court judicial-authority stare-decisis state-supreme-court 1. According to Federal Law, the U.S. Constitution And State Statutory Laws. Does The State Supreme Court Of Ohio have More Power And Autnority than T… -4.5
24-6909 In Re Brittany Hudson Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
24-6085 Tanya Tyson v. Madelyn Winningham, et al. Oklahoma Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP fraud-claim insurance-contract interlocutory-appeal procedural-error right-to-appeal subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Did the Supreme Court err when they dismissed my case for lack of an appealable Order (this is an interlocutory appeal) because they discerned that… -6.0
24-6206 Anthony Bowden, Sr. v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law disability-discrimination due-process federal-employment merit-system-protection-board reasonable-accommodation Was Federal Appeals Court opinion to confirm the Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) decision in the Bowden vs. OPM case discrimination against a per… -6.0
24-6764 Albert Johnson v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP assets employment expenses in-forma-pauperis income poverty Question not identified. -6.0
24-6519 Larry R. Steele v. United States Postal Service, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty habeas-corpus post-conviction texas-procedure Has the Jawenslecs of this Nahon w rope zah the di Gad surrem agin TAL PEOPLE the arpa REOPLE 6 Whe Unred Syorte ok Amerson? -6.5
24-6535 Christopher Vitti v. Kevin Brian Jones, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP district-court equitable-remedy statute-extension subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court tort-claim Did the ninth district court error in finding that there's no equitable remedy to make an extension of statute; and if the ninth district didn't error… -6.5
24-6546 Robert Dorgay v. Paul Reif, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-amendments due-process-rights probation-restrictions prosecutorial-misconduct samson-precedent suspicionless-searches On the Friday before the Monday when a trial was to begin against a man accused of domestic violence allegations, the Prosecutor lost communication wi… -6.5
24-6599 William J. Trengove, Jr. v. Department of Justice Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court-circuit-split discretionary-function-exemption federal-tort-claims-act government-negligence legal-duty statutory-interpretation Can the Department of Justice, or any government agency, legitimately claim 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a) discretionary function exemption (DFE) after being ind… -6.5
24-6608 Felix Pusey v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-amendment firearm-possession juvenile-offender mandatory-minimum second-amendment sixth-amendment 1. Whether section 790.23(1)(b), Florida Statutes, which criminalizes the possession and ownership of a firearm by people under the age of 24 who have… -6.5
24-6619 Mutaz Al Shara v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure due-process government-accountability injunctive-relief judicial-misconduct subject-matter-jurisdiction Capital Case. Questions presented where The Judge is wrong: This was supposed to have been a human rights defender who protect and defend the human … -6.5
24-6647 Oscar Stilley v. Cole Jester, Arkansas Secretary of State, et al. Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment assistance-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-judgment peaceful-petition voting-registration 1. Is a void criminal judgment, taken contrary to the 6th Amendment right to assistance of counsel, nevertheless legally sufficient to criminally pun… -6.5
24-6671 Isaac Doyle Koch v. Iowa Iowa Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process law-enforcement official-act resistance statutory-interpretation What is the difference between interfering with an official act and refusing an official crime? What is the effect, when statute disallows all physic… -6.5
24-6674 Kevin Millette v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction compassionate-release criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus sentencing-modification Whether a sentencing judge may impose a condition of supervised release that substantially restricts a defendant's access to his own children without … -6.5
24-6678 Omari Howard Patton v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-quantity extrapolation leadership-enhancement sentencing-guidelines uncharged-participants WHEN FEDERAL DEFENDANTS ARE ATTRIBUTED A DRUG QUANTITY BASED ON EXTRAPOLATION AND THE CHEMIST FAILS TO TESTIFY AS TO HOW THE EXTRAPOLATION WAS CONDUCT… -6.5
24-6683 Ferrell Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability clisby-rule constitutional-rights eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in the determination of the Issuance of a Certificate of Appealability follows their own Circuit Prec… -6.5
24-6688 Lawrence Lombardi v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Cau/cToF fiP.PE.ftkS ERR t,/!voT ... '£i OPi m \otJ iW-'—Wo-P-ES.JLRlMiD10 T-H F. \iT+j Cl R c,y > \ Coin puyitJ O vj \lk> T.tfii .££> ml EvT&RPR js … -6.5
24-6689 Tarun Kumar Vyas v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
24-6690 Arjune Ahmed v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure defendant-rights evidence-admission federal-rule-of-evidence sexual-assault Petitioner Arjune Ahmed was convicted of two counts of kidnapping. The district court declined to give him separate trials on the two kidnapping alleg… -6.5
24-6694 Emilio Santiago v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-decision career-offender criminal-procedure judicial-review retroactive-application sentencing-enhancement Should A Intervening Decision By A United States Court Of Appeals Invalidating A Defendant's Career Offender Enhancement Be Applied Retroactive? -6.5
24-6695 Edward Deloach v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-1521 appellate-review criminal-law document-fraud false-document sentencing-guidelines If a defendant is convicted for attempting and conspiring to file a false lien under 18 U.S.C. §1521, but the document he submitted to a federal agenc… -6.5
24-6698 Joseph Smith v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge cross-section-challenge duren-test fourth-amendment jury-selection systemic-exclusion 1.) What is the proper test to determine a cross-section challenge under the Duren 1s second prong. And, how to resolve if intertwined within the 'sys… -6.5
24-6703 Lewis Mobley v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury crime-of-violence criminal-statute physical-force statutory-interpretation VICAR Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us… -6.5
24-6722 Ashley Muse v. Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process federal-jurisdiction res-judicata state-court Question not identified. -6.5
24-6735 Nikolas Malachie Jordan v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
24-6744 Tia Lyn Nicole Sulu-Kerr v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-code enumerated-rights legislative-restriction second-amendment self-defense Whether a state legislature may completely eliminate the enumerated right to self-defense, which is the second amendment's "central component", by lim… -6.5
24-6763 Jonetta L. Grieme v. Shawn Collie, Buchanan County Drug Strike Force, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP color-of-law due-process fraudulent-concealment sexual-misconduct statute-of-limitations witness-tampering 1. Was the petitioner, Jonetta Grieme 's Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution violated by the Missouri federal courts? 2. Did the West… -6.5
24-6766 David Lynn Griffith v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-evidence drug-purity evidence-reliability methamphetamine sentencing WHETHER HISTORICAL DRUGS PURCHASED BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE DEFENDANT CONSTITUTES RELIABLE EVIDENCE AT SENTENCING TO SUPPORT THE PURITY OF METHAMPHET… -6.5
24-6767 Brandon Green v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-recusal pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment 1. Whether a federal district judge's refusal to recuse himself after making statements prejudging the merits of ineffective assistance claims, displa… -6.5
24-6784 Jose Sanchez Adame v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 due-process equal-protection guideline-amendment pro-se-petition sentencing-reduction 1. Whether a district court may point to documents on the record that a defendant has complained of not having recieved as the only iustification for … -6.5
24-6790 Saul Douglas Briggs v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-faith-exception probable-cause search-warrant sixth-circuit 1. Whether this Honorable Court should grant certiorari to review whether the Sixth Circuit's determination that the good faith exception applies to t… -6.5
24-6797 Silas Bernard Peterson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-analysis circumstance-specific-analysis criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance sex-offender-registration SORNA In Descamps v. United States, 570 U.S. 254 (2013), this Court held that when a federal sentencing statute (the Armed Career Criminal Act) referred to … -6.5
24-6799 James Garfield Charles v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-intent drug-trafficking evidence-tampering firearm-usage jury-trial Question not identified. -6.5
24-6803 Vincent Giattino v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-unusual-punishment due-process plea-deal sentencing-relief sixth-amendment trial-penalty The novel question of national significance in criminal cases presented to this Court is: 1. Whether the lower courts erred in not finding that an "e… -6.5
24-6807 Carl P. Palladinetti v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-significance court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance section-2255 A. Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals denial of Mr. Palladinetti's COA filing represents an issue of constitutional significance worthy of U… -6.5
24-6810 Faouzi Jaber v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP claim-dismissal constitutional-rights court-ruling judicial-procedure legal-argument procedural-due-process WHETHER THE PETITIONER WAS DENIED PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS WHEN THE LOWER COURTS ENTEREDERULING DISMISSING HIS CLAIM WITHOUT PROVIDING HIM AN OPPORTUNIT… -6.5
24-6815 Tanner Lance King v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP §2255-claim appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-error ineffective-assistance plea-negotiation Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court erred or alternatively abused its discretion by denying… -6.5
24-6816 Joshua Gary Anderson v. Fernando Garza, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conditions-of-confinement constitutional-suspension due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus writ-of-habeas Whether a Federal court's refusal to permit a prisoner from challenging their conditions of confinement via a writ of habeas violates the Fifth Amendm… -6.5
24-6817 Justin Byles v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
24-6821 Antoaneta Iotova and Issak Almaleh, aka Issak Izrael v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
24-6823 Thomas Caves v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-statute plain-error second-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred by applying its plain error standard to affirm the judgment of conviction and … -6.5
24-6824 Hansel Janel Rijo-Guerrero v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure downward-variance drug-trafficking sentencing-disparity sentencing-enhancement ussg-guidelines 1. Did the district court err when it imposed a two-level sentencing enhancement pursuant to USSG § 2D1.1(b)(3)(C) where the Government failed to prov… -6.5
24-6826 Timothy W. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP active-interaction child-pornography criminal-law dubin-precedent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation In accordance with the method of statutory interpretation set forth in Dubin v. United States, 599 U.S. 110 (2023), should the term "uses" be interpre… -6.5
24-6827 Charles Anthony Giovinco v. Caryn Flowers, Warden Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-deference concurrent-sentences first-step-act recidivism-reduction statutory-interpretation time-credits The First Step Act of 2018 ("FSA") provides that an eligible prisoner "shall earn" time credits if he participates in the FSA's flagship recidivism-re… -6.5
24-6830 Khalid Alboushari v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's sentence of 92 months' imprisonment without properly considerin… -6.5
24-6837 Katie Garding v. Montana Department of Corrections Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction criminal-judgment custody-challenge federal-relief habeas-corpus state-court Whether a federal appellate court has jurisdiction to consider an appeal from a grant of federal habeas relief after a state court's vacatur of the un… -6.5
24-6848 Derek Steven Trumbull v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-deference judicial-interpretation regulatory-ambiguity rule-of-lenity separation-of-powers statutory-construction Do the separation of powers and the canons of statutory construction, most fundamentally the rule of lenity, permit the judiciary to defer to an agenc… -6.5
24-6849 Terrance Deandre Ellison v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cross-examination evidentiary-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay-evidence recent-fabrication witness-credibility Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(B)(i) permits introduction of hearsay purportedly to rebut a charge of recent fabrication made during cross… -6.5
24-6855 Eric Rogers v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP curative-instructions due-process fourteenth-amendment pretrial-conduct trial-court witness-identification Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require a new trial when a witness's in-court identification of the defendant is tainted by su… -6.5
24-6862 Brandon Durell Hardison v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-link murder-case witness-testimony Question not identified. -6.5
24-6865 Brian Alfaro v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP contract-violation criminal-offense due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment juror-information 1. Does the "timing" of the taking of earned profits —regardless of contract violations — constitute a criminal offense if no financial harm is cause… -6.5
24-6879 Zachary Michael Linan v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fifth-amendment judicial-fact-finding sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment 1. Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming the district court's application of U.S.S.G. § 2A1.2(a)(1) (Second Degree Murder) rather than § 2A2.2 (Aggra… -6.5