Legal-Interpretation

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25-817 Charles W. Christopher v. United States Seventh Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Response Waived criminal-law judicial-ambiguity legal-interpretation rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-standards What degree of statutory ambiguity triggers the rule of lenity?
25-782 Garland Williamson v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2026-01-05 Pending Response Waived administrative-procedure appellate-review court-procedure judicial-mandate legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether a federal appellate court may affirm the dismissal of a statutory claim without interpreting the governing statute, without applying the Admin…
25-764 Flintco, LLC v. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Oklahoma 2025-12-30 Pending Response Waived arbitration-agreement contract-interpretation dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act legal-interpretation tort-claims Whether placing the "tort" label on a claim excludes that claim from the scope of the dispute resolution clause in the parties' contract.
25-720 Louemma Cromity v. City of Orlando, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending circuit-split civil-procedure federal-law judicial-error legal-interpretation rule-60b Whether the Eleventh Circuit's continued refusal to apply Kemp v. United States, 596 U.S. 528 (2022), directly conflicts with this Court's holding tha…
25-609 Clinton Siples v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-11-25 Pending Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse Waived administrative-law agency-decision clear-unmistakable-error judicial-review legal-interpretation veterans-benefits In the uniquely pro-claimant veterans-benefits system, Congress has provided that an otherwise final agency decision is subject to revision if that de…
25-6162 Terrell Onterial Lobley v. Don Harris, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation ineffective-counsel judicial-review legal-interpretation state-law trial-procedure Are the Courts (state and otherwise) required to uphold Laws that are in violation of State and Federal Constitutions? Is an individual, incarcerated…
25-5970 Charles S. Renchenski v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2025-10-28 Dismissed IFP federal-courts legal-interpretation magwood-v-patterson procedural-error supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari DID THE LOWER FEDERAL COURTS MISAPPREHEND AND MISAPPLY THE UNITED STATES DECISION IN MAGWOOD V. PATTERSON?
25-5730 Michael Dean Ross v. Arizona Arizona 2025-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liberties constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment legal-interpretation supreme-court Was Ross Aerv.ecA Won<AannenAa\ riqVA-Aio Due Process as uararrPeeA bq Abe. SAW arvA \4AW AmerAmerAs oWAWe DniA-eA SAoWes ConsA-AuWan , ancA ArAscAe. …
25-5446 Javier Perez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury criminal-procedure enhancement-standard judicial-discretion legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines Should application of the four-level sentencing enhancement for "permanent or life-threatening bodily injury" under U.S.S.G. § 2A2.1(b)(1)(A) require …
24-788 Jeremy Young Hutchinson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-24 Denied Response Waived defendant-request federal-rule-criminal-procedure government-obligation legal-interpretation plea-bargain sentencing 1. Does the plain language of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(B) require that the government either to join in the defendant's sentencing …
24-6048 Cheryl Christin Kissentaner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split diaz-precedent evidentiary-standard federal-evidence-rule judicial-review legal-interpretation Should this Court clarify its prior decision in Diaz v. United States, 144 S. Ct. 1727 (2024), to resolve the ongoing circuit split concerning the int…
24-5779 Allan Leslie Sinanan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-10-18 Denied IFP appellate-procedure court-discretion error-waiver legal-interpretation procedural-rules rule-of-law [I]. WHETHER THE COMMONWEALTH COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION OR COMMITTED AN ERROR OF LAW, BECAUSE APPLYING Pa.R.A.P. 302(a) TO CONCLUDE WAIVER OF ERROR …
24-395 William Edward Neilly v. Michigan Michigan 2024-10-09 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (8) constitutional-law criminal-sentencing ex-post-facto legal-interpretation punishment restitution Whether restitution ordered as part of a criminal sentence is punishment for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause.
24-5433 David Vargas v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split district-court judicial-discretion legal-interpretation procedural-error sentencing-guidelines Whether a district court's failure to follow the plain language of the Sentencing Guidelines constitutes an incorrect application of the Sentencing Gu…
24-5273 Nicholas Frank Wilcox v. Tim Garrett, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-08 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process legal-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Did Petitioner's APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABALLTY demonstrate that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a…
24-5137 Gerardo Ogaz v. Texas Texas 2024-07-25 Denied IFP anders-v-california appeal-process case-remand civil-procedure court-procedure due-process frivolous-appeal judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rules remand standing "Did the Court err concluding the appeal was frivolous when the appeal in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 38 (CMT) when it was presented to a mirror publi…
24-5082 Adam Sprenger v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-in-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute legal-interpretation plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation [Brief explanation of question] A defendant who him or herself alone engages in sexually explicit conduct without a minor's engagement is indicted …
24-5091 Linda J. Feaser v. George L. Landress Connecticut 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-4 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure distinction due-process equal-protection legal-interpretation petitioner standing statutory-interpretation Is Petitioner a distinction without a difference?
24-5011 Brandon Collins v. Illinois Illinois 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion court-discretion due-process evidence eyewitness judicial-review legal-interpretation motion-analysis reasonable-doubt speedy-trial testimony-credibility . / / /<f omt lU&z d&viddih'ngt?r t& a Z^Th? diroutt Coukb abused fate dk'Cygbtdft Lotion d dbn&na&nco-. (kMloO&r 1*? Motion don ^ noanoqabkyonn n C6 …
23-7839 Martin William Luther Hamilton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-analysis criminal-law deference-to-state-courts legal-interpretation state-crime state-criminal-law supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor violent-crime Where a state's highest court endorses two versions of the elements of a state crime and neither version has been overruled or abrogated, whether a co…
23-7826 Festus Okwudili Ohan v. Charles P. Rettig, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-28 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction property standing takings constitutional-provisions judicial-review jurisdictional-issues legal-interpretation procedural-rights statutory-provisions Question not identified.
23-7731 In Re Jack Carpenter, III 2024-06-17 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-liberties competence competency-evaluation constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation presumption-of-jurisdiction procedural-error \s Ot Wallens 2 Ns Nas sdickion usd oc Gilad one ck evidence of \asompatence? Moe Cevcyours LoedeSs oc Yne\neSs Yourchedk WED _O. co, Sous Qraekre « …
23-7721 Darren M. Reese v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-procedure'\n\n'May a State Court of Last due-process legal-interpretation rule-of-lenity state-court state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Is the Rule of Lenity a Constitutional Due Process guarantee that must be employed when a State Court construes ambiguous statutory language? 2. I…
23-7596 Andre Tayson Boone v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-05-30 Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure constitutional-analysis due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions time-extension Question not identified.
23-7540 Oscar Catalan Ruiz v. California California 2024-05-22 Denied IFP abstract-statutes appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendants-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation procedural-due-process sentencing Question not identified.
23-7543 Jeryme Morgan v. DeAnna Brookhart Seventh Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation precedent-setting prior-crimes-evidence standing statutory-construction The text in the "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED" section is severely degraded and largely illegible due to handwriting and OCR errors. The visible portions app…
23-1226 McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-21 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure district-court fcc fcc-interpretation hobbs-act legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
23-7493 Lisa Marie Perez, fka Lisa Marie Belyew v. Captain Duch, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-17 Dismissed IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions genuine-issues-of-fact judicial-review jury-trial legal-interpretation precedent standing statutory-construction summary-judgment h \o\\rifoejr o^rcmVw^c^ SMma.f\) juAgm&ftV -tW uids ^rh'MT uSViir> ^dAjLiitte_ ihQA-es £cuJlr ^x.\s\ea cmcV \uur\ ) -\ri&D cUjfA/mckdL / rf/lcUf-tea…
23-1169 Michael H. Ponder v. Hans-Peter Wild Sixth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied appellate-review circuit-precedent contract-law contract-specificity legal-interpretation oral-agreement precedent sixth-circuit specificity standard-of-review Whether this Court should grant certiorari review where the Sixth Circuit departed from established precedent regarding the required specificity of te…
23-7184 Daniel Paul Sansone v. United States First Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP confinement confinement-period criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing detention-calculation juvenile-commitment legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.-sentencing-guidelines Whether an indeterminate juvenile commitment is properly counted as a period of confinement of at least sixty days under the U.S. Sentencing Guideline…
23-7118 Danilo Augusto Feliciano, aka Danil Ezekiel Faust v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General District of Columbia 2024-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-discretion arbitrary-and-capricious civil-procedure constitutional-analysis due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation precedent-setting statutory-construction Question not identified.
23-6984 Chikezie Ottah v. Verifone System Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-interpretation patent-eligibility patent-law procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions takings Question not identified.
23-1008 Gwyneth K. Murray-Nolan v. Scott Rubin, et al. Third Circuit 2024-03-14 Denied appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law context due-process expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech judicial-precedent legal-interpretation standing 1. Whether conduct must convey a particularized message to be protected as expressive under the First Amendment. 2. Whether the full context of conduc…
23-6595 In Re Reginal Lee Davis 2024-01-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process indigenous-rights judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-law sovereignty standing statutory-provisions takings Who is Uro Je Sami I An Amtvo Know umo MX Accuser , vs7 WoTMViT/vnow is A R^nr ora Prvviiuejcxee I AiqweeuuDHtAMs Are, tapic^eMOUs Hjouarcus awoScm…
23-6547 Billy J. Seabolt v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-instructions jury-trial legal-interpretation prosecutorial-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial speedy-trial Is n a Or fS cleanly '*)■hrf'ai Me. ic/fen J Ury a ciiS^feSSeJ SikuaH&s? cturfoty a i°iy fr'iCii) Cl/)of; fkey Conk fad lor fhemseineL iky anj Hof <y …
23-6208 Pleadro J. Scott v. Miami Dade County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP advocacy appellate-process appellate-review case-law civil-procedure court-procedure discretion due-process incomplete-record judicial-review legal-interpretation statutory-construction L. XT A b£- bJT-M- &F £>u£- ^/2-cC^iir F<&R. A n^xspT fiPP&ALs T-o FATL Tz, rprfcB cnteTcZ^At aj<*7Z^£: gF Ab^bX^-AZTSSF fac^s at uF<n~^> &y a pn-Fr…
23-6135 Charles Kevin Agerton v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law federal-jurisdiction legal-interpretation offense-matching sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a "controlled substance offense" under the Sentencing Guidelines?
23-5992 In Re John Bailey 2023-11-13 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habitual-offender judicial-discretion jury-selection legal-interpretation sentencing state-law trial-procedure unconstitutional Question not identified.
23A415 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California 2023-11-08 Presumed Complete court-discretion family-law legal-interpretation legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5881 In Re David Jah, Sr. 2023-10-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-purpose conviction-standard due-process jury-determination legal-interpretation local-ordinance property-use standing takings zoning Can a conviction stand on a jury's determination [a] subject property was used for a commercial purpose albeit according to the local ordinance in the…
23-406 Taylor J. Matson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response Waived case-agent criminal-procedure evidence evidence-summary jury-inference jury-instructions lay-opinion lay-witness-testimony legal-interpretation plain-language-interpretation summary-of-evidence witness-testimony Whether case agents may offer lay opinions summarizing evidence, interpreting plain language, and drawing inferences from evidence that only a jury ma…
23-5703 Festus Okwudili Ohan v. ABN AMRO, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-liberties civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure legal-interpretation property property-rights takings tax-assessment Question not identified.
23-5662 Charles Keith Wampler v. Alicia Handwerk, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-laws due-process interpretation judicial-interpretation judicial-writing legal-argument legal-interpretation legislative-drafting legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-laws word-definition It is an established fact that some laws, whether they be statutory laws or case laws, can be written in a way that is confusing to the lay person. Wh…
22-7864 Tommy Lee Hubbard, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence civil-rights controlled-substance controlled-substances due-process federal-courts hemp legal-interpretation marijuana marijuana-classification thc-threshold Can the federal courts rely exclusively upon circumstantial evidence to decide that a marijuana substance is illegal, when the circumstances surroundi…
22-7436 Chad Robert Kolkman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-05-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history criminal-sentencing legal-interpretation mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-text When the terms of a statute are unambiguous, "it's no contest" what a court should do—apply the law as written. Bostock v. Clayton County, 140 S. Ct. …
22-7024 In Re Kevin Ogden 2023-03-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process insufficient-evidence jury-instructions legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation There was insufficient evidence to convict. The N.M. Embezzlement Statute clearly says the owner's name must be used in the Criminal Complaint and Inf…
22-6880 Roosevelt Washington v. Mississippi Mississippi 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review justice-standard legal-interpretation sentencing Whether Washington's sentence is illegally imposed as a matter of law and/or in the interest of justice.
22-6840 David Omar Caraballo v. Florida Florida 2023-02-22 Denied IFP appellate-review case-review civil-procedure court-decision due-process harmless-error judicial-procedure legal-interpretation legal-review petitioner-claims standard-of-review standing WIHETHER THE INSTANT STATE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS AS PRESENTED ON DIRET APPEAL.
22-759 Michael Gramins v. United States Second Circuit 2023-02-13 Denied appellate-review civil-rights fraud fraud-statutes legal-interpretation materiality negotiating-position statutory-interpretation transaction-disclosure transaction-terms Whether, for purposes of the federal fraud statutes, misstatements are immaterial when they pertain only to a party's negotiating position and all ter…
22-6508 Joseph M. Evans v. Amy Helene Zubrensky District of Columbia 2023-01-10 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law court-precedent due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation surveillance Question not identified.
22-6511 William Maskevich v. Illinois Department of Employment Security, et al. Illinois 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation notice-of-remedies precedent-analysis state-statute statutory-interpretation West-Covina-v-Perkins West Covina v. Perkins, 525 U.S. 234 (1999) addressed circumstances in which "not one State or the Federal Government has seen fit to require" a notic…
22-6485 Annamarie Riethmiller v. Unnamed Defendants Fourth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-rights declaratory-judgment due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation presidential-actions standing state-court statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6457 Roberto Antoine Darden, aka Dizz-e, aka Javon v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-issues constitutional-law district-court-assessment due-process federal-courts judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights standing Whether the district court's assessment of petitioner's constitutional claims are debatable or wrong? Whether constitutional issues deserve encourage…
22-6263 Terrence Terrell Moore v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-decision circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-standards standing takings Question not identified.
22-6241 Clarence Lee Hooker v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection federal-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-interpretation procedural-due-process Question not identified.
22-6205 Demetric Hardaway v. Lori Myers, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-12-02 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law district-court first-amendment fourth-circuit legal-interpretation retaliation summary-judgment transfer work-assignment ^ l^i i +U«. Fo\at4F (L\fC\J\\ \ Cov^r'V o4 4^*v\^r-»4 o4 "VV\e. Ff\r po \ rv "frKt cF^-Vnc* COvat-V ( vniK®.re_ **W JUs4r*c4 COwrAca,cr jr\ c\ $V\An…
22-6157 Carlton McKissic v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-28 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-interpretation plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sentencing state-court-review WHy Have All other Courts ignored the Plea bargain (1 Process And Procedures Afforded to me, As my Faulf 1is Mot raiseing the issue earlier? 2. Why wa…
22-5952 Randell Joseph Redmond v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-10-31 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process judicial-procedure legal-interpretation standard-of-review standing takings 1) Did the panel err by deciding that it lacked jurisdiction to case no.22-50192 in CA6U MO. 22-50098. 2) Has The Supreme Court of the United States …
22-301 Xiu Jian Sun v. Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States District of Columbia 2022-09-28 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-provisions divine-intervention due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-review legal-interpretation religious-doctrine religious-freedom spiritual-claims standing The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows 1. Jehovah the Lord god of…
22-5613 Kennrith L. Foster v. Illinois Illinois 2022-09-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-interpretation notice plea-bargaining prisoner-rights state-court waiver eanciFh Fo / tfial and -b (docg) Did d-c i a I £ourt t/iolafe Vilo-Vional rights +*o 4 j 0f |au3 u)hen if atte^je.d ht'S jW f atvoniTi nri5of\£.on$ e…
22-111 United States, et al., ex rel. Thomas Proctor v. Safeway, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2022-08-05 Judgment Issued Relisted (3) circuit-split civil-procedure false-claims-act government-contracts knowingly-violated legal-interpretation scienter standing statutory-interpretation subjective-understanding Whether and when a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it "kno…
22-5239 Edward Bishop v. Jonathan R. Hemingway, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute double-jeopardy due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment legal-interpretation offense-definition sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether § 924(c) criminalizes two seperate roffenses to determine if the Petitioner was convicted of an offense § 924(c) does not criminalize?
21-8107 Keith Undray Ford v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-interpretation presumption-of-innocence presumption-of-law state-court state-courts 1. When an issue before a state court is resolved by an assumption of fact, as opposed to a factual finding, has the issue before the state court been…
21-7933 John Armstrong, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-20 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-determination civil-rights criminal-adjudication criminal-procedure due-process legal-interpretation recidivism-calculation sentencing sentencing-containment statutory-interpretation supreme-court violent-offense Question not identified.
21-7835 Michael Perryman v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process firearm-statute firearms legal-interpretation precedent precedential-reasoning sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the mere possession reasoning in Bailey and Bousley retain precedential value in regard to "use" of a firearm under the amended Section 924(c)…
21-7711 Brenda Joyce Haynes v. Leslie G. Foschio, et al. Second Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-conflict judicial-proceedings legal-interpretation standing statutory-construction supervisory-power WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT HAS ENTERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT WITH THE DECISION OF ANOTHER UNITED STATES COURT …
21-7614 Jacqueline M. Tauscher v. Pamela Donison, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-13 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection equal-rights gender gender-discrimination legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation Does 'all persons' as stated in 42 U.S.C. 1981 Equal Rights Under the Law also include the female gender? All person's does not specifically state gen…
21-7596 Janai Meeks v. Butte County District Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions detention due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdictional-issues juvenile-justice legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions Specifically designated for 401 &602 cases held in Juvenile court and the later placed in Minors coster Is the Family Court of Law Judge of minors due…
21-7441 Edgardo Maldonado-Arce v. Deanne Criswell, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency First Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines standing state-law statute-of-limitations Question not identified.
21-6969 Alton Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines booker circuit-court-review criminal-sentencing guideline-enhancement lapsed-statute legal-interpretation mandatory-guidelines sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether it was error for the Eleventh Circuit to uphold the district court's enhancement of Defendant's sentence under a provision of U.S.S.G. § 2K…
21-6925 Chong Su Yi v. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland, et al. Maryland 2022-01-20 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights court-rules due-process equal-protection judicial-deference judicial-discretion legal-interpretation procedural-fit statutory-interpretation Could the court apply rules that do not fit the person?
21-6684 Ferrill Joseph Volpicelli v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County, et al. Nevada 2021-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-autonomy civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights judicial-review legal-interpretation reproductive-freedom state-supreme-court Question not identified.
21-880 Vicki Stefanini v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Ninth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response Waived appellate-rules court-procedure defects dismissal judicial-review legal-interpretation merits-review procedural-technicality rehearing substantial-compliance 1. Whether a technical application of appellate rules should bar a review of the merits of an appellate case, when substantial compliance with the rul…
21-6453 Duane Nishiie, aka Suh Jae Hon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP fraud-offenses legal-interpretation precedent statute-of-limitations statutory-definition statutory-interpretation war-nexus wartime-suspension-act wartime-suspension-of-limitations-act I. Whether the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act suspends the statute of limitations for fraud offenses that have no nexus to the war or armed con…
21-6418 Emmanuel Ashemuke v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law circuit-split due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference legal-interpretation plain-meaning plain-meaning-rule sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts should defer to the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines when it expands the definition of a term used in the text o…
21-6388 Calvin Roach v. Donald W. Washington, Director, United States Marshals Service, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-duty due-process federal-law legal-interpretation military-law military-oath oath-of-office retiree-obligations standing Whether military retirees are bound by their Oath to protect the United States Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies Whether military ret…
21-6103 Moses D. Estrada v. California California 2021-10-27 Denied IFP attorney-client-relationship collaborative-discovery constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation procedural-rights right-to-counsel victim-rights Question not identified.
21-509 James Lawrence v. Altice USA Second Circuit 2021-10-06 Denied Response Waived arrest-warrant civil-rights defamation due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-interpretation media-defamation media-reporting standing substantial-truth Can a media lawfully portray a ONE TIME One Count of Second Degree Breach of Peace arrest as "ARRESTED FOR STALKING SEVERAL WOMEN " given the fact tha…
21-417 Sulzer Mixpac AG v. A&N Trading Company, et al. Second Circuit 2021-09-16 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (2) circuit-split functionality intellectual-property lanham-act legal-interpretation product-features product-functionality trademark-protection utility Whether any degree of utility categorically renders a product feature functional and thus ineligible for federal trademark protection under the Lanham…
21-5616 Felix Antequera Rivera, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards separation-of-powers standing Wv€_ <Vex>eXo.\ oc^Wo-Oe-d .v^dvCA CXxT\ £oC cx*\ (X\\e.0^d \V ncA 'cOV- vVcV, \V\.?_ \Ze_'T ^ SVcAe.~X1-^ \o ^jr-V£>X^- C3 VW* W>g_ cc\^e_ vOGx^>AA…
21-5555 Ross Allen Hartwell v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial jurisdictional-limits jury legal-interpretation sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-interpretation Does the Supreme Court Sanction vs. Washington delete US 068 (4284) lower Courts to present defense atheists to Violate co defendants Cig to a fair an…
21-5509 Luther McKiver v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-27 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit fourteenth-amendment judicial-precedent legal-interpretation precedent 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit entered a decision that misapplies the precedent of this Court and as a result, violates the Due Process Clause of the…
21-5397 Jesse Carey v. United States Third Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law enumerated-offense generic-robbery legal-interpretation robbery-definition sentencing-guidelines third-circuit third-degree-robbery Whether the Third Circuit misapplied the law and rendered a decision in conflict with other federal courts of appeals by holding that Petitioner's thi…
21-5200 Walter Himmelreich v. Stephen Spaulding, Warden First Circuit 2021-07-23 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-issues constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federal-sovereignty habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights standing statutory-analysis Did the lower courts err in failing to Grant i.) a hearing on the issues ofa Constitutional nature raised 2) As this Court has never in opportunity to…
21-5179 Stanford R. Coleman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-avoidance court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts federal-state-conflict judicial-review legal-interpretation standing state-courts statutory-interpretation Whether this Court is required to consider the doctrine of Constitutional Avoidance in any case involving either validity or extension of Almendarez-T…
21-5188 Malik Nasir v. United States Third Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation ninth-circuit standing third-circuit Question not identified.
21-5136 Ledaniel Vernell Russell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10-1-provision civil-rights drug-laws due-process equal-protection legal-interpretation markup-provision metric-calculation mixture-metric opportunity-gain sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-5123 Terence L. Thomas v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Appealiblity I wes denled a Cof certificate of 10thciR templates in regards to the next process because are libarary dont have fomany thirg. (3) would…
21-5061 Henry Johnson Lucas, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2021-07-09 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-court fourteenth-amendment legal-interpretation standing supreme-court-rules virginia-law I. The quEstiON pResENtEd is WhEthEr thE VA. SUPREME COUt VIDLAtEDpEtitiONER'S DUE PROCESS OF LAWINVIOATION OF AMEND. 14 oF thE UNitED StAtESCONstitut…
20-8446 Hewitt A. Grant, II v. Florida Florida 2021-06-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-procedure fifth-amendment judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation procedural-rules retrial united-states-law >-T7 'ot7l&nqpro^ fWmSHiAS A&jpfffiJ oFm!£i//d6/)£& re&m Id him ? F) (po&dfibn CO Vtdfilizs u, S Rffh Ariid/ttm^UTOc^s. ft All do vidCOi FR/ c/a C&ldf…
20-1727 James David O'Brien v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-ruling civil-procedure federal-agency immunity legal-interpretation proffer-agreement subpoena testimony testimony-protection Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit err in deciding that a proponent of testimony pursuant to a proffer agreement, entered i…
20-8162 Bralen Lamar Jordan v. C. Rivers, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied IFP admissibility circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process evidentiary-standard judicial-review legal-interpretation medical-malpractice medical-records pharmacy-records procedural-challenge WHAT IS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE WITH EVIL INTENT DF CEOEL AND PONISH MENT AS TO DELIbELATE INDI FFERENCE? ALSO WHAT IS IMMINENT DANGER?
20-8116 Carlos Bayon v. United States Second Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility federal-rule-of-evidence-404(b) federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-discretion legal-interpretation rule-of-exclusion rule-of-inclusion Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) permits the admission of evidence of any other crime, wrong or act to prove a criminal defendant's motive, opportunity…
20-1537 Terence K. Dickinson v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Response Waived congressional-act constitutional-law federal-courts federalism judicial-review legal-interpretation legislative-authority legislative-intent separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Is the Truth-in-Lending-Act, passed by Congress into law, to be adhered to by the United States Federal Courts.
20-7841 Sylvia J. Manor v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company Ninth Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied IFP breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation date-of-accrual insurance-law legal-interpretation life-insurance statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions The Defendant, (Respondent), life insurance company maintains that they are free to choose a Date Of Accrual which is in flagrant violation of the con…
20-1386 Dale Sawyer Eisele v. The Estate of Joseph Brodie Smith New Hampshire 2021-04-02 Denied adoption adoption-law civil-rights dna-paternity due-process exhumation exhumation-request family-rights legal-interpretation pretermitted-heir probate standing The petitioner's request to exhume the body of Joseph Brodie Smith to prove paternity thru DNA was denied by the lower courts. 1. Did interpreting th…
20-7599 Kevin L. Tucker v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-conflict legal-interpretation veterans-claims Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the United States Court of Appeals for Vetera…
20-7408 Trystan Keun Napper v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts judicial-discretion legal-interpretation plain-error standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) permits courts of appeals to grant appellate relief in the absence of error shown by binding preceden…
20-7179 Nelson Viera v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice procedural-review rule-60 supreme-court Whether the lower Courts are properly interpreting and implementing the Supreme Court decree about jurisdiction and fraud upon the Court under Rule …
20-1092 Brandon Jones v. United States Second Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied circuit-split civil-rights document-fraud due-process federal-criminal-law fraud free-speech government-securities legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 514(a) prohibits the use of "any false or fictitious instrument, document, or other item appearing, representing, purporting, or contrivin…
20-986 Michael Gregory Hubbard v. Alabama Alabama 2021-01-25 Denied Response Waived criminal-law criminal-statutes due-process fair-notice first-impression-law legal-interpretation official-actions official-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-theory statutory-interpretation Did the Supreme Court of Alabama deprive Petitioner of due process of law, when it affirmed his conviction based on (a) first-impression interpretatio…
20-861 Arlene Fry v. Rand Construction Corporation Fourth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bostock-v-clayton-county burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation causation-standard circuit-split employment-action fmla-claim fmla-retaliation legal-interpretation motivating-factor negative-factor I. In Burrage U. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014), this Court explained that a "but-for" cause is merely one cause, perhaps among several, which is …
20-852 Shaquere Myleshia Gray, Co-Administratrix of the Estate of Gregory Tremaine Miller, et al. v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company Fifth Circuit 2020-12-28 Denied Response Waived civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process employer-liability federal-courts fela fifth-circuit labor-law legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has deviated from established Supreme Court precedent under the Federal Employers Liability Act ("…
20-6703 Roberto Antoine Darden, aka Dizz-e, aka Javon v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP district-court factual-dispute fourth-circuit government-breach hill-v-lockhart legal-interpretation plea-bargain plea-contract prejudice prejudice-standard If the government refused to dispute the factual manifestations of the I. Petitioner's government breach daim because clause three of the plea contrac…
20-6617 In Re Theresa Romain 2020-12-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-law federal-law-application judicial-error justice-standard legal-interpretation standing state-court state-court-review 1. Can a State Court applied clearly established Federal Law erroneously or incorrectly as to cause harm to a Petitioner? 2. Can innocent as proven g…
20-6593 Dustin Lee MacLeod v. William Moritz, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction indian-treaty legal-interpretation native-american-rights supreme-law supreme-law-of-the-land treaty-rights Is an "Indian Treaty " the Supreme Law of the Land?
20-6527 Byron Brown v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review bivens civil-rights criminal-procedure damages due-process federal-government legal-interpretation seventh-circuit writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
20-6424 Deloyd Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict common-purpose criminal-enterprise drug-distribution fifth-circuit legal-interpretation rico rico-statute shared-profits statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Is concerted criminal activity by individuals within a group sufficient to establish an "enterprise" under RICO even if there is no evidence of shared…
20-6407 Jonathan Wallace Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP assault-definition bodily-injury circuit-split criminal-offense generic-definition legal-interpretation physical-force reckless-causation reckless-conduct I. Whether a criminal offense defined to include the reckless causation of bodily injury has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use o…
20-616 Stephen Durr v. Department of the Army, et al. District of Columbia 2020-11-09 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation motion-to-vacate procedural-rights standing statute-claim statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-6160 Azaniah Blankumsee v. Walter West, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions contract-clause due-process federal-courts first-amendment legal-interpretation private-contractors public-policy standing 1) Are there other issues? 2) Does the exhaustion requirement apply
20-6130 Desmond Howard Greer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-26 GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-offense elements-of-crime force legal-interpretation mens-rea personal-injury reckless-injury recklessness sentencing use-of-force violent-crime Whether an offense has as an element the use of force against the person of another if it may be committed by recklessly inflicting injury?
20-522 Xavier Demetrius Porter v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied categorical-approach dicta federal-court federal-court-interpretation judicial-precedent legal-interpretation precedent state-court state-court-dicta statutory-interpretation Whether a federal court applying the categorical approach is required to give significant weight to on point dicta from the relevant State's highest c…
20-6050 James Anthony Martin v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-10-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-liability direct-appeal due-process federal-law legal-interpretation massachusetts-supreme-judicial-court supreme-court-decisions supreme-judicial-court 1. Whether the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court misinterpreted federal law in not applying a new rule narrowing criminal liability to cases on dir…
20-5981 Javier Garza v. Illinois Illinois 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-characteristics constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure de-facto-life-sentence eighth-amendment judicial-review juvenile-sentencing legal-interpretation miller-v-louisiana statutory-provisions youth-characteristics 1: MkN^ATo^ M facto ixFe seo/reMcas tfmuxtt T>eF&VWTS-AS Jn VFTXT io/oe/I'sCAST AfcbxSflbMTtortfiw 4a® MXbLAre Tm Sxahth /IMmm &jt, vuiess thf TfixaL…
20-5675 Robert Trevino v. E. Dotson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas intentional-oversight judicial-procedure legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing supreme-court Did the 144 Circuit err in accepting "facts" by the accepted usual course of judicial procedure? Did the 144 Circuit exercise of the Supreme Court's p…
20-5596 Kevin Dean Green v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP beckles-v-united-states constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines vagueness-challenge vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Does Beckles U. United States, U.S. —, 137 S. Ct. 886 (2017) foreclose a vagueness challenge to a sentencing guideline when the operative term in that…
20-73 IV Solutions, Inc. v. PacifiCare Life & Health Insurance Co. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied Response Waived claim-reprocessing dialogue explanation-of-benefits health-care-provider health-insurance-company healthcare-provider insurance-claims legal-interpretation statute-of-limitations When a health care insurance company issues an Explanation of Benefits ("EOB") expressly inviting a health care provider to "notify it of additional i…
19-8398 Joseph White v. Detroit East Community Mental Health, et al. Michigan 2020-05-05 Denied IFP civil-rights employment employment-law hostile-environment hostile-work-environment legal-interpretation organizational-liability retaliation sexual-harassment workplace workplace-abuse Must a court overlook co- workers, supervisors, and organizational directors, to tease and to allow sexual harassment, thus creating a hostile enviro…
19-8141 Eric Jeffrey Cowan v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied IFP civil-rights Constitutional-Challenge constitutional-law due-process equal-protection Fourteenth-Amendment Judicial-Review jurisdiction Legal-Interpretation Petitioner-Rights standing Should Petitioner receive relief under United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection.
19-7800 Donald Sheman Bush v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion circuit-split de-novo de-novo-review evidence-admissibility evidence-rule-404b evidentiary-rules federal-rules-of-evidence-404(b) legal-interpretation other-acts rule-404b standard-of-review Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) provides that "evidence of a crime, wrong, or other act is not admissible to prove a person's character in order to sh…
19-7739 H. K. V. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation standing Question not identified.
19-1037 Sok Bun v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied circuit-split criminal-procedure detainers due-process interstate-agreement interstate-agreement-on-detainers legal-interpretation motion motions standing trial trial-court trial-motion Whether a defendant is "unable to stand trial" within the meaning of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, 18 U.S.C. App. 2, § 2, art. VI(a), when he…
19-993 Irma Rosas v. Austin Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-procedure dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion legal-interpretation motion-to-reopen (1) WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN DISMISSING PETITIONER'S CLAIMS WHEN IT DENIED HER MOTION TO REOPEN HER APPEAL, CONTRARY TO FEDERAL RULE OF APPELL…
19-7345 Roberto Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied IFP circuit-precedent civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-circuit immigration immigration-status judicial-conflict legal-interpretation precedent prejudice prejudicial-evidence procedural-review DID THE FIFTH CIRUIT*S OPINION CONFLICT WITH IT'S OWN PRECEDENT IN ROJAS V. RICHARDSON REGARDING THE PREJUDICICAL NATURE OF A PARTY'S IMMIGRATION STAT…
19-7264 Lazaro Zapata v. Illinois Illinois 2020-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment. 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process standing takings appeals appellate-review case-review civil-rights court-decision criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation Whether Lazar tpata was denied his Right to a Fair Trial where the trial court refused to instruct the jery on second fisal to provide essential jury …
19-7187 Tyree Miles v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights court-review due-process federal-jurisdiction ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge legal-interpretation post-conviction-relief pre-arrest-delay procedural-requirements speedy-trial statutory-interpretation sixth AmEndMEnt U.S. Const to . whether Petitroner EFFECTIVE Fthe story? I. whEther PEtitoner sixth Amendment eights U.s. const to EfFectIVE unding fo…
19-859 Stuart Force, et al. v. Facebook, Inc. Second Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied communications-decency-act content-provider editorial-function editorial-functions immunity interactive-computer-service legal-interpretation online-platforms publisher publisher-immunity section-230 (1) Is section 230(c)(1) a limitation on the definition of a publisher under certain other prohibitions, or a broad grant of immunity to covered publi…
19-6828 Reginald Jerry Shaw v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review application-notes certificate-of-appealability commentary district-court-discretion ineffective-assistance legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. Are the commentary and application notes in the Sentencing Guideline manual authoritative or left to the District Court's discretion. 2. Can the i…
19-6712 Adam Scott Caward v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice sentencing standing Whether the Court should adopt the rule espoused in the First, Third, Fourth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits, which hold that an appellate court can decline…
19-6677 Justin Scott Vasey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment eighth-circuit legal-interpretation lowest-level-of-conduct state-law statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the "lowest level of conduct" as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an…
19-6564 In Re Wei Zhou 2019-11-08 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1331 28-usc-1332 civil-procedure constitution constitutional-interpretation federal-courts judicial-discretion judicial-jurisdiction judicial-power judicial-proceedings jurisdiction-decline legal-interpretation mandamus statutory-interpretation statutory-jurisdiction Does the Constitution of the United States permit any court of the United States to decline the exercise of jurisdiction given by any law of the Unite…
19-6383 Nelli Kesoyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Did the Court of Appeals adopt an erroneous interpretation of U.S.S.G. § 2J1.3(b)(3)?
19-6207 Kevin Henderson v. Don Bottom, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition circuit-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-question due-process federal-courts judicial-precedent legal-interpretation merits precedent standing supreme-court supreme-court-review Did the Sixth Circuit err when reaching conclusions arguably in conflict and inconsistent with this Supreme Courts decisions?
19-6224 Philong Huynh v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General District of Columbia 2019-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-statutes court-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception discretionary-standard due-process government-oversight investigation-power judicial-review legal-interpretation If government oversight function, including the power of investigation, is a way of carrying laws into effect (1 Am J 2d Adm L's 81), then is that pow…
19-276 Jose Luis Garza, et al. v. City of Donna, Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights detainee-mistreatment due-process episodic-act-or-omission evidentiary-standard fact-question free-speech legal-interpretation municipal-liability municipal-policy qualified-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment Did the panel err - in the summary judgment context in determining as a matter of law, on the basis of no articulated evidence or authority, that the …
19-5530 Leroy Lyons v. Thomas Winn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights statutory-construction wrongful-conviction Motion to shik Coeriosari on in Dieu of granting Coontisani Remand to the ixth Lovicil imstuwith chions to consider the amended Bile5 moerid sfer Rema…
19-5421 Charles Earl Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-31 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process factual-error harmless-error judicial-standard legal-interpretation plain-error plain-error-review procedural-review standard-of-review Whether factual error is categorically immune from plain error review?
19-5304 Michael Paul Puzey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-25 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 38-usc-7253 appellate-review article-iii civil-procedure constitutional-error due-process judicial-procedure jurisdictional-standard legal-interpretation procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the Appellate count committed a manifest of Constitutional error by failing to adhere to its obligations and duty under Article il subsecti…
19-5203 In Re Angel Ruiz-Rivera 2019-07-17 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendment debt-issuance due-process federal-law government-debt judicial-authority judicial-discretion legal-interpretation puerto-rico-government referendum standing statutory-interpretation takings IS JOINT RESOLUTION 87*121 OF AUGUST 3, 1961 BY THE U.S. CONGRESS AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF P.R. APPROVED THEREIN AND RATIFIED BY 82 % …
19-73 Michael W. Gahagan v. Citizenship & Immigration Services Fifth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Amici (1) attorney-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fee-award fee-award-interpretation fee-award-laws fogerty-v-fantasy foia-litigation freedom-of-information-act legal-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation textual-analysis 1. Does the Fifth Circuit's rule that all federal fee-award laws must be read identically (i.e., absent express textual differences) contravene this C…
18-1526 Patrick J. Tobin v. City and County of San Francisco, California Ninth Circuit 2019-06-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-courts federalism forum-shopping government-code-911.3(b) judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits legal-interpretation preemption rule-10(a) state-law supervisory-powers 1. WHETHER THIS COURT HERE MUST EXERCISE ITS SUPERVISORY POWERS OVER LOWER FEDERAL COURTS UNDER RULE 10(a) TO KEEP THEM FROM ENCROACHING ON THE EXCLUS…
18-9159 Freddy Brown v. Florida Florida 2019-05-06 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims constitutional-question eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-review legal-interpretation merits-decision merits-determination state-court state-court-decisions supreme-court-precedent Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017), a case arising under federal habeas review, as a deci…
18-8994 Abie Wolf, aka Abraham C. Wolf v. Randolph Osherow, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-rules bankruptcy-trustee court-jurisdiction creditors-meeting discharge discharge-appeal due-process legal-interpretation procedural-error transcript trustee trustee-objection Whether or not the Lower Court is talking about Petitioners Discharge and thats not what Petitioner appealed. Whether or not the United States Truste…
18-8688 Frederick A. McShan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fundamental-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights record statutory-provisions strict District court Error put The Appellant 2e yeopardy for The same charge? Lawyer's objected to the Repolling? violated the Appellant Rights the D…
18-8552 Herman Gaines v. Brad Busnardo, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-interpretation medical-treatment procedural-rights standing statutory-provisions $3.000 pay an expert to provide the affidarit. Is it unconstitutional violation of the De Process Clause to exclude indigent priners from pursving neg…
18-8391 Nam Nhat Ngo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8394 Asim Shakir Daniels v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process equal-protection federal-crime federal-jurisdiction judicial-interpretation legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8327 Robert Nathan Alm v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8209 Raymond Alford Bradford v. M. Marchak, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment appellate-review circuit-court civil-rights due-process healthcare judicial-precedent legal-interpretation mental-health ninth-circuit prisoner-rights prisoners-rights statutory-interpretation 507, 5a7 (I9Be) In Which the California CourT OF Appeal held tHat "state Priooners Presently have a statutory right absent a judicial determination th…
18-8211 Russell Berger v. James Gibson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied IFP ada civil-rights criminal-law disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards standing statutory-interpretation 1) Can a persons height be a disability under Tithe II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42U.s.C.8 12102(1)(A)-(C)? 2) Can a "Strike" be access…
18-8068 Frankie Hill, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction sufficiency-of-the-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-1059 Bridget Anne Kelly v. United States Third Circuit 2019-02-13 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (3) decision-making due-process fraud government government-fraud government-property legal-interpretation official-decision policy-reason property public-official public-policy subjective-intent Does a public official "defraud" the government of its property by advancing a "public policy reason" for an official decision that is not her subject…
18-7930 Richard S. Button v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP filing-date habeas-corpus legal-interpretation motion-amendment postconviction-relief procedural-rules relation-back standard-of-review state-law timeliness DO THE PROCEDURAL RULES IN EFFECT AT TIME OF FILING, GOVERN WHETHER AN APPLICATION FOR STATE POSTCONVICTION RELIEF IS PROPERLY FILED? WHAT IS THE STA…
18-7665 Robert Tommy Garrett v. California California 2019-01-30 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-provision double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-interpretation lesser-included-offense multiple-convictions multiple-punishments procedural-issue statutory-provision Appellant submits that the Trial Court's erroneous failure to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of attempted criminal threat deprived h…
18-7592 Zane Hubbard v. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-procedure due-process fair-procedure government-action judicial-review legal-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation (1). In CoNTROVERSIEs /NVOLVING TRENSON AND LEVy By The UiiTeo SnTEs GovernmeNT AwD WiTuiN One STiE WiTH SoTE GoreRnMieNT AGAiNsT One Orr MoRE OF lres…
18-7593 Richard Michael Sanchez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver consecutive-sentence criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process legal-interpretation plea-agreement sentencing 1. Does a plea agreement's limited appellate waiver preclude a defendant's challenge of a decision to impose a consecutive sentence where the appellat…
18-7611 Terrance E. Everett v. Delaware Delaware 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-issues court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidence legal-interpretation officer-discretion police-misconduct public-policy standing suspect-authority Whether the lower Court and the Supreme Court of Delaware erred and abused their discretion in regards to the lower Court's denial of a mistrial and F…
18-7514 Toni R. Palmer v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Technology Risk Office Tenth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied IFP case-merits civil-procedure complaint-analysis court-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards judicial-review legal-interpretation pleadings standing summary-judgment 2 an ape ong OS et yeu dent hae but A Summ ag n_You hke EilhHe) +0 Kel&P have EVickeniee Se ON You Ao Kor fRoUeE YouR Clam. 2) pid He Diakicr anld Ap…
18-7469 David Valenzuela Arzate v. James Robertson, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process fair-trial gang-evidence insufficient-evidence judicial-review legal-interpretation statutory-provisions 1. Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse discretion or err in denying petitioner's certificate of appealability? 2. Could a reasonable jurist …
18-7415 Anthony James Scott v. California California 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law alcohol-regulation civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation local-ordinance preemption procedural-rules state-constitution statutory-provisions transportation-of-alcohol Whether an officer, could have regsonably entertained a good faith belief a bocal ordinance trohibitins the transtortation of alcohol in Public was la…
18-858 James McCullars v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response Waived advertisement advertising-statute communication-privacy criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-interpretation notice notice-and-advertisement private-communications statutory-interpretation trial-evidence Whether the proof at trial which established that petitioner was only engaged in private, closed communications - either one-to-one, or among a small …
18-6476 Joseph White v. Detroit East Community Mental Health, et al. Michigan 2018-10-29 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment fraud hostile-environment hostile-work-environment legal-interpretation organizational-liability sexual-harassment standing statutory-interpretation workplace-abuse Must a court overlook co- workers, supervisors, and organizational directors, to tease and to allow sexual harassment, thus creating a hostile enviro…
18-486 Toshiba Corporation v. Automotive Industries Pension Trust Fund, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied CVSGAmici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split domestic-transaction domestic-transactions extraterritoriality forum-shopping legal-interpretation morrison-v-national-australia-bank ninth-circuit second-circuit securities-exchange-act securities-fraud securities-regulation In Morrison v. National Australia Bank, Ltd., 561 U.S. 247 (2010), this Court held that Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act does not apply ex…
18-6349 Daniel Israel Palomino v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-review due-process guideline-commentary judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-interpretation sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether a district court abuses its discretion in misapplying a sentencing guideline when it refuses to consider a factor expressly provided for in th…
18-6022 Theophilus K. Udeigwe v. Texas Tech University, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied IFP circuit-court civil-rights continuing-violation continuing-violation-doctrine due-process employment-discrimination hostile-work-environment legal-interpretation racial-discrimination retaliation title-vii unlawful-retaliation workplace-harassment Whether the Fifth Circuit erroneously interpreted and applied the law governing the timeliness of Title VII claims (racial discrimination and unlawful…
18-5066 Edward Vincent Ray v. California California 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection gender-bias ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-interpretation overbreadth sentencing-disparities vagueness-doctrine Whether Petitioners sentence of 38yrs 4mos., violates equal protection under the law because of the disparities in Californa sentences whether Ptiton…
18-5166 Darrell Taylor v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied IFP alleyne-retroactivity alleyne-v-united-states collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation retroactivity sentencing supreme-court-precedent time-limitations Did the Lower Courts incorrectly hold that Alleyne v. United States did not affect time limitations and held not retroactive on collateral review when…