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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A4 Karu Gene White v. Laura Plappert, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-07-01 Presumed Complete certiorari-standard federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-deference supreme-court-precedent Question not identified.
24A734 Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company, Inc. v. Sandra L. Eskew, as Special Administrator of the Estate of William George Eskew Nevada 2025-01-27 Presumed Complete certiorari-standard civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation insurance-coverage state-supreme-court tort-law Question not identified.
24-6213 Julien Simmons v. Consumer Assistance Group, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-12-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review certiorari-standard circuit-split federal-procedure immunity-defense statutory-interpretation 1. Has the United States Court of Appeal for the 5th Circuit entered a decision in conflict with the decision of Hughes v. United States 263 F.3D 272,…
23A890 Brian J. Dorsey v. David Vandergriff, Warden Missouri 2024-04-07 Denied capital-punishment certiorari-standard death-penalty eighth-amendment penological-goals rehabilitation Question not identified.
22-6428 Jermaine Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability certiorari-standard circuit-court-review civil-rights district-court due-process federal-habeas judicial-discretion procedural-standard standing -fU«- Uwvr^ed S+a-Ve-S Cour'V erf Appeals c t rcuv-V <a.biAsed A JsereViow u)Uew\j4'<ie.v\Wcl ~V*14-(owAe-V'k re«jues4" 'for' 1?5UAnce <sp *v ce-v-V…
21-8260 Tracy Garrett v. Warden, FCC Coleman-USP II Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review certiorari-standard circuit-split consent constitutional-violation federal-question fourth-amendment search-and-seizure supervisory-power warrantless-search raised an objection (trial) my attorney (Detective Sams) was giving The second day into my when the Government's key witness The home before the arres…
21-7367 Adam Shane Swindle v. S. Ma'at Fifth Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof certiorari-standard constitutional-interpretation court-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion pandemic-review record-review -fa be ■U- he y>un<^bej QlC\ Covid /7df iv*^ K* SK ould (Ama or 0<Xjsr\ V-i7t>t-V^eci ? 'p'C© Vc' ^ "l 1_S>V yc>vjW £Kp, ( (Xtk 4-^eti ck'td Ooir Com^…
21-6325 Leslie Reed v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certiorari-standard circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question judicial-precedent judicial-review precedent standard-of-review supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions…
18-7326 Mark Anthony Soliz v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied IFP certiorari-standard due-process federal-habeas-review federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation plain-statement-rule procedural-default state-court-decision state-court-determination state-court-proceedings Whether this Court should grant certiorari to remand this case to the Fifth Circuit because the Fifth Circuit misapplied this Court's "plain statement…
18-6121 Benjamin Vega-Garcia, aka Carlos Moreno Molina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-standard constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent precedent-overruling recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which holds that a prior conviction qualifying an enhanced …