| 25-5826 |
Dover Davis, Jr. v. Officer Aaron Swann |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-court-conflict fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution material-facts section-1983 statute-of-limitations |
1. WHETHER THERE WAS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ' DECISION AND THE NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT OF GEORGIA 'S DECISION REGARD… |
| 24-1039 |
Adolfo Sandor Montero v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
brushaber-doctrine circuit-court-conflict judicial-interpretation legal-precedent supervisory-power supreme-court-rule |
1. Under Supreme Court Rule 10(a), whether this court should exercise its "supervisory power" to resolve the conflict among the circuit courts of appe… |
| 23-7455 |
Britt Jarriel Hammons v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-statute-922g1 gun-possession-rights individual-rights second-amendment standing treason |
How can the tenth circuit have a ruling on the same subject matter as the Supreme Court & other circuits courts & has a ruling that is in conflict wit… |
| 23-6954 |
Charles B. Thomas v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review case-law circuit-court-conflict criminal-procedure double-jeopardy judicial-interpretation sentencing statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-blackwell united-states-v-phipps witte-v-united-states |
WHETHER THE 7TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DECISION IN THE CASE AT BAR IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN WITTE V. UNITED… |
| 23-551 |
GMS Mine Repair v. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
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administrative-law auer-deference chevron-deference chevron-doctrine circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure judicial-review regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
In Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019) ("Kisor"), this Court sought to limit Auer deference and provided specific guidance for courts to interpret… |
| 23-472 |
Dora L. Bonner v. Triple S Management Corporation, et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-11-03 |
Denied |
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admissibility-of-evidence affidavit-evidence circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-conflicts civil-procedure discovery discovery-dispute procedural-fairness rico-violations summary-judgment weighing-of-evidence |
I. Did the First Circuit Court of Appeals error in granting summary judgment to both Triple-S Management Corporation and Triple-S Vida based solely on… |
| 23-5563 |
Christopher John Derting v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-conflict due-process federal-review habeas-corpus keeney-v-tamayo-reyes post-conviction-review strickland strickland-claim townsend-v-sain vicks-v-bunnell |
Can the District Court ignore the views of this Court stated in Lovell v. Duffey pertaining to 2254 (d) (2) claims, which should focus on what State C… |
| 23-213 |
Brian O'Grady v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-split discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence subject-matter-jurisdiction wildland-fire wildland-fire-response |
In Rayonier, infra, this c ourt held that the Federal tort c laims Act (F tcA) "makes the u nited States liable ( with certain exceptions which are no… |
| 23-196 |
Jade Mound, et al. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-01 |
Denied |
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budgetary-considerations circuit-court-conflict circuit-split discretionary-function-exception failure-to-warn federal-tort-claims-act government-liability latent-danger public-safety warning-duty |
When the government is alleged to have tortiously neglected to warn the public of a known, latent danger, whether the de minimis cost of posting such … |
| 22-6981 |
Thomas R. Alt v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process equivocal-invocation miranda-rights right-to-counsel seventh-circuit unequivocal-invocation |
WHETHER A SUSPECT'S QUESTION AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF
APPOINTED COUNSEL, IN IMMEDIATE RESP |
| 22-6806 |
Torrey Dewayne Walker v. Micha Neal, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals circuit-court-conflict civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-appellate-review federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent legal-standing standing supreme-court-jurisdiction |
DOES THIS COURT HAVE JURISDICTION TO GRANT CERTIORARI WHEN THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN DECISIONS OF STATE AND OR FEDERAL COURTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS, CO… |
| 22-6597 |
Jeremiah S. Farmer v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict civil-rights drug-conspiracy due-process jurisdictional-requirement racketeering sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-authority supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the district court lacked statutory authority under 15 U.S.C. § 1962(d) for RICO conspiracy to be complete when the agreement is reached, not … |
| 22-6255 |
Deonte Courtez Gates v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
blakely-v-washington circuit-court-conflict constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment federal-law juvenile-defendant relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines |
L. Whether the relevant conduct sentencing guideline is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment as applied to conduct committed by a juvenile defe… |
| 21-6679 |
Juan Jarmon v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-conflict conspiracy conspiracy-law crack-cocaine criminal-law evidence evidentiary-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review united-states-v-pressler |
Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals entered a decision in conflict with the decision of United States v. Pressler where the evidence presented … |
| 21-6396 |
Tamara Jeune v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-propensity evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence prejudice prior-bad-acts probative-value propensity-evidence |
How are the courts to properly apply Fed. R. Evid. 404(b)? Should they apply the Third Circuit's more substantive approach which requires a close conn… |
| 21-6062 |
Craig Schenvinsky James v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-review sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
I. BECAUSE THERE IS A CONFLICT AMONG THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL OVER THIS MATTER, CAN THE SENTENCING COMMISSION'S COMMENTS TAKE PRECED… |
| 21-5543 |
Louis Matthews v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review circuit-court-conflict conspiracy conspiracy-charge federal-law indictment judgment-acquittal ninth-circuit plain-error |
1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in upholding a conviction for a conspiracy other than the conspiracy charged in the indictment, on a theory raised for th… |
| 21-140 |
Rosemary Garity v. APWU National Labor Organization |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ada-discrimination circuit-court-conflict circuit-courts civil-rights discrimination due-process precedent precedent-interpretation pro-se-considerations summary-judgment union-liability |
1. Is "But for" the standard for ADA discrimination claims as determined here?
2. Did the Ninth Circuit err, in contrast to all other Courts of Appea… |
| 20-7406 |
Lionel Robinson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-petition gross-negligence habeas-corpus postconviction-counsel |
1. Does gross negligence on the part of postconviction counsel in the filing of timely postconviction motions constitute reasons warranting applicatio… |
| 20-6975 |
Cortez Maurice Crumble v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-court-conflict criminal-law criminal-procedure mens-rea outside-trial-record plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights trial-error |
When evaluating Rehaif-derived trial errors under Rule 52(b) plain-error review, should prejudice under the "substantial rights" prong be presumed?
2… |
| 19-7732 |
Jerad Hanks v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
bank-robbery circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-statutes firearm-use rule-of-lenity use-of-force vagueness-doctrine |
I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), which criminalizes the use of a firearm during a "crime of violence," in this case, the federal bank robbery statute… |
| 19-7560 |
Michael Swain v. Florida Commission on Offender Review |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arbitrary-action circuit-court-conflict constitutional-protections due-process federal-law government-agency habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-relief parole parole-board |
DID THE JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL VIOLATE PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS WHEN THEY AFFIRMED TH… |
| 19-7512 |
Jose Luis Urias-Marquez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure discretionary-review federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation rule-11 supervisory-powers united-states-court-of-appeals united-states-v-lee |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Cireuit")-which held Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal… |
| 19-7413 |
Brennen Clancy v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-court-conflict classification due-process equal-protection felony misdemeanor probation probation-department sentence-classification sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Can a probation department change the classification of a sentence from MISDEMEANOR to FELONY for no reason and without any due process?
The 1l'h cir… |
| 19-906 |
Philip N. Antico v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
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allen-charge circuit-court-conflict constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-due-process fundamental-rights jury-instruction jury-instructions retrial-cost retrial-costs |
Is a criminal defendant's fundamental constitutional rights violated by an Allen charge that instructs a deadlocked jury to consider the expense of a … |
| 19-7201 |
Casey Lee Jones v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure rule-11 supervisory-powers |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Cireuit")-which held Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal… |
| 19-6987 |
Darrell Wayne Bell v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-circuit actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-conflict habeas habeas-corpus judicial-precedent merits-analysis newly-discovered-evidence shulp-v-delo |
QUESTION ONE:
Did the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals exceed the limited scope of the
Certificate of Appealability (COA) standard using a merits analysis… |
| 19-6985 |
Boaz Pleasant-Bey v. Shelby County, Tennessee, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appropriate-relief circuit-court-conflict first-amendment-free-exercise inmate-led-religious-services inmate-rights qualified-immunity rluipa rluipa-appropriate-relief-clause sixth-circuit trial-on-merits trial-on-the-merits |
I.) WHETHER RLUIPA'S "APPROPRIATE RELIEF " CLAUSE ENCOMPASSES THE
REQUESTED RELIEF OF A TRIAL ON THE MERITS AND IF SO, DID PLAINTIFF'S
REQUEST OF A … |
| 19-6791 |
Bryan Lamon Burnett v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-circuit 8th-circuit appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
SHOULD THE COURT GRANT CERTIORARI TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL IN THE APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINE SE… |
| 19-6674 |
Margarita Mora v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure rule-11 supervisory-powers |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Cireuit")-which held Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal… |
| 19-612 |
Hassan Abpikar v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-split conflict-with-other-circuits criminal-complaint criminal-procedure due-process original-indictment sentence-increase sentencing sentencing-enhancement speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation superseding-indictment |
1. Whether the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling on petitioner's claim to his Rights under the Speedy Trial Act is IN CONFLICT WITH OTHER CIRCUITS, … |
| 19-5795 |
Jacob D. Lickers v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-split exclusionary-rule federal-search-warrant fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation good-faith-exception probable-cause search-warrant |
WHETHER THE GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION TO THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE APPLIES WHEN AN AFFIDAVIT SUPPORTING A SEARCH WARRANT HAD BEEN TAINTED BY EVIDENCE OBTAINED … |
| 18-9825 |
Shepell Orr v. Ron Neal, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 14th-amendment-equal-protection 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-seizure 5th-amendment 5th-amendment-due-process 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-fair-trial 8th-amendment-cruel-punishment circuit-court-conflict fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment sudden-heat |
1) Whether or not the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has entered a decision (May
08, 2019) in conflict with another decision previously made in the Unit… |
| 18-9798 |
Craig A. Lee v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-conflict criminal-propensity drew-v-united-states due-process evidence-admissibility evidence-of-other-crimes federal-circuits legal-precedent precedent prior-sexual-conduct sexual-assault undue-prejudice |
Whether the DC Court of Appeals' decision directly conflicts with established legal precedent in federal circuits, in particular Drew v. United States… |
| 18-9764 |
Adnan Ibrahim Harun A. Hausa v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment circuit-court-conflict circuit-split faretta faretta-inquiry pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver waiver-of-counsel |
1. Should a petition for writ of certiorari be granted to resolve a conflict between the Second and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal on whether a def… |
| 18-1371 |
Jefferson Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law attorney-fees circuit-court-conflict civil-rights due-process foia-attorney-fees freedom-of-information-act judicial-precedent legal-uniformity mandate-rule national-uniformity precedent |
1. Should Morley v. CIA, 894 F.3d 389 (D.C. Cir. 2018) ("Morley XI") be reversed because it is in direct conflict with Dept. of Justice v. Tax Analyst… |
| 18-9018 |
Jupiter Dennell Wilson, Sr. v. City of Chesapeake, Virginia |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Granted |
IFP |
age-discrimination age-retaliation certiorari-review circuit-court-conflict civil-rights fraud fraud-allegations fraud-on-the-record judicial-discretion race-discrimination race-retaliation retaliation |
Whether the United States Supreme Court with its judicial discretion is able to affirm the Fourth Circuit's Certification of this consolidated case("N… |
| 18-8570 |
Damien Preston v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-decisions confrontation-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-violation harmless-error ineffective-assistance jury-determination prejudice sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
THE QUESTIONS PRESENTED WAS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS THREE JUDGE PANEL, MADE A PRECEDENTIAL DECISION, THAT THE PETITI… |
| 18-8288 |
Derrick Allen v. Envirogreen Landscape Professionals, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-conflict civil-rights conflict-of-circuits due-process eeoc-decision employment-discrimination equal-protection federal-question judicial-discretion judicial-proceedings judicial-review lower-court-review supervisory-powers |
Can the US Supreme Court review at their judicial discretion for the compelling reason:
The EEOC/Louisiana HCR; Louisiana Middle District; and Louisi… |
| 18-8237 |
Harry Eugene Briscoe v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus pro-se-petition stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment |
Whether this U.S.S. Ct. will certify the conflict of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, not only with itself concerning its ruling that subject-matter … |
| 18-7929 |
Robert L. Burns, Jr. v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-error sixth-circuit standing united-states-supreme-court |
Are the sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in conflict with the United States Supreme Court, and other Circuit Courts by derming a Certificate of Appealab… |
| 18-7087 |
Daniel Lopez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review plain-error plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the District Court committed plain error by allowing the prosecutor to commit prosecutorial misconduct by breaching the plea agreement. The Te… |
| 18-6926 |
James Valentine v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-review circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-enhancement drug-conviction due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-convictions sentence-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
DID THE HONORABLE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA COMMIT "PLAIN AND OBVIOUS ERROR" BY ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,… |
| 18-560 |
Peaje Investments LLC v. The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2018-10-30 |
Denied |
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agency-discretion agency-regulation bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-statutory-lien bankruptcy-procedure circuit-court-conflict circuit-split court-of-appeals due-process lien-definition property-interest property-rights puerto-rico-law secured-creditor statutory-lien |
Petitioner owns bonds issued by Respondent, the Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority ("HTA"). The bonds are secured by a lien on toll revenu… |
| 18-6267 |
Denise Robertson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure document-disclosure evidence-review in-camera-review jencks-act palermo-v-united-states reasonable-particularity threshold-showing united-states-v-palermo |
1. Whether, when the defendant and government disagree as to whether a specifically identified document constitutes a "statement" under the Jencks Act… |
| 18-5286 |
Odere Suleitopa v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-split civil-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility federal-rule-of-evidence-701 federal-rules-of-evidence law-enforcement law-enforcement-officer-testimony law-enforcement-testimony lay-witness-testimony opinion-testimony personal-knowledge personal-knowledge-requirement witness-testimony |
Federal Rule of Evidence 701 states that a lay witness's opinion testimony must be rationally based on the witness's perception. The Circuits have lon… |