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25A724 Wade Reeves v. Alisha Gregorio Oklahoma 2025-12-22 Application appellate-review constitutional-authority contempt-proceeding due-process jurisdictional-challenge void-judgment Question not identified.
25-704 Fulton County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-17 Pending breach-of-contract constitutional-authority elections-clause procedural-error standing voting-machines Article I, § 4, cl. 1 , the " Elections Clause " of the United States Constitution , delegates to the states, the Time, Manner, and Place of conduct…
25A528 Fulton County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-06 Application breach-of-warranty constitutional-authority election-administration election-contract subject-matter-jurisdiction voting-systems Question not identified.
25-5704 Jeanie Reese v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. California 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggregate-effects child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-authority federal-prosecution interstate-commerce 1. Does-the "Aggregate Effects'! doctrine under Gonzales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits desi…
25-5481 Isaac John Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-authority federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Federal law bans the possession of fire arms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more th an one year of imprisonment. 18…
25-5407 Brandon Keith Thompson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority criminal-possession federal-jurisdiction interstate-movement statutory-interpretation Apparently exercising its authority under the Commerce Clause, Congress criminally prohibited the simple possession of a firearm that was "in or affec…
25-5352 Antonio Robledo Tovar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Federal law bans the possession of fire arms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more th an one year of imprisonment. 18…
25-5348 Hector Cristobal Mejia-Estrada v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission standard-conditions supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
25-5032 In Re John Alan Conroy 2025-07-03 Denied IFP aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce 1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designa…
24-1286 Jeffrey Buford v. Georgia Georgia 2025-06-17 Denied Response Waived constitutional-authority due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure original-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction The Court Lacked Original Jurisdiction, Personal and Subject Matter Jurisdiction for the reasons listed below. 1. Does the U.S. Supreme Court has Ori…
24-1250 Art Bullock, et al. v. R-Ranch Property Owners' Association, et al. California 2025-06-06 Denied Response Waived appellate-rules constitutional-authority due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-review stare-decisis California's 1928 Constitutional Amendment withdrew au thority for California Supreme Court (CSC) to adopt appel late rules, after giving that author…
24-7321 In Re Adolfo Herrera-Sustaita 2025-05-29 Denied IFP aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution intrastate-activity Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich, 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designated …
24-7258 In Re Paul Kenneth Cromar 2025-05-21 Denied IFP 16th-amendment constitutional-authority federal-district-court income-tax non-apportioned-tax subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the federal district court possess the subject-matter jurisdiction required to conduct tax trials of American citizens to enforce IRS assessments…
24-7110 In Re Phillip James Colwell 2025-05-01 Denied IFP child-pornography-prevention commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich, 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designated …
24-6844 In Re Gayle George 2025-03-25 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-procedure congressional-oversight constitutional-authority dc-home-rule judicial-review 1. Is the Superior Court (of the District of Columbia an agency of the District of Columbia government, over which Congress retains ultimate legislati…
24-6432 Zemirah El v. Bernard Moore, dba Administrative Clerk Third Circuit 2025-01-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority diversity-jurisdiction due-process judicial-immunity oath-of-office void-judgment There are two issues from the Decision of the Third Circuit Court up for review: l.) the issue of judicial immunity under conditions of a judge 's ref…
24-6418 Patrick L. Booker v. South Carolina South Carolina 2025-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-authority contempt-of-court due-process hearing-rights judicial-discretion 0. City and advocate a direct Criminal Contempt, and take it delays pursuant to Habeas? 1. Should a State Court State court be required to give writt…
24-5852 Alexander W. Kawleski v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process interstate-commerce witness-credibility (1) Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the District Court err when the Government's case rested on Tracy Brown's testimony that she unexpect…
24-465 Texas, et al. v. Jerry Black, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-24 GVR Relisted (3) administrative-law constitutional-authority federal-trade-commission legislative-delegation private-rulemaking separation-of-powers In 2020, Congress enacted the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) to, for the first time, federally regulate the horseracing industry. 15 U.S.…
24-439 Miller Mendel, Inc. v. City of Anna, Texas Federal Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied Response Waived article-iii constitutional-authority impeachment-process judicial-removal mental-health-evaluation patent-appeals 1. Whether the Federal Circuit in removing a duly appointed Article III judge from judicial duties for her refusal to submit to a mental health evalu…
24-278 Ryan K. Jones, et ux. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response Waived constitutional-authority due-process interstate-commerce iRS-discretion takings-clause tax-collection-powers 1. Whether this Court should overrule United States v. Thompson, and all of the cases which followed it, which relied on its declaration of inherent (…
24-5191 Quentin Veneno, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (22)IFP constitutional-authority courtroom-closure criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure intratribal-conduct presley-v-georgia public-trial rule-51(b) rule-51b tribal-sovereignty 1. Presley v. Georgia, 558 U.S. 209 (2010), held that, before closing the courtroom during a criminal trial, "courts are required to consider alternat…
24-98 Norman Abood, et al. v. James P. Carroll, Chapter 7 Trustee Third Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied article-iii-courts article-three bankruptcy bankruptcy-court congress-power constitutional-authority judicial-council jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution This case questions the Third Circuit's appropriation of Congress' exclusive power to create courts under Article III, § 1 of the United States Consti…
24-5159 Luis Marin and Luis Chavez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority constitutional-power due-process felonies-clause high-seas international-law maritime-law statutory-interpretation vessel-status I. Whether Congress' authority to "define and punish...Felonies committed on the high Seas," U.S. Const. art. I § 8, cl. 10 (the "Felonies Clause"), i…
23-7817 Fernando Angel Puga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines standard-conditions supervised-release When a district court imposes a term of supervised release as part of a sentence, the United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long l…
23-1237 County of Fulton, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2024-05-24 Denied Response Waived article-i-section-4 constitutional-authority county-boards-of-elections due-process election-integrity election-law elections judicial-sanctions pennsylvania-general-assembly pennsylvania-supreme-court voting-equipment voting-machines 1. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in allowing a Special Master to order that voting machines owned by the County of Fulton were to be placed i…
23A901 Carl Gordon v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-09 Presumed Complete california-constitution conflict-of-interest constitutional-authority false-claims-act gubernatorial-recall void-ab-initio Question not identified.
23-7044 Melanie A. Ogle v. Hocking County Common Pleas Court, et al. Ohio 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process personal-jurisdiction right-to-counsel sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction void-conviction QUESTION 1. In absence of counsel and a waiver of right to counsel during a sentencing hearing, does a state trial court possess "constitutional autho…
23-6798 Qaya Mikel Gordon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power constitutional-authority due-process indian-affairs major-crimes-act native-nations tribal-sovereignty trust-obligations 1. Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Constitution by enacting the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. §1153, as applied to crimes committed by…
23-5940 John Paul Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
23-5773 Adrian De La Torre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release When a district court imposes a term of supervised release as part of a sentence, the United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long l…
23-5503 Roman Alvarado, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release When a district court imposes a term of supervised release as part of a sentence, the United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long l…
23-96 Fulton County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-08-02 Denied Response Waived article-i-section-4 constitutional-authority contempt-sanction county-boards-of-elections dominion-voting dominion-voting-systems election-board election-law election-procedures pennsylvania-general-assembly pennsylvania-supreme-court voting-rights 1. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in holding Petitioners, County Board of Elections, in contempt for conducting an inspection of voting machin…
22-7873 Aguina Aguina v. Choong-Dae Kang, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii bankruptcy-settlement constitutional-authority court-of-appeals judicial-discretion ninth-circuit public-policy rooker-feldman-doctrine Did the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err in affirming the decision of the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel approving the settlement …
22-1232 Bernard D. Holland v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-authority constitutional-law direct-taxation due-process form-4852 internal-revenue-service irs-authority standing tax-law 1. Is the Internal Revenue Service required to follow the Law as written in The United States Constitution regarding Direct Taxation? 2. Is the Inter…
22-7526 Charles Edward Krupalla v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release The United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long list of "standard" conditions of supervised release. Standard Condition 12 reads: …
22-7332 In Re Michael Paul Martin 2023-04-20 Denied IFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-findings constitutional-authority due-process economic-impact fair-notice federal-criminal-offense gonzales-v-raich interstate-commerce 1. Under Title 18, U.S.C. § 2251(a), is there proper Fair Notice, as set forth by this Court in Fasulo v United States, 272 U.S. 620 (1926); that a cr…
22-7089 In Re William Hopmeier 2023-03-24 Denied IFP aggregate-effects-doctrine child-pornography congressional-findings constitutional-authority due-process economic-impact fair-notice gonzales-v-raich interstate-commerce 1. Under Title 18, U.S.C. § 2251(a), is there proper Fair Notice, as set forth by this Court in Fasulo v United States, 272 U.S. 620 (1926); that a cr…
22-6626 Jonathan Jefferson Ferris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
22-6510 Daniel Marmolejo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
22-6423 Michael Deshawn Homer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms police-power Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6422 Richard Bernard Nichols v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6420 Rodney Deangelo Jordan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power felon-possession firearms-regulation police-power statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6314 Ramiro Leal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6246 Antonio Osorio-Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
22-5963 Russell Spain v. Shenese Jones New York 2022-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority custody custody-dispute federal-law federal-law-violation judicial-jurisdiction national-security procedural-compliance rule-10 1- Did the lower Courts (Kings County Family Court, Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division Second Judicial Department) preside wi…
22-5918 Tommy Allen Dickenson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-5841 Harry Sharod James v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure commerce-clause confrontation-clause constitutional-authority district-court filing-fee judicial-tax procedural-discretion standing subject-matter-jurisdiction UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OFNORTH CAROLINA " EASTERN DISTRICT" abuse its discretion by not establishing subject Matter Juris diction, once it was c…
22-5208 In Re Paul C. Bolin 2022-07-27 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment administrative-rules civil-rights constitutional-authority court-filing due-process free-speech judicial-procedure legal-submissions ninth-circuit standing takings Question not identified.
21-8186 In Re Douglas Cornell Jackson 2022-06-21 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-authority district-court due-process filing-refusal habeas-corpus petition-rights pro-se standing WHETHER "THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CLERK WAS CONSTITUTIONALLY AUTHORIZED TO REFUSE TO FILE A PRO SE LITIGANTS PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS, PETIT…
21-8060 Darrell Cordell Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits federal-power felon-in-possession firearms-regulation police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
21-1441 Emanuel McCray v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Sixth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-rulemaking constitutional-authority constitutional-interpretation executive-authority federal-constitution legislative-power occupational-safety public-health separation-of-powers 1. What is the appropriate constitutional authority embodied in Articles I and III and the Tenth and Thirteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution th…
21-1280 In Re J. Cory Cordova 2022-03-22 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-authority fifth-circuit full-faith-and-credit improper-removal judicial-removal procedural-fairness removal subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit exceeded its constitutional and appellate authority when it failed to review Petitioner's repeated objections to the subj…
21-1078 Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-02-04 GVR Relisted (2) bankruptcy-act bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-interpretation judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws 1. Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115-72, Div. B, 131 Stat. 1232 (28 U.S.C. 1930(a)(6)(B) (2018)), which…
21-6338 Danquan A. Fanning v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii article-iii-authority article-iv-court constitutional-authority court-judgment criminal-procedure due-process judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-usurpation territorial-court WHETHER the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT being a Article IV Territorial Court illegally usurped Article III, Constitutional Authority and illegally e…
21-6312 Manuel Melgar-Diaz and Joaquin Benito-Mendoz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law congressional-delegation constitutional-authority constitutional-law executive-power government-branches legislative-delegation legislative-power non-delegation-doctrine separation-of-powers Whether Congress can delegate its authority to another branch of government consistent with the Constitution by merely providing an "intelligible prin…
21-204 Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., et al. Second Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response Waived bivens-claim constitutional-authority due-process first-amendment frivolous judicial-immunity removal separation-of-powers sua-sponte-dismissal Whether a District Court Judge runs afoul of due process by a sua sponte dismissal of Petitioner's Complaint without "hearing" argument and then deemi…
20-8365 Richard L. Gathercole v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-authority constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-jurisdiction legal-remedy standing based on the alledged Packtolity of a Fudge Lwho deprived the appelland of a Substantive ove Oca teduce Sialak xo Lolich dhe Vow entitles him id the D…
20-1657 Minor Lee McNeil v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-authority due-process executive-branch federal-jurisdiction federal-power trading-with-enemy-act trading-with-the-enemy-act treason war-powers Whether the use of the federal War power via the amended (TWEA), to establish federal jurisdictions inside the Union States is an act of Treason? Whe…
20-1188 Marilynn Thomason v. Beneficial Financial I Inc. Idaho 2021-02-25 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1956 28-usc-1651 appellate-procedure constitutional-authority court-records due-process equal-protection idaho-appellate-rule-28 judicial-discretion Whether any State Supreme Court, state appellate court, state district court and/or any clerk of such court has the constitutional and statutory autho…
20-1056 Justin Wolfe v. Virginia Virginia 2021-02-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-rights constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas forfeiture-rule plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct vindictive-prosecution After petitioner Justin Wolfe obtained federal habeas relief because of "abhorrent" prosecutorial misconduct, the Commonwealth of Virginia vindictivel…
20-6504 Carolyn Barnes v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegated-authority due-process ex-post-facto fundamental-rights judicial-review motion-to-recuse recusal retaliation standard-of-review Whether it violates due process to ignore a Motion to Recuse and apply the wrong standard of review. Whether the extended preemptive "review" or "scr…
20-574 Jake Corman, et al. v. Pennsylvania Democratic Party, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-10-30 Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (4) constitutional-authority election-deadlines election-integrity election-law election-procedures elections-clause intervention judicial-interpretation legislative-power mail-in-ballots presidential-electors Just last year, the Pennsylvania General Assembly, consistent with the authority vested in it by the United States Constitution, enacted a statute una…
20-542 Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-10-26 Denied Amici (9)Response WaivedRelisted (4) constitutional-authority election-law elections-clause electors-clause federal-election-day federal-election-statutes judicial-interpretation mail-in-ballots mail-in-voting pennsylvania-supreme-court preemption A Pennsylvania statute unambiguously provides that absentee and mail-in ballots must be received by Election Day. Brushing that requirement aside, a 4…
20-5472 Henry Dailey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process federal-law jurisdictional-challenge restitution sentencing state-law statutory-interpretation The State of Missouri has a Statute that criminalizes the transfer of dee. Custody or @acontcol of ANY Corin +o aNatrer, or ko another place, when the…
20-5284 Tony Lam v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-authority controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-conspiracy sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the U.S. Sentencing Commission's use of the Sentencing Guideline commentary in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 to capture drug conspiracy offenses within the me…
19-8916 Adam Lee Hamilton v. Eileen Ramey, Warden Missouri 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-v-youngblood brady-v-maryland constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence first-degree-assault impeachment-evidence missouri-prosecution napue-v-illinois The Question(s) Presented are, does the State Of Missour have the authority to deprive petitioner of his libertyunder The Constitution Of The United S…
19-8538 Jeffrey W. Smiles v. Berks County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-05-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-taking civil-rights constitutional-authority due-process eminent-domain property-rights standing stare-decisis takings 1. Can a political subdivision of a state, through its employees, administratively take private property from the people they work for and give/sell t…
19-1152 ISL Loan Trust, et al. v. Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response Waived article-iii bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-court-authority constitutional-authority debtor-creditor-relationship equitable-mootness non-debtor-claims non-debtor-releases nonconsensual-release restructuring restructuring-debtor-creditor stern-v-marshall I. Whether a bankruptcy court has authority, under Article III of the Constitution and this Court's decision in Stern v. Marshall, 564 U.S. 462 (2011)…
19-7964 Varis R. Aizupitis v. Delaware Delaware 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege confidential-materials constitutional-authority criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-defect criminal-process defense-counsel due-process federal-judiciary federal-jurisdiction ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strategic-intentions structural-defect structural-error I. Whether the release of confidential materials by defense counsel creates a structural defect in a criminal process where the release is contrary to…
19-715 Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Mazars USA, LLP, et al. District of Columbia 2019-12-05 Judgment Issued Amici (1) civil-rights congressional-oversight constitutional-authority due-process executive-privilege legislative-purpose separation-of-powers standing statutory-authority subpoena subpoena-power Whether the Committee has the constitutional and statutory authority to issue this subpoena.
19-6803 Carmieshra Gorman v. Regina Cole California 2019-12-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-authority due-process insurance-law insurance-regulation intentional-tort judicial-discretion standing state-regulation takings Does the Court Exceed Constitutional Authority in Defending the State's Regulation of Insurance vis a vis the Court's Predatory Treatment of Personal …
19-6546 Elmer Misael Garcia Ramirez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority define-and-punish-clause due-process high-seas international-law international-waters jurisdiction maritime-law nexus Whether the trial court lacked jurisdiction because neither the U.S. Constitution nor any theory of international law permits jurisdiction to be asser…
19-323 Charles V. Schneider v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-court-ruling circuit-court-rulings circuit-split constitutional-authority constitutional-authority-of-courts federal-law inferior-courts judicial-conflict judicial-hierarchy judicial-review judicial-supremacy legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supervisory-power supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (or any other inferior court) has the Constitutional authority to rule in conflict with r…
18-1240 Phil Kerpen, et al. v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) accountability articles-i-and-ii congressional-delegation constitutional-accountability constitutional-authority core-federal-power delegation federal-power federal-property federal-statute government-accountability guarantee-clause inherently-federal interstate-compact separation-of-powers 1. Is power exercised by a government agency over federal property, pursuant to federal statute, properly considered "federal power" for purposes of A…
18-1214 Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-18 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act apportionment-clause census-act census-citizenship-question census-data commerce-department commerce-secretary constitutional-authority constitutional-provisions district-court-injunction due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-injunction standing statutory-interpretation voting-rights-act Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census.
18-227 Justin Michael Wolfe v. Virginia Virginia 2018-08-22 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal appellate-review class-precedent class-v-united-states constitutional-authority constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining double-jeopardy due-process guilty-plea plea-bargaining state-court state-court-appeals vindictive-prosecution Whether, in light of Class, a guilty plea in state court waives the right to raise on appeal the constitutional authority of the State to prosecute ba…