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25-6821 Hugo Almeida-Ponce v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-17 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-sentencing fifth-circuit sentencing-enhancement writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25-962 Republican National Committee, et al. v. Bette Eakin, et al. Third Circuit 2026-02-13 Pending anderson-burdick constitutional-law election-integrity mail-voting rational-basis voter-fraud 1. Whether a non-discriminatory rule imposing the usual burdens of voting is constitutional; 2. Whether a mail-voting rule is subject only to rationa…
25-6789 Richard Brundige v. United States Second Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment, either on its face or as applied.
25-6767 Mario A. Manborde v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-10 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process federal-law judicial-review manifest-injustice unreasonable-determination I. Is There a Constitutional Cure For Manifest Injustice? II. Was There An Unreasonable Application of Clearly Established Federal Laws Upon An Unrea…
25-938 James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas Texas 2026-02-06 Pending batson-violation constitutional-law equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes race-discrimination Whether the State's considering race as a basis for striking prospective jurors, shown by its listing prospective jurors by race on a spreadsheet used…
25-6755 Robert W. Feldman v. Colorado Colorado 2026-02-06 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law coroner-authority death-investigation district-attorney prosecutorial-discretion sub-delegation In a matter of first impression whether the district attorney may charge a person for causing a death that the coroner declines to find was a homicide…
25-924 Tessa Needham, et al. v. Merck & Company, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2026-02-05 Pending administrative-law constitutional-law judicial-review presentment-clause res-judicata vaccine-compensation Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals err by finding that a special masters' findings in Plaintiffs' claims filed in the Department of Health and Hu…
25-6713 Nebraska, ex rel. Isaac D. Koch v. District Court of Nebraska, Platte County Nebraska 2026-02-04 Pending IFP constitutional-law contract-clause dissolution-statute freedom-of-conscience remedy void-writ What harm must a void writ burden one with before a remedy obtains? Whether unilateral dissolution statutes may be held repugnant to the contract cla…
25-6703 Pedro Cesar Villalobos-Espinoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending Response WaivedIFP case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled?
25-6678 Isaac Ramirez Rodriguez v. Virginia Virginia 2026-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment mandatory-minimum proportionality sentencing Are the mandatory minimum life sentence provisions of Virginia Code §§ 18.2-61(B)(2) and 18.2-67.2(B)(2) unconstitutional as constituting Cruel and Un…
25-896 Michael J. House v. General Electric Company, et al. Federal Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law due-process patent-infringement seventh-amendment trial-by-jury 1. "Whether" our Supreme Court will allow Plaintiff House their 7th Amendment rights of trial by jury shall be preserved by our U.S. Constitution per …
25-6650 Michael Ledon Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
25-6610 Robert Franklin Brown v. Arizona Arizona 2026-01-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process legal-access legal-assistance prison-system prisoner-rights Question not identified.
25-847 Alabama v. Brandon Dewayne Sykes Alabama 2026-01-15 Pending constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process griffin-error prosecutorial-comment self-incrimination 1. Whether courts must reverse for Griffin error without examining a prosecutor's comment in context and without finding prejudice. Or the Court shou…
25-844 Chicago Wine Company, et al. v. Mike Braun, Governor of Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending alcohol-regulation commerce-clause constitutional-law interstate-commerce physical-presence twenty-first-amendment Whether a physical-presence requirement that forbids out-of-state retailers from shipping alcohol directly to in-state consumers unless they establish…
25-6588 Derek Skellchock v. Laurie K. Dean, Judge, 8th Judicial District Court, Larimer County, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending IFP civil-rights constitutional-law federal-preemption judicial-jurisdiction supremacy-clause va-benefits 1. Whether state judges are BOUND by the Veterans Judicial Review Act (VJRA) Pub. Law 100-687 (1988) pursuant to Article I § 8 of the Constitution,…
25-6574 Christopher Michael Arredondo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
25-832 Bonnie Michelle Smith v. Shirley Smith Georgia 2026-01-13 Pending constitutional-law judicial-activism legislative-interpretation policy-making rule-of-law separation-of-powers 1) Does judicial activism violate the separation of powers? 2) Can the Court act as a super legislature that imposes its own policy preferences rathe…
25-6530 Terry Lee Gammage v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-law criminal-defendant gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation (1) Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), a criminal d…
25-789 Angela Kay Plese v. Ronald Austin, et al. Tennessee 2026-01-06 Pending civil-liability constitutional-law defamation first-amendment free-speech reputational-harm Whether the First Amendment allows a plaintiff who suffers no reputational harm to recover for defamation.
25-6477 Warren Harold Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy double-jeopardy hobbs-act judicial-precedent sentencing Whether Callanan v. United States, 364 U.S. 587 (1961), should be overruled or limited as violative of the Double Jeopardy Clause where petitioner was…
25-712 Sandra Hernden v. Chippewa Valley School District, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending adverse-action circuit-split constitutional-law first-amendment governmental-action retaliation In light of our current toxic and vindictive politics and a circuit split, under a-person-of-ordinary-firmness test, does a referral by one government…
25-6392 Christopher Tyler Bray v. Texas Texas 2025-12-17 Denied IFP constitutional-law establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise-clause government-interest religious-freedom What is the meaning of religion as it concerns the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment, and what are the implicatio…
25-6363 Arturo Amaran v. Florida Florida 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law fifth-amendment judicial-authority legislative-intent separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Given the United States Supreme Court's now long standing and clear 5th Amendment jurisprudence, do Florida Courts have authority to expand, or oth…
25-690 Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. v. Bradley Bieganski Ninth Circuit 2025-12-12 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived burden-shifting constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit-review Did the Ninth Circuit fail to apply the correct deferential standard of review, as set out in 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), and also misapply this Court's prec…
25-6351 Anthony James Merrick v. Kenneth Herman, Former Administrator of Religious and Volunteer Services, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit 2025-12-12 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-decisions prisoners-rights Mr. MeMTicXC oMegecl -HieA pv\scsr* cXVtcvcAs hack wvcAcAed V»ls freecWguvoC reU^ur* cmA*-><a V»Abe U& D^irictCcwrV cmci AVicA Atae cLocAvM<ve-s <s4 R…
25-642 Lorenzo Garod Pierre v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-03 Denied Response Waived as-applied-challenge constitutional-law criminal-defendant firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).
25-6254 Jorge C. Ferretiz-Hernandez, Ignacio Felix-Salinas, and Elias Chiroy-Cac v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent legislative-reenactment racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
25-6240 Joel Contreras-Aguilar v. Texas Texas 2025-11-25 Pending Response RequestedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process immigration-status ineffective-assistance strickland-standard Has the State of Texas courts undermined presently established federal law in regards to the disclosure of immigration status of defendants in crimina…
25-6201 Frank Paul Ferrara v. Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-21 Denied IFP attorney-general civil-commitment constitutional-law discretionary-action equal-protection fourteenth-amendment Question No. 1: Whether the Commonwealth of Virginia violated the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection of the laws when the Attorney G…
25-6187 Maurice Wilson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-6133 Richard Barry Randolph v. Florida, et al. Florida 2025-11-17 Denied IFP clemency constitutional-law due-process federal-rights post-conviction supremacy-clause 1. Whether Florida violated the Supremacy Clause by constructing a system of post-conviction litigation that provides no avenue for the assertion of a…
25-581 St. Mary Catholic Parish, Littleton, Colorado, et al. v. Lisa Roy, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-11-17 Pending Amici (23)Response RequestedResponse Waived constitutional-law discretion employment-division-v-smith general-applicability religious-freedom secular-conduct Colorado's so-called universal preschool program pays for families to send their children to the preschool of their choice, public or private. To part…
25-6127 Brodrick Eugene Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-14 Pending IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) violate the Fifth and Sixth amendments?
25-6084 Paul Gregory Perry v. Robert Van Gorder, Warden North Carolina 2025-11-12 Denied IFP appellate-counsel constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus sixth-amendment 1) Whether "Carpenter 222. ters" hralding i ratzaac hive ta Renton S Whee Convictiansand. Sentence 5 xele 2) jae Phar-capppellate counsel. tua je Fle…
25-6080 Warren Ellwood Shelton, Jr. v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2025-11-12 Denied IFP appeals-process constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing /\JVQU &Jt| %4rk O'D'^fS llLOl <1-1 e. OtoLuUltj ® \AJkkcj is \(v^0LiAcuie Clu&m nz4 bdrvj z\^pl?W 4o jaW£M j^ iw& pjnadr&& 1^-k) Leuv k| Aftz. Q^&c…
25-6006 Jerry W. Green, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure indictment-charging rico-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum Whether, pursuant to Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99, 133 S.Ct 2151, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013) and Apprendi v New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct 23…
25-5903 Joseph Vicarlos Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-law criminal-statute federal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-5886 Kevin Scott v. Florida Florida 2025-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law due-process equal-protection legal-uniformity state-court Does a State Court that refuses to uniformly apply its own laws and rules to similarly situate state prisoners violate the Due Process and Equal Pro…
25-5895 Rickey Johnson, aka Sealed Defendant 1, aka Neil Dawn Defarren v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-15 Denied IFP circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure harmless-error jury-trial sixth-amendment L. Whether the acknowledged violation of a federal criminal defendant's right to a jury of 12, under Fed. R. Crim. P. 23(b), can be harmless, a questi…
25-5888 Michael A. Powell v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-10-15 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure judicial-jurisdiction 1. The court has without jurisdiction to chose the file a certified legal for stitioner? And petitioner did not receive it? 2. The court violated pro…
25-5842 Jorge Alberto Rodriguez v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-5805 Will Earnest Young, Jr. v. Iowa Iowa 2025-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment supremacy-clause Whether Iowa Code § 814.7 violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.
25-5802 Tommy Phonthalangsy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-5779 Teddy Roosevelt Sibley v. Robert Jackson, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-02 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus Question not identified.
25-5792 Timothy Nesdahl v. C. Garrett, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment legal-error liberty-interest Whether the due process clause of the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution requires an appellate court to address a purely legal error co…
25-366 Lathfield Investments, LLC, et al. v. City of Lathrup Village, Michigan Sixth Circuit 2025-09-29 Denied Response Waived circuit-split constitutional-law contracts-clause lease-licensing property-rights section-1983 Whether 42 U.S.C. § 1983 provides a cause of action for a Contracts Clause claim.
25-5742 Zachary C. Crouch v. University of Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2025-09-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law de-novo-review freedom-of-speech sovereign-immunity state-law The questions presented for review include whether state sovereign immunity can be and should be applied to unofficial acts and the Constitutional ri…
25-5711 Jermal Williams v. Louisiana Louisiana 2025-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment standard-of-proof Under the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution Amendment XIV, is La. R.S. 15:438 a higher standard of proof than Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. …
25-5699 In Re Mark Woods 2025-09-22 Denied IFP constitutional-law federal-appeals habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation suspension-clause 1. Did the District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the suspension clause of the United States Constitution Art.I, section 9,cl…
25-5691 Bradford Allen Thompson v. Texas Texas 2025-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP abstract-beliefs constitutional-law first-amendment non-capital-felony relevancy-standard sentencing-evidence Whether Dawson u. Delaware's I First Amendment prohibition against using a defendant's "abstract beliefs" (in this case, an interest in Nazi literatur…
25-319 Gwynne A. Wilcox v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2025-09-17 Pending administrative-law constitutional-law federal-courts nlrb removal-power separation-of-powers 1. May Congress constitutionally limit removal of members of the National Labor Relations Board to cases of "neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.…
25-294 Juan Carlos Sandoval-Rodriguez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-15 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Whether trial judges must define "reasonable doubt" for the jury upon the defendant's request.
25-290 Christopher Odeku v. Texas Texas 2025-09-12 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause constitutional-law nurse-examiner sexual-assault sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence Are a complainant's statements to a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) testimonial for purposes of the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause?
25-5625 Fred Krug v. New Jersey State Parole Board New Jersey 2025-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto parole-law retroactive-application sentencing-benefit Whether the Ex Post Facto Clause protects against the retroactive removal of a substantial sentencing benefit that is conferred after the date of offe…
25-259 January Littlejohn, et vir v. School Board of Leon County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-05 Pending Amici (12)Response RequestedRelisted (6) circuit-split constitutional-law executive-conduct fundamental-rights parental-rights state-policy Whether a public school "violates parents' fundamental constitutional right " when it secretly helps "transition " their child to a new "gender " is "…
25-5565 Marcus Delars Branson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-05 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on…
25-246 Kenneth J. Jouppi v. Alaska Alaska 2025-09-03 Pending Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law culpability due-process excessive-fines judicial-standard property-forfeiture The question presented is whether, in determining whether a fine contravenes the Excessive Fines Clause, courts may consider the gravity of the underl…
25-5530 Edmond George Parenteau v. United States Federal Circuit 2025-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP color-of-law constitutional-law due-process judicial-procedure right-to-travel statutory-authority (1) . How is it possible, according to constitutionally protected rights, the United States, and States are not acting outside their statutory authori…
25-232 King Vanga v. Priscilla N. Juarez, et al. California 2025-08-28 Denied constitutional-law defamation false-statement first-amendment opinion-speech third-party-attribution Whether the First Amendment protects a verifiably false factual statement as an opinion based on disclosed facts simply because the statement republis…
25-5423 Davonta Dashune Turner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law facial-challenge gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially violates the Second Amendment?
25-205 Schuyler E. Cole, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii Hawaii 2025-08-20 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment property-valuation tax-assessment tax-classification Whether a real property tax class that consists of certain residential properties that are distinguished from identical residential properties based s…
25-200 Kevin Salvador Golphin v. North Carolina North Carolina 2025-08-19 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole sentencing-discretion Whether North Carolina, in conflict with this Court's precedents and those of other states, has violated the Eighth Amendment by creating a de facto m…
25-173 Elizabeth Flynt v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law dormant-commerce-clause economic-regulation interstate-commerce market-discrimination state-law Whether a state law that discriminates against firms engaged in interstate commerce by forcing firms to choose between being part of the enacting stat…
25-5339 David Keith Nutter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law firearm-regulation historical-analogues misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment 1. Whether § 922(g)(9) runs afoul of the Second Amendment, facially and as-applied, where (a) ambiguous historical regulation of generalized "dangerou…
25-5341 Kenneth Jeremy Laird v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing sentencing-discretion supreme-court-precedent In 1994, an Arizona judge sentenced Mr. Laird to death for a murder conviction and a total of 129 years in prison for 13 other nonhomicide crimes. Mr.…
25-5343 Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Pending Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether Stinson v. United States still accurately state the level of deferen…
25-5320 Heon Jong Yoo v. Brian Barker, et al. Third Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction law-enforcement mental-health Question not identified.
25-5271 Soleiman Mobarak v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa constitutional-law ex-post-facto presumption-of-innocence subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Novel Issue : Is the Actual Innocence Exception to a procedural bar limited t cases where petitioners are convicted, but actually innocent of crime…
25-5279 Evan McCarrick Jerald v. Arizona Arizona 2025-08-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole sentencing-guidelines Under Graham v. Florida, the Eighth Amendment "prohibits the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit ho…
25-133 Joseph Miller, et al. v. James V. McDonald, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health, et al. Second Circuit 2025-08-04 GVR Amici (17) constitutional-law first-amendment free-exercise-clause religious-exemption secular-exemption smith-precedent 1. Whether a law that categorically disallows religious exemptions but permits secular exemptions and other comparable secular activity violates the F…
25-5187 Shantell Lewis v. Hernan Castro, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-tribunal civil-rights constitutional-law federal-preemption judicial-immunity veterans-benefits 1. Does State Judges have Jurisdiction over Veterans Benefits? 2. Does Absolute Immunity Apply when a judge has acted criminally under color of state…
25-5176 Mario Gabriel Rodgers v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comport with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
25-5168 John E. Jackson v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process punishment sentencing John Jackson fully completed his sentence while the government's second appeal was still pending. He argued at the third and fourth sentencings that t…
25-5161 Zachary C. Crouch v. Internal Revenue Service Sixth Circuit 2025-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-proceedings constitutional-law de-novo-review federal-theft-laws sovereign-immunity supreme-law-of-land The questions presented for review include whether sovereign immunity is constitutional. This is a question of law, de novo, because when sovereign i…
25-53 Brittany Valencia Martin v. South Carolina South Carolina 2025-07-15 Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-law first-amendment independent-review preservation-rule state-courts It is a "rule of federal constitutional law" that in "cases raising First Amendment issues," appellate courts must "make an independent examination of…
25-41 Jan Peters v. Malia M. Cohen, In Her Official Capacity as Chief Fiscal Officer, State Controller of California, and as Trustee of the Unclaimed Property Fund Ninth Circuit 2025-07-11 Denied Amici (3)Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment takings-clause unclaimed-property 1. Whether the Controller's actions under color of the California Unclaimed Property Law, Cal. Civ. Proc. Code §§ 1300, et seq. ("UPL"), violate the D…
25-5061 Ronald Johnson v. Kansas Kansas 2025-07-09 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process judicial-discretion mitigating-evidence prisoner-rights sentencing Question not identified.
25-5055 Andrew Marowitz v. Cory Dostie California 2025-07-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-law due-process first-amendment housing-discrimination tenant-rights void-for-vagueness 1. Does the Department of Fair Employment and Housing statutes regarding misgendering of a transgender room renter, when describing the individual as…
25-5025 Santos Isabel Huete-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-remand certiorari constitutional-law judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review First, whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled? Second, whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacat…
24-7526 Dwayne Lamonica Ford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
24-7510 Beit Ha Kavod v. City of Canton, Ohio Ohio 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP building-codes constitutional-law first-amendment free-exercise-clause municipal-regulation religious-discrimination The question presented is whether a municipality enforcing building codes violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United State…
24-7475 Samuel Mateo-Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose equal-protection legislative-intent racist-origins statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-7476 Arturo Alexis Ordonez-Flores v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose equal-protection judicial-review legislative-intent racist-statute Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-7399 Lake Robinson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law ex-post-facto fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment stand-your-ground 1. Defense Counsel was ineffective for failing to request a pretrial immunity hearing based on erroneous reasoning that Appellant was not entitled to …
24-7385 Luster Pernell Burns, Jr. v. Jeff Tanner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fair-trial mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct DID THE PROSECUTOR ENGAGED IN INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT IN A PREVIOUS TRIAL WHICH GOATED THE DEFENSE INTO MOVING FOR A MISTRIAL, WHICH BARRED RETRIAL IN …
24-1234 United States v. Ali Danial Hemani Fifth Circuit 2025-06-04 Granted Amici (23)Relisted (3) constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-users firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24-7347 Joshua Caleb Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
24-7299 Jerry L. Hoffman, Jr. v. Jose Delgado, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech municipal-ordinance prior-restraint public-forum 1. Whether there exists a circuit split on municipal recording bans violating the First Amendment? 2. Whether a Middle District Court can dismiss wit…
24-1190 Syngenta Crop Protections, LLC, et al. v. Douglas Nemeth, et al. Pennsylvania 2025-05-21 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived commerce-clause constitutional-law due-process out-of-state-business personal-jurisdiction state-registration In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 600 U.S. 122 (2023), "[t]he sole question before [the Court]" was "whether the Due Process Clause of the F…
24-7268 Oscar Olalde-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled?
24-7238 William Douglas Cope v. Kentucky Kentucky 2025-05-19 Denied IFP abortion-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection reproductive-rights state-legislation Question not identified.
24-1178 U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 2016-CTT v. Cassandra Fox New York 2025-05-19 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law due-process mortgage-foreclosure property-rights retroactive-legislation takings-clause CPLR 205-a(a) retroactively renders untimely a large category of mortgage foreclosure claims that, under preexisting law, were timely and valid, and e…
24-7213 Edward Magruder v. United States District of Columbia 2025-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment probable-cause search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search Federal agents found heroin during a warrantless search of a backpack that they seized from Petitioner as he exited a bus. Agents then arrested Petiti…
24-7218 Jose Alfredo Delara v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-remand certiorari constitutional-law judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review First, whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), should be overruled? Second, whether this Court should grant certiorari, vaca…
24-7204 Sandra Leigh Tomey v. Bill Howard Property Management, LLC Virginia 2025-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment standing unlawful-detainer Q. Whether the courts violated U. S. Const. Ann. art. Ill, § 2, cl. 1.6.1 Overview of Standing, when the courts allowed a fictitious named person, not…
24-7176 Miriam Pope v. Chetan Patel, fka Hitesh Patel Alabama 2025-05-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law discovery-rights due-process immigration-status undocumented-persons 1. Does a statutory rule of civil procedure. Whether- state of federal allowing for a discovery period, wherein the defendant is denied same, violate …
24-7182 Antjoun Riddick v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-05-12 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law federal-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the federal government has the authority under the Commerce Clause, Art. I, § 8, cl. 3, to regulate the noncommercial, intrastate possession o…
24-7170 In Re Jerome Curry 2025-05-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review Question not identified.
24-1141 Patricia Iten, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Howard Iten v. County of Los Angeles, California Ninth Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law contract-impairment contracts-clause covid-19-moratorium foreseeability ninth-circuit Whether a party is barred from stating a claim for relief for violation of the Contracts Clause merely because the party could have foreseen the enact…
24-7105 Andre Johnson v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Second Circuit 2025-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law census civil-rights constitutional-law due-process statutory-interpretation L Does -fa,lute* of ihc (J.f,fe.nciaAf hc-foA^.Sfalr-C. of- hZ-i-a/ Ye/Ll\ fo /OKoetaC-C. ox. C A, m / V>«. i cv A Ort — t rrhe/Z<.Si'€cf C.o<*At~ m /…
24-7086 Bakari Abdul Brown v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-04-29 Denied IFP appellate-conflict constitutional-law criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance prior-conviction trial-strategy IWhen the prejudice effect of the name and nature of a prior r~~i i felony conviction in proving felon status, during the guilt phase of trial, can b…
24-7079 Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson v. Florida Florida 2025-04-27 Denied Amici (1)IFP combat-trauma constitutional-law death-penalty mental-health scientific-evidence veterans-rights 1. Given that "[o]ur Nation has a long tradition of according leniency to veterans in recognition of their service, especially for those who fought on…
24-7074 Miguel Angel Ortiz v. Texas Texas 2025-04-25 Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process element-of-offense jury-instruction Whether the language in a reoccurring jury instruction, upon which there is a split of authority, violates due process by failing to give effect to th…
24-1103 Caleb D. Glick v. American Bar Association Fifth Circuit 2025-04-24 Denied Response Waived antitrust-statutes constitutional-law contract-interpretation stare-decisis state-immunity supremacy-clause 1. Whether the U.S. Constitution, and the laws derived from it, and the Texas Constitution, and the laws derived from it, are binding contracts betwee…
24-7047 In Re Sefe A. Almedom 2025-04-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law court-jurisdiction judicial-authority legal-fraud state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation Does The State Supreme Court Of Ohio have More Power And Authority than The U.S. Supreme Court? Would this constitute Political Fraud Upon The Court …
24-1095 Chelsea Koetter v. Manistee County Treasurer, et al. Michigan 2025-04-21 Rehearing Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) constitutional-law due-process government-action just-compensation property-rights takings-clause The Manistee County Treasurer foreclosed and sold Chelsea Koetter's home for $106,000 to collect $3,863.40 in taxes, interest, and fees. The Takings C…
24-7027 Charles House v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law fourth-amendment law-enforcement privacy-rights search-and-seizure surveillance WHETHER THE INSTALLATION OF A POLE CAMERA, WITH A ZOOM LENS, WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO MONITOR PETITIONER'S MOVEMENTS FROM AND TO HIS RESIDENCE, TWENTY-F…
24-1082 Aghee William Smith, II v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process trial-rights witness-unavailability The courts are split on a critical question: Whether a living witness can be "unavailable" under the Confrontation Clause if the government has made n…
24-6971 D. R. v. T. R. Hawaii 2025-04-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law family-court-dispute federal-criminal-law judicial-corruption mental-incompetence Question not identified.
24-6955 In Re Dexter Leemon Johnson 2025-04-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction legal-existence state-sovereignty tribal-rights Whether the courts admitted evidence being respondent to Art. IV, § 3 of the U.S. Constitution? Pursuant to Supreme Court precedent this court has Ar…
24-1055 William Becker, et al. v. City of Hillsboro, Missouri Eighth Circuit 2025-04-07 Denied appellate-review constitutional-law land-use-regulation property-rights regulatory-taking takings-clause 1. Whether the Court of Appeals declined to follow this Court's opinion in Yee v. City of Escondido, 503 U.S. 519 (1992) by holding that Petitioners h…
24-1048 Karen Read v. Superior Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk County, et al. First Circuit 2025-04-03 Denied Response Waived acquittal constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy jury-verdict retrial 1. Whether a final and unanimous, but unannounced, decision by a jury following trial that the prosecution failed to prove a defendant guilty of a cha…
24-6892 Johnathan Anton Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-31 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term…
24-6902 In Re Sefe A. Almedom 2025-03-31 Denied IFP constitutional-law federal-supremacy fraud-upon-court judicial-authority stare-decisis state-supreme-court 1. According to Federal Law, the U.S. Constitution And State Statutory Laws. Does The State Supreme Court Of Ohio have More Power And Autnority than T…
24-6883 Kenneth Karlston Newsome v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law double-jeopardy due-process international-human-rights life-imprisonment presumption-of-innocence WHETHER A PERSON'S RIGHT TO BE "PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY ACCORDING TO LAW" AS DECLARED BY ARTICLE 14.2 OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON C…
24-6885 Thomas Creech v. Idaho Idaho 2025-03-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment evolving-standards execution-attempts Should Resweber be overruled?
24-6860 Mitchell S. Sanderson v. Kari Agotness, Judge, District Court of North Dakota, Northeast Judicial District Five North Dakota 2025-03-26 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct oath-of-office supremacy-clause Whether a County District Judge can ignore/violate the Rules of Court ? Weather a County District Judge can ignore/violate Judicial Canons ? Weather…
24-1021 Cedric Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corporation Pennsylvania 2025-03-25 Granted Amici (1)Relisted (2) arm-of-state constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce sovereign-immunity state-agency Whether the New Jersey Transit Corporation is entitled to inter state sovereign immunity under the Federal Constitution, as held by the highest court …
24-1024 Clarence Cocroft, et al. v. Chris Graham, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Revenue, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-03-25 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived central-hudson commercial-speech constitutional-law first-amendment regulatory-speech state-law Under this Court's four-part Central Hudson framework, truthful speech promoting a commercial transaction is protected under the First Amendment. Sinc…
24-6730 Richard David Degout v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-offenses due-process first-step-act sentencing-reduction This Court should GVR tnis case to the lower court to aadress whether the procedural protections enshrined m the Due Process of Law allows a criminal …
24-6718 Juan Carlos Gamez-Salas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-920 Keith Pardue, Vice President, Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, et al. v. Ronald S. Hines Fifth Circuit 2025-02-26 Pending Amici (1) constitutional-law first-amendment heightened-scrutiny professional-conduct speech-regulation veterinary-medicine (1) Whether professional conduct regulations that incidentally burden speech are subject to heightened First Amendment scrutiny. (2) Assuming heighte…
24-912 Earl Casperson Meggison v. Florida Florida 2025-02-25 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto removal-provision sex-offender-registration state-courts Whether the Court should resolve the following question for which the state courts are split: is it a violation of constitutional ex post facto princi…
24-6621 Curtis Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure fifth-amendment judicial-discretion sentencing-conditions supervised-release Under the Fifth Amendment, is a district court required to orally pronounce at sentencing all discretionary "standard conditions" of supervised releas…
24-6626 Stanford Wall v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure cross-examination evidence-law witness-credibility Whether, consistent with the Confrontation Clause, courts must apply a presumption favoring cross-examination of a government witness's general charac…
24-907 DeShaun L. Wells v. United States Armed Forces 2025-02-24 Denied Response Waived article-134 constitutional-law military-courts military-justice service-discredit uniform-code-military-justice Whether Clause 2 of Article 134, UCMJ, is unconstitutional.
24-902 Ruel M. Hamilton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-21 Denied appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy jury-verdict In Ashe v. Swenson, this Court recognized that the Double Jeopardy Clause precludes relitigation of facts found by a jury. 397 U.S. 436 (1970). What, …
24-6600 Michael Boutin v. Chicopee Housing Authority Massachusetts 2025-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process housing-dispute judicial-bias procedural-irregularities tenant-rights 1. Did the Massachusetts courts fail to address violations of constitutional due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, including judicial bias and p…
24-6585 Patrick Jones v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-law first-amendment mens-rea statutory-construction supreme-court-precedent Whether the child pornography offense set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) requires the government to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant h…
24-882 Derrick Chatman v. Mississippi Mississippi 2025-02-18 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure direct-remand jury-unanimity lesser-included-offense sixth-amendment Does a state court direct-remand rule that infers jury unanimity on a lesser-included offense violate the Sixth Amendment, where the jury's verdict wa…
24-6570 Andrew Jeffery Helmin v. Yuemin Xu Minnesota 2025-02-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-custody constitutional-law due-process equal-protection icwa-principles native-american-rights 1. Did the Minnesota courts violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by prioritizing Respondent's cultural backgrou…
24-6571 Roel Ivan Sanchez-Sosa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-standard procedural-review supreme-court-precedent I. Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? II. Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, a…
24-853 Rory Douglas Wilson v. Idaho Idaho 2025-02-11 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-liberties constitutional-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech municipal-ordinance Respondent Moscow, Idaho has an ordinance prohibiting "any notice, sign, announcement, or other advertising matter" in the public square without the p…
24-858 Kari Beeman, et al. v. Muskegon County Treasurer Michigan 2025-02-11 Rehearing Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) constitutional-law due-process just-compensation property-rights takings-clause tax-foreclosure The Muskegon County Treasurer foreclosed and sold homes and land belonging to Petitioners to collect unpaid property taxes. The County sold each prope…
24-6523 Timothy W. Wright, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2025-02-10 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus Question not identified.
24-6490 Jose Omero Carrizal-Osornia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-standard statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled?
24-6475 Charlene A. Greene-Rodriguez v. Puerto Rico Department of Education, et al. Puerto Rico 2025-02-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection tenure-rights 1. Can the Judiciary of Puerto Rico, its Supreme Court, deprive the petitioner, a U.S. citizen who has been rightfully requesting reinstatement to her…
24-6477 Wilmer Yonathan Doblado-Padilla v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled?
24-6451 Devon Maurice Gray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-03 GVR IFP bruen-test constitutional-law gun-rights rahimi-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether under the Second Amendment methodology set forth in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), as clarified in Uni…
24-815 Franciscan Alliance, Inc., et al. v. Indiana Indiana 2025-01-31 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law eminent-domain government-taking just-compensation land-use property-rights When the government undisputedly takes a real property right, is a landowner entitled to just compensation from the imposition of a project as a whole…
24-6412 Joey Lamont Brunson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception wiretap-order WHETHER THE "GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION" TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT EXCLUSIONARY RULE OF UNITED STATES VS. LEON, 468 U.S. 897 (1987), APPLIES TO TITLE III WIRE…
24-6404 Degny Oshmarlin Molina Villatoro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent statutory-construction supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled.
24-801 Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma, et al. v. Rowan Fowler, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-01-28 GVR Amici (5)Relisted (2) birth-certificate civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection gender-identity state-law Whether the Equal Protection Clause requires a State to alter its official certificate documenting a person's sex at birth to represent that person's …
24-6352 Juan Alberto Muria-Palacios v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection legislative-reenactment racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation When a law, such as 8 U.S.C. § 1326, was originally adopted for an impermissible discriminatory purpose, does a later silent legislative amendment or …
24-6331 Gerardo Gamez-Reyes v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights constitutional-law equal-protection fifth-amendment legislative-intent racial-animus When a law is originally motivated by racial animus, must a court consider its racist origins when deciding whether it violates the equal protection c…
24-6318 Marcus Crowder v. Georgia Georgia 2025-01-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP acquittal constitutional-law criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy fifth-amendment malice-murder Whether the state of Georgia violates the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution's Double Jeopardy Clause when it indicts in multiplicity o…
24-6316 Antonio Ulises Barrera-Mackorty v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-15 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process immigration-law naturalization statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Is Question No. 15 on the naturalization application (N-400), when considered in conjunction with 18 U.S.C. § 1425, void for vagueness and thus a viol…
24-6304 Rafael Paredes-Hinojosa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation precedent-analysis statutory-construction supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled.
24-6266 Jody Lee Miles v. Maryland Maryland 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law court-proceedings defendant-rights executive-clemency judicial-review separation-of-powers Does the doctrine of the separation of powers as derived from the text and structure of the Constitution of the United States allow for an act of mock…
24-706 Andrew Thomas Cowhy v. Michigan Michigan 2025-01-02 Denied constitutional-law criminal-procedure judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Should the Court reexamine its holding in Oregon v. Ice, 555 U.S. 160 (2009), which exempts factual findings necessary to increase a defendant's punis…
24-691 Debra Brown v. Bank of America Corporation, et al. First Circuit 2024-12-30 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law due-process fnma-authority government-instrumentality property-rights state-consumer-law Circuit conflicts exist as to the first question "whether the government is the government." The First Circuit Court of Appeals in this case determine…
24-6207 Daniel Cohen v. James Hill, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mental-health-expert state-court-review I. Whether this Court should resolve the question left open in Brumfield v. Cain, 576 U.S. 305, 312 (2015): Where a state court refused funds for a me…
24-6200 Carlos Guadalupe Sanchez-Felix v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment illegal-reentry racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Must a court considering the reenactment of a provision that was originally adopted for a racially discriminatory purpose give meaningful consideratio…
24-684 Carlanda D. Meadors, et al. v. Erie County Board of Elections, et al. Second Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) civil-procedure constitutional-law doctrine-of-capable-of-repetition election-law judicial-review mootness Whether the "capable of repetition, yet evading review" doctrine requires plaintiffs in election law cases to predict and articulate specific plans fo…
24-6186 Vicente Alejo Andres, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-trafficking firearm-possession sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. When a defendant sells drugs from his house at the same time he has a firearm in his house, is that enough to prove that he possessed the firearm "…
24-6165 Deshawn Drumgo v. Sergeant William Kuschel Third Circuit 2024-12-17 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction judicial-review statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-6092 Russell M. Grimes v. Delaware, et al. Third Circuit 2024-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review jurisdiction statutory-interpretation l) Pid ftoh'tiwer h^dvt frocea riykh feyarJity by QrA^i irt utlvicMtaVid/l 400k i/telurifoL 4he lfiflW \o iKf A\cA lAe-rfV IK/Hi £>{a\i CDA/HlIuVlflA/…
24-6096 David C. Lettieri v. Paul E. Bonanno Second Circuit 2024-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. Can a Judge give legal advise? 2. Can Title 5 United States Code be a form of habeas for Title 28 United States Code 2241? 3. Can appeals claim N…
24-631 Magni Hamso, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as the Medical Director of the Idaho Division of Medicaid v. M. H., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-09 GVR Relisted (2) constitutional-law equal-protection heightened-scrutiny medicaid-coverage ninth-circuit sex-reassignment 1. Whether a policy declining coverage for sexreassignment surgeries violates the Equal Protection Clause; and 2. Whether clearly established law as …
24-6088 Carl N. Merkle v. Johnny W. Thomas, Chapter 7 Trustee Fifth Circuit 2024-12-06 Denied IFP bankruptcy-fraud civil-rights constitutional-law due-process organized-crime whistleblower-protection 1) Question Presented (where USA Title 11 System is OC)Is Merkle's surviving Chapter 11 bankruptcy case (in hidden 5thC 20-50025) now a ripe Article I…
24-621 National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. Federal Election Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-12-06 Granted Amici (40)Relisted (2) campaign-finance constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech party-communication political-expenditure A political party exists to get its candidates elected. Yet Congress has severely restricted how much parties can spend on their own campaign advertis…
24-606 Christine A. Arakelian v. Ashley Pollard, et al. Virginia 2024-12-04 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment constitutional-law due-process federal-preemption state-court-procedure supremacy-clause 1. Did the Prince William County Circuit Court err as a matter of federal, constitutional law when it did not grant the Petitioner's motion for partia…
24-6057 Luis Alfredo Aparicio v. Texas Texas 2024-12-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8)IFP constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gender-classification non-discrimination scrutiny-standard 1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's equal-protection clause requires scrutiny when the state treats men and women differently for purportedly non-pr…
24-582 United States v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-26 Dismissed constitutional-law equal-protection gender-identity medical-treatment minor-rights transgender-rights Whether Alabama Senate Bill 184, which prohibits certain medical treatments if they are provided to "alter the appearance of or affirm [a] minor's per…
24-563 Karl W. Nichols v. Lance Wiersma Seventh Circuit 2024-11-20 Denied Response Waived bad-faith-standard circuit-split constitutional-law due-process evidence-preservation exculpatory-evidence The Western District of Wisconsin notes that there is both an inter-circuit and intra-circuit split in the interpretation of the cases Trombetta, Youn…
24-6008 Michael P. Crenshaw v. Illinois Illinois 2024-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review jurisdiction statutory-provisions However, the constitution establishes a rule and requires that a rule have retroactive application, then a state's Court refusal rescues the rule retr…
24-560 Dennis Hopkins, et al. v. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State Fifth Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) constitutional-law eighth-amendment equal-protection felony-disenfranchisement fourteenth-amendment voting-rights 1. Mississippi's harsh and unforgiving felony disenfranchisement scheme is a national outlier. Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution punishes ci…
24-5957 Jeramy Davis v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-sentencing federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Question 1: The Circuit Courts are split over whether district courts have subject matter jurisdiction to impose a criminal sentence without a showing…
24-5943 Travyrus Jerard Stradford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-08 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
24-5944 Nathan Reyes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-08 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
24-5893 Mahlon Prater, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof circuit-split conspiracy-charges constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy 1. Whether, when determining if two charged conspiracies violate double jeopardy, the court should assess the degree of difference between two charged…
24-5892 Toccara Yvonne Puller v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-11-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure judicial-review Question not identified.
24-5886 Richard A. Cantu, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2024-11-01 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-precedent statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-482 Holsey Ellingburg, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-30 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-restitution ex-post-facto mandatory-victim-restitution-act penal-statute Whether criminal restitution under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act (MVRA) is penal for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause.
24-472 National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, et al. v. Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-29 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) administrative-law constitutional-law legislative-power non-delegation-doctrine private-corporation separation-of-powers Whether the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act grants legislative power to a private corporation, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, In…
24-5812 Timothy Robert Petrozzi v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure precedent statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5790 Inmer Isai Mayorga-Jacinto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5766 Gilberto Nicolas Campos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation The government prosecuted Gilberto Campos under a statute with undisputed racist origins. Congress criminalized illegal reentry into the United States…
24-5751 Nicolas Dominique v. Florida Florida 2024-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion sentencing victim-impact-statement IS IT EVER DEEMED UNCONSTITUTIONAL WHEN A JUDGE USE THE VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT AS AN AGGRAVATING FACTOR OR AS FACT FINDING TO INCREASE DEFENDANT'S PU…
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.
24-5724 Victor Guyton, II v. Golden Donuts, LLC Georgia 2024-10-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection insurance-policy sovereign-immunity state-rights Does it give a state the right to violate its constitution to violate the U.S. constitution in efforts to waive sovereign immunity? How can third part…
24-361 Speech First, Inc. v. Pamela Whitten, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Amici (9)Relisted (5) bias-response-team constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech student-rights university-policy Whether bias-response teams objectively chill students' speech.
24-5674 Gilbert Carrasco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-jurisdiction supreme-court-procedure Question not identified.
24-5679 Christopher Michael Sevier v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
24-5686 Luis Ernesto Prado-Crespo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5659 Luis Angel Cruz-Cruz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-30 Denied IFP batson-challenge constitutional-law gender-bias jury-selection peremptory-strike racial-discrimination In the trial of Luis Angel Cruz-Cruz, a prosecutor used a peremptory strike to keep a Latino man off the jury. The prosecutor said that he preferred a…
24-5639 Isaac Joel Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute federal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
24-5574 Angel L. Ruiz v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5576 Jose Antonio Campos-Esqueda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-5525 Walter L. Allen v. Civil Rights Coordinator, et al. Second Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied IFP constitutional-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5482 Travis Adam Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment. Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily requires the court …
24-5483 Spyros Panos v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-ethics conflict-of-interest constitutional-law criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance prejudice-standard In Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (1980), this Court held that a defendant alleging ineffective assistance of counsel based on a lawyer's conflict o…
24-5468 Dennis L. Flint v. Florida Florida 2024-09-05 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy precedent resentencing sentence-enhancement Can petitioner cl 3errfence cx\[ curbed during r£S£n4-epcin^ \mf-Photdr running afoui c*P double jeopardy principles and curren+ precedent Conrtroltin…
24-5469 Carl Mott v. Paul Schreiber, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-09-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus 1. DID THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN AND THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ERRONEOUSLY …
24-5447 Wilbert Lee Nubine v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-09-04 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto parole-hearing statutory-interpretation (1) Whether a public interest is at stake with Petitioner's Ex Post Facto Clause violation issue of Oklahoma by Repeal law forbid female and male pris…
24-5453 Thelonious Wayne Kirby v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-04 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law federal-firearms-regulation felony-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) facially violates the Second Amendment. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's Commerce Clause power.
24-5455 Nelson Alexis Colato-Gallardo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5435 Orlando Sanchez v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-09-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review trial-rights 1. Does the U.S. Supreme Court have jurisdiction to review the trial court's prejudicial error in refusing to instruct the jury on the perfect self-de…
24-5443 Antoine D. Craig v. Illinois Illinois 2024-09-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure judicial-review statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5425 Shyne V. Anderson v. Cynthia Davis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-08-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-precedent statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5426 Carl Dwayne Stevenson v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2024-08-30 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-229 Sanjay Tripathy v. Jeff McKoy, Deputy Commissioner, New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. Second Circuit 2024-08-29 Pending Relisted (3) constitutional-law damages-remedy government-official individual-capacity religious-freedom statutory-interpretation Congress has enacted two "sister" statutes to protect religious exercise: the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et se…
24-5417 Joshual Lamar Davis v. Ian Maxfield, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-29 Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5400 Javontae Quintez White v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split constitutional-law due-process judicial-review waiver Is a Constitutional Due Process violation triggered when an appellate court holds that an issue is waived if not specifically raised in the statement …
24-5375 Michael Antrantrino Lee v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process retroactive-application sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-interpretation 0. Is the decision in U.S. v. K 3d 232, 235-3.^ (11th Cir. I retroactively applicable? 2). Does mitigation arguments list be warranted guidelines Vio…
24-5356 Floyd Preston Miller, III v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure petition supreme-court Question not identified.
24-5341 Charis Mapson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure judicial-interpretation Question not identified.
24-156 Leachco, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-08-13 Denied Amici (5) administrative-agency constitutional-law due-process preliminary-injunction presidential-removal-power separation-of-powers For over two years, Petitioner Leachco, Inc., has been subjected to an administrative proceeding by Respondent Consumer Product Safety Commission, an …
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…
24-5257 Miguel Aguilar, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2024-08-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-apportionment minority-representation redistricting voting-rights Question not identified.
24-5215 Patrick Wayne Baker v. Texas Texas 2024-08-02 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process executive-power judicial-branch judicial-power legislative-authority separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation texas-government unconstitutional WHETHER TEX. GOV'T CODE 508.283(b)(c) VIOLATES DUE PROCESS AND SHOULD BE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL? WHETHER THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IS AUTHORIZE…
24-5218 Martin Akerman v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Seventh Circuit 2024-08-02 Denied Relisted (3)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process financial-disadvantage first-amendment indigence judicial-review standing Question not identified.
24-5202 James B. Jordan v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights common-carrier constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-procedure liability passenger-safety statutory-interpretation transportation Question not identified.
24-5214 Hsiu Ying Tseng v. Mona D. Houston, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-review ninth-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct writ-of-certiorari Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the prosecutorial misconduct did not violate due process?
24-5184 Alexander Kates v. Julie Wolcott, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law constitutional-validity habeas-corpus-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review lackawanna-v-coss legal-procedure plea-agreement statutory-interpretation strickland-v-washington Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit should have issued the petitioner a Certificate of Appealability. Whether this court's ruling in …
24-5190 Matthew Aaron Safrit v. Mike Slagle, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied IFP aedpa civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review state-courts statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5195 Maalik Alim Jones v. United States Second Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP collective-punishment constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process guilt-by-association organizational-liability sentencing Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner Due Process by impermissibly relying on the principle of collective punishment, and sentencing the De…
24-5182 Kevin Fahrni v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure mandamus petition standing supreme-court Question not identified.
24-5152 Leland J. Hebert v. Allied Rubber & Gasket Co. Federal Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied IFP case-law civil-procedure constitutional-law legal-issues standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Circuit's affirmance of the district court's grant of summary judgment without an opinion under Rule 36 is permissible when the de…
24-5146 Mike Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure Question not identified.
24-5124 Lawrence Christopher Smith v. Ralph Diaz, former Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-issue petition pleading standing takings Question not identified.
24-5128 Selvyn Gustavo Mejia-Marroquin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled.
24-5114 Benjamin Biancofiori v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure precedent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
24-57 Coalition Life v. City of Carbondale, Illinois Seventh Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Amici (11)Relisted (9) abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech public-debate public-forum supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should overrule Hill v. Colorado.
24-5095 Moises Gamboa v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution DID THE LOWER COURTS IMPROPERLY INTERPRET UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINE § 4C1.1 THAT VIOLATED THE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT CLAUSE OF THE EIGH…
24-53 Nathan Miller, et al. v. Republican Party of Minnesota, et al. Minnesota 2024-07-17 Denied campaign-speech civil-rights compelling-state-interest constitutional-law content-based-restriction content-based-restrictions first-amendment free-speech political-speech Whether state statutes broadly banning false campaign speech, such as Minnesota Statutes § 211B.02, are unconstitutional, if not narrowly tailored to …
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.
24-5093 David Nam v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default Question not identified.
24-32 Donavan J. White Owl, aka DJ v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy eighth-circuit implied-consent manifest-necessity mistrial waiver The double jeopardy clause prevents the retrial of a criminal case after mistrial unless the defendant consents or if the mistrial was for manifest ne…
24-5061 Joshua Isaac Martinez v. Florida Florida 2024-07-12 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law evidence public-policy religion statutory-interpretation Ts TH£ IssuB of mentefi off mt AMXffAtu f A*A W * Tt#* B Z1*Zwnziq AMiM&n AmftriM oF 6tG4T WBLZCtHe holy SSz$l£ BooMS
24-5065 Damon John Broussard v. Lousiana Louisiana 2024-07-12 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment proportionality sentencing Does Petitioner's, harsh and unprecendented, sentence of fourty years, without benefits, constitute cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of th…
24-5070 Javaris Marquez Tubbs v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment birth-certificate citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction legal-classification national-identity sentencing state-jurisdiction as the sentence imposed in violation of the constitution or laws of the United States? 2. Is the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Loui…
24-29 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC v. Roosevelt Associates, RIGP, et al. Rhode Island 2024-07-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived constitutional-law due-process excess-equity just-compensation municipal-taking private-investors property-rights takings-clause tax-debt tax-sale Under Rhode Island's statutory scheme for collecting delinquent fire district fees and ad valorem real property taxes , a municipalit y took and conve…
24-5043 Cortlin Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen constitutional-law criminal-statutes due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)( 9) and (n) violate the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1 (2022)…
24-5025 Delbert W. Hargis, Jr. v. Victoria A. Pritty-Pitcher New York 2024-07-09 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights custody custody-determination due-process due-process-clause-14th-amendment family-law non-parent-custody parental-rights standing 1. Whether the decision of the lower courts, which awarded full custody of a child to a nonparent due to the existence of a strong bond, violates the …
24-5026 Claudio Alvarez Rodriguez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 constitutional-law discriminatory-effect discriminatory-purpose equal-protection fifth-amendment illegal-reentry racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether the illegal re-entry statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1326, violates the equal protection guarantee of the Fifth Amendment because the law was enacted with…
24-3 City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, City Council v. Rama, Inc., dba Discount Liquor Tennessee 2024-07-03 Denied Response Waived administrative-function alcohol-license constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legislative-body separation-of-powers Whether the action of the Tennes see Court of Appeals ordering a legislative body performing an administrative function violated separation of powers …
24-5007 David Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
24-5012 Miguel Angel Ibarra-Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit precedent-overturning sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-1363 Vicki Baker v. City of McKinney, Texas Fifth Circuit 2024-07-02 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (4) constitutional-law eminent-domain government-action just-compensation police-power property-rights public-use takings-clause When the government acquires private property for a public use, the Takings Clause requires the government to provide the owner with "just compensatio…
23-7843 Luis Alfredo Nanez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7805 In Re Enrique Medina 2024-06-28 Denied IFP access-to-court constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment jurisdiction search-and-seizure sixth-amendment warrantless-search 1. WHETHER THE PETITIONER IS PARTY TO SEEK TRIAL WHEN PETITIONER'S RIGHTS VIOLATED 2. WHETHER RESPONDENT'S SUIT VIOLATED PETITIONER'S PROCEDURAL DUE …
23-7813 John Ragin v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-06-27 Denied IFP administrative-law brady-violation constitutional-law due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure precedent prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7814 James Harmon, III v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-27 Denied IFP 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction juvenile-justice parole sentencing Question not identified.
23-7822 Nukarri Williams v. Florida Florida 2024-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection equal-treatment federal-code fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction petition relief state-court writ WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO PROVIDE THE PETITIONER WITH THE PROPER TO SIMILAR SITUATION TO DEFENDANT'S WILL AT EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE FE…
23-7795 Marc Pierre Hall, aka Marc Valeriano, aka Fella v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure sentencing statutory-interpretation sVsAtrVe^S Cor^Vrfefes er er-rontcus U3e cA Sl\ J\ko\\er- -_Aor\ L^orxAS^^ cjT- Cor>s'VrWi\i o^C)\ Errors ga.~a Connc~V\r>ej— error cn Aer~lV\<e ^T^k…
23-7788 Francisco Valtierra-Zuniga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7777 Robert King Via, Jr. v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment accomplice-testimony constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence witness-testimony lo coo pi t & 6 dfftnddnfj c o $ e re sfs Coiely On 'fta urn lore a \>i refect of aiitjed accomf>lu£S\ dots Hie. defendants iLltl' dntnf Lon (fa]tvHmo…
23-7763 Barry Steven Gahagan v. Bill Stange, Warden Eighth Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-standing standing takings Question not identified.
23-7770 Jerry A. Smith v. John Galipeau Seventh Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force judicial-review legal-procedure qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-1323 Consumers' Research, et al. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission Fifth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Amici (11)Relisted (3) administrative-agencies administrative-law agency-structure article-ii civil-procedure constitutional-law executive-power executive-removal humphreys-executor presidential-authority separation-of-powers Whether the for-cause restriction on the President's authority to remove Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission violates the separati…
23-7732 Jose Edgar Hernandez v. Texas Texas 2024-06-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process free-speech immigration-law judicial-review migrants-rights standing takings The OCR text provided is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section. While a "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED" header …
23-7735 Maria M. Faust v. Michael T. Faust District of Columbia 2024-06-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-jurisdiction domestic-violence due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure military-spousal-abuse Why have the honorable Court of District of Columbia and the honorable District of Columbia Court of Appeals, not taken into consideration this case o…
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…
23-7726 Jason Robles v. Jeffery Artrip, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights constitutional-law death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief standing (1) Whether should prevail, the Constitution of the United States of America, Coupled with the Constitution of, or Arbitration's and Effective Death R…
23-7727 Everett G. Miller v. Florida Florida 2024-06-14 Denied IFP aggravating-factor constitutional-challenge constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process first-degree-murder florida-supreme-court sentencing-statute Whether the Florida Supreme Court's expansion of the applicability of our statute's aggravating factor, Section 921.141(5)(i), i.e., the murder was co…
23-7730 Thomas Richardson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process free-speech fundamental-rights judicial-exceptions legal-precedent standing supreme-court-authority From whence does the Supreme Court's authority to create exceptions to the plain text of the Constitution derive? Did the decisions in New York v. Fe…
23-7708 Joshua Peters v. United States Third Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-shifting constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct new-trial presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-order Before trial, the district court barred the Government from commenting that the defense had the opportunity to conduct independent forensic testing on…
23-7690 Wendell Johnson, aka Lamar Hill v. New Jersey New Jersey 2024-06-12 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias judicial-review legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7693 Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment? Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) permits conviction for the receipt of any firearm that has ev…
23-7688 Chaves Hodges v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7674 Eric Wright v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection racial-discrimination Did the court of appeals' refusal to grant Mr. Wright habeas corpus relief in respect to his claim of unlawful racial discrimination in the selection …
23-7675 Darren Deon Johnson v. Michigan Michigan 2024-06-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified.
23-7651 Gregory Scott Van Huisen v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process non-delegation separation-of-powers Question not identified.
23-7638 In Re Dean C. Boyd 2024-06-05 Denied IFP barbara-dunnam civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process hinds-county-circuit-court judicial-review legal-precedent merit-health-group statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tolling Question not identified.
23-7630 Jamaal Elwood Dance v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-law contract-law criminal-procedure judicial-enforcement jurisdiction plea-agreement WAS THE APPEAL BARRED BY THE APPEAL WAIVER IN THE PLEA AGREEMENT, I.E. SHOULD THE COURT OF APPEALS HAVE ENFORCED AND THUS APPROVED THE APPEAL WAIVER?
23-7624 Daniel Geter v. United States District of Columbia 2024-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing j) UiASTWe > w -nicr r P s 0oE proce^ VAoUr^ TD RnJcI TH aTTHE PET iTiokI^AS SobsTTAtiTi A\ f>; UJEfc AFfecTed Ut'ide.r c\EAf~ EffoC
23A1073 Jeremiah Wooden v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2024-05-31 Presumed Complete constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment retrial sufficiency-of-evidence If there is a change in law during the appeal of a criminal conviction, and the evidence at trial is insufficient to support a finding of guilt under …
23-7593 Kaleel Hinton v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-standard petition-for-writ post-conviction-relief procedural-due-process standing time-limitations Question not identified.
23-7582 Manna Massaquoi v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure standing 1. Did the Pennsavenin Supreme Gul, ved in rot finding that the FORA Contig Pennea\vanin ugenrov foot aed by nb grrnting fequested VERS 2. Do Roce Fa…
23-7585 Wilfred H. v. Josh Ward, Interim Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex West Virginia 2024-05-29 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-charges criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process factual-allegations legal-procedure multiple-convictions multiple-counts Does a state violate due process or double jeopardy principles when it charges and convicts a defendant on multiple, identical counts, with none conne…
23-1248 Keresa Richardson v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied Response Waived appellate-courts constitutional-law election-law equal-protection judicial-elections one-man-one-vote state-representation texas voting-districts Question 1: Does the Equal Protection Clause's one man, one vote requirement apply to the election of Texas appellate court justices so as to requi…
23-7525 Stanley Waldron v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-05-21 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-punishment due-process equal-protection hard-labor involuntary-servitude state-liability thirteenth-amendment IS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BARRED BY THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION FROM THE PUNISHMENT OF INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE AT HARD LA…
23-7511 Rodney Johnson v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-20 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure I-l pcul-exi 4^ Coryipl^ 4~kp p ^ oF CourT" +■© Prelude ■++« Sn'gm onol StoJ °.F pfbhahk CGW2e ^^)+hlh T|W| r ^Lf'Sd'CW +* loo lei Csu7T-T><jipmc<SS>…
23-7494 Ohio, ex rel. Soleiman Mobarak v. Jeffrey M. Brown, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Franklin County, et al. Ohio 2024-05-17 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto retrospective-legislation subject-matter-jurisdiction void-for-vagueness 1. Is it repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States to convict and incarcerate a United States citizen, and deprive him of…
23-7501 Maurice Farris v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-17 GVR IFP 18-usc-922 bruen-standard constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Farris's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is un constitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol …
23-7470 Christopher L. Takhvar v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process edwards-v-arizona ex-post-facto fundamental-rights habeas-corpus retroactive-criminalization slack-v-mcdaniel 1A He appeal of the duial fa 28 e224 Pebtion t>/ Raeary ee lo "MMer-El v Cockrell 37 VS 322" the US PRES Guei * 9 "case Govern He vance of aX Ca Oe Go…
23-7468 Joe Ernest Robinson v. Texas Texas 2024-05-14 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process free-speech judicial-procedure legal-review scotus-petition standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7459 Alan Troy Houser v. Stephen Buzas, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 accomplice-liability civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-law criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process failure-to-intervene standing Question not identified.
23-7433 Gary Allen Kachina v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus new-trial standard-of-review Question not identified.
23-1197 Damon Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Granted CVSGAmici (37)Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-law damages government-official-liability individual-capacity-damages qualified-immunity religious-freedom religious-land-use spending-clause statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether an individual may sue a government official in his individual capacity for damages for violations of RLUIPA.
23-7351 Rolandas Milinavicuus v. Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim constitutional-law due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default statute-of-limitations 1. Does A Habeas Corpus Petitioner Under The Eleventh Circuit Court Of Appeals Suffer Unreasonable Application Of Ruling Contrary To The Facts Present…
23-7370 Sammie Davis King, Jr. v. Gregory Sampson, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process false-confession judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standing standing statutory-provisions Did tL fttfitlul' &rr by d\kylooh'<JS fM 'w ( 1 -Ladu*/ kb'Hmv H*r Mlcd eff^bdo. ass/skncz obCowsd Idf h,j (JfrlM f )ft£ I A pdcif \rifdnbB'sA/'ofloA…
23-7362 Tesae Harrington v. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State District of Columbia 2024-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-action civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection higher-education judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure precedent race-discrimination statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7346 Oksana Marinaro v. Zimmer & Lewis, Attorneys & Counselor at Law Virginia 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-appointment judicial-appointments judicial-authority judicial-procedure procedural-rights separation-of-powers state-statutes 1). The XIV Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees the due process of law. Can a retired judge preside over the case without an appoin…
23-1171 Terrance Guinn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response Waived collateral-review constitutional-law due-process factual-innocence federal-habeas firearm-possession firearms rehaif retroactive-application statutory-interpretation Under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e), petitioner can collaterally challenge their convictions on any ground cognizable on collateral review,…
23-7280 Dontrell Lavell Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? 2. Subsidiary Question: Whether this Court should hold the instant Petition pend…
23-7303 Demetriaus L. Blaylock v. Illinois Illinois 2024-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment emerging-adults juvenile-justice miller-v-alabama sentencing WHETHER THE EIGHT AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONS I TUT I ON11S PROHIBITION AGAINST CRUEL/ AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT REQUIRE THE PROTECTION GRANTED U…
23-1153 Cesar Romero, et al. v. Li-Chuan Shih, et al. California 2024-04-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain land-use private-property property-rights takings takings-clause 1. Whether a court order that excludes landowners from their real property and allows other private parties to permanently physically invade and occup…
23-7251 In Re Raynada Jones 2024-04-18 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder jurisdiction magistrate probable-cause subject-matter-jurisdiction WHETHER PETITIONER IS IN CUSTODY IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OR LAWS OR TREATIES OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE, THE INGHAM COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT WAS …
23-7240 In Re Patrick Christian 2024-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP asylum-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure discrimination due-process equal-protection hate-crimes statutory-interpretation systemic-racism 1. When did raping, kidnapping, and murdering an American Voters family for being a Heterosexual become Law, and how can Constitutional Officers sanct…
23-7241 Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-04-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment aider-and-abettor constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation (1) Does California Penal Code Section 117.95(a)(l)-(3) statute violates The United States Constitution 14th AmendmentEqual Protection of the law by …
23-7244 Clarence F. Stephenson v. Florida Florida 2024-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-composition jury-trial life-felony sixth-amendment I. Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a twelve-person jury when the defendant is charged with a life felony…
23-7229 Fredarius D. Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7202 Craig Alford v. Lea Baylor, Director, Monroe County Correctional Facility, et al. Third Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech legal-standing standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-7183 In Re Joshua George Nowland 2024-04-10 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge legal-standing procedural-mechanism separation-of-powers treason Question not identified.
23-7193 Jared Domei Maloid v. Texas Texas 2024-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation USCS Sv, s^«. o»M Us* c^oeStvo^ VA/'€.S& vk^ Vva.5 a c,tt A $ \ vc.t 5<*A. \VV\^ 5v'\fOA -' OJV^V tU»- J g,Uyu\eA '5\T«c\ t Oaov-'r ^ ^ C.I SVO'AS f Q…
23-7157 Roy R. Dixon v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection precedents statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7135 Antonio Benjamin Martinez, aka Muhammad Hussain v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights compelled-testimony constitutional-law constitutional-review due-process judicial-review patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-7117 Robert Swint v. Supreme Court of the United States, et al. Third Circuit 2024-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-data constitutional-law due-process fourth-amendment privacy search-and-seizure Question not identified.
23-7124 Naftali Dominguez Zenon v. Florida Florida 2024-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-composition jury-trial life-felony life-without-parole sixth-amendment I. Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a twelve-person jury when the defendant is charged with a life felony…
23-7093 Jeremy J. Quinn, Jr. v. Ohio Ohio 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment sentencing sentencing-statute state-courts When a state court carelessly or negligently enters a cause claim, to enhance a criminal sentence, does it violate a person's due process rights and c…
23-7099 Keatron Walls v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law due-process eighth-amendment mental-health sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent variance-argument 1.) Whether the Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(1) is not an unconstitutional expansion of the Commerce Clause in lig…
23-7103 Marilyn Eason v. Cook County Correctional Facility, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standing pleadings standing vr XYove a. xx©ad asvveodUjd a^^ou^! !po,(YoC- <\3&u-vc Had (Aorvoexx . aXcudAe odemyjU. fe&foIV ate), Xv x uov3r\ -\o aw\£x\d a\2_ cY Ay\^ ' X ©u<^…
23-7079 Santiago Mason Gomez v. Odunay O. Kuku, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-03-27 Denied IFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process first-amendment free-speech prisoner-rights retaliation standing supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23-7082 Christopher A. Selke v. Retained Realty, Inc. Connecticut 2024-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11-Sep 9-11 9-11-attacks act-of-1871 civil-rights constitutional-law due-process mortgage-debt nesara sec-whistleblower standing whistleblower The Petitioner is a Securities and Exchange Whistleblower and proved in the International Court of Justice that the United States Government and CIA w…
23-7086 Vinicio J. Garcia v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-03-27 Denied IFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process federal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7089 Steven L. Lewis v. Mississippi Mississippi 2024-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process improper-venue mistrial retrial speedy-trial venue *Whether the Constitution Permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an in Pro Per venue Whether the Constitution Permits the retrial of…
23-7056 Allen Brooks, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law legislative-power liberty-interests non-delegation non-delegation-doctrine retroactive-application retroactivity sex-offender-registration 1. Did Congress's delegation to Attorneys General the retroactive reach of SORNA to offenders convicted of sex crimes before its enactment violate U.S…
23-7023 Johnny Mack Sketo Calhoun v. Florida Florida 2024-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law federal-constitution florida-law state-criminal-law third-party-confession third-party-confessions 1. Does the manner in which Florida deals with third party confessions violate defendant's rights under the Due Process Clause of the Federal Constitu…
23-7027 John Stancu v. Hyatt Corporation/Hyatt Regency Dallas Fifth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights district-court due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial legal-procedure seventh-amendment standing 1. Did the district court and the 5th Circuit usurped the Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution by wrongly denying Stancu's right to a j…
23-6991 Spencer P. Peace v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP common-law constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sixth-amendment speedy-trial For 800 years the English Common Law prohibited jailing a defendant for more than one year prior to their trial. Fifty years ago, this Court changed c…
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…
23-6974 Bartolo Damaso-Sixtos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-overruling precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6981 Ezekiel Davis v. Shadid Ansari, Individually and in His Official Capacity as GEO/LCF Medical Director, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-procedure legal-issue medical-injury standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-6952 Frantz Brifil v. Florida Florida 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-law crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-law hearsay out-of-court-statements sixth-amendment witness-testimony WHETHER THE STATE COURT VIOLATED THE MANDATE OF CRAWFORD AND PROGENY BY INTRODUCING A NON TESTIFYING WITNESS'S OUT-OF-COURT STATEMENTS?
23-6921 Hannibal Eason v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-07 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment access-to-courts administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure judicial-review solitary-confinement Question not identified.
23-6927 In Re Antoine Thomas 2024-03-07 Denied IFP appeals constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction standing Question not identified.
23-6903 Glenn Albright v. Will Roberts, Volusia County Tax Collector, et al. Florida 2024-03-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto financial-penalty former-offenders judicial-review statutory-interpretation statutory-requirement takings trial-court Whether the trial court erred by finding that a statutory requirement that former offenders must pay $31.25 did not constitute an ex post facto violat…
23-6891 Joshua Terrel Brown v. Florida Florida 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-trial felony fourteenth-amendment jury-composition jury-size sixth-amendment trial-by-jury williams-v-florida Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a twelve-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony?
23-6876 Joseph Neil Bronson, Jr. v. United States First Circuit 2024-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-attempt criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech legislative-intent overbroad post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation vagueness Is 18 U.S.C. § 1504(1)(C) (Omnibus Crime Control Act) applied to Bronson's Metaphysical attempt to attempt "Louefl)rco,c|j uayi w" unconstitutionally?…
23-952 Shell PLC, fka Royal Dutch Shell PLC, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Hawaii 2024-03-01 Denied CVSGRelisted (2) clean-air-act climate-change constitutional-law federal-law federal-preemption foreign-emissions interstate-emissions preemption state-law 1. Whether claims seeking damages for the effects of interstate and international emissions on the global climate are beyond the limits of state law a…
23-6859 Andrew Smart v. Jamie LaManna Second Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court-procedure due-process evidence federal-courts federal-law habeas-corpus witness-identification 1. Whether the Courts below determination that the witnesses Identification was not unduly suggestive, was contrary to clearly established Federal I,…
23-6874 Kendall Dean Mitchell v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-02-29 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdiction retroactive-application state-law state-prosecution supremacy-clause Question not identified.
23-6840 Suzanne Ellen Kaye v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law counterman-v-colorado first-amendment free-speech jury-instructions political-speech true-threats watts-v-united-states In threat prosecutions where the defendant mounts a political-speech defense, may trial courts—consistent with the First Amendment—instruct the jury o…
23-6811 In Re Miguel Antonio Garcia 2024-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appearance-of-bias civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection impartiality judicial-recusal procedural-fairness standing takings Question not identified.
23-6815 Martin Akerman v. Virginia State Corporation Commission, et al. Virginia 2024-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-implications constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment fraud jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge state-corporation-commission Does the Supreme Court of Virginia's refusal to review the State Corporation Commission's (SCC) alleged introduction of fraudulent evidence and its pr…
23-907 Pablo Pastrana v. New York New York 2024-02-22 Denied Response Waived brown-vs-texas constitutional-law fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-roadblocks probable-cause reasonable-suspicion roadblock search-and-seizure Whether a vehicular roadblock satisfies the standard for a reasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment, articulated in Brown v. Texas, 44…
23-911 Mary A. Harris v. Monroe County Public Library Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-22 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination equal-protection race-discrimination race-retaliation retaliation Does the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution permit race retaliation claims?
23-6793 Timothy Burks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-890 In Re Batia Zareh 2024-02-20 Denied Response Waived bilingual-election bilingual-requirements circuit-split compassionate-release constitutional-discrimination constitutional-law due-process election-law election-requirements equal-protection equal-protection 23-88" extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act language-minority mandatory-minimum-sentence national-origin sentencing-reduction voting-rights Whether non-retroactive changes in law can be 'ext Whether the Bilingual Election Requirements (52 U.S.C. §10503) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. §10301, et. sec.) by authorizing coverage a…
23-887 In Re Eugene Misquith 2024-02-16 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-review magistrate-judge magistrate-review procedural-fairness Did the Opinion of The Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, namely: "After reviewing the briefs and the record, we find no error, And we affirm th…
23-6775 Jesse Dean Redfearn v. William "Chris" Rankins, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment 1. "Did the United States District Court and Court of Appeals properly apply clearly established constitutional law, [Hemphill v. New York, 142 S.Ct. …
23-6747 Michael L. Miller v. Jeffery Norman Eighth Circuit 2024-02-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-review legal-procedure reproductive-rights scotus statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6750 Patrick Aboite v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable b…
23-6691 Latefah Shampine v. East Cleveland Board of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-02-09 Denied IFP ballot-initiatives civil-rights constitutional-law due-process election-law free-speech standing Question not identified.
23-6718 Larry David Doak v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-02-09 Denied IFP appellate-review collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process federal-review indian-law judicial-procedure petition-for-certiorari retroactivity supremacy-clause Question not identified.
23-6699 In Re Derlon Crain 2024-02-08 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6704 Joshua P. Lindsey v. Sarah Evans Barker, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Seventh Circuit 2024-02-08 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-standards criminal-conviction due-process free-speech ninth-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct standing Deliberately Any Malicious VIOLATER Petitioner. Liaw. (Te Aimendnenlr CZ S Constitvtional. /2TEHT leith [Sedge Barker's (Two) [Consecutive Sanehen Or…
23-857 Owolabi M. Salis v. Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department New York 2024-02-08 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure new-york-court-of-appeals referee referee-report 1. Whether the New York Court of Appeals can adopt a Referee report that was clearly based on violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Am…
23-842 Patricia Polanco, et al. v. Ralph Diaz, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process government-liability immunity judicial-doctrine law-enforcement legal-standard qualified-immunity standing Whether the Court should reverse or recalibrate the doctrine of qualified immunity.
23-844 Phillip Truesdell, et al. v. Eric Friedlander, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-02-06 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment occupation occupation-rights privileges-or-immunities slaughter-house-cases 1. Whether this Court should overrule the Slaughter-House Cases and hold that the right to enter a common and lawful occupation is a privilege or immu…
23-6664 Robert Edward Sindaco v. Florida Florida 2024-02-05 Denied IFP appellate-review bias constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
23-6667 Michael Townsend v. Deondre Esters, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-02-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-proceedings due-process insurance-liability judicial-misconduct jurisdiction legal-rights standing 1.) Did the tribunal court follow the constitutions, statues and/or common law upon request given by the Plaintiff to a jury trial (Due Process)? Plai…
23-6668 Roosevelt L. Lincoln, aka Roosevelt L. Linicomn v. Harris County Sheriff's Office, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-fairness legal-procedure section-242 statutory-interpretation 1) DOES THE 14th AMENDMENT ; [AND SECTION 242 OF TITLE 18] CONSTITUTE A MAN JUSTICE? 2) DOES THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE HAVE ANY RULES TO GO BY UNDER …
23-6645 Arthur Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
23-6626 Michael Gibson v. Mariejosee King, Acting Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law dna-evidence due-process federal-law frye-hearing habeas-corpus lcn-dna scientific-evidence A writ of certiorari is requested to review the Summary Order of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the decision of the United States Distr…
23-6635 Leslie Fulwiler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-6622 Miguel Jaimes-Luviano v. Florida Florida 2024-01-30 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial felony fourteenth-amendment jury-composition jury-size jury-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a twelve-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony?
23-6624 In Re Johnny Jones 2024-01-30 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-procedure criminal-law due-process florida-statutes jurisdiction legislative-process legislative-validity statutory-interpretation statutory-revision subject-matter-jurisdiction DOES THE LAW AS ENACTED BY THE 1974, LEGISLATURE IN CHAPTER 74-121 APPEAR IN THE 1974 SUPPLEMENT TO FLORIDA STATES 1973? Does Statute 794.011(2) exis…
23-6603 Johnnie Demond Jackson v. Kevin R. Sproul, Sheriff, Dougherty County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights confinement constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interference jurisdiction retaliation summary-judgment Question not identified.
23-6605 In Re Darius Lake 2024-01-29 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review jury-selection legal-procedure precedent racial-discrimination sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6584 David E. Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process free-speech nlrb-sanctions standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION IS INCONSISTENT WITH NLRB v. BECK CONSTRUCTION CO., 536 U.S. 516 (2002) AND CEMETERY v. MARBURY, 536 U.S. 903 (2…
23-6586 Devrick Raquan Gail v. Virginia Virginia 2024-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts jurisdiction standing Question not identified.
23-6593 Larry Rush, aka Leroy Thomas v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction petition-denial third-circuit 1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in affirming Mr. Rush's Denial of Habeas Corpus?
23-6572 Mark E. Sells v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-precedent constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process habeas habeas-corpus judicial-law judicial-review statutory-law Question #1: Did the Federal District Court and United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, violate Article I, Article 4, Article VI, of the United …
23-6576 Caitlyn Williams and Tamarae Larue v. Missouri Missouri 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compulsory-education constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process legal-vagueness school-attendance statutory-construction vagueness Whether the language "on a regular basis" in the compulsory school attendance law is impermissibly vague in violation of due process guarantees.
23-807 El Papel, LLC, et al. v. City of Seattle, Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Amici (7)Response Waived 5th-amendment constitutional-law due-process eighth-circuit land-use-regulation ninth-circuit physical-taking property-rights rental-property takings takings-clause Whether an ordinance that compels the possession of property by an unwelcome occupant is a categorical physical taking, as the Eighth Circuit held in …
23-6537 Gregory Steshenko v. Foothill-De Anza Community College District, et al. California 2024-01-23 Denied IFP ostensibly justified by business necessity violated the constitutional equal-protection business-necessity civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection public-education public-interest standing Whether permission of discrimination in public education against the protected classes, ostensibly justified by business necessity, violated the const…
23-6542 Archie Cabello, aka Archibaldo Cabello, aka Archie Cabello, Jr., aka Archie P. Cabello, aka Arquimedes Cabello, aka Archie Palumbo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-counsel constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6519 Tonette L. Vazquez v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security Ninth Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review mediation remand settlement TWec^U€s-Y cxcyre.cc l to o.'p^oP 0 $50,000. 00 -YW oiaaY> MexA»<vY\OY\?vo <z,oAWx- ov~ r»oY x seA se+YW* v'ev'+ of*iOV\ \ S ^ ^ TT^e-c^iAestiovi is…
23-6476 Phillip Thomas Green v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness rebuttal sentencing-guidelines With the understanding that federal sentences are accompanied by a presumption of reasonableness if they fall within a properly calculated advisory gu…
23-6458 Mario Astudillo-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6467 Fairly W. Earls v. Salam Syed, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-law genuine-issues-of-dispute jury-function rule-of-orderliness summary-judgment supremacy-clause ISSUE 1. Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals committed error's of Constitution Law by failing to follow the Supremacy Clause of the Federal…
23-6449 Robert James Swint v. Dish Network, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-01-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law fifth-amendment jurisdiction standing takings-clause Question not identified.
23-6440 Ismael De Jesus-Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process notice-and-comment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the U.S.S.G Commentary being issued on a High in § 2L1.1 is unconstitutionally vague when it was never subjected to notice and comment to the …
23-743 Consumers' Research, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-09 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (6) administrative-law constitutional-law federal-communications-commission non-delegation nondelegation-doctrine revenue-raising statutory-interpretation telecommunications-regulation universal-service-fund (1) Whether 47 U.S.C. § 254 violates the nondelegation doctrine by imposing no limit on the FCC's power to raise revenue for the USF. (2) Whether the…
23-732 Richard Plishka v. William Skurla, et al. Ohio 2024-01-08 Denied Response Waived civil-courts civil-procedure constitutional-law ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment religious-freedom standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the First Amendment doctrine of ecclesiastical abstention operates to deprive civil courts of subject-matter jurisdiction.
23-729 Roee Kiviti, et ux. v. Naveen Prasad Bhatt Fourth Circuit 2024-01-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii article-three-courts bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction case-or-controversy civil-procedure constitutional-law judicial-review mootness mootness-doctrine standing Whether bankruptcy courts are bound by the case-or-controversy requirement of Article III of the Constitution.
23-6409 Alfred E. Caraffa v. Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6404 Jamar Hunter v. United States Third Circuit 2024-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-review constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence 1. Was the Third Circuit's reversal of Petitioner's suppression of evidence in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution?
23-6396 Eleuterio Covarrubias-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
23-703 Liberty University, Inc. v. Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer Fourth Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied constitutional-law defense-to-liability employment-discrimination first-amendment immunity ministerial-exception religious-autonomy religious-institutions religious-organizations (1) Whether the First Amendment ministerial exception provides religious organizations with immunity from employment discrimination suits, or merely a…
23-6383 Guillermo Octavio Arbelaez v. Florida, et al. Florida 2023-12-28 Denied IFP atkins-v-virginia constitutional-law death-penalty eighth-amendment hall-v-florida intellectual-disability medical-standards retroactivity teague-rule teague-v-lane In Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), this Court held that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments preclude the execution of individuals with intel…
23-6359 Davin Chaz Nevins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process sentencing sixth-amendment supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
23-6364 Luis Guridi v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2023-12-27 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A569 Stephen Elliot Powers v. Mississippi Mississippi 2023-12-21 Denied batson-challenge constitutional-law ineffective-assistance jury-selection racial-discrimination strickland-standard Question not identified.
23-6282 Clay Chastain v. Bedford Regional Water Authority Virginia 2023-12-18 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure public-utility rate-regulation statutory-interpretation takings 1. Can a Locality practice uniformly and selectively charge K Lucho mecs J: Lhe ant fove © Marian he susan all the Custome zc use ¢ 2. Does sudan av …
23-6287 Parnell R. May v. Kawhun Tims, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force federal-procedure judicial-review qualified-immunity standing takings Question not identified.
23-6260 Charles E. Linder, Jr. v. Kenneth Black, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure detective-testimony evidence evidentiary-objection firearm ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment testimony witness-credibility 1. Trial counsel was ineffective in violation of his Sixth Amendment right under the US Constitution due to his failure to: (1) object to Detective Re…
23-642 Kevin Scott Karsjens, et al. v. Jodi Harpstead, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-12-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts implied-waiver legal-standard professional-judgment waiver Whether federal courts have a duty to apply the correct legal standard to a due process claim or can the court apply the wrong legal standard based on…
23-6245 Donato Lopez-Arellano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6218 Shaquille Dewayne Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-6219 Manuel Rodrigues-Barios v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-criminal-law immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-6221 Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration race-discrimination racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-624 United States v. Donald J. Trump District of Columbia 2023-12-11 Granted Amici (2) constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-prosecution due-process executive-immunity executive-privilege impeachment impeachment-clause presidential-immunity presidential-powers Whether a former President is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or is constitutionally protected from fe…
23-618 Delano Marco Medina v. Colorado Colorado 2023-12-08 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process guilty-plea judicial-procedure judicial-review legal-standard Whether it is consistent with due process for a court to convict a criminal defendant without finding that the defendant is guilty.
23-612 Joseph Daniel Cascino, et al. v. Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State Fifth Circuit 2023-12-07 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) age-discrimination constitutional-law due-process election-law mail-in-voting standing twenty-sixth-amendment voting-rights Does Texas's restriction of no-excuse mail-in voting to individuals aged "65 years or older on election day," as provided in Texas Election Code § 82.…
23-613 Luis Soto Soto, et al. v. Yashira Quiles Carrasquillo Puerto Rico 2023-12-07 Denied civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment search-and-seizure 1. An employee of the United States Postal Service in a labor-management dispute that arose within a postal facility; under Section 8 of the United St…
23-6192 David Lewis Holland v. Texas Texas 2023-12-07 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review case-law constitutional-law constitutional-provision criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process right-to-counsel speedy-trial trial-preparation QUESTION 1: Whether the new Speedy Trial requirement created by the Texas 7th Court of Appeals in the instant case is in conflict with current case l…
23-6172 DeKorrie K. Bell v. Birmingham Board of Education Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process legal-document petition property-rights standing supreme-court takings writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23-6152 In Re Michael Alonza Rufus 2023-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitration civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review preemption statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-6136 Shawn C. Leftwich v. State Farm Insurance Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-29 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process pleadings pro-se procedural-due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-554 Michael O'Bannon v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-11-27 Denied Response Waived acquitted-conduct constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Constitution permits a criminal defendant to be sentenced based on conduct for which he or she was acquitted.
23-563 Obaida Abdulky, et al., as Parents and Next Friends of Anthony Abdulky v. Lubin & Meyer, P.C., et al. Massachusetts 2023-11-27 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence judicial-review legal-standards notice procedural-fairness 1. Whether by failing to allow the Petitioners an opportunity to present evidence under the new legal standards created at the appellate level, the Ap…
23-6089 Christopher Lenard Blockson v. Ronald Oliver, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct standing Question not identified.
23-6100 Joseph Eugene Dix v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce interstate-travel statutory-interpretation (1) Federal law makes it a crime for a person with a prior felony conviction to "possess ... affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition." 18 U.S.C.…
23-6104 Michael Venetez McRae v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation Actus. 92269) sould be Corrected there a —Ln5..Cotart ___ of Appeals Pinds hetodisteick cock 'incorrect, " determine d thot to of the thee required pr…
23-6069 Jeremie Saintvil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP bank-fraud constitutional-law constitutional-permissibility criminal-charging criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process fundamental-constitutional-rights statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights 1. Whether the two bank fraud subsections of 18 U.S.C. § 1344 are separate and distinct offenses that require charging in separate counts? 2. Whether…
23-6053 Nathan Nixon v. Florida Florida 2023-11-20 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process first-district-court florida-supreme-court free-speech jurisdiction public-records standing Did the First District Court of Appeal of Florida violate questions in the Petition alleging that it conflicts with relevant decisions of this court? …
23-526 Charles Nichols v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process firearms-rights fourteenth-amendment second-amendment self-defense standing 1. Does the Second Amendment protect the keeping and bearing of loaded and unloaded rifles, shotguns, and handguns, in case of confrontation, for th…
23-514 Kim Jackson v. Chris Dutra, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-law due-process judicial-system qualified-immunity standing stare-decisis Whether the Court should reverse or recalibrate the doctrine of qualified immunity.
23-513 Randy Smith, Sheriff, et al. v. Jerry Rogers, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response Waived 42-U.S.C.-§-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discretionary-functions government-officials harlow-v-fitzgerald legal-doctrine qualified-immunity statutory-rights 1. What does it mean for a statutory or constitutional right to be "clearly established," beyond debate for purposes of § 1983 qualified immunity? 2.…
23-6015 Kwame Ali Askia v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-rule constitutional-law continuing-offense exculpatory-evidence federal-rules federal-rules-of-procedure judicial-protocol statute-of-limitations Question not identified.
23-6024 Raheem Davis, aka Raheen Davis v. United States Second Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing takings lb>^ Cl\*J \ ^Pvo se l~ fCv L-i^j•-sj^y ^ j. t—/i—«. A-?> U^f~T&0
23-500 James Gimenez v. Franklin County, Washington, et al. Washington 2023-11-14 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) at-large-elections constitutional-law constitutional-scrutiny election-systems equal-protection gerrymandering racial-polarization redistricting voting-rights Whether the Washington Voting Rights Act is subject to strict scrutiny.
23-5981 Nestor Leon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts amendment-rights civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-of-appeals due-process eleventh-circuit judicial-procedure procedural-dismissal standing O'DTHE D'iSTO cT CooirT Niot ^RAtsiTii^j THE pETiTtotslE^ Art ENAdEMTi aT/ HEAfirtJ UJBERE THE REeord chd t^OT corsldo^Wdy dETcrn THATTHE pETiTioHof …
23-5989 In Re Kevin McKenna 2023-11-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP case-history civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-petition standing supreme-court voting-rights Question not identified.
23-5960 Brandon Keith Wright v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie…
23-477 United States v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-06 Judgment Issued Amici (92)Relisted (13) constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gender-identity medical-treatment minor-rights sex-based-classification sex-classification transgender-rights Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SB1), which prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow "a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported ide…
23-5929 Anthony Andrews v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction parole sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5917 Salvador Diaz-Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5918 Theodore Lee Williams, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection free-speech standing In Florida v. Royer, 460 U.S. 491, 500 (1983) the Supreme Court held that the methods employed during an investigative detention under Terry v. Ohio, …
23-456 Consumers' Research, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (6) administrative-law constitutional-law fcc-authority federal-communications-commission non-delegation nondelegation-doctrine revenue-raising statutory-interpretation telecommunications-regulation universal-service-fund (1) Whether 47 U.S.C. § 254 violates the nondelegation doctrine by imposing no limit on the FCC's power to raise revenue for the USF. (2) Whether the…
23-437 Anthony A. Anderson v. United States Armed Forces 2023-10-26 Denied constitutional-law court-martial criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection liberty-interests property-interests sixth-amendment Does the United States Constitution require that a general court-martial guilty verdict be unanimous?
23-5887 Arthur Vasquez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech judicial-procedure legal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation takings }] C Q-ta 'TJs SSajJSL Sr Ar/S fJ/Yr/ SxitviY fj?2 J>7 dsCYJ&rfA AriS MtteiS Sr Au uVo-r dj/oMU J>sr#Sf Y7z/s tou/K 'So lJusyi// -Aris uDr^/^ru. Sr A…
23-5873 Benjamin R. Ross v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-10-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing If Article I, Section 9, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution enshrines the privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus as a critical bulwark against…
23-5841 James Franklin Snyder v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction inmate-rights judicial-review legal-materials prison-conditions retaliation statutory-interpretation 1. Qcl«\ Vdoko txac. ,5oo udh S OV\d TerwkwfiJpg. OOr "Wbkfcs \ckjA l ^OrcJrveA do ^iep l n md^-S trav'O cfakg kjd A^A TideiL cWvy' SeWias, tVdjfmws m…
23-5845 In Re Kennedy Wright 2023-10-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction sentencing supreme-court Question not identified.
23-5847 Mai-Trang Thi Nguyen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-review right-to-vote standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5850 In Re Lawrence Smith 2023-10-20 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus standing One whether officials violate the Eighth Amendment when they deliberately indifference to a serious medical need of an incarcerated person?
23-5798 Edgar Eugene Oliver v. Florida Commission on Offender Review Florida 2023-10-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review offender-review separation-of-powers state-agency-power supreme-court-authority DOES THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON OFFENDER REVIEW, HAS THE FREEDOM TO DISOBEY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE…
23-5809 Bryce Jackson v. Tony Golick, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment government-liability probable-cause search-and-seizure standing Question not identified.
23-5814 Justin Andre Lamoureux v. Florida Florida 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice witness-tampering Question not identified.
23-5826 Mary Ann German v. South Carolina South Carolina 2023-10-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure davis-good-faith-exception exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception judicial-precedent police-conduct retroactivity After a decision of this Court makes a state statute unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment, do the police get a grace period after this Court's …
23-5794 Joseph Aiken v. Florida Florida 2023-10-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure felony felony-charges fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony?
23-5769 Brandon M. Jefferson v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights counsel-right criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance nevada-law right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-law I. Dio Tfte penTiotoep. 1-fAve rite SixtH I'VMewoMe^r Rjwt uwoeft THe a-s. 6OK»St<TUT(0M To t&6 REPRCSeNTeD By t-ZOfrL couNSfL Dm.R|W6| ALL 6^ H(S CRI…
23-5777 Iker Fabricio Mendez-Alfaro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-standard precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5780 Denis Chavez v. Florida Florida 2023-10-12 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief sexual-offense 1) Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, under which Petitioner was charged, tried, convicted, sentenced and incarcerated, are co…
23-5746 James H. Hayes v. Jerry Howell, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standing standing ^ sJfege 4ML ife dMifolCnifeL ^ Kii/^ Q^iarl: desird -(or £ caml<^ CDdcEMfm Uu^5fecteirt(i<Mtdmid 4 Ma.itej© . n ' \ - ' u^S u^f6fsi(2). nttdt & sabst…
23-5754 Tony Terrel Chase v. Texas Texas 2023-10-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing Whether Petitioner can obtain instruction on an necessary proviso.
23-5741 Hewitt A. Grant, II v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2023-10-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-prosecution jurisdiction standing witness-testimony Question not identified.
23-374 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range Third Circuit 2023-10-10 GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process felons felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable by …
23-376 United States v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-10 GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights controlled-substance criminal-law drug-user due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substanc…
23-5730 Blaise Caroleo v. United States Second Circuit 2023-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment sentencing sentencing-scheme statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights 1. Whether a waiver of the protections against cruel and unusual punishment afforded to a defendant under the Eighth Amendment is valid and enforceabl…
23-5722 Armando Orozco-Calderon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5711 Mitchell D. Green v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-10-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP admissible-evidence constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury jury-impartiality mistrial trial-rights In Arizona v. Washington, 434 U.S. 497, 98 S.Ct. 824, 54 L.Ed.2d 717 (1978) this Court addressed under what circumstances the Double Jeopardy Clause p…
23-5704 Gregory D. Jones v. Dustin Bayler Seventh Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-law standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-348 Kristen H. Colindres, et al. v. Department of State, et al. District of Columbia 2023-10-03 Denied Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-limitations consular-nonreviewability due-process equal-protection free-speech immigration immigration-law judicial-review standing Whether the doctrine of consular nonreviewability insulates from judicial review a consular decision that lacks both a facially legitimate and bona fi…
23-5678 Jasper Michael Wagner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-history criminal-procedure descamps-v-united-states gall-v-united-states judicial-fact-finding sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment united-states-v-hernandez Whether the Fifth Circuit's holding that that judicial fact-finding as to past offenses is permissible during sentencing pursuant to United States v. …
23-5682 Dillion Gage Compton v. Texas Texas 2023-10-02 Denied Relisted (10)IFP constitutional-law disparate-treatment equal-protection gender-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes side-by-side-analysis trial-procedure 1. Whether a court's comparison of generalizations about all the female prospective jurors who were struck by the prosecution with generalizations abo…
23-5693 Lawrence Edward Thompson v. Texas Texas 2023-10-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5642 Tracy Jones, aka Tracy Wilcox v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure dismissal due-process fifth-amendment miranda-rights missouri-v-seibert presentment 1) Whether a 37-day delay in presentment requires dismissal under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment? 2) Whether the use of pre-Mirandized…
23-278 United States Trustee Region 21 v. Bast Amron LLP Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-22 GVR Relisted (3) bankruptcy-administration bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees constitutional-law constitutional-uniformity judicial-districts remedial-relief statutory-interpretation uniform-laws Whether the appropriate remedy for the constitutional uniformity violation found by this Court in Siegel, supra, is to require the United States Trust…
23-5621 Amado Alvarez-Alvarado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-interpretation precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5612 Festus Okwudili Ohan v. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law copyright due-process judicial-review legal-precedent patent property-rights statutory-interpretation trademark I am he Ory hare And Man AGC of . tp everything un He World and Letp aL dA Ew 2) LT oined ah Pakerts Ard (beyvignes that BVI Finale ny Shoe lev A Ar…
23-5593 Shawn V. Castiglione v. Florida Florida 2023-09-15 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief sexual-offense statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, under which Petitioner was charged, tried, convicted, sentenced and incarcerated, are co…
23-5601 In Re Michael Kenny Carter 2023-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-statute circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-conduct criminal-jurisdiction interstate-activity jurisdiction jurisdictional-scope sexual-activity statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-255 Cooper D. Johnson v. Malia M. Cohen, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as State Controller of California, et al. California 2023-09-15 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-rights takings takings-clause unclaimed-property 1. Whether the Controller's actions under color of the California Unclaimed Property Law, Cal. Civ. Proc. Code §§ 1300, et seq. ("UPL"), violate the D…
23-247 S. C., Mother v. Philadelphia Department of Human Services, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-09-14 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process factual-findings judicial-review legal-error misapplication-of-law state-court-opinion 1) Did the Opinions of the Pennsylvania Courts constitute erroneous factual findings and / or misapplications of properly stated rules of law, as well…
23-5578 April Paw v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5588 Roger A. Libby v. Robert Legran, Warden, et al. Nevada 2023-09-14 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-cases criminal-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application state-law substantive-due-process substantive-rule L(^V\e. VVe>r We dc>a ^Woceoi> of VVa. ^"oosrVeevxVV A^e^iw^e>v\! \fevvievr /)6\/a,la 5iaVa Iq,(jS 5V x,Vo V&o cxacova »s Vv Vj V-vqv^ci \ * <5V q^V^V…
23-5567 Carlos Gilbert Arellano-Ramirez v. Florida Florida 2023-09-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (18)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure felony felony-charges fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony?
23-5551 Kristian G. Little, nka Kristian G. Childers v. Jamie A. Little Kentucky 2023-09-11 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction statutory-interpretation This case presents issues of first impression for this Court arising under UCCJEA. Did the Madison County Family Court ever have jurisdiction to make…
23-5547 Timothy James Hahn v. Florida Florida 2023-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment sentencing Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a defendant who was under the age of twenty-five at the time of the offen…
23-212 Amos N. Jones v. Catholic University of America District of Columbia 2023-09-07 Denied civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection procedural-due-process procedural-fairness stare-decisis substantive-due-process tortious-interference Did the District of Columbia Court of Appeals err in its failure to apply its very own intervening and controlling authority as per the Full Faith and…
23-209 Ottawa OH, LLC v. Pandora Distribution, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law contract-law due-process land-ownership property-rights real-estate real-estate-transfer standing takings Is due process denied by holding, contrary to the laws of every state, that a buyer of land owns things on land for which the buyer has no title or co…
23-5519 Octavio Cortez Fierros v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law child-pornography civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment judicial-review legal-precedent sexual-exploitation standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5500 Le'Troy D. Merritt v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-rules fair-trial federal-appeal habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process state-action Question not identified.
23-5502 Juan Antonio Hernandez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose disparate-impact due-process equal-protection immigration-law racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation When a law is originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose and continues to have a disparate impact, do subsequent amendmen…
23-5506 Alisbey Santillon Gata v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-powers criminal-law criminal-offense interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element statutory-interpretation Whether a jurisdictional element satisfied by a de minimis connection to interstate commerce, such as 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)'s requirement that a prohibit…
23-5496 Jensen Ken Alexander v. Joseph Ely, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legal-procedure prison-conditions retaliation statutory-interpretation transfer Question not identified.
23-195 Aaron Hashim, et al. v. Malia M. Cohen, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as State Controller of California, et al. California 2023-08-31 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment california constitutional-law due-process notice-requirement property-rights takings takings-clause unclaimed-property 1. Whether the Controller's actions under color of the California Unclaimed Property Law, Cal. Civ. Proc. Code §§ 1300, et seq. ("CUPL"), violate the …
23-5484 Dion Ray Wheeler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
23-5469 Peonte Shamar Spencer v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit hobbs-act standing statutory-interpretation violent-conduct 1) Whether this court's wae fo as - a rele? be ion fir Concdusron that fe: t made _-+he eat showin of dea na, tot het Hae eli Tia —_———i prsceducal cu…
23-5449 Antonio Rojas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
23-5450 Hermenegildo Garcia-Gutierrez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5451 Raul Omar Rios-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-appeal judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-175 City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated Ninth Circuit 2023-08-25 Judgment Issued Amici (109)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-citations constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment homeless-rights homelessness public-camping Does the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the Ei…
23-5426 Christopher Robertson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-robbery constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act jury-instructions misstatement-of-law residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1) CAN A DEFENDANT BE CONVICTED OF A 4(c) OFFENSE IF DEFENDANT WAS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED HOBBS ACT ROBBERY? 2) CAN A DEFENDANT BE CONVICTED OF A OFF…
23-5430 Demitri Brown, aka Timothy D. Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP antitrust civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-precedent stare-decisis vertical-restraints Does the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err in refusing to honor the Supreme Court's Conception ruling, overruling the Hedgewood Opinion? A. Are Gene…
23-170 Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board Fourth Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied Amici (12)Relisted (6) admissions-criteria asian-american-discrimination asian-americans constitutional-law equal-protection fourthcircuit racial-balancing school-diversity summary-judgment The question presented is whether the Board violated the Equal Protection Clause when it overhauled the admissions criteria at TJ.
23-5382 Julie A. Graham v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-charges due-process employee-suspension employment employment-law hearing-requirements Where employer suspends employee indefinitely for waiver of prelimin ary hearing on a variety of criminal charges, but affords employee no kind of he…
23-5385 Adam Knoll v. Florida Florida 2023-08-18 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-error sexual-offense standing 1) Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, under which Petitioner was charged, tried, convicted, sentenced and incarcerated, are co…
23-5387 James Frank Noel, Jr. v. Indiana Metro Police Department, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5394 In Re Justin Lewis 2023-08-18 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment federal-court fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review legal-procedure Question not identified.
23-5399 Milton Melvin Rodgers v. California California 2023-08-18 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence jurisdictional-issue legal-writ search-and-seizure statutory-provisions Cm, f_j:_shou\A (kc\\g 4k &(lauxr^ \^cWl yelloA of iquk Mi>q. <X ^jkj^AgLSpe &eSeion of a tixeAfm !?^iso0*Ljy2^QsA-^^ X- A\A nrel ^,,A A fc/uAg*, U)K…
23-5355 Johnny Lee Warren v. Chris Nanos, Sheriff, Pima County, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdictional-issue legal-petition procedural-review standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23-5356 Trequan Devonte James v. Virginia Virginia 2023-08-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection identification judicial-review police-procedures statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5300 Sandro Ramos v. Chris Rankins Tenth Circuit 2023-08-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment brady-violation civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech ineffective-assistance jury-misconduct standing 1. Concerning Exculpatory Evidence- Should Mr. Ramos ' convictions be set aside under Brady, withheld exculpatory evidence which led to the due proce…
23-5301 Mack A. West, Jr. v. F. Ulloa, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified.
23-5288 Jay Hymas v. Department of the Interior, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege case-disposition civil-procedure constitutional-law federal-appellate-rules judicial-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-court-of-appeals procedural-standards Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion, United States v. Hooton, 693 F.2d 857, 1982, overcomes the Federal Appellate Rules regarding the d…
23-112 Ian A. McElroy v. City of Corvallis, Oregon Oregon 2023-08-04 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review municipal-law municipal-ordinance statutory-interpretation Ian McElroy was secretly, unconstitutionally convicted July 26, 1999 on three separate criminal citations by a City of Corvallis Municipal Judge who l…
23-5275 Ambrosio Nolasco-Ariza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose disparate-impact due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation undesirable-aliens-act 1. When a law is originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose and continues to have a disparate impact, do subsequent amend…
23-5252 Bruce Lamont Fuller v. California California 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-justice administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review procedural-rules standing 1.VI\^LU TS Out PROCESS IN * EW\ k>\<LTM V\Q\^ xki& ?ovORLosKeo 2.VJVW is CCNSTuTrUMAL N'ePX'r HOT APfLTCAa-e Vta 0 X DL-^ /\Due %. ROUJ CAKj OU?…
23-87 Cody A. Craig v. Emma R. Solorzano Maine 2023-07-31 Denied civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-exercise judicial-discretion parental-rights religious-freedom Does a court decision limiting parental rights, based upon express disapproval of the parent's "troubling" religious views, violate of the free exerci…
23-5235 Hector Lares-Nunez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-overruling precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5241 Lenroy McLean v. United States Second Circuit 2023-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment judicial-conflict legal-precedent standing 1. Whether there is a conflict between Kimmelman v Morrison holding that the Fourth Amendment is not a trial right in criminal prosecution and Ex-Part…
23-5242 Rebecca Wu v. Public Employment Relations Board, et al. California 2023-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment arbitrary-classification constitutional-challenge constitutional-law employee-classification employee-misclassification equal-protection labor-law statutory-interpretation Is it unconstitutional to have an interpretation of a statute that creates an Arbitrary classification in violation of the constitution of the 14th Am…
23-5220 Amy Jacquelyn Harkins v. Citizens Bank Second Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied IFP administrative-law attorney-client-privilege civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law crime-fraud-exception evidence judicial-review legal-procedure professional-responsibility statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5221 Gilberto Betero-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
23-5200 Augustine Rincon Medina v. California California 2023-07-26 Denied IFP birks-rule constitutional-law criminal-charging criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions lesser-included-offense lesser-offense prosecutorial-discretion Should the Rule announced in People v. Birks (1998) 19 Cal.4th 108, which permits a Prosecutor to veto a Defendant's request for an instruction on a L…
23-5219 Jerry Wilson, aka Steve Vic Parker v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-discretion standing statutory-interpretation 1. Is a United States Citizen Wrongfully Imprisoned "LIFE INDANGER" ? 2. What is Permission Granted by a United States Distrist Judge? 3. Can (1) On…
23-5201 Andrew Valenzuela v. Roberto A. Arias, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process duress-defense habeas-corpus judicial-proceedings jury-instructions On November 6, 2009, nineteen-year-old Andrew Valenzuela—along with David Padilla and Jessica Garcia—got in a car with a 32-year-old serial killer who…
23-74 Debra A. Vitagliano v. County of Westchester, New York Second Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Amici (18)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-clinic-protests constitutional-law content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech precedent public-forum stare-decisis The question presented is whether the Court should overrule Hill.
23-5161 Derek M. Funk v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-07-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility statute-interpretation statutory-interpretation Are Oklahoma statute(s) 21 O.S. § 1040.12(a), 21 O.S. 1040.8 (a), and 21 O.S. § 1024.1 in conformity with the United States Constitution, Amendment(s)…
23-5158 Martice Deshawn Wallace v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus suppression-of-evidence witness-testimony Question not identified.
23-5117 In Re Jeffrey Alonzo Simms 2023-07-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-compliance americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-procedure disability-rights due-process judicial-discretion legal-documentation procedural-due-process standing TITLE is AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THE JUDGE REFUSED TO READ LEGAL DOCUMENTATION OF LAW FROM DISABILITIE PETITIONER9 9
23-5110 James K. Silva v. District Court of Massachusetts, Dukes County First Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing The Bostons First Cout of Appeals AppeAl ERRed iN dismissing And this Coort of Appeals, my) complAints. WRongoly,In ACourtoLAW ThAnk y00 JAmes K Sla S…
23-5091 Javier H. Armengau v. Jenny Hildebrand, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing 1. When a state Supreme Court requires a specific material fact and element to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in order to sustain a criminal con…
23-33 Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. California 2023-07-11 Denied antitrust antitrust-law civil-rights constitutional constitutional-law corporate-influence familial-status housing-discrimination political-influence standing SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, lst-7th-14th AMENDMENTS, U.S. FAIR HOUSING ACT, U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT, UNITED STA…
23-5070 Samuel Tobin McKaig v. Arkansas Eighth Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-issue precedent prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-28 Claude Townsend, Jr. v. New Jersey Transit Third Circuit 2023-07-10 Denied collateral-estoppel constitutional-law dismissed-case due-process fourteenth-amendment new-evidence res-judicata social-security 1) Can Res judicata and Collateral estoppel interfere with the Fourteenth Amendment's constitutional due process when new evidence is presented to a d…
23-5066 Juan Reyes v. Illinois Illinois 2023-07-10 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines incorporation judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5060 Donald Edward McCord v. Carrie Bridges, Warden Tenth Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5051 Andrew Valles v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-law due-process federal-review first-amendment habeas-corpus separation-of-powers standing state-court-adjudication 1. Daes the resont of 28 u.s.c.31ais (bl4) - a safety-valve created by congress - succomb entirely to and find defeat in 8191slg) -a seeming deterent …
23-5041 LaTanya Lynn Jackson v. Humana Seventh Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing takings Question not identified.
23-5027 Gabriel Gonzalez Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5010 Donald Lee Linville v. Arizona Arizona 2023-06-30 Denied IFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief search-and-seizure Question not identified.
22-7896 Marcelino Mendoza-Najera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7899 Enrique Lopez-Cristobal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-1252 Dongmei Li v. Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) has so far departed from the accepted and usual c anti-asian-discrimination civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction hate-crimes judicial-misconduct judicial-proceedings standing Whether it is Unconstitutional, has so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings and has conducted an anti-Asian hate in…
22-7875 J Reyes-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-procedure statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7870 Jayson Neil Sparks v. Texas Texas 2023-06-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility federal-courts standing state-court-ruling statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
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…
22-1238 Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-06-23 Judgment Issued Amici (6) bankruptcy-administration bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees bankruptcy-uniformity constitutional-law constitutional-uniformity judicial-districts remedial-relief united-states-trustee Whether the appropriate remedy for the constitutional uniformity violation found by this Court in Siegel, supra, is to require the United States Trust…
22-7804 Ricky Simmonds v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach-of-contract constitutional-law contract-law criminal-procedure district-court due-process offense-level plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-hearing Whether the United States of America breaches a negotiated plea agreement when it fails to affirmatively state at the Sentencing hearing that the stip…
22-7775 David Elijah Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial procedural-requirements sentencing statutory-interpretation Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did yo…
22-7757 Samuel Lee Morrison v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-standard constitutional-law federal-criminal-statutes federal-statute gun-rights historical-tradition jurisdiction second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).
22-7762 In Re Lionel Scott Ellison 2023-06-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction 1) Where in the State District Court the Petitioner was acquitted of Count I: Arson, and the Respondents in Postconviction Proceedings knowingly waive…
22-7766 Ramon Ramirez v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure district-court federal-courts interstate-commerce jurisdiction second-circuit statutory-interpretation 1. HAS THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL ERRED IN ITS CONCLUSION THAT THE DISTRICT COURT HAD JURISDICTION BASED ON EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE INTERSTATE…
22-7750 Jessie Traylor v. Stevie Knight, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights clemency constitutional-law criminal-justice-reform due-process equal-protection expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech hate-crime sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-7751 David Paul Bickford v. Maryland Maryland 2023-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-document child-photography child-pornography constitutional-law first-amendment new-york-v-ferber obscenity-standard parental-rights sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation 1. If the First Amendment case of New York v Ferber, 458 US 747 (1982), describes the essential elements required for "all legislation in [the] sensit…
22-7734 Christopher Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act resentencing sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Reduction of Sentence, Pursuant to Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018, requires a Plenary Resentencing to provide procedural and substantial Du…
22-7723 Wesley Jorome Harris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment parole sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
22-7707 Kelvun Montrail Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).
22-7697 Kenneth Brown, Jr. v. Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-06-02 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP act-84 civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio I. Whether Act B4, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9728(b)(5) is Unconstitutional on its Face as Violative of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Constitution and/or the …
22-7680 Adonne A. Horton v. West Virginia West Virginia 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-i-section-10 constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fourteenth-amendment life-sentence police-pursuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Lower Court's Application of an Ex Post Facto Law to Affirm Petitioner's Life Sentence for Running From the Police Violated Article I, Sec…
22-7687 James Jones v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion retroactive-application self-defense statutory-interpretation verbal-threat Question not identified.
22-7662 Antoine Robert Threefingers v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment standing WHETHER THE COURT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION THAT PETITIONER'S FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE NOT VIOLATED?
22-7647 Nicasio Nevarez-Zamudio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7636 Jose Luis Manriquez-Gutierrez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-1134 Siyu Yang, et al. v. University of Rochester, et al. New York 2023-05-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction 1. In Monroe County, N.Y. Supreme Court, JAMAL J. ROSSI, President of the Eastman School of Music, and Matthew Ardizzone, Associate President, submitt…
22-1135 Center for Medical Progress, et al. v. National Abortion Federation Ninth Circuit 2023-05-22 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abortion abortion-debate civil-rights constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech prior-restraint public-debate public-discourse Is the district court's suppression of speech about a high-profile and highly charged issue of public debate an unconstitutional prior restraint?
22-7599 Curtis Marcel Barnette v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-prosecution plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-appeal waiver DOES IT VIOLATE DUE PROCESS FOR A DEFENDANT TO BE REQUIRED TO WAIVE HIS RIGHT TO APPEAL IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO AN OTHERWISE FAVORABLE PLEA AGREEMENT W…
22-7590 Jesse Shane Owens v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law domestic-violence due-process federal-courts firearm-restrictions second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether courts must assess the elements 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) and, if so, whether federal courts must consider a state's own…
22-7585 Enrique Roberto Villarreal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
22-7550 Daniel Novilla v. Department of Agriculture Federal Circuit 2023-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-review court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction petition-timeliness procedural-due-process standing Questions presented I sent my petition to US Court of appeals on 10/22/2022. They accepted my petition on 11/12/2022. The court sent me a packet and s…
22-7553 Ivory Joe Tisdale v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-prosecution plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-appeal waiver DOES IT VIOLATE DUE PROCESS FOR A DEFENDANT TO BE REQUIRED TO WAIVE HIS RIGHT TO APPEAL IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO AN OTHERWISE FAVORABLE PLEA AGREEMENT W…
22-1099 Barry Clarke v. Fine Housing, Inc. South Carolina 2023-05-10 Denied Response Waived allied-structural-steel allied-structural-steel-co-v-spannaus art-i-sec-10 constitutional-law contract-impairment due-process obligation-of-contracts state-action state-supreme-court Did the South Carolina Supreme Court's invalidation of Petitioner's contract based on its sudden adoption of a universal rule of decision constitute a…
22-7483 Farres Alkhayer v. Nashua-Oxford-Bay Associates, L.P., dba Bay Ridge at Nashua New Hampshire 2023-05-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion right-to-trial summary-judgement summary-judgment trial-by-jury Is rendering a judgement in a civil case without a trial constitutional?
22-7471 Renzo Alegre v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split constitutional-law first-amendment internet-access sex-offenders supervised-release Does the constitutional holding of Packingham v. North Carolina, 137 S. Ct. 1730 (2017) — which recognized a First Amendment right to access the Inter…
22-1063 Tennessee v. Tyshon Booker Tennessee 2023-05-02 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-guidelines term-of-years-sentences Whether this Court should extend Graham and Miller to term-of-years prison sentences that permit a juvenile offender's release after a lengthy period …
22-7432 Willie Glover, Jr. v. United States District of Columbia 2023-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment executive-order human-rights recidivism sentencing-guidelines standing j POi> Lcfr-Zj '.lu»«e,>«Wt.»<.>J)*s U> (WlfVJi jrwiKsL K 1a^pSpaja.r-atJ stMftf ^VvVs f&r &®cuV W£, OrAef QWH ^9 Berber Pj^,fc3 Eei.Pi^*WW of Wn»^ I…
22-7434 In Re Thomas Kuna-Jacob 2023-05-01 Denied IFP asylum civil-rights constitutional-law detention due-process immigration Question not identified.
22-7413 Nathan G. Flemming v. Tennessee Tennessee 2023-04-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure defendant-rights delay due-process judicial-process presence-of-defendant pronouncement-of-sentence sentencing sentencing-delay 1. DOES A THIRTEEN MONTH DELAY BETWEEN SENTENCING HEARING AND THE PRONOUNCEMENT OF SENTENCE VIOLATE DUE PROCESS? 2. DOES THE ABSENCE OF A DEFENDANT F…
22-1048 Joseph E. Blackburn, Jr., et ux. v. Dare County, North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment government-regulation property-rights regulatory-takings takings takings-clause Whether a governmental regulation prohibiting all physical access to a landowner's property is a "per se" taking under the Fifth Amendment of the Unit…
22-7392 Moses Clark v. Glen E. Pratt Ninth Circuit 2023-04-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law jurisdiction justiciability standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-7383 Carlton Theodore Landis v. David J. Ebbert, et al. Third Circuit 2023-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law contract-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction employment-discrimination federal-tort-claims-act judicial-relief scope-of-employment standing statutory-interpretation substitution Can the Court Oua front Substitute the Underlying under the Pertinent §§ of the Contract & Discrimination Regarding State of Employment? Can the Cour…
22-7355 Demarr M. Meyers v. Illinois Illinois 2023-04-25 Denied IFP amendment-violation appeals civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights court-review due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure judicial-process legal-procedure tto Wj ^WinoP Cov'd Oi Appeal* 'pM cU^arkd *Pnm dkt oc€<^ka C[jf\d i)5Ucl CO\J\i£ of judicial ^lT0C€tsU i/lola^ the ficli-Hormet fifdh &hd db^yh ehPl…
22-1022 Evan Scott Grant v. Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners, et al. Nevada 2023-04-20 Denied Response Waived amendment-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process legislative-intent liberty-interest parole state-law statutory-interpretation "When confronted with two Acts of Congress allegedly touching on the same topic, this Court is not at 'liberty to pick and choose among congressional …
22-7307 Darek Lathan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavits appeal appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process federal-courts judicial-discretion legal-procedure sentencing standing Did the appeadl court abuse its discretion by failing to comply withthe consttution which guarartee me due process of law which compel the rebuttal of…
22-996 Tawanda Hall, et al. v. Andrew Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied civil-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-punishment constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause property-forfeiture takings tax-foreclosure Whether the forfeiture of property worth far more than needed to satisfy a debt plus interest, penalties, and costs is a fine within the meaning of th…
22-7218 Jaime Tomas-Antonio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7224 Trinidad Walter Encarnacion-Pascual v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied IFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7211 Marco Antonio Aguilar-Medina v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-procedure statute-of-limitations 1. Fa Mute Coot (ele o208R, eye Rdbowe 4 Ceedbeak of Aypeslabld,, 0a violebos Lf Rl lens etch dhol che PP PCESS ag hts, AS tleded J VE 1k Auucuewt, 4)…
22-7183 Manuel Camilo Ordonez-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied IFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7164 Paul A. Bernard v. Michigan Michigan 2023-03-30 Granted IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-impartiality judicial-review opposing-parties procedural-rules standing state-procedure substantive-rights Question not identified.
22-951 Jane Doe No. 1, et al. v. Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived abortion abortion-rights constitutional-law dobbs-precedent dobbs-v-jackson first-amendment free-exercise free-speech medical-protocols religious-beliefs Whether, following Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022), this Court's First Amendment precedents continue to apply to …
22-7147 Tanya Winters v. Timothy M. Wright, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Gila County, et al. Arizona 2023-03-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process property-rights standing takings Question not identified.
22-7128 James Cody McMahon v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-sex-offender civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-restrictions due-process first-amendment free-speech sex-offender-registration social-media Is Louisiana's statute that prohibits child-sex-offender registrants from using social media meaningfully distinguishable from the North Carolina stat…
22-7131 Deandre D. Currington v. Mason Bynum, Sheriff, Dale County, Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified.
22-7114 Miguel Ortiz-Castillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-27 Denied IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-932 North Carolina Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Transportation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law first-amendment fourth-circuit free-speech government-speech license-plate public-forum specialty-license-plate state-law 1. Did the district court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals err in applying the "Government Speech" doctrine to limit the speech of private citizens…
22-7066 Bonnie Pfluger v. Wendy Nicholas, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Muncy, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-23 Denied IFP bill-of-attainder constitutional-law constitutional-restriction criminal-law due-process firearm-possession parole parole-violation statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE DEFENDANT CAN BE FOUND GUILTY FOR A PAROLE VIOLATION AND A CRIMINAL VIOLATION FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IF IT IS ILLEGAL TO TRAN…
22-7068 Joshua Anderson v. Mark Bolster Fourth Circuit 2023-03-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burns-v-wilson constitutional-law constitutional-review due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus military-courts standard-of-review writ-suspension Does the indistinct standard of review promulgated in Burns v. Wilson, 346 U.S. 137 (1953); with the confusion and diverse approaches taken in the low…
22-7073 In Re Gregory K. Clinton 2023-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts jurisdiction standing Question not identified.
22-7056 Alexander Cameron v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2023-03-21 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process false-evidence free-speech judicial-procedure standing supreme-court takings writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
22-915 United States v. Zackey Rahimi Fifth Circuit 2023-03-21 Judgment Issued Amici (69)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders, violates the Secon…
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…
22-894 Andrew Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer, et al. v. Marion Sinclair Sixth Circuit 2023-03-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law due-process equitable-title foreclosure municipal-government property-rights property-tax surplus-proceeds takings takings-clause tax-delinquency tax-foreclosure Whether foreclosing on a home for the nonpayment of taxes constitutes a violation of the federal Takings Clause whenever the home is worth more than t…
22-7003 Justin Melton v. Jared Perry, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied IFP child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights contempt due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-jurisdiction petition-for-writ Question not identified.
22-872 Evans Creek, LLC v. City of Reno, Nevada Ninth Circuit 2023-03-13 Denied Amici (1) constitutional-law constitutional-property due-process land-use-regulation penn-central penn-central-test property-rights regulatory-taking regulatory-takings takings takings-claim Whether a property owner states a valid takings claim by alleging that a regulation substantially deprives the owner of the right to use property, or …
22-874 Andrew Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer, et al. v. Tawanda Hall, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-03-13 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law due-process equitable-title foreclosure municipal-law property-rights surplus-proceeds takings takings-clause tax-delinquency tax-foreclosure Whether foreclosing on a home for the nonpayment of taxes constitutes a violation of the federal Takings Clause whenever the home is worth more than t…
22-6970 Jeffrey Kesten v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-enforcement mens-rea plea-agreement (1) Can a court enforce an appeal waiver from a plea agreement when the defendant was not informed of and did not plea to the proper mens rea element …
22-6916 Carlos Mejia-Quintanilla v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-waiver constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-claim plea-agreement plea-bargaining summary-enforcement L. The first question for this Court's review is whether courts can summarily enforce an appellate waiver to bar motions to vacate convictions that ar…
22-6944 Paige C. Sullivan, nka Paige C. Auer v. Jacob James Culwell Florida 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection custody custody-dispute de-facto-parenthood due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest parental-rights standing Whether a natural parent has a fundamental liberty interest, guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, in the care, custody, and management of her child…
22-6929 Forrest Thomas III v. Brandon M. Smith, Warden Fifth Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-disparity sex-offender-registration Whether a sex offender registry statute, when applied to predators convicted of rape without any sexual motivation to the offense, bears a reasonable …
22-839 Daniel Greer v. Connecticut Connecticut 2023-03-03 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence jury-instructions propensity propensity-evidence sex-crimes sexual-misconduct Is the Due Process Clause violated when a jury at a sex crimes trial is instructed that evidence of uncharged sexual misconduct "is admissible and may…
22-6905 Francisco Nunez Carrillo v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6913 In Re Robert B. Read, Jr. 2023-03-02 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto habeas-corpus rules-of-evidence sixth-amendment speedy-trial subject-matter-jurisdiction 1) Did the United States Constitution allow the trial court implied subject-matter jurisdiction to try Petitioner for the indicted Felony One Offense?…
22-6914 David B. Morgan v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation o Um c^com^r SS ^'ORiS'DVcvio^ UJ4U( ~bCb TASS T^>Uc Lftu) !iM \353- \<V?Gt Voe. :5u£vs"Eac .tio^s
22-6897 Ruben Hernandez-Correa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi certiorari constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-818 Yusufu Anyika v. Cecelia Francis-Anyika Pennsylvania 2023-02-28 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction The Lower Court incorrectly granted Judgment (Contempt of Court) in favor of the Plaintiff (Wife) where genuine issues of material fact exist which we…
22-6858 In Re Zumar H. Dubose 2023-02-24 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment jury-selection personal-jurisdiction sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-rights Question not identified.
22-6833 James Floyd v. Texas Texas 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidentiary-hearing goading mistrial trial-rights 1) Does a goading-style Double Jeopardy violation bar further retrial even where the trial court had granted a mistrial on anindependent ground? 2) I…
22-6816 Montray Lorenzo Cato v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
22-6823 Abraham Conde-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied IFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-777 William E. Henry v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived butterworth-precedent compelled-speech constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech grand-jury grand-jury-secrecy prior-restraint secrecy witness-testimony Nearly 33 years ago, this Court decided Butterworth v. Smith, 494 U.S. 624 (1990), holding that grand jury secrecy laws restricting a grand jury witne…
22-779 Jeffrey Wills Lusk, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Dorothy Jean Ross Lusk, Deceased v. Alsata Salimatu Lamin, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1985-3 civil-rights class-based-animus congressional-power conspiracy constitutional-law discrimination discriminatory-intent federal-jurisdiction state-action statutory-interpretation Should a conspiracy motivated by invidiously discrim inatory intent other than racial bias be actionable un der 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3), the possibility o…
22-782 Carol Pulliam v. University of Southern California California 2023-02-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-ethics recusal standing takings Do state court trial judges, court of appeal justices and supreme court justices "war against the (United States) Constitution" by denying state litig…
22-6805 Cornelius L. Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2023-02-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection precedent-analysis statutory-interpretation This Court should grant Certiorari to determine whether the Appellate Court's construction of a statute pursuant to People v. Rineland, 2015 Ill App (…
22-6775 Josue Anahun Marquez-Oseguera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP Batson-challenge constitutional-law equal-protection implicit-bias jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike race-discrimination race-neutral-reason Whether unstable work history automatically qualifies as a race-neutral reason for a peremptory strike in response to a Batson challenge.
22-6780 Anthony LeMarcus Larkins v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6744 Michael Lee Gordon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure sixth-circuit standing supreme-court Question not identified.
22-6754 In Re Walter Drummond 2023-02-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process standing Question not identified.
22-6755 Lecedric Prentice Harris v. Florida Florida 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-specific-justification constitutional-law constitutional-requirement courtroom-closure criminal-procedure judicial-discretion public-trial-clause split-of-authority statutory-interpretation Whether the state court correctly held — in conflict with holdings of this Court, the supreme courts of other states, and federal courts of appeal — t…
22-6739 Harry Franklin Phillips v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus intellectual-disability retroactivity 1. Whether the denial of a Certificate of Appealability (COA) on the denial of a motion that seeks to amend a habeas petition pending on appeal – whic…
22-748 Golden Glow Tanning Salon, Incorporated v. City of Columbus, Mississippi Fifth Circuit 2023-02-09 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law due-process economic-liberty fundamental-right individual-liberty lawful-occupation occupation strict-scrutiny Is the right to pursue a lawful occupation a fundamental right deeply rooted in this nation's history and traditions such that any infringement upon t…
22-6730 Pabeel Narvaez-Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-08 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres U. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-6715 Donnell Bledsoe v. Mark Zuckerberg, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech religious-freedom social-media standing statutory-interpretation surveillance Question not identified.
22-739 David Kagan, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain eviction physical-occupation physical-taking property-rights rent-control rent-stabilization takings tenant-protection Whether a law that bars termination of a tenancy, and compels the occupation of property by an unwanted tenant, amounts to a per se, physical taking, …
22-6708 Arturo Villalobos-Franco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6650 Antonio Rooks-Byrd, aka Abdur-Rashid Muhammad v. Court of Appeals of Nebraska Nebraska 2023-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure jurisdiction standing state-appellate-court 1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a state appellate court from adjudicating an application or motion in …
22-6637 Roberto Francisco-Francisco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6620 Alex Adams v. Sergeant Beusch, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law costs due-process fees judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6603 Miguel Angel Valencia-Sandoval v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-interpretation sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
22-6607 Billy Joe Wolfe, Jr. v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa congress-power congressional-power constitutional-law due-process federal-courts indian-affairs subject-matter-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation treaty-rights (1) Whether the time of filing limitations of Antiterrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) were intended by Congress to prevent consideration of …
22-6583 Keith Melillo v. City and County of Rice, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied IFP arrest-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest law-enforcement standing the right to sue all of them defendants for violatin of my civil rights and discrimination cell me the N word and hit me my rights under ADA I am disa…
22-6590 In Re Harry Sharod James 2023-01-20 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law district-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge mandamus procedural-standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction ti?eViWr VS Secure, g- «*»ar»d*"v« , ^ order +We ' lWrTCD>«e5 'JCou<^T Of K??eftL3 Foft-TOC VoufTK ClMuxT , G^d UNITED STATES teSWTCT CouTiT Tof Twe …
22-6573 Delamon A. Marshall v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause constitutional-law domestic-violence firearm-possession statutory-interpretation violent-felony 1. Does a prior conviction for domestic violence under Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2919.25(A) qualify as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal …
22-6576 Phillip Tarver v. Keisha Fisher, Administrator, South Woods State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment trial-by-jury UNDER THE FIFTH, SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS WAS THE PETITIONER DEPRIVED OF HIS DUE PROCESS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY AND HIS RIGHT NOT TO BE PUT IN …
22-668 Nachaiya Kama v. Memorial Hermann Health Systems, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-law legal-standard sexual-harassment standing workplace-discrimination 1. Should any law repugnant to the U.S. Constitution (the Supreme law of this land) prevail? 2. Has this Court ever extended liability to individual …
22-662 Ramon K. Jusino v. Federation of Catholic Teachers, Inc. Second Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied 1st-amendment church-schools civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech labor-organizations labor-relations religion-clauses standing Whether the Second Circuit contravened the Four teenth Amendment Equal Protection clause by hold ing that - because of potential First Amendment Re …
22-6547 Kashai Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2023-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process illinois-supreme-court judicial-discretion jury-instructions jury-selection legal-principles plain-error trial-court wainwright-v-witt 1) Illinois Supreme Court Rule 451 requires the West court and accepts' certain principles which are at the heart of certain oral accepts' certain pri…
22-6529 Warren Havens v. Arnold Leong, et al. Delaware 2023-01-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bankruptcy commerce-clause compact-clause constitutional-law contract-clause corporate-dissolution interstate-commerce standing state-court-jurisdiction The nation is conceived and operated by State-chartered legal entities ("corporations" for short), some for profit and some for charitable purposes. N…
22-6532 Alfred E. Caraffa, aka Alfred Erik Caraffa v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-rules habeas-corpus state-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction 1) A writ corpus (ANKJC^^^u.'^or^CiUcA <d?.\<vy£ck ^ "{"cd -H/i<2L 'Ou.c ^CiCtSS Uo*.Ki a.»*H Ccju^I Le&<> O5? 4^ rZH"^ 4 /^AitrslC^ A\C.N]\ Ci-^r 4W_…
22-6533 Dustin Naida v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process gun-control public-safety A. THE ADDUCED AT TRIAL WAS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTION FOR RECIEPT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNGRAPHY IN VIOLATION OF 18 U.S. §…
22-6516 Abraham A. Augustin v. Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Tennessee 2023-01-11 Denied IFP civil-forfeiture constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment procedural-protections property-rights takings united-states-constitution I. WHETHER THE FORFEITURE OF AUGUSTIN'S PROPERTY COMPORTED WITH THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION? …
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.
22-6450 Dedrevionus C. Williams v. Florida Florida 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-fact-finding jury-trial preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Does Florida's Statute §775.082(9) Prison Releasee Reoffender sentence violate a defendant's U.S. Constitutional rights per this Court's holdings i…
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…
22-589 Daryl Holloway v. City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-12-27 Denied circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification identification-procedure law-enforcement lineup qualified-immunity 1. Whether the Court should address ambiguity among the circuits on whether an unduly suggestive identification procedure violated the Due Process Cla…
22-582 United States v. Jose Felipe Hernandez-Calvillo, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-12-22 GVR Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-prohibition first-amendment free-speech immigration immigration-law overbreadth-doctrine statutory-interpretation Whether the federal criminal prohibition against conspiring to encourage or induce unlawful immigration, in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) an…
22-6374 Damian Perry v. United States First Circuit 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process first-circuit same-offense sentencing-enhancement successive-punishments Has the First Circuit impermissibly narrowed the application of Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution therefore removing any practi…
22-6365 Ronald E. Cook v. Tom Watson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied IFP appeals constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence-exclusion fair-trial jurisdiction right-to-present-defense Question not identified.
22-6357 Clifton Raye v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Was Petitioner's rights under 6th Amendment to the United States Constitution violated when trial counsel was ineffective? Did the State and Federal …
22-558 Pedro Lance Soto v. Texas Texas 2022-12-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process electronic-communication first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine 1. Is a law that criminalizes expressive speech immunized from First Amendment scrutiny if it also criminalizes non-expressive conduct? 2. Is a law t…
22-6322 Jaame Amun Re El v. FNU Melanson, et al. First Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech inmate-rights prison-regulations special-mail standing statutory-law 0. Is the constitution the law of the land? 1. According to the law, does "category distinction ", evidence it improper for the Robert Hazlewood, or …
22-6327 Anthony Naquan West v. Texas Texas 2022-12-16 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-review conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus state-court state-courts Has the State Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas adjudication to dismiss petitioner's writ of Habeas Corpus contrary to or involve an unreasonable app…
22-6309 Uriel Mora-Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-jurisdiction constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6312 Kristian Jones v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment hotel-guest hotel-guest-rights privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure standing This case involves an important issue in which there is a split of authority in the lower courts regarding whether there is a reasonable expectation o…
22-547 Randall E. Rollins v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law executive-action federal-jurisdiction immigration immigration-policy judicial-review national-security separation-of-powers treason 1. Did the court below err in not considering the overriding emergency issue that the United States of America is currently being invaded by illegal…
22-6287 Ashley Y. (Yoo Hyang) Kim v. Public Schools of Brookline, et al. First Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process employment fourth-amendment legal-representation privacy-rights school-search student-surveillance termination I, Ashley Y. (Y Hyang) KIM, the Pro Se Petitioner, never have been informed numerous times, it is the right route, when nobody at Brookline HIGH SCHOO…
22-6256 Robert Gospodareck v. Alabama Alabama 2022-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP alabama-law assisted-suicide constitutional-law criminal-law murder-for-hire retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation I. When Alabama first enacted Assisted Suicide legislation in 2017 which specifically provided that it amended existing law and also created a new cri…
22-6234 Rex Gainey v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-law covid-19 covid-19-impact district-court-discretion habeas-corpus prison-law-library pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Should district courts adopt an approach that allows for the holistic consideration of all the circumstances accompanying a petitioner's late filing w…
22-6247 Denis Amilcar Munguia-Portales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial legal-challenge precedent sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6228 Giovanny Sanchez-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure immigration-law indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) was wrongly decided, allowing for the provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (2) deal…
22-6218 Carlos Brito-Brito v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
22-521 Jack Pidgeon, et al. v. Sylvester Turner, Mayor of the City of Houston, Texas, et al. Texas 2022-12-05 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection family-code fourteenth-amendment marriage-recognition same-sex-marriage texas-constitution 1. Whether Texas Constitution article I, § 32 prohibiting the state or political subdivision of the state from creating or recognizing any legal statu…
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…
22-6207 Anika George v. Shelbie Smith, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance Question not identified.
22-6188 Marlon Jermaine Johnson v. Bo Thorpe, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-procedure judicial-review legal-precedent retaliation statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6191 John L. Lotter v. Nebraska Nebraska 2022-12-01 Denied IFP atkins-v-virginia capital-punishment collateral-review constitutional-law eighth-amendment hall-v-florida intellectual-disability moore-v-texas retroactivity substantive-rules Did Hall and Moore I announce new substantive rules of federal constitutional law that apply retroactively to cases on collateral review?
22-504 Peter Paul Mitrano v. Marcia Mitrano, et al. Virginia 2022-11-30 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction Question not identified.
22-6178 Jason Baxter v. Joseph E. Bradley Second Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-regulations jurisdictional-dispute notice rules standing state-rights supreme-court-review (1) Why Was Petitioner Denied Due Process of Law of The Fourteenth Amendment? (2) Why Was Respondent Allowed To Rescind Certain Contested Documents W…
22-6182 Stacy L. Conner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion liberty-interest procedural-fairness standing statutory-interpretation 1.) An important Question in the Administration of Justice, which has the potential to effect a large number of american citizens, is: "Does the U.S. …
22-6164 Calvin Gary Walker v. Texas Texas 2022-11-29 Denied IFP constitutional-law double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment judgment restitution sentencing 1. Does the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause bar a restitution order entered ninety-nine days after Petitioner's sentence began and after entr…
22-6168 Jose Santos Perez-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-precedent legal-review precedent-overturning recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
22-493 Erica Bojicic, dba Evolve Dance Company, LLC, et al. v. Richard Michael DeWine, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Governor of Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-11-23 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law due-process emergency-powers eminent-domain fifth-amendment government-action necessity police-power property-rights regulatory-takings takings takings-clause Is the government required to prove with evidence that its action taken during an emergency which intrudes on private property rights was a necessity …
22-6115 Danny Fabricant v. Federal Election Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii-standing campaign-finance constitutional-law constitutional-qualifications declaratory-judgment equal-protection federal-election-campaign-act federal-election-commission prisoner-litigation standing statutory-interpretation 1. Does 52 U.S.C. § 30101's REQUIREMENT, that potential candidates for the House of Representatives report (either) the receipt of more that $5,000 in…
22-476 Fraternal Order of Police, Metropolitan Police Department Labor Committee, D.C. Police Union v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-18 Denied Response Waived civil-rights collective-bargaining constitutional-law contract-clause due-process impairment-of-contract police police-discipline takings The Contract Clause of the United States Constitution prohibits any State, including the District of Columbia, from passing a law that substantially i…
22-6098 Quartshezz Leonard Lewis v. Texas Texas 2022-11-18 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-error legal-review statutory-analysis Question not identified.
22-6062 Thomas Walter Gillen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-riot-act circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-appellate-courts first-amendment free-speech severability statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the difference of opinion between the Fourth Circuit and the Ninth Circuit as to the constitutionality of "organize" within the context of …
22-6075 Raheem Davis, aka Raheen Davis v. United States Second Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-data constitutional-law fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence privacy search-and-seizure Question not identified.
22-6078 James Wesley Scott v. Jacqueline Banks Fifth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-process mississippi post-conviction-relief speedy-trial supreme-court-review I. Should BArker v. Wing0's, 407 U.5.S14, 92 S.Ct. 2182.33L.EL.2d 101 (1972) FOur FACtOrS iN determing when An Accused Right to A Speedy triAl hAs bee…
22-454 Garey Webb v. U.S. Bank National Association, As Trustee for CRMSI REMIC Series 2006-03 REMIC Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-03 Oklahoma 2022-11-15 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure fourteenth-amendment fraud fraud-on-court property-rights Whether the Oklahoma Supreme Court violated the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution by failing to address clear evidence of fraud…
22-448 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al. v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-11-14 Judgment Issued Amici (30)Relisted (2) administrative-law appropriations-clause cfpb-funding constitutional-law consumer-financial-protection-bureau judicial-review separation-of-powers statutory-funding statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the statute providing funding to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 12 U.S.C. 5497, v…
22-6045 Douglas Cornell Jackson v. Kristopher Taskila, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus prisoner-rights I. CONSIDERING A PRISONER'S RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM WRONGFUL RESTRAINTS UPON THEIR LIBERTY, DOES 28 U.S.C. § 2254 PROVIDE WHILE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEALS…
22-6048 Martin Robinson v. Tom Schweitzer, Warden Ohio 2022-11-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-precedent lower-court-decision property-rights standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6040 William H. Wyttenbach v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP article-iii-court civil-procedure conclusions-of-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process findings-of-fact fourth-circuit-court jurisdiction rule-of-law Question: Has the Fourth Circuit Appellate Court and the lower court violated all three foundational corner stones of Rule of Law; Jurisdiction, Fin…
22-6015 Jeffrey G. Hutchinson v. Florida Florida 2022-11-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process florida-jurisprudence florida-supreme-court giglio-precedent giglio-v-united-states pleading-requirements pleading-standards procedural-specificity supreme-court-review Whether the Florida Supreme Court contravened Giglio v. United States and procedural due process by requiring heightened specificity in pleading?
22-5981 Jose Refugio Nieto-Uribe v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled.
22-5987 Anessa R. Fierro and Willie T. Johnson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process federal-arson-statute lopez-precedent standing statutory-interpretation takings Is the federal arson statute, 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), unconstitutional?
22-5989 Michael Edward Bowman v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process jury-trial ninth-circuit religious-freedom-restoration-act tax-return Did the Ninth Circuit impermissibly ignore the express language of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and deny Mr. Bowman his right to a jury trial…
22-412 Roy Harness, et al. v. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State Fifth Circuit 2022-11-02 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (17) civil-rights constitutional-law en-banc-review equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legislative-intent racial-discrimination voting-rights Whether any amendment to a law originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose, no matter how minor the amendment and no matte…
22-413 Robert M. Atwell v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-11-02 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto public-school school-premises-restriction sex-offender-registration tennessee-law 1. Was the Petitioner's arrest and conviction under the TSORA a violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. CONST., art. 1, sec. 10, cl. 1?
22-415 Mark Elliott Stuart v. Arizona Arizona 2022-11-02 Denied Response Waived civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech municipal-code statutory-interpretation vagueness (1) Whether Scottsdale Revised Code 19-13 is overbroad and violates the First Amendment? (2) Whether Scottsdale Revised Code 19-13 is unconstitutiona…
22-5936 Demetrius Troy Bradley v. Michigan Michigan 2022-10-31 Denied IFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-trial-rights sentencing sentencing-discretion sixth-amendment 1. Do the jury-trial and due process guarantees of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit judges from considering, at sentencing in a criminal c…
22-5948 Brett W. Cormier v. Florida Florida 2022-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law contract-clause contract-impairment contracts-clause criminal-law due-process grand-theft impairment-of-contracts state-action state-prosecution DID THE STATE OF FLORIDA VIOLATE ART. I, SECT. 10 OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WHEN IT IMPAIRED THE OBLIGATION OF PETITIONER'S CONTRACTS BY CHARG…
22-5942 David G. Wiggins v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-murder fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation As reasonable jurors would have disagreed that the Felony Murder Statute as applied to this Petitioner is unconstitutional, denying this Petitioner hi…
22-5924 Carl Jones v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2022-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standard legal-sufficiency self-defense standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence I. Does the well-settled standard and scope of review governing sufficiency-of-the-evidence claims - a standard and scope of constitutional dimension …
22-391 Shahrouz Jahanshahi v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. California 2022-10-26 Denied Response Waived anti-SLAPP anti-slapp-statute appellate-procedure appellate-review case-transfer civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process ghostwriting judicial-procedure standing (1) Does California anti-SALPP statute Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16 protect illegal, unlawful activity? (2) Can an Independent Calendar (IC) judg…
22-5912 William Gonzalez-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-379 Arkansas Times LP v. Mark Waldrip, as Trustee of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) boycott boycott-speech civil-rights constitutional-law content-discrimination first-amendment free-speech government-contractors viewpoint-discrimination Is a state law requiring government contractors to certify that they are not participating in, and will not participate in, boycotts of Israel or Isra…
22-5889 Michael Paul Jessup v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing parole-abolition sentencing When a state abolishes its parole system, does it create a mandatory life-without-parole sentence that, when imposed on a juvenile homicide offender, …
22-5890 Ronald William Brooks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief section-2255 Whether the boilerplate waiver of Petitioner's appellate and post-conviction rights contained within his plea agreement bars his claim under 28 U.S.C.…
22-5881 Trencie V. Oliver v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2022-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process eighth-amendment proportionality sentencing Whether Trencie Oliver's sentence imposed as to his offenses is disproportionate to the offense and violates due process or the Eighth Amendment of th…
22-5868 Chad Alan Cappiello v. Texas Texas 2022-10-19 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling standing state-court statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified.
22-5839 Daniel Mason v. Colorado Colorado 2022-10-14 Denied IFP batson-challenge constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination Whether the Colorado Supreme erred in finding no Equal Protection violation when the prosecution impermissibly used race as a reason for the peremptor…
22-5843 Clifton William Batts v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2022-10-14 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-protections criminal-sentencing custody-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law habeas-corpus post-conviction standing state-procedure n/mWA' s We \\me\h foe Orcieto^9\ oV^ ok\ Z% VjSiC, ZZ5^ viaVof Kcv\D |2JpiS Cor^^S f lf3v>^ c\eo^vhi-a^ WsSicyvKs^ "Yo YncvWkSONi AJiqW^ oW ©2 STOPS'…
22-341 Nebraska, ex rel. Timothy L. Ashford, P.C. L.L.O., et al. v. Donald Kleine, et al. Nebraska 2022-10-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-U.S.C.-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-law due-process prosecutorial-recusal racial-discrimination standing Whether the Nebraska Supreme Court has decided an important question of constitutional law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court whi…
22-5821 Felipe Noriega, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure seizure traffic-stop 1. Whether the Fourth Amendment allows a police officer to extend a concluded traffic stop based on minimal, if any, suspicious factors. 2. Whether t…
22-5778 William Paul Burch v. America's Servicing Company, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-10-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bias civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal property-rights recusal sanctions If a judge continuously refuses to recuse himself following an extreme amount of verifiable bias should another judge in a close, but separate divisio…
22-5780 James F. Snyder v. Washington Washington 2022-10-06 Denied IFP ada civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure disability-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standing sentencing Question not identified.
22-5769 Donovan Lemont Bookman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
22-5737 Sharla Jenkins v. Helen Forbes Fields, as Administrator of the Estate of Elase Jenkins Ohio 2022-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection free-speech standing APPENDIX C: Why did it take Sr. Magistrate Richard L. Gedeon over 6 months to remove Shera Jenkins as executrix of the Estate and she was not preformi…
22-5697 Robert Capelli v. United States Second Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment private-plane search search-and-seizure vehicle-exception warrant-requirement Whether the vehicle exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement applies to the search of a private plane.
22-269 Dawn Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied Response Waived appointments-clause article-ii civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law federal-courts federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-decision judicial-review separation-of-powers Is the application of Fed. R. App P. 2, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case at hand Unconstitutional and violates …
22-5645 John Gay v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified.
22-5612 Luis F. Gomez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment administrative-law constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct reversal statutory-interpretation witness-credibility Does improper vouching by a prosecutor to the jury rise to a level of reversal in accordance with the 5th Amendment and unduly prejudice the defendant…
22-5614 Michael Lee Gordon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-review legal-procedure lower-court-decision retroactive-application standing statutory-interpretation /'/vc. -f ^ ~fke.g-r or no+ /W ?Ol*S Cc^^iS&y\iS y\cA t'JjrcA V-te, jl^i-kera )IK use Aci '!?o fC )ftri"fr cc\\\or\ (V-vlew / CoOr\-Vro Gt£~Vt'W-93H …
22-5619 Deonte Lewis v. Ohio Ohio 2022-09-20 Denied IFP competency-challenge constitutional-law constitutional-right due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-presumption performance-competency strickland strickland-standard trial-strategy Whether the presumption of reasonable trial strategy that this Court articulated in Strickland created an irrebuttable bar to performance competency c…
22-5621 Cody Ray Leveke, aka Cody Meyer, aka Cody Ray Meyers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-communication criminal-law first-amendment free-speech jury-instruction statutory-interpretation subjective-intent true-threat Whether, to establish that a statement is a "true threat" unprotected by the First Amendment, the government must show that the speaker subjectively k…
22-5603 Faustino Sanchez-Lugo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5606 Jesus Guadalupe Amparano-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review legal-challenge sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5598 Ramiro Montoya-De La Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
22-247 Jacqueline Chui v. Benjamin Tze-Man Chui, et al. California 2022-09-15 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection guardian-ad-litem minor minor-rights 1. Does the California guardian ad litem procedure which prevents challenge, deprive a 17year-old minor of her due process rights under the 14th Amend…
22-5551 Jose Carmen Barajas-Salvador v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-212 Jonathan Savas, et al. v. California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) associational-rights compelled-speech constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech janus-v-afscme labor-rights speech-rights union-membership waiver The Court in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31 held it violates the First Amendment for a state and union to compel employees to subsidize union speech. 138…
22-5511 Edmundo Portillo-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5499 Scott James Repella v. Luzerne County Children and Youth Services, et al. Third Circuit 2022-09-02 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process judicial-review legal-error procedural-challenge standard-of-review standing 1. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERROR IN DENYING THE COA AND NOT TAKING INTO THE COUNT THE COMPLEXITY AND SEVERITY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATION?…
22-5505 Elec Elmer Cusick v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-09-02 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure habeas-corpus indian-law mcgirt-ruling post-conviction-relief retroactive-application retroactivity subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), is a Substantive ruling or a Procedural ruling.
22-5480 Manuel Ralios-Chajal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?
22-5459 Jose Socorro Gonzalez-Ruiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled.
22-5445 Ereby Lujan-Madrid v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5448 Roger C. Cassidy v. Florida Florida 2022-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-defendant due-process equal-protection judicial-fact-finding judicial-review mandatory-sentencing preponderance-of-evidence prior-conviction sentencing-exposure standing Question 1: May a state legislature require a state court to increase a criminal defendant's sentencing exposure based on judicial fact-finding by pre…
22-5443 Robert L. Davis v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burglary-conviction civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure DNA-database due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus retroactive-laws standing statutory-interpretation Reason For Question #1 There exist a ConFliat Among United States Circuit Counts On Whether the Immenent Danger oF 28 U.S.C. 3 1915(g) aPPly to at the…
22-166 Geraldine Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-08-23 Judgment Issued Amici (44)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-forfeiture constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine excessive-fines government-forfeiture property-rights takings-clause tax-debt Hennepin County confiscated 93-year-old Geraldine Tyler's former home as payment for approximately $15,000 in property taxes, penalties, interest, and…
22-168 Ryan James Deroo v. Illinois Illinois 2022-08-23 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law due-process evidence evidence-rule ex-post-facto hearsay hearsay-exception medical-records retroactive-modification state-rule Whether a retroactive modification of a state rule of evidence allowing certain medical records to be admitted as admissible hearsay which was previou…
22-5402 Ronnie Jones v. Deanna Brookhart, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-error sentencing standing Question not identified.
22-5405 Perry Sawano v. Colorado Colorado 2022-08-19 Denied IFP 8th-amendment aggregate-sentence constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment proportionality-analysis proportionality-review sentencing sentencing-review 1) Does the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment require that a sentencing court…
22-5409 Jamal A. Bowman v. Michigan Michigan 2022-08-19 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment property-rights takings WHETHER THE STATE COURT OF MICHIGAN GAVE DUE RECOGNITION TO PETITIONER'S FEDERAL CLAIM AFTER A JURY FOUND PETITIONER ACTUAL INNOCENT
22-154 Siyu Yang, et al. v. Eastman School of Music, et al. Second Circuit 2022-08-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing 1. This case naturally has federal law issues. First of all, it is necessary to examine whether the remarks of the petitioner SIYU YANG (abbreviation:…
22-5375 Nathaniel Waugh v. A. Ralph, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-principles court-procedure due-process evidence-application judicial-review legal-standards miscarriage-of-justice standing Court proceeded (l auordt^ -}o Justice" Or deprived p^frfioner o-f0) whiMitr lower '■S^Ws-farrtW rights? CX) k ^editr Congress J * ^ o4^ [auf Conducte…
22-5377 Malik Breyon Hollis v. Matthew Magnusson, Warden First Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-composition jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination Whether peremptory challenges of racial minorities during jury selection in criminal trials should be subjected to a heightened judicial inquiry of st…
22-146 Tracy Smith v. Georgia Georgia 2022-08-16 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether it is a violation of the Sixth Amendment for trial counsel to fail to object to a jury instruction that sanctioned a non-unanimous verdict.
22-135 Heather Kokesch Del Castillo v. Joseph A. Ladapo, Secretary, Florida Department of Health Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech government-regulation occupational-licensing occupational-regulation professional-speech speech-restriction Whether a government prohibition on communicating a message is exempt from First Amendment scrutiny simply because that prohibition flows from a statu…
22-5349 Leopoldo Pacheco-Apodaca v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5353 Ricardo Salazar-Munoz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5344 In Re Eric McCray 2022-08-11 Denied IFP administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law executive-authority separation-of-powers take-care-clause Whether this Court should use its Power to Grant Writ of Habeas Corpus to a Moorish-American Sovereign Man Who has no other available forum to raise h…
22-5315 Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Texas Texas 2022-08-09 Denied IFP burden-of-proof censorship clear-and-present-danger constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech government-regulation statutory-vagueness -QuESTID nI I.) CoMsfifuTlO/vlAL IavJ To-\a1 it SfftTi/tfeS,, ElRST AM0\lDM0\tT AMD STATUTORY V/AfcUENlESS : Because ; First fcMDMQvT freedoms meed Me…
22-5322 Pernell Swahili El v. San Diego Unified School District Ninth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing Whether the district court was required, under Fed R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) to ". ...construe the complaint in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, acc…
22-5243 Grover D. Cannon v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus constitutional-law criminal-procedure defense-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana mens-rea right-to-autonomy self-defense sixth-amendment Did Louisiana's courts violate Grover D. Cannon's Sixth Amendment rights recognized in McCoy by allowing Mr. Cannon's defense counsel over Mr. Cannon'…
22-5224 In Re Alfred Lane-Bey 2022-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus human-rights jurisdictional-challenge moorish-american native-american-rights sovereign-citizen sovereign-immunity standing 1. Should this Court use its power to grant Writ of Habeas Corpus to a MOOR American SOVEREIGN MAN who was not on international laws jurisdiction and …
22-81 Nathaniel Lambert v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-07-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process griffith-standard jury-unanimity prejudice rehabilitation sentencing-delay 1. Respondent and Louisiana courts delayed eighteen years before sentencing petitioner on two criminal convictions. It is undisputed this delay preven…
22-5181 Edward Avila v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing Ku,tc^ I Y]Cff~ hc><s£~' $ l/&( i-e^J b>y V+'t&J S-teJe-5 y ^7 j ih fh& V^A^of ju4 f f c>*f&>5oCf J},' C^'Cr /P^9h A£m ?
22-5176 John Thomas Vine, II v. Martin Frink, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation Why is the Petitioner's charge of Ineffective Counsel against Attorney Newton Holiday not being addressed by any of the (lower) courts? When will com…
22-5166 In Re DeVinche Javon AlBritton 2022-07-22 Denied IFP appeals constitutional-law due-process federal-appeals federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review mandamus procedural-standard standing (1) Should the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit evaluating a 28 U.S.C. § 2244 Motion for authorization to file a Second or Succes…
22-5151 James Tyrell Drane v. Michigan Michigan 2022-07-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fourteenth-amendment retroactive-law statute-of-limitations THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS HELD.THAT A STATE LAW'S REVIVAL OF AN EXPIRED LIMITATION PERIOD UNDER ITS STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS VIOLATES THE EX POST FACT…
22-57 Dean Allen Steeves, Acting Trustee of Brother's Keeper Ministries v. Internal Revenue Service Ninth Circuit 2022-07-21 Denied Response Waived church-organization constitutional-law constitutional-mandate integrated-auxiliary iRS-subpoena jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge non-organization-private-church procedural-error subpoena substantive-law Whether both the U.S. District and U.S. Appellate Court usurped jurisdiction not given and declined to exercise jurisdiction given by denying Petition…
22-5119 Christopher Paul Hasson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-defendant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process facial-challenge statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether, to prevail on a facial void-for-vagueness challenge, a criminal defendant must show that the statute under which he is prosecuted is vague as…
22-5073 Leroy McGill v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-12 Denied IFP arizona constitutional-law criminal-punishment criminal-sentencing death-penalty ex-post-facto ninth-circuit retroactive-increase retroactive-law The Ex Post Facto Clause prohibits retroactive increases in criminal punishment. When Mr. McGill committed the crime for which he was convicted, Arizo…
22-5003 Ernesto Villalobos-Marquez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5004 Eduardo Pena-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8272 Robert Edward Guerra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
21-8273 Jesus Fernando Fierro-Renteria v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-8227 Jose Fernando Ochoa-Fabian v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8210 Ralph William Lee, III v. Maryland Maryland 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights confidential-documents constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment right-to-counsel unreasonable-seizure waiver warrantless-search \o^€r Cc^r-V violate f^ixU clM Ap$d\c^A4 o^iisVh^ion^\ rUjh% U| ^ccA'incj +<7 tAiwrc 4KaA He ftnou/.A^Wj cuuk voWA^'A^ uxuued. hi-b C .5K4 4t? C-oan^…
21-8189 Serge Francois v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law ex-post-facto fraud managed-care network-application pharmacist-fraud pharmacy utilization-review Whether this Court should exercise its supervisory power over the Courts of the United States where the Eleventh Circuit reversibly erred in affirming…
21-8149 Jesus Rodriguez-Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit overruling-precedent rodriguez-castro statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8158 Larry Jose Torrez-Gutierrez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8159 Danny Leon Lynch, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
21-8163 Benjamin Perez-Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent legal-procedure sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-1565 State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees, et al. v. I. Beverly Lake, et al. North Carolina 2022-06-15 Denied civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law contracts-clause due-process employee-rights government-benefits government-employees legislative-reservation statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation When a state legislature expressly reserves the right to amend a statute providing benefits to government employees, does that reservation bar a claim…
21-8134 Jacquere Doran v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-procedure waiver Whether the District Court Erred in Ruling that Petitioner Waived an Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim Based on a Fourth Amendment Violation?
21-8121 Leila Varetta Hector, aka Leila Varretta Hector, aka Leila Varetta Hector-Dykes, aka Rita Hector v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-853 circuit-court-decision constitutional-law criminal-forfeiture forfeiture forfeiture-award honeycutt-precedent honeycutt-v-united-states joint-and-several-liability statutory-interpretation Whether the imposition of joint and several liability on a forfeiture award under 21 U.S.C. § 853(a) violates the Court's holding in Honeycutt v. Unit…
21-8097 Thomas Randall Ainsworth v. Robert Powell, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-laws due-process equal-protection sentencing statutory-interpretation utah WHETHER THE TENTH CIRCUIT'S CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY (COA) ANALYSIS CONFLICTS WITH THE FIFTH CIRCUIT'S COA ANALYSIS. WHETHER THE DIFFERING PENALT…
21-8102 Rodrigo Jimenez-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8074 Juan Jesus Barrieta-Barrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment parole sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
21-8058 Alejandro Pascual-Miguel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review legal-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8050 Brad Allen Dunn v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection first-amendment public-university religious-freedom standing student-organization takings viewpoint-discrimination l~ OA ~fh $U\ ter /V of ^CoJ, rjUd fL ^44^ fijh&A Ontn^od fUr? i&i uoA/^ facvYtfhJ 6s~cA fiy-^ oiUr Short) ^sfM f^br 6dr<;fJ(>s&/jb/\ e JU IW Jk T+k …
21-8052 Rene Sanchez-Quintero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-1489 Andrew Ioannidis v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2022-05-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-remedy due-process election-law electoral-count-act first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech mootness standing state-law-preemption Whether there is any remedy for violation(s) of the First and Fourteenth Amendment(s) to the United States Constitution. Whether Pennsylvania Law sup…
21-7980 Perry Singo v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-independence political-influence political-interference separation-of-powers state-constitution ARE THE ATTACKS ON THE JUDICIARY AND THE EFFORTS OF POLITICIANS TO CHANGE THE JUDICIARY SO IT WILL DO THINGS THE POLITICIANS WANT IT TO DO DENYING …
21-7974 Omero Rojas-Leal, aka Belarmino Lopez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7960 Jesus Antonio Montoya-Balderrama v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres-precedent certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-1468 Erickson Meko Campbell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-discretion party-presentation sineneng-smith standing sua-sponte Whether a court of appeals violates the principle of party presentation announced in United States v. Sineneng-Smith, 140 S. Ct. 1575 (2020), by sua s…
21-7935 Jason K. Feister v. Florida Florida 2022-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law district-court due-process judicial-review legal-order petitioner-rights separation-of-powers THE ISSUE BEING PRESENTED IS WHETHER THE SECOND DISTRICT'S ORDER VIOLATES THE PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS.
21-7915 Amado Rodriguez-Navarrete v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit precedent-review recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-1464 Emond S. Gulley v. Kansas Kansas 2022-05-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-discretion term-of-years-sentence In Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), the Court held that the Eighth Amendment bars the mandatory imposition of life in prison without parole for…
21-7905 Marc Anthony Sanders v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-05-18 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto jurisdictional-conflict non-retroactivity oklahoma-court state-court-decisions subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court tenth-circuit I. UkdrKw ^iako^aCcartoftrUUal Appeals useof a mud W-rdr 0CLCik^ kfiUnus -Sub^ecf^affar jafisdhftoa dal mis UvalfJ &£ d-A Lx tost Facto Mklatka © P …
21-7910 Kendrick Dwight Marshall v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
21-7880 Robert Andrew Riley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction 1. Because child pornography is not one of the federal crimes enumerated by the constitution, the trial court erred by failing to declare unconstituti…
21-7863 Jaques Fearence v. Brenda M. Cash, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-7849 Mark Stinson v. John P. Yates, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-05-12 Denied IFP 5th-amendment administrative-segregation confinement-standards constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment inmate-rights prison-administration 1. What limits the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment places on the authority of prison administrators to remove inmates from the general priso…
21-7846 Jose L. Arroyo-Garcia v. Ohio Ohio 2022-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure discrimination due-process equal-protection exceptions indictment-amendment legal-discrimination state-court state-courts Does the Due Process Clause tolerate invidious discrimination by way of a state court's denial of a well-established exception to the rule? Is notice…
21-7831 Gerry Ranson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2022-05-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-1429 Zhang Jingrong, et al. v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied Amici (4) civil-rights constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech legislative-history place-of-worship religious-discrimination religious-freedom statutory-interpretation Whether the statutory text and First Amendment permit FACEA's protections from violence at a "place of religious worship" to apply only to places reli…
21-7813 Hector Cervantes-Resendiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit precedent-review sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7791 Aaron Ramirez-Almader v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure judicial-review legal-precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7773 Eric Middlebrook v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentences constitutional-challenge constitutional-law double-jeopardy drug-crimes drug-offense guideline-range mandatory-consecutive-term mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines 1. Does punishing an individual with both a statutory penalty that requires a mandatory consecutive prison term and a Guideline Range enhancement for…
21-7781 Jorge Palacios v. Kevin Smith Ninth Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-assistance legal-procedure medical-care standing statutory-interpretation takings to support my argument? why he th rost lout dened to methe ettorney ssistene? was legal my ssstive devise contisration by respondent despite my comple…
21-7792 John Joseph Dedeaux v. Marc McClure, Superintendent, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Fifth Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-questions due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto jurisdiction retroactive-application statutory-interpretation vagueness whetheR the Application of M.C.A. 97-3-2 IAs Applred] eRentes A" Slgnificant Risk of prolonging The petitioneR's StAYin pRison. whetheR the RetroActi…
21-7776 Kelvin Wrenn v. Deborah Toney, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation WE The C CA Clict iTi Te t 4 i Baudi Ho? F ERREd iN OVERLOoKiNg ANd WheEthEr The Cincuit CouRt a. Misappeheridie Th Ro.S, adingAd ThEN dEpARtiNg FTeA…
21-1398 Nelson Daniel Centeno v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 2022-05-02 Denied acquittals constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure judicial-precedent non-unanimous-verdict puerto-rico puerto-rico-law ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment Does this Court's decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U.S. __, 140 S.Ct. 1390 (2020) bar Puerto Rico from continuing to authorize non-unanimous acquit…
21-1401 John Doe v. Colonel Gary T. Settle, Superintendent, Virginia Department of State Police Fourth Circuit 2022-05-02 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment punishment punishment-analysis sex-offender-registry smith-v-doe state-restrictions Whether a state sex offender registry that imposes restrictions on individuals beyond mere registration with state or local law enforcement constitute…
21-7744 Bralen Lamar Jordan v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-04-28 Denied IFP 18-usc-1915 civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction imminent-danger judicial-review standing three-strikes WhAT IS IMMINENT DANGER As TO THE EEMENT OF STAOTE GOING TO HAPPENOR SOMEtHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN? INJURY VIOLATON OF THE CAUSE TO WALLANT IMMINENT D…
21-7715 Lacy E. Lewis v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Is the Framework as Explained in Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362, 120 S.Ct. 1495, 146 L.Ed 2d 389 (2000), For Review For 28 USC 2254, applicable to t…
21-7721 Juan Francisco Cruz-Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7705 Nolan Woods v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judgment-of-acquittal judicial-remedy re-prosecution WILL THIS COURT CREATE A BRIGHT-LINE RULE DELINEATING THAT THE ONLY CURE FOR A DOUBLE JEOPARDY VIOLATION CAUSED BY DUAL CONVICTIONS OF THE SAME CRIME …
21-7707 Jerome Lamar Pitts v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process legal-remedy plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines 1) Whether a miscalculated Sentencing Guideline violates Due Process enough to count as a "sentence in violation of the Constitution or laws of the Un…
21-7669 Thomas Hoey, Jr. v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment legal-precedent sixth-amendment Does new precedent need to be set to protect the Fifth & Sixth Amendments, and the attorney-client privilege?
21-7639 Elizabeth Carley v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment search-and-seizure sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the 1) Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues, AND 2) Sixth Amendment effective assistance of counsel issues Herein were correctly interpr…
21-7641 Jose Diaz Perez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-seizure intoxication-statements search-warrant 1) Did the State of Texas and theU.S. District Court improperly hold that the trial court properly admitted into evidence a personal writing by the …
21-7622 Alejandro Medina-Rios v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7608 Rufus Lamar Savin Spearman v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-04-13 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing takings Question not identified.
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…
21-7593 David T. Young v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-04-12 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-treaty judicial-review state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty I) Did fkt SAA of dtWh feu/h-oiih A Mini mini ftjhh U)\nm fiy Pfeucabd ih drffiH Mc\ hafHend ^cirliJttC'han of ff\C Un.'fJ S-thhf, ^) Ls friiclt !j§…
21-7601 Eugene Kevin Pugh v. United States District of Columbia 2022-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
21-7602 Karyn Kelley v. Mary Feeney New Hampshire 2022-04-12 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment state-court supreme-court-review tribunal-judgment Whether The State of New Hampshire Supreme Court erred when affirming the tribunal court's judgment that violated the requirement for Due Process unde…
21-7571 Anton F. Liverpool v. Reggie Cleveland, et al. Second Circuit 2022-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process excessive-force habeas-corpus judicial-review qualified-immunity standing present an argument of genvine dispute ldissagrement to officer cleveland tl indicent exposure andy thecelore admitedly the delendent to havino knowla…
21-7537 Leonardo Gutierrez v. Texas Texas 2022-04-05 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process extraneous-evidence facial-challenge judicial-jurisdiction jury-trial penal-code ramos-v-louisiana ISSUE ONE: Texas Penal Code §21.02 is Whether, in light of Ramos v. Louisiana unconstitutional on its face? ISSUE TWO: Whether a trial court has jur…
21-7544 Erskine D. Salter v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review conflict constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit federal-question legal-procedure united-states-constitution DID THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DECIDE A FEDERAL QUESTION IN A WAY THAT CONFLICTS WITH THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUT…
21-7549 Ernesto Palacios-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure immigration-law indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) was wrongly decided, allowing for the provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (2) deal…
21-7527 Kieron Derek Penigar v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-04-01 Denied IFP 13th-amendment civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection healthcare-access interstate-travel reproductive-rights slavery state-restrictions states-rights V\M-*b "T A/v !£y(jYS . 7/V^ Z/^ Z^ aJcS / "7c? All^o^o 3 i/W £&^ Y J-A^ / fcC\ sTaT&^> \ JSo&^ ^TaT^S ^tCiriT ClOlU A^i-B^(\ To TTq d.s. G^rJ He&^uyt…
21-7503 Lucas Victorino-Tista v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7504 Michael Bruce Bynoe v. Nevada Nevada 2022-03-31 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-law district-court due-process equal-protection immunity-provision judicial-jurisdiction legal-review post-conviction racial-discrimination standing Why wasn't Exhibits B.1, B.d to stand as Jurisdiction? Order denying my motion asking for adjudication legal or illegal strategy App B.1 dealing with…
21-1311 Rinaldo Pierno v. Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC Second Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied Response Waived appellate-courts article-three circuit-court civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-power judicial-precedent non-precedential-decisions precedent In the year 2000, Judge Richard S. Arnold in the Eighth Circuit noticed something was not quite right in the United States federal appellate courts. A…
21-7470 Reggie Orlando Williams v. Texas Texas 2022-03-25 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment judicial-charging legal-procedure margin-of-error state-court state-prosecution \/OV\en '■WML o€ "Y&*aS -£<x\\eA 'V^ eAeoV vJVucIa cJaargin^ -Vrtvvsaoticn °f -VVml oCCW# -V4 ,v€_ V> W»\)£- Cen\i\<ot«A uaQ$J\ O^s AV\e. scvw-e- re_s…
21-7445 Juniel B. Rios v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure procedural-due-process sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-variance 1. Whether Constitutional Due Process requires that Irizarry v. United States, 553 U.S. 708 (2008) that limited the Notice requirement in Fed.R.Crim.P…
21-7427 William Gregory Snow v. Illinois Illinois 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence-rule excited-utterance hearsay hearsay-exception impeachment prior-consistent-statements witness-testimony Whether the Third District Appellate Court of Illinois' ruling unconstitutionally expanded the scope of the excited utterance exception to hearsay as …
21-7429 Damon Ramon Martinez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law auer-deference constitutional-law crime-of-violence judicial-interpretation seminole-rock seminole-rock-deference sentencing-guidelines Does the Sentencing Commission's commentary impermissibly expand the unambiguous definition of "crime of violence" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 to include atte…
21-7407 Janece Tisdel v. The Witness Protection Fifth Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction government-disability legal-jurisdiction mandamus standing state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction DQpS "ITE UfOITET> STATE'S COuPT of /VPTS /\NP THB STATE'S T l STRICT COURT tf/hJB SueJECT MaTTPR T U ft ISD (CT |OM? 51WCE A PSP. &oN PPPp^AT (^'VI…
21-1262 TitleMax of Delaware, Inc., dba TitleMax, et al. v. Richard Vague, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities Third Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) brick-and-mortar-stores conflict-with-scotus constitutional-law dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-regulation interstate-lending legal-jurisdiction lending-laws out-of-state-lenders state-borders Whether the dormant Commerce Clause prohibits Pennsylvania from extending its lending laws beyond its borders to loans that out-of-state lenders make …
21-7382 Adolfo Huerta v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-ii constitutional-law due-process inpatient-treatment judicial-authority non-delegation probation-officer supervised-release treatment-program Does a supervised release condition imposing "inpatient or outpatient" participation in a treatment program constitute an impermissible delegation of …
21-7355 Jon Charles Vance v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jury reasonable-doubt Whether the Petitioner Jon Charles Vance was denied his fundamental right under the Fifth Amendment to Due Process when the Jury failed to find him Gu…
21-1239 Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. v. Michelle Cochran Fifth Circuit 2022-03-11 Judgment Issued Amici (11)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-law-judge civil-procedure constitutional-challenge constitutional-law district-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction removal-provisions sec-administrative-proceeding securities-regulation separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to hear a suit in which the respondent in an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission administrati…
21-1230 Dakota Territory Tours, ACC v. Sedona-Oak Creek Airport Authority, Inc. Arizona 2022-03-10 Denied civil-actions civil-rights constitutional-law due-process incorporation jury-trial seventh-amendment state-courts Does the Seventh Amendment apply to state governments and protect the right to a jury trial in civil forcible-entry-and-detainer actions in state cour…
21-1232 Paul C. Nordberg v. The Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System First Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied 11th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process hans-v-louisiana judicial-interpretation legal-precedent sovereign-immunity standing state-immunity 1. Should the clear and unambiguous words of the 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution be the basis for judicial determinations relating to…
21-7302 Christian Peterson v. Kansas Kansas 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure jury-selection race-discrimination racial-discrimination Did the Kansas courts err in failing to recognize race discrimination under Batson.
21-7320 Devin Marques Carter v. Iowa Iowa 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard federal-rights irrational jury-verdict privileges-and-immunities reasonable-doubt I. DID THE STATE OF IOWA VIOLATE PETITIONER'S FEDERAL PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES AND DUE PROCESS RIGHTS WHEN IT UPHELD AN IRRATIONAL JURY VERDICT? II.…
21-7291 Bonifacio Eduardo Trujillo-Gutierrez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7298 Dennis Allen Conte, III v. Maryland Maryland 2022-03-07 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure standing Did the Lower courts Violate Mr. Conte's Constitutional Right, Mr. Conte's Fourth Amendment?
21-7279 Charlie Foster v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law detention due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-stop Consistent with the Fourth Amendment, may a law enforcement officer extend a traffic stop by asking for a driver's license and registration after the …
21-7244 Walter L. Merritte v. Illinois Illinois 2022-03-03 Denied IFP appeal constitutional-law criminal-information criminal-procedure due-process legal-procedure standing state-court trial-court Whether petitioner's due process rights were violated when the state trial court granted Respondent leave to file the criminal information?
21-7220 Jesse Kyle Skyberg v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction precedent-interpretation standing I. For more thn 180 pours this court hs held that the priv Juisicition o 4h0 cquistie ro discretionary; it is a mundatory limitation on a courts juris…
21-7222 Hugo Valencia Mendoza v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines vagueness-doctrine 1. Is the term "involved" under Section 2D1.1(b)(5) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Unconstitutional under the Vagueness Doctrine through t…
21-1186 Michelle Manor, et vir v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response Waived civil-rights coercive-interrogation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence immigration judicial-review marriage-fraud ninth-circuit unreliable-statements Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in finding that the Manors waived the issue that the trial court erred in relying upon unreliable statements made duri…
21-7204 Corey Louis Hines v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation takings Zb ir\or£rk ±) C z,r> ^TKe_ bnreziLJ Pri£or6, £j\fLL)rr\L!/ vdvA of ^ ''cdjm4 ofdrr ?u dr bb ZsUTLlA VDli Op L_Skfll' Cbmp,) \iJl4-ka r f-fat bx,(A £.…
21-7207 Robert Brewer v. New York New York 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-unanimity precedent state-courts supreme-court-precedent This Court should grant certiorari to decide whether or how Schad v Arizona, 501 U.S. 624 (1991), continues to apply following the decisions in Ramos …
21-7216 Cory Mendrell Welch v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Did the state courts rely solely on a procedural bar? Also, the basis of this petition challenges the Wisconsin court of appeals jurisprudence pursuan…
21-7197 Dennis Lee Shaffer v. Kansas Kansas 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law ex-post-facto kansas-offender-registration-act punishment-clause retroactive-application sex-offender-registration smith-v-doe Do the cumulative burdens of the Kansas Offender Registration Act constitute punishment under the test set out in Smith v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84 (2003), su…
21-7201 Michael Dewayne Jones v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-24 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-enclave fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment state-jurisdiction 1) Did the State of OKlahome violate Petitionus Fourth and Fourtenth Amenmnt ss when they Poscuted this Ptits Crime Which happened on a fidud enclave …
21-1173 Joe Elton Nixon v. Florida Florida 2022-02-24 Denied Amici (1) and whether Florida's burden of proof for intelle atkins-v-virginia burden-of-proof capital-punishment constitutional-law eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment intellectual-disability teague-rule teague-v-lane 1. In Atkins v. Virginia , 536 U.S. 304 (2002), this Court held that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments preclude the execution of defendants with in…
21-7184 Richard Langley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fundamental-rights healthcare-rights medical-benefits medical-marijuana medication-alternatives right-to-life substantive-due-process Whether there is a fundamental right to use medical marijuana when it provides life-altering medical benefits that other medications cannot reasonably…
21-7174 Inocencio Gamboa-Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-review sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7175 Keith Smeaton v. United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Fifth Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus international-human-rights judicial-discretion mandamus-petition obstruction-of-justice Was the lower Court correct to deny my Petition For Writ of Mandamus seeking 5th Circuit be ordered to order Lower HHDJ Cain, Lake Charles County Cour…
21-1156 Rodric David v. Tony Kazal, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response Waived anti-stalking-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process extraterritorial-application first-amendment foreign-nationals free-speech ninth-circuit standing territorial-jurisdiction Did the Ninth Circuit impermissibly disregard this Court's holding in Agency for Int? Dev. v. All. for Open Soc'y Int'l, Inc., 140 S. Ct. 2082, 2086 (…
21-7155 Binbing Xie v. Yan Fang Chen New York 2022-02-18 Denied IFP 14th-amendment abuse-of-discretion amendment-xiv civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court abused its discretion by violating the Due Process and Equal Protection of United States Constitution, Amendment XIV to procee…
21-7121 Joseph Lamont Wilson v. Phoenix Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
21-7110 Jorge Alberto Funez-Zapata v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-1123 William K. Harrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Clinton Nurseries, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-14 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law 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…
21-7102 Elmer Josue Rivas-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-1109 Joseph P. Carson v. Merit Systems Protection Board Sixth Circuit 2022-02-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-law-judge civil-service constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-recusal merit-systems-protection-board recusal whistleblower whistleblower-protection Whether the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board) violated Mr. Carson's due process rights under the Fifth and Fourteen Amendments to th…
21-7053 Iramm Wright v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-default statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether the Court should resolve the three-way circuit split regarding whether, and under what circumstances, a movant's procedural default may be …
21-7030 Darrin Lynn Pickens v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-01 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure enabling-act federal-jurisdiction federal-land-restrictions indian-country state-enabling-act state-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction I. Does the State of oKlahoma have Subject matter Jurisdiction over anY person mho Commits an offense UUithin tlic boundries of Indian CountrY ? Does…
21-7013 Michael John Wolfe v. Oregon Oregon 2022-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-crime constitutional-law constitutional-provision criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto legislative-amendment retroactivity The ex post facto prohibition in Article I, section 10, of the United States Constitution prevents a change in law from being applied retroactively wh…
21-6916 Joachim Martillo v. Twitter, Inc., et al. First Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied IFP civil-rights common-carriage constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process free-speech internet-law public-accommodation section-230 1. The opinion contained in Malwarebytes v. Enigma and an obiter dictum in Biden v. Knight imply that* current- caselaw associated with 47 U.S. Code §…
21-6905 Ramon Diaz-Quintana v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6907 Linda Baldwin v. Zurich American Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal citizenship civil-procedure class-action class-decertification constitutional-law due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling privileges-and-immunities 1. Constitution of the United States of America 1789 (rev. 1992). All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction…
21-6860 Lanny Jay Lyerla, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law court-correction due-process harmless-error judicial-error manifest-injustice plain-error procedural-fairness witness-testimony Oua aoAr©/\ court cao^z-5 a Uirivtle$.s err^<r +© become c< is 4^ere £>r -Ke <^^^;t_+o_a^L 4o "k'te cojrf aryj Uxye 4liK ^Uuvn ^rr^r corr^ crt<xi_3 >©…
21-1001 Hakim Bey v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-doubt Whether a jury instruction is unconstitutional if there is a reasonable likelihood that the jury understood it to allow conviction without proof beyon…
21-6824 Dwight Frederick Barnes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment geolocation-warrant good-faith-doctrine nexus search-and-seizure warrant-requirements warrantless-searches 1. Can the good faith doctrine allow a police officer to rely on a geolocation warrant that lacks any showing of nexus in the application between the …
21-6768 Emanuel E. Goines, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation (1) Federal law makes it a crime for a person with a prior felony conviction to "possess . . . affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition." 18 U.S.…
21-6753 Trevin Nunnally, aka Rick v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-04 GVR Relisted (3)IFP apprendi cocaine-distribution constitutional-law constitutional-precedent criminal-justice-reform criminal-statute first-step-act intervening-developments sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation "Whether, when deciding if it should 'impose a reduced sentence' on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018 . . . a district …
21-6747 Victor Dewayne Taylor v. Scott Jordan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-12-29 Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky capital-case constitutional-law habeas-corpus jury-selection peremptory-challenges race-discrimination race-neutral-reason sixth-circuit 1. Is a statement by the prosecutor that he believed he could discriminatorily remove African-American jurors from the panel as long as he left one Af…
21-6734 Roger Dale Epperson v. Kentucky Kentucky 2021-12-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy due-process factual-innocence right-to-counsel trial-strategy 1) Does McCoy apply where the defendant made clear to counsel the objective of the defense is to maintain innocence, only for counsel to then concede …
21-943 Gerald G. Lundergan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-27 Denied campaign-finance civil-rights constitutional-law corporate-contributions family-corporation federal-ban first-amendment free-speech scrutiny-standard Whether the federal ban on corporate contributions is unconstitutional as applied to intrafamilial contributions from a closely held, family-run corpo…
21-930 Xiu Jian Sun v. Barack Hussein Obama District of Columbia 2021-12-23 Denied civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law divine-law due-process free-speech government-accountability judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus religious-petition standing The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows 1. The Lord god of hosts J…
21-932 Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States v. Bennie G. Thompson, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, et al. District of Columbia 2021-12-23 Denied Amici (7) congressional-oversight constitutional-law executive-privilege preliminary-injunction presidential-records-act records-request separation-of-powers Whether the Committee's records request violates the Constitution or laws of the United States entitling President Trump to a preliminary injunction p…
21-6725 Russ Scohy v. Pinellas County Code Enforcement Division Florida 2021-12-23 Denied IFP 4th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process government-trespass pro-se pro-se-access property-rights search-and-seizure takings warrant-violation The importance to the public of the issues. Appeal issues 1. Trespass by government officials without warrant violates constitutional law. 2. Illegal …
21-6682 Marcus L. Short v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception judicial-review leon-standard probable-cause search-warrant united-states-v-leon WHOLLY LACKING IN PROBABLE CAUSE SHOULD A REVIEWING COURT IGNORE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT ANALYSIS AND GO DIRECTLY TO A GOOD FAITH ANALYSIS PURSUANT TO UN…
21-6648 John Cornelius Montgomery v. David Hudson, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process free-speech standing j<eeP S/\/e /r>e 77/ey use o/& CSS£ geeM 'XM&<cT7peMT' 7Wc <e g/#5<£ mo/Ke. 7>2f
21-890 Gaspee Project, et al. v. Diane C. Mederos, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) campaign-finance commercial-speech compelled-speech constitutional-law disclosure-requirements donor-disclosure first-amendment free-speech issue-advocacy strict-scrutiny Rhode Island law requires most issue advocacy groups that mention a candidate or referendum in a communication before an election to register with the…
21-6579 Cesar Hidrogo-Marin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
21-6570 Bo Jack Kelley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?
21-6572 Jose Luis Ramos-Ramos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-870 Michigan v. Treshaun Lee Terrance Michigan 2021-12-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ashe-v-swenson constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy issue-preclusion jury-acquittal michigan-courts perpetrator-identity yeager-v-us 1. Since issue preclusion is a civil doctrine and not originally part of the double jeopardy clause, should it apply in criminal cases? Should Ashe v …
21-850 Chelsea C. Eline, et al. v. Town of Ocean City, Maryland Fourth Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection gender-classification gender-discrimination government-interest governmental-interest moral-sensibilities tailoring Is protecting traditional moral sensibilities an important governmental interest on which the govern-ment may lawfully base a discriminatory gender-ba…
21-6548 James Calhoun-El v. Maryland Maryland 2021-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights comparative-treatment constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-precedent relief-standards standing Whether the lower courts violates the equal protection clause when it denies to a similarly situated individual relief that it had previously given to…
21-6538 In Re Kenny Blanc 2021-12-07 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 collateral-review constitutional-law federal-prisoners gatekeeping gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus merits prima-facie prima-facie-showing To satisfy the gatekeeping requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3)(C) and 2255(h)(2), must federal prisoners make a prima facie showing that their 28 …
21-6512 Jason Kiger v. Tim Hooper, Warden Louisiana 2021-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-offense constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-trial legislative-amendment legislative-power sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation unanimous-verdict Louisiana voted to change its Constitution to require unanimous verdicts in non-capital cases where they were not required before. In 1997 and 1998, w…
21-6526 Darneau Versill Pepper v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied IFP antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus standing ZC U)blCT'rt<£R. Mr- ^zpPdZ. GOo^ ^eK&d I Accen To TT4c nrf-Ws, Jkwij We- . * <pt*W ' ^TJi^f-e Tbl/I/ic^ Ult-CTtf-cfc 1 4/vli» '^errOv ri,Jk and <£fpO…
21-6533 Jabari J. Johnson v. Kathleen McGuire, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing state-court-review 1. Plaitiff ask thesapreme Court did the dislnct coast abuse their clesurelion regarding issue A? or wns the distrit (ourt Ceary erronpous? 2. Plaiit…
21-808 Kimberley Ann Gunnarson, et al. v. Texas Texas 2021-12-01 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment billboard constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment just-compensation property-code takings takings-clause Does Chapter 21 of the Texas Property Code violate the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution by failing to require adequate compensation t…
21-6457 Ervin Anibar Lopez-Ordonez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-6391 Hai A. Duong v. Darryl Vannoy, Warden Louisiana 2021-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-unanimity legislative-amendment non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Louisiana voted to change its Constitution to require unanimous verdicts in non-capital cases where they were not required before. In 1997 and 1998, w…
21-6366 Juan Alberto Ceron-Ortiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial recidivism sentencing The Court Should Grant Certiorari to Consider Whether to Overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
21-760 Laura Kelly, Governor of Kansas, et al. v. Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) animal-facilities constitutional-law criminal-statute first-amendment free-speech property-rights trespass viewpoint-discrimination Whether Kan. Stat. Ann. § 47-1827(b), (c), and (d) violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment by criminalizing trespass by deception at ani…
21-6349 Victor Hurns v. Mississippi Mississippi 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment judicial-acquittal judicial-review legal-procedure newly-discovered-evidence statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN THE MISSISSIPPI TRIAL COURT BY THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT WAS CLEARLY ERRONEOUS AND CO…
21-6350 Michael J. Greene v. Shelby Searls, Superintendent, Huttonsville Correctional Center Fourth Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure custody due-process plea-agreement sentencing Question not identified.
21-6351 Holly Harvey v. Georgia Georgia 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-review legal-standard standing sWtub/u diced upp-eoj i or ab(mdioml upm o~kW ri c^kf +o uoa'weM l fU i ocluis Yk J1 *$>\WvV Reor^ 7 * qOhod is kV\fes\\old i<\ (k{\ o^'^-to 4 ^ "Y…
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…
21-6288 Tina L. Wagoner v. New York New York 2021-11-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction standing trial preceedings were govered loy the propur appticaftion of lawi to fac in regdrd to jurisdiction, application of legalterms used to describe a part…
21-6266 Mary Aragon, aka Mary Delgado, and German Ramirez-Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP acting-attorney-general appointments-clause constitutional-law due-process executive-branch principal-officer senate-confirmation united-states-attorney Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioners' claim under Article II's Appointments Clause — namely, that Whitaker's unconstitutional appointmen…
21-6270 Catherine Pileggi v. Florida Florida 2021-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction postconviction-relief state-court state-court-procedure Whether the due process clause of the United States Constitution requires a state court adjudicating a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel to a…
21-6256 Macario Andrew Gomez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing jury-determination jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?
21-6196 I. A. v. Kansas Kansas 2021-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance legal-representation right-to-appeal standing 1. Did I.A. have a Fourteenth Amendment Right to have a District Court Judge inform him of his right to appeal? 2. Was I.A.'s trial attorney, Scott W…
21-6204 Antonio A. Tankes v. Florida Florida 2021-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment free-speech retroactive-application sentencing-enhancement standing Question not identified.
21-6174 Antonio Smith v. Arkansas Arkansas 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing state-law statutory-interpretation X Does Tk-e, T~&cA~ TU4- Arlc&^sas dosUs AnyxcXaXc^A \ k 'HO' %O^j /Vnji ] lo-^ r\-] C>\ CJ&) /Vs Xrh ti DiS cr^rh0\C^\/ LovtaUC OCi^. a-r4vre. /Iwd T…
21-6193 In Re Roy Allen Nichols 2021-11-04 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-jurisdiction constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-power habeas-corpus prejudice recurrent-issues sixth-circuit territorial-limits The Defendant/Petitioner states that the issues being presented in this Writ are not only ones of great public interest or Constitutional importance, …
21-6168 Vance L. White v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review blakely-v-washington constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-guidelines Question not identified.
21-657 Joseph Cecil Vandevere v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response Waived conditional-speech constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech political-hyperbole political-speech public-concern true-threat 1) WHETHER THE SPEECH AT ISSUE HEREIN IS ENTITLED TO SPECIAL PROTECTION BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN? 2) WHETHER THE SPEECH AT ISSU…
21-6145 Omar Sanchez-Barrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6113 Clinton Rayshawn Grayson v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Question not identified.
21-6127 In Re Howard Griffith 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-writ federal-rules habeas-corpus standing statutory-interpretation What was the reason for not making application for writ of habeas corpus to the district court of the district in which I am being held? (Rule 20.4[a]…
21-6137 Vassily Anthony Thompson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment sentencing 1. Does it offend the Fifth Amendment right to a grand jury for a court to ignore legally relevant elements of an offense charged by a grand jury in a…
21-6112 Manuel DeJesus Rosas v. California California 2021-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-street-gang discovery due-process fourteenth-amendment informant-activities lanzetta-v-new-jersey street-gang vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. The California criminal street gang laws contained in section 186.22 of the California Penal Code are unconstitutional for being vague, indefinite …
21-6124 Saul Contreras-Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6104 Christopher Michael Hitt v. Virginia Virginia 2021-10-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing takings Was Commonwealth of Virginia's Court of Appeals decision in violation of the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment?
21-6116 Christopher David Cobb v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-violation due-process harmless-error oath-of-office public-employment standing 1) Whether the conflict between Mechanik and Bank of Nova Scotia invite arbitrary decisions from the lower courts. 2) Whether it was a mistake of fac…
21-582 Mark Lee Dickson v. Whole Woman's Health, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review reproductive-rights severability standing stare-decisis state-law supreme-court-precedent 1. Should the Court overrule Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)? 2. Should th…
21-583 Stephen Brint Carlton, et al. v. Whole Woman's Health, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-precedent judicial-review reproductive-rights stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent texas-law Whether the Court should overrule Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992).
21-587 Penny Clarkston v. Whole Woman's Health, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-precedent judicial-review reproductive-rights stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent Whether the Court should overrule Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992).
21-5967 Zenon Grzegorczyk v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Relisted (11)IFP collateral-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea retroactivity substantive-law waiver Pursuant to this Court's holding in Class, does an unconditional guilty plea, by itself, waive a defendant's right to challenge his conviction under §…
21-5970 Fredrick Devone Flemming v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process juvenile-delinquency prior-conviction sentencing-factor sentencing-factors sixth-amendment stare-decisis In Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), this Court held that the fact of a prior conviction was a "sentencing factor," not an "ele…
21-5988 Stephen B. Jones, Sr. v. Maryland Maryland 2021-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-reasoning procedural-rules speedy-trial statutory-provisions Question not identified.
21-5942 Michael Woolen v. California California 2021-10-12 Denied IFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion procedural-due-process sentencing-guidelines DEPRIVATIONS OF EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAWS, FAILURE TO APPOINT COUNSEL TO ADA PETITIONER WITH 8TH GRADE COGNITIVE FUNCTION PREDICATED PROCEDURAL DUE PRO…
21-5924 In Re Jose Victor Hernandez-Cuellar 2021-10-08 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment immigrant-status immigration judicial-misconduct sixth-amendment 1. Does a immigrant in the United States of America, whether here legally with visa or illegally, receive Constitutionally guaranteed Rights ? 2. How…
21-5922 Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process individual-rights judicial-review statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Should this Court grant writ of Certiorari addressing constitutional issues, correcting a miscarriage of justice that occurred when lower Court unc…
21-5916 Ramiro Medina-Oliden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-503 Bo Peng v. F.M. Tarbell Co. California 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-violation due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-corruption jurisdictional-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment 1. Judgment is a void judgment if court that rendered judgment lacked jurisdiction of the subject matter, or of the parties, or acted in a manner inc…
21-5894 Jeffrey Richard Martinson v. Arizona Arizona 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-doctrine fifth-amendment new-trial prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-dismissal Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment bars retrial where the trial court dismissed the case with prejudice for bad faith prosecuto…
21-5874 Warren Lavell Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-04 GVR Relisted (3)IFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law constitutional-precedent covered-offense criminal-sentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the "as if" language in Section 404(b) of the First Step Act requires a sentencing court to disregard intervening, but well-established consti…
21-5827 Jerry Ray Craine v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession government-prosecution mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove, as an element of a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), that defendant knew his constitutionally protected cond…
21-5810 Mandell Rhodes, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-law criminal-justice double-jeopardy fifth-amendment good-conduct-time legislative-intent parole prisoner-rights sentencing 1). Was petitioner written a Califia hcale Appralablly Lo Meni Mthethsr Lhe EE ee don REFUSED fo Conatrue 02 anabyge Led of une 11, 1185, Li" Lag, RS,…
21-5825 Raqib Abdul Al-Amin v. South Carolina South Carolina 2021-09-29 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment evidence expert-witness mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court error to akfirm the trial Coust's suling where the trial Court was convinced by the Sthte's 'thired-party gui…
21-5792 Karl Roye v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment 8th-amendment-violation constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole mandatory-life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing Whether the Second Circuit erred, in violation of the Eighth Amendment, when it concluded that Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012) condoned the imp…
21-5799 Robert Ronald Perales v. Texas Texas 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process entrapment law-enforcement online-persona outrageous-government-conduct Outrageous government conduct exists when the actions of law enforcement are shocking to the universal sense of justice. Outrageous government conduct…
21-5730 Shikeb Saddozai v. Kristen Esterheld, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-review section-1983 standing Whether plaintiff's claims are cognizable under 42 U.S.C.S. 1983; 1985; 1986; 1988, as well as Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to th…
21-5743 Rafael Fernandez Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation 1. Is it appropriate for a court to apply old policy statements, specifically reserved for agencies to follow, to new statutory constructions that eli…
21-5758 Bobby Martin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness conviction-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-law harmless-error statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A), that was obtained in reliance on the unconstitutionally vague residual clause invalidated in Unit…
21-427 William Frederick Lamoureux v. Montana Montana 2021-09-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law content-based-restriction criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine speech-regulation Whether a statute that criminalizes speech intended to annoy or offend is unconstitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment.
21-5699 Al-Kareem Rasool-Rachmaan Collier v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation supreme-court ^■Mou) d_tfie6j'M' mcI -the petitioner? l\MMJlUm&„i4)A$LCmmitte4S- _ ^ _ ^J^^6-^ilsct^t £&4t ktiJ? ~0uhide_m£(uinceJmproi&JyJ r(,u4kU&„k^ p _ __ %-…
21-5710 Charles L. Fieldgrove v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. Nebraska 2021-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation A Criminal Defendant's initial Habeas Corpus action, filed for the purpose determining the validty of the statutes convicted and sentence under, as be…
21-5678 Shawn Kelly Thomason v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law court-practice due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure pronoun-usage transgender-rights It is common practice for courts to refer to transgender litigants using their pronouns. Since at least 1980, the Eighth Circuit has issued opinions t…
21-5673 Timothy Brandon Fredrickson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP child-pornography consensual-transmission constitutional-law constitutional-overbreadth criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech image-production statutory-interpretation Whether Section 18 USC 2251(a) is overbroad in that it provides punishment for constitutionally protected activity in the inducement of consensual pro…
21-395 Kevin Owen McCarthy, et al. v. Nancy Pelosi, in Her Official Capacity as Speaker of the House, et al. District of Columbia 2021-09-13 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) congressional-powers constitutional-law constitutional-review judicial-review legislative-procedure legislative-process pandemic-governance proxy-voting separation-of-powers speech-and-debate-clause speech-or-debate-clause In May 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to allow Members to cast floor votes by proxy. The unprecedented resolution permits…
21-383 Wyoming v. William Thomas Mahaffy, V Wyoming 2021-09-09 Denied constitutional-law de-minimis-extension duration-of-stop fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence police-inquiry reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop unrelated-questioning Did the Rodriguez Court's rejection of de minimis extensions to traffic stops abrogate or limit Johnson, thereby prohibiting officers from posing any …
21-387 George Berka v. City of Middletown, Connecticut, et al. Connecticut 2021-09-09 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure blight-citation civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection municipal-law property-rights Did the subject, February 14th; 2018 Blight Citation that the Defendant City had issued to. the Plaintiff, violate many of the Plaintiffs important co…
21-5600 Linda Hardison v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-law constitutional-review court-procedure criminal-procedure documentary-evidence due-process habeas-corpus judicial-error judicial-review legal-adjudication CAN THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE APPEALS' COURT OVERLOOK A BLATANT ERROR OF LAW WHEN THE PETITIONER PRESENTED ALL DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE AND DECLARATIONS …
21-5601 Abdullah Hamidullah v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP colloquy constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts guilty-plea motion-to-withdraw plea-bargaining rule-11 sentencing 1. DID. THE DISTRICT'COURT VIOLATE THE DEFENDANT'S SUBSTANTIAL DUE PROCESS RIGHTS DURING THE MANDATORY RULE 11 COLLOGUY? 2. DID THE COURT ERR WHEN TH…
21-5581 Raoul Lafond v. Richard S. Glaser, Jr., et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing 1. The supreme court In NEITZKE, Recognized that: A complaint is Frivolous if it is, without Arguable Merit either In Law or In Fact.. Doesnt Theories…
21-334 In Re Jody Tremayne Wafer 2021-09-01 Denied article-iii constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process liberty liberty-interest marijuana-laws political-question standing Federal marijuana laws are constitutional because marijuana is not a fundamental right. Judicial review of these criminal laws has been rational basis…
21-5512 In Re Shannon Riley 2021-08-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law default-judgment due-process foreign-judgment judicial-procedure jurisdiction mandate nunc-pro-tunc standing Did the filing of a nunc pro tunc journal entry correcting default judgment filed as a final order of judgment impeach due process? 1. Did the filing…
21-5513 Christopher Seckington v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chapman-v-united-states constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-trafficking eighth-amendment ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment urine-testing Question 1: What must a Defendant show in order to demonstrate an Eighth Amendment violation where Petitioner was sentenced to in essence life for pos…
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…
21-5475 Derrick Jerome Spencer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-resentencing due-process fifth-amendment first-step-act sentencing-review standing 1. Whether Petitioner is being deprived of his civil right to due process of law against law (without due process of law) in violation of the Fifth Am…
21-275 Stars Interactive Holdings (IOM) Ltd., fka Amaya Group Holdings (IOM) Ltd., et al. v. Kentucky, ex rel. J. Michael Brown, Secretary of the Governor's Executive Cabinet Kentucky 2021-08-25 Dismissed Amici (1) constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines gambling-losses kentucky-loss-recovery-act kentucky-supreme-court online-poker statutory-damages treble-damages 1. Whether an award of statutory damages violates due process when it exceeds by a factor of more than 30 any conceivable harm. 2. Whether the Excess…
21-5426 Stephen C. Shockley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP cone-v-bell constitutional-claim constitutional-law district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus state-habeas state-relitigation state-relitigation-bar U.S. Const. Amend. XIV When a federal district court refuses to hear the due-process component of a state habeas claim because that claim was twice …
21-5414 Johnny Tippins v. Anthony Immel, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process factual-dispute legal-standard motion-denial procedural-challenge standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ABUSE THEIR DISCRETION WHEN IT VIEWED THE EVIDENCE AT SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THE LIGHT MOST FAVORABLE TO PETITIONER AND DENIED H…
21-5380 Luke Edward Fleming v. Florida Florida 2021-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence cold-case constitutional-law criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process evidence murder sexual-battery Whether the Petitioner's convictions for murder and sexual battery violate the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution because the eviden…
21-229 Lawrence T. Newman v. Robert W. York Indiana 2021-08-17 Denied appellate-procedure attorney-fees civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion legal-review takings This case presents a singular question of the outer limits of a citizen's Constitutional due process and other related Constitutional rights in legal …
21-206 Mourice Neal v. City of Detroit, Michigan Michigan 2021-08-13 Denied civil-rights constitutional-compliance constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-oath judicial-power legal-jurisdiction standing state-law-conflict statutory-interpretation 1. United States constitution is the supreme law governing this land correct? 2. All judges in every state is bound by oath or affirmation federal an…
21-5313 In Re Juan Luis Leonor 2021-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-retroactivity-test retroactivity second-degree-murder state-v-ronald-smith sudden-quarrel-provocation supreme-court-review teague-standard 1. Whether, the Nebraska Supreme Court's decision not to hold Ronald-Smith retroactive to cases on collateral review confines Petitioner to a lesser r…
21-5305 Alejandro Rosales-Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ability-to-pay circuit-split constitutional-consideration constitutional-law criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fine-assessment indigent-defendant judicial-discretion Anyone can go to prison, but not everyone can pay a fine. The district court here imposed a $4,000 fine against Mr. Rosales-Gonzalez, an indigent, non…
21-5280 Robert Craft v. Florida Florida 2021-08-03 Denied IFP aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process hurst-v-florida reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona Under the Due Process Clause, the determination of the existence of an element of a crime must be made beyond a reasonable doubt. See Apprendi v. New …
21-148 California Restaurant Association, Inc. v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2021-08-03 Denied Amici (2) constitutional-law due-process government-action jacobson-v-massachusetts property-rights public-health rational-basis takings takings-clause Is due process satisfied, consistent with the decision in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), where a public health department acts based o…
21-5263 Derrick Edwards v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection government-overreach 1. Did the Trial court erred in giving erroneous burden shifting jury instruction on manslaughter, (LSA 14:31) in violation of petitioner's right to d…
21-5227 Sergio Bahena v. Illinois Illinois 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review arrest-warrant civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fourth-amendment home-search investigative-alerts search-and-seizure 1. Did the Appellate Court of Illinois violate Petitioners Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, by denying his petition due to the differentiati…
21-5234 Melquiades Galvez-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure legal-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-113 UJ-Eighty Corporation v. City of Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals Indiana 2021-07-27 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived constitutional-law due-process economic-self-interest municipal-regulation regulatory-power rivals self-interested-entity standing zoning zoning-ordinance The question presented is whether the Due Process Clause prohibits the government from vesting an economically self-interested entity with regulatory …
21-101 Kevin Scott Karsjens, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Tony Lourey, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process eighth-circuit-precedent involuntary-commitment mental-health mental-health-law treatment-progression treatment-rights Whether an involuntarily committed individual whose continued commitment depends on treatment progression has a constitutional right to treatment?
21-5209 Cynthia E. Collie v. South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct South Carolina 2021-07-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure standing 1. Whether this Court should grant writ of certiorari where no other review is available with stay pending review to address the state court of last r…
21-5215 Cameron Dean Bates v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-exercise free-speech standing 1. Given that this Court held in Slack v. McDanie l, 529 US 473 (2000) that a Certificate of Appealability ("COA") shall not be granted if "no reasona…
21-5192 Gilberto Antonio Guillen-Hernandez v. Texas Texas 2021-07-23 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-requirement continuous-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process jury-conviction jury-unanimity sexual-abuse sixth-amendment Does the constitutional requirement of jury unanimity, contained within the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, require a jury to be un…
21-5201 Susan Kaytlin Scott v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-courts constitutional-law constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure custody-determination due-process fifth-amendment law-enforcement-interrogation miranda-custody miranda-warning 1. Do the Circuit Courts' different tests used to determine custody status for purposes of Miranda lead to inconsistent results? 2. Did the District …
21-5203 Ibrahim Akasha Abdalla, aka Ibrahim Akasha v. United States Second Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction fifth-amendment foreign-national personal-jurisdiction What level of contact with the United States must a foreign national who never entered this country and committed the offense conduct solely outside o…
21-5172 Mayra Vanessa Gandara Escarcega v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-procedure sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5174 Domingo Cruz-Miguel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-86 Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-22 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (9) administrative-law constitutional-challenge constitutional-law federal-courts federal-trade-commission judicial-review jurisdiction removal-protections separation-of-powers After petitioner acquired an essentially insolvent competitor, it found itself subjected to the review of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), rather t…
21-5152 Lewis R. Fox v. Ohio Ohio 2021-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-question criminal-defense criminal-procedure expert-witness expert-witnesses ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-relief res-judicata 1) Whether a trial counsel is to be considered incompetent when s/he fails to consult with their client (the criminal defendant) about their financial…
21-5157 Gary Simmonds v. Territory of the Virgin Islands Third Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process judicial-power jurisdiction lesser-included-offense statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Is the appeals court correct? Does 28 U.S.C. § 2106 or any federal statute authorize "a lesser included offense" of an unconstitutional statute, taken…
21-5132 Michael Curtis Reynolds v. United States Third Circuit 2021-07-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arson-statute constitutional-law constitutional-voidness covid-19-risk criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statutes predicate-offense statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness (1) Did Davis render 18 U.S.C. §2332b(a)(l)(B) equal to 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B)-, and thus equally make void and Unconstitutional both statute subsect…
21-66 PBS Coals, Inc., et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Pennsylvania 2021-07-19 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment coal constitutional-law equal-protection physical-occupation property-rights real-estate subsurface-estate takings takings-clause Issue 1: When a State Agency permanently physically occupies a right-of-way and thereby completely blocks physical access to a subsurface owner's reco…
21-60 Logan Brooks Drinkard v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-16 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy greater-offense jury-verdict lesser-included-offense In a case where the prosecuti on charged both a greater offense and a lesser included offense in the same charging document, and where the jury found …
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…
21-5108 Victor Willis v. Illinois Illinois 2021-07-14 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole Question not identified.
21-5072 Roque Saenz-Quintela v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5083 Corbin J. Breitenbach v. Kansas Kansas 2021-07-12 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure discovery dna-testing due-process evidence habeas-corpus judicial-procedure i-o f}\A \W V)'\sVxcX GouA oWse \W c^2>oceV%<cXVer^0ack v5 vr\ DA VW Dv^Vrxd CaxA oAxse As &*cjce\\o^ \* Aexv^ ^cc\e^o£xA\s s<zx^K.t& %o( t\ouj aj^>d…
21-24 Curt Daniels, et al. v. John Holtz, et al. Iowa 2021-07-09 Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-sale property-rights res-judicata 1. What are the parameters of constitutionally acceptable dismissal and dismissal that rises to unconstitutional violation of due process? 2. Is a fi…
21-16 Robert Paul Magtulis Cledera v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment bivens civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement reasonable-expectation-of-privacy redressability search-and-seizure standing In Carpenter v United States, No. 16-402, 585 U. S. _ (2018), this court held that the Government 's acquisition of Carpenters cell-site records was a…
21-5043 Carlos Amador Saragoza-Botello v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5055 Bobby Wilson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement Can A PROGRAM NORRIS MOTION OR APPEAL BE DISMISSED BASED UPON A WRITTEN WAIVER EVEN THOUGH THE GOVERNMENT BREACHED ITS PLEA AGREEMENT THAT INDUCED A P…
21-5026 Kevin L. Martin v. Ashlynn Ledford Seventh Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure procedural-rights statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-5029 Antonio Domingo-Morales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5038 Donnell Bledsoe v. Stockton Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process excessive-force exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment police-misconduct qualified-immunity search-and-seizure section-1983 The lower court(s) ruled that a federal criminal statute that enforces constitutional limits on conduct by law enforcement officers, provided in relev…
21-5008 Brittany Crownhart v. Anne Magill Collins Tenth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure fourth-amendment judicial-review property-rights search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation warrantless-search Question not identified.
21-5007 Alphonza Leonard Phillip Thomas Bey v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment citizenship civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection racial-segregation reconstruction slavery state-sovereignty What Branch of law authorized the States to are abolished Slave labels (Hest: Blacks Colo ced) to aur Peccon, of African descent, after 1865.A.2.? A.…
20-8477 Stephen Aguiar v. United States Second Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure article-three case-or-controversy civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing standing supervised-release 1. WHETHER THE SECOND CIRCUIT WRONGLY DISMISSED PETITIONER'S PETITION AS MOOT BEFORE ALLOWING HIM THE OPPORTUNITY APPEAL TO SHOW THAT HIS APPEAL MEETS…
20-8431 Brandon Kendale Dudley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard judicial-discretion preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the use of the preponderance of the evidence standard at sentencing to substantially enhance a criminal defendant's advisory guideline range c…
20-8386 Cheddie Lamar Griffin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure davis-precedent due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-rule sentencing statutory-interpretation successive-petition supreme-court WHETHER THE CIRCUIT PANEL'S DECISION AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL OF MR. GRIFFIN'S AUTHORIZED SUCCESSIVE 2255 (UNDER JOHNSON) SIMPLY BECAUSE …
20-8349 Thomas Gordon v. Delaware Delaware 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-8359 James Christopher Castle v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Ninth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation statutory-rights Relief is sought from void ab initio emergency judicial order which void issued are dedicated upon an operation by Eastern District of California Chie…
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…
20-8369 Clarence Clark v. United States Second Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment guilty-plea plain-error plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in violation of U.S. Const. V and VI as well as this Court's precedent, when it denied Mr. Clark's c…
20-1761 Jennifer Berrier, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry v. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Third Circuit 2021-06-17 Denied compact-clause constitutional-law delaware-river-commission delaware-river-joint-toll-bridge-commission interstate-compact sovereign-authority state-sovereignty third-circuit-court-of-appeals Do compacting States, simply by creating an interstate compact, relinquish all sovereign authority over that compact entity unless expressly reserved?
20-8330 Ilmane Charone Campas Strong v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms judicial-fact-finding mandatory-minimum sixth-amendment supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
20-8335 George A. Christian, Jr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-06-16 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment search-and-seizure standing Question not identified.
20-8300 Lonnie Norton v. Utah Utah 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness (N) Do this Court's rulings in Apprend: v. New Jersey,530U.S. 466 (2000) and Alleyne v. United States 577 U.S.99 (2013) require that when a state stat…
20-8294 Markeith Loyd v. Florida Florida 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure history-based-re-evaluation jury-rights legal-precedent lockhart-precedent lockhart-v-mccree sixth-amendment trial-by-jury Whether this Court should recede from Lockhart v. McCree, 476 U.S. 162 (1986), as part of its ongoing history-based re-evaluation of the Sixth Amendme…
20-8296 Carrington Sturgis v. Maryland Maryland 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the memos of the remire were boad against apelent cut or Austaticr Dathe court abue Hs discretion in 4ailing to addess apellants reguest to d…
20-1716 Melvin Trent Walker v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-law declaratory-judgment discrimination-claims district-court-jurisdiction employee-definition employee-status punitive-damages standing title-vii Constitutional Question is the Governors Code of Conduct constitutional? 16AM Juris. 2nd Ed.Const. Law. Sect. 177 Declaratory Judgement Act Commonweal…
20-1708 Jose Leonel Bonilla-Romero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-10 Denied 5th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment notice sentencing sentencing-range separation-of-powers Does the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment require notice of the sentencing range prior to sentencing? Is it a violation of separation of pow…
20-8264 Jeremy Hough v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process harmless-error judicial-procedure procedural-error sentencing standard-of-review Whether, through "assumed error harmlessness review," appellate courts may affirm a criminal sentence without addressing allegations of significant pr…
20-8268 Duprece Jett v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review sentencing separation-of-powers Whether testimony identifying Agent Guy's identifying Def. Dyprece Jett, as one of the two robbers under the Open Door doctrine was harmless error alt…
20-8241 John Doe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release 139 S.ct.2369 (2019) Abrogate crcnit precedest 1n U.5. v. Ward, 770 F.3d 1069 (4+h (i2.2014) Gupy +54 Supercised Belease under 18 USC Bevocation Procc…
20-8206 Prentiss Morris v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-06-02 Denied IFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-review legal-procedure mental-health sentencing statutory-interpretation Can Convicted of alleged Crime be petiticrer mentianed) from retarded (persan) mental a testmany Cbsence of a alane, in the ealuation Detenmine, If al…
20-8161 Lisa Marie Belyew v. Mike Pallares, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure bail constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process evidence-standard federal-law judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure statutory-interpretation peleai^ on OkM A^feadLsaJA/V proper eAj{d-€AAce O^A'tJC U5C §a^b6io)j (tiod UOkfiAkrfwr V(L CaofK Of red \vi d&yu^i HIajl moIIq^v
20-8172 Jorge Antonio Perez, aka Steven Mark Hamm v. Gavin Newsom, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-due-process constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-sentencing free-speech judicial-interpretation prior-conviction-doctrine standing state-secrets-doctrine Is the Circuit Court wrong in applying the "State Decisis Doctrine" and also is the Circuit Court wrong by stating in writing that the murders of litt…
20-8158 In Re Larry E. Starks 2021-05-27 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 collateral-attack collateral-review constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge jurisdictional-challenges subject-matter-jurisdiction suspension-clause Question not identified.
20-8163 David Patkins v. Rebecca Piantini California 2021-05-27 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discretionary-review due-process indigent-litigants judicial-access meaningful-access non-article-iii-proceedings prisoner-rights PURSUANT FEOERAL (AND STATE) CONSTITUTION DUE PROCESS/PETITION CHL OLSNIN JO 8 3HE NO S3NE COURTS : (1) ON NON-FRIVOLOUS ACTIONS, D.OES THE RIGHT OF M…
20-1654 Sonos, Inc. v. Implicit, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause article-ii constitutional-law inferior-officers principal-officers separation-of-powers united-states Whether administrative patent judges are "principal" or "inferior" Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause.
20-8119 Peter Anthony Ciraulo v. Oregon Oregon 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure harmless-error jury-trial nonunanimous-verdict sixth-amendment structural-error unanimous-verdict Whether a trial court commits structural error for purposes of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, when the trial court instructs a…
20-8126 Charles Wesley Kincheloe v. Oregon Oregon 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial nonunanimous-verdict sixth-amendment structural-error unanimous-verdict Does a trial court commit structural error for purposes of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, when the trial court instructs a jur…
20-8102 Adam Rosen v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-21 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief precedent self-incrimination state-court-review Question not identified.
20-1631 Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Implicit, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-05-21 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-appointment officer-status patent-office principal-officers separation-of-powers us-patent-and-trademark-office Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offic…
20-8075 Damantae Graham v. Ohio Ohio 2021-05-19 Denied IFP appellate-review capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-error constitutional-law criminal-procedure harmless-error trial-procedure victim-impact victim-impact-testimony This Court ruled that, before a federal constitutional error can be deemed harmless, the prosecution must establish by proof beyond a reasonable doubt…
20-8037 Quintin Phillippe Jones v. Texas Texas 2021-05-17 Denied IFP atkins-v-virginia constitutional-law death-penalty due-process expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus intellectual-disability retroactive-rule retroactivity 1. Does Moore v. Texas, 137 S.Ct. 1039 (2017) establish a new retroactive rule of constitutional law that Petitioner is eligible for but could not pre…
20-8023 Walter Timothy Gause v. Eric A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech standing Question not identified.
20-8027 Anthony G. Bryant v. Executive Office for United States Attorneys Fourth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment search-and-seizure standing Did the Executive Office for United States Attorneys violate petitioners' constitutional rights involved under First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth A…
20-8033 Ivan Ignacio Minjarez-Molina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-8034 George Poole v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Eighth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7997 John Sloan v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied IFP access-to-courts administrative-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-standing medical-care retaliation Was Pefifioners rights vio lated when: a She was not afforded a safe work envivonment while incarcerated? bo he was a nectie of retaliation seeking …
20-1560 Lowndes County Health Services, LLC v. Gregory Copeland, et al. Georgia 2021-05-11 Denied Response Waived appellate-review batson-challenge civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection juror-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike race-neutrality racial-discrimination 1. Whether striking a juror based on allegations of racial prejudice, when unsubstantiated, is not a facially race neutral explanation under step two …
20-1550 Xiu Jian Sun v. Rudolph Contreras District of Columbia 2021-05-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Question not identified.
20-7965 Jeffrey Ray Sundwall v. Florida Florida 2021-05-10 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-relief Question not identified.
20-7950 Antonio Serrano-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process felony-offense illegal-reentry immigration-law prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court The default penalty range for ill egal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) is a sentence of "n ot more than 2 years" in prison. Petitioner was …
20-7941 Kiandrick Onick v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process parole sentencing sixth-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-7944 Peter Bobal v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment internet-access sex-offender supervised-release Does the constitutional holding of Packingham v. North Carolina, 137 S. Ct. 1730 (2017) ─ which recognized a First Amendment right to access the Inter…
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.
20-1520 Diane Gruber, et al. v. Oregon State Bar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response Waived bar-association compelled-speech constitutional-law first-amendment freedom-of-speech integrated-bar janus-v-afscme keller-v-state-bar legal-precedent mandatory-dues This case involves compelled speech of attorneys and whether that compelled speech unconstitutionally infringes upon the attorneys' Freedom of Speech:…
20-7900 Monique A. Lozoya v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aircraft-crime airspace aviation constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution trial-procedure venue venue-statute 1. Is the airspace above a State part of that State, and thus the federal district or districts including that State, for purposes of the Constitution…
20-7890 Antwoyn Terrell Spencer and Derrick Jerome Spencer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment first-step-act resentencing standing Whether Petitioners are being deprived of their right to due process of law against law (without due process of law) in violation of the Fifth Amendme…
20-7862 In Re Momolu V. S. Sirleaf, Jr. 2021-04-27 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions court-review due-process federal-courts immigration-law jurisdiction standing state-courts statutory-provisions Does AEDPA Procedurally Bar void Judgmentes) in this (or any other action. And if s0, 28 U.s.(.5 2403amay be Of said Statute's, Constitutionalitys 2 …
20-7867 Howard Allen Groffel v. Virginia Virginia 2021-04-27 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession firearms protective-order protective-orders status-crime status-crimes Groffel was convicted five times for transporting one firearm in violation of five separate protective orders. This case poses a clear question of law…
20-1499 American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 2021-04-27 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (3) article-iii-court article-iii-courts constitutional-law first-amendment foreign-intelligence-surveillance-court judicial-jurisdiction public-access statutory-interpretation Congress created the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ("FISC") in 1978 to oversee electronic surveillance conducted for foreign intelligence pu…
20-1464 Rahul Ramesh Joshi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-breach government-misconduct judicial-review plea-agreement resentencing sentencing WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT'S BREACH OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT CONSTITUTED A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION, WHICH REQUIRED REMAND FOR A DE NOVO RESENTENCING?
20-1466 Hermandad de Empleados del Fondo del Seguro del Estado, Inc., et al. v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) burden-of-proof constitutional-law contract-clause fiscal-crisis heightened-scrutiny legislative-impairment public-contract reasonableness-and-necessity 1. Whether placing the burden of proof on the plaintiffs regarding the reasonableness and necessity of a legislation that impaired a public contract c…
20-7807 Woodrow Andrew Clark v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure claims-assessment constitutional-law district-court due-process judicial-review legal-standard patent procedural-merit reasonable-jurists standing takings Whether reasonable jurists would find the District Court's assessment of Claims one and two debatable or wrong? Or that the issues presented are adequ…
20-7802 Michael Green v. Illinois Illinois 2021-04-19 Denied IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-doctrine precedent public-policy standing statutory-interpretation Whether there exist a Fivadde mee fe ( Misterstas 2 0 f Seshee bere the dst/onen's Conviction Rested On Pan Jig bye of the New Ss Cio biti ca his . St…
20-7788 Alexander Olivieri v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-04-16 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-bar trevino-v-thaler Is The Fifth Circuit effectivly overturning The Supreme Court, and it's own rulings in not granting Olivieri a Certificate of Appealability to conside…
20-7776 Ismael Sanchez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2021-04-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing Question not identified.
20-7753 In Re Derrick Adrian Johnson 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing Question not identified.
20-7766 Lyndon Davis v. Dennis Reagle, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-analysis civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-requirement federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-due-process standing state-court-proceedings A) Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit exceed its Scope of the COA (Certificate of Appealability) analysis When the Court d…
20-1438 Tina Cates v. Bruce D. Stroud, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law courts-of-appeals due-process fourth-amendment legal-doctrine precedent qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing 1. Whether the unanimous conclusion of multiple other courts of appeals suffices to clearly establish the law for purposes of qualified immunity. 2. …
20-7730 Fendi Brooks v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointments-clause attorney-general constitutional-law constitutional-violation federal-vacancies-reform-act prejudice standing statutory-interpretation structural-violation When colorably alleging a structural, constitutional violation, specifically, that an individual illegally exercised the powers of the office of the A…
20-7719 Robert L. Tatum v. Thomas Trettin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process free-speech in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation prisoner-litigation-reform-act standing three-strikes-rule Is the Clerk is requiring I file. A complete photo ovi by refusing -lo fltcepd my mofion for leM b-f'ik, ptoch Mold resolve, all issues presented vito…
20-7726 James Ray Davis v. Gary Musselwhite, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure discovery due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7695 Gregory D. Jones v. Andrew Tilden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-04-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation be Did ctral and appeels Loact pyer looks the prrven povadatios we claw of, delileemle indi Hereate g 2, did trak dod appals ceset ahwe descetion by …
20-7684 Richard S. Glenn, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction government-action judicial-review legal-precedent standing Whether the Lower Court applied too high a standard or a burden of proof as a matter of law, petitioner argues.
20-7629 Robert Earl Martin v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states legal-precedent residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether application of Johnson to the virtually identical residual clause in § 3559(c) does not require a new rule of constitutional law, but merely r…
20-7630 Scott Paul Madlock v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-04-02 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment interrogation right-to-counsel self-incrimination sixth-amendment Whetner Strongly believes that the United States Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit's decision sanctioned such a departure from accepted and usual…
20-7648 Kesner V. Joaseus, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2021-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP age constitutional-law criminal-justice culpability due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment juvenile-sentencing retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing Whether the proportionality principle & the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution has been violated by the sentencing court's failure to take into…
20-7641 Brian Hawkins v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights credibility-analysis criminal-procedure due-process lovasco-standard pre-indictment-delay prosecutorial-discretion trial-court-error united-states-v-lovasco Has the trial court erred by adding a credibility analysis to an unjustifiable pre-indictment delay test of Due Process prescribed by United States v.…
20-7618 Krystal Alexander-Jasmin v. Santa Monica Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process expert-witness governmental-immunity judicial-review separation-of-powers standing Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in its dissent from well-established Constitutional and case law authored by its own court, and law authore…
20-7548 David Antoine Luster v. Bradley M. Trate, Warden Third Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law career-offender constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7555 Anthony A. Patel v. Patricia Miller, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP asian-americans civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection mental-health political-speech state-action 1. Do the federal civil rights laws passed for the benefit of Americans of African descent after the U.S. Civil War also apply with equal force and ef…
20-1335 A. P. v. Vermont Vermont 2021-03-24 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fourteenth-amendment sexual-conduct split-of-authority state-statute 1. Whether Vermont's criminalization of lewd and lascivious conduct violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States C…
20-7525 Masao Kikuchi v. Catherine S. Bauman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review parole parole-challenge standing substantive-due-process Does substantive due process protect inmates in parole process? Is Sandin v. Conner, 518 U.S. 472 (1991) applicable to parole challenges? Is Vitek v…
20-7535 Gilberto Medina-Jasso v. Georgia Georgia 2021-03-23 Denied IFP child-molestation constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process lesser-included-offense sexual-battery trial-court Whether the trial court's failure to charge sexual battery as a lesser included offense of child molestation deprived Petitioner of a due process righ…
20-7520 Shante Bruce Rice v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-03-22 Denied IFP age-of-defendant constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-sentencing equal-protection equal-protection-clause life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent WHETHER THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPERIOR COURT'S DECISION THAT THE BAN ON MANDATORY SENTENCES OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE APPLIES TO ONLY THOSE DEFENDANTS WHO WER…
20-7526 Todd Oliver Ameen v. Casey Hamilton, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-03-22 Granted IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing (0) Original questions in natural form provided as (appendix Z-l) before instructed reduction of them by this court. Petitioner is pro-se and mentall…
20-7491 Esmervi Carone Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bad-faith circuit-court circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure evidence-spoliation jury-instructions legal-force pattern-instructions spoliation-of-evidence I. Whether pattern jury instructions approved by the circuit courts carry any independent legal force? II. Whether federal criminal defendants may re…
20-1280 Joseph Cotropia v. Mary Chapman Fifth Circuit 2021-03-15 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law fair-warning fourth-amendment government-immunity per-se-unreasonable probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure warrantless-search warrantless-searches Is the presumption that warrantless searches are per se unreasonable so obvious a violation of the Fourth Amendment that the presumption gives governm…
20-7445 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. SunTrust Bank, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-03-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law court-of-appeals due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation third-amendment Question not identified.
20-7425 Cornelius Kenyatta Craig v. Andre Matevousian, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment reasonable-doubt sixth-circuit 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit pronouncement on the some evidence standard has departed from accepted and usual c…
20-7427 Leefatinie Tirosh Cole v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 34-U.S.C.-§-20913(d) constitutional-law Executive-Branch Gundy legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation Whether this Court should revisit nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an unconstit…
20-1261 Wi-LAN, Inc., et al. v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officer judicial-review patent patent-office principal-officer separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation uspto 1. Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Of…
20-7369 Antonia Janai Hickmon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?
20-7335 Raymond E. Carr v. Ed Gonzalez, Sheriff, Harris County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process free-speech government-action habeas-corpus retaliation standing Question not identified.
20-7311 Juan Matthews v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-03-03 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law discriminatory-intent due-process equal-protection jury-verdict racial-discrimination ramos-v-louisiana standing supreme-court-precedent Was Louisiana's Jury verdict Scheme that convicted petitioner in violation to the U.S.C.A. 14th Amendment of the Louisiana's Constitution? Standard se…
20-7318 Alex Warren Klinger v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-03-03 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-liability double-jeopardy due-process jackson-standard search-warrant self-defense treaties 1. Whether an appellate court must apply the standard laid out in this Court's decision in Jackson v. Virginia to determine whether the State has disp…
20-1220 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. Promptu Systems Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause appointments-clause-interpretation constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-review officer-status principal-officers separation-of-powers Whether administrative patent judges are "principal" or "inferior" Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause.
20-7298 Andrew Watson Bunn v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2021-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review capital-case civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction petition-for-review right-to-appeal standing Whether a right to appeal is preserved when the questions presented remain unanswered.
20-7307 In Re Wayne M. Beaton 2021-03-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure custody-interrogation due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus miranda-rights Has the state appellate Court decided an important constitutional-federal Miranda rights question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decision(s…
20-7266 Kevin L. Martin v. Cathleen Capron, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing whather thE couat of Arpeal G-) Fellew stventh cincuit oF constitutional mantin Fundamental brrn vlolatian martion have 452 fy52 to A noticE beFore A …
20-7229 Wanda Tubbs v. Jeff Long, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Tennessee 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-forfeiture civil-procedure constitutional-error constitutional-law due-process litigation-rights motion-to-suppress standing tennessee-courts 1.Did the Tennessee courts violate due process by failing to let Wanda Tubbs litigate a motion to suppress in an asset forfeiture case?
20-7247 Walter Eugene Powell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-procedure search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7248 Jonathan Lee Page v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied IFP constitutional-law court-limitation criminal-procedure independent-act ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-objection primary-offense primary-offenses trial-procedure 1. Whether counsel was ineffective when he failed to timely object to the lower court expressly limiting the independent act jury instruction to the p…
20-1180 Territory of American Samoa v. National Marine Fisheries Service, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied administrative-law american-samoa constitutional-law deeds-of-cession federal-law federal-obligations large-vessel-prohibited-area maritime-regulation territorial-law territory-of-american-samoa Whether the Deeds of Cession, by which the Territory of American Samoa became part of the United States, establish binding and enforceable obligations…
20-7150 Creadell Hubbard v. Charles Ratledge, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7155 James Scott, Jr. v. Norm Robinson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-law content-moderation free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure social-media statutory-interpretation Does the Petitioner have the right to Due Process Equal Law lanse And Jury Trial as guarecd the Cthaudrth b Vou.d Count abuse ifs dxenetod or Sensiaic…
20-7128 Teodoro Reynosa-Denova v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-procedure sentencing stare-decisis supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-1105 Anthony Futia, Jr., et al. v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process guarantee-clause justiciability legal-standing petition-for-redress standing state-constitution 1. Is Petitioners' Guarantee Clause claim justiciable? 2. Are Respondents obligated to respond to Petitioners' Petition for Redress of violations of …
20-1112 In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam 2021-02-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law contract-clause due-process equal-protection government-contracts patent patent-law separation-of-powers stare-decisis 1. Whether Justice Barrett, as the last standing Justice with original jurisdiction, with the same duty and oath as the lower courts to enforce the …
20-7112 Hector Miguel Martinez-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-7114 Aesha Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP co-defendant confrontation-clause constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence invited-error plea-agreement I. Does the admission into evidence of a non-testifying co-defendant's plea agreement which includes a statement implicating the defendant on trial as…
20-7098 Herminio Nicolas Reyes v. Georgia Georgia 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule inevitable-discovery police-misconduct search-and-seizure Whether, in conflict with the holdings of the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, Eighth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits and several State court…
20-7100 Ryan Detrell Robinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-variance Whether the Circuit Court Erred Failing To Reverse District Court's Imposition of an "Alternate Variance Sentence" Which Was Designed To Insulate The …
20-1102 Michael James Hanna v. Little League Baseball, Inc. California 2021-02-10 Denied access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process pro-se-litigant standing vexatious-litigant Whether California's vexatious litigant statute unconstitutionally deprives a litigant of due process and access to the courts, by declaring a pro se …
20-1087 Leonard Hartford Tunnell v. Public School Retirement System of Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Response Waived beneficiary-rights civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination erisa government-retirement-system government-retirement-systems retirement-equity-act spousal-rights Question not identified.
20-1073 John Does 1-10 v. Debra Haaland, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response Waived civil-rights congressional-immunity constitutional-law due-process federal-immunity free-speech legislative-immunity legislative-privilege libel speech-and-debate-clause Is election to Congress a license to libel anyone, anywhere, anytime, even when the libel is not in response to a press inquiry, does not concern pend…
20-7040 Jonathan Lovato v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing takings Ooes VeVWiT a eVXvfrv oC % cWA
20-7061 Frank Durand Tomlin v. Todd E. Ishee Fourth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied IFP 8th-amendment basic-human-needs civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection prison-conditions public-policy standing THE ISSUE OF PLAIN ISSUES UPON OF HYGIENE AND CASH ISSUES THAT DON'T WORK AT TRANSSHIPMENTS CONSTITUTE DEPRIVATION OF A PUBLIC GRIEVOUSLY EXPLICITLY H…
20-7041 Bruce Kintrell Green v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment parole sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-1063 Shkelzën Berisha v. Guy Lawson, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) actual-malice constitutional-law curtis-publishing-co-v-butts defamation first-amendment libel libel-law mckee-v-cosby public-figure The question presented is whether this Court should overrule the "actual malice" requirement it imposed on public figure defamation plaintiffs.
20-6994 In Re Khayree Smith 2021-02-02 Denied IFP 14th-amendment citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-law denationalization due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto slavery slavery-labels A) What branch of law authorized states to apply abolished slave labels (Negro, Black, colored) to any person of African descent after 1865? This act …
20-6996 Delroy T. Booth v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law disability due-process judicial-review legal-precedent social-security standing statutory-interpretation Did that Defendant's criminal Trial Violate the Confrontation Clause when a Court Reporter Reading the out-of-court Certified Social Security letter D…
20-6977 Joshua Ryan Dorman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-6930 Marco Antonio Lopez-Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-6932 Jorge Armando Jamaica-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
20-6889 Gregory Bartunek v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus internet-protocol overbreadth search-warrant standing vagueness I. WHETHER THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARE UNCONSTITUTIONALLY OVERBROAD AND VAGUE II. WHETHER WARRANTS BASED ON INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS…
20-6878 Edward Joseph Curran, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
20-6888 Christina Elizabeth Pandey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-6873 Joshua Harrell v. California California 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment seizure unreasonable-search unreasonable-seizure Whether the unreasonable search pnd seizure pig judicially viol? ted the fourth pnd fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution ? Whethe…
20-943 Jean Barton, et vir v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied 28-usc-1738 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-proceedings land-rights standing takings 1. When the lower federal courts abandon 28 U.S.C. Section 1738- State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit and im…
20-938 Vilma Walker, et al. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-6 Florida 2021-01-12 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing takings Question not identified.
20-6791 Alvin Christopher Penn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied IFP affirmative-defense commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law felon-in-possession interstate-commerce minimal-nexus united-states-v-bailey united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-scarborough 1. Whether United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), compels overruling Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563 (1977), which requires only a mi…
20-6792 Edgar Rene Mier-Garces v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split conspiracy conspiracy-prosecution constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process tenth-circuit The Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits successive conspiracy prosecutions when the conspiracy underpinning a subsequent prosecution is part of the same …
20-6800 Harry Miller v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-rule brady-v-maryland constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence favorable-evidence materiality prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness How does a court determine whether evidence that the prosecution did not share with the defense before trial is "favorable" under the standard announc…
20-6801 Mauro C. Palacio v. B. Sullivan Fourth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process federal-courts standing - O Pi 2. -h*C Cmf- Itching Cem^Uc^rS U->iH\ o\VjUC (U>xrT+S i^va-Her ?«Ac^i s-a c~o £X.ls*> 4W- £>W
20-6809 Anthony Lynn Wood v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-law executive-branch legislative-power nondelega tion-doctrine nondelegation separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should this Court overrule Gundy and, if appropriate, revisit its approach to nondelegation claims, and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an unconstit…
20-6755 Alejandro Tovar-Regalado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-interpretation sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
20-6721 Monwell Dwight Booth v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights district-court fourth-amendment legal-standard search-and-seizure standard-of-review WHETHER THE COURT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION THAT PETITIONER'S FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE NOT VIOLATED?
20-6715 Michael Adair Mankin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-6722 Eddie A. Poindexter v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-6689 Matthew J. Kwong v. Cheswold (TL), LLC, et al. Connecticut 2020-12-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-principles due-process foreclosure judicial-order legal-precedent property-rights republic-design statutory-interpretation Whether the Connecticut Superior Court's Order of Judgment of Foreclosure by Sale on September 14, 2018 in favor of the respondent against the petitio…
20-6694 Gerardo Flores-Riojas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-6673 David Andrew Diehl v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction standing Question not identified.
20-831 Washington v. Endy Domingo-Cornelio Washington 2020-12-21 Denied Amici (3) 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment graham-v-florida individual-proportionality juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama proportionality-review sentencing-guidelines Whether Graham and Miller require an individual proportionality determination before imposing any sentence on a juvenile offender convicted in adult c…
20-6653 Scott P. Roeder v. Kansas Kansas 2020-12-18 Denied IFP abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-review personhood roe-v-wade standing Whether the notion of overturning Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), includes other possibilities besides leaving abortion up to the states? Whether t…
20-6659 Eddie Ashley v. California, et al. California 2020-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-law california-supreme-court constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements Does Petitioner had a Federal Due Process Right to the Prohibition of the Imposition of Two Different Sentencing Enhancements, per the California Supr…
20-6641 Jose Angel Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari to determine whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) is unconstitutional by exceeding the scope of the commerce claus…
20-6631 Aaron Sebastian Redmond v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-sentencing constitutional-law district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing fifth-circuit guidelines-error harmless-error sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines The Fifth Circuit agreed with Mr. Redmond that the district court erred when it applied the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, which resulted in a higher adv…
20-6634 In Re Karen Denise Chades 2020-12-15 Denied IFP collateral-proceedings constitutional-law constitutional-right due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactive-application retroactivity strickland-v-washington teague-v-lane trial-counsel 1. This case necessitates an answer to a question of constitutional first law left open in Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722 (1991), and again in Mart…
20-804 Houston Community College System v. David Buren Wilson Fifth Circuit 2020-12-14 Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) censure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech legislative-speech local-government member-conduct standing Does the First Amendment restrict the authority of an elected body to issue a censure resolution in response to a member's speech?
20-6606 Paul W. Miller v. B. Von Blankensee Ninth Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review procedural-due-process remedies standing statutory-interpretation I. Can Congress Statutorily limit the Subject-matter Jurisdiction of Courts Created by Act of Congress? II. Is there a limitation of time based on pr…
20-6609 Salvador Moreno Cervantes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-6613 C. D. Pickle, Jr., aka Clanton D. Pickle, Jr. v. Mississippi Mississippi 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review legal-procedure petition supreme-court takings-clause writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
20-6615 Cornell McHenry v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review witness-testimony Did the Fifth Circuit err in deferring to the State trial Counsel's conflict of Interest and failure to Call a witness who would have impeached the st…
20-6604 Mark T. Grant v. City of Roanoke, Virginia Fourth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law contract due-process federal-funding federal-spending-clause housing monell-doctrine private-cause-of-action property-rights regulations takings Question 1: The HUD, Participating Jurisdiction, and Citizen Relationship HUD and the City of Roanoke, VA entered into a contract where the City would…
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?
20-6561 Jesus N. Rodriguez v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law district-court due-process incorporated-grounds judicial-discretion pleading-defect procedural-error rule-violation standing statutory-interpretation supervisory-authority WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT INVITED ERROR RESULTING IN FUNDAMENTAL PLEADING DEFECT BY PERMITTING "INCORPORATED GROUNDS " NOT EXPLAINED IN THE PETITION …
20-6566 Anilou Beltran Del Rio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-782 Raymond Holloway, Jr. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process firearms-prohibition gun-ownership individual-liberty misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violate the Second Amendment?
20-6550 Kenneth H. Newkirk v. Jeffery Kiser, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech magistrate-judge school-discipline standing student-speech I. D(0M)T UVmA^Cr me jwGe v»£*fe f!eNi>?£0 a1* <J.$T ttss^stj c\cxihs <5- ■# tiw TH£ LQteytA 9-oP- CMftAOgrA) 4L G>^ RgSPdAiP^wt To rm (te<jugS7 Mtrn…
20-6551 Andy Williams v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment inventory-search probable-cause reasonable-suspicion rehaif-v-united-states warrantless-search Question One: Was the second warrantless search of the car - which followed the completed inventory search and was prompted by an officer's later-deve…
20-6540 Joshua N. Wright v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP abduction acquitted-conduct constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-courts jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-enhancement upward-variance 1. Whether the district court erred in its "crime of violence" instruction to the jury. 2. Whether the district court erred in assessing an enhanceme…
20-6469 Hector Valentine v. United States Third Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-innocence criminal-law double-jeopardy judicial-review plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit's Erred in not addressingconduct has been rendered non-criminal byanintervening Whether the Third Cirauit's Erred in not ad…
20-6492 Calvin James v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms government-power interstate-commerce sentencing statutory-interpretation i,) i-ld'iA/ rr£ &6\/£gMrtE.iJT :TrAJhrc %bFo&£ r^sr /}pP£ A £Ahic£ di. f%& -,Td*ZUs»h Wt A :m& ?/ Auo Ntjlsc Fo/c o£ Pea,*, of,,* T7 &j%/ -A ^ ? $>)…
20-6463 Alex Murillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-6435 Christopher Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregate-sentencing constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-appeals federal-courts judicial-precedent north-carolina-pearce north-carolina-v-pearce sentencing-doctrine Whether the aggregate sentencing doctrine adopted by various Federal Courts of Appeal violates the rule set forth in North Carolina v. Pearce?
20-6446 Yaira T. Cotto-Flores v. United States First Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing Did the First Circuit erred in the application of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a) to conduct solely occurring within the confines of Puerto Rico given that such i…
20-6452 Michael Deshawn Homer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu case-remand certiorari constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit sentence-vacatur sentencing supreme-court-review united-states-v-haymond I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Ha…
20-6454 Mark David Zimmerman v. Texas Texas 2020-11-25 Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree k-9-search probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop #I: Oid The State of Texas ard the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals, the State Court of last resort, err by affrming the lower trial Court and Judge Br…
20-728 adidas AG v. Nike, Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied 5-usc-7513 administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-review patent-judges principal-officers severance statutory-interpretation us-patent-and-trademark-office 1. Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Of…
20-687 Walter L. Allen v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-11-18 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain federal-court legal-procedure property-rights standing takings TL PespecHuly Eguest PRae Walter Blea Lo mUlAMtS gag We trast oad i gS Skea of Clans, at ei Oc ge, ee Cetchacke of Rater Rilo. gf ae vlusclicHan Olus"…
20-686 Michael Shock v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-11-17 Denied Response Waived brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-law discovery-violation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection mistrial oregon-v-kennedy prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-interpretation Are significant discovery and Brady violations by the prosecuting attorney, necessitating the grant of a mistrial, sufficient to invoke the double j…
20-6351 Johnny Tippins v. Patricia Caruso, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-law legal-compliance standing state-actors statutory-interpretation Should the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recall its mandate to prevent a miscarriage of justice because the Sixth Circuit and the Distri…
20-6309 Emilio Urena-Villa v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim constitutional-law counsel-performance criminal-procedure fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel kimmelman-v-morrison motion-to-suppress strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. WHETHER APPOINTED COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE, FOR FAILURE TO FILE VIABLE MOTION TO SUPPRESS PURSUANT TO FOURTH AMENDMENT CLAIM UNDER: KIMMELMAN v. M…
20-6285 Brittany Shanice Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-6292 Alonte Deshavion Richey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-627 E. H., III v. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing Florida 2020-11-10 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-rights concealed-carry constitutional-law due-process expungement expungement-order firearms firearms-permit full-faith-and-credit state-reciprocity Did the Florida Court of Appeal commit reversible error and abuse its discretion in declining to recognize and apply Petitioner's New Jersey Expungeme…
20-642 Jorge Mendoza v. Uber Technologies Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-jurisdiction civil-procedure constitutional-due-process constitutional-law contract-law dispute-resolution due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits legal-procedure procedural-rights Whether Constitutional Due Process can be part of Arbitration Jurisdiction.
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.
20-617 California Virtual Academies v. California Public Employment Relations Board California 2020-11-09 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof constitutional-law due-process labor-relations prima-facie-case retaliation wright-line-test In making a determination as to whether a charging party has established its "prima facie case" of unlawful retaliation due to union activity accordin…
20-614 Thomas D. Kerr v. Heidi L. Kerr Montana 2020-11-06 Denied child-rearing constitutional-guarantees constitutional-law due-process equal-protection family-law gender-discrimination parental-rights parenting supreme-court-review Can the Montana Supreme Court ignore the unjustifiable and inexplicable decisions of the lower court discriminate against a father for no other discer…
20-603 Le Roy Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety Texas 2020-11-05 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (17)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process military-employment sovereign-immunity standing state-immunity state-sovereign-immunity uniformed-services-employment-and-reemployment-rig userra war-powers In the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), Congress gave the over 19 million military servicemembers—including…
20-611 Robert J. Doyle v. Jacqueline M. Vigilante Third Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied access-to-courts appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation due-process judicial-procedure procedural-due-process right-to-sue Whether or not the Right to Sue, Right to Access Courts to Be Heard, and Procedural Due Process Rights in the US Constitution require that a Court of …
20-6233 Krishna Mote v. James W. Murtin, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech standing (1) Where as if a Civil Action is not connected to the criminal Action, should the Civil Action be dismissed without Prejudice or dismissed under the …
20-6236 Fuad Ndibalema v. Mark A. Levine Vermont 2020-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-remedy civil-procedure constitutional-law declaratory-relief due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment legal-remedy property-rights 1) Whether the Existence of another Adequate Remedy does preclude a Judgment for Declaratory Relief given the Facts and Law on the Record, whether t…
20-599 Hirsh Singh v. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey New Jersey 2020-11-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process elections-clause executive-order freedom-of-information-act mail-in-voting standing state-powers Does the New Jersey Governor's Executive Order taking over the powers of the state legislature to make election related laws and the primary election …
20-6198 Agustin Chavez v. Florida Florida 2020-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process identity identity-verification post-conviction-information postconviction-information prior-record-exception sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Whether courts, including those in Florida, have been incorrectly applying a "prior record" exception to the rule from Apprendi v. New Jersey 530 U…
20-6200 Randall Gray Webb v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment cell-site-location-information constitutional-law privacy search-and-seizure standing Question not identified.
20-6206 Travis Johnson v. Illinois Illinois 2020-11-03 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment proportionality proportionate-penalties sentencing solem-v-helm state-courts supreme-court-precedent 1. IS Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (1983) binding Case Law? 2. Must Illinois Appellant Courts be required to Follow the United States Supreme Court's …
20-6181 Hasan Shareef v. Captain Moore, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied IFP cell-phone-data constitutional-law fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence privacy search-and-seizure Question not identified.
20-6183 Timothy N. Hatton v. Mark R. Sevier, Superintendent, New Castle Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment standing Did the State violate Hatton's U.S. Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and speedy trial? Did the state violate Hatton's U.S. Fi…
20-6192 Jamal Aikeem Hutchinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearms guilty-plea henderson-v-morgan plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation In Rehaif v. United States, this Court held that "in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) and § 924(a)(2), the Government must prove both that the d…
20-560 Brian Sullivan, et al. v. Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, et al. Second Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof constitutional-law contract-clause emergency-measure government-contracts less-deferential-standard reasonable-and-necessary state-impairment wage-freeze In 2011, a New York State-created oversight authority, the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority ("NIFA"), along with Nassau County (the "County"), …
20-6170 Justin David Brown v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-action constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation substantial-assistance Did the defendants Sixth Distnet Court violate the Amendment right Special Agent Nicole allowing ba Bailey Hecring the defendants Sentancing 4s2 24 at…
20-6154 Roderick Perez-Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process plea-bargaining prosecution united-states-constitution Whether Subsequent Prosecution of Conspiracies Violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution when Both Conspiracies Operate Und…
20-6117 David M. Wasanyi v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law controlled-substances-act diversion-amendment due-process equal-protection food-and-drug-agency healthcare-services minority-health 1. Whether the Federal government infringed on Petitioner's rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States …
20-6123 Dale C. Holcombe v. Florida Florida 2020-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment racketeering stolen-property Whether – in a case involving a racketeering charge based on predicate incidents for "dealing in stolen property" – possession of an item that is one …
20-536 The Episcopal Church, et al. v. The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, et al. Texas 2020-10-22 Denied Relisted (2) church-property church-property-disputes constitutional-law ecclesiastical-deference express-trusts first-amendment free-exercise neutral-principles polity religious-freedom The First Amendment limits civil courts' authority to resolve disputes within a church. For more than a century, this Court respected those limits by …
20-6094 Sean Alonzo Bush v. Florida Florida 2020-10-22 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency florida-supreme-court legal-precedent precedent standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence WHETHER THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DENIED THE PETITIONER DUE PROCESS WHEN IT ABANDONED A CENTURY OF PRECEDENT AND APPLIED A NEW AND LESS STRICT STANDAR…
20-6092 Nathan L. Hill v. Warden of Lee County, U. S. P. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP albeyne-v-united-states civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law due-process statutory-interpretation Whether this Court's holding in Alleyne v United States set forth a Rule of statutory interpretation that could be used on Collateral Review.
20-6101 Rachel Mae Skidmore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g)(1) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-518 Darrius Marcel Mastin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied arrest-warrant bystander-detention constitutional-law fourth-amendment law-enforcement-authority michigan-v-summers police-powers probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure Whether Michigan v. Summers, 452 U.S. 692 (1981), authorizes police officers executing an arrest warrant to detain a bystander without individualized …
20-509 Jonnaven Jo Monalim, et ux. v. HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union Hawaii 2020-10-16 Denied constitutional-law deficiency-judgments due-process english-common-law foreclosure foreclosure-deficiency judicial-procedure market-value property-rights retroactivity This Petition asks this Court to decide two important related questions of American constitutional law that have heretofore been virtually ignored for…
20-6018 Win Min Htut v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights counsel-performance criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining 1. Can a guilty plea which contains impossible and illegal clauses be entered into intelligently, knowing ly, and voluntarily? 2. Is the Due Process …
20-6029 Pedro Tiempo-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals erred in ruling the District Court did not err in imposing an upward departure sentence. Whether the Court of Appeals er…
20-475 Stanley V. Campbell v. Eagle Force Holdings, LLC, et al. Delaware 2020-10-13 Denied 14th-amendment civil-contempt civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-procedure personal-jurisdiction sanctions 1. Can a finding of civil contempt and the imposition of a sanction be sustained consistent with the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment to the C…
20-5984 Ricardo Woods v. Brian Cook, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky confrontation-clause constitutional-law dying-declaration giles-v-california peremptory-challenge sixth-amendment testimonial-statement trial-procedure This case presents two critical questions of constitutional law, one related to the introduction of a suspect identification, made by a profoundly par…
20-5970 Dominique Little v. District of Columbia Public Schools, et al. District of Columbia 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process government-accountability government-misconduct legal-liability oath-of-office official-accountability public-officials rule-of-law Who is responsible for holding public officials of the law accountable for 1) violating a citizen of the United States God-given rights protected by t…
20-5940 Sabrina Alexander Weightman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit sentence-vacatur sentencing supreme-court-review united-states-v-haymond writ-of-certiorari I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Ha…
20-5907 Joseph Peterson v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights computer-seizure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech search-and-seizure trial-court written-materials Did the trial court violate Mr. Peterson's Due Process of Law when denying written materials seized from his computer when those materials were protec…
20-5910 Robert Coleman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. What Conateude celevank Conduck 2° Ad. \Nhen does teledant Conduck become Celevant Conduct do dhe inslant S¥Sense oF conuicheon Yo be used to enha…
20-5916 Veronica Delph v. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law due-process issue-preservation legal-basis procedural-fairness trial-court Does a court of appeals deny a party due process Under the 14th Amendment when it decides the case on A basis never litigated or passed on as a matter…
20-5921 Joseph J. Craig v. Kansas Kansas 2020-10-05 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-instruction kansas-supreme-court voluntary-intoxication Did the Kansas Supreme Court deny the defendants rights to a fair trial under the Due Process Clause when it should have ruled the defendant was entit…
20-5862 Markey Antonio Goldston v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process government-overreach plea-agreement plea-bargaining 1. IS A DEFEDANT'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW VIOLATED WHEN THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES AN APPEAL WAIVER AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT?
20-408 Fredman Bros. Furniture Company, Inc. v. Bedgear, LLC Federal Circuit 2020-09-29 Dismissed Relisted (2) administrative-officers administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-review patent-law principal-officers separation-of-powers united-states Whether administrative patent judges are "principal" or "inferior" Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause.
20-5799 Lorenzo Davis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a criminal defendant's sentence should be based upon acquitted conduct.
20-5777 Leroy Banks v. Anthony Terry, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-law free-speech judicial-procedure standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals and The District Court erred and Prejudiced me in denying and dismissing my claims and case (including injunctive relief …
20-5738 Willie Hugh Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu 139-S-Ct-2369 certiorari constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit sentence-vacatur sentencing united-states-v-haymond L. Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Ha…
20-5720 Martin Garcia-Moreno v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-offense immigration-law jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing-factors sixth-amendment In Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), the Court held that in a prosecution for 8 U.S.C. § 1326, the fact of a prior conviction n…
20-5709 Rickey Cole v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP and proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? placed in the indictment burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing grand-jury indictment jury-trial sentencing sentencing-guidelines I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be found by a grand jury, placed in the indictment, and proven to…
20-336 Richard J. Kelly, et ux. v. Marjory Motiaytis Illinois 2020-09-14 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process legal-vagueness municipal-ordinance vagueness Just laws and constitutional laws are the foundation of our legal system. We, the people, DEPEND on the United States Supreme Court for justice. (1) …
20-5688 Joseph L. Berry v. Ohio Ohio 2020-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gender-discrimination jury-selection race-discrimination Does discrimination in jury selection at the intersection of race and gender violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Un…
20-5663 Anthony Thomas Buonaiuto, III v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-09-11 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto jurisdictional-exception post-conviction-relief retroactive-applicability retroactivity sexual-offender-registration state-collateral-review substantive-rules Whether, Federal Law Renders the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Legal Error, where the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Committed Legal Error by failin…
20-5665 Nathaniel Marcus Gann v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility habeas-corpus testimonial-statements 1) IS THE ADMISSION OF IRRELEVANT OR OVERTLY PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION? (AND IS SUCH A VIOLATION SUFFICIENT TO ISSUE A WRIT OF HABE…
20-314 RPM International Inc., et al. v. Alan Stuart, Trustee for the Cecil G. Stuart and Donna M. Stuart Revocable Living Trust Agreement, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-09-10 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-law judicial-procedure officer-status patent patent-trial-and-appeal-board standing us-constitution-article-ii 1. Whether the court of appeals erred by vacating and remanding the case based on an Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, challenge r…
20-5651 Christopher R. Gish v. Randall Hepp, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure hill-v-lockhart immigration immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lee-v-united-states plea-bargaining prejudice-standard In Lee v. United States , __ U.S. __, 137 S. Ct. 1958, 1965 (2017), this Court held that in assessing whether a defense attorney's deficient advice th…
20-288 ALCR, LLC v. Linda W. Swain, et al. Arizona 2020-09-04 Denied business-operation civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights court-order involuntary-servitude private-property thirteenth-amendment Whether a court order requiring the owner of private property to operate a business on the private property violates the involuntary servitude provisi…
20-261 Jeff Schulz, et al. v. Presbytery of Seattle. et al. Washington 2020-09-02 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (3) church-autonomy church-property-disputes civil-procedure constitutional-law denominational-authority denominational-dispute first-amendment free-exercise property-ownership religious-freedom In a dispute between a local congregation and its former denomination over ownership of property to which the local congregation holds legal title, do…
20-5543 Javier Galindo-Caballero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure legal-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-5538 Michael Gerrell Boone v. Michigan Michigan 2020-08-31 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing Is O.J. Boone okie le a reherdenedng Inecaute, LYS Sevdenes WO nok Cearonable ods the dstal Court ploused! TH olistreHon by wi clang he clock ne of pr…
20-233 Hmong 2, et al. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-28 Denied Response Waived breach-of-promise civil-procedure constitutional-law exception judicial-review justiciability non-justiciable political-question political-question-doctrine separation-of-powers standing treaty-interpretation 1. Whether the Court should establish a breach of promise exception to the non-justiciable political question rule? 2. Whether the Court should estab…
20-5522 Obatala Blount v. Bridgett Beecher Georgia 2020-08-27 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection government-conduct judicial-review Question not identified.
20-5470 German Milla-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-overturning precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-5447 John David Wilson, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2020-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct speedy-trial DOES A PROPEPL FUEO DE MAND SPEEDY FOr TRAL AOPUIES TO A STATE PRISON,HEUD WITHOUT BAIL IN A UNTH JAIL , APPUES TO E STATE STATE PRIsoMee.
20-5409 Johnathan Scott Keen v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender constitutional-law criminal-law drug-offenses due-process felony-enhancement mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether, as preserved, the District Court erred as a matter of (Constitutional) Law in finding Mr. Keen's prior Florida drug convictions qualified as …
20-5393 Timothy McCullough v. Jeff Dennison, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction sentencing void-for-vagueness 1. Does the sentencing courthave Jurisdictionto Sentence a defen dant to a statute void of judgment,un-enforceable undar the Constitution? charging, s…
20-5376 Alfredo Estrada-Eugenio, aka Alfredo Erasto Estrada-Eugenio, aka Juan Eugenio Medina, aka Alfredo Estarada, aka Alfredo Eugenio-Estrada, aka Alfredo Estrada, aka Gerardo Amezquita v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-5355 Eddie David Cox v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appeal circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process resentencing sentencing Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause bars resentencing on counts for sentences a defendant has already served?
20-157 Edward A. Caniglia v. Robert F. Strom, et al. First Circuit 2020-08-13 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) community-caretaking constitutional-law fourth-amendment home home-search law-enforcement privacy-rights search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Whether the "community caretaking" exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement extends to the home.
20-5333 Norman Paul Blanco v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied IFP administrative-law california-penal-code civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment felony-convictions judicial-review legal-procedure sentencing-enhancements statutory-interpretation Aunder parole consideration arficle under I vection 32 of california prparition fonmater whnvilenfe constitution sentence ner th p atn ith febny atte…
20-5353 Ramone L. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation DiDthE CoUtERR N P/EA DEFENDANT while HEWAS UNDER HUENCE IN thE Psychiatric MEDICINE REMEON MEDICA/ FiLE CE.C.F. NO.8 atPE SEE.B.O.P. ID #341 that inr…
20-5334 Dennis K. Kieren, Jr. v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada Ninth Circuit 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law constitutional-rule due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit should have granted a Certificate of Appealability on the district court's denial of Kieren's motion to amend his petition w…
20-5325 Maurice Woodard v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law continuance due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Where the State postconviction courts assessment of Petitioner's Ineffective Assistance of counsel claim was "I guess the only potential issue would b…
20-134 Abilio Hernandez, et al. v. Jason Boles, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-08-07 Denied appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fourth-amendment jury-deference jury-instructions standard-of-review traffic-stop warrant-check L. In a civil rights lawsuit, should a federal appellate court grant deference to a jury's conclusions of law about constitutional issues? I. While w…
20-5249 Marlon Blacher v. California California 2020-08-04 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure Does the circumstances presented and detailed by STATEMENT OF THE CASE portion of the present Petition for a Writ of Certiorari warrant issuance of th…
20-109 Scott Schwab, Secretary of State of Kansas v. Steven Wayne Fish, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-08-03 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) citizenship-requirement constitutional-law election-law federal-preemption national-voter-registration-act voter-registration voting-rights The Kansas Constitution establishes United States citizenship as a qualification to vote and directs the Legislature to provide for proof of eligibili…
20-113 Jerald Hammann v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Minnesota 2020-08-03 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights deemed-dismissal due-process judicial-procedure judicial-review procedural-error standing void-judgment writ-of-prohibition The first question presented is whether existing judicial procedures and standards are adequate to protect individual constitutional rights. The seco…
20-5214 Ricardo A. Haynes v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2020-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-exercise free-speech standing Question not identified.
20-5198 Franklin C. Smith v. Nurse Mayfield, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-procedure patent standing statutory-interpretation takings ated intrinc os extsinsic missepsesentaion, ar othes tiscondnat of an adresce pasy nch as, Cpi Fay pesinsed Limse eile sondes Dath tesif depition that…
20-5206 Nathan D. Knuth v. Colorado Colorado 2020-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-5211 Michael Anthony Dobson v. Colin D. Stolle, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-client-privilege civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process informant-relationship personal-safety prison-administration race-restrictions state-action state-custody Where speihionce i Vis Gonplasit aequested Rebvikal phone alls, beluees Pahbonee PD Dein dats to weillenr elaias depMorieg Ore was Yas enge by Deeidau…
20-5212 In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton 2020-07-29 Denied IFP 6th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-law due-process fact-finding factual-findings habeas-corpus judicial-discretion trial-court (1) Whether the Texas Count of Criminal Appecls and individual judges thereof as the ultimate factfinders in Texas habeas corpus proceeding abused the…
20-92 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. Promptu Systems Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause appointments-clause-interpretation constitutional-law inferior-officers officer-status principal-officers separation-of-powers Whether administrative patent judges are "principal" or "inferior" Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause.
20-5156 Manuel Contreras Saucedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fact-finding federal-sentencing jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?
20-63 Samuel Pierce v. Yale University, et al. District of Columbia 2020-07-23 Denied Response Waived admissions-process antitrust bakke constitutional-law grutter higher-education medical-school sherman-act student-admissions Whether this Court should overrule its holdings in Bakke and Grutter that admission of students to professional schools is constitutionally protected …
20-5125 In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton 2020-07-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus Whether the resolution of Petitioner's Brady Violation claim by the State courts resulted in a decision that was contrary to or involved an unreasonab…
20-5090 Ronald Lynn Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing guidelines harmless-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether Guideline error is necessarily harmless if the district court is presented with the Guideline range later vindicated on appeal and disclaims a…
20-5096 In Re Shavez Evans 2020-07-16 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 campaign-finance civil-rights constitutional-law declaratory-judgment due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-elections judicial-immunity state-court 1) he Distic Cor Aiona n the ptner Evn uce ual when abusing their discretion ruling Judges are absolutely immone. from S 1983 suits for damages when t…
20-5056 George Cortez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu certiorari constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit haymond-precedent remand sentence-vacatur sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymo…
20-5020 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Tri-Lift North Carolina, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-5003 Richard B. Woods v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-07-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-error constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial non-unanimous-verdict remand sixth-amendment Whether petitioner's conviction based upon a non-unanimous verdict violated the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution? Wh…
20-5004 Michael Joseph Zeroni v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-USC-20913(d) constitutional-law Executive-Branch Gundy legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation (1) Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) i…
19-8928 Oscar Campos-Lagunas, aka Jose Lopez-Lomali, aka Carlos Ortiz, aka Orbelin Lagunas Campos, aka Carlos Laguna Campos, aka Oscar Laguan Campos, aka Norbelio Campos-Lagunas, aka Carlo Garcia, aka Orbelin Campos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment judicial-interpretation precedent-review sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-8930 Reginald L. Dunahue v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review prison-conditions qualified-immunity standing Th C Ab Petitioner Appointment Of Caunsel? n il Co y iA gi Wendy kelley Mashall Red Jy Andw icials he CAy Cancurring withhe . istrict Court' misl? …
19-8883 Nathan E. Gundy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial judicial-discretion standing trial-rights 1. Whether The 6X Amendment of The United States Constitution Bids are Guaranteed TO O Farr Thlah TA alk erimwale ProsecahAs or Gust wheal a Sudge dee…
19-8861 Fikri Aptiliasimov v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-06-30 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal recusal WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT JUDGE"S, A FORMER PROSECUTOR OF APPELLANT'S PRIOR CRIMINAL TRIAL, REFUSAL TO RECUSE HIMSELF AND HIS SUBSEQUENT JUDICIAL PART…
19-1434 United States v. Arthrex, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-06-29 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officer inferior-officers patent patent-and-trademark-office principal-officer principal-officers standing uspto 1. Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Of…
19-8822 Eddie Montero v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment search-and-seizure WHETHER A NEW INTERVENING JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE RESTARTS THE ONE YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS FILED BY STATE PRISONERS? WH…
19-8802 Regina Lewis v. United States Second Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation Oi ryik finest
19-8813 Tom Mark Franks v. Kirk, Deputy Sheriff, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-1416 Mateusz Fijalkowski v. M. Wheeler, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-doctrine law-enforcement police-misconduct qualified-immunity standing takings western-political-theory Whether the Court should revisit its qualified immunity doctrine, which stands in derogation of over three hundred years of Western political theory a…
19-1406 Lord, Lewis & Coleman, LLC v. Bellaco, Inc., et al. Texas 2020-06-23 Denied Response Waived business-entity choses-in-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process notice notice-requirement standing state-law statutory-interpretation takings Whether a Texas statute, which extinguishes a business entity's choses in action without notice, violates the Due Process clause of the U.S. Constitut…
19-8786 Quamine Jones v. Tony Mays, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals enter a decision in conflict with the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the matter of appli…
19-8793 R. W. v. Dauphin County Social Services for Children and Youth Pennsylvania 2020-06-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction parental-rights standing A. Is it unconstitutional to impose a verbal pick-up -order (to remove Simone Shawdll walcott From her parents) and also: on involuntary terminationn …
19-8774 Benjamin J. Gutierrez v. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission Texas 2020-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-custody constitutional-law constitutional-rights custody-determination due-process family-law government-agency medicaid medicaid-eligibility parental-rights In 2010, Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACA legislation that sought to significantly address matters concernin…
19-8697 Shiron Deshane Davis v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-06-18 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure evidence exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment judicial-review legal-jurisdiction search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8740 Anthony J. Williams v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-06-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment Whether petitioner's conviction based upon a non-unanimous verdict violated the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution? Wh…
19-8749 Paul Anthony Crayton v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law cell-phone-data civil-rights constitutional-law fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence judicial-review legal-procedure privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation was the pirosented Statement made in the Newspaper hommbul evoug to wannt a mistial? 2 D (cRaytaw) Anmendent. Presene his 6tll N3) boovove Dio the De…
19-1389 Texas Democratic Party, et al. v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-18 Granted Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse Waived age-discrimination constitutional-amendment constitutional-law due-process election-law mail-in-ballot mail-in-voting standing twenty-sixth-amendment voter-access voting-rights Does Texas's limitation of the right to cast a no excuse mail-in ballot to only voters who are "65 years of age or older on election day," Tex. Electi…
19-8722 Margaret Morris-Calderon v. The James Randi Educational Foundation California 2020-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment search-and-seizure Question not identified.
19-8681 Sung Hong, et ux. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP affinity-fraud aggravating-factors civil-rights constitutional-law due-process establishment-clause free-exercise holguin-hernandez-v-united-states plain-error-review religious-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines 1. Is it permissible for courts to consider religion as an aggravating factor in determining sentences, or to favor a religion by sentencing defendant…
19-8669 William M. Tyson v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied IFP circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-law due-process first-amendment mistake-of-age-defense statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred in ruling that a mistake-of-age defense need not be read into 18 U.S.C. §2251 (…
19-8653 Jose Heriberto Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-standards criminal-procedure due-process independent-review judicial-review legal-principles sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Petitioner is challenging all Drugs Minus-Two pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(2). Reduction of Sentence, Petitioner is eligible to receive the …
19-8659 Steven Adam Segovia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fact-finding federal-sentencing jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?
19-8621 Steven Desmond Peterson, aka Primo v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8637 Robert Reeves v. Cathleen Stoddard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-06-08 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment legislative-override punishment-limitation statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should overrule the " legislative override " exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause.
19-8580 Lary James Plumlee v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada 2020-06-02 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule supreme-court-precedent teague-doctrine welch-v-united-states Under the new constitutional rule of retroactivity established in Montgomery v. Louisiana and clarified in Welch v. United States, is a state court re…
19-8573 David Konepachit v. California California 2020-05-30 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement DOES THE SENATE BILL 1393 INHERENTLY DEPRIVE THE PETITIONER FROM EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS BECAUSE OF THE AMELIORATIVE STATUTE THAT 1893 AMENDS, LA…
19-1319 David R. Morabito, et ux. v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2020-05-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process due-process-14th-amendment eleventh-amendment hydraulic-fracturing interstate-commerce rosemary-knick rosemary-knick-v-township-of-scott standing takings takings-clause takings-clause-5th-amendment 1. Whether the New York State Law, adopte d on or about April 3, 2020, permanently banning high volume hydraulic fracturi ng in the State of New York…
19-1315 Nevada, et al. v. Donald Walden, Jr., et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-05-27 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 11th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law court-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-removal judicial-procedure removal sovereign-immunity state-courts state-immunity Whether a state remains immune from suit after voluntarily removing a federal claim to federal court when the state is immune from such claims in its …
19-8548 Shawndell Lee Harrison v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states retroactive-rule retroactivity sentencing A second or successive motion to vacate, set aside, or correct a federal sentence may be filed if it "contain[s] . . . a new rule of constitutional la…
19-8537 Susan Xiao-Ping Su v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure district-court due-process judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-remedy procedural-error sentencing A. whether the Ninth Ciruit should sue sponte vacate or grant Conviction/sentence becanse ind: ctment alleged certificuateont of statnte scope aleordi…
19-8540 Antwoyn Spencer and Derrick Jerome Spencer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment first-step-act resentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioners are being deprived of their right to due process of law against law (without due process of law) in violation of the Fifth Amendme…
19-1312 Weih Steve Chang v. Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware Third Circuit 2020-05-22 Denied Response Waived 31-usc-3730 circuit-split constitutional-law dismissal-standard due-process federal-statute legal-malpractice legal-procedure qui-tam separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation 1. Which one of the two differing standards, the D.C. Circuit's "Unfettered Discretion" standard or the Ninth and Tenth Circuits' "Rational Basis Test…
19-8518 Dexter C. Newson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-law due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence judicial-review legal-procedure right-to-present-defense statutory-interpretation Petitioners appeal Without him compusorry process to Call a Witness in his Fabor as guarented in the 6th AMendment of the Constitution and to determin…
19-8504 Jose Antonio Garcia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP admission-of-guilt constitutional-law criminal-procedure disposition-agreement due-process judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing supervised-release Whether Mr. Garcia's admission to a violation of supervised release in this matter violated due process where the district court failed to clearly inf…
19-8485 Melvin T. Bell v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process final-judgment judicial-review jurisdiction legal-remedy statutory-interpretation WHEN A PETITIONER HAS REALIZED, TWO YEARS LATER, AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY RETRIED FOR THE SAME STATUTORY OFFENSE TO IN THE SAME PROCEEDING, WHICH HAS LE…
19-8490 Timmy Stevens v. Emma Collins, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus Question not identified.
19-8472 Wyte Young, Jr. v. Arizona Arizona 2020-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction-review procedural-default sentencing state-court-procedure 1. Did the tral Count vio late petitroverts 5thybthiand i4th arendnvent rights, When it made a Judieial chetermunation,as tothe dangerous nature eleme…
19-1291 Charles Hamner v. Danny Burls, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Amici (7) affirmative-defense circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-prong due-process federal-appellate-courts qualified-immunity standing state-actors sua-sponte "Since qualified immunity is a defense, the burden of pleading it rests with the defendant." Gomez v. Toledo, 446 U.S. 635, 640 (1980). Nonetheless, t…
19-8452 William Strickland v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-13 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation takings sutont tho dccomplrce Why The triel court did not witness" in strction, 1. P.1.3.17, dispitethe existence of prebible Cduse to indict Doy " Bleck Arms…
19-8448 Lamont Dantzler v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-law de-facto-life-sentence due-process juvenile-justice proportionality proportionate-penalties sentencing I. In an action in which the sole claim is whether,in a case in which an 18-year-old defendant who received a de facto life sentence does that sente…
19-8422 Todd Lee Glenn v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law executive-branch gundy-v-united-states legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon…
19-1275 Angel Luis Thomas, Sr. v. Tyree C. Blocker, et al. Third Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-mandate federal-state-relations fourteenth-amendment sex-offender-registration state-jurisdiction 1. Does the Commerce Clause empower Congress to impose "Registry requirements for sex offenders," 34 U.S.C. § 20918, directly upon an individual convi…
19-8406 Jihad Shahaddah v. Deputy Gotcher, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-law assault civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force judicial-review notice statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8397 Domenico Alexander Lockhart v. North Carolina North Carolina 2020-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cole-v-arkansas constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-narcotic-offenses due-process judicial-review overt-act procedural-and-substantive-rights statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8400 Roy Allen Nichols v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process factfinding fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether a Court of Appeals violates a criminal defendant's right to Due Process, guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitutio…
19-8387 Robert C. Caldwell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy enhanced-penalty evidentiary-finding firearm public-choice-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation two-strike-statute The Government seehs to have defendants sentenced under both the CarJacking statute and the firearm statute. The issue befire the Court is whether sen…
19-8386 David L. Culverhouse v. Texas Texas 2020-05-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion standing May the Court of Appeals of Texas circumvent attorney of any actually innocent Petitioner error motion before to file original Application for writ of…
19-8374 In Re Sha'Ron A. Sims 2020-04-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-law chapter-13 civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process jury-trial property-rights QUESTION: DO DEBTORS IN THIS NATION HAVE A RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL, WITHIN THE CHAPTER 13 CONTEXT, WHEN DISPUTING ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO A CLAIM ON A PRIM…
19-8381 Joseph Benjamin O'Donnell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-law executive-branch legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon…
19-8370 Cynthia Fisher v. Walgreen Co. Fourth Circuit 2020-04-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment search-and-seizure standing Why did the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals refuse the grant a rehearing or rehearing en banc? Why did the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and the State Di…
19-8346 Naeem Jones v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-23 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-prisoner strickland-standard Does a freestanding claim of actual innocence stand a basis of relief for a state prisoner in the context of a federal habeas proceeding? 2. Does the…
19-8350 Christopher R. Desmond v. Delaware Third Circuit 2020-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-clause appointments-clause civil-procedure constitutional-law delaware-judges judicial-qualifications judicial-selection separation-of-powers standing state-judicial-appointments state-judiciary WHETHER ALL DELAWARE JUDGES ARE APPOINTED IN VIOLATION OF THE APPOINTMENT CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTIO…
19-8309 Cynthia Fisher v. Frontline National Fourth Circuit 2020-04-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment search-and-seizure standing Why did the NC Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit state that I was late filing, after the appeals' court accepted my extension request? That is why …
19-8307 Jose Lopez v. Rollin Cook, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Connecticut 2020-04-19 Denied IFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-tampering habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct 1) The State Superior court At Rockville sent me A letter stating that thay have misplaced the or some of the valuable evidece that I have provided at…
19-8283 James L. Toney v. Heath Dickson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing Question not identified.
19-8292 Russell Tinsley v. Sherry Yates, Administrator, Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-commitment constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process fauntleroy-doctrine full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction WHEATHER THE NEW JERSEY CIVIL COMMITMENT OF MR. TINSLEY WAS A VIOLATION OF THE FAUNTLEROY DOCTRINE; AND/OR JURISDICTION OF THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT C…
19-8255 Emilio Medina-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-8182 Edward Paul Moss v. Arizona Arizona 2020-04-03 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights conviction-review criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury judicial-discretion sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
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.
19-8119 Walter E. Williams v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-03-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process essential-element felony-murder judicial-review jury-instruction standing can a trial court acquit and convict for same crime without violating the prohibitions of the fiFTH Amendment involving double jeopardy in this case? …
19-8068 Daniel B. Boudette v. Tammy Boudette, nka Tammy Oskerson Montana 2020-03-23 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law enforceability foreign-judgment full-faith-and-credit judgment-enforcement originating-state sister-state-judgment state-law time-limit time-limitation 1. Does a state's enforcement of a sister state's judgment beyond the time limit when it is enforceable in the originating state contravene the Full F…
19-8071 Curtis Dion Earley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-law due-process mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stolen-firearm Does the commentary at U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, Application Note 8, which does not require a mens rea to impose the stolen firearm enhancement at U.S.S.G. § …
19-8074 David Gunter v. Cory Pulsipher Tenth Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing takings Question not identified.
19-1138 DeWayne D. Knight v. Thomas Grossman, Jr. Seventh Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied balancing-test circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment informed-consent medical-treatment prisoner-rights Whether a claim for violation of a prisonerpatient's Fourteenth Amendment right to informed consent requires a showing of deliberate indifference and …
19-7980 Maechel Shawn Patterson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection retroactive-application statutory-interpretation victim-rights victims-rights IF PETITIONER ORDERS BEFORE OFFERING IS OCT. 10, 1998 AND THE N.C.G.S. THE-501 CONTINUE VICTIM RIGHTS ACTIONS ESTABLISHED FOR CRIMES THAT WERE COMMITT…
19-7984 Danny Pereda v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process government-discretion government-procedures jury-trial sentencing-guidelines Question not identified.
19-7968 Akube Wuromoni Ndoromo v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment jury-trial seventh-amendment standing takings Does Fourth (VI) Amendment protect the right of the people to be secure therein? Does the Fifth Amendment (V) can't allowed accuser to defend himself…
19-7894 In Re Charles S. Renchenski 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default statutory-adequacy statutory-interpretation statutory-notice writ-of-certiorari DID THE FEDERAL COURT(S) UNLAWFULLY SUSPEND THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BY RENDERING DECISIONS CONTRARY TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT RELATING TO: …
19-7961 Randall Duane Throneberry v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-03-11 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process fourteenth-amendment oklahoma-law oklahoma-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Whether under the clear language of Oklahoma Statute Title 21, § 1123, Petitioner's enhanced sentence under Oklahoma Statute Title 21, § 51.1A is i…
19-7966 Justin Odell Langford v. William G. Cobb Ninth Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 26-usc-1415 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause 1) whether the Courts violated U.s. Const. Amend,14 clauses on Due Process and Equal Protection? 2) Whether the courts violated U.s. Const. Amend. 5 …
19-7910 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Intuit, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2020-03-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law contract contract-rights due-process government-contract government-contracts government-grants judicial-misconduct jurisdiction patent patent-contract patent-rights standing takings PREAMBLE # I: JURISDICTION I, Dr. Lakshmi Arunachalam, a Woman, one of We, The People, of the State of California and of the United States of America…
19-7831 Jose Antonio Cortez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction standing statute-of-limitations Question not identified.
19-7865 Clifford Laverne Mecham, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP 2nd-circuit 8th-circuit child-pornography circuit-split constitutional-law eighth-circuit first-amendment free-speech morphed-images second-circuit sexually-explicit-conduct Whether the First Amendment protects morphed child pornography created without any child's involvement in sexually explicit conduct, as the Eighth Cir…
19-7835 Miguel Rodriguez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-authorization constitutional-law constitutional-suspension due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision in McCarthan v. Dir. Goodwill Indus. Suncoast-Inc , 851 F.3d 1076 (11th Cir. 2017), is in violation of the …
19-7852 Edwin F. Parson v. United States Air Force, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-abuse-of-discretion-standing-fede civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-statutes judicial-process legal-review remedy scotus-petition standing supreme-court WHY AFTER A REVEEW OF RELATED TIHERE IS AN ABSENCE OF A REMEDY DOCumeNTs THERE IS A CIVIL RIGHT THAT SUFFERED NOWLODGE 2 A WRONG? A STRATAGEM. OR SUBT…
19-7843 Tony Buck v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons constitutional-law constitutional-rights conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review punishment punishment-clause sentencing Whether the Judgment of Conviction should be vacated as a violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause because the Judgment punishes Mr. Buck for the exact…
19-7845 Omar Weise v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus standard-of-review standing Question not identified.
19-7808 Richard Wayne Taylor v. Texas Texas 2020-02-27 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-validity conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction oath-of-office sentencing WHETHER THE TRIAL JUDGE'S FAILURE TO RETAKE AND REFILE A VALID OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE PRONOUNCING SENTENCE, RENDERS A JUDGEMENT, CONVICTION AND SENTENC…
19-7704 Kevin Massengale v. Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process god-given-rights human-rights inalienable-rights inherited-rights title-iv-d The U.S. supreme court and every court in the U.S., duties is to uphold the U.S. constitution, title IV-D agency violated my civil rights, inalienable…
19-1039 PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC v. New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-20 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (21)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) certificate-of-public-convenience constitutional-law eminent-domain federal-power ferc interstate-pipeline natural-gas-act state-property Whether the NGA delegates to FERC certificate holders the authority to exercise the federal government's eminent domain power to condemn land in which…
19-7691 In Re Wilbert Norwood Starks 2020-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-standing civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech patent standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. WHETHER the County Court abused its Discretion and violated Due Process Under the Fourteenth Amendment and Rule 13, Tex. Rule of Civil Procedure; …
19-7671 Daquan Ossie Bradley v. Minnesota Minnesota 2020-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-law court-trial due-process judicial-review standard-of-review structural-error sullivan-v-louisiana trial-procedure Whether a court-trial verdict that is based on a constitutionally-deficient burden of proof is structural error under Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. …
19-7680 Samuel Howard v. Nevada Nevada 2020-02-14 Denied IFP appellate-review capital-punishment constitutional-law criminal-procedure death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process hurst-v-florida judicial-precedent retroactivity sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment 1. Whether appellate reweighing is constitutional after Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016). 2. Whether Hurst is retroactive.
19-1018 Dana Gallop v. Adult Correctional Institutions, et al. Rhode Island 2020-02-14 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-death-statute civil-rights constitutional-law political-disenfranchisement prisoner-rights racial-discrimination supremacy-clause unconstitutional Does Rhode Island's Civil Death Statute, G.L. 1956 § 13-6-1, violate the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution, where it is derived from …
19-7635 Timothy Courtney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review 1. Whether the holding in Almendarez-Torres creating an exception for not having to prove the existence of prior convictions when used to enhance a de…
19-7640 Phillip Auston Carrier v. Billy Romero, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review congress-intent consent constitutional-law federal-appellate-court federal-prosecutor federal-prosecutor-consent gatekeeping-role gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2255-motion prosecutorial-consent second-or-successive-petition second-petition section-2255 Whether "the remedy by motion " authorized by 28 U.S.C. §2255(h)(2) is rendered "inadequate or ineffective " under §2255(e) when a federal appellate …
19-7615 William E. Vukich v. Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection incarceration judicial-interpretation mistrial probation sentencing Question not identified.
19-7621 Allanah Benton v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel DID THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS VIOLATE MS. BENTON'S RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL AND APPELLATE COUNSELS IN VIOLATION OF U.S. CONSTITUTIONA…
19-7595 Rickey Todd Major v. Renee Baker, Warden Nevada 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-constitution retroactivity state-courts substantive-function supreme-court-precedent welch-v-united-states Following Welch , does the federal Constitution require state courts to apply retroactively decisions that narrow the scope of criminal laws?
19-7571 Richard Williams v. Tony Mays, Warden Tennessee 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process evidence murder murder-investigation presumption statutory-interpretation statutory-presumption venue Whether, as applied to the facts of this case, the statutory presumption if a body of a murder victim found within the state, the death is presumed to…
19-7535 Norman Eugene Reed v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-U.S.C.-20913(d) 34-usc-20913(d) constitutional-law executive-branch Gundy legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation (1) Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) i…
19-7544 Robert M. Waggy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Amici (2)IFP constitutional-law content-based content-based-restrictions criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech public-concern speech-regulation telephone-harassment Whether a statute that prohibits telephone harassment may, consistent with the First Amendment, prohibit speech on matters of public concern or impose…
19-974 William T. Schmitt, et al. v. Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State Sixth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Amici (2) ballot-initiative ballot-initiatives civil-rights constitutional-law election-law first-amendment free-speech strict-scrutiny subject-matter-restriction subject-matter-restrictions voting-rights Whether the First Amendment and strict scrutiny apply to subject matter restrictions on ballot initiatives.
19-7526 Gregorio Segura-Resendiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent overrule precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-7517 Mario Palacios-Cordero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent sentencing supreme-court Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-953 Charles Farrar v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-conviction due-process judicial-review material-evidence perjured-testimony perjury post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Due Process Clause is violated when the prosecution relies on material, perjured testimony to secure a conviction but did not know the tes…
19-7481 Patrick Henry Murphy v. Texas Texas 2020-01-29 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 capital-murder capital-punishment constitutional-law death-penalty due-process enmund-v-florida federal-habeas jury-determination jury-trial sentencing tison-v-arizona Does Ring dictate that a jury determine whether a capital murder defendant is eligible for a sentence of death under Enmund and Tison, and, if so, is …
19-7445 Maechel Shawn Patterson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deportation due-process habeas-corpus law-enforcement pro-se probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search ARE All StAtE PRiSONERS bEINg UN/Awfolly Held, If the eVideNCe UsED TO CONVICT THEM INVOlUED SheRiff DepaRrtment offciAls from ONE CoontyI SEARCHiNg S…
19-7465 Jose Antonio Contreras v. Washington Washington 2020-01-28 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-deference civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review patent procedural-rights racial-discrimination standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
19-7406 Bartholomew Antonio Guzman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction first-amendment freedom-of-information government-transparency habeas-corpus public-records standing state-court state-court-interpretation state-court-proceedings Question/Issue No.l: Isthe juckgment of the because the habeas petitiower's State hebeas proceralie Question/Issue No.2: Did the United Stctes Distri…
19-7402 Andrea Lee Sanders v. Hennepin County Human Service and Public Health Department Child Support, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech property-rights standing takings Where a Title IV-D foreign municipal tribunal and foreign agents operating under the Executive-Branch of government; pursuant to the Uniform Interstat…
19-7371 Larry Bentley, Jr. v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment narcotics-detection prejudice retroactive-application retroactivity search search-and-seizure First, this court has held that the use of a detection device by law enforcement on a citizens person, places, or things without a warrant, which reve…
19-7385 Arthur Lee Kimbel v. Texas Texas 2020-01-23 Denied IFP anders-brief appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-requirement criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure pro-se pro-se-claims right-to-counsel When an Appellant files an Appellate Brief raising Pro Se claims after appointed counsel submits an Anders Brief, is the reviewing appellate court con…
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…
19-7375 Joaquin Mario Valencia-Trujillo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington circuit-split constitutional-law contemporary-assessment criminal-defense ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-foreseeability sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. Whether, Despite Strickland's Contemporary Assessment Rule, Strickland's Test For Determining Whether A Criminal Defendant's Counsel Was Ineffectiv…
19-7354 Lawrence Martin v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2020-01-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-court capital-murder constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process hearing jurisdiction perjury prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct standing (1). WHETHER FINAL JUDGMENT DENYING PETITIONER'S PETITION FOR WRIT OF ERROR CORAM NOBIS WAS APPEALABLE (2). WHETHER ORDER DENYING APPOINTMENT OF COUN…
19-7327 Antonio Macli v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability claim-by-claim claim-determination constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus reasonable-jurists Does a federal habeas court have to determine the need for an evidentiary hearing on a claim by claim basis? When one court grants a certificate of a…
19-7318 John Henry Yablonsky v. California California 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adversarial-challenge civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence-manipulation evidence-tampering fiduciary-duty fourteenth-amendment historical-accuracy prosecutorial-misconduct trial-integrity 1. HOW CAN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES UPHOLD CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS IF THE COURT ALLOWS STATE TERRITORIES TO PLUNDER THE CORNERSTONES OF THOS…
19-880 Yisrael M. Kemp v. Georgia State University Admissions Office, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) admission-criteria civil-rights-act civil-rights-act-1964 constitutional-law education-policy equal-protection georgia-constitution title-vi university-admission university-system-georgia Whether the Eleven Circuit Court error not to determine the equal protection clause, and the civil rights act of 1964, Title VI, authorize Georgia con…
19-7272 Kenyatta Quinn Mitchell v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment trial-fairness 1. Did the petitioner receive Constitutional effective assistance of trial Court counsel at trial Court answers? YES Appellant answers: NO 2. Did the…
19-7250 Thomas Kevin Jenkins v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction patent standing takings Medientiun urce Frtvolons no Muetnienl ? dne to Rnling Done Jndge collnsion Thesdure D. Chnons and fourtn circnit Seewri UD Back side
19-7206 Robert W. Johnson v. Law Offices of Jennifer S. Adams, et al. Second Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-fine-improvement-act criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process insurance-fraud second-circuit sentencing standing statutory-interpretation white-collar-crime Question not identified.
19-851 Manuel Lopez-Castro v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied Response Waived actual-innocence constitutional-law criminal-conduct criminal-law habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent precedent procedural-default Does the actual innocence gateway to review of procedurally defaulted habeas claims apply only where new evidence shows the defendant did not commit t…
19-7197 Darryl William Young v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery colloquy constitutional-law constitutional-question-of-procedural-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 criminal-procedure-rule-20 direct-appeal district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question-of-statutory-law federal-rules-criminal-procedure jurisdictional-venue overbroad-interpretation plea-agreement plea-validity procedural-requirements sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-law venue waiver 1. The United States Supreme Court is asked to resolve a federal question of jurisdictional law, whether the district court for the Eastern District o…
19-7170 Dante Taylor v. New York New York 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure appellate-review carpenter-v-united-states constitutional-law constitutional-ruling due-process fourth-amendment griffith-v-kentucky ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel retroactive-application retroactivity supremacy-clause supreme-court-precedent Q1. What is the appropriate appellate protocol for appellate counsel to follow when: (i) the Supreme Court has issued a new constitutional ruling affe…
19-7165 Omar Macias-Macias v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-ripeness circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process finality jurisdiction justiciability legal-challenge standing supervised-release Does the doctrine of prudential ripeness allow the Court of Appeals to dismiss a defendant's timely direct appeal challenging a supervised release con…
19-7156 Robert E. Clayborne v. Brad Hansen, Warden Nebraska 2020-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process false-arrest habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing unlawful-detention whit of habeas lor pus are not in his petition fer junsdichonal defects and then crdered that the
19-7117 Vance Edward Ingram, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process government-power plea-agreement plea-bargaining waiver IS A DEFEDANT'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW VIOLATED WHEN THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES AN APPEAL WAIVER AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT?
19-821 Isaac M. Nsejjere v. Reuben Smith, et ux. Washington 2019-12-31 Denied constitutional-law constitutional-rights deprivation deprivation-of-rights due-process equal-protection legal-principles state-action unequal-protection 1. Is a state action constitutional when it leads to deprivation by denying a process that is "due", and premised on unequal protection under the law?…
19-828 Charles Garske, et al. v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy government-misconduct manifest-necessity mistrial oregon-v-kennedy retrial united-states-v-perez For purposes of determining whether the Double Jeopardy Clause bars a second prosecution, does the test enunciated in Oregon v. Kennedy, 456 U.S. 667 …
19-7098 Antonio Shaw v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel objective-standard sixth-amendment standard-of-review witness-testimony (1) Whether defense Counsel's performance in failing to inform client of important witness against him fell below an objectively reasonable Standard o…
19-7102 Ruben Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied IFP case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-precedent legal-procedure precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-7082 Mark J. Lipski v. Maine Maine 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection conviction-consequences criminal-procedure due-process economic-disadvantage indigent-defense ineffective-assistance judicial-oath legal-ethics legal-representation liberty-interests right-to-counsel state-prosecution 1)Was this case criminal in nature? 2)Was the right to counsel waived? 3)Would an impoverished layman have the needed skills and ability to defend h…
19-7055 In Re Charlene Rosa 2019-12-23 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-and-seizure strickland-v-washington 1. Whether mewly Discovened Evidence From the American socity % crime Laboratory Advise to the sate scuntficand the oNA Evidence dunng tnal, thatwas S…
19-798 Bay Point Properties, Incorporated v. Mississippi Transportation Commission, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-12-23 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process eleventh-amendment just-compensation just-compensation-clause property-rights sovereign-immunity state-immunity state-liability takings takings-clause Whether the "self -executing" Just Compensation Clause abrogates a State's Eleventh Amendment immunity, allowing a property owner to sue the State for…
19-789 Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, S.A., et al. v. John Paul DeJoria Fifth Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-retroactivity-provisions civil-rights constitutional-law de-novo-review due-process erie-doctrine federal-constitution foreign-judgment foreign-money-judgment judicial-review retroactive-application retroactive-legislation retroactivity texas-constitution texas-law texas-legislature uniform-foreign-country-money-judgments-recognitio 1. Respondent John Paul DeJoria is a billionaire who co-founded a Moroccan company, was found liable in Moroccan court for defrauding Petitioners and …
19-786 Willie Kipyego Butia v. Virginia Virginia 2019-12-19 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jury jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Is due process violated where the trial judge instructs the jury using words not found in the statute and in such a way that clearly expands the statu…
19-6996 Myron L. Johnson v. Darren Settles, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review case-disposition civil-procedure constitutional-law court-disposition due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error legal-procedure lower-court-decisions standard-of-review standing statutory-interpretation DID THE LOWER COURTS ERR IN THEIR DISPOSITION OF PETITIONER'S CASE?
19-6949 James R. Royal v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity sixth-amendment watershed-rule 1. Is McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S.Ct.1500 (2018) a watershed rule of criminal procedure which must be applied retroactively on collateral review?
19-6920 Courtney Omar Boyd v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act judicial-discretion motion-denial sentencing statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION AND VIOLATED MR. BOYD'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUE PROCESS RIGHTS WHEN IT DENIED BOYD'S FIRST STEP ACT MOTION…
19-6906 Datanya Damon Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-review indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States, 15-1498, __U.S.__, 139 S.Ct. 2773 (June 28, 2019)? Whether t…
19-6915 Andrew Lee Thompson, II v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-post-facto plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing Ulvi is IL feneivj vita IL SMe* lre<J\ if" cuJ jioSC Lre^cLs Jirecilj eJS®!' fL. PU Ar^rieoy <fyvd |>n>c€S^S€A3eo6e, ^■ffcTSTW^e/N U Sb-W j^seJ Qrs c,…
19-6893 Michael Wayne Nelson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process patent prison-conditions retaliation standing takings Question not identified.
19-6883 Donald Brian Winberg, et ux. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process patent standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. Is a farmer committing' 'fraud"(l8 U.S.C. §1343) when he sells his "future goods" crop (UCC §2-105) on a '.'future goods" contract, and accepts a…
19-719 Dami Hospitality, LLC v. Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation Colorado 2019-12-06 Denied ability-to-pay civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-fines criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause proportionality sentencing How is an offender's ability to pay relevant in determining whether a fine is unconstitutional under Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment?
19-720 United States v. Riley Briones, Jr. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-06 GVR Relisted (2) constitutional-law criminal-procedure discretionary-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment life-without-parole parole sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether Miller v. Alabama, which "h[e]ld that the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that mandates life in prison without possibility of par…
19-6863 In Re Melvin Bonnell 2019-12-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law due-process federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus retroactive-application retroactivity sixth-circuit state-court-decisions teague-doctrine teague-standard Bonnell's habeas petition presents exceptional circumstances that, if left unresolved, will cause disparate interpretations of the federal Constitutio…
19-6839 Patrick R. Smith v. Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination standing Did the INTEGRITY COURTS BELOW UNDERMINE the Court's Ruling in BATSON v. KENTUCKY and FLOWERS v. MISSISSIPPI, thus VIOLATING ALTON CHISHOLM and JASMIN…
19-6847 Lawrence Keith Johnson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discovery-rights due-process due-process,civil-rights,standing,civil-procedure, equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review standing witness-testimony Does any court that does not follow the well established law violate an individuals Constitutional rights, by simply denying without stating the reaso…
19-6858 David Lamont Liddell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery constitutional-law criminal-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states mississippi-state-law prior-conviction resentencing section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether, under the law established by this Court in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), Mr. Liddell should be resentenced without applyin…
19-711 Missouri, ex rel. Darrin Lamasa v. Michael Wright, Associate Circuit Judge, 12th Judicial Circuit, Warren County, Missouri Missouri 2019-12-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law due-process federal-preemption marbury-v-madison medical-marijuana rational-basis-review statutory-interpretation I. Whether Missouri's medical marijuana law (Mo. Const. art. XIV) is preempted by the federal statute. II. If not, since there is no verdict director…
19-6807 Marcus Robinson v. Les Parish, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure patent standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court takings Could the District Court or the State Court make a decision to deny the Petitioner's Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim based on U.S. Supreme Cou…
19-6813 Lenore Luann Albert v. State Bar of California California 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines legal-costs license license-suspension reinstatement state-bar state-bar-costs Whether the California State Bar's conditional suspension that conditions the time suspended to payment of State Bar costs and other amounts ordered d…
19-6789 Joseph Jasman v. DeWayne Burton, Warden Michigan 2019-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-oath jurisdiction legal-detention standing takings void-judgment Question not identified.
19-692 Sunil Deo v. California California 2019-12-02 Denied Amici (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process federal-law fifth-amendment penal-code property-rights state-law takings takings-clause 1. Does California's application of Penal Code section 115 to deprive lienholders of their property, which conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent…
19-6778 Michael Daemon Blackburn v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-waiver criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process fifth-amendment interrogation-rights miranda-rights self-incrimination waiver Is a written-only advisement of Miranda rights - without time or silence to read it - a sufficient advisal allowing a knowing, intelligent and volunta…
19-6779 Mitchell Stevens v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction free-speech procedural-standards retaliation standing (1) Did the district Court misRepresent the Facts (2) Did the district Court have Jurisdiction to hear this matter (3) Did the Appeals Court overlook …
19-6713 Derek Tyler Horton v. Sam Cochran Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights constitutional-violation double-jeopardy due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus jurisdiction procedural-error writ-of-certiorari I.) WAe/^er -Ike £/eve/v// CVrcaj*/ erred Ly oLe/vy / tvc^ e-hUoMerk A^/'^ oJiq/Y Far CerAA'c^de dr AppeoJoAl/'d Aw //?e recori <c/e_ocr AAA f /Ao-4…
19-6721 Christopher Ray Parrish v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-conduct double-jeopardy federal-court federal-government punishment sentencing supervised-release Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a federal court from revoking supervised release and sentencing someone based on criminal conduct for whi…
19-6726 In Re Billie Byrd 2019-11-22 Denied IFP aedpa-filing-limitations aedpa-limitations constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law habeas-corpus indian-treaties subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause treaties-with-indians treaty-supremacy-clause (1) Whether the filing limitations AEDPA apply to claims that state courts lacked of subject matter jurisdiction in criminal cases due to provisions i…
19-643 John Hurry, et al. v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process finra immunity law-enforcement-powers private-corporation regulatory-authority securities-industry securities-regulation state-action state-actor tort-immunity 1. Whether FINRA, an ostensibly private corporation invested with vast powers to regulate the securities industry, is absolutely immune from any claim…
19-635 Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-11-18 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response Waived article-2 article-ii article-two constitutional-law criminal-investigation executive-power grand-jury-subpoena immunity president presidential-immunity separation-of-powers subpoena supremacy-clause The District Attorney for the County of New York is conducting a criminal investigation that, by his own admission, targets the President of the Unite…
19-640 Andrew Clarke, et al. v. Ray D. Goodson, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation legal-theory standing substantive-due-process Does substantive due process really mean anything, or is it mere mythology? Does equal protection of the law, apply to everyone, or not?
19-6643 John Forrest v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure descamps-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states retroactive-precedent retroactivity sentencing sentencing-correction sentencing-review successive-motion supreme-court A successive motion to correct a sentence under 28 U.S.C. §2255(h)(2) must contain a "new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on col…
19-6598 Robert Hercenberger v. Gary A. Martin Oregon 2019-11-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-policy legal-equality state-government state-jurisdiction Where Equal Protection of the laws definition apply for all: A phrase in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requiring that st…
19-6626 Allen Dodson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-usc-20913(d) administrative-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process executive-branch gundy-v-united-states legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration-and-notification-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon…
19-6583 Patrick Killen, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment eleventh-circuit graham-v-florida gross-disproportionality proportionality sentencing statutory-limits I. What is the proper analysis to determine whether there is a threshold showing of an inference of gross disproportionality on an Eighth Amendment cl…
19-6512 Michael Allen Channel, Sr. v. John Brinker, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force judicial-review legal-precedent qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Whether The Defcndant's Knwingly with willful Misconduct 1.7 Dut due process of Law. Yes s NO. 2.) Whether The DeFendant's Volated A.R.s.4. b) MEMoRAu…
19-6513 Deyoe R. Harris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review controlled-substances criminal-justice drug-policy due-process federal-law federalism free-speech sentencing-disparity standing takings ①Is it clear that like one hondred years ago with esulted in ALL Americans? or 2sayt x0t pvo apogba hds o4 t2g SI② ubstances because people will use t…
19-6539 Dwayne Dumont Haizlip v. Joseph Valliere Fourth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process fourteenth-amendment habitual-felon-law habitual-offender mandatory-sentencing sentencing I. The Federal Court, Question Presented is whether a Sentential Mandatory Sentence + Drug Trafficking Conviction; Sentence Versus N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-…
19-6552 Darrell Tykwan Atkinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-conduct double-jeopardy federal-court federal-government punishment sentencing supervised-release Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a federal court from revoking supervised release and sentencing someone based on criminal conduct for whi…
19-6528 Royce C. Gouveia v. Nolan Espinda, Director, Hawaii Department of Public Safety, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP acquittal constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy double-jeopardy,criminal-procedure,jury,verdict,ac jury jury-verdict retrial verdict Does a jury's execution of a verdict form acquitting the defendant, and announcement that it has reached a verdict, suffice to erect a double jeopardy…
19-6471 Diego Alonso Lozano-Perez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-determination constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plea-bargaining rule-11 standing voluntariness voluntary-plea Whether the Court made the Constitutionally required determination that the guilty plea was truly voluntary, whereas it failed to comply with the rigi…
19-6432 Michael Anthony Thibodeaux v. Drew Evans, Superintendent, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Minnesota 2019-10-29 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process government-regulation liberty-interest predatory-offender-registration procedural-due-process procedural-safeguards sex-offender-registration split-authority The Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution provides that the government may not infringe upon a person's protectable liberty interest wi…
19-6440 Mitchell Lavern Ludy v. James W. Mills, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process liberty-interest parole state-regulations state-requirements Question not identified.
19-6407 Derran Smiley v. California California 2019-10-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance penal-code post-conviction retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing state-court-ruling 1) APPELLANT OFFENSES WERE COMMITTED IN 2004, BUT, IN 2006 PENAL CODE § 667.6(d) WAS AMENDED AND INCREASED THE PUNISHMENT WHILE CHANGING THE VIOLATING…
19-6411 Tyler Joseph Barefield v. Arkansas Arkansas 2019-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-perpetrator alternative-perpetrator-evidence constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence right-to-defense right-to-present-defense state-evidentiary-requirements state-evidentiary-rules To what extent— consistent with the right to present a defense — may a State restrict the ability of a defendant to present evidence tending to establ…
19-6413 Ricky Langley v. Howard Prince, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-10-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acquittal ashe-v-swenson collateral-estoppel constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jury-verdict Whether it is clearly established that a jury's failure to return a verdict, which is tantamount to an acquittal for double jeopardy purposes, will ha…
19-6358 In Re Morris J. Warren 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict circuit-split conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto parole-eligibility retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-regulations statutory-interpretation DOES DANIEL v. FULWOOD, CASE NO. 12-5327/CITATION 766 F. 3d 57 (D.C. CIR. 2014), APPLIES TO MY PAROLEBLE SENTENCE, WHERE WHICH WAS GIVEN DECEMBER 18, …
19-6315 John David Stahlman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment sentencing statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-2422(b) 1.) DID THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, VIOLATE T…
19-6311 Adam Douglas Boylen v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights claim-exhaustion constitutional-law due-process foreclosure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit petition-preclusion procedural-default record standing state-court-record takings Whether, in light of Jones v. United States, 529 U.S. 848 (2000), and the interpretive rule that constitutionally doubtful constructions should be avo…
19-6327 Lorenzo Lorta v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied IFP amendments california-penal-code circumstances civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent modification-of-sentence parole sentencing statutory-interpretation Refexto All attachmentoregarding questions of Las V E an Modification of Sentence and Re-sentence Lnder 5 Y6 positibn 57 Also, Under ColiForriaPenal C…
19-6302 James Philip Douglas v. Margaret Gilbert, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech jurisdiction standing takings Question not identified.
19-6306 Jonathan Mota v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied IFP circuit-split commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act interstate-commerce ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit incorrectly held—in conflict with the decisions of several other circuits—that to violate the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951…
19-6269 Eduardo Romero Martinez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-conduct double-jeopardy federal-court federal-government punishment sentencing supervised-release Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a federal court from revoking supervised release and sentencing someone based on criminal conduct for whi…
19-6234 Kelvin Melton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process self-representation Whether an appellant has the right to self-representation under the Sixth Amendment or the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
19-6254 Christopher T. Shanahan v. Idaho Idaho 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment equal-protection juvenile-sentencing life-sentence mitigating-factors parole parole-eligibility 1. Does a juvenile life sentence, with parole eligibility after a lengthy term for years, in a state with no guarantee that the mitigating qualities o…
19-6260 Craig Cross v. Florida Florida 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process juvenile-sentencing precedent retroactivity state-supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the Florida Supreme Court violate Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S. Ct. 2011, 176 L. Ed. 2d 825 (2010), Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 …
19-6266 Willie Jones, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-among-courts constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure dilatory-conduct dilatory-purpose dilatory-purposes faretta-right faretta-v-california federal-courts self-representation sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-self-representation state-courts Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's Faretta claim, which permitted the district court to deny it after determining that Petitioner had…
19-471 Frederick Collins Fermin v. Priest of Saint Mary-Marfa, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied baptism civil-rights constitutional-law due-process evidence exodus fourteenth-amendment jesus-christ religious-freedom standing Were petitioner's civil rights violated upon being baptized illegally pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Exodu…
19-6244 Eugene Williams v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2019-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law discovery due-process evidence free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation .WhEthER fectiv ASisA of COUE ws h WhE cOU AppoNd cOUe ft CRMN RACICE to peSUE rNSURAUCE lAW the MIdle of y MEl. whCh cAUSE y AEAl to bE disMissEd "du…
19-6193 Franklin C. Smith v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law cell-phone-data civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment incident-to-arrest judicial-review legal-procedure privacy search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation takings warrant-requirement g the Court to put i halt to the Intrmant systen as esteuctive and inherently Bangerons And droxen Censing the life of at jeust one aw enfoscement off…
19-6203 Eric Christopher Barrass v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied IFP chambers-v-mississippi constitutional-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-courts federal-review green-v-georgia habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-decision state-courts third-party-confession 1. In light of Wilson v. Sellers, 584 U.S. __, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), did the Eleventh Circuit err in applying 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to the state appel…
19-6167 Thaddeus Saunders v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP art-iv-section-1 article-iv constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process full-faith-and-credit judicial-precedent miller-v-alabama people-v-house public-acts Whether the full faith and credit clause of the United States Constitution should apply to the rulings in Miller v. Alabama, 567 US 460 (2012), People…
19-6183 Reginald Chatman v. Florida Florida 2019-10-07 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights contract-law criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process equal-protection florida-law plea-bargain plea-bargaining sentencing state-prosecution 1. The Defend aat Reginald chatman entered into a negotiated agrerment uith the Florida State Attorneys office Ast Nathan Prince. for a ten Year D.oc.…
19-6195 Alejandro Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3b civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure equal-protection federal-appeals pro-se-petition retroactive-application retroactivity supreme-court-review unconstitutionally-vague united-states-courts united-states-v-davis vagueness (1) DOES THIS COURTS DECISION IN UNITED STATES V. DAVIS 588 U.S. 139 S.Ct.2319 (2019) HOLDING THAT 18.U.S.C S 924()(3)(B) IS ALSO UNCONSTITUTIONALLY V…
19-6196 Frank D. Monsegue, Sr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-appeal right-to-be-informed standing a warrantless arrest, without search or warrant to enter a home without exigent circumstances is a constitutional violation under the 4TH Amendment?. …
19-448 Glen Plourde v. Jane Doe Maine 2019-10-03 Denied assassination-attempts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process government-surveillance harassment international-law standing surveillance torture The case under review may superficially appear to be a simple protection from harassment case, although petitioner assures The Honorable United States…
19-6143 Christopher Scott v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitution-framing constitutional-law due-process exoneration judicial-review original-intent separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation DID THE FRAMER! Si OF THE CONSTITUTION BELIEVE THAT THE DOCUMENT'S POWER WOULD "EXONERATE?! [A] MAN ?
19-422 Patrick J. Collins, et al. v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-09-30 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (3) administrative-law agency-independence agency-structure congressional-appropriations constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process federal-housing-finance-agency independent-agency presidential-removal separation-of-powers standing In 2008, Congress created the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)—an "independent" agency with sweeping authority over the housing finance system. 1…
19-419 Antonio L. Saulsberry v. Randy Lee, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jury-trial precedent retrial sixth-amendment verdict Whether this Court's precedent clearly establishes that the Double Jeopardy Clause bars retrial of a defendant on a charge that was submitted to a jur…
19-412 Peggy A. Cianchette, et al. v. Tucker J. Cianchette, et al. Maine 2019-09-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto fair-notice judicial-review judicial-rules legal-precedent punitive-damages remand-standard stare-decisis tort-law Whether, when an appellate court overturns its own controlling precedent, constitutional guarantees of due process require remand to the trial court f…
19-405 Nicholas Schiano, dba HotWireMedia.com, et al. v. Matt Friedman, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied civil-rights constitutional-law defamation due-process eleventh-circuit federal-law first-amendment free-speech legal-defense motives substantial-truth Whether substantial truth is a complete defense to defamation under the First Amendment, regardless of the motives of the speaker?
19-6058 Guy Philippe v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-analysis civil-procedure-standing constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process extradition international-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent res-judicata standing 1. Whether This Court's Conclusions in United States v. Rauscher, 119 U.S. 407 (1886), in Conjunction with W.S. Kirkpatrick & Co., Inc. v. Environment…
19-6073 Glen T. Jones, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-interpretation plain-error structural-error 1) SUpEme COuRt ViEWS As to hAMlESSnES of ChAm ERRoR in stAtEcRimiNAl tal .foR puRpOSE of SubSEQuENt+ hAbEAS CORpUS REVEW UNd BeEChT v.AbRAhAMSON 507U…
19-6027 Jordan Combs v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment child-pornography constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment possession sentencing WHETHER JORDAN COMBS' DUE PROCESS RIGHTS UNDER THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WERE VIOLATED WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT SENTENCED J…
19-6032 Earnest Lee Langston v. Missouri Board of Probation and Parole Missouri 2019-09-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-review collateral-estoppel conflict-of-interest constitutional constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto parole parole-regulation res-judicata state-regulation statute-of-limitations WHETHER THE EX POST FACTO CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION, Art. 1, Sec. 9, cl. 3, IS VIOLATED WHEN A NEWLY MODIFIED STATE PAROLE REGULATION IS APPLIED. II…
19-375 Lawrence T. Newman v. Robert W. York, as Personal Representative, et al. Indiana 2019-09-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-expense administrative-expenses administrative-law appeal appeal-on-merits civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process estate-administration fourteenth-amendment standing trial-court Whether the refusal of the trial court to hear Newman's administrative expense motions violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and othe…
19-6003 Patrick Christian v. William H. Dadmun, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-law due-process legal-procedure pro-se-litigation property-deprivation property-rights standing In accordance to Constitutional Law any Property Deprivation is a violation; therefore, why was this complaint dismissed and affirmed? What constitut…
19-6015 Roque Arias-De Jesus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-364 Dwayne Lamar Williams, Sr. v. Virginia Virginia 2019-09-19 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment grand-jury incorporation jurisdiction state-criminal-procedure state-indictment A. Does the right to a grand jury indictment conferred by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution apply to state indictments via the Fou…
19-370 Samuel D. Silva-Ramirez v. Hospital Espanol Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico, Inc., et al. Puerto Rico 2019-09-19 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction constitutional-law due-process federal-government individual-rights puerto-rico religious-freedom state-sovereignty I - Is Puerto Rico and its people under the juris diction of The United States of America Constitution and under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Am…
19-5995 Jason L. Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-09-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights collateral-attack constitutional-challenge constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea judicial-review plea-bargaining statute-of-conviction DOES A GUILTY PLEA BAR A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT FROM LATER COLLATERAL ATTACK ON HIS CONVICTION ON THE GROUND THAT THE STATUTE OF CONVICTION VIOLATES THE C…
19-356 Samuel Collin Robinson v. Katherine Lyman Robinson Colorado 2019-09-17 Denied best-interests-standard child-custody constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights Where divorce involves children, where shared parenting has been declared to be in the best interests of all, and where criteria for exception have no…
19-5952 Keith A. Gordon v. Cenedra D. Lee, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals err in finding that Petitioner has not shown a "clear and indisputable right" to issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel…
19-5961 Mark Whitehead v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-due-process constitutional-law criminal-contempt due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal jury-trial recusal trial-procedure Whether a trial judge that has had a significant hand in the accusatory process of a criminal contempt jury trial should be recused from presiding ove…
19-5964 In Re Dwight Carter, Sr. 2019-09-17 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c 2255-motion constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-2255-habeas-corpus davis-rule due-process habeas-corpus hobbs-act-robbery merits-analysis prima-facie-standard retroactivity second-or-successive-motion sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis 1.) Because Petitioner's 18 U.S.C.j924(c) conviction identified conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery, 18 U.S.C. 1951, predicate to support his 924(c…
19-5902 Sharvelt Mister v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-hearing judicial-process jurisdiction procedural-fairness standing supremacy-clause D IF A pOLCEMAN ARRESt A SUSpECT, WiPhOUT A WARRANT, takES you off, put you in jail, wilhout A mitgistentE ApprouAl, thEN you're FOOKEN tO A PIEST APP…
19-5913 Sammie Lee Smith, IV v. Florida Florida 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-crime aggravated-offense alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-charging criminal-procedure due-process jury-determination jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sexual-felony Whether the facts triggering a mandatory minimum sentence under Florida's Dangerous Sexual Felony Offender Act, § 794.0115, Fla. Stat. (2016), togethe…
19-5890 Fernando Cabral-Varela v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights courtroom-access courtroom-closure criminal-procedure due-process public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error witness-intimidation Where there was no risk of witness intimidation for most, if not all, of the Commonwealth's witnesses for the final three days, did the judge deprive …
19-5869 Jaime Enriquez-Hernandez, aka Jaime Enriques-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-309 John C. Carney, Governor of Delaware v. James R. Adams Third Circuit 2019-09-06 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Relisted (4) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-appointments judicial-independence judicial-qualifications judicial-selection party-affiliation political-balance political-party standing state-constitution state-sovereignty 1. Does the First Amendment invalidate a longstanding state constitutional provision that limits judges affiliated with any one political party to no …
19-5846 Joshua Eric Townley v. Texas Texas 2019-09-06 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-principles criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion new-trial sua-sponte supremacy-clause trial-court trial-procedure Whether a trial judge violates the Supremacy and Double Jeopardy Clauses of the United States Constitution once he grants an Order on motion for New T…
19-5850 Yurie Yamano v. Hawaii State Judiciary, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-vi civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law court-rules due-process judicial-misconduct procedural-irregularity rules-of-court separation-of-powers standing stare-decisis 1. Whether the Court should resolve the following questions for which the five judges on the State of Hawaii Supreme Court bench are exhibiting and c…
19-5821 Robert Earl Robinson v. Arizona, et al. Arizona 2019-09-05 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review brady-v-maryland civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure cross-examination discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Should the verdict be reversed because the plea was not entered into knowingly intelligently and voluntarily? Did the prosecution violate Brady requi…
19-292 Roxanne Torres v. Janice Madrid, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-04 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) apprehension circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law detention excessive-force fourth-amendment physical-force police-force seizure Is an unsuccessful attempt to detain a suspect by use of physical force a "seizure" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, as the Eighth, Ninth, …
19-5780 Marvin Robinson v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner's trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution? and Whether Petitione…
19-5804 Jesse Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-04 GVR IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine In United States v. Davis , 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), which defines "crime of violence," is unconstitut i…
19-5825 Mario Garcia-Zavala v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment booking-exception booking-information-exception constitutional-law criminal-procedure evidence-of-identity fifth-amendment fourth-amendment immigration-crimes miranda-v-arizona miranda-warnings stop-and-identify 1. Does the booking information exception to the warnings required by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), apply to evidence of identity in prosec…
19-5783 Monica Nicole Townsend v. Erik Allen Vasquez Texas 2019-09-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-code fourteenth-amendment free-speech parties proceeding standing 1. Did the State of Texas contravene the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by ignoring T…
19-5768 Steven Villalona v. Florida Florida 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP barker-v-wingo constitutional-law criminal-procedure detainer due-process prisoner-rights rehabilitative-programs sixth-amendment smith-v-hooey speedy-trial (1) What effect, if any, does the filing of a detainer have on a prisoner's right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment? (2) To what degree ar…
19-5771 Eric Allen Haensgen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252a age-of-consent child-pornography constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-amendment free-speech statutory-interpretation unconstitutional Whether amendments to the child pornography law set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A) have rendered the current version of the statute unconstitutio…
19-264 Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary v. Lydell Marcus White Oregon 2019-08-29 Dismissed Response RequestedRelisted (4) 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing mandatory-sentences miller-v-alabama non-mandatory-sentence non-mandatory-sentences Respondent received a 67-year non-mandatory sentence 25 years ago, when he was 15 years old, for the murder of an elderly couple. Does the Eighth Ame…
19-265 Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary v. Laycelle Tornee White Oregon 2019-08-29 Dismissed Response RequestedRelisted (4) 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing mandatory-sentences miller-v-alabama non-mandatory-sentence non-mandatory-sentences sentencing Respondent received a 67-year non-mandatory sentence 25 years ago, when he was 15 years old, for the murder of an elderly couple. Does the Eighth Ame…
19-5713 Larael Owens v. Tamesha Saddlers, et al. Florida 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP bias civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-hearing due-process due-process' 'If a judge has a financial interest false-information financial-affidavit financial-interest fraud hearing judicial-bias judicial-ethics' 'Has the petitioner due process r lower-court lower-court' 'If a financial affidavit has false i procedural-due-process procedural-fairness recusal standing substantive-due-process void-judgment 1. ) Is a judgment that was issued from a lower court void if the lower court did not offer a hearing for that matter? 2. ) If a financial affidavit …
19-5708 Relonzo Phillips v. DeKalb County Assistant Public Defenders, et al. Georgia 2019-08-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process federal-question-jurisdiction prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner property-rights standing takings COMES NOW Petitioner Relonzo Phillips, Pro Se, ("Petitioner") and files this Petition for Writ of Certiorari requesting that this Honorable Court gran…
19-5730 Lawrence Michael Lynde v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sex-offender-treatment sixth-circuit-appeal standing statutory-interpretation victim-restitution Question not identified.
19-247 City of Boise, Idaho v. Robert Martin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-26 Denied Amici (20)Relisted (2) 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment homeless-rights homelessness local-government-powers local-government-regulation public-camping public-health-and-safety Like many cities and towns across the country, the City of Boise, Idaho regulates camping and sleeping in public spaces to ensure that these areas rem…
19-5690 Seth DiSanto v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP campbell-v-state constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-withdrawal rule-3.172(g) strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred by ruling DiSanto's lawyer was not ineffective by failing to bring to the attention of the trial c…
19-5702 Tony D. Walker v. Green Bay Correctional Institution Health Services Unit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies frivolous-claims prison-conditions prisoners-rights procedural-hurdles standing statutory-interpretation I. WHETER 28 U.S.C.3 1915(S) s OVERBROAL, UNCONSTUTIONAL, AND INVALID WHERE CONSRESS HAS ENAETEd THE STAIUNE THAT INTENTIONALLY CHILLS ANd VIOLAIES IN…
19-213 Charles Fischer v. Texas Texas 2019-08-19 Denied Response Waived appellate-review character-evidence constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process propensity-evidence propensity-inference statutory-interpretation texas-court-of-appeals texas-statute Whether the Due Process Clause is offended by a statute that authorizes criminal convictions on the basis of character conformity and propensity.
19-5599 Lisa J. Gillard v. Illinois Illinois 2019-08-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine judicial-review jurisdiction state-courts 1. Does the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution apply in the Illinois State Courts?
19-5552 Kevin Devon Sutton v. Nevada Nevada 2019-08-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-rights sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions WHETHER SUTTON IS ACTUALLY INNOCENT OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER? DOES THE COURT OF APPEALS' DECISION VIOLATE SUTTON'S RIGHTS TO EQUAL PROTECTION AND DUE P…
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…
19-5549 Anthony Dion Collins v. Francisco Lara, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-defect habeas-corpus judicial-review saving-clause sentencing sentencing-error statutory-maximum I. WHETHER A FUNDAMENTAL DEFECT IS SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE SAVING CLAUSE WHERE PETITIONER ERRONEOUS SENTENCE FELL BENEATH THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM?
19-5516 Rayshawn Roshard Robertson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-provision criminal-defendant criminal-procedure criminal-relief federal-procedure retroactive-application retroactive-constitutional-decision section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum I. Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, based on a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statut…
19-163 Margaret A. Norton v. Colgate Palmolive Company New Jersey 2019-08-06 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-judgment due-process fairness judgement judicial-mistake legal-procedure mistake-of-fact precedent right-of-fairness standing supreme-court-precedent Whether the New Jersey Supreme Court failed to apply Supreme Court Precedent, when an acknowledged mistake by the court resulted in an improper judgem…
19-5476 Anthony L. Williams v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. California 2019-08-06 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law corporate-defense default-judgment due-process equal-employment-opportunity equal-employment-opportunity-commission standing supreme-court-precedent 1. Despite Uniformity of Case Law attending, did the Lower Court© make an aseantien ia thi© east ia denying Statutory Default Judgment to Petitioner i…
19-5479 Gregory Waddell Hayes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federalism fifth-amendment precedent separate-sovereigns sovereign-immunity Whether this Court should overrule the separate sovereigns exception to Double Jeopardy.
19-5434 Juan Fletcher Gordillo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-requirements constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit first-impression judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether this Court should review the decision of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to determine whether the decision in this case of apparent firs…
19-5406 Ronald Lee Coleman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-law district-court due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error petitioner-rights procedural-due-process standing takings Whether the District Court erred in failing to address Petitioner's constitutional es
19-5363 Richard Curtis v. Lyneal Wainwright, Warden Ohio 2019-07-26 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review merger sentencing void-for-vagueness Whether separately imposed sentences prior to merge, constitutes multiple sentences in violation of the Double Jeopardy clause; and Whether this make…
19-5337 Arthur Shermaine Bussey v. Marty Allen, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure Question not identified.
19-5341 Roshard Whitehead v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process federal-rule-3 fifth-amendment fourth-amendment illegal-search-and-seizure search-and-seizure standing victim-rights Whether all courts violated the law of the United States Constitution when they overlooked, Under the exclusionary rule violation of the 4th Amendment…
19-5343 Amoire Dupree v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-law exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree incident-to-arrest law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search Can the warrantless search of a person be justified as incident to arrest where, at the time of the search, no arrest has been made and none would hav…
19-5303 Mario Benitez-Pineda v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-challenge constitutional-law controlled-substances criminal-law due-process federal-law penalty-provision sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 21 U.S.C. § 841 et. seq., is unconstitutional because it contains no penalty provision ?
19-5271 Demarko Deon Cooper v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-review lower-court-decision state-court unreasonable-application Was the lower court's decision to deny habeas corpus relief to the Petitioner in this cause contrary to, and an unreasonable application of, clearly e…
19-5243 Larry Marvel v. Delaware Delaware 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-law criminal-offense double-jeopardy double-punishment due-process legislative-definition multiple-punishments sentencing state-prosecution statutory-interpretation Where the State General Assembly legislatively defined in two separate statutes the same identical "conduct" for two criminal offenses mandating the s…
19-5246 Jason Rosado v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied IFP 18-usc-1203 924(c) certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether, in light of this Court's most recent decision, in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), which abrogated the Eleventh Circuit Court …
19-5260 Michael Levon Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-19 GVR IFP 18-usc-922g acquittal constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process element-of-crime jury-instruction jury-instructions jury-unanimity reasonable-doubt sentencing Question One The Constitution requires that a jury find every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. The district court, however, did not pro…
19-5237 Felix Lyle Cowan v. Eli Lilly, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied IFP antitrust bad-faith civil-procedure class-action patent settlement antitrust appellate-jurisdiction bad-faith civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-standing patent standing statutory-interpretation Bad Faith Eli Lilly et al Zyprexa Tort In C. Much Agreed As Settle To Wanted. I ContrActuel Agreed As I #8000 clients IN 'joo $700 mill…
19-5195 Cleo Hines v. Cindy Griffith, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment circuit-court circuit-court-of-appeal civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-case-law legal-uniformity The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution requires the law to treat identically situated persons in the same…
19-86 Maria Jordan v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-adjudication appellate-procedure arbitrary-and-capricious constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review 1. Whether the Administrative Procedure Act, as applied to Petitioner by the Fifth Circuit, is unconstitutional. 2. Whether, when dismissing a petiti…
19-5190 Steven Williams v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-64 Heidi C. Lilley, Kia Sinclair, and Ginger M. Pierro v. New Hampshire New Hampshire 2019-07-12 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment free-speech gender-discrimination intermediate-scrutiny public-exposure public-nudity 1. Does an ordinance expressly punishing only women, but not men, for identical conduct—being topless in public—classify on the basis of gender? 2. D…
19-66 George Q. Ricks v. Idaho Contractors Board, et al. Idaho 2019-07-12 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law employment-division-v-smith first-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause generally-applicable neutral-law neutral-laws religious-exemption religious-exemptions religious-freedom stare-decisis Whether the Court should revisit its holding in Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990), that the Free Exercise Clause generally requires no…
19-5137 Albert Duval Gray v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-law fifth-amendment revocation-sentence sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the writ should issue so that this Court may decide whether Petitioner's revocation sentence violated the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Un…
19-5141 William Wade v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924c-sentencing circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process johnson-dimaya physically-restrained-enhancement residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1. The 10th Circuit has already declared that the 924(c) "residual" clause is unconstitutional in light of this Courts Johnson v US and Sessions v Dim…
19-5112 Rafael Jacob Stoffel v. Florida Florida 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-victim mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines sexual-assault sexual-offense sexual-offenses Whether a minimum mandatory sentence of twenty-five years' imprisonment imposed for the offense of touching a minor's breast violates the prohibition …
19-5044 Adrian Moon v. California California 2019-07-03 Denied IFP abortion civil-rights constitutional-law due-process precedent standing standing-civil-procedure-due-process-takings-civil Devil violates natural and Where SATAN the Car drer Law and rule annouved in New Kug James Version(deorae lll) "Palsns 105:15 Do not touch y harm my p…
19-5053 Brandon M. Hicks v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-conduct plea-bargaining sentencing separation-of-powers sixth-amendment 1) Whethe tn heen o Conion in context with his intent at sentenciny, is a violatiken of the Separation of powers doctrine, in the United States Consti…
19-5058 In Re Artur Tchibassa 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-violation extradition habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-discretion jurisprudence savings-clause statutory-interpretation structural-error WHETHER THE LOWER COURTS ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION BY REFUSING TO APPLY THE REYES-REQUENA/SAVINGS CLAUSE JURISPRUDENCE.
19-5061 Akeem Young v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-law-procedure fifth-amendment hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether the least culpable means of committing a violation under 18 U.S.C. 1951: conspiring to commit a Hobbs Act robbery, qualify as a "crime of viol…
19-5041 Matthew Jamison v. Levern Cohen, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review conflict-with-other-states constitutional-law due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto federal-constitutional-rights federal-question retroactive-application vested-rights Did S.C. Supreme Court decide on an important federal question in ways conflicting with decision of other state? Did S.C. Supreme Court and U.S. Cour…
19-5014 Ricardo Donate-Cardona v. United States Third Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP affidavit appointed-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review court-filing defendant-dissatisfaction due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-redress poverty-affidavit sixth-amendment standing substitute-counsel Question not identified.
19-5001 Melvin Dosdos Dulcero v. Dwight W. Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-28 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing takings That without the issuance of a GvR, petitioner would be deprived of the right to have an Appellate court consider the merits of the claims preclusion.
19-7 Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Ninth Circuit 2019-06-28 Judgment Issued Amici (48)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-governance constitutional-law constitutional-structure consumer-financial-protection-bureau executive-authority independent-agency separation-of-powers single-director Whether the vesting of substantial executive authority in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency led by a single director, vi…
18-9828 Dylan Magluilo v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflicting-decisions constitutional-law due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings judicial-review public-interest reasonable-doubt Did Louisiana Courts err in denying Dylan Magluilo right to a fair trial and subsequent review when rejecting claims involving. Conflicting Decisions …
18-9843 Freddie Lee Fountain v. Texas Texas 2019-06-27 Denied IFP access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant indigent-defense procedural-protections A United States citizen accused of crime upon American soil retained no constitutional rights or procedural protections of any value during the crimin…
18-9794 Paul Vallejo v. Texas Texas 2019-06-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fundamental-fairness state-action statute-of-limitations Does the ex post facto clause and 'fundamental fairness' prohibit the state from removing a potential statute of limitations defense?
18-1572 Matthew D. Priset v. Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment life-sentence mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence mental-illness sentencing Does a mandatory minimum Life Sentence for one who is convicted under The Guilty-But-Mentally-Ill designation constitute cruel and unusual punishment?
18-9774 Hsiu Ying Lisa Tseng v. California California 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process estelle-v-mcguire evidence federal-due-process fourteenth-amendment prior-act-evidence propensity-evidence state-trial Whether this Court should finally decide that the admission of irrelevant prior act evidence in a state trial that amounts to nothing more than propen…
18-9736 Darius Kinney v. Ohio Ohio 2019-06-20 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP 4th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure sixth-amendment warrant warrantless-search Were Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights violated where counsel did not file a motion to suppress although the record indicates that police violated p…
18-9701 Antoine Gause v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-error miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing supervised-release Whether the lower courts fundamentally erred through a mis- carriage of justice, by unconstitutionally sentencing the Petitioner to a longer sentence …
18-1545 Tracy Guerin v. Mickey Fowler, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) constitutional-law due-process eleventh-amendment pension-transfer property-rights public-pensions retrospective-application state-authority state-immunity statutory-benefits takings takings-clause 1. If a State's statutorily created pension system allows government employees to transfer their accumulated pension contributions into a different pe…
18-9646 Max Edward Webb v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-9659 In Re Quisi Bryan 2019-06-13 Denied IFP constitutional-law death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus hurst-claim hurst-v-florida jury-determination jury-trial retroactive-application retroactivity sixth-amendment sixth-circuit Bryan's habeas petition presents exceptional circumstances that, if left unresolved, will result in disparate interpretations of the federal Constitut…
18-9660 William T. Windsor v. Delaware Delaware 2019-06-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence newly-discovered-evidence standing Did The Delaware State Courks, Violate windsor's 5thandl4th amendments and Due Process Rights, When it fated to consider newly discovered evidence and…
18-9633 Manuel Gonzalez-Reyes v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Second Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship citizenship-status constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination immigration marital-status morales-santana-precedent statutory-interpretation (1) Will the distinction drawn within the former Section 1432(a)(3), based on marital status and the gender of his father violate the equal protection…
18-9624 Robert William Wazney v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction patent standing takings 1.) HAS THE GOVERNMENT'S SERVICE OF ENTRY JUDGMENT NOTICE REVOKING PERFORMANCE ON ITS APPEAL IMPOSSIBLE, PREJUDICED THE PETITIONER? 2.) HAS PETITIONE…
18-9629 Matthew Hale v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-exercise-clause free-speech religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act standing Whether the Tenth Circuit's usage of a determining test for whether factor-driven belief system qualifies a particular religion for the purposes of th…
18-9592 Gene T. Favors, Jr. v. Michigan Michigan 2019-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure takings Question not identified.
18-9595 Mike Du Trieu v. Michael Martel, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 appellate-review constitutional-law due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-bar state-court state-court-error Whether a federal court reviewing a state habeas decision must determine whether the state court erred in its application of a procedural bar when the…
18-9581 Marcus Arenell Evans v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-rights booker booker-remedy booker-v-us constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure guidelines-interpretation plea-agreement plea-bargaining public-policy sentence-appeal-waiver sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines-interpretation I. Does a sentence-appeal waiver that purportedly precludes a challenge to the sufficiency of enhancement evidence and the district court's interpreta…
18-9583 Alfredo M. Vasquez v. California California 2019-06-07 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process evidence federal-constitution jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sexual-assault sexual-contacts state-constitution victim Was it error and a denial of Due process of law under the Federal and state constitutions, to exclude from evidence the fact that the day alleged vict…
18-1521 Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego, Inc. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2019-06-07 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law de-facto-officer de-facto-officer-doctrine ongoing-injury oversight-board principal-officers puerto-rico relief uncon-stitutional-appointments united-states-constitution After correctly determining that the members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico are principal Officers of the United Stat…
18-1514 United States v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2019-06-06 Judgment Issued Amici (1) appointments appointments-clause constitutional-law officers-of-the-united-states promesa public-officers puerto-rico separation-of-powers territorial-government territorial-officers The question presented is whether members of the Board are "Officers of the United States" within the meaning of the Appointments Clause of the U.S. C…
18-9575 In Re Phillip Love 2019-06-06 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-power federalism interstate-commerce jurisdiction necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation 1. Can the federal government punish felonious crimes under the constitutional Interstate Commerce Clause within the 50 compact states of the Union? …
18-9539 Keenan Brown v. Walmart Stores, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2019-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination federal-jurisdiction retaliation standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment whistle-blower Did the Illinois Northern District Court erred its decision by not properly exercising Rule 56 Summary Judgment with all evidence being examined as a …
18-1512 Michael McClain, et al. v. California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, et al. California 2019-06-05 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-violation due-process escheat private-property property-rights standing statutory-scheme takings-clause Does a State violate the Due Process Clause and trigger a right to just compensation under the Takings Clause when it permanently escheats private pro…
18-9545 Robert Hercenberger v. Kathy Proctor Oregon 2019-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-policy legal-equality state-action state-jurisdiction Where Equal Protection of the laws definition apply for all: A phrase in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requiring that s…
18-9549 Mauricio Lucas-Lopez v. Tony Trierweiler, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentence eighth-amendment federal-court-decisions federal-courts guidance-needed mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence proportionality sentencing sentencing-guidelines A. IS PETITIONER'S TWENTY-FIVE YEAR MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OFFENSE COMMITTED VIOLATING THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED …
18-9449 Nicole R. McCrea v. District of Columbia Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Board District of Columbia 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada ada-preemption americans-with-disabilities-act constitutional-law disability-discrimination disability-law employment-discrimination equal-employment-opportunity equal-employment-opportunity-commission family-medical-leave-act federal-preemption federal-statute fmla police-and-firefighters-retirement-and-disability- state-law wca workers-compensation workman's-compensation-act Does the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), a federal statute, supersede a Workman's Compensation Act ("WCA"), such as the Pol…
18-9454 Daniel Brown v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-05-31 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-challenge constitutional-law constitutional-questions coram-nobis custody error-coram-nobis habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-limitation pcra post-conviction-relief writ-of-error-coram-nobis Whether 42 Pa. C.S. § 9542 of the Pennsylvania Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) operate under the Antiterroism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA…
18-1496 Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of All Title III Debtors Other Than COFINA v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2019-05-31 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-law appointments-clause article-ii article-iv constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction financial-oversight financial-oversight-and-management-board financial-oversight-board oversight-board puerto-rico separation-of-powers territorial-clause territorial-governance Whether the Appointments Clause governs the appointment of members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico.
18-9476 In Re Anthony K. Anderson 2019-05-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction standing state-court state-court-proceedings Whether the 8th District Court unfairly precluded pro-se litigant Anthony K. Anderson from obtaining an equal and fair ruling without implied judicial…
18-9477 Arnold Roberts v. DuPage County Circuit Court Illinois 2019-05-30 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment innocence state-attorney Was the Petitioner's Due Process Rights violated under the United States Constiutional 14th Amendment? Was the Petitioner's Due Process Rights violat…
18-9483 Brian Alford v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied IFP burglary burglary-allegation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder legal-sufficiency probable-cause prosecution-standard sufficiency-of-evidence WHETHER IT IS PERMISSIBLE FOR A STATE CRIMINAL COURT TO PREDICATE FELONY MURDER LIABILITY ON AN ALLEGATION OF BURGLARY THAT LACKS SUFFICIENT BASES IN …
18-9456 Gary Giovon Lynn v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons constitutional-law federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-sentencing nunc-pro-tunc procedural-error sentencing sentencing-authority sentencing-procedure-error separation-of-powers setser-v-united-states ussg-5g1-3c I. When the district court failed to follow the Court's ruling in Setser v. United States, 566 U.S. 231 (2012) at sentencing did it engage in an imper…
18-9471 Joseph John Viola v. Arizona Arizona 2019-05-29 Denied IFP appellate-review collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto jurisdiction retroactivity self-representation state-supreme-court Nine years ago, the State of Arizona in reaction to its becoming aware of an unrelated investigation of petitioner Giuseppe Viola, involving his autom…
18-9439 Danea M. Addison v. Indiana, dba Family and Social Services Administration Seventh Circuit 2019-05-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jurisdiction medicaid standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-1475 Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al. v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2019-05-28 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Response Waived appointments-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law constitutional-violation de-facto-officer-doctrine meaningful-relief ongoing-injury principal-officers separation-of-powers standing Does the de facto officer doctrine allow courts to deny meaningful relief to successful separation-of-powers challengers who are suffering ongoing inj…
18-1477 Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al. v. Michael E. Mann District of Columbia 2019-05-28 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) constitutional-law defamation first-amendment free-speech opinion provably-false public-concern public-figure question-of-law-or-fact subjective-commentary Under the First Amendment, "a statement of opinion relating to matters of public concern which does not contain a provably false factual connotation w…
18-1464 Milos Jiricko v. Frankenburg Jensen Law Firm, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-oath due-process judicial-review legislative-statute medical-malpractice standing supreme-court-review takings 1. Whether the US Supreme Court can apply a blind eye to the alleged unconstitutionality of the Utah State Medical Malpractice statute, Code 78B-3401,…
18-9397 Miguel Angel Barron v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression fair-trial fourth-amendment jury-instructions probable-cause relevance search-and-seizure self-defense warrantless-search 1. CAN A STATE TRIAL COURT INSTRUCT A JURY WITH AN INSTRUCTION THAT REDUCES THE FAIRNESS CONTAINED IN THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSES? 2. CAN A STATE TRIAL C…
18-9377 John Patrick Donohue v. Virginia Virginia 2019-05-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction parole probation sentencing standing Question not identified.
18-9380 Miguel Daniel Leal v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel marital-communications-privilege marital-privilege ninth-circuit-review sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights state-courts supervisory-power supreme-court-dicta Is United States Supreme Court dicta which interprets the U.S. Constitution authoritative and controlling on Federal and State Courts, or may Federal …
18-9353 Trista Rodriguez v. Nationwide Homes, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law damages due-process evidence standing 28 U.S.C § 1331 It is asked of the courts the lawfulness purpose does evidence prove Roodriguees " Constitutiona and civil Rights violated were the de…
18-9345 Billy Gene Drake v. Les Parish, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-provisions court-of-appeals due-process findings findings-of-fact judicial-review lower-court lower-court-decisions procedural-rights standing WAS THE PETITIONER'S PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS VIOLATED BY THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS DECISION TO ADOPT THE LOWER COURTS FINDINGS?
18-9347 Sherrick A Sims v. Kansas Kansas 2019-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-violation conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure jury limine limine-orders prejudicial-testimony violation Was Mr. Sims denied due process of law when the District Court and Kansas Supreme Court upheld a conviction obtained by the State's violation of Three…
18-9337 Ronnie Barnes v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law anatomical-definition anatomy back-injury civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights disability-rating due-process neck-injury permanent-disability-rating statutory-interpretation workers-compensation workers-compensation-act Does the term Back as used in the Award of June 0 1, 1982 include petitioners neck_ (a). Was the ruling of the WCAB (Board 's) On, Nov. 2,20 17, deny…
18-9307 Carl Lynn Scott v. Jerry Goodwin, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing takings -R*,qdzd--" —10 5-1~ cip, T-op, C,~ o /L,
18-9323 Donald Duhart v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-17 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is the residual clause definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague?
18-9324 Robert Gordon Johnstone v. Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-retardation ninth-circuit post-conviction-relief retrial-proceedings standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-9303 Larry Ray Lincks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver booker booker-remedy constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process guidelines-interpretation plea-agreement plea-bargaining public-policy sentence-appeal-waiver sentencing sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence I. Does a sentence-appeal waiver that purportedly precludes a challenge to the sufficiency of enhancement evidence and the district court's interpreta…
18-9280 Miguel A. Jusino, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-1434 United States v. Pablo Lovo and Joel Sorto District of Columbia 2019-05-15 Denied 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-9266 Daniel Rodriguez v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-14 GVR IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) categorical-approach conduct-based-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Petitioners were convicted of conspiring to commit Hobbs Act robbery and conspiring to possess a firearm in furtherance of crimes of violence. The dis…
18-9244 Danny Herrera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-13 GVR IFP and whether a conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robb 18-usc-924 conspiracy constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-vagueness vagueness Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague in light of Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 S. Ct. 1204 (2018)? If a cond…
18-1416 Adam Bereki v. Gary Humphreys, et ux. California 2019-05-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines penal-forfeiture restitution standing statutory-interpretation takings unjust-enrichment 1. Are sections §7031(a) and (b), of the California Business and Professions Code unconstitutional in effect or as applied? 2. Is disgorgement under …
18-9210 Curtis Solomon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-09 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach collateral-review constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity successive-petition vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. If Davis holds § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague, is that ruling retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review? 2. If Davis rein…
18-9211 Leon Escourse-Westbrook v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-09 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability collateral-review conduct-based-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence residual-clause retroactivity vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. In Sessions v. Dimaya, 1388 S. Ct. 1204 (2018), this Court held the "crime of violence" definition in 18 U.S.C. § 16(b) void for vagueness for the …
18-9189 Vernell Conley v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-offense due-process evidence hicks-v-oklahoma jury jury-trial sentencing PETITIONER WAS CONVICTED OF THREE DRUG OFFENSES AND SENTENCED BY THE JURY TO A TOTAL TERM OF 90 YEARS. THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT FOUND INSUFFICIENT E…
18-9194 Noah Espada v. Texas Texas 2019-05-08 Denied IFP brady-violation constitutional-law criminal-procedure death-penalty double-jeopardy due-process federal-law perjury reversal Whether a Brady violation, that results in the reversal of a death sentence because of perjury stemming from the Brady violation, implicates the Doubl…
18-9153 Albert Randolph v. Texas Texas 2019-05-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-review prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-provisions supreme-court writ-of-certiorari The Court of Criminal Appeals erred, denying Petitioner a new trial? Distric+ Attorney (prosccution)violated +he Due Process Clause , Fourteenth Amen…
18-9181 Kwame Ali Askia v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process exculpatory-evidence government-oversight indictment sixth-amendment statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations In adherence to the Five (5)Year Statute of Limitation and the submitted questions in support and protection of the Petitioner of the Alleged Claim of…
18-9119 Kirby Gardner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure custody-control double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause evidence full-faith-and-credit-clause full-faith-credit judicial-review liberty-interest parole prosecution re-imprisonment retrospective-forfeiture statutory-interpretation #1: WHETHER THE FULL,FAITH, CREDIT CLAUSE : DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAUSE PROHIBITS THE STATE OF TEXAS FROM REPROSECUTING : REIMPRISONING MODI SON JO I SO YH…
18-9102 Michael Bazan v. Robert Whitfield, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process evidence excessive-force qualified-immunity standing CvJkLk >&,cc& OK 6cTv-e~A~4ly\q bL &uWo c Gv—
18-9112 Daniel Bronson v. Wanza Jackson-Mitchell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing statutory-interpretation Un-1 -oj-e5 CJou - ' Appeals uj cks ckrad cic Jou1 ik -kis
18-1376 Fernando Gabriel Irazu v. Margarita O. Connecticut 2019-05-02 Denied abuse-of-process constitutional-law contempt-of-court divorce-judgment due-process enforcement-of-us-judgments equal-protection exequatur-proceedings international-law international-private-law jurisdictional-dispute parental-rights unequal-treatment-under-law Did the lower court infringe the Petitioner's parental rights and due process by ignoring the Court's unanimous precedent, in re, Chafin v. Chafin, as…
18-9057 In Re Miles Kaufman 2019-05-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Can The Respondent just not follow any and all Court Orders. Can just let an Indigent Mentally ill person rot in prison. Can The lower Courts do as …
18-8987 Michael Wainaina Kariuki v. Washington Washington 2019-04-26 Denied IFP assault constitutional-law conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jury-instructions legal-relief procedural-error second-degree-assault sexual-assault standing victim Is the def dtu't ) Mich -ael 'cLRiuFst 1 eitW.ed tO rs OF the 5QCGnd de5ree. S5zwI -€ Gor'Jvt'ciôv t-J- instruc±i'Ons to dsmiss Did th S -tte sho'j D…
18-1334 Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2019-04-24 Judgment Issued Amici (2) appointments-clause article-iv constitutional-law exceptional-importance federal-government-structure federal-officers financial-oversight-and-management-board merits-review oversight-board puerto-rico separation-of-powers supreme-court territorial-government Whether the Appointments Clause governs the appointment of members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico.
18-1338 United States v. Joseph Decore Simms Fourth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied 18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-8959 James Paul Arlotta v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied IFP 28-U.S.C administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts judicial-procedure pro-se-litigation standing statutory-interpretation 1.)Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2403(a), may apply because neither the W.D.N.Y. federal district court, nor the U.S. C.A. 2dcir. certified to the U.S. Atto…
18-8971 William T. Liepe v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment blood-alcohol blood-alcohol-test case-review constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-interpretation legal-standard search-and-seizure statutory-provisions suppression warrantless-search Did the warrantless search of petitioners-defendants blood for his the purpose of determining blood alcohol level violate the established constitution…
18-8913 Esteban Aguilera-Alvarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
18-8920 Charles Franklin Glasscock v. Jeri Taylor Ninth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process effective-counsel habeas-corpus impartial-jury memorandum-decision ninth-circuit supreme-court Does the Ninth Circuit's memorandum decision, affirming the denial of habeas corpus relief, contravene this Court's commands regarding the vital guara…
18-1323 June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Fifth Circuit 2019-04-19 Judgment Issued Amici (20) abortion abortion-rights admitting-privileges constitutional-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent undue-burden whole-woman's-health whole-womans-health womens-health Whether the Fifth Circuit's decision upholding Louisiana's law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hosp…
18-8906 De'Angelo Wilson v. Marilyn Russell, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process patent standing takings 1. why was the petitioner not Appointed Counsel? 2. Enough fo deliberate indifference Unnecessary and hanton infhitio of pain? 3. there not Enough m…
18-8863 Neville Turnbull v. Glen Johnson, Warden Georgia 2019-04-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-standard miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct standing trial-process GROUND ONE Whether State's highest court errs by refusing to remedy a Prisoner's Miscarriage of Justice claim, abuse of discretion and cause of willfu…
18-8872 In Re Samuel Lewis Surles 2019-04-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation judicial-interpretation sixth-amendment I. PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS UNALIENABLE RIGHT OF DUE PROCESS OF LAW WHEN THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT FAILED TO RULE ON THE MERITS OF PETITIONER'S APP…
18-8848 Antyane Robinson v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-04-16 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-standard due-process judicial-bias judicial-impartiality rippo-v-baker standard-of-review standing state-court state-court-review vacatur 1. Where a state court denied a judicial bias claim based on another state court's finding that the judge in question had not demonstrated actual bias…
18-1310 Charmaine Clement v. Thomas Durban, et al. New York 2019-04-16 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts burden-on-access civil-procedure constitutional-law court-access discrimination equal-protection fundamental-rights non-resident-discrimination privileges-and-immunities privileges-and-immunities-clause residency-requirements standard-of-review state-courts Whether Article 85 is consistent with the Privileges and Immunities Clause despite its discrimination against nonresidents of New York and the materia…
18-8806 Marguerite Dutton v. Nikkisha P. McCrea Pennsylvania 2019-04-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection frivolous-litigation medical-malpractice pa-constitution pennsylvania-constitution us-constitution-14th-amendment Pa Titk 231 Ride Civil Procedure. Do rule 231.1 (frivolous litigation) violates Ar ide Section 26 of Pennsylvania Constit ution (No discrimination by …
18-8824 Darren Gonzales v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process factual-basis money-laundering plea-bargaining plea-colloquy rule-11 sentencing After the Court's decision in Cuellar v. United States, does a defendant who merely parrots the language of the concealment money laundering statute s…
18-8769 Hilton Rios-Rivera v. United States First Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-questions constitutional-review due-process first-impression plain-error plain-error-standard standard-of-review 1. WHETHER THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD REVIEW AND REVERSE THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL'S OPINION HOLDING AN APPELLANT IS WITHOU…
18-8792 Mario Devant Cheers v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-robbery career-offender constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-precedent mandatory-guidelines mandatory-minimum residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness vagueness-doctrine In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) this Court initiated a twisting journey by holding unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.…
18-8781 Kerri L. Kaley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-fines criminal-procedure criminal-restitution due-process jury-finding jury-findings jury-trial sentencing southern-union-co-v-united-states In Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490 (2000), the Court held that "[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the pen…
18-8722 In Re Curtis Lee Sheppard 2019-04-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review due-process federal-courts federal-law habeas-corpus jurisdictional-ruling mandamus prisoner-rights standing THE PLURAL WAS AMENDED FOR 28 U.S.C. § 1915 TO IMPOSE NEW FELUC PROLEDUREE OJ ARCEONER'E DEEIRONG TD APAEAR LIFAJON CERTAIN PROCECDLNCE ULA PRISONER E…
18-8761 Arthur Jones v. California California 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial sentencing (1) WhEthER A CoNdUet ENHANCEMENT. StAtUTE"CAif PENAl COdE SER.1192.7(2) ThAt "REMOVES, ASSESSMENt" of FALT FROm Jury USEd TO INREASE PUNISHMENT" 1s U…
18-8690 Dagoberto Ontiveros v. Michael Pacheco, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-appeal anders-v-california appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure defendant-rights direct-appeal due-process legal-ethics legal-frivolity right-to-counsel When rejecting a criminal defendant's direct appeal under the provisions of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967…
18-8726 In Re Stetory Calhoun 2019-04-08 Denied IFP alabama capital-offenses constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law death-penalty due-process gang-related-murder legislative-intent legislative-process statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER ACT NO. 92-601, AS ENROLLED, AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, (CODIFIED AS SUBSECTIONS (15), (16), (17), AND (18), OF …
18-8729 Alan Kenneth Thompson, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-peter In light of United States v Peter, 310 F.3d 709 (11th C ir 2002), does the ambiguousness of the nature of the term "material" within Title 18 USC 2252…
18-1276 Andrew Levert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 28-usc-2255 appellate-court-split constitutional-law criminal-defendant district-court-judgment due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutory-provision habeas-corpus record-silent retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactivity second-or-successive-2255-motion second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is entitled to relief under a…
18-8715 Quillie Merle Spray v. Kelly A. Ryan, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Shirley First Circuit 2019-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure effective-counsel fair-trial insanity-defense mental-evaluation sixth-amendment Whether the Court of Appeals correctly decided an important question of constitutional law: that the Petitioner was denied his right to effective coun…
18-8706 Donn Deveral Martin v. Texas Texas 2019-04-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure patent scotus-rules standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rules takings MUST BE SETASIDE? conviction oftthined from an perury Question daro. toes the scotus precednt still hold that aftaaid fom a warrntless pristected se…
18-8683 James Aren Duckett v. Florida Florida 2019-04-03 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection retroactivity Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of capricious capital sentencing impose limits…
18-8696 Cody R. Brown v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-8648 Undraneckio Brassfield v. Ron King, Superintendent, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Fifth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis indigent-defendants standing Is accessing Indigent Petitioner's full costs of courts after petitioner has been determined to be granted Informa Pauperis Paupersby way of of being …
18-8628 Deon Tremell Lee v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment citizenship citizenship-rights civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction nationality naturalization property-rights How the word "Buack" can Find no tormal place within the nationalities of the human tamily and Stillcan bemade citizen of any Iree national and consti…
18-8611 Elicia Bailey v. Jeremy Gasaway Texas 2019-03-28 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-act criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process family-court family-law harsh-penalties subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Do family courts hold subject-matter jurisdiction to find guilt of a criminal act and subsequently impose harsh penalties without due process in a …
18-8586 Roderick Black v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-licensing constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing IN LIGHT OF HIS TRIAL ATTORNEY NOT BEING DULY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN VIOLATION OF HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS UNDER THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION?
18-8589 Demetrius S. Rankin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-brief appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-law court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance legal-ethics legal-standards procedural-review right-to-counsel Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied and ignored the procedural pronouncements made in Anders v. California, 386 US 738(1967)? Wheth…
18-8501 Mohammed Bah v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law deportation-consequences guilty-plea immigrant-rights immigration ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lee-v-united-states prejudice 1. Does an analysis of prejudice in the context of ineffective assistance of counsel involving the guilty plea of an immigrant result in a unreasonabl…
18-8492 Reginald Gibson v. James Haviland, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ohio-constitution post-conviction-relief procedural-default res-judicata state-law Whether a criminal defendant is denied due process of law, if the state improperly invokes its res judicata rule for the sake of denying a post-convic…
18-8497 Leslie Roy Lynch v. Idaho Idaho 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation takings Are the Idaho Courts going to be allowed to violate U.S. Laws, or is the U.S. Supreme Court going to enforce U.S. Constitution Article I Clause 2?
18-8443 James F. Oliveira v. Patricia A. Coyne-Fague, et al. First Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdiction speedy-trial statutory-interpretation trial-procedure Question presented being important to administration of Criminal Justice. If the defendant James F. Oliveira had been granted his Speedy Trial, would…
18-8454 Carl Lynn Scott v. Jerry Goodwin, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-writ standing statement-of-case statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Question not identified.
18-8460 Antonio Avilez v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment kidnapping petitioner-rights Whether The Petitioner's Conviction For Kidnapping Violated The Fifth Amendment To The United States Constitution?
18-8472 James Allen Eapmon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act life-imprisonment mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE PETITIONER WAS DENIED DUE PROCESS WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT ERRONEOUSLY CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS OBLIGATED TO IMPOSED. A STATUTORY MANDATORY MI…
18-1195 Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al. Montana 2019-03-14 Judgment Issued Amici (64)Relisted (2) constitutional-law equal-protection establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise religion-clauses religious-schools school-choice student-aid Does it violate the Religion Clauses or Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution to invalidate a generally available and religiously …
18-8392 Obinna Obiora v. United States First Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence 1. When the evidence that links a defendant to a charged drug conspiracy is based on his participation in an isolated series of alleged transactions w…
18-8382 Guy Ennis Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law coram-nobis criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment fourth-circuit free-speech military military-medals ninth-circuit speech-restrictions standing stolen-valor-act supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court's decision in United States v. Alvarez, 132 S. Ct. 2357 (2012), which found the false speech and writing subsection of the Stolen V…
18-8399 Randall Scott Jones v. Florida Florida 2019-03-12 Denied IFP capital-punishment constitutional-law death-penalty eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fourteenth-amendment-due-process hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona supremacy-clause supreme-court-precedent 1. Does the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity formula, designed to limit the class of condemned prisoners obtaining a life-or-death jury d…
18-8343 Jose Luis Mattes Baez Carmona Lopez Cordero v. Connecticut Department of Correction, et al. Second Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitution constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection native-american-rights native-rights treaty-rights Did the lower court breach any treaties between the native Taino Indian tribe and the Government of the United States of America, pursuant to Article …
18-1166 Colton W. Sievers v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-03-08 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment-search-and-seizure constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-suspect fourth-amendment information-gathering police-investigative-stop police-powers police-stop reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure terry-stop Whether Illinois v. Lidster, 540 U.S. 419 (2004), allows the police to stop a criminal suspect in the absence of reasonable suspicion on the ground th…
18-1158 Jarrod Taylor v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Amici (1) appeals brady-violation certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jury-bias prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure (1) Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the "Circuit Court" or "Eleventh Circuit") apply an incorrect standard for obtain…
18-8308 Leonard Burton Jones v. Virginia Virginia 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights congressional-privileges constitutional-boundaries constitutional-law due-process in-personam judicial-immunity judicial-mechanics judicial-review privileges-and-restrictions prosecutorial-immunity separation-of-powers ultra-vires What is the Jurisprudence of the intra vires constitutional bounderies within the applied mechanics of exercising the judicial law of prosecutorial ab…
18-1145 Minerva Dairy, Inc., et al. v. Brad Pfaff, in His Official Capacity as Secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Amici (3) burdens-on-interstate-commerce circuit-split civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-law discrimination disparate-impact dormant-commerce-clause due-process economic-liberty interstate-commerce local-benefits pike-v-bruce-church rational-basis rational-basis-test state-regulation substantive-due-process 1. Under Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc., 397 U.S. 137 (1970), the Dormant Commerce Clause is violated whenever the burden imposed on interstate commerce "…
18-8188 Jermaine C. Williams v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law contract contract-clause criminal-procedure due-process judgment judicial-review lower-tribunal plea-agreement sentencing united-states-constitution WHETHER THE PLEA AGREEMENT AFFIRMED BY THE LOWER TRIBUNAL VIOLATED THE CONTRACT AND DUE PROCESS CLAUSES OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
18-8199 Michael DeVaughn Johnson v. Arizona Arizona 2019-02-28 Denied IFP automatic-reversal constitutional-law constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure critical-stage critical-stages due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Was The ARIZONA STATE COURTS ceCISION that the abSeNCe Of the retitioner's trial counsel during two complet critical Stages" of the trial did not requ…
18-8149 Michael Achilles Fries v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied IFP 6th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial free-speech fundamental-fairness judicial-review legal-precedent standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Does the State have a Constitutional duty to bear the burden of proving that an error in enforcement in order to obtain a conviction, and/or a fair vo…
18-8152 Alvin DeWayne Trigg v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing state-courts Question not identified.
18-8164 Geoffrey W. Freeman v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Illinois 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-application civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation vagueness Question not identified.
18-8119 Walter Douglas Jenkins v. Israel Hamilton, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel standing waiver Question not identified.
18-1117 Kabani & Company, Inc., et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied administrative-framework administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process hearing-officer judicial-review lucia-v-sec procedural-validity ryder-v-united-states separation-of-powers structural-constitutional-objections timely-challenge In Lucia v. SEC, this Court held that administrative law judges of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission are "Officers of the United St…
18-1105 Samuel Pierce v. Yale University, et al. District of Columbia 2019-02-22 Denied Response Waived affirmative-action civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection higher-education race-based-discrimination stare-decisis university-admissions Whether the Court should overrule its holdings in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke and Grutter v. Bollinger that professional school a…
18-8074 Javonte T. Morgan v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP challenge-for-cause civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial judicial-proceedings jury-selection peremptory-challenges standard-of-review standing sufficiency-of-evidence Did Louisiana Courts err in denying Javonte Morgan's right to a fair trial and subsequent review when rejecting claims involving Conflicting Decisions…
18-8093 John Ferreira v. Georgia Georgia 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault-definition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legislative-amendment legislative-deference statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Did The State of Georgia err, and law violate the Fourteenth Amendment and Eighth Amendment by upholding Libel and Slander and Concludes that 'the Sta…
18-1084 Minnesota v. Mark Jerome Johnson Minnesota 2019-02-21 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process dui fourth-amendment implied-consent retroactive-application retroactivity search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Is this Court's ruling in Birchfield v. North Dakota, 136 S.Ct. 2160 (2016)—that a motorist may not be criminally punished for refusing to submit to a…
18-8007 Kenneth R. Beagle v. Kevin Lindsey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-ruling Alleyne-v-United-States constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process Montgomery-v-Louisiana retroactivity retroactivity-doctrine supreme-court teague-doctrine Teague-v-Lane DID THE COURT IN MONTGOMERY V LOUISIANA IDENTIFY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, A THIRD CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING WHICH OF ITS RULINGS MAY BE APPLIED RETROACTIVE…
18-7953 Matthew Peterson, et ux. v. New Hampshire Division of Children, Youth & Families, et al. New Hampshire 2019-02-14 Denied IFP appellate-review child-welfare constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process family-law findings-of-fact neglect parental-rights state-intervention termination-of-parental-rights Is it unconstitutional for the State Appellate Court to uphold a trial court's decision that did not find the facts in dispute nor make any findings a…
18-7955 Antoine Deshawn Barnes v. David Baughman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied IFP constitutional-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentences criminal-sentences-parole due-process early-release non-violent-offenders parole parole-considerations-hearings parole-eligibility parole-hearings sentencing statute violent-offenses CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT "NON-VIOLENT" OFFENDERS, SO STIPULATE EARINGS, AN PAROLE CONSIDERATION FOR WHO RECIEVE A DETERMINATE SENTENCE, DO NOT NEED A …
18-7976 Gerald Adger v. New York New York 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process question-not-identified standing statutory-interpretation takings WHEN THE PETITIONER GERALD ADGER #05-B-1254 WAIVED HIS RIGHT FOR A JURY TRIAL, WAS THE JUDGE SUPPOSE TO DENY GERALD ADGER WAIVER OF THE JURY TRIAL BEC…
18-7936 Jaquan Henderson v. Greg Skipper, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure duress legal-justification murder statutory-interpretation WHETHER DURESS IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PRIOR TO AN OCCURRE NCE OF MURDER?
18-7941 Trevor Little v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause restitution sentencing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation the lower Courts, Fourth Circuit. Violated The Petitioner's st Facto Clause of The Cluted States Constituton, Artice, on 9 Clause 3, When It Still Enf…
18-7912 Eriese Alphonso Tisdale v. Florida Florida 2019-02-12 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights death-penalty double-jeopardy due-process jury jury-vote statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's failure to apply a statutory amendment, Chapter 2016-13, Laws of Florida, which required a vote of no less than…
18-7918 Rutilio Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-924 abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-directive statutory-interpretation substantive-error sufficient-but-not-greater-than-necessary I. Whether the District Court Committed substantive error when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to compl…
18-7877 Lester Roger Decker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-performance constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Was defendant's attorney's role to fulfill his advisory position to his client ineffective, thus violating client's right to Due Process?
18-7879 Clayton D. Colkley v. Maryland Maryland 2019-02-11 Denied IFP 5th-amendment appeal appeals appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss trial-court trial-court-jurisdiction 1. DID THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND ERR IN AFFIRMING TRIAL COURT'S DENIAL OF DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ON THE GROUND OF DOUBLE JEOPARD…
18-7893 Sheila J. Halousek v. Bank of America, N.A. California 2019-02-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights consistent-application constitutional-law due-process legal-notice legal-relief notice process-service relief service-of-process The federal mandated civil rights to due process are so vital and inherent to the fundamental and effective operation of law as to warrant two Amendme…
18-7751 Brian Bolton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-guideline collateral-review constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines welch-v-united-states Whether the governments arguments are incorrectly that the Supreme Court's ruling in Johnson v. United States, 135 s. ct. 2551 (2015), is "procedural-…
18-7860 Timothy L. Barnes v. Michigan Michigan 2019-02-08 Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-finding mandatory-minimum retroactivity sixth-amendment substantive-rule watershed-rule Does the new rule of constitutional law announced in Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), that any fact that increases the mandatory minimum …
18-7869 Samuel Deorio v. Vic Flournoy, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 acca-predicate-offenses constitutional-law court-of-appeals habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241-2255 new-rule-of-constitutional-law retroactivity savings-clause second-or-successive-petition sentencing-enhancement successive-petitions unconstitutional-sentence Whether 28 U.S.C. §2255(e) may serve as a failsafe mechanism opening the protal to use 28 U.S.C. §2241, to test the legality of an unconstitutional se…
18-7770 Michael Paul Bradley v. Georgia Georgia 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Question not identified.
18-7787 Alan William Golder v. Carol Chapdelaine, Warden, et al. Second Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing Did the United states Court of Appeals For the Second Circvit err in its october ll, 2018, Order, denying the Petitioner's request For of uppeclabilit…
18-7816 Jason Brooks v. Phil Weiser, Attorney General of Colorado, et al. Colorado 2019-02-07 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-intent criminal-securities-fraud due-process fair-notice mens-rea scienter securities-fraud statutory-interpretation strict-liability willfulness Whether "scienter" is an element of criminal securities fraud and whether its existence is a question of fact that must be proven beyond a reasonable …
18-7825 Trevonte Jenkins v. Ohio Ohio 2019-02-07 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial flawed-process identification in-court-identification state-witness witness-testimony IS A PETITIONER DENIED DUE PROCESS OF LAW AND A FAIR TRIAL WHEN IDENTIFICATION WAS AT ISSUE AT TRIAL AND THERE WAS A FLAWED PROCESS RELATED TO A FIRST…
18-7845 Philip Andra Grigsby v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law contact-restrictions court-of-appeals due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment juvenile-justice minor-children parental-rights Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution by denying a parent c…
18-7849 Jesus Pacheco Estudillo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights direct-appeal effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing facts procedural-due-process relevant-facts sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-violation Whether Petitioner's Sixth Amendment Right To The Effective Assistance was Violated When Counsel Failed to File A Direct Areal. Whether The COurt Err…
18-7753 Joel Marvin Munt v. Minnesota Minnesota 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review rules-of-construction separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Did MN Supreme Court violate Separation of Powers? Did MN Supreme Court's interpretation of Minn.Stat. § 590 and Minn.R.Crim.P. 27.03 unconstitutiona…
18-7768 Jon M. Strauss v. Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure Kentucky 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment administrative-law constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment hearing-record license-restriction licensing state-agency state-law Is it a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment right to "due process" for an independent state agency, completely dependent on member financing, to res…
18-7737 Tyshawn Simmons v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law controlled-substances-act criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process federalism sentencing standing statutory-interpretation tenth-amendment Question not identified.
18-7743 Kevin Daniel Driscoll v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied IFP aedpa anti-terrorism antiterrorism-act civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process government-petition habeas-corpus petition-clause petition-rights procedural-rights statutory-interpretation Whether the Antirerrorist and3 Effea tive Death Penalty A (AEWA) of 1996) vitiates; m citizens 1) Privilege to t he Wr it o' Hbeas Corpa pursuant to "…
18-7744 Corey Clark v. Alabama Alabama 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto retroactivity 1- DOES THE STATE OF ALABAMAS ACT 2OIY-IGS VIOLATE THE EX POST FACTO CLAUSE OF THE TEVO PURPOSE'S. 2) DOES THE STATE OF ALABAMA'S ACT 2OIY-I6S THAT R…
18-7755 Pauline Garcia v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-regulation civil-procedure constitutional-issue constitutional-law due-process henderson-v-shinseki judicial-review procedural-rights standing veterans-affairs veterans-law When should a Veteran be allowed to raise a Constitutional Due Process issue under 38 C.F.R. § 20.1409? Does the reasoning of Henderson v. Shinseki, …
18-7724 Elloyd Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law court-procedure due-process legal-challenge pauper pauper-petition pauper-status rule-10.6 sanctions standing statutory-provisions supervisory-power untimely-pay-sanction DO THE USCA DENIAL OF REHEARING EN BANC CONSTITUTE A GO DAY FOR FILING A CERTIORARI IN THIS CASE? DO THE UNTIMELY PAY SANCTIONS BY A INDIGENT PAUPER …
18-1001 Casey Brandon Sibley v. Arizona Arizona 2019-02-01 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-prosecution first-amendment free-speech overbreadth-vagueness strict-scrutiny subjective-intent true-threat Whether the First Amendment requires proof of a speaker's subjective wrongful intent in order for speech to be deemed a "true threat" subject to crimi…
18-7695 Leroy O. Williams v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-review civil-procedure clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error constitutional-law constitutional-protection due-process fifth-amendment veterans veterans-rights 1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment protects veterans seeking review of allegations for Clear and Unmistakable Error?
18-7699 Facundo Ruiz-Ruiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process recidivism sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
18-7641 Arturo Huerta v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence jury-instructions sentencing Question not identified.
18-7660 LaBarrion Harris v. James Deal, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-challenge constitutional-law custody-violation due-process federal-courts federal-procedure habeas-corpus state-courts statute-of-limitations time-limitation unconstitutional void-judgment The Official Code Of Georgia Annotated, O.C.G.AS/-H Enactment of Code, a felory - If these were"Enacted" in violatin of the Georgia Constitotion 201, …
18-7675 Eric Hayes v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP abstract-approach circuit-court collateral-appeal constitutional-law crawford-v-washington criminal-appeal daubert-v-merrell-dow double-jeopardy federal-rules-of-evidence illinois-v-vitale sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent whalen-v-united-states Whether the Third Circuit's denial/rejection that reasonable jurists would not debate the District Court's determination that Mr. Hayes convictions we…
18-7676 Louis Hill v. Cynthia Link, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus legal-error reasonable-jurists standard-of-review standing substantial-showing third-circuit Does the Third Circuit Court of Appeals denial of a Certificate of Appealability in the instant matter constitute legal error given it is debatable am…
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…
18-7510 Mark A. Perez v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-01-24 Denied IFP 42-pa-csa-721-726 collateral-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-law direct-review due-process extraordinary-relief original-jurisdiction pennsylvania sentencing-statute statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction As a matter of first impression - Does the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's original jurisdiction process pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S.A. 721, 726 constitute…
18-7542 Pamela Suzanne Harnden v. St. Clair County, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process implied-private-right implied-private-right-of-action kidnapping statute-of-limitations tolling Do the 5th and 14th Amendments justify the tolling of a civil action during the course of a criminal action? As kidnapping does not have a federal st…
18-7556 Michael James Horton v. Clark E. Ducart, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-trial-stages due-process pro-se-representation right-to-be-present right-to-counsel self-representation standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure FX ONS _JUSTiCe so eloQuent ly pot Veo "Lest We SEHe WWISTI Ch ONL DAT TR AROUND ) Sttouks THE UNE@ViVOCA RLGKT TO RENRESENT ONES SEIF OR HAVE COUNSe|…
18-7563 Lynce P. Foster v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-constitution WHETHER COUNSEL WERE INEFFECTIVE FOR NOT REPRESENTING PETITIONER ACCORDING TO A COUNSEL GUARANTEED TO THE PETITIONER BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNI…
18-936 Jeremy Kettler v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Amici (2) 2nd-amendment congressional-taxing-power constitutional-challenge constitutional-law cox-v-new-hampshire due-process murdock-v-pennsylvania national-firearms-act second-amendment sound-suppressor standing statutory-interpretation tax taxation united-states-v-sonzinsky 1. Whether the National Firearms Act of 1934, upheld in Sonzinsky, continues to be a constitutional exercise of Congress's taxing power when the justi…
18-7448 Charles Foxx v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act beckles-v-united-states career-offender collateral-review constitutional-law mandatory-guidelines pre-booker retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness vis-à-vis defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines. 2…
18-7453 Corey Kirkpatrick Sterling v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process mandatory-guidelines pre-booker retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness sentencing-review vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness vis-à-vis defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines. Whet…
18-7461 In Re Brandon Lee 2019-01-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affirmative-proof civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure grand-jury indictment judicial-review judicial-supervision legal-standing prosecutorial-misconduct WILL THE SUPREME COURT INVOKE ITS JUDICIAL SUPERVISORY POWER AS A BASIS TO PRESCRIBE STANDARDS OF PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT BEFORE THE GRAND JURY IF AFFIR…
18-918 John Copeland, et al. v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., et al. Second Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law due-process facial-challenge free-speech johnson-v-united-states salerno-rule sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine In United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 745 (1987), this Court held that to maintain a facial challenge, a plaintiff must establish that "no set of…
18-7408 Stephen Daniel Leonard v. George Washington University Hospital, et al. District of Columbia 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process effective-remedy equal-protection standing takings 1a Petitioner Appolitment of Pobono Counsel? 2. sumay afimance hen the Chim on Appea clary ied that Distoet Caunt Judge acted Dith Vindictiveness and…
18-7422 David Lee Williams v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Louisiana 2019-01-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction louisiana-supreme-court right-to-counsel standing statutory-interpretation Is defendnt entitled to relef where he was constuctively denied counsel duing trial? Is ndnt ied to whhewas cnuctivy dend counsel duina his one and o…
18-7390 Martin R. Stancik v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-waiver circuit-split constitutional-error constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process sentencing sixth-circuit waiver Whether a criminal defendant's waiver of his right to appeal a sentence includes a waiver of the right to appeal a later, unforeseen constitutional du…
18-7394 Torrey Brown v. Robert C. Tanner, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process motion-to-proceed motion-to-proceed-in-forma-pauperis standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-7329 Phillip Dale Selfa v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy dual-sovereignty due-process federal-state-jurisdiction presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vindictiveness Does the prophylactic presumption of prosecutorial vindictiveness (North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711 (1982)) apply when two different sovereigns …
18-897 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Marlene Nally, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph Nally, Sr., Deceased Florida 2019-01-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process engle jury-findings litigation-strategy preclusion preclusion-doctrine res-judicata standing tobacco Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims without s…
18-898 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Barbara Jean Johnston, Personal Representative of Franklin James Johnston Florida 2019-01-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit engle-litigation florida-supreme-court issue-preclusion jury-findings legal-preclusion preclusion prior-proceeding res-judicata Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims without s…
18-7363 Christopher David Krohe v. Zandra Steinhardt Ninth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review district-court due-process facts judicial-remedy money-damages remedy standing If the district court should not have denied case on its resolution of facts presented. & If the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals should not have denie…
18-7365 Robert Allen DeVore v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Oregon 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment consecutive-sentences constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus minimum-sentences sentencing 1. Does the combined sentence totaling of 495 years with a 247½/ year minimum violate the Eight Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment? 2. Do…
18-893 West Virginia House of Delegates v. West Virginia, ex rel. Margaret L. Workman, et al. West Virginia 2019-01-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-law federalism guarantee-clause house-of-delegates legislative-standing motion-to-intervene standing west-virginia west-virginia-supreme-court 1. Whether the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia's decision in this case violates the Guarantee Clause of the United States Constitution. 2. …
18-896 Missouri Ethics Commission, et al. v. Free and Fair Election Fund, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) campaign-finance constitutional-law contribution-caps corruption first-amendment free-speech political-action-committee political-action-committees state-regulation transparency Under the First Amendment, may a state prohibit political action committees from transferring money to other political action committees?
18-7331 Ishmael Douglas v. United States First Circuit 2019-01-09 GVR Relisted (2)IFP categorical-analysis circuit-split constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process legal-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Whether the residual clause of 18 U. S. C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague.
18-7343 Alberic Israel, on Behalf of Minor Children A. I. and E. I. v. City of North Miami, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process patent standing takings WHETHER MANIFEST MJESTICE has OcCURRED IN COURTS MIS-CONSTROING OF ApPiAbE STATOTE OF LiMTFATIONS BAR ON TiME LIMiFATIONS OF PREVOUS E ON E) CLiNS DE…
18-881 American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, et al. v. Jane O’Keeffe, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Amici (5)Response Waived commerce-clause commerce-clause,extraterritorial-regulation,inters constitutional-law due-process extraterritorial-regulation foreign-commerce fuel-regulation interstate-commerce standing state-discrimination 1. Whether the Oregon Fuel Program—which restricts transportation fuel imports based upon a "life-cycle analysis" that regulates the manner in which t…
18-877 Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-08 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 14th-amendment article-i-power congress congressional-power constitutional-law copyright copyright-infringement copyright-remedy-clarification-act federal-power federal-remedies federal-statute intellectual-property sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity via the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act, Pub. L. No. 101-553, 104 Stat. 2749 (1990), in…
18-7267 Mashawn Greene v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Connecticut 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-rights cooperating-witness criminal-trial criminal-trials due-process false-testimony government-witnesses prosecutor-duty prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the due process clause of the United States Constitution requires that prosecutors bear the burden of preventing and correcting false or misle…
18-7269 Larry Allison v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review legal-procedure plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Can one be sentenced for a crime to which no plea of guilty has been entered and no trial resulting in a conviction has been held? 2. Will this Co…
18-856 Serge Antonin v. Baltimore Police Department Maryland 2019-01-04 Denied Response Waived accardi-v-shaughnessy administrative-hearing administrative-law constitutional-law due-process evidence law-enforcement police-misconduct prejudice procedural-rights state-agency state-agency-regulations Whether United States ex rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy, 347 U.S. 260 (1954) is constitutional law binding upon the State of Maryland? Where a state age…
18-7217 C. G., a Minor v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-01-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-trial juvenile-justice state-law Does a state law that completely bans jury trials for juveniles charged with crimes violate the federal constitutional rights to a jury trial, due pro…
18-821 David Keith Wills v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy dual-sovereignty fifth-amendment gamble-v-united-states supreme-court Whether the Court should overrule the dual sovereignty exception to the Fifth Amendment Double Jeopardy Clause.
18-7180 Miguel Antonio Urquia-Melendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
18-7182 Roy Dean Gates v. Texas Texas 2018-12-27 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority jurisdiction texas-court-jurisdiction texas-court-of-criminal-appeals texas-supreme-court united-states-constitution-amendment-fourteen void-order DOES THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR THE JURISDICTION TO OVERRULE AN ORDER BY THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT? IS THE RULING AND OR…
18-7185 Santos Orlando Diaz-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres-precedent constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-reconsideration recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which holds that a prior conviction that increases the maxi…
18-7141 Luis Rey Gonzalez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent overruling precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should this Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998)?
18-799 Deborah J. Davis v. Mehul Bhatt Georgia 2018-12-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law battery-claims civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection expert-witness georgia-state-law legal-procedure medical-malpractice standing takings Question not identified.
18-807 Randolph S. Baskins, et ux. v. Oklahoma Tax Commission Oklahoma 2018-12-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) capital-gains commerce-clause constitutional-law dormant-commerce-clause due-process equal-protection state-taxation tax-deduction Does the Oklahoma Capital Gains Deduction tax scheme as set forth in 68 O.S. 2011, § 2358(F) as applied to Randolph S. Baskins and Beverly J. Baskins …
18-7097 In Re Leigh Jesse Quinto 2018-12-20 Denied IFP bond-case bond-v-united-states civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law due-process federalism habeas-corpus new-rule retroactivity standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court's decision in Bond v. United States, 131 S. Ct. 2355, 180 L. Ed. 2d 269, decided June 16, 2011 (hereinafter "Bond I"), establish…
18-7158 Tony Knox v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-question federal-questions judicial-review legal-standard novel-claim procedural-default statutory-vagueness unconstitutional vague-statute I. Did The State Court Decide Important Federal Questions In A Way That Conflicts With Relevant Decisions Of This Court, Such As: (1) A Vague Statute …
18-788 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Gwendolyn E. Odom, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Juanita Thurston Florida 2018-12-20 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process engle-progeny jury-findings legal-procedure litigation-strategy preclusion preclusion-principles res-judicata standing tobacco Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims without s…
18-7103 Rene Garcia-Montejo, aka Bibian Garcia-Montejo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process found-in-doctrine illegal-entry immigration-authorities immigration-law official-restraint official-restraint-doctrine statutory-interpretation surveillance 1. Whether the "official restraint" doctrine precludes the possibility that that a defendant can be illegally "found in" the United States, for purpos…
18-7088 Oscar Raul Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
18-7065 Fabio Porfirio Lobo v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process inaccurate-information judicial-discretion life-sentence sentencing 1. Whether Petitioner's due process rights were violated when the United States District Court relied on inaccurate information sentencing him to a de…
18-7002 Clifton Stanley Diaz, Jr. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority District of Columbia 2018-12-13 Denied IFP appeal appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law damages default-judgment due-process employment judicial-review legal-procedure motion reinstatement remand standing statutory-interpretation U.S. COURT OF APPENCS FOR TNE D.C. CIRAMIT D.D NOT RESPOND TO THE MOTION SEEKING MONETARY DAMAGES BECAUSE THE COURT WAS REVIEWING THE ORDER FICED FIVE…
18-7003 Jose Jesus Ramirez v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights congress constitutional-law due-process federal-courts impeachment separation-of-powers standing PeTitione to be impeached with four contictions in lightof the facts festified that only two Convictions Would be alloved for inmpeachant and in light…
18-7005 Denis Aviles Salguero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review child-pornography constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment sentencing Whether Petitioner's convictions for receipt and possession of child pornography violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
18-6991 Julius King Rambo, III v. Kansas Tenth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights corpus-delecti corpus-delicti criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence falsification-of-evidence perjury statutory-interpretation Whether it is legal, lawful, and constitutional for states to manipulate distinctly explained statutes in order to present charges. Consequently, char…
18-6977 James Edward Mitchell v. California California 2018-12-10 Denied IFP california california-law constitution constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process inhabitance-standard jury-instruction jury-instructions residential-burglary statutory-interpretation DOES THE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTION FOR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY IN CALIFORNIA VIOLATE THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WHERE IT FAILS TO CONVEY THAT THE "DI…
18-6950 Jason Wayne McBride v. Texas Texas 2018-12-07 Denied IFP 5th-amendment amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-intent criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment-amendment mens-rea speedy-trial statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code waived even though it is observed and Texas Penal Code § 25.1(d) prohibited the use of more counts for the same offense arising out of the same crimin…
18-6961 In Re Michael D. Johnson 2018-12-07 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-reduction jury-selection right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Question not identified.
18-6903 Curtis McLaurin v. New York New York 2018-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law due-process federal-law fourth-amendment groh-v-ramirez habeas-corpus incorporated-application new-york-state-appellate-court search-warrant stone-v-powell Whether the New York State appellate court's holding that a defective search warrant can be cured by an incorporated search warrant application - a co…
18-709 Maria Bentley, et al. v. Victoria Vooys, et al. Third Circuit 2018-11-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law cost-bond due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause judicial-procedure non-resident-plaintiff privileges-and-immunities privileges-and-immunities-clause rational-basis-review security-bond virgin-islands Whether a statute requiring a court, upon a defendant's request, to order a non-resident plaintiff to post a minimal security bond for costs violates …
18-702 Rajeshwar Singh Yadav, et ux. v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection New Jersey 2018-11-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-discrimination pro-se-rights property-rights standing takings "Am I a second class citizen? 2. Are subjections of pro se party to government's willful discriminatory behavior "Constitutional"? Is judiciary's bel…
18-6876 Pierre Donte Joshlin v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure davis-v-ayala federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus harmless-error ninth-circuit supreme-court Whether the Ninth Circuit properly applied the federal habeas harmless error analysis in light of this Court's recent decision in Davis v. Ayala, 135 …
18-6880 Jason A. Lenz v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP accidental-death character-evidence civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-deadlock standing statutory-interpretation Should a certificate of appealability issue in a Section 2254 proceeding where counsel learned directly from a juror that the jury had deadlocked 10-2…
18-6840 John H. Rosky v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Nevada 2018-11-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process economic-wipeout equal-protection fifth-amendment habeas-corpus property-rights standing takings-clause AMEVDMEST DOUBSLE JEOPARDY CLAUSE BAR BETRAL WGEO, UPON DIRECT APPEAL, THE COOLCLUSLOH OF THE APPELLATE COURT IS; OVERLVELMING EUIDEHCE DUES HOT SURPO…
18-700 Tiby J. Saunders-Gomez v. Rutledge Maintenance Corporation Delaware 2018-11-28 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law contract contract-law due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection-practices-act jurisdiction statute-of-limitations Whether it is a violation under the Constitution 5th and 14th Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Under the Law Clauses that the Delaware Super…
18-6828 Gregg Thomas v. Maryland Maryland 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence trial-counsel Was the evidence sufficient to sustain Petitioner's convictions, and was Petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment Right under the United States Constitut…
18-6832 Keddron Rakee West v. Georgia Georgia 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process indictment mens-rea mistake-of-fact statutory-interpretation statutory-rape Is due process violated by not allowing Petitioner to rely upon the statutory enacted mistake of fact defense as his sole defense to an indictment for…
18-6844 Christopher John Kerr v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight search-and-seizure standing void-warrant warrant-validity 1. Should a void ab initio warrant issued by a judge be treated as if it never existed and, consequently, should evidence obtained pursuant thereto no…
18-6845 Edward Mitchell v. Lawrence Mahally, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP clearly-established-law confrontation-clause constitutional-law crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process greene-v-fisher habeas habeas-corpus habeas-statute retroactivity The Petitioner, Edward Mitchell, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by a state trial court in 2001 based on testimony that, al…
18-6852 Arnold Bennett Caldwell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Relisted (7)IFP 34-usc-20913 administrative-law attorney-general attorney-general-authority constitutional-law constitutional-nondelegation criminal-law due-process nondelegation-doctrine notification-act separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Whether the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act's delegation to the Attorney General in 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) (formerly 42 U.S.C. § 16913(d)…
18-664 Cynthia Bauerly, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Revenue v. William Fielding, Trustee of the Reid and Ann MacDonald Irrevocable GST Trust for Maria V. MacDonald, et al. Minnesota 2018-11-21 Denied Relisted (2) conflict-of-laws constitutional-law due-process family-business income-tax income-taxation resident-trust resident-trusts state-taxation trustee-location Does the Due Process Clause prohibit states from imposing incomes taxes on statutory "resident trusts" that have significant additional contacts with …
18-6785 Christopher Scott v. Illinois Illinois 2018-11-21 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation 1st degree murder charges Count 23. Whether Petitoner PriNt, while Also Killed in the Course of Another Felny" 5/18-2 & 5/19-3, Violated the Joiner of…
18-649 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Cheryl Searcy, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Carol LaSard Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied actually-decided civil-procedure claim-preclusion class-action constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit issue-preclusion jury-findings opportunity-to-be-heard preclusion The Florida Supreme Court has devised a new, class-action-specific doctrine of claim preclusion in order to facilitate the classwide adjudication of i…
18-653 Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Vickie McKeever, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Theodore McKeever Florida 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process jury-findings opportunity-to-be-heard preclusion preclusion-doctrine prior-proceeding res-judicata standing Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims w…
18-6722 Craig Porter v. Texas Texas 2018-11-19 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction speedy-trial statutory-interpretation DID THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS ERRONEOUSOY AFFIRMED APPLICANT'S CONVECTION BASED ON STATE PROSECUTION'S ARGUMENTS WETH ROGARDS TO APPLICANT'S REGAT TO…
18-6737 Jose Lopez-Castillo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP booker booker-decision constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent title-21 Whether the mandatory-sentencing regime of Title 21 has been abrogated by United States v. Booker and its progeny.
18-6726 Billy Brantley v. Indiana Indiana 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment burden-of-proof charged-offense constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment jury jury-instructions reasonable-doubt Where the State must present "some" evidence of a particular fact before a jury may find a defendant guilty of a charged offense, does the Due Process…
18-6706 Jeremiah Davis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-law enhanced-penalties predicate-offense reckless-driving sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a Tennessee aggravated assault conviction, which does not require proof that the defendant caused serious bodily injury or used or displayed a…
18-6712 Bryan Marque Gilstrap v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism preemption state-rights state-sovereignty Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state respons…
18-621 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Mary Faricy Pardue, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John N. Faricy Florida 2018-11-14 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process engle issue-preclusion jury-findings preclusion preclusion-doctrine prior-jury-findings res-judicata tobacco Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits a plaintiff to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of her claims without sh…
18-6670 Richard Allen Barker v. California California 2018-11-13 Denied IFP accomplice-liability constitutional-law constitutional-proportionate-punishment criminal-procedure eighth-amendment enmund-v-florida in-re-butler in-re-rodriguez individual-culpability proportionate-punishment UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION - EIGHTH AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL PROPORTIONATE PUNISHMENT - INDIVIDUAL CULPABILITY IF, IN 1978, THE CALIFORNIA PAROLE AUT…
18-605 Mitchell J. Stein v. California California 2018-11-08 Denied Response Waived civil-litigation civil-procedure constitutional-law declaratory-relief due-process due-process-clause harmless-error judicial-review prejudice structural-error When a fundamental structural error results in an invalid judgment against a civil litigant in violation of the Due Process Clause, is the error per s…
18-6618 Jessie Jesus Marquez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split constitutional-burden constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-case evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence government-proof recorded-phone-call Are statements made during a recorded phone call, standing alone, sufficient to sustain the Government's constitutional burden of proof in a drug case…
18-6640 James Derrick Hundley v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas habeas-corpus-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing 1) Did The Federal Habeas Court improperly and Unconstitutional Suspend and foreclose petitioners Habeas right? 2) Did Petitioner receive Ineffective …
18-6579 In Re Patricia Ann McQuarry 2018-11-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appointment-affidavit burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-irregularity constitutional-law constitutional-result due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel remedies remedy secret-grand-jury standing subject-matter-jurisdiction unsigned-indictment vague-statutes Petitioner challenges jurisdiction of the district court, in this instant case. When a person, challenges jurisdiction, the burden of proof shifts to …
18-6593 Sigifredo Molina-Varela v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-severance prejudice prejudicial-error right-to-counsel severance sixth-amendment DID THE DEFENSE COUNSEL'S FAILURE TO FILE A MOTION FOR SEVERANCE CREATE A SIGNIFICANT PREJUDICE AGAINST THE PETITIONER THEREBY CONSTITUTING INEFFECTIV…
18-6586 Bruce Wood v. Delaware Delaware 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-rules judicial-review new-evidence post-conviction post-conviction-relief privileges-and-immunities Does Delaware's "Amended" Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 (post-conviction motion) and/or Delaware State Courts' decisions, make or enforce Laws/Rules…
18-568 Bart H. Rippl v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment internal-revenue-code statutory-interpretation substantive-regulations Does the Fifth Amendment's "due process of law" guarantee apply to the specific language set forth in the Internal Revenue Code and other laws, and in…
18-6493 Steven D. Burke v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection standard-of-proof state-court DOES CHANGING THE STANDARD OF PROOF IN THE STATE COURT DENY A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT'S DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAW?
18-6497 Dexter Watson v. Raymond Byrd, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing factual-disputes intent reversible-error Did the pury reasonably, logically and legally infer from the evid1. ence presented, that petitioner was guilty of violating the statue beyond a reaso…
18-539 George T. Hawes v. Daniel P. Reilly Rhode Island 2018-10-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-laws constitutional-law court-jurisdiction due-process full-faith-and-credit full-faith-and-credit-clause interstate-litigation judicial-procedure jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction standing 1. Did the Supreme Court for the State of Rhode Island violate the full faith and credit clause of the United States Constitution (Article IV, Section…
18-551 Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Elaine Jordan Florida 2018-10-26 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure class-action constitutional-law due-process engle-progeny findings issue-preclusion jury jury-findings legal-precedent preclusion prior-proceeding tobacco Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule of preclusion that permits plaintiffs to invoke the preclusive effect of a prior jury's findings …
18-552 Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Mary Brown, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rayfield Brown Florida 2018-10-26 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process engle-progeny findings jury jury-findings legal-precedent preclusion prior-proceeding standing tobacco Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule of preclusion that permits plaintiffs to invoke the preclusive effect of a prior jury's findings …
18-531 Terry Lee Coffman v. Iowa Iowa 2018-10-24 Denied Response Waived cady-v-dombrowski cady-v-drombrowski community-caretaking constitutional-law exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment immediate-need objective-facts police-assistance probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrantless-seizure WHETHER THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN CADY V. DROMBROWSKI, 413 U.S. 433 (1973), PERMITS A WARRANTLESS SEIZURE UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT WITHOUT OBJECTIVE F…
18-6353 Michael Joseph Bien v. Texas Texas 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process legal-precedent prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court supreme-court-jurisprudence supreme-court-precedent texas-court-of-criminal-appeals Whether a prosecutor who violates the Double Jeopardy Clause should have exclusive power to determine which of his unconstitutionally obtained convict…
18-6367 Joel Carter v. Jamie Ayala, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-services medical-treatment precedent prisoner-rights summary-judgment I. Did the lower court err in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents on Petitioner's Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim, by iss…
18-6329 Adan Sandoval Dominguez v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency competency-standard constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process factual-understanding judicial-standard major-depressive-disorder mental-competency mental-health rational-understanding standing trial-rights Did defendant meet the competency requirement to stand trial set forth in Godinez v. Moran, 509 U.S. 389 (1993), which states a defendant must have "s…
18-6331 Vernon Robinson v. Florida Florida 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus sentencing standing statutory-interpretation did the 1st Diothict Count of appeal departiment from the essentinl reluinement of law ts Mandate By the uvited States Supreme the count muotmake A ex…
18-473 John Davis v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response Waived conclusive-presumptions constitutional-law creditor-standing due-process eviction foreclosure foreclosure-statute judicial-immunity property-rights standing summary-judgment 1. Whether foreclosure and eviction of homeowners, by virtue of statutory conclusive presumptions that allow courts to deem a creditor's ownership wit…
18-6305 Igor Polshyn v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence reversal right-to-testify structural-error testimony 1. Whether preventing a defendant from testifying on the sole disputed element of an offense, his subjective intent, amounts to structural constitutio…
18-6312 Tyrone Mason v. Kevin Lindsey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-1 article-1-section-9 constitutional-law due-process equitable-tolling federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ninth-amendment standing writ-suspension DOES ARTICLE 1 § 9 ci. 2 OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION PROHIBIT SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND IMPLICITLY GRANT THE PETITIONER AN INA…
18-6296 Alexander Robert Jacome v. California California 2018-10-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law Constitutional-Rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment Fourth-Amendment free-speech ninth-amendment Parole-Conditions Will this Court reverse the lower Courts substantial violations of the Fourth Amendment's substantive due process clause, or allow the respondent's co…
18-6270 Cornelius Lynch v. Ohio Ohio 2018-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-procedure defendant-rights double-jeopardy double-jeopardy,criminal-procedure,constitutional- due-process mistrial retrial trial-procedure May a state, consistent with the protections of the Double Jeopardy Clause, try a defendant a second time when the first trial ended in a mistrial whi…
18-6250 Curtis Nairn v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th and 14th Amendment rights unexhausted and meritless which violated Petitioner's 5th aedpa amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-amendments constitutional-claims constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit exhaustion exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus procedural-bar procedural-default section-2254 Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal err when it denied Petitioner's §2254 petition as procedurally barred by AEDPA, unexhausfed and meritless…
18-6260 Jaime Traverso v. Maryland Maryland 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence-withholding full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit-clause judicial-discretion law-of-case perjury prosecutorial-misconduct standing withheld-evidence DID THE MARYLAND COURT ABUSED ITSI DISCRETION BY REFUSING ESTABLISHED BY THE TESTIMONY OF A CONVICTED PERJURER, WITHHELD FROM M THE DEFENSE AND TO REV…
18-6222 Donte Timothy Bacon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenges class-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure de-novo district-of-colombia-v-heller federal-criminalization federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-regulation guilty-plea interstate-commerce intrastate-firearm-possession intrastate-firearm-sale plain-error second-amendment standard-of-review statutory-interpretation unconditional-guilty-plea united-states-v-lopez Consistent with Class v. United States, 583 U.S. _, 138 S.Ct. 798 (2018), are as-applied constitutional challenges to statutes of conviction waived by…
18-428 United States v. Clifford Raymond Salas Tenth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-431 United States v. Maurice Lamont Davis and Andre Levon Glover Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Judgment Issued Amici (3) armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-6195 Marlon L. Watford v. Natasha Doe, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction patent standing statutory-interpretation takings da the Po 28 U.S. C.$1915 (b)(4) noh not to e od o n n to in a mit Cot (28U.S.C.1915(a)(3)apnt ten i o d oA For The h etlied of n avo f the ot (viz…
18-6204 Jermaine Franklin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit plea-agreement plea-bargaining unconstitutional waiver-of-appeal Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by enforcing the unconstitutional Waiver of Appeal provision in Petitioner Franklin's Plea Agreement.
18-6080 Abraham J. Bonowitz, Douglas A. Pagitt, Lisa S. Harper, Suezann K. Bosler, Arthur J. Laffin, Randy Gardner, Derrick W. Jamison, Thomas W. Muther, Jr., Shane A. Claiborne, Sam R. Sheppard, and John M. Travers v. United States District of Columbia 2018-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 40-usc-6135 assembly constitutional-law display first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine public-forum statutory-interpretation 1. Is the open-air, public space surrounding the Supreme Court a traditional public forum, despite a flawed, constitutionally suspect challenged law t…
18-6106 James L. Miller v. Amir Kashani, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-forfeiture civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction property-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
18-6085 Gerald Daniels v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied IFP constitutional-issue constitutional-law constitutional-review equal-protection evasion federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus race-discrimination state-court state-law state-law-interpretation 1. WHETHER A FEDERAL HABEAS COURT MAY REEXAMINE A STATE COURT'S INTERPRETATION OF STATE LAW WHEN IT IS AN OBVIOUS SUBTERFUGE TO EVADE CONSIDERATION OF…
18-6056 Harley Blevins, Sr. v. Florida Florida 2018-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-punishment-code due-process jury-trial jury-verdict prior-conviction sentence-enhancement sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Is Florida's Prison Releasee Reoffender Act, which nullifies a Criminal Punishment Code (CPC) sentence, unconstitutional and a violation of the Sixth …
18-6037 Raul S. Zavala v. Hector Rios, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-claim civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions damages-claim due-process federal-courts mail-restrictions prison prison-mail prison-officials prison-regulations standing I. WHETHER ZIGLAR v. ABBASI, 137 S.Ct. 1843 (2017). PRECLUDES A MONEY DAMAGES CLAIM UNDER BIVENS v. SIX UNKNOWN NAMED AGENTS OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF NARC…
18-351 City of Pensacola, Florida, et al. v. Amanda Kondrat'yev, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-18 GVR Amici (5)Relisted (3) constitutional-law endorsement establishment-clause first-amendment historical-pedigree lemon-test passive-display passive-religious-display religious-display standing town-of-greece 1. Whether plaintiffs have standing to sue under the Establishment Clause when their only alleged injury consists of the feelings of "offense" produce…
18-352 South Carolina v. Raymond Lewis Young South Carolina 2018-09-18 Denied appellate-review batson-challenge batson-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure deference-to-trial-court discretionary-review equal-protection federal-question jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination trial-court-deference Whether, upon reversing Respondent's conviction on grounds that: "The trial court erred in failing to conduct a proper analysis under the third step o…
18-6012 Lucious Wilson v. J. Soto, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law darden-standard darden-v-wainwright due-process habeas habeas-corpus ninth-circuit non-unanimous-verdict prosecutorial-misconduct uncharged-conduct Is the Ninth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability ("COA") on the claim that Wilson's conviction is unconstitutional because the prosecut…
18-5950 Artis Ryan Miller v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
18-331 Rafael Pabon Ortega v. Isabel Llompart Zeno, et al. First Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-stay civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-law ex-parte-young first-amendment insular-cases promesa puerto-rico section-1983 Whether the automatic stay provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 362, 922, as incorporated into PROMESA are unconstitutional as applied by t…
18-5964 Nicholas Hacheney v. Mike Obenland, Superintendent, Monroe Correctional Complex Ninth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-reasoning state-court-review wilson-v-sellers In Wilson v. Sellers , __ U.S. __, 138 S. Ct. 1188, 1192 (2018), this Court held that when a state court issues a reasoned decision " a federal habeas…
18-323 Suzan Evans, Individually and as Wife and Next of Kin of Scott Evans, Deceased v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split constitutional-law excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor police-conduct reasonableness-standard tennessee-v-garner totality-of-circumstances use-of-force Whether the totality of the circumstances test for assessing the reasonableness of a use of force under this Court's decisions in Tennessee v. Garner,…
18-5952 In Re Samuel H. Williams 2018-09-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech jurisdiction standing takings I PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RIGHTS 2 PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS FORETEEN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RIGHTS 3 PETITIONER …
18-308 Anthony Rayshon Bethea v. North Carolina North Carolina 2018-09-11 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto punitive-restrictions retroactive-application sex-offender-registration smith-v-doe The first generation of sex offender registration statutes required only that offenders register with the government and that information about the of…
18-5924 Evangelisto Ramos v. Louisiana Louisiana 2018-09-11 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment incorporation incorporation-doctrine racial-discrimination sixth-amendment stare-decisis unanimous-jury unanimous-verdict Whether the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporates the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a unanimous verdict?
18-5895 Justin Lyle Izatt v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 constitutional-law court-of-appeals due-process eighth-amendment federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-question gross-disproportionality habeas-corpus judicial-review petition-for-writ-of-certiorari post-conviction-relief sentencing 1. Whether the Court of Appeals committed error by denying the Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. §2255 petition ?
18-5900 Juan Carlos Martinez-Barrientos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-review sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
18-5861 Danny Lopez Chavez v. Joel Martinez, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment proportionality sentencing (1) Whether appellant's sentence is grossly disproportionate to the crimes of conviction in violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cr…
18-5817 Jermaine Moorer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-5843 Alexander Manjanja Chanthunya v. Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission Maryland 2018-08-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP attorney-disciplinary-proceedings attorney-discipline attorney-misconduct bar-counsel civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights cross-examination disciplinary-proceedings due-process fair-hearing judicial-review standing Whether Maryland Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's Petition, without opinion, that properly raised a constitutional issue regarding viola…
18-5808 Rafael Angel Rondon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c 6th-amendment constitutional-law crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-law jury-instructions residual-clause sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-crime Whether the Eleventh Circuit's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) pattern jury instruction violates the Sixth Amendment because it concludes that the crutial question…
18-5812 In Re Richard DeCaro 2018-08-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure doctrinal-underpinnings double-jeopardy due-process gamble-v-united-states innocence original-meaning re-adjudication separate-sovereigns separate-sovereigns-exception Whether the Court should overrule the "separate sovereigns" exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause.
18-5821 Thomas Lee Farmer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2255-relief collateral-review concurrent-sentence-doctrine constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states multiple-sentences retroactive-constitutional-rule retroactive-review retroactivity section-2255 sentencing sentencing-law (1) Whether the concurrent sentence doctrine should be applied to deny § 2255 relief when one of a set of multiple sentences is now invalid because of…
18-251 Sheldon Schwartz v. HRI Hospital, Inc., et al. Massachusetts 2018-08-28 Denied civil-rights constitutional constitutional-law due-process employment employment-rights equal-protection free-speech retaliation state-law whistleblower Whether Massachusetts' post-employment retaliation statute violates the principles of equal protection, due process and free speech? 2. Must the stat…
18-5801 Harvey Eugene Larson v. Doug Moore, Parole Officer, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied IFP cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus legal-standing pleading prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation Did claim(s) state a cause of action?
18-5767 Fox Joseph Salerno v. Jo Lynn Gentry, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona 2018-08-27 Denied IFP bill-of-attainder constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining retroactive-application retroactivity Did the State Trial Court err by unconstitutionally using Federal case laws of Missouri v. Frye/ Lafler v. Cooper and applying it retroactively thus v…
18-5739 Terril Kinchen v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sentencing standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the trial court plainly erred when it accepted the defendant's guilty plea to Conspiracy to commit robbery and two 924(c) charges where the…
18-5762 Pedro Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-5718 James Willis Campbell, Sr. v. Virginia Virginia 2018-08-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment jurisdiction probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant standard-of-review (1) DID THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA ERR WHEN IT REVERSED THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA'S RULING AND AFFIRMED THE JUDGEMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT? (…
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…
18-5675 David Pate v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-overreach plea-bargaining right-to-appeal IS A DEFEDANT'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW VIOLATED WHEN THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES AN APPEAL WAIVER AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT?
18-5672 Charles S. Renchenski v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-split conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-courts HAS THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ENTERED A DECISION THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, ALL OTHER COURTS OF APPEALS, FEDEE…
18-5678 Lee Andrew Paul v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit burrage-causation burrage-v-united-states causation commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority commercial-sex-trafficking constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute-construction eighth-circuit-interpretation statutory-elements statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Eight Circuit's decision conflicts with the Supreme Court's opinion in Burrage v. United States, 134 S.Ct. 881 (2014), which held that …
18-5685 Clifton Patterson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague following the Supreme Court's holdings in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2…
18-217 Randall Mathena, Warden v. Lee Boyd Malvo Fourth Circuit 2018-08-20 Granted Amici (13)Relisted (9) collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-rule criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity substantive-rule supreme-court-precedent teague-v-lane Did the Fourth Circuit err in concluding—in direct conflict with Virginia's highest court and other courts—that a decision of this Court (Montgomery) …
18-5651 Samuel W. Swoopes v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-law criminal-procedure defendant defendant-exclusion due-process ex-parte jury jury-question mid-deliberation sixth-amendment 1. Does it violate Due Process and the Sixth Amendment to exclude a defendant from the court's consideration and answering of a jury question? 2. Did…
18-5669 Peter Cruz v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process due-process,fifth-amendment,fourteenth-amendment,s fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment life-without-parole massachusetts-law sentencing Whether, pursuant to the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the petitioner can be punished with a sentence of life wit…
18-5632 Juan L. Leonor v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Nebraska 2018-08-17 Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process final-conviction habeas-corpus procedural-rule retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rule vagueness Is the decision announced in State v. Ronald-Smith, a new susbtantive rule of law that the Federal Constitution requires to be applied retroactively t…
18-5608 Andres Mata v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals federal-appeals-court habeas-corpus judicial-determination procedural-review state-appeals state-court-review Whether a federal court of appeals' determination that a habeas petitioner failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional righ…
18-5613 Ladina Sykes v. Illinois Illinois 2018-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law custody fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct private-individual search-and-seizure state-action state-actors Whether on-duty police officers are state actors for Fourth Amendment purposes when they assist a private individual in searching a suspect in police …
18-194 Craig Robert Nunn v. Tennessee Department of Correction, et al. Tennessee 2018-08-14 Denied community-supervision-for-life constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process ex-post-facto parole-conditions retroactive-application retroactive-punishment sex-offender-directives sex-offender-registration Does the retroactive application of the Sex Offender Directives to Mr. Nunn violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution?
18-197 E. K. Wade v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights department-of-labor due-process federal-courts federal-tort-claims-act judicial-discretion pre-filing-order preliminary-injunction ripeness standing title-vii Congress gave the Courts inherent powers to curtail vexatious litigants' abuse of the Court system by allowing the Courts to enact pre-filing orders b…
18-5555 William Womack v. Landan Adams, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review district-court due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure ninth-circuit standing summary-judgment A. WHETHER THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS JURISDICTION TO REVIEW THE DISTRICT COURT'S ERRONEOUS DECISION IN GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT PURSUANT…
18-5573 Tajuan Williams v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law contraband due-process evidence-gathering fourth-amendment prison prison-regulations prisoner-rights regulations 1 Should this Court review thie case, de novo to address the importancs to the public of the issue in keeping contraband items out of prieons end out …
18-188 Ivy T. Tucker v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split constitutional-deficiency constitutional-law criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum offense-of-conviction out-of-circuit-precedent procedural-default sentencing sentencing-guidelines trial-counsel I. Whether trial counsel's failure to make an argument that courts of appeals outside the circuit have accepted (and the circuit has not addressed) ma…
18-183 Advanced Audio Devices, LLC v. HTC Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived 5th-amendment aia america-invents-act constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment inter-partes-review patent patent-law patents takings-clause Whether inter partes review ("IPR") of patents filed before enactment of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") violates the Takings Clause of th…
18-5491 Glen Hughie Lovin, Jr. v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-hearing fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudicial-evidence sentencing (1) Ground 1: The evidence was not sufficient to prove the State charged the offense of an irrelevant and constitutionality of the conviction, duly as…
18-167 MCC (Xiangtan) Heavy Industrial Equipment Co., Ltd. v. Liebherr Mining & Construction Equipment, Inc., dba Liebherr Mining Equipment Newport News Co. Virginia 2018-08-07 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights co-conspirators constitutional-law due-process forum-state nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction Whether the Due Process Clause permits a court to exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant based on the contacts of the defendant's…
18-5423 Seungjin Kim v. United States Customs and Border Protection District of Columbia 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP asylum asylum-seekers border-entry constitutional-law criminal-activity detention detention-conditions due-process equal-protection immigration-detention immigration-law presidential-authority presidential-powers visa-restrictions Whether under 8 U.S.C. §1225(b)(1)(B)(ii), inadmissible aliens who are Asylum Seekers include immigrant victim who is not an applicant for, or is not …
18-5413 Clarence D. Lewis v. Johnny Hedgemon, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus plea-bargain self-incrimination voluntary-plea Is A PLEA BARGAIN, VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY, IF A PETITIONER INVOKES HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION BEFORE THE PLEA IS INDUCED? …
18-5422 Dedrick T. Garrett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied IFP career-offender circuit-split collateral-review constitutional-law mandatory-guidelines pre-booker retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness vagueness vagueness-doctrine In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (Samuel Johnson), this Court declared the Armed Career Criminal Act's (ACCA) residual clause uncon…
18-137 Ernest Hunter v. District of Columbia District of Columbia 2018-07-31 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law dc-government due-process employment-dispute employment-rights free-speech government-agency government-employment personnel-rules retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-act whistleblower-protection Is the application of the relevant personnel rules of the District of Columbia, including the Abolishment and D.C. Whistleblowers Acts (DCWPA) by the …
18-117 Brian Grimm v. Maryland Maryland 2018-07-27 Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-law dog-sniff fourth-amendment probable-cause reliability search-and-seizure standard-of-review 1. When a defendant challenges the reliability of a dog's reported alert to the possible presence of drugs in a vehicle, in accordance with Florida v.…
18-5381 Aslam Handy v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discrimination due-process eeoc federal-reserve financial-crisis financial-misconduct free-speech job-discrimination sovereign-immunity whistle-blower Why has the Federal Reserve still not been asked to open its books to find out who exactly they have been giving backdoor help since 2001 that lead to…
18-5385 Lee Curtis Bell, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law enumerated-powers federalism judicial-review preemption state-responsibility state-rights I. Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state resp…
18-93 Donald Zimmerman v. City of Austin, Texas Fifth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) aggregate-limit austin base-limit campaign-contributions campaign-finance civil-rights constitutional-law contribution-limits due-process election-law first-amendment standing Whether Austin's $350 base limit on campaign contributions violates the First Amendment; and Whether Zimmerman established standing to challenge Aust…
18-5261 Vester L. Patterson v. California California 2018-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto statute-of-limitations Question not identified.
18-5214 David R. McGinley v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-07-11 Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-error constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentencing new-substantive-rules retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rules supreme-court-holdings IS IT A CONSTITUTIONAL ERROR THAT CONFLICTS WITH UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HOLDINGS WHERE STATE COURTS FOUND A MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING STATUTE …
18-5156 D'Angelo Battis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness pro-se pro-se-brief pro-se-representation sentencing standard-of-review unconstitutional-sentence Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it ignored Petitioner's pro se brief, in its entirety. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of…
18-5076 Billy R. Melot v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing tax venue 1} Whether the 5" Circuit Decision is an intervening controlling Precedent that affects the Justiciability of Appellant's claims: 2) That without the…
18-5035 Sandra Grazzini-Rucki v. Minnesota Minnesota 2018-06-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure coerced-testimony constitutional-law defense-evidence due-process false-statements jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct restitution standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-5041 Louis Robinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine I. Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States , 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) a…
24A948 Michael Tanzi v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied constitutional-law death-penalty federal-review jury-trial procedural-bar sixth-amendment Question not identified.