| 25-380 |
Sean Kuhlmeyer v. Isabelle Latour |
Washington |
2025-10-01 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-standard due-process family-court fundamental-rights no-contact-order parental-rights |
1. When states have ruled differently, 1 and given this
Court 's reasoning in Santosky v. Kramer, 2 and Mathews
v. Eldridge, 3 the issue here is:
Wh… |
| 25A18 |
Juan Carlos Sandoval-Rodriguez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-standard criminal-trial due-process fourth-circuit jury-instruction reasonable-doubt |
Whether a trial court in criminal proceedings must, upon request from the jury or the defendant, issue an instruction regarding the meaning of the "be… |
| 24A439 |
John Xavier Portillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-11-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-counsel bureau-of-prisons constitutional-standard ineffective-assistance prejudice writ-of-certiorari |
The question presented to this Court will relate to the proper standard to be used to evaluate prejudice when a Defendant alleges his appellate counse… |
| 23-7457 |
E. R. v. Colorado, In the Interest of S. M. and E. M., Children |
Colorado |
2024-05-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-standard due-process equal-protection judicial-bias parent-child-rights racial-bias racial-prejudice standard-of-review termination-of-parental-rights |
Whether this Court's precedents, which apply an objective legal standard to determine whether there is an unconstitutional potential for judicial raci… |
| 23-1107 |
Joan Ghougoian, et al. v. Lamarr Monson |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-11 |
Denied |
|
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-standard devenpeck fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution manuel pre-trial-detention probable-cause section-1983 |
1. Whether the Fourth Amendment's objective standard applies to all claims arising thereunder, such that there is no violation so long as probable cau… |
| 23A608 |
J. W., et al. v. Elvin Paley, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-split constitutional-standard excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor school-officials |
Question not identified. |
| 23-260 |
Daniel Erwin v. Karla Howell, as Administratrix of the Estate of Cornelius Pierre Howell |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-09-18 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-standard deliberate-indifference due-process farmer-v-brennan fourteenth-amendment kingsley-v-hendrickson medical-need pretrial-detainee section-1983 |
Whether Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 576 U.S. 389, 135 S.Ct. 2466 (2015), applies to claims for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need brought … |
| 22-6119 |
Jaques Fearence v. Brenda M. Cash, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion attorney-abandonment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-court-decision |
1) Whether the Court of Appeals erred in its application of the constitutional standard for the denial of a motion for reconsideration based on the pe… |
| 22-450 |
Gregory Shields, Sr. v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2022-11-15 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
confrontation-clause constitutional-standard crawford-v-washington cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing state-court-division state-court-split witness-testimony |
When, if ever, does a preliminary hearing provide an "adequate opportunity" for cross-examination under the Confrontation Clause? |
| 22-449 |
Christopher E. Larson, et ux. v. Snohomish County, Washington, et al. |
Washington |
2022-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-standard due-process financial-disclosure fourteenth-amendment judicial-neutrality judicial-partiality judicial-recusal objective-standard recusal |
1. Whether judges in Washington State must specifically address the judicial partiality claims actually asserted by the parties against judicial offic… |
| 22-5602 |
Edward Ellis, III v. Missouri |
Missouri |
2022-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-standard ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-argument missouri-law prejudice reasonable-strategy sixth-amendment trial-counsel witness-testimony |
1. Whether, in direct conflict with other federal and state decisions, the Missouri Court of Appeals correctly held that under the Sixth Amendment, tr… |
| 21-8187 |
Jesse Bell v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-06-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing constitutional-standard due-process mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona standard-of-proof |
Under Florida's capital sentencing scheme, in addition to finding at least one aggravating factor exists, the factfinder must make additional determin… |
| 21-658 |
Rodolfo Canales, Jr. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Texas |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-standard criminal-law due-process facial-challenge felony-offense indefinite-financial-support statutory-interpretation texas-supreme-court vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether a statute with no definitions, explicit standards, reasonably clear guidelines, or objective criteria that allows a court to order indefinite … |
| 21-410 |
Gregorio Gigliotti and Angelo Gigliotti v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-09-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment 4th-amendment-violation constitutional-standard criminal-investigation criminal-procedure foreign-law-enforcement fourth-amendment joint-investigation law-enforcement wiretapping |
1. Whether the Fourth Amendment is violated when foreign law enforcement officials engage in wiretapping at the behest of United States officials purs… |
| 21-5553 |
F. Daly v. Maine |
Maine |
2021-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
beyond-reasonable-doubt boyde-v-california burden-of-proof constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions standard-of-proof sullivan-v-louisiana witness-testimony |
The testimony of a single witness is sufficient to prove any fact and would justify a verdict in accordance with such testimony even if a number of wi… |
| 21-5554 |
Joseph H. Gibbs v. South Carolina |
South Carolina |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process federal-courts fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus harmless-error standing state-court-process state-courts |
Abrogated constitutional holdings/ in its application of the legal standard/ (...fundamental fairness shocking to universal justice ) in Butler V Stat… |
| 21-48 |
Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Commission v. John Doe 5, et al., By and Through Their Next Friend, Nelson Dolores Lopez, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process federal-custody immigrant-detainee injunctive-relief juvenile-detention medical-care professional-judgment standing |
(1) Whether professional judgment rather than deliberate indifference is the proper constitutional standard for a claim of inadequate medical care bro… |
| 20-7724 |
John K. Wilson v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-standard de-novo-review due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea no-contest-plea plea-bargaining standard-of-review state-court-proceedings |
Is a state court's ruling that a criminal defendant's guilty plea was "voluntary" a constitutional question under the Fourteenth Amendment, subject to… |
| 20-7683 |
Paul Wesley Baker v. California |
California |
2021-04-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-standard equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination standard-of-review |
When the defense challenges a prosecutor's exercise of a peremptory strike of a prospective juror under Batson v. Kentucky, 487 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 171… |
| 20-7643 |
Nafis Antuan Faison v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 arrest-warrant constitutional-standard expectation-of-privacy fourth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus minnesota-v-olson probable-cause standing third-party-residence |
1. In applying Minnesota v. Olson, 495 U.S. 91 (1990), and Minnesota v. Carter, 525 U.S. 83 (1998), to a habeas corpus claim based on the state's unre… |
| 20-849 |
P. F. v. J. S., et al. |
Kansas |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
adoption adoption-law biological-parenthood constitutional-standard due-process evolving-family-landscape family-dynamics family-rights gender-assumptions liberty-rights parental-rights |
1. With the familial landscape having evolved over the last thirty years, neither parent fitting assumed roles and a bond formed between father and ch… |
| 20-6391 |
Timothy Ronald Hare v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2020-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-standard critical-stage effective-assistance ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic |
I. Does the requirement to prove prejudice under this Court's previous decision in Latter v Cooper, place a burden on the accused that this Court deem… |
| 20-5846 |
Anthony C. Green v. Kelly Lake, Sheriff, Carlton County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
8th-circuit civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process excessive-force fourteenth-amendment objective-reasonableness qualified-immunity |
The question presented is whether the 8th Circuits ' decision is contrary to this Court 's decision in Kingsley. |
| 20-5783 |
Chia Jean Lee v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review chapman-v-california circuit-split constitutional-standard criminal-procedure deliberate-indifference harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions standard-of-review |
The government requested and received a deliberate indifference instruction in the criminal jury charge, over Lee's objection. The Fifth Circuit Court… |
| 20-5342 |
Rigoberto Avila, Jr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-08-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-standard conviction criminal-conviction due-process false-testimony innocence post-trial-developments post-trial-review scientific-evidence |
1. Does a conviction violate the Due Process Clause if a key part of the prosecution's case was scientific evidence that later developments have prove… |
| 19-8721 |
Vincent A. Argentino v. Ruanne Stamps, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-06-16 |
Granted |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-standard deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment estelle-v-gamble legal-precedent medical-evidence prisoner-rights summary-record |
1. Whether the Precedent of Placing Nesiifying, medical evidence in the Summary Record Showing O * aeke' mental ef Peck" Places an Unrealis-hic exfect… |
| 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… |
| 19-853 |
Sandra R., et al. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety |
Arizona |
2020-01-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
child-custody clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-standard due-process family-law parental-rights state-action state-intervention termination |
Whether, in order to terminate a parent's parental rights to their child, the due process Clause of the United States constitution requires that a Sta… |
| 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… |
| 18-1079 |
Javier Flores Gaytan v. Michael Hardee |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-19 |
Denied |
|
actual-innocence constitutional-standard criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-confrontation right-to-fair-trial summary-witness wire-recording |
May a State, consistent with due process, obtain a criminal conviction and 37-year prison sentence against a criminal defendant where the primary evid… |
| 18-7301 |
J. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services |
Texas |
2019-01-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-standard due-process equal-protection parental-rights standard-of-review |
THE COURT EALS ERRED BY EMPLOYING AN UNCONSITITUTIONAL STANDARD TO REVIEW THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS TERMINATION DECISION.
The Fourteenth Court of Appeals … |
| 18-584 |
Angela Engle Horne v. WTVR, LLC, dba CBS6 |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-11-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-malice civil-rights constitutional-standard defamation first-amendment free-speech media-law public-figure public-official sullivan |
1. Whether this Court should overrule New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964).
2. Whether even if this Court elects not overrule Sullivan in … |
| 18-337 |
County of Orange, California, et al. v. Mary Gordon, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Matthew Shawn Gordon, Deceased |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process eighth-amendment fourth-amendment medical-care objective-reasonableness pretrial-detainee qualified-immunity section-1983 standard-of-care |
Whether a pretrial detainee's "inadequate medical care" claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 requires a showing of a jail professional's subjective inte… |
| 18-5396 |
Calvin McMillan v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2018-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
appearance-of-bias campaign-contributions caperton-v-massey capital-punishment constitutional-standard due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias judicial-recusal post-conviction |
An Alabama jury voted to sentence Petitioner Calvin McMillan to life in prison for capital murder. Circuit Judge John Bush overrode the jury's decisio… |
| 18-5331 |
Ralph Simon Jeremias v. Nevada |
Nevada |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-circumstances confrontation-clause constitutional-standard death-penalty due-process hurst-v-florida jury-finding jury-trial mitigating-circumstances ring-v-arizona |
1. Whether the Consti tution requi res – i n a state i n whi ch a jury i s
requi red to fi nd that mi tigating ci rcumstances do not outwei gh the
agg… |