discretionary-action

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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…
24A337 Ayton Sanchez Romero v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit 2024-10-08 Presumed Complete discretionary-action due-process immigration judicial-review nationality-act removal Question not identified.
19-217 DaVinci Aircraft, Inc. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-19 Denied Response Waived bivens-claim bivens-v-six-unknown-named-agents civil-asset-forfeiture civil-asset-forfeiture-reform-act civil-rights discretionary-action espionage-act federal-tort-claims-act fourth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Does the exception for forfeitures created by the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA), Pub. L. No. 106-185, § 3, 114 Stat. 202 for pr…
18-1435 Matthew Wayne Minard, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Taylor Police Officer v. Debra Lee Cruise-Gulyas Sixth Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights discretion discretionary-action discretionary-enforcement due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech law-enforcement qualified-immunity retaliation retaliatory-arrest traffic-stop I. Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals define the "clearly established" constitutional rights at issue in this qualified immunity case at too high …
18-765 James H. Brady v. New York, et al. New York 2018-12-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights discretionary-action due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment immunity legal-fees obstruction-of-justice property-rights prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct quid-pro-quo sanctions standing takings As the New York State Attorney General and Manhattan District Attorney were not acting as advocates for the people when they permitted Petitioner's co…