| 25-5678 |
Thomas Jarrell Shoffner v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-law district-court-procedure firearms-regulation motion-to-dismiss statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether the District Court Erred in Denying Appellant's Motion to Dismiss the Indictment on the Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1). |
| 25-5571 |
Thurmond R. Guess, Sr. v. Daniel Coble, Judge, Circuit Court of South Carolina, Richland County, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-09-08 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court-procedure fourth-circuit-appeal manifest-injustice rule-59-motion |
1. Did the United State District Court of Columbia South Carolina and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals err Under Rule 59 E, on Motion to Alter or A… |
| 24-7034 |
Jacques Dorcinvil v. Marlyn Kopp, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2025-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction court-of-appeals-jurisdiction district-court-procedure notice-of-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se-appeal |
Whether the late filing of a Notice of Appeal by a District Court's clerk sent by a pro se prisoner can deprive the Court of Appeals of jurisdiction o… |
| 23-7804 |
Juan Jesus Vargas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-procedure judicial-discretion open-court-statement reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-requirements statutory-interpretation |
1) Must district courts comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to state, in open court, the reasons for the sentence imposed?
2) Should … |
| 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,… |
| 23-5130 |
Caleb Bryant Hickcox v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bruen circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-procedure reasonableness reasonableness-review second-amendment sentencing sentencing-requirements statutory-interpretation |
1) Must district courts comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to state, in open court, the reasons for the sentence imposed?
2) Should … |
| 22-7871 |
In Re Michael Bowe |
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2023-06-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (6)IFP |
28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 district-court-procedure federal-habeas federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief second-or-successive-application statutory-interpretation |
Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. … |
| 22-1218 |
Wendy Smith, et al. v. Keith Spizzirri, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-16 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
arbitration-agreement circuit-conflict circuit-split dismiss district-court-procedure federal-arbitration-act judicial-discretion section-3 statutory-interpretation stay |
Whether Section 3 of the FAA requires district courts to stay a lawsuit pending arbitration, or whether district courts have discretion to dismiss whe… |
| 22-6283 |
James R. Turner v. Federal Aviation Administration, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-procedure due-process equitable-tolling jurisdiction-dismissal psychiatric-disability standing statute-of-limitations |
1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals was justified by DISMISSING Petitioner's appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
2. Whether the United States … |
| 22-5875 |
Bryan Protho v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3509 child-victim closed-circuit-testimony criminal-procedure district-court district-court-procedure statutory-interpretation testimony two-way-closed-circuit-television witness-testimony |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3509 requires a district court to question a child victim
on the record before to introducing the child victim 's testimony at tri… |
| 21-7036 |
Jeffrey Davis v. Orange County Sheriff's Office, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
arrest-validity civil-rights criminal-procedure detention-challenge district-court-procedure due-process false-arrest habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard prima-facie-evidence standing |
Whether the district court departed from the essential requirements of the law, in the absence of prima facie evidence attached to its order to refute… |
| 21-5746 |
In Re Conghau Huu To |
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2021-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-conviction cruel-and-unusual-punishment district-court-procedure due-process federal-review gatekeeping habeas-corpus judicial-integrity newly-discovered-evidence sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 20-7842 |
Eliu Elixander Lorenzana-Cordon v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion district-court-procedure due-process extradition extradition-notice international-law judicial-discretion jurisdiction motion-for-new-trial notice treaties treaty-violation |
Did the District Court abuse it's discretion by denying the motion for a new trial without taking into consideration that the document of extradition … |
| 20-735 |
Artem Koshkalda v. Seiko Epson Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-27 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure dismissal district-court-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure frcp-rule-25 frcp-rule-41 rule-25 rule-41 standing substitution-of-parties voluntary-dismissal |
Did The United States District Court Central District of California err in denying Plaintiffs Motion To Set Aside a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal File… |
| 20-6196 |
Mark Xavier Wallace v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-evidence criminal-procedure district-court-procedure due-process evidence fourth-circuit-review hearsay hearsay-testimony standard-of-review |
1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming that the District Court did not err by admitting inadmissible and highly prejudicial hearsay testimon… |
| 19-8900 |
Jeffrey Chleo Brown v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-preservation circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-procedure factual-dispute factual-objection legal-sufficiency preservation-of-appeal procedural-error sentencing sentencing-objection standard-of-review |
Is a factual objection at sentencing sufficient to preserve for appeal the district court's failure to resolve the ensuing dispute? |
| 19-8693 |
Nathan Thomas Trujillo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-procedure judicial-discretion kimbrough-v-united-states kimbrough-variance policy-grounds sentencing sentencing-guidelines variance |
A. WHETHER THE COURT ERRED IN HOLDING THE DISTRICT COURT DID NOT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION WITH ITS SENTENCE?
B. WHETHER THE COURT ERRED IN HOLDING THE DI… |
| 19-8603 |
Melvin P. White, Jr. v. Internal Revenue Service |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-06-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-docket-entry civil-procedure constitutional-challenge district-court-procedure federal-court-jurisdiction magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-review notice-and-certification procedural-standards record-keeping standard-of-review |
Did THE US.DISIRET CF. CITRK EAI TH ENTER PETITION FoR REVIEW ST. CT, CASENG LXCYDI6T FUOCE ORDER FoR MONEY OWED IN THE cai DOCKET ?
PCLoRDIWE TC FR … |
| 19-8036 |
Odis Lee Jackson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction first-step-act judicial-review mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
I. What procedures does Section 404 of the First Step Act require a district court to follow when conducting its statutorily required "complete review… |
| 19-7733 |
Gustavo Diaz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appeal-dismissal civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal district-court-procedure due-process fifth-amendment pre-sentencing-waiver sentencing substantive-due-process waiver |
Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to a substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by the United States Co… |
| 19-367 |
Shambria Necole Smith v. Kansa Technology, L.L.C. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-19 |
Denied |
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appeal district-court district-court-procedure due-process due-process,jury-tampering,jury-taint,trial-procee evidence-admissibility jury-taint jury-tampering trial-proceedings workers-compensation |
The testimony presented in the instant matter as well as the underlying facts and circumstances reveal that the following issues, which form the basis… |
| 19-5040 |
Jennifer Lu v. Stanford University |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-procedure-amendment complaint-amendment dismissal district-court-procedure due-process judicial-guidance leave-to-amend legal-notice pleading pleading-deficiencies pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness |
Whether when granting a pro se litigant leave to amend the complaint, a district court must identify the complaint deficiencies so that the pro se lit… |
| 18-8882 |
Kevin L. Donaldson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 access-to-courts certificate-of-appealability civil-rights clerk-of-court clerk-of-court-error district-court-procedure due-process first-amendment government-liability standing |
Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion when it denied the Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability?
Did the Clerk of the U.S. … |
| 18-1164 |
In Re Alan Giordani |
|
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court-procedure due-process first-amendment judicial-review property-rights right-to-petition rooker-feldman-doctrine second-amendment second-amendment-review special-master sua-sponte-review takings |
Whether the failure of the District Court to appoint a federal monitor, or special master to review the matter was error.
Whether the District Court'… |
| 18-6216 |
Musonda Mulenga v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2018-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carpenter-v-united-states criminal-conviction criminal-procedure district-court-procedure district-of-columbia due-process fourth-amendment harmless-error judicial-precedent legal-conflict second-degree-murder superior-court supreme-court-review |
1. Whether the opinion from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is in conflict with opinion of this Court in Carpenter v. United States, 136 S.C… |