equal-protection-clause

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25-992 Reginald Johnson v. City of Satsuma, Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-19 Pending 42-usc-1983 civil-rights-act equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment racial-discrimination state-action Whether the City of Satsuma, acting in concert with Maurice Kirk Harless, individually and collectively, under color of law, deprived the plaintiff of…
25-6833 Israel Romero v. Charter Communications, Inc., et al. South Carolina 2026-02-17 Pending IFP appellate-procedure class-of-one due-process-clause equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment summary-judgment Whether South Carolina courts erred in applying "double standard" in a "class of one" in violation of the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of …
24-5747 Elmer Dean Baker v. Indiana Indiana 2024-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment harmless-error non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment Does it violate the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution when a State upholds a conviction after ruling it was not obtain…
24-5422 MalcolmX Johnson v. Wise Staffing Group Sixth Circuit 2024-08-29 Denied IFP employment-law equal-protection-clause intentional-discrimination racial-discrimination title-vii workforce-balance "For the purpose of Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause, does a state employer's refusal to take a required step for the hiring of a person beca…
23-7677 Daniela Bowman v. Cordelia Friedman Tenth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-production due-process due-process-clause equal-protection equal-protection-clause evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment judicial-review motion-to-dismiss oklahoma-press-publishing-co-v-walling statutory-interpretation It is a public record that petitioner is the only taxpayer in New Mexico who was deprived of property but denied due process evidentiary hearing when …
23-1212 In Re Justin Mahwikizi 2024-05-13 Denied Response Waived arbitration-exemption ending-forced-arbitration-of-sexual-assault-and-se equal-protection equal-protection-clause federal-arbitration-act judicial-review section-1 section-3 Whether section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act should be used to shield the Federal Arbitration Act's Section 1 exemption claim denials from judicia…
23-392 Metropolitan School District of Martinsville v. A. C., a Minor Child by His Next Friend, Mother and Legal Guardian, M. C. Seventh Circuit 2023-10-13 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (2) bathroom-access bathroom-policy biological-sex circuit-split civil-rights equal-protection equal-protection-clause school-district sex-segregation student-rights title-ix Whether Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause dictate a single national policy that prohibits local schools from maintaining separate bathrooms base…
23A298 Yehoram Uziel v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-05 Presumed Complete abuse-of-discretion due-process equal-protection-clause federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discrimination self-represented-litigant Question not identified.
23A206 James Gimenez v. Franklin County, et al. Washington 2023-09-01 Presumed Complete at-large-voting electoral-systems equal-protection-clause racially-polarized-voting strict-scrutiny voting-rights-act Question not identified.
22-7823 Weston Ray Kubbe v. Utah Utah 2023-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment criminal-defendants criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause L \AJV\iy\ <4c> deJ* <4^xa4-$ 'a Wxv/^. V© A* <^( jo_1 pro^ec^oA C^\t^v\tA^\ cd^P^v\c^A4' ,S ^
22-438 Glow In One Mini Golf, L.L.C., et al. v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 5th-amendment constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-shutdown emergency-powers equal-protection equal-protection-clause fifth-amendment qualified-immunity takings-clause 1. Whether Minnesota's Governor has qualified immunity against Petitioners' Fifth Amendment Takings Clause claims for ordering the shut-down of their …
22-46 Ada County, Idaho v. Idaho Commission for Reapportionment, et al. Idaho 2022-07-18 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause federal-supremacy reapportionment state-administrative-body state-court-review state-redistricting Whether principles of federal supremacy and due process permit a nonjudicial state entity to reject claims of federal constitutional rights violations…
22-5066 John Cody, aka Bobby Thompson v. Tim McConahay, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-07-11 Denied IFP 6th-amendment actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim debatability-review equal-protection-clause habeas-corpus procedural-default sixth-amendment (1) Does a certificate of appealability ("COA") debatability review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2253(c)(2) mean that the COA panel may deny debatability of…
21-1330 Arthur O. Armstrong v. City of Conyers, Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause false-reports fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment official-discrimination racial-profiling search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether respondent on July 5, 2002, transgressed the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States when respondent acted w…
21-7027 Raul Mendez v. Ada County, Idaho, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection-clause frcp-12(b)(6) mandatory-services motion-to-dismiss pro-se property-tax-lien standing 1) Is a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to FRCP 12(b) (6) a ruling on a question of law? If so, is this Motion inappropriate when applied to Pro se complai…
21-6848 Juan Manuel Lopez v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-01-13 Denied IFP criminal-procedure equal-protection equal-protection-clause federal-major-crimes-act judicial-interpretation major-crimes-act mcgirt-v-oklahoma native-american-rights new-rule subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), announced a new rule of criminal procedure. Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' indepe…
21-874 Arthur O. Armstrong v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause false-reports fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment official-discrimination search-and-seizure 1. Whether respondents, Quentin T. Sumner, Calvin Woodard, Keith Stone and magistrate Kenneth Barnes, acted in a conspiracy when appellee Calvin Wooda…
21-283 In Re Roland N. Patterson 2021-08-27 Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline bar-admission civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment procedural-due-process reinstatement separation-of-powers substantive-due-process A) Whether Petitioner suffered the violation of his Constitutional Rights to Procedural Due Process when he was denied Reinstatement in 2012, without …
21-5299 John Johnson, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2021-08-04 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause factfinder-discretion fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-verdict penal-code statutory-interpretation Does Texas Penal Code §21.02 desciminate who is an<d.who is not protected under the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing…
20-8100 Thomas McGill v. Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2021-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection-clause ex-post-facto-clause florida-department-of-corrections gain-time statutory-interpretation (A) Did the Florida Department of Corrections award Me. McGill approximately 4148 days of gainstime before changing their interpretation of s.944.275 …
20-1494 Nob Hill General Stores, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Ninth Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied Response Waived collective-bargaining contract-interpretation contract-law due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause ninth-circuit precedent precedential-value publication-rules Contracting parties use a "notwithstanding any language to the contrary" clause in their contracts to preclude the applicability of competing contract…
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…
20-1163 Gloucester County School Board v. Gavin Grimm Fourth Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied Amici (3) biological-sex civil-rights equal-protection equal-protection-clause gender-identity restrooms school-discrimination title-ix transgender transgender-rights Does Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause require school s to let transgender students use multi user restrooms designated for the opposite biologi…
20-6672 Adam L. Coleman v. Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center Kentucky 2020-12-21 Denied IFP age-of-majority civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause estate-administration legal-representation medical-malpractice wrongful-death Can a state pass legislation that jeopardizes legal representation of a Wrongful Death or Medical Malpractice asserted claim that would otherwise be g…
19-1251 Arthur O. Armstrong v. School District of Philadelphia, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-28 Denied 14th-amendment access-to-courts appeal appeals civil-rights constitutional-violation discrimination due-process employment equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment official-discrimination school-district Whether School District of Philadelphia discharged the petitioner from his teaching position without due process of law when respondent denied the pet…
19-7758 Lin Ouyang v. Achem Industry America, Inc. California 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appeal civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-rights misdemeanor-conviction right-to-counsel Whether the state court's dismissal of the appeal from misdemeanor conviction, despite the lack of assistance of counsel on appeal, violates the Equal…
19-6917 In Re Sherri Jefferson 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights disbarment due-process due-process-clause equal-protection equal-protection-clause fifth-amendment professional-conduct self-incrimination For fifty-three years under this Court's precedent in Spevack v. Klein, 385 U.S. 511 (1967,) lawyers cannot be disbarred for exercising their privileg…
19-493 James J. Maksimuk v. Connor Sport Court International, LLC Federal Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Relisted (2) cafc corporate-representation court-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause legal-counsel legal-representation overturning-decisions supreme-court-rulings trademark-cancellation trademark-law 1. Did the CAFC, District Court, 10th Cir., TTAB Orders and Judgments and referenced Supreme Court rulings —that required corporations to be represent…
19-424 Joel Howard James v. Michigan Michigan 2019-09-30 Denied Response Waived class-of-one criminal-investigation due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment nonresident-tolling nonresident-tolling-provision privileges-and-immunities Privileges-and-Immunities-Clause Rational-Basis statute-of-limitations 1. Based on a "class of one" analysis, does the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution bar application …
18-1470 Jim Feehan v. Rick Marcone, et al. Connecticut 2019-05-24 Denied bush-v-gore constitutional-rights due-process election-integrity election-law equal-protection equal-protection-clause retroactive-standard right-to-vote voting-rights (1) Whether the Connecticut Supreme Court erred in disregarding the equal protection principles applied in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000) and requir…
18-9260 Frederick E. Braxton v. Tennessee Tennessee 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP coram-nobis due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause eyewitness perjury trial-judge witness-credibility Is Due Process and/or Equal Protection Clauses of the XIVth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution violated when the sole eyewitness to a crime is the vic…
18-8864 Joseph B. v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights visitation visitation-rights Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a State from forbidding visitation between a noncustodial p…
18-1250 Corey Lea v. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture Sixth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedures-act agricultural-law civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause exhaustion-requirements fifth-amendment foreclosure moratorium-relief usda Is it a violation of the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment for the United States Department of Agriculture to prom…
18-8342 Edward Spears v. R&R Cleaning Services, et al. South Carolina 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause equal-protection-of-the-law judicial-process legal-review petition standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court deprive me of my constitutional rights of equal protection of the law?
18-903 Robbie Perry, et al. v. Coles County, Illinois Seventh Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 28-usc-2201 comity-doctrine declaratory-relief equal-protection equal-protection-clause equitable-jurisdiction property-tax property-tax-assessment state-court-remedies Did the Seventh Circuit err under the exception to the comity doctrine by holding Illinois state court remedies "adequate" and "complete" even though …
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 …
18-5437 Gary Richard Whitton v. Florida Florida 2018-08-02 Denied IFP advisory-jury capital-sentencing capricious due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection equal-protection-clause jury-trial jury-trial-rights retroactivity 1. whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of capricious capital sentencing impose lim…
18-5060 Konstantinos X. Fotopoulos v. Florida Florida 2018-06-29 Denied IFP capital-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection equal-protection-clause hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona state-court In Hurst v. Florida this Court struck down Florida's longstanding capital-sentencing procedures because they authorized a judge, rather than a jury, t…