| 25-6798 |
Jay Pemberton v. Bell's Brewery, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-02-12 |
Pending |
IFP |
civil-procedure disability-discrimination employment-discrimination evidence-standard mcDonnell-douglas summary-judgment |
Whether, in disability discrimination and related employment discrimination cases, a court of appeals may affirm summary judgment by resolving dispute… |
| 25-6683 |
Roderick Leshun Rankin v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2026-01-30 |
Pending |
IFP |
due-diligence evidence-standard habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance innocence-claim schlup-standard |
1. Over thirteen years after Roderick LeShun Rankin was convicted of three murders and sentenced to death, the pastor of his deceased brother Rodney d… |
| 25-6569 |
Jamarcus G. Jackson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-01-13 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing drug-purity evidence-standard methamphetamine preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court can infer that unseized methamphetamine has similar purity to seized methamphetamine. If so, what specific evidence must supp… |
| 25-6239 |
Elijah D. Brown v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-testing circuit-split due-process evidence-standard fifth-amendment sentencing |
Whether the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause permits a district court to base a sentencing determination on technical and factual assertions that … |
| 25A432 |
Kevin McCarthy, Superintendent, Elmira Correctional Facility v. Pedro Hernandez |
Second Circuit |
2025-10-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
cold-case constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-standard jurisdiction-review missing-child |
Question not identified. |
| 25-336 |
Elsie Franklin v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2025-09-23 |
Denied |
|
adequate-opportunity confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination evidence-standard prior-testimony |
In Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), this Court held that, under the Confrontation Clause, an unavailable witness's prior testimony "is admi… |
| 25-5435 |
Antuan L. Wynn v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence-standard |
Whether charging a single conspiracy with proof of a chain of distribution relationships, and without proof that a defendant agreed to join the broade… |
| 25-217 |
CeramTec GmbH v. CoorsTek Bioceramics LLC, fka C5 Medical Werks, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2025-08-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
design-functionality evidence-standard intellectual-property product-design trademark-law utility-patent |
Whether under this Court's decision in TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc., 532 U.S. 23 (2001), a utility patent that produces a product… |
| 25-5384 |
Christopher Kines v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-violations court-procedure evidence-standard fifth-circuit judicial-proceedings |
1. Is it the common practise of the Fifth Circuit to disregard
facts in the record and ignore evidence the court itself
agreed to consider?
2. Did … |
| 25-5375 |
Arturs Spila v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-intent eleventh-circuit evidence-standard felony-proceeds money-laundering statutory-interpretation |
1. Was there "insufficient evidence" presented by the United States to convict Spila of money laundering conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(i)… |
| 25-5244 |
Kristy Richard v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-procedure legal-representation pro-se-litigant |
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| 24-7205 |
Oscar Pliego-Pineda v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure evidence-standard federal-sentencing-guidelines leadership-role sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a Leadership Sentencing Enhancement Is Erroneous Without Evidence That a Defendant Supervised any Specific Individual. |
| 24-7158 |
Ramoine White v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-05-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights convicted-felon criminal-activity evidence-standard firearm-possession second-amendment |
1. Whether the evidence established articulable facts that the Petitioner was involved in criminal activity?
2. Whether this prosecution and convicti… |
| 24-7109 |
Justin Miles Ness v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure evidence-standard judicial-discretion jury-instruction plain-error temporal-scope |
In this case, there was trial evidence presented regarding a bevy of days, times, and different implements in which the accused allegedly possessed fi… |
| 24-7088 |
Sam Autry Fletcher v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-claims evidence-standard federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation |
1. Does Title 28 U.S.C. §2254(e)(l) or any other provision of the AEDBA, or any clearly established U.S. Supreme Court authority give frderal district… |
| 24-890 |
Richard Lee Rynn v. Craig Jennings, Judge, Avondale City Court, et al. |
Arizona |
2025-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights evidence-standard ex-parte-injunction labor-dispute title-vii workplace-rights |
1. Does the legal standard of evidence require a
showing of imminent harm to justify the
issuance of an ex parte injunction without
notice?
2. Are… |
| 24-698 |
Rose Ann Kimble-Davis v. Office of Personnel Management |
Federal Circuit |
2024-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-review beneficiary-designation due-process evidence-standard opm-procedure |
1. Whether an agency/court can determine an individual is not a designated beneficiary without providing the claimed beneficiary with the appropriate … |
| 24-6109 |
Kevin Lewis and Otis Ponds v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-12-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure department-of-justice evidence-standard statutory-interpretation title-iii wiretap-authorization |
What evidence must the government present in a wiretap application to establish that an authorized official approved the application? And if a defenda… |
| 24-6079 |
Lance Hullum v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2024-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-review jury-verdict legal-prejudice |
Question not identified. |
| 24-520 |
James G. Connell, III v. Central Intelligence Agency |
District of Columbia |
2024-11-06 |
Denied |
|
agency-disclosure circuit-split evidence-standard foia glomar-response judicial-review |
When a federal agency responds to a request for records under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, it may assert a "Glomar response," neith… |
| 24-415 |
Cicel (Beijing) Science & Technology Co., Ltd. v. Misonix, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2024-10-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
circuit-court email-interpretation evidence-standard judicial-review non-movant-rights summary-judgment |
1. Whether the Court should summarily reverse the Second Circuit decision affirming summary judgment against Petitioner.
2. Whether the Second Circui… |
| 24-292 |
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., et al. v. Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-09-13 |
Denied |
|
appellate-procedure evidence-standard factual-findings harmless-error judicial-review standard-of-review |
This petition concerns core appellate procedure. In reviewing bench trials, the courts of appeals must "discuss" and "analyze" the district court's fi… |
| 24-5500 |
Terris Chanley Baker v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-procedure evidence-standard federal-rule-of-evidence probative-knowledge whether-character-evidence |
I. Whether character evidence dated after the conclusion of a conspiracy is probative of knowledge under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)?
II. What pr… |
| 24-5239 |
John C. Coleman v. Michael Swartz, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-08-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence appellate-review brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-standard fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-procedure |
Question not identified. |
| 24-107 |
Ivan To Man Pang v. Anthony Ye, Citi Realty Services, Financial Manager, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
|
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure credibility credibility-challenge evidence-standard genuine-issues-of-material-fact material-fact nonmoving-party summary-judgment |
1. Whether the lower court erred in granting summary judgment by failing to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party and r… |
| 24-5109 |
Clinton Mark Lewis v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2252 child-pornography circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence-standard federal-statute image-specific ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit |
1. Is the charge of possession or accessing child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) "image specific" in that it requires proof that the defe… |
| 23-7771 |
Stephen Lundquist v. Idaho |
Idaho |
2024-06-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-intent due-process duress evidence evidence-standard judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief reasonable-probability state-court |
1. Is the Idaho state court in violation of the rule in Brady v. Maryland by changing
the evidence, contrary to uncontroverted evidence, in dismissing… |
| 23-7156 |
Robert Shields v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody chemical-identity constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process evidence evidence-standard |
(1) Does the Constitutional right to due process of law require some evidence that a drug that resulted in death was chemically identical to the drug … |
| 23-7058 |
James E. Palmer v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling evidence-standard habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-remedies |
Whether it only ta deaial ef any stales lerisonex's constitutional cight to the weit of veo fheS £2 PNS te aot...peceait equitable, telling fe — wh th… |
| 23-7007 |
Howard T. Tyson, Sr. v. Kris Y. Lee, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
7th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-orders judicial-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleadings pro-se-appellant standing |
1. WHY DOES THE COURTS FAIL TO FOLLOW OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME
COURT WICH SAYS. WHEN A PRO SE APPELLANT ARE FACES WITH A MOTION TO
DISMISS. IT IS APPRO… |
| 23-7004 |
Noel Vincent Thomas v. Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
Florida |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure claim-dismissal discovery-process dismissal due-process evidence evidence-standard judicial-review pleading-sufficiency pleadings standing trial-court-discretion |
1) Whether the Trial Court erred as a matter of law by dismissing Petitioner's claim based upon the Lower Court's assertion that Petitioner failed to … |
| 23-6943 |
Michael Lawrence Kerlin v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cross-reference disproportionate-effect due-process evidence evidence-standard pro-se-petition sentencing-guidelines standard-of-proof |
1. Whether a cross reference which has a disproportionate effect on the sentence requires a higher standard of proof that mere proponderence.
2. Whet… |
| 23-6939 |
Jaime Dean Charboneau, aka Jaimi Dean Charboneau v. Tyrell Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence admissibility-of-evidence circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether 28 U.S.C. § (b)(2)(B)(ii)'s actual innocence standard requires the
court to consider all the evidence, old and new, incriminating and
excul… |
| 23-6642 |
David Wayne Poydras v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2024-02-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-standard factual-innocence indigent-defendants judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation |
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| 23-763 |
JDH Pacific, Inc. v. Precision-Hayes International, Inc. |
Texas |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-standard clear-and-unmistakable-evidence evidence-standard first-options-precedent first-options-v-kaplan judicial-interpretation post-termination post-termination-claims state-supreme-court supreme-court-review united-states-supreme-court |
Whether a state supreme court can disregard the "clear and unmistakable evidence" standard established by the United States Supreme Court in First Opt… |
| 23-6175 |
Phillip A. Kenner v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence-standard government-witness napue-standard napue-v-illinois perjury prosecutorial-misconduct witness-perjury |
At a criminal trial, Petitioner sought to confront a Government witness with notes of an interview, taken by Government agents, which reflected a prio… |
| 23-5605 |
Alfred John McDonald v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-history drug-quantity due-process evidence-standard hemp marijuana procedural-fairness relevant-conduct |
1. Whether McDonald's right to due process was violated when the drug quantity attributed to McDonald was based in part on vague ledgers, unrebutted e… |
| 23-5535 |
Michael Rocky Lane v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-claim brady-rule circuit-split clear-and-convincing-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-jurisdiction federal-law habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether The Circuit Courts Have Decided An Important Question Of Federal Law That Should Be Definitively Settled By This Court?
II. Whether 28 U.S… |
| 22-7878 |
Kenny Eugene Smart v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922(g) criminal-procedure evidence-standard evidentiary-rulings federal-rule-of-evidence-404(b) federal-rules-of-evidence prior-convictions rule-404b rule-of-inclusion standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
1. WHAT IS THE PROPER STANDARD OF REVIEW OF EVIDENTIARY RULINGS UNDER FEDERAL RULE OF EVIDENCE 404(b) AND IS RULE 404(b) A RULE OF INCLUSION WHICH ALW… |
| 22-1194 |
Lillian M. Jones v. Hawai'i Medical Board, et al. |
Hawaii |
2023-06-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
evidence-standard healthcare-quality-improvement-act judicial-review medical-board national-practitioner-data-bank physician-reporting physicians-blacklist reporting-immunity state-lines summary-judgment |
I.
Whether Congress Under the Healthcare Quality
Improvement Act (HCQIA) Intended Only to Protect Reporting Physicians and Entities to the
"Physicians… |
| 22-1112 |
Avail Vapor, LLC, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-05-15 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act arbitrary-and-capricious evidence-standard evidentiary-standard fda fda-regulation marketing-authorization premarket-applications tobacco-product-regulation tobacco-products |
In 2016, FDA extended its jurisdiction over "tobacco
products" under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act to electronic nicotine delivery system… |
| 22-7249 |
Daryl Lee Godette Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof constructive-possession criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process evidence evidence-standard possession reasonable-doubt |
Whether the Government proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Godette possessed the heroin found in the apartment. |
| 22-823 |
Alicia Thompson v. Janelle Henderson |
Washington |
2023-03-01 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) |
burden-of-proof due-process equal-protection evidence-standard implicit-bias jury-verdict prima-facie racial-bias |
1. Whether the Washington Supreme Court's novel
standard addressing implicit bias violates the Due Process Clause—by prohibiting counsel from presenti… |
| 22-819 |
Franz Wakefield, dba CoolTVNetwork.com v. Blackboard, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard magistrate-judge markman-test patent patent-validity standing statutory-interpretation |
35 U.S.C. § 282(a) provides that "[a] patent shall be presumed valid." This Court has ruled that when a court reviews validity of a patent, the presum… |
| 22-6830 |
Michael Joseph Loukas v. Sarah Schroeder, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
404(b) due-process evidence-standard ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion medication-warning-labels prior-bad-acts prosecutorial-misconduct separation-of-powers sixth-circuit-review |
1. Was the Sixth Circuit decision based on an unreasonable determination
of the facts in light of the Evidance presented in the state court
proceedi… |
| 22-6111 |
In Re Katrese Nickelson |
|
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure case-sealing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard motion-to-quash service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation unlawful-detainer writ-of-mandate |
1. Whether Assembly Bill No.2819 's mandatory automatic and permanent case
sealing requirements in limited unlawful detainer cases extends to sealing… |
| 22-5198 |
Akeem Markiese Rogers v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process evidence evidence-standard jurisdiction legal-standard possession procedural-review search-and-seizure writ-of-certiorari |
1) Why did no evidence appear in the here written states of Virginia search?
2) Why did no evidence 'presented,' as proof of ever-violation of the cl… |
| 22-5134 |
Bart J. Tarulli v. Ameriprise Financial Services |
Second Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-discretion legal-violations merit-based-decision preponderance-of-evidence procedural-fairness self-representation standing |
1) Does the court believe that ' cheating', and violating established law/rules
must be addressed with an imposition of the clear penalties so listed… |
| 22-5112 |
Roberto Hernandez-Aldama v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-standard fifth-amendment judicial-interpretation methamphetamine sentencing |
Whether the court of appeals violated the defendant's Fifth Amendment right to due process where the government presented evidence regarding just one … |
| 21-8096 |
Barbara Frantz v. Patrick C. Frantz |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
beneficiary-dispute civil-procedure contingent-beneficiary criminal-appeal evidence evidence-standard life-insurance murder-allegation summary-judgment |
Question not identified. |
| 21-1227 |
MRI Associates of Tampa, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company |
Florida |
2022-03-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-standard florida-supreme-court stipulation-of-facts summary-judgment unpreserved-issue waived-issue waiver-doctrine |
Did the Florida Supreme Court violate the Petitioner's constitutionally guaranteed due process rights by reversing the trial court's summary judgment … |
| 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.… |
| 21-7253 |
Luis D. Sambolin-Robles v. Corrections Administration |
First Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-standard judicial-review legal-procedure standing trial-fairness |
Question not identified. |
| 21-6990 |
Roger D. Roberts v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-violation criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process evidence-standard habeas-corpus informant-credibility police-misconduct search-and-seizure state-court-review |
How did the prosecutor use evidence of a drug sell allegedly by Mr. Roberts an informant where there was no Us.nq 2 were purchased from Mr. Robert's t… |
| 21-6952 |
Sunrise Lee v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-01-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-court judgment-of-acquittal legal-sufficiency physician prescription-drugs |
1. Whether a non-physician may be convicted of conspiring with a physician to prescribe controlled substances outside of the course of professional pr… |
| 21-994 |
John Kapoor v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-01-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-law due-process evidence-standard judgment-of-acquittal medical-prescription physician-liability professional-practice sufficiency-of-evidence |
1. Whether a non-physician may be convicted of conspiring with a physician to prescribe controlled substances outside the course of professional pract… |
| 21-6833 |
Jason Lee Sarabia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure double-jeopardy evidence-standard fifth-circuit jury-conviction jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses multiplicity |
Do convictions of greater and lesser-included offenses violate the Double Jeopardy Clause when the prosecution uses the same evidence to obtain both c… |
| 21-6694 |
Lawrence S. Brantley, Jr. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services |
Texas |
2021-12-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion clear-and-convincing Colorado-v-New-Mexico due-process evidence-standard legal-precedent parental-rights trial-court-discretion witness-testimony |
1. Did trial court abuse its discretion by allowing witness with no firsthand knowledge of the case to testify, which conflict with the decision in Oa… |
| 21-6108 |
Paradise L. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. |
Arizona |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-general clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard fourteenth-amendment parental-rights termination-of-rights witness-exclusion |
Whether The State Of Arizona Failed To Terminate Mother's Parental Rights By At Least Clear & Convincing Evidence As Required By The Due Process Claus… |
| 21-6014 |
Yina Maria Castaneda Benavidez, aka La Reina, aka Ingeniera v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence evidence-standard knowledge-element sentencing sentencing-disparity |
This petition arises from the affirm ance of a judgment of conviction and sentence to a term of 22 ½ years ' incarceration following a jury trial for … |
| 21-5911 |
Michael Herman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
complete-defense compulsory-process due-process evidence-standard evidentiary-standards mens-rea right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment |
Can a defendant's right to present a complete defense be violated by the arbitrary and disproportionate application of a general evidentiary standard … |
| 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… |
| 20-8400 |
Daryl Wendell Barley v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
clear-and-convincing-evidence criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-standard first-step-act preponderance-of-evidence relevant-conduct sec-404 sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment |
1. Whether the "clear and convincing evidence standard" should be used instead of the "preponderance of evidence standard" when determining the releva… |
| 20-1709 |
David Ming Pon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-10 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence-standard government-case harmless-error judicial-review presumption-of-innocence standard-of-review |
Whether an appellate court reviewing a cold criminal trial record may determine that an error at trial was harmless by applying an "overwhelming evide… |
| 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 |
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| 20-7905 |
Christopher K. Skagen v. Oregon State Bar |
Oregon |
2021-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
client-privacy constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard evidentiary-standard lawyer-discipline procedural-due-process substantive-due-process |
1. For a judgment to be enforced, the originating statute must not just
state 'judgment, ' as in BR 3.5(a) but it must also state 'and a court of a
fo… |
| 20-1460 |
Rolando Cruz, Jr. v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-16 |
Dismissed |
Response Waived |
appellate-review conspiracy criminal-procedure evidence evidence-standard indictment indictment-variance rico-conspiracy third-circuit united-states-v-rowe |
I.
WHETHER IT WAS ERROR FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT TO
JUSTIFY AFFIRMANCE OF THE RICO CONSPIRACY
CONVICTIONS ON THE BASIS OF EVIDENCE PROVING
SOMETHING QUIT… |
| 20-1216 |
Faysal Khalaf v. Ford Motor Company, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard jackson-v-virginia jury-findings seventh-amendment sixth-amendment |
1. Whether the sufficiency-of-the-evidence standard under the
Sixth Amendment, as established by the Court in Jackson v.
Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979)… |
| 20-1107 |
Roddie Melvin v. Federal Express Corporation |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
age-discrimination circuit-split eleventh-circuit employment-discrimination evidence-standard preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence seventh-circuit standard-of-proof summary-judgment |
In evaluating motions for summary judgment under employment discrimination laws, such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, must a court examin… |
| 20-964 |
Orien L. Tulp v. Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-01-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure evidence-standard genuine-issue-for-trial judicial-review motion-for-summary-judgment non-movant-evidence non-movant-inference standard-of-review summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton |
1. Did the lower Court fail to adhere to the axiom that in ruling on a motion for summary judgment "the evidence of the non-movant is to be believed a… |
| 20-6191 |
Daniel Johnson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions ninth-circuit sexual-abuse victim-age |
1. The Ninth Circuit held that for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c) (aggravated sexual abuse), the government must prove, and the jury must be i… |
| 20-294 |
Lamont Kortez Gaines v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process equipoise evidence evidence-standard hobbs-act motion-for-acquittal standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether a trial court must grant a motion for acquittal when, in viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the evidence … |
| 19-1471 |
Jessica Lynn Tkacz v. Daniel G. Bogden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law due-process evidentiary-standard. immigration standard-of-review administrative-law administrative-review burden-of-proof due-process evidence-standard immigration immigration-law judicial-review marriage-fraud standard-of-review |
Is the deferential "substantial evidence" standard employed by federal courts to review decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals fundamentally in… |
| 19-8509 |
Joaquin Gonzales v. California |
California |
2020-05-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alpr automated-license-plate-reader evidence-standard fourth-amendment license-plate physical-movements reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure warrantless-search |
Did a detective's warrantless search of an ALPR database for images and locations of Petitioner's license plate violate petitioner's Fourth Amendment … |
| 19-8483 |
Walter Barton v. William Stange, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-05-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence actual-innocence-evidence circuit-split competency-to-be-executed due-process evidence-standard execution-competence habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation schlup-standard schlup-v-delo |
Does new evidence of actual innocence, discussed in Schlup v. Delo, 513 U.S. 298, 327 (1995), require that it was not available at trial, as interpret… |
| 19-8456 |
Thomas Hopes v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split essential-elements evidence-standard federal-rules-of-evidence helpfulness law-enforcement-witnesses lay-opinion-testimony personal-perception rule-701 usurping-jury-role |
The Third Circuit panel majority, deepening a mature circuit split regarding the foundational requirements of Federal Rule of Evidence 701, ruled that… |
| 19-8290 |
Robert Taylor v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-procedure procedural-due-process standing |
1. Did The Circuit Court Abuse Its Discretion?
2. Was There a Violation Of Procedural Due Process?
3. Was There a Disregard For Substantive Evidence… |
| 19-1213 |
Buck Leon Hammers v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-04-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
conspiracy conspiracy-conviction-inferences-executive-positio criminal-conviction evidence evidence-standard exculpatory-evidence executive-position hearsay hearsay-exculpatory-evidence-chambers-v-mississipp inference judicial-review tenth-circuit |
1. Whether the Tenth Circuit improperly found, failing to apply this Court's authority and contrary to other courts of appeals and other of its own pr… |
| 19-1172 |
Mark Targowski v. Zachary Lee Rawlins |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-03-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
8th-circuit civil-procedure civil-rights direct-appeal due-process evidence evidence-standard jury per-curiam reasonable-jury standing verdict writ-of-certiorari |
Whether no reasonable jury could have reached the same verdict based on the evidence submitted. |
| 19-7775 |
Rande Brian Isabella v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-review circumstantial-evidence conflict-among-circuits criminal-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-18-usc-2251a due-process evidence evidence-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-procedure sexting statutory-interpretation substantial-step |
Whether if was prejudicial error for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings by disreg… |
| 19-7489 |
Paul Edward Duran v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-provisions criminal-conviction criminal-procedure empirical-evidence evidence evidence-standard exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illinois-v-krull judicial-review search-and-seizure standing statutory-provisions united-states-v-leon |
1) Whether the Circumstances regarding the Founth Amendment Exslusionary Rule 20.08, thatis revolved around the obtaining, holding and exclusion of ev… |
| 19-7255 |
Fernando Duran v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acknowledgment criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process evidence evidence-standard jury narcotics-law reasonable-doubt |
This case raises a fundamental question about the government's burden to prove a defendant's guilt beyond all reasonable doubt. The jury here convicte… |
| 19-6911 |
Father v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services |
Texas |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment appeal appellate-review burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidence-standard fourteenth-amendment texas-constitution |
Does Article V, Section 6 of the Texas Constitution violate Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution when it s distinct… |
| 19-6485 |
Ryan Van Stevenson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-waiver criminal-procedure discretion due-process due-process,appellate-waiver,abuse-of-discretion,s evidence-standard extrinsic-evidence judicial-discretion preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing-enhancement |
Did the Court abuse it's discretion when it enforced an appellate waiver on an issue that was outside the scope of the appellate waiver's provisions?
… |
| 19-5819 |
Arthur Rathburn v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard evidentiary-issues fair-notice jury-instructions reasonable-doubt right-to-jury-trial right-to-present-defense sufficiency-of-evidence vagueness |
I. DID THE GOVERNMENT FAIL TO PRESENT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTIONS BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT?
II. WAS PETITIONER RATHBURN DENIED HI… |
| 19-5101 |
Darryl Puderer v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process equitable-tolling evidence-standard forcible-rape jurisdiction second-degree-kidnapping standing statute-of-limitations tolling |
1. Did the Federal District Court err in denying the petitioner's statutory or equitable tolling request when adequate record evidence was presented i… |
| 18-9817 |
Deterryon Tyrell Kelly v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-06-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-standard inference-stacking jackson-v-virginia legal-sufficiency speculative-evidence sufficiency sufficiency-of-evidence |
CAN EVIDENCE MEET THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY STANDARD OF JACKSON V. VIRGINIA IF THE EVIDENCE RELIED UPON FOR CONVICTION IS PRIMARILY SPECULATIVE AND INFERE… |
| 18-1556 |
Peggy Edwards, et al. v. Louisiana Workforce Commission, et al. |
Louisiana |
2019-06-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-adjudication agency-decision burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidence-standard medical-claims medical-treatment standing workers-compensation |
Under the Louisiana workers' compensation statute, workers injured on the job are entitled to appropriate employer-funded medical care, which is usual… |
| 18-6987 |
Javon Sanders v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
13th-amendment civil-rights compensation constitutional-challenge due-process evidence-standard forced-labor-slavery interaction-log international-covenant international-law involuntary-servitude labor-conditions law-enforcement police-contact prison-labor prison-reform procedural-review |
I. Does The Failure OfThe Arlansas Department. Of Correction To Pay Equitale Remuneration To Its Inmate Population Equate To Mader Day Slavery?
II. D… |
| 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… |
| 18-353 |
Tate Clark v. Southwest Airlines Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anderson-v-liberty-lobby appellate-review causation-standard civil-procedure district-court evidence-standard factual-inferences fmla-retaliation genuine-issue-for-trial judicial-review mixed-motive pretext prima-facie-case standard-of-review summary-judgment |
Therefore the question presented is whether the District Court and Court of Appeals failed to view the evidence presented in conjunction with Responde… |
| 18-248 |
Mohamed Idris Ahmed v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
and whether the government must prove by clear an 8-usc-1451-a citizenship-revocation clear-and-convincing-evidence evidence-requirement evidence-standard Kungys-v-United-States legal-standard legal-test maslenjak-v-united-states naturalization-citizenship naturalization-process procurement procurement-element procurement-standard willful-concealment |
1. Whether the plurality decision in Kungys v. United States, 485 U.S. 759, 108 S. Ct. 1537, 99 L. Ed. 839 (1988) addressing the procurement element o… |
| 18-5170 |
Ijaz Khan v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-determination citizenship-and-naturalization-fraud citizenship-status due-process evidence evidence-standard fraud immigration immigration-law jurisdiction legal-review marriage naturalization naturalization-fraud standing statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether there was evidence presented at trial that petitioner was lawfully signed to Shabsan before he became Naturalized?
2. Whether an authorize… |
| 18-5011 |
Xavier Cardona v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review asset-seizure burden-of-proof civil-forfeiture currency-seizure drug-trafficking drug-transaction due-process evidence-standard judicial-conversion procedural-due-process property-rights sentencing-guidelines |
1. Was it admissable for the court of appeals to affirm the dist rict court's conversion of petitioner's seized cash into cocaine, when there was no e… |