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25-6593 Jason Jones v. Florida Florida 2026-01-15 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment immunities-clause incarceration-costs Whether the Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment must restrict government from imposing costs of incarceration and criminal fines that are gr…
25-703 Calvary Chapel San Jose, et al. v. California, et al. California 2025-12-17 Pending Amici (7) church-autonomy covid-restrictions excessive-fines free-exercise-clause religious-liberty strict-scrutiny At issue in this case is the ability of government to referee religious services in a house of worship. Government officials in California imposed COV…
25-6060 Katherine Henry, et vir v. City of Ormond Beach, Florida Florida 2025-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection excessive-fines local-law-compliance malum-prohibitum The lower tribunals committed harmful errors by violating Henrys' right to Equal Protection, issuing orders violating state and local laws, and issuin…
25-246 Kenneth J. Jouppi v. Alaska Alaska 2025-09-03 Pending Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law culpability due-process excessive-fines judicial-standard property-forfeiture The question presented is whether, in determining whether a fine contravenes the Excessive Fines Clause, courts may consider the gravity of the underl…
25-5366 Jane Doe v. Jack Dwosh California 2025-08-14 Denied IFP due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment indigent-party pro-per The Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause, which protects against excessive punitive economic sanctions, is fundamental to the scheme of ordered l…
25A182 Morgan Joseph Langan v. Chip Davis, et al. Arizona 2025-08-13 Application constitutional-protections due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines petition-rights republican-form-of-government When a local government, imposes excessive fines in violation of Amendment VIII to the Constitution; can the right to petition the government for redr…
24A1287 Kenneth J. Jouppi v. Alaska Alaska 2025-06-26 Presumed Complete alcohol-transportation dry-village eighth-amendment excessive-fines forfeiture mandatory-seizure 1. In 2019, this Court held that the Eighth Amendment's "[p]rotection against excessive punitive economic sanctions" is both "fundamental to our schem…
24-7077 Todd Stephens v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fifth-amendment pro-se-litigant restitution Does imposing a restitution order of $130,220,803.65 — derived from speculative calculations and disproportionately exceeding the petitioner's limited…
24-1077 Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company, Inc. v. Sandra L. Eskew, as Special Administrator of the Estate of William George Eskew Nevada 2025-04-15 Dismissed constitutional-protections due-process excessive-fines fair-notice gore-guideposts punitive-damages The Constitution requires that "a person receive fair notice not only of the conduct that will subject him to punishment, but also of the severity of …
24-1045 City of Los Angeles, California v. Jesus Pimentel, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-04-01 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 burden-of-proof eighth-amendment excessive-fines gross-disproportionality prima-facie-case Does a government defending against an Eighth Amendment excessive fines claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 bear a burden to produce affirmative evidence tha…
24A627 United States v. Steven Zorn, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-12-26 Presumed Complete civil-penalty eighth-amendment excessive-fines false-claims-act medicaid-fraud qui-tam Question not identified.
24-31 Michael J. Libman, et al. v. Antwon Jones, et al. California 2024-07-12 Denied ability-to-pay attorney-fees disgorgement eighth-amendment excessive-fines professional-conduct proportionality-test Does the court-ordered disgorgement of attorney fees for violation of state rules of professional conduct fall under the "excessive fines" clause of t…
23-7686 Sammy David McLain, Jr. v. Michelle L. Thaller, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process excessive-fines judicial-jurisdiction standing sua-sponte-dismissal tort-claim I. Can a Judge(s) dismiss a Claim sua sponte (frivolous) involving a Tort (civil wrong) Code (statute) Injury (loss of a legal right) and an Act (law)…
23A1044 Michael J. Libman, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2024-05-22 Presumed Complete attorney-fees disgorgement eighth-amendment ex-post-facto excessive-fines professional-conduct Question not identified.
23-7534 Charles Feick v. The Brutsche Family Revocable Trust, et al. Washington 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ability-to-pay constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights This case presents a crucial opportunity for the Supreme Court to protect indigent citizens and set a nationwide precedent for the protection of appea…
23-7506 Alicia L'Esperance v. Chloe Thibodeau New Hampshire 2024-05-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fines fair-housing judicial-procedure landlord-tenant notification notification-requirements property search Whether any State or judicial body, in this case, the State of New Hampshire court, should be allowed to violate Constitutional Rights, in this case r…
23-1192 Christine Mire v. University Hospital & Clinics, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Response Waived attorney-conduct civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment estoppel excessive-fines first-amendment free-speech punitive-sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction Courts may not impose punitive sanctions upon attorneys to deter colorable arguments that insulate judicial determinations from legitimate challenges …
23-7053 Jonathan James Markle v. Texas Texas 2024-03-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation Af tAUQT Pom fUg STOrt toJQr (st< Ut'io AcuomaCbiC in it* Cxrti denote jnP<^W ncT •t4l &crS ana ^ratufes -afor &»*?»> ^ Kk>n. J>>4<M£r)o n&l Qary 7__ …
23-781 Sammie Todd Moser v. Halifax County Board of Supervisors, et al. Virginia 2024-01-23 Denied Response Waived appeals-limitation due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fifth-amendment forfeiture retirement-benefits 1. Whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines clause was violated in the forfeiture of Petitioner's vested retirement benefits. 2. Whether the Vi…
23-6301 Delbert Leroy Oldham v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-12-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-error cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines res-judicata sentencing (1). Whether the Court of Appeals erred by applying the doctrine of res judicata to "Petition In Error" because Petitioner raised Constitutional error…
23-5984 Lawrence F. Curtin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Question not identified.
23-388 Richard W. Como v. Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement Board Pennsylvania 2023-10-12 Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process excessive-fines excessive-punishment fourteenth-amendment pension pension-forfeiture public-employee retirement-law 1) Did the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania err and did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in not granting Allocatur when the Public-School Employee…
23-5066 Juan Reyes v. Illinois Illinois 2023-07-10 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines incorporation judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-7342 Dupree Penn v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Question not identified.
22-996 Tawanda Hall, et al. v. Andrew Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied civil-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-punishment constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause property-forfeiture takings tax-foreclosure Whether the forfeiture of property worth far more than needed to satisfy a debt plus interest, penalties, and costs is a fine within the meaning of th…
22-468 Daniel James Altstatt v. City of Sacramento, California California 2022-11-18 Denied bajakajian-factors civil-penalty civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine united-states-v-bajakajian Following the Court's ruling in Timbs v. Indiana, 139 S. Ct. 682 (2019), which held that the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment is incorpo…
22-237 Sandra K. Nieveen v. TAX 106, et al. Nebraska 2022-09-13 GVR Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines government-seizure just-compensation property-rights takings-clause tax-sale Under Nebraska's tax sale scheme, the state stole the full value of Sandra K. Nieveen's home by allowing a private investor to take title after paying…
22-166 Geraldine Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-08-23 Judgment Issued Amici (44)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-forfeiture constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine excessive-fines government-forfeiture property-rights takings-clause tax-debt Hennepin County confiscated 93-year-old Geraldine Tyler's former home as payment for approximately $15,000 in property taxes, penalties, interest, and…
22-160 Kevin L. Fair v. Continental Resources, et al. Nebraska 2022-08-22 GVR Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) due-process equity-forfeiture excessive-fine excessive-fines government-seizure just-compensation property-rights takings-clause tax-foreclosure Kevin and Terry Fair fell behind on their property taxes after medical problems caused severe financial hardship. When they failed to pay $5,200 in ta…
22-5358 James L. Miller v. Amir Kashani, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-17 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation takings Question not identified.
21-8155 Chad M. Vice v. City of Fort Madison, Iowa, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Question not identified.
21-1491 City of Kent, Washington v. Adrian Jacobo-Hernandez Washington 2022-05-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process excessive-fines felony felony-instrumentality forfeiture livelihood-preservation property-forfeiture Whether the Excessive Fines Clause provides a livelihood preservation protection which can prevent the forfeiture of the instrumentality of a felony?
21-7568 Jimmy Stephens v. Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2022-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Question not identified.
21-1285 M & N Financing Corporation, et al. v. Department of Fair Employment and Housing California 2022-03-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-statute constitutional-excessiveness eighth-amendment excessive-fines gender-discrimination penalty-damages small-business small-business-liability state-statute In an action for alleged gender discrimination in violation of a state civil rights statute, is an award of more than $6 million in penalty damages ag…
21-7124 Pamela Polejewski v. Montana Montana 2022-02-16 Denied IFP animal-seizure civil-forfeiture constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fines innocent-owner procedural-violations res-judicata takings vagueness The Montana State Supreme Court has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court, and it confl…
21-6979 Andrew J. Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Question not identified.
21-6622 Rufus Lawson, Jr. v. Officer West, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied IFP 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines statutory-interpretation tax-evasion I.Hrjufj 'Hw viohifM / urjer ftrUi wi! {ul mins of )mn [Atf cJh. J J*i/W an aa, a t of j. f Z-&..T ', r 1 r. ; ■ S'
21-695 Bennie Anderson v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-11-12 Denied Response Waived constitutional-scrutiny eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause national-importance pension-seizure public-pensions punitive-forfeiture punitive-forfeitures state-action Can a state insulate its punitive forfeitures from federal constitutional scrutiny by limiting the definition of what constitutes a "fine" for purpose…
21-563 Warren M. Lent, et al. v. California Coastal Commission, et al. California 2021-10-18 Denied Amici (4) administrative-law administrative-penalty administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment property-rights takings In 2002, Petitioners Warren and Henny Lent bought a beachfront home in Malibu, California. Along the house's east side, prior owners had long ago inst…
21-5784 Joe Vonzo Readon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Question not identified.
21-437 Yao Pone v. Board of County Commissioners for Calvert County Maryland 2021-09-23 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment administrative-abuse civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fines racial-discrimination takings zoning zoning-violations Were unjustifiable excessive fines (all of the maximum permit by the law) imposed by the Calvert County's Planning and zoning employees to the Petitio…
21-5704 Antoine Martwain Hill-El v. Calvin Johnson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation Question not identified.
21-5550 Darrel Welch v. Illinois Illinois 2021-09-01 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation takings WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL, DUE PROCESS, AND EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS, IN VIOLATION OF THE FIFTH AND FOURTEENTH AMEND…
21-275 Stars Interactive Holdings (IOM) Ltd., fka Amaya Group Holdings (IOM) Ltd., et al. v. Kentucky, ex rel. J. Michael Brown, Secretary of the Governor's Executive Cabinet Kentucky 2021-08-25 Dismissed Amici (1) constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines gambling-losses kentucky-loss-recovery-act kentucky-supreme-court online-poker statutory-damages treble-damages 1. Whether an award of statutory damages violates due process when it exceeds by a factor of more than 30 any conceivable harm. 2. Whether the Excess…
21-5444 In Re Calvin James 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Question not identified.
21-5305 Alejandro Rosales-Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ability-to-pay circuit-split constitutional-consideration constitutional-law criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fine-assessment indigent-defendant judicial-discretion Anyone can go to prison, but not everyone can pay a fine. The district court here imposed a $4,000 fine against Mr. Rosales-Gonzalez, an indigent, non…
21-5088 Chavalier Dwayne Johnson, Sr. v. Dr. Nichols, et al. Florida 2021-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation takings Question not identified.
20-8110 Lawrence Edward Jackson, Jr. v. Maryland Maryland 2021-05-24 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection excessive-fines fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure takings wrongful-conviction Prosecution at the time of trial of a criminal defendant has a constitutional trial under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment by overseeing mandatory f…
20-7976 Treyton Lee Thomas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provision court-filing due-process excessive-fines incorporation jurisdictional-issue legal-document scotus-petition writ-of-certiorari WHETHER RE GOVERNMENT PREACTE) E PLEA AGREEMEST BY ADVOCATING FON AN OSTRUCTON OF TUSTCE SENTENCIAL GOWDEUNES ENHAMCEMENT. WNHETHER RE CONERNMEN'S AS…
20-1277 Richard Meyer v. Kentucky Kentucky 2021-03-15 Denied civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines forfeitability forfeiture kentucky kentucky-statutes timbs-precedent timbs-v-indiana I. DOES THE KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS DECISION IN THIS CASE STAND IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO THIS COURT'S DECISION IN TIMBS V. INDIANA, 139 S.Ct. 682 …
20-1038 Darrell Wayne Brown v. Kevin Michael Comstock Fourth Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Question not identified.
20-5112 David Wayne Robinson v. Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment booking-fees civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection excessive-fines takings-clause Did Dist ct. ERR tw dismissing / And Appeals a ANowing Legal Skills? TS The AcTiox/ of Sep aaliont of Fouiets To Authorize The Take Twas of monies fo…
19-8848 Curtis Phillips v. Derek Oberlander, et al. Third Circuit 2020-07-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Question not identified.
19-8879 Gurminder Sekhon v. California California 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines judicial-process standing trial-transcript DiD THE TRIAL COURT VIOUATE PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO PRESENT A DEFENSE UNDER BOTH STATE ANJ FEDERAL CONSTiTUTIONS? IN LIGHT OF JACKSON v. VIRGINA, WAS T…
19-8872 James Henry Simpson v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Does 28 U.S.C § 2254 (b)(1) permit a petitioner to waive the state exhaustion requirement if circumstances exist that make the state corrective proces…
19-8858 Xavier Deshawn Lymas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation state-action takings OR weoNg thAt thE Fouet ciRlunt (ouet of AppEAb Afteming thE ctenal of A GEetificatE sf Arprelatility By the Jstect (ouet wher : A) EVEEy CASE HHAT H…
19-1344 Lahkwinder Singh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-05 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-forfeiture deprivation-of-livelihood eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause livelihood-deprivation proportionality-analysis sentencing Whether this Court should resolve the conflict between the circuits regarding whether the 'deprivation of livelihood' should be included in the prop…
19-8351 In Re Vinodh Raghubir 2020-04-24 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Question not identified.
19-8320 Quintez Talley v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines federal-claims pleading-standards prisoner-rights pro-se-plaintiff state-law-claims supplemental-jurisdiction 1. Is a Parties right to raise an absolute a/identiam. PYimleae tontaent UP0Y1 Whether bY evidence ? 2. bots -the. doctrine thaba district Court must…
19-7624 Jerome Shaw v. United States Second Circuit 2020-02-12 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acceptance-of-responsibility burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fatico-hearing sentencing Whether the District Court violated Petitioner's Due Process Rights when it erroneously found that the Government had sustained its burden of proof …
19-6982 Ernest Collins v. Barnes & Thornburg LLP, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 1983-civil-rights-act case-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment incorporation judicial-discretion qualified-immunity section-1691 standing statutory-interpretation DOES THE DISCRETIONARY FUNCTIONS EXCEPTIONS IN 28 U.S.C. 2680(a) APPLY WHEN THE ALLEGED RIGHTS DOES THE "COMMITTED TO AGENCY DISCRETION" EXCEPTION IN…
19-6922 Charles Edward Bates v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-punishment forfeiture sentencing 1) Did the lower courts err in their interpretation even as Chuck Bates' offense did not result in substantial forfeiture? Courts interpretation Cond …
19-6919 Michael Allen Channel, Sr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation jurisdiction standing takings Whether Petitioner's Miranda rights were Violated at time of Arrest yes or no? Whether Petitioner of Miranda rights Yes or No? Whether Officer Guild…
19-719 Dami Hospitality, LLC v. Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation Colorado 2019-12-06 Denied ability-to-pay civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-fines criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause proportionality sentencing How is an offender's ability to pay relevant in determining whether a fine is unconstitutional under Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment?
19-6813 Lenore Luann Albert v. State Bar of California California 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines legal-costs license license-suspension reinstatement state-bar state-bar-costs Whether the California State Bar's conditional suspension that conditions the time suspended to payment of State Bar costs and other amounts ordered d…
19-641 Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation v. Dami Hospitality, LLC Colorado 2019-11-18 Denied 8th-amendment ability-to-pay civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation corporate-liability corporations due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines regulatory-enforcement state-law takings workers-compensation Whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause applies to corporations as it does individuals and, if so, whether and to what extent it require…
19-6523 Pasqual Andres McMurry v. Nevada Nevada 2019-11-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Why was Counsel for the Petitioner allowed to withdraw prematurely when a request to the filing advocate for a Writ of Justiciare was made?
19-443 Charles G. Kinney v. Philip S. Gutierrez, Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California Ninth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts bivens bivens-claim cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines obstruction-of-justice vexatious-litigant A Bivens case allows a private individual to seek damages from an individual federal officer for unconstitutional conduct (e.g. 8th Amendment). Ziglar…
19-6046 Steven Gary Sanders v. William Beck, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied IFP 1st-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure vehicle-seizure 1) Ds tt not a vislehen of the RehKenev's 4 Ste BF and 1h Amendment rights then! a SEI Unknown officec/oPicers search ancl setee lis vehicle by enteri…
19-5925 Kavin Maurice Rhodes v. Peter C. Swarth, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees due-process excessive-fines financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis incorporation indigent-status liabilities poverty pro-se-petition standing Question not identified.
19-5864 Brandon Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2019-09-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment free-speech incorporation standing takings Question not identified.
19-173 Jonathan Quinn, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem for H. Q., a Minor Child, et al. v. Truck Insurance Exchange, et al. South Dakota 2019-08-07 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation term-1 term-2 term-3 term-4 term-5 term-6 Question not identified.
19-5371 In Re Mary Capri 2019-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice restitution supervised-release Under this Court's precedent in Mary Capri Vs. US Attorney Financial Litigation Unit. The Petitioner was Released from Probation in 4/2016 WITHOUT Vio…
19-5364 In Re Carl A. Courtright, III 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP Abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines first-amendment judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigant sanctions 1) Absent statutory authority nor provision in the Federal Rules, Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals clearly abuse its discretion when it ORDE…
19-5108 Donald Covington v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines special-assessments standing statutory-claims Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in granting the government's motion to dismiss by denying the Petitioner the ability…
19-57 Donald Dewees v. United States District of Columbia 2019-07-09 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines international-tax international-taxation streamlined-filing-compliance-procedures tax-assessment tax-collection tax-compliance tax-convention tax-penalties 1. Did the lack of a meaningful review of the assessment and collection of a tax under the Convention violate Dewees' right to due process? 2. Did th…
18-9341 Antwon G. Whitten v. William A. Gunter, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment free-speech standing takings Whether 18 M.S.C.§1732 was admissible and reliable for proof and fact of untimely filed Motion for spoliation? Whether the admission of the Emergency…
18-9246 Anthony G. Bryant v. Department of Education, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure asset-seizure civil-forfeiture civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines first-amendment fourteenth-amendment tenth-amendment Petitioner cites Errors by US Court of Appeals for the Fourth District clear of Eighth Amendment regarding excessive fines Tyson Timbs v State of Indi…
18-1416 Adam Bereki v. Gary Humphreys, et ux. California 2019-05-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines penal-forfeiture restitution standing statutory-interpretation takings unjust-enrichment 1. Are sections §7031(a) and (b), of the California Business and Professions Code unconstitutional in effect or as applied? 2. Is disgorgement under …
18-9157 Israel Arce v. Chicago Transit Authority Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied IFP affidavit civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines financial-hardship fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis income-limitation incorporation litigation-expenses poverty redress social-security Question not identified.
18-8907 In Re Samuel H. Williams 2019-04-19 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis incorporation poverty redress Question not identified.
18-8538 Rufus Spearman v. Mary Parson, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Whether a prisoner's sincere religious belief that he should not be psychologically evaluated, involuntarily placed on psychiatric medication and prog…
18-1053 Ashland Specialty Co., Inc. v. Dale W. Steager, West Virginia State Tax Commissioner West Virginia 2019-02-11 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bajakajian-standard civil-monetary-penalty civil-noncompliance civil-penalty cooper-industries-v-leatherman eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause-8th-amendment gross-disproportionality grossly-disproportionate master-settlement-agreement proportionality regulatory-compliance state-tax united-states-v-bajakajian A State punished a small business's inadvertent civil noncompliance by automatically applying a civil monetary penalty at the maximum percentage rate …
18-7606 Samuel Davis v. Sergeant Florence, et al. Second Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment free-speech incorporation standing takings Question not identified.
18-922 Abraham M. Fisch v. Texas Texas 2019-01-16 Denied attorney-fees client-rights criminal-defense-attorney criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines forfeiture sixth-amendment standard-of-review (1) What is the appropriate standard of review to be employed when a court orders the forfeiture of attorney's fees to the State? (2) Does a criminal…
18-7207 In Re Andrew Johnston 2019-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Question not identified.
18-7198 Julio Cruz v. David Hallenbeck, Superintendent, Hale Creek Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure declaration due-process excessive-fines habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis incorporation ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief poverty redress Question not identified.
18-809 Curtis T. Lovelace v. Illinois Illinois 2018-12-26 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) acquittal bail-bond bail-bond-forfeiture clerk-of-courts due-process due-process,excessive-fines,equal-protection,bail- equal-protection excessive-fines fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment Whether charging a person who was tried and acquitted a $35,000 bail bond forfeiture, not related to individualized costs or compliance with bail bond…
18-6938 Jarrod Phillips v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure boykin-precedent boykin-v-alabama civil-rights constitutional-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the lower courts denial is contrary to this Honorable Supreme Court's holding in Boykin v. Alabama in the Plea matter. Whether the lower cour…
18-463 Bernard Morello v. Texas Texas 2018-10-12 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights constitutional-proportionality due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment proportionality state-law state-statute statutory-fines Does a properly enacted state statute imposing fines and penalties violate the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution if the state applies…
18-6224 Lamond Latney v. Anthony Parker Fourth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Question not identified.
18-6153 Tonya Lynn Raisbeck v. Anthony Stewart, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets assets-liabilities civil-rights due-process excessive-fines expenses financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income incorporation monthly-expenses monthly-income poverty poverty-affidavit support Question not identified.
18-5710 Alejandro Amor v. United States, ex rel. Juan Pena, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP double-jeopardy eighth-amendment election-of-remedies estoppel excessive-fines false-claims-act materiality res-judicata restitution seventh-amendment Whether the False Claims Act 31 U.S.C. 3729-33 (FCA), estoppel provision violates the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution. Whether as a result of t…
18-5455 In Re Deborah Elizabeth Gouch-Onassis 2018-08-06 Dismissed IFP but the text you've provided appears to be incomp fragmented I cannot extract a meaningful question presented I will respond with: 'Question not identified." legible text of a SCOTUS petition for writ of cer or unreadable. Without a clear civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation jurisdiction standing takings Question not identified.
18-5311 Jack Reid v. United States Second Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure drug-forfeiture drug-offenses due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines property-rights property-seizure sentencing standing substantial-connection Under 21 U.S.C. §853 (a)(2), a person convicted of violating a federal drug law must forfeit to the government "any of the person's property used, or …
18-5165 Joh-ner Taylor Wilson v. Illinois Illinois 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation patent standing takings Question not identified.