| 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 |
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•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 |
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| 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. |