| 25-6911 |
Gregory W. Pheasant v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-02-25 |
Pending |
IFP |
administrative-law criminal-law executive-power intelligible-principle nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers |
Whether § 1733(a) violates the nondelegation doctrine by giving the Executive near-unfettered power to define what conduct is subject to criminal puni… |
| 25-6255 |
Aaron J. Thorpe v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2025-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-ii criminal-procedure executive-power final-conviction prosecutorial-discretion separation-of-powers |
In our constitutional system of separated powers, Article II vests the Executive Branch with the plenary authority to initiate and terminate criminal … |
| 25A451 |
Anthony Boyd v. Kay Ivey, Governor of Alabama |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-21 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-violation due-process execution-date executive-power judicial-function separation-of-powers |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred barring a condemned inmate from filing pro se while represented elsewhere in violation of the federal right of a… |
| 25A443 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-10-17 |
Denied |
Amici (23) |
executive-power federal-law-enforcement immigration-enforcement national-guard presidential-authority state-preemption |
Question not identified. |
| 25A264 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-09-04 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (4) |
administrative-agency article-ii executive-power federal-trade-commission presidential-removal separation-of-powers |
Question not identified. |
| 25A227 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Global Health Council, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-08-27 |
Dismissed |
|
administrative-procedure-act executive-power impoundment separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation ultra-vires |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1287 |
Learning Resources, Inc., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-06-17 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (12) |
congressional-authority economic-regulation executive-power international-emergency-economic-powers-act tariff-policy trade-law |
Whether IEEPA authorizes the President to impose tariffs. |
| 24A1203 |
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, et al. v. New York, et al. |
First Circuit |
2025-06-06 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law article-iii executive-power reduction-in-force separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Question not identified. |
| 24A910 |
Department of Education, et al. v. California, et al. |
First Circuit |
2025-03-26 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-discretion district-court-jurisdiction executive-power federal-grants judicial-review separation-of-powers |
Question not identified. |
| 24A738 |
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. aka Halkbank v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-01-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-prosecution executive-power foreign-sovereign-instrumentality international-law separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity |
Question not identified. |
| 24A666 |
Donald J. Trump v. New York, et al. |
New York |
2025-01-08 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
criminal-prosecution executive-power presidential-immunity state-court transition-period trump-v-united-states |
Whether President Trump is entitled to an automatic stay of criminal proceedings against him in state court while his claims of Presidential immunity … |
| 24-232 |
Duke Bradford, et al. v. Department of Labor, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law constitutional-delegation executive-power federal-contractors minimum-wage procurement-act |
The Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act, also known as the Procurement Act, exists to
"provide the federal government with an economical
… |
| 24-5215 |
Patrick Wayne Baker v. Texas |
Texas |
2024-08-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law due-process executive-power judicial-branch judicial-power legislative-authority separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation texas-government unconstitutional |
WHETHER TEX. GOV'T CODE 508.283(b)(c) VIOLATES DUE PROCESS
AND SHOULD BE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
WHETHER THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IS AUTHORIZE… |
| 24A11 |
Alaska, et al. v. Department of Education, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
administrative-law executive-power heroes-act major-questions-doctrine statutory-interpretation student-loan-forgiveness |
Question not identified. |
| 23-1323 |
Consumers' Research, et al. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-18 |
Denied |
Amici (11)Relisted (3) |
administrative-agencies administrative-law agency-structure article-ii civil-procedure constitutional-law executive-power executive-removal humphreys-executor presidential-authority separation-of-powers |
Whether the for-cause restriction on the President's authority to remove Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission violates the separati… |
| 23-7318 |
Michael P. Crenshaw v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2024-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process equal-protection executive-power individual-rights intellectual-disability judicial-review separation-of-powers state-sovereignty |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6247 |
In Re Tonya Knowles |
|
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
ai-governance civil-rights constitutional-transfer due-process executive-order executive-power impeachment presidential-election presidential-power separation-of-powers transfer-of-power white-house-authority |
Can a Peaceful transfer of power occur if a White House subordinate employee, Donald Trump, transfers Power to Artificial Intelligence via an Executiv… |
| 23-6246 |
In Re Tonya Knowles |
|
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-power impeachment impeachment-power presidential-election presidential-transition separation-of-powers |
1. Can a Peaceful transfer of power occur if a White House subordinate employee, Donald Trump, transfers Power to Artificial Intelligence via an Execu… |
| 23-5211 |
Andrew Cook v. Robert Martin, Warden, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abstention amendment-protections civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process executive-power executive-powers general-warrants judicial-abstention younger-doctrine |
1) Whether there are issues of Constitutional importance regarding
Ztthe 4th,6th,8th and 14th Amendments in case at bar That Are of im-
-portance to… |
| 23-69 |
PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. v. United States, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
|
executive-power judicial-review legislative-power separation-of-powers standard-of-review statutory-delegation tariff-regulation trade-expansion-act |
1. Whether separation of powers principles require courts to resolve ambiguity in statutory limits on delegations of vast legislative power to the Exe… |
| 23-5086 |
Betsy Sachs v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority |
First Circuit |
2023-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-constraints due-process executive-power finra-immunity non-delegation-doctrine private-delegation quasi-governmental quasi-governmental-entity securities-regulation |
1. DOES FINRA HAVE IMMUNITY?
2. DOES THE REGULATION OF US SECURITIES PROFESSIONALS REMAIN A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE FREE FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAIN… |
| 23-22 |
Save Jobs USA v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-07-06 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law agency-authority department-of-homeland-security employment-authorization executive-power immigration-law major-questions-doctrine nonimmigrant-visas statutory-interpretation |
1. Are the statutory terms defining nonimmigrant visas in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15) mere threshold entry requirements that cease to apply once an alien i… |
| 22-1186 |
Citizens for Constitutional Integrity, et al. v. United States, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-06-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-rulemaking cloture-rule congressional-review-act due-process equal-protection executive-power legislative-power legislative-rule separation-of-powers voting-thresholds |
1. Whether the Congressional Review Act, which
incorporates the Cloture Rule, 5 U.S.C. 801(b)(2),
violates the separation of powers by creating a one-… |
| 22-7698 |
Tristan Kareem Davis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appointments-clause civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-power senate-confirmation sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-maximum tenth-amendment territorial-governance |
Did the Court exceed its authority in not having a jury at the sentencing hearing to sentence Davis beyond the Statutory Maximum?
Is the United State… |
| 22-847 |
Virginia Silva-Navarro v. Roosevelt REO PR Corporation |
First Circuit |
2023-03-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction due-process executive-power federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts foreign-entity-litigation jurisdiction precedent standing supreme-court-precedent tax-collection |
1. Are lower courts in the federal system to follow the case law of this Honorable Court? Or, the case law of this Honorable Court is merely persuasiv… |
| 22-730 |
Michael Rop, et al. v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-06 |
Denied |
|
acting-director acting-officials appointments-clause constitutional-limits executive-power federal-housing-finance-agency presidential-powers principal-officer senate-confirmation separation-of-powers |
In August 2009, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency resigned. The Senate did not confirm a successor for over four years. In the meanti… |
| 22-5823 |
Edward Simmons v. James LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitution executive-power legislative-power separation-of-powers standing |
Question not identified. |
| 22-274 |
Steven Donziger v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) |
appointments-clause criminal-contempt criminal-procedure executive-power federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure interbranch-appointments judicial-power separation-of-powers special-prosecutor |
In Young v. United States ex rel. Vuitton et Fils
S.A., 481 U.S. 787 (1987), this Court endorsed the
practice of appointing private lawyers to try cri… |
| 22-241 |
Marie Farrell, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-09-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights disabilities-education due-process executive-agency executive-power idea individuals-with-disabilities-education-act injunction-standard pendency-provision public-interest school-mask-mandate state-executive-power |
Where the State Executive utilizes its executive agencies (i.e. the New York State Department of Health) to promulgate a law, namely, the State-wide s… |
| 22-234 |
Texas, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-09-13 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law civil-procedure due-process executive-power federal-rule immigration intervention judicial-procedure litigation-strategy public-charge standing |
1. Whether petitioners were entitled to intervene in defense of the Rule when they sought to do so within days of the federal government's unprecedent… |
| 21-1389 |
Jeremy Bates v. Donald J. Trump, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-04-28 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
article-iii-standing attorney-general citizen-taxpayer-suit civil-rights derivative-standing due-process executive-power presidential-misconduct separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether a citizen may have standing to sue the President derivatively on behalf of the United States.
2. Whether, in light of 28 U.S.C. § 516, thi… |
| 21-1084 |
Janet Heltzel, et al. v. Glenn A. Youngkin, Governor of Virginia, et al. |
Virginia |
2022-02-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
contract-clause due-process executive-power monument monument-preservation property-rights public-opinion restrictive-covenant takings |
The Commonwealth of Virginia agreed in 1890 to accept a circle of land in the City of Richmond and a monument to Robert E. Lee from the Lee Monument A… |
| 21-6312 |
Manuel Melgar-Diaz and Joaquin Benito-Mendoz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law congressional-delegation constitutional-authority constitutional-law executive-power government-branches legislative-delegation legislative-power non-delegation-doctrine separation-of-powers |
Whether Congress can delegate its authority to another branch of government consistent with the Constitution by merely providing an "intelligible prin… |
| 21-702 |
Shahen Minassian v. Seda Galstian Aghaian, et al. |
California |
2021-11-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
equitable-remedy executive-orders executive-power federal-preemption illegal-contract international-emergency-economic-powers-act international-trade-sanctions iran-sanctions iranian-transactions-and-sanctions-regulations national-security |
Whether a state court may fashion an equitable remedy for enforcement of an illegal contract for services concerning blocked property prohibited by in… |
| 21-5663 |
Justin Michael Rossi v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
2021-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation declaration-of-independence declaratory-relief due-process executive-power government-formation international-law pro-se-petition revolution sovereign-immunity sovereignty |
1. The declaration of Independence says that United States Citizens have the right, the duty, and the privilidge to alter, and abolish laws 'and to fo… |
| 21-339 |
Ali Hamza Suliman Al Bahlul v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2021-09-02 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law agency-discretion agency-head appointments-clause binding-upon-all executive-power final-and-conclusive judicial-review principal-officer sole-discretion statutory-interpretation |
1. Is an agency head, who is statutorily given the
"sole discretion and prerogative" to make "final and
conclusive" decisions in adjudications that ar… |
| 21-5369 |
Michael Alexander Rivera v. Unknown |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights due-process executive-power pardon separation-of-powers standing |
Question not identified. |
| 20-8210 |
Anthony A. Patel v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. |
California |
2021-06-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-authority executive-power judicial-authority judicial-independence martial-law presidential-powers separation-of-powers supreme-court-justices |
1. Can the Executive Branch of U.S. Government impose martial law upon all courts in America so that judges follow the law?
2. If federal judges do n… |
| 20-850 |
Big Time Vapes, Incorporated, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-28 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-discretion administrative-law constitutional-limits executive-authority executive-power legislative-authority legislative-delegation non-delegation-doctrine separation-of-powers tobacco-control-act tobacco-product-regulation |
Whether Petitioners have stated a claim that
§ 387a(b) grants excessive policymaking discretion to
the executive branch to determine which tobacco
pro… |
| 20-298 |
El Paso County, Texas, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Pending |
|
appropriations-clause border-wall caa congressional-spending department-of-defense executive-branch executive-power separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation transfer-of-funds |
In January 2019, during a government shutdown, President Trump formally requested from Congress $5.7 billion in appropriations for a wall along the So… |
| 20-138 |
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Sierra Club, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (16)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law appropriations appropriations-transfer department-of-defense executive-power judicial-review national-security separation-of-powers standing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether respondents have a cognizable cause of action to obtain review of the Acting Secretary's compliance with Section 8005's proviso in transfer… |
| 20-5178 |
Jimmy Fernetus v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cruel-and-unusual-punishment district-court eighth-amendment executive-branch executive-power legislative-branch legislative-power minimum-mandatory-sentence separation-of-powers |
1. Whether the separation of powers doctrine prohibits the legislative and executive branches from forcing a district court judge to impose a minimum … |
| 20-5136 |
In Re Abdul Mohammed |
|
2020-07-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-dismissal civil-procedure district-court due-process executive-committee executive-power federal-courts judicial-procedure legal-order mandamus mandamus-petition standing |
1) whether the Executive Committee's Order entered against the Petitioner on June 17, 2020 is legal;
2) whether the dismissal of Case # 20-cv-50133 a… |
| 19-8889 |
Hector Guagua-Alarcon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-iii article-three due-process executive-branch executive-power federal-jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction |
I. The parties to a case cannot manufacture federal subject-matter jurisdiction by stipulation. Nonetheless, the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46… |
| 19-1427 |
William Price Tedards, Jr., et al. v. Doug Ducey, Governor of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
election-date election-writ executive-authority executive-power legislative-power senate-vacancy seventeenth-amendment state-executive state-legislature temporary-appointment |
Both the Ninth Circuit and Seventh Circuit have struggled to reconcile the text of Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment with this Court's order summ… |
| 19-8789 |
Susana E. Verduzco v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-limits due-process executive-power federalism immigration-status obstruction-of-justice racial-discrimination state-sovereignty |
I. Do the U.S. Constitution and federal law(s) grant Mr.'s Donald Trump and William Barr, the absolute power to order, allow or strong-arm a state to … |
| 19-635 |
Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (13)Response Waived |
article-2 article-ii article-two constitutional-law criminal-investigation executive-power grand-jury-subpoena immunity president presidential-immunity separation-of-powers subpoena supremacy-clause |
The District Attorney for the County of New York is conducting a criminal investigation that, by his own admission, targets the President of the Unite… |
| 19-5622 |
Cairo Lopez, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment booker cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process executive-power mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences sentencing separation-of-powers standing |
1. This Court should consider whether combining in the Executive Branch the power to charge and the power to control sentences in statutory mandatory … |
| 18-751 |
Metropolitan Interpreters & Translators Inc. v. Francisco Bates, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-12 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process employee-polygraph-protection-act executive-branch-review executive-power federal-contractor federal-contractors judicial-review polygraph polygraph-examination security-clearance standing |
1. Whether the Employee Polygraph Protection
Act ("EPPA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2001 et seq., which prohibits
private employers from directly or indirectly re… |
| 18-589 |
Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Martin Jonathan Batalla Vidal, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (5) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-discretion daca-policy deferred-action due-process executive-action executive-power homeland-security immigration immigration-law judicial-review separation-of-powers standing |
1. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable.
2. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is lawful. |
| 18-588 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-11-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (5) |
administrative-law administrative-law-review administrative-procedure-act agency-action deferred-action due-process equal-protection executive-discretion executive-power homeland-security immigration immigration-policy judicial-review standing |
1. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable.
2. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is lawful. |
| 18-587 |
Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5)Relisted (5) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca department-of-homeland-security-dhs dhs-policy due-process equal-protection executive-power immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law judicial-review standing |
1. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable.
2. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is lawful. |
| 18-6502 |
Chris Jonathon Epperson v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process executive-power foreign-affairs foreign-policy national-security political-question separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
Executive Orders:
JohnF. Kennedy
Theadore Roosevell
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reaqun
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Amendment
ForeanPolicy
UKraine -Indonesia
2ndAmendmenl
France - G… |
| 18-5878 |
Johnson Christopher Jamerson v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
but no text of a SCOTUS petition for writ of cert I cannot generate a question presented or identif please provide the full text of the petition. civil-rights due-process executive-power legislative-authority prison-conditions prison-operations regulatory-compliance regulatory-oversight standing |
1. Did the punishment which a criminal conviction entails deprive the petitioner of his First Amendment Constitutional Right to the Freedom of Speech?… |
| 18-5813 |
Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Jennifer Henkin |
Second Circuit |
2018-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review standing administrative-law civil-rights due-process executive-power judicial-review standing |
WAS HS 2,VRINE MUEUS AND SQUAMOVS EPILITHIAL)FROM MTHO36 CONTAMINATION WSHY DIDCIRCVIT TUDGES ROSEMARY S. EDICAL MAL ESLEY, CHIN DENY DENNY FFSNOTICE … |
| 18-5702 |
Miguel Angel Mejia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-iii article-three drug-enforcement executive-power jury-trial maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction |
The parties to a case cannot manufacture federal subject-matter jurisdiction by stipulation. Nonetheless, the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.… |
| 18-5550 |
Mario Lopez-Pacheco v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process executive-power immigration immigration-review judicial-discretion mendoza-lopez-standard noncitizen-rights prejudice standing statutory-interpretation |
In United States v. Mendoza-Lopez, 481 U.S. 828 (1987), this Court held that a defendant may not be convicted of illegal reentry after a prior order o… |