| 25-5644 |
Derrick Murphy v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-limits federal-authority missouri-v-holland necessary-and-proper-clause state-prerogatives treaty-power |
In 2014 the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional as applied §229, criminal provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act.(See Bond … |
| 25-5133 |
Alexander P. Bebris v. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children |
District of Columbia |
2025-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation federal-authority foia-applicability incorporation-status law-enforcement-powers statutory-mandate |
1. Does an entity, regardless of its method or location of its incorporation, become an "authority" of the United States when; (1) the majority of fun… |
| 24-7226 |
John Adams v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-limits federal-authority missouri-v-holland state-prerogatives trafficking-victims-protection-act treaty-implementation |
1. Do the constitutional structural limits on federal authority impose constraints on the scope of Congress authority to enact legislation to implemen… |
| 23-1308 |
Daniel Phillips, as Administrator of the Estate of Melvin L. Phillips, Sr. and as Successor Trustee of Melvin Phillips, Sr./Orchard Party Trust v. Oneida Indian Nation |
Second Circuit |
2024-06-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights equitable-defense federal-authority indian-law land-claim partition-agreement remand-for-discovery rule-60 state-ratification treaties treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
What is the effect of the ruling in this case on the hundreds of Indian and non-Indian titles conveyed by the Orchard Party to, New York State and the… |
| 23-7692 |
Angel Jesus Paniagua v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing |
I.
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
II.
… |
| 23-7225 |
Leroy Hoyle v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing |
I.
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
II.
… |
| 23-7127 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2024-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1254 28-usc-1257 administrative-law constitutional-mandate federal-authority federal-circuit federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus interlocutory-appeal merit-systems-protection-board state-authority |
1. Jurisdiction Over Habeas Corpus Decisions from the Federal Circuit: Does jurisdiction over habeas corpus decisions originating within the administr… |
| 23-6710 |
Martin Akerman v. Sherri Doiron |
District of Columbia |
2024-02-09 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights federal-authority habeas-corpus jurisdiction military-custody military-jurisdiction posse-comitatus procedural-standards |
1. Does the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia have jurisdiction over a
habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 when the petition… |
| 23-6520 |
Gary Von Bennett v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power federal-authority federal-criminal-law firearm-regulation firearms-regulation interstate-commerce scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) should be construed to require a more substantial connection to interstate commerce than the mere passage of a firearm acros… |
| 23-5920 |
Leopoldo Ramirez-Moreno v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation federal-authority firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce scarborough state-affairs united-states-v-lopez |
Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because the firearm crossed state lines at some point before the defendant … |
| 23-5776 |
Andrea Lamont Medlock v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure federal-authority imprisonment-review judicial-discretion plain-error reasonableness revocation sentencing-review sentencing-standards standard-of-review supervised-release |
Whether sentences of imprisonment following the revocation of supervised release should be reviewed for reasonableness or plain unreasonableness? |
| 23A181 |
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-separation-of-powers covid-19-vaccination federal-authority militia-clauses national-guard state-militia-capacity |
Question not identified. |
| 22-5876 |
Surprise Emmanuel Carter v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bond-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-authority felon-in-possession felon-possession national-federation-v-sebelius police-power statutory-interpretation substantial-effect |
Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 21-5949 |
In Re Henryk S. Borecki |
|
2021-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure citizenship-documentation due-process federal-authority identity-documents immigration mandamus real-id-act travel travel-identification |
Whether this court should issue a writ of mandamus in order to immediately expedite the issuance of petitioner's long-delayed REAL Travel ID, in advan… |
| 21-520 |
Gerald H. Hawkins, Individually and as a Trustee of the CN Hawkins Trust and Gerald H. Hawkins and Carol H. Hawkins Trust, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
federal-authority federal-government-authority federal-indian-trust-relationship indian-tribes indian-trust-assets klamath-indian-tribes land-management protocol-agreement standing trust-assets water-rights |
The United States is the owner of certain instream water rights within Oregon's Upper Klamath Basin. The federal government holds these water rights i… |
| 20-7588 |
Anthony Sharif Gay v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-authority inalienable-rights law-enforcement mandamus standing state-authority |
Whether a Court's knowing review of, and ruling on, a petition for writ of mandamus, that was neither authored nor delivered by the Petitioner, consti… |
| 20-994 |
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., et al. v. The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, Florida, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
clean-air-act emission-standards federal-authority federal-regulation nationwide-updates preemption state-law state-regulation vehicle-emissions vehicle-regulation |
Title II of the Clean Air Act ("CAA") grants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") broad and exclusive authority to enforce auto manufactur… |
| 20-6883 |
Christopher Brent Garner v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-authority jury-trial legal-error sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review supervised-release trial-by-jury |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §3583(g) unconstitutionally deprives federal supervised releasees of the right to trial by jury?
Whether courts of appeals reviewin… |
| 20-6213 |
J. Santos Mondragon-Benitez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-authority imprisonment-revocation plain-error reasonableness reasonableness-standard revocation sentencing-review standard-of-review supervised-release |
Whether sentences of imprisonment following the revocation of supervised release should be reviewed for reasonableness or plain unreasonableness? |
| 19-8864 |
Calvin D. Williams v. Samson Resources Corporation |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bivens bivens-action civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-authority federal-procedure judicial-authority judicial-conduct procedural-due-process |
1. Are Judges bound by: ABA Rule 2.15:, Judicial Canons 1-5, and FRCP Rule 46 while under color of [F]ederal authority?
2. Can the judge Fail to foll… |
| 19-6989 |
George Calvin Belt v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law child-support federal-authority federal-legislation federal-preemption state-authority state-law-conflict state-legislation state-statute supremacy-clause unemployment-benefits |
QUESTION 1.
A.
How it is possible that the State of Florida, Department of Revenue, Child Support Program
(hereinafter referred to as DOR CSP) can enf… |
| 19-6654 |
Tremaine Bernard Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-provisions criminal-extradition due-process federal-authority federalism government-action interstate-jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdictional-dispute legal-procedure reasons-for-granting-writ state-authority statement-of-case statutory-provisions uniform-criminal-extradition-act uniform-law |
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And state? |
| 18-7489 |
Jurijus Kadamovas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-1203 bond-v-united-states capital-case due-process-clause federal-authority hostage-taking international-terrorism recusal-standard statutory-interpretation treaty-power |
(1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1203 should be interpreted in accordance with its underlying treaty and the principles in Bond v. United States, 572 U.S. 844 … |
| 18-7013 |
In Re E. Edward Zimmermann |
|
2018-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause congress constitution constitutional-interpretation federal-authority federal-government interstate-commerce intrastate-commerce legislative-interpretation regulatory-scope state-governments state-powers |
Does Article One of The Constitution of The United States (The Constitution) say, "We the people grant to ... The Congress of the United States the co… |
| 18-413 |
David R. Bosch v. Arizona Department of Revenue |
Arizona |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
26-usc-6103 26-usc-6103(d) administrative-procedure agreement-on-coordination-of-tax-administration due-process federal-authority federal-law information-sharing non-federal-agency privacy-act recipient-agency state-tax statutory-interpretation tax-administration |
May a, "non-federal," / "recipient agency," (as defined in the Privacy Act of 1974)
purport to act under authority of 26 U.S.C. § 6103(d) pursuant to … |