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25A907 Samson K. Orusa v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-02-12 Denied certiorari federal-court good-faith judicial-misconduct prisoner-petition pro-se Question not identified.
25A868 Gregory Michael Nierenberg v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-03 Application certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-court habeas-corpus post-conviction statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25A862 Clark MacKendrick v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-02 Application certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process Question not identified.
25-908 The Glynn Environmental Coalition, Inc., et al. v. Sea Island Acquisition, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-02 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-appeal citizen-suit clean-water-act federal-court jurisdictional-determination permit-waiver Is a Clean Water Act permittee's waiver of "any challenge" to the jurisdictional status of a wetland "in any Federal court" limited to government suit…
25-6420 In Re Ryan D. Mumme 2025-12-23 Denied IFP article-iii constitutional-jurisdiction federal-court government-liability judicial-power sovereign-immunity 1. Whether the applicant has a right to the relief he demands; 2. If he has a right, and that right has been violated, whether the laws of his countr…
25-741 Keith Allen Kiefer v. Isanti County, Minnesota, et al. Minnesota 2025-12-22 Denied Response Waived constitutional-claims federal-court first-amendment petition-clause statute-of-limitations supreme-court-review To protect the right of access to the courts under the First Amendment's Petition Clause, during the petition stage of this Court seeking review of fe…
25-582 Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-11-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ex-parte-young federal-court real-party-in-interest sovereign-immunity sovereign-lands state-officials Whether a State is the real party in interest, and therefore entitled to sovereign immunity, where a private plaintiff sues state officials in federal…
25-6131 Zeno E. Sims v. Chris Brewer, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentencing federal-court judicial-discretion legal-precedent sentencing-procedure state-court Whether this Court should revisit Setser and affirmatively hold that once a federal court runs a future state court sentence concurrently to a defenda…
25A515 Jose Duran, Individually and as Representative of a Class of Judgment Creditors of the Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2025-11-04 Denied constitutional-claims federal-court judicial-relief preliminary-injunction state-officials status-quo Question not identified.
25A506 Walter W. Bullock, et al. v. Rivian Automotive, Inc., et al. California 2025-11-04 Presumed Complete corporate-charter federal-court forum-provision initial-public-offering securities-act state-court 1. This case asks whether a publicly-traded corporation can unilaterally amend its corporate charter to include a forum-steering provision for suits b…
25-5289 Michael Oliver v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-court interstate-comity jurisdictional-challenge legal-recognition nation-state sovereign-immunity 1. Is the immunity of foreign sovereigns in the courts of the United States a Common Law doctrine that has been recognized by the Supreme Court of the…
25-5172 William Trampas Widmyer v. Jonathan Frame, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex Fourth Circuit 2025-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-default rule-60b state-court 1. Were the Petitioner 's Constitutional Amendment Rights violated when petitioner 's Rule 60(B) motion was denied yet, the Northern District court o…
25-67 Abhijit Bagal v. Kshama Sawant, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-07-18 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge federal-court injury-in-fact judicial-review legal-standing standing 1. What constitutes a cognizable injury to establish standing in a federal court to challenge an unconstitutional law? 2. Whether a geographical conn…
24-7454 William Demont White, Jr. v. Lisa Stenseth, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
24-1289 Nissan North America, Inc. v. Sherida Johnson, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-06-17 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing circuit-split class-action federal-court injury-in-fact rule-23 1. Whether a federal court may certify a Rule 23(b)(3) class when almost no one in the class has suffered—or will suffer—an Article III injury. 2. Wh…
24-7418 In Re Zannie J. Lotharp 2025-06-13 Denied IFP commitment-review criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge writ-of-certiorari 1. Can the Supreme Court grant a writ of habeas corpus,—- —iof^comm±tment? 2. Does it extend to a prisoner? 3. Is this a case where the writ should…
24-1198 Association for Government Accountability, et al. v. Steve Simon, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Minnesota Secretary of State, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied Response Waived drivers-privacy-act ex-parte-young federal-court injunctive-relief seminole-tribe state-officials Whether the Ex Parte Young exception for prospective injunctive relief applies in federal court actions against state officials in their official capa…
24-7212 Dequarn Markeyth Bell v. Lisa Stenseth, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
24-1167 Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District v. New York Second Circuit 2025-05-14 Denied federal-court parens-patriae population-harm quasi-sovereign-interest standing state-attorney-general How widespread must an injury to a State's quasi-sovereign interest be, and how clearly must it transcend harm to particular private parties, to give …
24-6868 In Re James Eric Mansfield 2025-03-27 Denied IFP antiterrorism-act evidentiary-law federal-court habeas-corpus state-sovereignty tenth-amendment 1. Whether a federal court violates the Tenth Amendment by commandeering state evidentiary law and adding a heightened provision for the admissibility…
24-6809 Ali R. Muhammad v. Lone Star Funds, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-03-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process federal-court judicial-bias rooker-feldman-doctrine sherman-antitrust-act Does CAPERTON v. A.T. MASSEY COAL CO., allow a plaintiff to sue in federal court by claiming that his right to due process was violated as an objectiv…
24-6780 Earl Felton Crago, Jr. v. Arizona Arizona 2025-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction-review criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether a state court defendant, when a state court of conviction lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter, can appeal a conviction to a higher s…
24-849 Laura Smith, as Duly Appointed Representative and Independent Administrator of the Estate of Andrea Manfredi, Deceased, et al. v. The Boeing Company, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived admiralty-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction federal-court maritime-law subject-matter-jurisdiction wrongful-death Whether a federal court can have exclusive admiralty jurisdiction over a claim when a non-admiralty state court would have concurrent jurisdiction ove…
24-838 Sol M. Leiner v. Dow, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-discharge constitutional-provisions federal-court jurisdiction product-liability supreme-court-review REGARDING BANKRUPTCY 1. Whether a Bankruptcy Discharge, can Protect a Party,from Liability for Fraud ulent Acts that were Committed. Specifically* Co…
24-812 La Dell Grizzell, on Behalf of Her Minor Children v. San Elijo Elementary School, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-31 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (2) constitutional-rights federal-court minor-representation ninth-circuit-rule pro-se-litigation statutory-interpretation Since the Judiciary Act of 1789, all natural persons suing in federal court have held the right to conduct their cases "personally," i.e., pro se. 28 …
24-718 Blake Andrew Warner v. Hillsborough County School Board Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-08 Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-court legal-standing litigation parental-representation pro-se statutory-interpretation In federal court, "parties may plead and conduct their own cases personally or by counsel as, by the rules of such courts, respectively, are permitt…
24A656 Jessica Arong O'Brien v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-01-02 Presumed Complete asset-forfeiture criminal-restitution district-court-order federal-court retirement-assets sentencing-judgment Question not identified.
24-6217 Ricky Kamdem-Ouaffo v. Colgate Palmolive Co., et al. Third Circuit 2024-12-31 Denied IFP constitutional-rights federal-court patent-application procedural-action state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction QUESTION I: Whether a federal court has the Subject-Matter Jurisdiction under any law of the United States to "Order " and "Adjudge " that a State Cou…
24-5991 Morgan Allen Armstrong v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-jurisdiction federal-court judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge legal-procedure Question not identified.
24-304 Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, dba Labcorp v. Luke Davis, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-09-18 Judgment Issued Amici (23)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) article-iii certification class-action federal-court injury-in-fact standing Whether a federal court may certify a class action when some of its members lack any Article III injury.
24A223 In Re Lorenzo Cole 2024-08-30 Denied constitutional-violations federal-court habeas-corpus page-limitations pro-se-petition word-limits Question not identified.
24-5370 Michael Deangelo Lowery v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-08-22 Denied IFP court-of-appeals federal-court judgment petition writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5301 Derek J. DeGroot v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP equitable-exception federal-court jurisdictional-limitation mootness rluipa sua-sponte Given that there are no equitable exceptions to jurisdictional limitations, and the doctrine of mootness includes a "capable of repetition yet evading…
23-7129 Cedric Jones v. Brian Eller, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals-court civil-rights due-process federal-court jurisdiction petition public-health rehearing standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7008 Lawrence Martin v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-court new-trial relief trial-rights Federal Question / Did THE Supreme Court of THE UNITED STATES MAIL MARTIN PROBS IN FV\S I / fi / 2.6 22. , AaJSO U /\l/Z07Z LE6AC ivuv-lt^ , \M<Vs MMC…
23-1004 Moises Sandoval Mendoza v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied capital-punishment capital-sentencing due-process federal-court fifth-circuit habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance merits-adjudication section-2254 state-court 1. Whether a federal claim is "adjudicated on the merits" in state court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) so long as the state court resolves the claim on su…
23-6953 Anthony Lamont Mason, II v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-court federal-sentencing indian-major-crimes-act mandatory-minimum mcgirt-v-oklahoma sentencing-guidelines state-court state-sentencing statutory-interpretation This case presents a legal question under the Indian Major Crimes Act (IMCA), 18 U.S.C. § 1153, that is increasingly important in the wake of McGirt v…
23-6816 Wayne Resper v. YesCare Corp., fka Corizon Health, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-02-23 Denied IFP ballot-access civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process election-law election-procedures federal-court removal standing state-court voting-rights /. y^<l<L^g)lV/sf <3 7>/£ C&tvejr >*3 tier?**/-7bM&r*t£>/£^JY Ua/H>£'& CJ)TPi_ 4Ctf7A*SWtK gL/t-' Z/- 2.0/Zj &/£-&£> A/OT£ a//3£ zC /7> ~Zo2/ 3ttaciO£…
23-6511 Thomas Albert Sosnowski v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-protective-services constitutional-rights due-process exhaustion-requirement exigent-circumstances federal-court fourth-amendment habeas-corpus social-worker state-court warrantless-search Governing the Statutory Requirements that a Federal Court as Ms. copy Section 2r^S^£^jli9.^AC. properly exhaust in the highest Court of his State. Jal…
23A626 Robert Shawn Ingram v. Warden, Holman Correctional Facility Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-08 Presumed Complete criminal-conviction eleventh-circuit federal-court habeas-corpus petition-review supreme-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23-6258 Sherman L. Fields v. Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2023-12-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review liberty liberty-restraint remedy standing state-prisoner Question not identified.
23A469 Mike Moyle, Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-27 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge federal-court gender-affirming-care legislative-standing preliminary-injunction state-law Question not identified.
23-6047 Ralph Reed v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure state-court state-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A438 Lynn Richard Norton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-15 Presumed Complete extension-of-time federal-court interest-of-justice petition-for-certiorari prisoner-rights pro-se Question not identified.
23A437 William Plummer v. Wellpath, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-15 Presumed Complete extension-request federal-court habeas-corpus prisoner-rights pro-se procedural-rules Question not identified.
23-344 Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-02 Denied Amici (5) civil-rights class-certification constitutional-limitations due-process federal-court injunction injunctive-relief judicial-scope ninth-circuit nonparties nonparty-impact standing Whether, in the absence of class certification, a federal court is precluded from entering an injunction that extends to nonparties without a specific…
23-5395 In Re Justin Lewis 2023-08-18 Denied IFP 4th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-court judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5394 In Re Justin Lewis 2023-08-18 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment federal-court fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review legal-procedure Question not identified.
23-149 Sabine River Authority, Louisiana v. Perry Bonin, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-16 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment civil-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment federal-court louisiana-civil-law sovereign-immunity state-agency subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Subject matter jurisdiction, a threshold issue, cannot exist in federal court where Louisiana has conditionally waived its sovereign immunity to al…
22-7895 Anthony James Merrick v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certiorari-appeal civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing l,, Whevs +V\e CooH cxtsc A-Yolo A c&oitset Kt\e**a AHc dltso-cX dew\«tf\cledi -W\e.vj re&jSedl Vvw\ -\V\oA 01^4 * ckcA +We Caor-V loCLve a_ cAlA^ *V…
22-7850 In Re James C. Winding 2023-06-22 Denied IFP 14th-amendment attorney-general civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review mississippi-court procedural-challenge standing state-court Question not identified.
22-1104 Shawn Talbot v. Louis Eric Johnson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process facial-challenge federal-court federal-rules jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations pleading-requirements standing The United States District Court, District of Nevada lacked lawful jurisdiction in cause no: 2-09- CR-0078, and 2-10 'CR-00520 for the reasons below: …
22-1087 Douglas Bruce v. City and County of Denver, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-05-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure due-process federal-court judicial-review procedural-due-process rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-litigation subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the Rooker-Feldman doctrine preclude the District Court from recognizing subject matter jurisdiction over the claims filed by Mr. Bruce in federa…
22-1073 Team Resources Incorporated, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Fifth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response Waived civil-penalty disgorgement due-process eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing federal-court securities-and-exchange-commission securities-law Whether a federal court may grant a disgorgement request from the Securities and Exchange Commission without granting a defendant's request for a live…
22-1050 Cedric Epple v. Albany Unified School District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 administrative-actions civil-rights due-process exhaustion federal-court judicial-exhaustion ninth-circuit section-1983 state-court-remedies summary-reversal 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding, in direct conflict with this Court's precedent, that litigants challenging administrative actions must …
22-7328 Carroll Wayne Haynes v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights consent-decree department-of-justice due-process federal-court prosecution Question not identified.
22-6912 Michael Wright v. J. Pickett, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Can the Federal court deny a Certificate of Appealability on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel for his failure to raise a constitution…
22-799 Marie Pfau v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury Fifth Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process employment employment-law federal-court fifth-circuit reasonable-jury sex-discrimination summary-judgment Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a reasonable jury could not hold that the Petitioner experienced discrimination based on sex.
22-6655 Theodore Washington v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit 2023-01-30 Denied Amici (1)IFP criminal-procedure deference due-process fact-finding federal-court federal-habeas habeas habeas-corpus judicial-deference procedural-review state-court state-court-findings Must a federal habeas court defer to a state-court finding of fact that favors the defendant?
22-466 Herederos de Roberto Gomez Cabrera, LLC v. Teck Resources Limited Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied civil-rights due-process extraterritorial-statute federal-court federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment foreign-defendant fourteenth-amendment international-law personal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Amendment imposes the same restrictions as the Fourteenth Amendment on the exercise of personal jurisdiction by a federal court unde…
22-310 A. W., et al. v. Princeton Public Schools Board of Education, et al. Third Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied Relisted (3) civil-rights educational-placement educational-placement-and-settlement-agreement federal-court individuals-with-disabilities-education-act procedural-safeguards special-education state-law waiver-of-rights 1. May a school district condition its provision of special education and related services to a disabled child under the Individuals with Disabiliti…
22-5557 David Laurence Hodges v. William Bolin, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-09-13 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
22-5526 William Paul Burch v. Homeward Residential Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-iii-judge bankruptcy civil-procedure constitutional-procedure due-process federal-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction removal removal-jurisdiction standing state-court "Is it a violation of the United States Constitution for a federal court to accept removal of a case from state court after thirty days or can it be e…
22-205 Demetrios Stavrakis, aka Dimitrios Stavrakis, aka Jimmy v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-09-07 Denied Response Waived circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-court judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal rule-of-equipoise sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a federal court, assessing the sufficiency of the evidence in a criminal case based wholly on circumstantial evidence, must apply the "rule of…
22-187 County of Orange, California, et al. v. Kathy Craig, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights damages due-process federal-court section-1983 state-law survival-claim survival-claims Under controlling Supreme Court authority, must a federal court apply a state law prohibition on "loss of life" damages in survival claims pursued via…
22-5371 Darrell Harris v. Robert Hudgins, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-estoppel federal-court federal-offense federal-prosecution issue-preclusion res-judicata sixth-amendment speedy-trial WHETHER PRINCIPLES OF "RES JUDICATA" TRIGGERED APPLI CATION OF ISSUE PRECLUSION AND COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL SO AS TO DEPRIVE THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUTHORI…
22-5351 Gary Lee Johnson v. Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court federalism legal-standing sovereign-immunity standing state-procedure takings When is a state's Sovereignty allowed to override a U.S. citizen's fits 1 unalienable Right? IF a "beyond Ridiculous" to Challenge State procedure an…
22-5133 Rian G. Waters v. Facebook, Inc., et al. First Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court issue-preclusion obstruction procedural-fairness standing witness-protection 1) Whether plaintiffs and witnesses have a right to receive protection from obstructive crimes while a case is proceeding in federal courts of justice…
21-1598 City of Anaheim, California, et al. v. Fermin Vincent Valenzuela, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Amici (2) 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1988 circuit-split civil-rights federal-court hedonic-damages robertson-v-wegmann section-1983 state-law survivorship-claim wrongful-death Under Robertson v. Wegmann, 436 U.S. 584 (1978) must a federal court apply a state law prohibition on hedonic damages to a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 survival c…
21-1601 Areli Carbajal Escobar v. Texas Texas 2022-06-28 GVR Amici (3)Relisted (7) capital-murder criminal-procedure death-penalty dna-evidence due-process false-evidence federal-court habeas-corpus state-court Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in holding that the prosecution's reliance on admittedly false DNA evidence to secure petitioner's convict…
21-7937 Richard Rodrick MacDonald v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitration-act arbitration-award authority contract contract-enforcement dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act federal-claims-court federal-court judicial-authority parties Did the United States Court of Federal Claims lawfully invalidate this Arbitration Award? 1. Or, question restated' Can a lower Federal Court vacate…
21-7628 Cedric Lee Goliday v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa appellate-review constitutional-infringement constitutional-rights federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion petition-review pro-se 1. Whether a federal habeas court can intentionally fight dissemble avoid or neglect a pro se applicant's petition specifically identify adduce propos…
21-7541 In Re Taumu James 2022-04-05 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus standing takings Whether the exceptional circumstance of Petitioner being unable to have a federal court review the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment due process violatio…
21-7329 Von Lester Taylor v. Robert Powell, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-03-09 Denied IFP certification comity federal-court federalism judicial-certification legal-ambiguity state-law state-law-interpretation tenth-amendment Does a federal court violate principles of federalism and comity enshrined in the Tenth Amendment by selecting one possible interpretation of an ambig…
21-7318 Abraham A. Augustin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process federal-court mandatory-sentence resentencing right-to-counsel section-2255 section-3553a sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-requirements SENTENCING IN FEDERAL COURT IS GUIDED BY STATUTE AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS. STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF THE FACTORS IN 18 …
21-7319 Abraham A. Augustin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP ancillary-jurisdiction civil-action criminal-investigation due-process equity federal-court property-seizure return-of-property rule-41(g) rule-41g I. WHETHER THE UNITED STATES INDICTMENT OF A DEFENDANT WHO'S PROPERTY WAS SEIZED BY THE STATE AND FBI DURING THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF A CASE PROS…
21-7140 Taquan Rashe Gullett-El v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction international-law jurisdiction-challenge pro-se-petition sovereign-immunity standing Question not identified.
21-1098 Laura Canaday, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Anthem Companies, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2022-02-08 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure collective-action due-process fair-labor-standards-act federal-court opt-in-plaintiffs personal-jurisdiction wage-and-hour Whether a federal court has the authority, absent general personal jurisdiction over the defendant or the defendant's consent, to maintain a Fair Labo…
21-6952 Sunrise Lee v. United States First Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-court judgment-of-acquittal legal-sufficiency physician prescription-drugs 1. Whether a non-physician may be convicted of conspiring with a physician to prescribe controlled substances outside of the course of professional pr…
21-6470 Michael George Kogianes v. Edward Jensen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-rights state-court Question not identified.
21-6373 Krishna Mote v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied IFP appeals-court civil-action criminal-matter federal-court fugitive-disentitlement judicial-review mandamus warrant-issuance writ-of-mandamus Whereas if a Petitioner didnot escape from custody, but was indicted and a warrant was allegedly issued on a criminal matter, does the Fugitive Disent…
21-6360 Qian Williams v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-procedure factual-findings federal-court federal-custody federal-jurisdiction grand-jury-indictment judicial-discretion search-warrant speedy-trial-act This case presents three issues: Did the court of appeals properly affirm the trial court and hold that the trial court was free to disregard a factua…
21-6320 Devon Carl Jordan-McFeely v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguous-statute criminal-procedure divisibility divisibility-inquiry federal-court federal-sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancement state-court state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-ambiguity supreme-court-precedent When a state statute is ambiguous as to its divisibility at the time of the defendant's state conviction, may a federal court certify the divisibility…
21-6161 Adam Rene Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER DEFENDANT'S CONVICTION IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SEARCH AND SEIZURE PROTECTION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, AND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEE…
21-5972 Alfredo Camargo v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split federal-court federal-habeas habeas-corpus procedural-decision procedural-default reasoned-decision substantial-claim I. Whether a certificate of appealability should issue as a matter of course where reasonable jurists — here, the district court and the magistrate ju…
21-511 Tim Shoop, Warden v. Raymond A. Twyford, III Sixth Circuit 2021-10-06 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (2) all-writs-act circuit-split evidentiary-development federal-court habeas-corpus state-prisoner state-prisoners statutory-interpretation transportation writ-of-transportation 1. 28 U.S.C. §2241(c) allows federal courts to issue a writ of habeas corpus ordering the transportation of a state prisoner only when necessary to br…
21-5061 Henry Johnson Lucas, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2021-07-09 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-court fourteenth-amendment legal-interpretation standing supreme-court-rules virginia-law I. The quEstiON pResENtEd is WhEthEr thE VA. SUPREME COUt VIDLAtEDpEtitiONER'S DUE PROCESS OF LAWINVIOATION OF AMEND. 14 oF thE UNitED StAtESCONstitut…
20-8301 Daniel J. Heffley v. Kimberly Steele, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada ada-compliance deliberate-indifference disability disability-accommodation discrimination discrimination-intent due-process federal-court federal-court-obligations rehabilitation-act 1. Does the Federal court have an obligation to follow the spirit and letter of the ADA and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act? 2. Does the failure of t…
20-8290 Anthony Leon Waits v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court federal-court federal-rule forfeiture forfeiture-judgment indictment indictment-notice statutory-basis Does Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(a) prohibit a district court from entering a forfeiture judgment when the indictment does not give notice…
20-8172 Jorge Antonio Perez, aka Steven Mark Hamm v. Gavin Newsom, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-due-process constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-sentencing free-speech judicial-interpretation prior-conviction-doctrine standing state-secrets-doctrine Is the Circuit Court wrong in applying the "State Decisis Doctrine" and also is the Circuit Court wrong by stating in writing that the murders of litt…
20-7949 Terry Kent Holcomb, II v. Rick Whitten, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied IFP appeal constitutional-right due-process evidence evidentiary-ruling federal-court habeas-corpus probative-evidence section-2254 state-court tenth-circuit Did the Tenth Circuit, on review of the denial of 28 U.S.C. §2254 petition, err in holding that evidence admitted at trial essentially established wha…
20-1541 Pivotal Software, Inc., et al. v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, et al. California 2021-05-05 Granted Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) discovery-stay federal-court private-action reform-act securities-act securities-litigation state-court Whether the Reform Act's discovery-stay provision applies to a private action under the Securities Act in state or federal court, or solely to a priva…
20-7933 Erika Jacobs v. 35 West Apartments Oklahoma 2021-05-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-court judgment-reconsideration judicial-review post-trial-motion standing state-court supreme-court-jurisdiction trial-court-decision Question not identified.
20-1490 Quinn Alexander Marez v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2254 federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-state-defense procedural-requirements state-court state-court-review (1) May a federal court seeking to determine whether a state court decision was reasonable for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) substitute its own reas…
20-7627 Khaled Shabani v. City of Madison, Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-court free-speech judgment malicious-prosecution police-department qualified-immunity related-cases state-court IWant Justice t be Don Formeandrydaght She got bet onhery by madison police and oAyo y
20-1273 Franek Olstowski v. Petroleum Analyzer Company, L.P. Fifth Circuit 2021-03-15 Denied arbitration arbitration-award bankruptcy federal-court federal-procedure full-faith-and-credit judicial-proceeding state-court state-court-judgment trade-secret 1. Whether state-court judgments confirming arbitration awards, including state-court orders clarifying such judgments, are "judicial proceedings" ent…
20-7302 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Rentgrow, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-03-02 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP amendment civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-court jurisdiction legal-claim procedural-rules standing WHETHER THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMED THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE THOMAS D. SCHROEDER'S DISMISSAL OF ALL CLAIM(S) BROUGHT AGAINST RENTGROW AND DISMI…
20-7096 Brian Edward Reynolds v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit exclusionary-rule federal-court mandate search-and-seizure standing Question not identified.
20-1061 Dantzler, Inc., et al. v. S2 Services Puerto Rico, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied article-iii-standing causation circuit-split federal-court federal-jurisdiction injury judicial-standing standing third-party third-party-action Is the causal connection required for standing satisfied when it is substantially likely that a third party in the chain of causation will respond to …
20-6976 Timothy Tijwan Doctor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure different-occasions federal-court non-elemental-facts plea-colloquy prior-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether a federal court may increase a defendant's sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) by relying on its own finding about non-elem…
20-6893 Patrick Wallace v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-court habeas-corpus recusal right-to-be-present section-2255 The United States District Court for the Central District of Ilinois and the Seventh Circuit Court should have issued a COA to review the denials of t…
20-6762 James W. Knipfer v. Reed A. Richardson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct jurisdiction jury jury-trial procedural-due-process I. CAN THERE BE A "PERPETUAL JURY", "PHANTOM JURY", "FOREVER JURY" or a "JURY on a JUDGES WHIM", in the UNITED STATES? II. DID THE 7th CIRCUIT CASE L…
20-6605 Demondray D. Mayo v. Perry Russell, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-petition reasonable state-court state-court-reasoning statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers Whether a federal court reviewing a habeas petition incorrectly applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), when it rel…
20-6507 Darrell Berry, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment foreclosure rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court Question 1 - Whether the Berrys ' Fifth Amendment Rights to Due Process were Violated. Question 2 ■ Whether the federal court should have remanded u…
20-754 Albert Von Weingarten v. Lonnie Chester Second Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response Waived certification-to-state-court civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction estate-administration federal-court independent-cause-of-action legal-certification maladministration state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Does Title 14 Vermont Statutes Annotated Section 1208 provide for an independent cause of action for maladministration of an estate, which can be b…
20-687 Walter L. Allen v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-11-18 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain federal-court legal-procedure property-rights standing takings TL PespecHuly Eguest PRae Walter Blea Lo mUlAMtS gag We trast oad i gS Skea of Clans, at ei Oc ge, ee Cetchacke of Rater Rilo. gf ae vlusclicHan Olus"…
20-608 Tatyana E. Drevaleva v. California Department of Industrial Relations California 2020-11-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure california-department-of-industrial-relations employment-dispute evidence-transfer federal-court government-code retaliation state-court transfer-of-record unlawful-termination 1) Does the Opposing Party the Governmental Entity the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) have a right to refuse to transfer the reco…
20-522 Xavier Demetrius Porter v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied categorical-approach dicta federal-court federal-court-interpretation judicial-precedent legal-interpretation precedent state-court state-court-dicta statutory-interpretation Whether a federal court applying the categorical approach is required to give significant weight to on point dicta from the relevant State's highest c…
20-6059 Paul Edward Duran v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review arbitration-award civil-rights constitutional-violations district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-arbitration-act federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion motion-to-vacate Question not identified.
20-5964 Marlow Shelton McDonald v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
20-5856 Alimamy Barrie v. Matthew M. Robinson Fourth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied IFP appellate-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-rules strickland-v-washington Whether an Omission by habeas Counsel for Failing to Include a Supporting fact that Appellate Counsel was Ineffective, after Petitioner Specifically r…
20-5495 Ruben Sanchez v. United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights complaint-amendment due-process federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction immunity marginalized-defendants pro-se standing state-actor-immunity 1. Does a Pro Se plaintiff have the right to appointment of counsel for the purpose of amending a complaint, which complaint sought to challenge the d…
20-5413 Josiah English v. Jo Lynn Gentry, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona 2020-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court federal-courts judicial-discretion standing state-courts Did the Arizona Supreme Court err by denying Petition For Review and Request For A Stay of Proceedings in disregard of the fact that ongoing parallel …
20-5301 David L. Shanks, Jr. v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-court fifth-amendment judicial-procedure sixth-amendment trial-commencement trial-in-absentia Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 43 and a criminal defendant's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights are violated when a Federal Judge appears at…
20-123 Jason Edward Rheinstein v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland 2020-08-05 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 28-usc-1450 5th-amendment constitutional-rights discovery-requests due-process federal-court federal-removal-law procedural-due-process removal-law state-court 1. Whether the lower courts misapplied important principles of federal removal law and erred in concluding there had been a failure of discovery in th…
20-5278 Melvin Whitehead v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied IFP crime-of-violence federal-court federal-recidivism-enhancement federal-sentencing-guidelines intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence negligence-standard recidivism-enhancement state-offense 1) Where the definition of a crime of violence under federal recidivism enhancement provisions, such as U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(1), include the limiting l…
20-5160 Keith Henderson v. Eddie Miles, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
19-1233 Robert Doyle v. Douglas Palmer, Clerk, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Second Circuit 2020-04-20 Denied bar-admission civil-rights delegation-of-power due-process federal-court federal-courts first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-conscience judicial-branch judicial-delegation legislative-power standing 1. Whether Congress may delegate, to the Judicial Branch, the power to enact federal-court bar admission requirements that Congress lacks the power to…
19-1110 Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, et al. v. Boston Scientific Corporation Federal Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge due-process federal-court federal-patent-statute federal-statute patent-infringement patent-venue personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity sovereign-rights state-rights state-sovereign state-sovereignty Whether a state's sovereign right to try its causes within its borders when there is personal jurisdiction over the defendant renders unconstitutional…
19-7874 Jackie Dewayne Andrews v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction federal-proceedings habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings integrity-of-proceedings judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-defect rule-60(b) rule-60b DOES THE DISTRICT COURT HAVE JURISDICTION TO CONSIDER A RULE 60 (b) MOTION IN HABEAS PROCEEDINGS SO LONG AS THE MOTION ATTACKS NOT THE SUBSTANCE OF TH…
19-1079 M.W. Watermark, LLC, et al. v. Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC Sixth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied civil-rights consent-decree contract-assignment contract-law due-process federal-court four-corners injunction injunctive-relief sixth-circuit standing This Court says that "the scope of a consent decree must be discerned within its four corners, and not by reference to what might satisfy the purposes…
19-7606 Robert McKinnon, III v. Florida Florida 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling extrinsic-fraud federal-court federal-courts federal-petition habeas-corpus jurisdictional-default standing statutory-tolling subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. DOES STATUTORY TOLLING AS DESCRIBED IN 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(B) AND (D) PERMIT A PETITIONER 'S DIRECT FILING OF SECOND 28 U.S.C. § 2254 HABEAS COR…
19-978 Team Resources Incorporated, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Fifth Circuit 2020-02-04 GVR Relisted (3) disgorgement equitable-remedy federal-court penalty penalty-analysis sec sec-enforcement securities-law securities-violations Whether the Securities and Exchange Commission may obtain disgorgement from a federal court as an equitable remedy for securities violations despite t…
19-7505 Lamar James Crump v. Tracy Beltz, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
19-7483 Lisa Washington v. Diana Deleon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals appellate-procedure certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court in-forma-pauperis judicial-bias judicial-recusal jurisdiction procedural-due-process recusal standing Whether the List of California Vio rules Satin "firme (laeliPerks Satis "77 fatale hon Kar Jilerig Qe SCV V177G & kth of Cerhotars on fespondentt 18 f…
19-7406 Bartholomew Antonio Guzman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction first-amendment freedom-of-information government-transparency habeas-corpus public-records standing state-court state-court-interpretation state-court-proceedings Question/Issue No.l: Isthe juckgment of the because the habeas petitiower's State hebeas proceralie Question/Issue No.2: Did the United Stctes Distri…
19-915 Donald Henderson Scott, et ux. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court jurisdiction jury-trial standing supreme-court The Petitioners have been denied their right to a jury trial in federal court. I. Whether the United States Court of Appeal for the Eighth Circuit mi…
19-7327 Antonio Macli v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability claim-by-claim claim-determination constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus reasonable-jurists Does a federal habeas court have to determine the need for an evidentiary hearing on a claim by claim basis? When one court grants a certificate of a…
19-775 In Re Philippe Buhannic 2019-12-17 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts appeal appeal-rights bias constitution constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause-of-the-14th-amendment equal-protection federal-court foreign-litigant judicial-bias prejudice pro-se-litigant pro-se-representation Whether the Federal court has the right based on an obvious prejudice and bias to refuse due process to a foreign pro se litigant. The denial is so ob…
19-6793 Quentin Herndon v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-court federal-courts physical-force sentencing-guidelines state-court state-court-interpretation state-courts statutory-interpretation USSG-4B1.2(a) Whether a federal court must defer to a state court's interpretation of the elements of a state criminal statute to determine if that offense requires…
19-6721 Christopher Ray Parrish v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-conduct double-jeopardy federal-court federal-government punishment sentencing supervised-release Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a federal court from revoking supervised release and sentencing someone based on criminal conduct for whi…
19-6666 Christopher Thornton v. Patricia Anne Coyne-Fague, Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections First Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-court filing-fees habeas-corpus return-of-fees rule-60 the filing of a State prisoner writ of habeas corpus 1. does prohibit the federal court from returning a filing fees. 2. does the Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 6…
19-613 W&T Offshore, Incorporated v. Apache Deepwater, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response Waived choice-of-law civil-procedure conflict-of-laws federal-courts precedent state-courts civil-law court-procedure federal-court highest-court judicial-methodology jurisdiction jurisdictional-interpretation legal-precedent methodology precedent Whether a federal court applying the law of a civil-law jurisdiction should follow the methodology that the jurisdiction's highest court would apply—a…
19-6552 Darrell Tykwan Atkinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-conduct double-jeopardy federal-court federal-government punishment sentencing supervised-release Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a federal court from revoking supervised release and sentencing someone based on criminal conduct for whi…
19-6477 Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-11-01 Denied IFP 18-usc-3599 ayestas-v-davis clemency-request death-penalty exhaustion-requirement expert-services federal-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indigent-defendant state-remedies In 18 U.S.C. § 3599, Congress created a right for indigent death-sentenced state prisoners to obtain legal and expert services, including services in …
19-6467 Robert G. Pulley v. Daniel Paramo, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied IFP actual-innocence due-process federal-court federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default state-court Question number one of five Question number two of five Question number three of five Question number four of five Question number five of five
19-565 Antonio Passaro, Jr. v. Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-30 Denied civil-procedure federal-court federal-jurisdiction lapides-v-board-of-regents litigation removal sovereign-immunity state-court waiver Whether, in the context of a federal claim brought in state court where the state would enjoy sovereign immunity, a state's voluntary removal to feder…
19-6317 In Re D'Angelo Hildan Shipman 2019-10-22 Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment habeas-corpus illegal-sentence legal-sentence mandate 1. I would like to know why I'm Sahin Oprison? I CNveda Federal Habeas Corpos in the Uncted States District Court, Middle District Of Florida, Dackson…
19-6269 Eduardo Romero Martinez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-conduct double-jeopardy federal-court federal-government punishment sentencing supervised-release Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a federal court from revoking supervised release and sentencing someone based on criminal conduct for whi…
19-463 Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied appellate-review comity comity-federalism comity-federalism-state-judicial-functions federal-court federal-court-override federalism interlocutory-orders judicial-function sealing-order state-court state-court-sealing state-court-sealing-order state-law-interpretation Whether a district court may override the order of a state court sealing a court filing necessary to resolve a motion in the state court, by compellin…
19-6052 Rafie A. Lee v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial federal-court fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus judicial-review state-court state-court-proceedings 1) Whether Petitioner was denied "Fundamental Fairness " in the State Court Proceedings? 2) Whether State and District Court erred in denying Petitio…
19-380 Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure-60b civil-rights discrimination disparate-treatment federal-court federal-rule-civil-procedure harassment hostile-work-environment judgment legal-error motion-for-relief ongoing-discrimination pro-se-plaintiffs retaliation This case poses multiple questions due to on going and continuous instances of conduct rising to a level of discrimination, harassment, intimidation,…
19-5861 Louise K. Saine v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-denial appeals career-offender court-of-appeal crime-of-violence criminal-procedure drug-law due-process federal-case federal-classification federal-court federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure prior-convictions rehabilitation-programs rule-35 sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act state-officer When can Rule 35 be used error? Can a state case be classified as a federal case if defendant has never been convicted of prior felonies? What is th…
19-5851 Felix O. Brown Jr. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied IFP 2254-habeas cause-and-prejudice cause-prejudice constitutional-claim federal-court federal-procedure federal-procedure-rule habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-petition procedural-default Is there a federal procedural rule, written or unwritten, which permits a United States Court of Appeals and/or a United States District Court to simp…
19-5727 Trayvon Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court-interpretation state-law 1) Whether, when determining whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence, a federal court is bound by the decision of the state's highest…
19-5749 Juan Manuel Perez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation 1) Whether, when determining whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence, a federal court is bound by the decision of the state's highest…
19-219 Joan Demarest v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response Waived citizenship citizenship-determination court-jurisdiction diversity diversity-jurisdiction federal-court federal-removal mortgage-investment-trust real-estate-investment-trust real-estate-trust removal trustee In Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, 136 S.Ct. 1012 (2016), this Court ruled that, for diversity, a real estate investment trust was a citizen …
19-196 Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana v. Encompass Office Solutions, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived antiassignment-provision authoritative-guidance choice-of-law civil-procedure claim-processing clear-authoritative-guidance erie-doctrine erie-railroad erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins erisa erisa-antiassignment-provision erisa-benefits erisa-waiver federal-court federal-courts liability medical-provider standing state-law statutory-interpretation waiver 1. Whether a federal court seeking to identify the content of state law pursuant to Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), may choose the …
19-191 Ashley Wilcox Page v. Todd L. Hicks, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 11th-amendment civil-procedure eleventh-amendment federal-court federal-jurisdiction lapides-v-board-of-regents removal sovereign-immunity state-court state-removal waiver waiver-by-removal In Lapides v. Board of Regents of University System of Georgia, 535 U.S. 613 (2002), the Court held that when a State voluntarily removes a case from …
19-5564 Montye Benjamin v. Lynn Thomas Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights disputed-facts due-process federal-court federal-courts law-enforcement qualified-immunity section-1983 standing summary-judgment 1. Whether a defense of qualified immunity raised by a law enforcement officer in a § 1983 action is a valid basis for a Federal court to resolve disp…
19-5066 Jordon Louis Dongarra v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3161 constitutional-claims double-jeopardy due-process federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel jurisdiction plea-agreement prisoner-rights pro-se speedy-trial statutory-interpretation 1) IF Your OriqNAl IndiCtmeNt is lAte ANd dismissed UNder 18 USC 316/A) qrantina the Ends oF Justice . Wher You Get A Second Irdictment When the First…
19-13 Tennessee v. Tamarin Lindenburg, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children ZTL and SML Sixth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abstention certification diversity-jurisdiction federal-court first-impression judicial-procedure state-constitution state-constitutional-issue state-law state-statute Whether a federal court exercising its diversity jurisdiction should certify an important state constitutional issue of first impression to the State'…
19-15 Bank of Louisiana, et al. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Fifth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights discrimination due-process federal-court federal-courts judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standing standing Where does one seek judicial review in a case alleging discrimination, neither on merits nor on a procedural ground, but for lack of jurisdiction?
18-1578 Pfizer Inc. v. Alida Adamyan, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Amici (2) cafa-removal civil-procedure class-action-fairness-act diversity-jurisdiction federal-court joint-trial mass-action products-liability removal state-court state-court-proposal This Petition presents an important, unsettled, and recurring question concerning the "mass action" provisions of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA)…
18-9488 Nasedra K. Lumpkin v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights default-judgment dismissal due-process equal-protection federal-court procedural-default standing WHETHER REUIEW OF THE RECOND S POUIDED IN WniT OF CENTIONALI BEFONE SUPTENE CAURT REUEXL On AN ABUSE oF THE MISCANKIGE OF JUSTiCE FACE OF APPEAL COUT'…
18-9187 Jason Brooks v. Matthew Hanson, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied IFP adequate-appellate-review appellate-court appellate-review due-process exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-appellate-court federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition judicial-precedent prior-judgment procedural-grounds state-procedural-rules (1) Whether a federal appellate court can substantially change its prior judgment to intentionally sabotage a petitioner being able to file a subseque…
18-9125 Luzetha Wardrick v. Brooks Benton, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-decision civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-circuit-court federal-court legal-dispute patent procedural-irregularities standing supreme-court-review takings Does federal equitable tolling apply while there is a claim pending in state court to be reopened/refiled under OCGA case law, where the Northern Dist…
18-9048 Brian Boykins v. Robert Napel, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court right-to-counsel standard-of-review standing trial-court-record 1. WHERE A FEDERAL COURT MUST GRANT AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING AND DENIES, IS THAT ERROR? 2. IN A SHOW CAUSE HEARING TRIAL COURT DEEMED IT NECESSARY FOR …
18-1352 Commerce Bank v. Beverly Williamson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act counterclaim diversity-jurisdiction federal-court jurisdictional-requirements original-defendant removal removal-statute standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a counterclaim defendant in a state court class action is "any defendant" entitled to remove a class action which satisfies the jurisdictional…
18-9021 Valerie Arroyo v. Daniel J. Zamora, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied IFP bill-of-rights civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-conduct deprivation-of-rights due-process federal-court federal-questions judicial-interference sovereign-immunity state-agencies state-court Did the lower tribunal, federal or state court, federal or state agencies, or employees' actions, conduct or interference were unconstitutional throug…
18-8850 Oscar L. Shaw v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied IFP alteration-of-trial-records civil-rights due-process federal-court fraud lack-of-filing-original-indictment lack-of-jurisdiction-after-dismissal misconduct-by-court-appointed-attorney misconduct-by-state-judge misconduct-by-state-prosecutors rule-60b standing I) InA Rule (olb)(6Motion that present's clear an convincing evidence of Misconduct by A State Jude t state Prosector's and a Court uppointed Attorney…
18-8798 Brent Lynch v. Eddie Miles, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
18-8695 Deontray Vershon Tate v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
18-8430 Juan Bosco Alvarez v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 aedpa constitutional-claim due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus state-court state-court-rules supreme-court-precedent In Brumfield v. Cain, 135 S. Ct. 2269, 2276, 2282 (2015), this Court made clear that 28 U.S.C § 2254(d)(2) is satisfied when a state court denies an e…
18-1190 DoctorDirectory.com, LLC, et al. v. Davis Neurology, P.A. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1446 article-iii federal-court jurisdictional-timing notice-of-removal other-paper removal removal-statute second-removal spokeo-v-robins standing state-court statutory-interpretation thirty-day-deadline Whether the thirty-day deadline for filing a notice of second removal from a state court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(3) can begin and expire in fe…
18-8339 Joshua E. Shepherd v. Jeffrey E. Krueger, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca-prior-conviction acca-purposes constitutional-interpretation constitutional-issue criminal-law due-process federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts prior-conviction sentencing state-case-law state-courts state-statute state-statute-analysis statutory-interpretation Whether the Constitution permits a federal court to conclude that a prior conviction is "generic" for ACCA purposes based solely on another federal co…
18-8236 Robert L. Bianchi v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk First Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment 28-usc-2244(d)(2) civil-procedure due-process federal-court federal-procedure filing-requirements habeas-corpus mass-rule-25(b)(2) motion-for-new-trial motion-for-reduction-in-verdict new-trial state-court state-court-requirements statutory-interpretation Whether the United States District Court/United States Court of Appeals violated the 10th Amendments of the United States Constitution when they creat…
18-8178 Charles E. Justise, Sr. v. David Liebel, et al. Indiana 2019-02-28 Denied IFP civil-procedure exceptions federal-court federal-removal judicial-discretion jurisdiction multi-defendant procedural-rules removal state-court unrelated-claims Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 18 allows a case with unrelated claims to be removed from state court to federal court, and, if so, the except…
18-8014 Wyley Tomas Baird v. Tammy Foss, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment jury-instructions opinion petition prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sexual-assault supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Was Petitioner denied a Constitutional due process of law and the right to be convicted only upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt in the absence of su…
18-1021 Travis Hawkins v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review preservation-of-error public-trial state-court state-court-decision state-courts I. WHETHER AN OBJECTION IS REQUIRED TO PRESERVE APPELLATE REVIEW FOR AN ALLEGED PUBLIC TRIAL VIOLATION. II. WHETHER A FEDERAL COURT CAN RELY UPON A S…
18-7541 Adrian G. Rangel v. Tippecanoe County, Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP absolute-immunity appeals civil-procedure civil-rights complaint court-of-appeals dismissal due-process federal-court federal-trial-court immunity jurisdiction legal-error standing Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh and the Hammond Indiana Federal Trial Court err in dismissing Petitioner's Complaint based sole…
18-960 Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc. v. BMO Harris Bank, N.A. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1367 arbitration arbitration-agreement article-iii article-three case-or-controversy civil-procedure federal-court supplemental-jurisdiction third-party third-party-complaint 1. Whether a plaintiff loses their right to have all claims that form part of the same case or controversy under Article III of the United States Cons…
18-871 Ronald Jarmuth v. The International Club Homeowners Association, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response Waived claim-preclusion extrinsic-fraud fair-housing-act federal-court federal-court-injunction precedent retaliation state-court state-court-order Whether the Court of Appeals and the District Court erred in ignoring all precedents by holding that a federal court may not enjoin a state court orde…
18-7149 Mary Danielak v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-26 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 circuit-split due-process federal-court federal-court-review habeas-review habeas-review-28-usc-2254-d-1 sixth-circuit state-court-opinion statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers In Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), this Court explicitly stated that a federal court on habeas review must look to the actual reasoning of …
18-806 Jodi C. Hohman, et al. v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-12-21 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-court financial-privacy-act fourth-amendment john-doe-summons jurisdictional-discovery limited-liability-company right-to-financial-privacy-act sovereign-immunity The questions presented are i) whether at least some types of limited liability companies may be considered a "person" and thus a "customer" under the…
18-770 Webtrends, Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-test claim-rejection federal-court patent patent-claims prior-art standing uspto Whether the USPTO or a Federal Court can declare 20 patent claims to be directed to an unpatentable abstract idea without carrying out the Alice two-p…
18-737 Gregory Aime, et al. v. JTH Tax, Inc., dba Liberty Tax Service, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-12-10 Denied Response Waived certification common-law contract-formation diversity-jurisdiction federal-appellate-procedure federal-court lehman-bros-precedent lehman-bros-v-schein state-law state-law-certification virginia-common-law 1. Whether a federal court of appeals in a case based on diversity jurisdiction should certify an issue of state law to the highest court of that stat…
18-721 Norman Bloom v. Aftermath Public Adjusters, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied certification circuit-split civil-procedure discretion diversity-jurisdiction federal-court federal-court-discretion federal-courts legal-uncertainty procedural-standards state-law state-law-certification Whether the language of a state's certification rule should factor into the federal court's decision to certify a dispositive state law question in a …
18-6745 In Re Donald L. Spencer 2018-11-20 Denied IFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act district-court-judge due-process federal-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations tolling-provision A.) Whether the Honorable Richard Williams, U.s. District Court Judge has a clear duty to afford Petitioner the full one-year statute period from the …
18-6671 Jimmy David Malone v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federalism generic-conviction state-courts state-statute statutory-interpretation Whether the Constitution permits a federal court to conclude that a prior conviction is "generic" for ACCA purposes based on an independent interpreta…
18-6504 James D. Russian v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defendant criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus haines-v-kerner liberal-construction liberal-construction-rule pro-se pro-se-filings pro-se-pleadings right-to-counsel sixth-amendment substitution-of-counsel When a criminal defendant's prose filings can be read as stating a valid basis for substitution of counsel under circuit law, must a federal court, co…
18-6085 Gerald Daniels v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied IFP constitutional-issue constitutional-law constitutional-review equal-protection evasion federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus race-discrimination state-court state-law state-law-interpretation 1. WHETHER A FEDERAL HABEAS COURT MAY REEXAMINE A STATE COURT'S INTERPRETATION OF STATE LAW WHEN IT IS AN OBVIOUS SUBTERFUGE TO EVADE CONSIDERATION OF…
18-5980 Shelton Denoria Jones v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied IFP 28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) 28-usc-2254 diligence evidentiary-hearing factual-basis fair-trial federal-court federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment state-court state-court-review (1) In a federal habeas corpus proceeding where the state court did not hold a hearing or receive evidence to adjudicate facts on a claim, has the hab…
18-293 Janos Farkas v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights dispositive-motion due-process federal-court fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment motion-practice standing time-limits time-to-respond Does a federal court deprive a party's constitutional due process right when allowing only three days to respond to a dispositive motion?
18-5832 William Dixon v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion open-file-discovery procedural-stay state-court-claims stay-and-abeyance Whether a Federal Court Can Stay and hold in Abeyance a 28 USC § 2254 Petition for Habeas Corpus to Permit Petitioner to Exhaust Claims in State Court…
18-5701 Stephen Aguiar v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal coram-nobis criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-courts fifth-amendment habeas-corpus second-circuit-dismissal sentence sentencing-appeal writ-of-error-coram-nobis DID THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR BY DISMISSING PETITIONER'S APPEAL WHEN ITS DISMISSAL RESTS ON A BOILERPLATE ORDER STATING ONLY THAT 'PETITIONER'S APPEAL LA…
18-5499 Hilario Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence evidentiary-hearing federal-court habeas-corpus involuntary-plea state-court time-barred WHETHER A FEDERAL COURT FAILED TO HOLD AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING ON HABEAS CORPUS IF,AMONG OTHER FACTORS,TO DEVELOP THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR THE CLAIM IN ST…
18-89 AmeriCulture, Inc., et al. v. Los Lobos Renewable Power, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-SLAPP attorneys-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal-motion expedited-motions federal-court federal-procedure fee-shifting free-speech public-participation 1. Whether a state anti-SLAPP provision requiring an award of attorneys' fees and costs to a prevailing defendant applies in federal court—as the Firs…
18-42 GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Louisiana Third Circuit 2018-07-09 Dismissed Amici (4) 11th-amendment absent-class-member civil-procedure class-action due-process federal-court federal-courts federalism opt-out rule-23 sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Whether state sovereign immunity bars a federal court from binding a State to a Rule 23 class settlement as an absent class member plaintiff based on …
18-5039 Guy Kevin Rowland v. Kevin Chappell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP aedpa criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-procedure good-faith habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition local-rules state-court statute-of-limitations 1. In 198 7 petitioner Guy Rowland was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the State of California . In 1994 he exhausted his state remedies…