| 25-5214 |
Byron Lewis Black v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2025-07-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
atkins-claim death-penalty federal-precedent intellectual-disability liberty-interest state-procedure |
Next Term, this Court will resolve a significant dispute among the federal Circuit Courts of Appeal : "Whether and how courts may consider the cumulat… |
| 23-519 |
Stephanie Lynn Soondar v. Supreme Court of Colorado |
Colorado |
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-admission attorney-regulation colorado-supreme-court constitutional-jurisdiction due-process exclusive-jurisdiction federal-constitution federal-precedent state-court-authority supreme-court-rules |
1) Is it constitutional for the Colorado Supreme Court,
in the exercise of its exclusive jurisdiction, to defy
Federal Supreme Court precedent and the… |
| 22-1075 |
James E. Hinkle v. Ron Neal, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-precedent impeachment impeachment-evidence witness-testimony |
1. Whether The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's decision was contrary to federal precedent when it held that Hinkle's federal … |
| 22-5372 |
Tony Lee Foster v. Kansas |
Kansas |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Federal and U.S. Supreme Court precedent demands Kansas Supreme Court precedent civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-precedent judicial-review kansas-supreme-court procedural-due-process state-court state-court-review state-precedent state-statute statutory-review supreme-court-precedent |
Wheather a state high court can deny a review to a constitutional challenge of its
own statute when procedural due process, Kansas Supreme Court prece… |
| 21-7563 |
Alexander Kates v. New York |
Second Circuit |
2022-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure custody-determination district-court-discretion due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing state-law state-law-precedent |
1. Are district courts allowed to disregard State law and controlling federal precedent when handling state habeas corpus petitions?
2. Is a petition… |
| 21-6533 |
Jabari J. Johnson v. Kathleen McGuire, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing state-court-review |
1. Plaitiff ask thesapreme Court did the dislnct coast abuse their clesurelion regarding issue A?
or wns the distrit (ourt Ceary erronpous?
2. Plaiit… |
| 20-1408 |
Keith Fernandez v. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
12(b)(6)-dismissal academic-fellowship breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights contract discrimination due-process education ethnicity-discrimination federal-precedent standing |
Did the Eastern District of Pennsylvania err in its 12(b)(6) dismissal of the Fernandez case and did Wharton Business School breach its contract with … |
| 18-1486 |
Zachariah J. Marshall v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2019-05-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment federal-precedent fourth-amendment law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion speeding traffic-stop vehicle-movement vehicle-speed warrantless-stop |
Whether the Supreme Court of Indiana's decision was contrary to federal precedent when it held that there was reasonable suspicion to substantiate a w… |
| 18-8428 |
Samuel V. Martinez v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-conviction due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus legal-ethics professional-conduct right-to-counsel standing state-court-review |
should not the United States District Court of Clorado have granted the
Petitiuner counsel after he informed them that he had an ongoing complaint
aga… |
| 18-8228 |
Daryl Bocook v. Gary Mohr, Warden |
Ohio |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-precedent forensic-evidence habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict legal-principles precedent-conflict standing state-court-dismissal supreme-court-review |
The state courts sua sponte dismissal of my petition was A departure from the Accepted And usual course of Judicial proceedings including claims of Ex… |
| 18-8189 |
Martin Tovar v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction |
Ground One: Whether (a) The Indiana Southern District Court erred in ruling Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus was time barred and (b) Seventh Circuit… |
| 18-7042 |
Robert Tracy Warterfield v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation contracts-clause due-process federal-precedent plea-agreement retroactive-application retroactive-legislation state-plea-agreements supreme-court-precedent |
What is the proper application, if any, of the Contracts Clause to a plea agreement contract, and did Texas misapply the Federal Contracts Clause to P… |