federal-precedent

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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…