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25-6756 Jacklin Cheramy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-09 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-statute predicate-offense recidivist-enhancement sentencing-guidelines state-conviction Whether, consistent with federal statute mandating the application of the United States Sentencing Guidelines in effect at the time of sentencing, a s…
25-935 United States v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell Fifth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-conviction federal-statute firearm-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable b…
25-6697 Adedayo Abioye v. Mojisola Braimoh California 2026-02-03 Pending IFP criminal-conduct false-statement federal-statute fiduciary-duty mortgage-loan victim-damages Federal statute of the United States Code - 18 U.S.C. § 1014, prohibits making a (misleading or) "false statement " for the purpose of influencing cer…
25-6566 William Dahl v. United States Eighth Circuit 2026-01-13 Pending IFP child-pornography criminal-law factfinder-standard federal-statute judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 2252A criminalizes the receipt of child pornography. A depiction counts as child pornography if its "production . . . involves the use of …
25-673 Bradley Andrew Herbst v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-12-10 Pending Response Waived civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute statute-of-limitations 1. While this matter does require review, the main question of "should a statute of limitations be allowed" when addressing an individual's constituti…
25-6286 Wilfredo Feliciano-Rodriguez v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation time-limit Is the Appellate Court able to violate 28 U.S.C. §2244(b)(3)(D) arguing that this statute is not mandatory but a simple guideline? It is incontrovert…
25-6187 Maurice Wilson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-520 Alan Howell Parrot v. United States First Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Response Waived assault-on-officer domicile-entry federal-statute jury-instruction law-enforcement mistake-of-fact In an Assault on an Officer prosecution brought pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 111, is a mistake of fact jury instruction warranted by virtue of United State…
25-5944 Chockie Lee Hightower v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law federal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
25-5802 Tommy Phonthalangsy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-5790 Kyle Davey v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether a person can be convicted of possessing a firearm by an "unlawful user" of a controlled substance under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) even if no law p…
25-383 Mark Van Epern v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-01 Denied Response Waived child-pornography criminal-law federal-statute minor-protection sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation (1) Whether a defendant "uses" a minor to engage in "sexually explicit conduct" under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) by surreptitiously recording the minor nude …
25-5576 Nadege Auguste v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-statute money-or-property right-to-control wire-fraud I. Do employment and its employee benefits constitute the "money or property" of the employer for the purpose of the federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.…
25A245 Scot Van Oudenhoven v. Wisconsin Department of Justice Wisconsin 2025-08-29 Presumed Complete domestic-violence expungement federal-statute firearm-possession misdemeanor-conviction restoration-of-rights Whether an expungement must, under state law, completely negate a conviction in order to count as an expungement under 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(33)(B)(ii).
25-5422 Lamont Johnson v. Michele Dauzat, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied IFP federal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-bar second-successive-application state-action Whether a second in time habeas application which raises a claim that the petitioner was prevented by state action from raising in a prior application…
25-150 Anton Joseph Lazzaro v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response Waived age-of-consent criminal-law federal-statute mens-rea sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation Does a person who engages in otherwise lawful, consensual sex with a 16 or 17-year-old dating partner commit "sex-trafficking" if the person gives unc…
25-13 Marcellus Henderson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-03 Denied Relisted (2) bank-robbery crime-of-violence divisible-statute elements-clause federal-statute sentencing-enhancement 1. Is federal bank robbery in § 2113(a) indivisible, such that no form of bank robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" for purposes of § 924(c)? 2…
25-5022 Shemica Taylor v. Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied IFP executive-immunity federal-statute judicial-immunity legal-standard prosecutorial-standard rule-60 In Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. (2024) whether a (former) officer of the Executive branch is entitled to immunity from prosecution requires distin…
24-7509 Jacob Mathias Rubinstein v. Eric Rardin, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure custody-credit detention-definition federal-statute legal-restrictions statutory-interpretation 1. Does "official detention" under 18 U.S.C. §3585(b) include, in addition to "detention" under 18 U.S.C. §3142(e), restrictive forms of "release" und…
24-1282 Robert Menzer v. U.S. Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied Response Waived constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-statute full-faith-and-credit ninth-circuit void-judgment 1. Does the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution and 28 U.S.C. § 1738 require a court to conduct an independent analysis of whether a judg…
24-7425 Joshua Sutherland v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge federal-statute second-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comport with the Second Amendment? Does 18 U.S.C. §3583(g) comport with the Sixth Amendment?
24-7402 Braddic Deshaun Rollerson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit courts of appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted markedly different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s constitu…
24-7340 Jerrell Anthony Bazile v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit courts of appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted markedly different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s constitu…
24-7318 Wesley Eron Swick v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit courts of appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), but each has overl…
24-7150 Oscar Williams, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-conviction extortion federal-statute u.s.c.-section-2251 u.s.c.-section-875 WHETHER THE PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY BY THE ALLEGED VICTIMS SUPPORTS A CONVICTION UNDER TITLE 18 U.S.C. SECTION 2251(a)? WHETHER PETITIONER, O…
24-7072 Du Truong Nguyen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split concealment criminal-law federal-statute money-laundering statutory-interpretation What is required to prove concealment money laundering?
24-7012 Carla McCray v. Miami Dade County Public Schools, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP employment-law federal-statute fmla medical-leave mental-health uniform-standard Whether the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601, a federal statute intended for the entire national citizenry, should have one uniform …
24-6994 Dwayne W. Sherman v. United States Third Circuit 2025-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute knowledge-requirement money-laundering statutory-interpretation To sustain a conviction for money laundering under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(B)(i), there must be proof, among other things, that a defendant knew that t…
24-1066 Sam Sarkis Solakyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-04-09 Denied circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute honest-services-fraud property-harm statutory-interpretation In Black v. United States, 561 U.S. 465 (2010), the Court granted certiorari to resolve a circuit split on this question: "Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1346 ap…
24-6843 Albert J. Townsend v. Jerry Spatny, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-03-25 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process I. WHETHER PETITIONER SUFFICIENTLY DEMONSTRATED THE SUBSTANTIAL DENIAL OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABI…
24-6755 Xavier Armon Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment.
24-6759 Paul Corey Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment.
24-6675 Pierre Cornelius Stewart v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP collateral-review constitutional-review federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-deference state-court Federal Courts must defer to state court factual findings unless an evidentiary hearing has been made after a hearing on the merits of a factual issue…
24-6560 Tamaz Pasternak, aka Tomas Pasternak v. United States Second Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law federal-statute fraud-scheme property-deception statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether a scheme to induce a transaction in property through deception, but which contemplates no harm to any property interest, constitutes a scheme …
24-6512 In Re John David Stahlman 2025-02-10 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split federal-statute judicial-conflict statutory-interpretation writ-of-certiorari DID THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, WHEN ISSUING ITS OPINION IN UNITED STATES v. HITE, 769 F.3d 1154 (D.C. C . Cir. 2014) C…
24-6480 Andrew J. Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus jurisdictional-bar post-conviction-relief 1. Does 28 U.S.C. Section 2244(b)(1) apply to claims brought in second or successive motions for post-conviction relief under 28 U.S.C. Section 2255? …
24-6406 Bryan Frederick Jennings v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-28 Denied IFP brady-claim competency-claim disclosure-violation federal-statute habeas-corpus second-petition 1. Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) bars a second-in-time federal habeas petition raising a Brady claim based on evidence that the State failed to disclose…
24A739 Fei Fei Fan v. Yan Yao Jiang, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-28 Presumed Complete 18-usc-1589 18-usc-1591 federal-statute forced-labor ninth-circuit sex-trafficking Question not identified.
24-6211 Roderick Wayne Bell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit Courts of Appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) against Second Amen…
24-6170 Robert E. Carter v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split commercial-contract federal-statute fraud-inducement property-deprivation wire-fraud The Federal Appeals Courts are split on whether fraudulent inducement of a commercial contract violates the federal fraud statutes and whether depriva…
24A591 Fernando Lopez-Armenta v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-17 Presumed Complete criminal-conviction drug-statute federal-statute jury-instructions ninth-circuit sufficiency-of-evidence In a criminal case in which the only defense raised is that the defendant is guilty of a lesser included offense, does the 14th Amendment's guarantee …
24-6089 Recardo Cartrell Pierce v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
24-6020 Justin Rivera v. United States Second Circuit 2024-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-conviction federal-statute sentencing-guidelines sex-trafficking Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred by affirming the judgment of conviction and sentence pronounced by the United …
24A444 Antonio Ulises Barrera-Mackorty v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-11-04 Presumed Complete constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure federal-statute immigration-law naturalization supreme-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24-501 V.V.V. & Sons Edible Oils Limited v. Meenakashi Overseas, LLC Ninth Circuit 2024-11-01 Denied appellate-damages circuit-precedent due-process federal-statute frivolous-appeal sanctions 1.) May an appellate court award damages for an appeal they find frivolous when a test is espoused that is neither supported by the case precedence of…
24-5845 Jackie Robinson v. Jerry Spatny, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation federal-statute judicial-interpretation remedies section-1983 Question not identified.
24-5785 Bernard Ross Hansen and Diane Renee Erdmann v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied IFP criminal-fraud federal-statute mail-fraud property-deception statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether a scheme to induce a transaction in property through deception, but which contemplates no harm to any property interest, constitutes a scheme …
24-380 Matthew McCoy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-03 Denied Response Waived child-pornography criminal-intent federal-statute minor-protection sexual-exploitation video-recording Does a defendant produce videos depicting a minor engaged in "lascivious exhibition," and thus "sexually explicit conduct" under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), …
24-320 Simon A. Soto, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. United States Federal Circuit 2024-09-20 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) administrative-determination barring-act combat-veterans federal-statute settlement-procedure special-compensation When a person makes a demand for money from the federal government pursuant to federal statute, what test should courts and agencies use to determine …
24-5581 In Re Joe Nathan Pyatt, Jr. 2024-09-19 Denied IFP criminal-law fbi-jurisdiction federal-statute legal-definition statutory-interpretation vawa-interpretation 1. Whether the term "members" as stated in the language of the indictment is sufficient to allege the essential element of a natural and specific "per…
24-5393 Taddius Tyrone Woods v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
24-5109 Clinton Mark Lewis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252 child-pornography circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence-standard federal-statute image-specific ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit 1. Is the charge of possession or accessing child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) "image specific" in that it requires proof that the defe…
24-5082 Adam Sprenger v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-in-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute legal-interpretation plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation [Brief explanation of question] A defendant who him or herself alone engages in sexually explicit conduct without a minor's engagement is indicted …
24A46 Pennsylvania State Conference of NAACP Branches, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-16 Presumed Complete ballot-access circuit-split federal-statute mail-ballot materiality-provision voting-rights Whether the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10101(a)(2)(B), which protects the "the right of any individual to vote in any …
24A42 Thanquarious R. Calhoun v. Warden, Baldwin State Prison, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-15 Presumed Complete clearly-established-law constitutional-claim federal-statute habeas-corpus state-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5043 Cortlin Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen constitutional-law criminal-statutes due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)( 9) and (n) violate the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1 (2022)…
24-5027 Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-v-united-states causation-of-harm criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidentiary-hearing federal-statute heroin-distribution jury-instruction jury-instructions overdose sentencing-enhancement 1. Did the trial court err when it refused to instruct the jury that the heroin distributed by the defendant was the same heroin that caused the vict…
24-5 Luis Gutierrez v. Gary Miniard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2254(i) castro-v-united-states constitutional-ineffectiveness constitutional-review federal-statute habeas-corpus habeas-petition procedural-law second-in-time second-petition unexhausted-claims Whether a subsequent habeas petition, containing only claims which were unexhausted when the initial petition was filed, may be considered, consistent…
23-1356 Justin K. Holder v. Mark Duvall Thomas Fourth Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute injunctive-relief pro-se standing sua-sponte subject-matter-jurisdiction A. Did the District Court judge error in law, or abuse his discretion when he sua sponte dismissed Petitioner's pro se complaint for lack of subject m…
23-1345 Danny Richard Rivers v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-06-26 Judgment Issued Amici (17)Response RequestedRelisted (4) 28-usc-2244(b)(2) appellate-review circuit-split federal-habeas federal-statute gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus second-or-successive-habeas second-or-successive-petition seven-factor-test Under the federal habeas statute, a prisoner "always gets one chance to bring a federal habeas challenge to his conviction," Banister v. Davis, 590 U.…
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. …
23-7688 Chaves Hodges v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7668 Roylee Richardson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied IFP arthur-andersen-llp-v-united-states criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute foreseeability official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subjective-intent witness-tampering This Court has held that the federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, requires proof that the defendant "contemplate [d] a[] particular of…
23-7568 Malek Lassiter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-statute section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-taylor Whether The Court Of Appeals Erred By Holding Lassiter's Convictions Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) On Counts 25 And 28 Remain Lawful After United States v.…
23-7554 Rawtavious Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process exceptional-importance federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7411 Larry Elwood Steptoe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt career-criminal controlled-substances criminal-attempt criminal-law federal-statute predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines u.s-sentencing-guidelines Whether a violation of 21 U.S-C. § 841 of the U. S Criminal Code which incorporates "Attempt" crimes qualifies as a predicate offense for the Career C…
23-7317 Michael A. Maggio v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute nunc-pro-tunc plea-bargaining plea-modification post-conviction-relief property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-limitation supreme-court-ruling Should Michael A. Maggio benefit from subsequent rulings of the United States Supreme Court that 18 U.S.C § 666(a)(1)(B) was limited to property right…
23A939 Doris Lapham v. Walgreen Co. Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-19 Presumed Complete appellate-decision certiorari eleventh-circuit federal-statute judicial-review time-extension Whether an employee who has sued her employer for retaliation because she was terminated while she attempted to take FMLA leave must show that her att…
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. …
23-7229 Fredarius D. Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7163 Kyle Melkonian v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights criminal-statute due-process eleventh-circuit federal-statute government-property government-property-theft plain-text plain-text-analysis statutory-interpretation The federal theft-of-government-property statute lays out two distinct offenses in two separate paragraphs, punishing the initial theft of government …
23-1040 Scott Smith v. Entrepreneur Media, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-20 Denied appeal civil-procedure federal-statute judgment-renewal motion-to-dismiss ninth-circuit renewal-of-judgment state-law Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err in granting Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal by failing to consider Petitioner's…
23-6899 James Earl Robinson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 career-offender categorical-approach drug-offense federal-statute sentencing-enhancement state-conviction state-convictions ussg-4b1.1 1. Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to review whether the Sixth Circuit's determination that Mr. Robinson's prior state conviction…
23-6750 Patrick Aboite v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable b…
23-6751 Delon Joseph Adams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 concurrent-sentence concurrent-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute firearm-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(1)(D)(ii) precludes a sentencing court from imposing a sentence for a Section 924(c) firearm offense partially concur…
23-850 Lucinda Jones v. David W. McKeague, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights declaratory-judgment-act due-process due-process-claim federal-statute judicial-review jurisdiction non-merit-claim standing I. Does the Declaratory Act of 28 U.S.C. § 2201 afford jurisdiction over non-merit claims for due process violations? II. Does 28 U.S.C. § 2201 compe…
23-6635 Leslie Fulwiler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-6397 Jaime Rivera v. United States Second Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute force physical-force physical-inaction statutory-interpretation Whether a crime of physical inaction ever "has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or propert…
23-6394 Andrew Tablack v. United States Third Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-statute indictment indictment-defect scheduling statutory-interpretation Is there a legal element in 21 U.S.C. §811(2)(G) that requires the "drug named" in the indictment to be listed as the controlled substance analogues? …
23-6224 Terry Daum v. Joseph Corey, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 appellate-procedure brady-v-maryland certificate-of-appealability clear-and-convincing-evidence federal-statute gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus reasonable-probability sawyer-v-whitley He * i/-e pr& (oa b r it h y Lj //. f/)c,r-Lj hand 1 evidence"0<ZS re a. <S on a es fa hi is fed in for#. d, " dear and under cj°35 fan dar dt Confihc…
23-580 Lisa O'Brien, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2023-11-30 Denied anti-terrorism-act damages federal-courts federal-statute preemption state-law statute-of-limitations wrongful-death 1. Whether Congress intended to preempt state wrongful death distribution laws in enacting the Anti-Terrorism Act ("ATA"),! to award wrongful death da…
23-6012 Rafael Espinal-Mieses v. United States First Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(f) 21-usc-960(b) criminal-sentencing federal-statute maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act retroactivity safety-valve sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation The First Circuit affirmed the denial of Mr. Espinal-Mieses's motion for safety-valve relief under the former version of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), which di…
23-5907 Brian Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP carjacking carjacking-statute criminal-law federal-statute fifth-circuit-interpretation force-and-violence intent intent-requirement serious-harm-or-kill taking-a-vehicle vehicle-theft Does a conviction for carjacking by "force and violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 2119 require that the force and violence be employed, with the requisite in…
23-5759 Meredith McConnell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment false-statements federal-statute materiality neder-v-united-states ninth-circuit omissions wire-fraud Does an indictment charging the offense of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, require pleading and proof of a specific false statement or o…
23-5725 Edward Troup v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP antiracketeering-statute criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-law federal-statute murder-prosecution predicate-offense racketeering state-law statute-of-limitations Does a federal antiracketeering statute, conviction for which is predicated on the commission of a murder "in violation of the laws of any State," rea…
23-306 The TriZetto Group, Inc., et al. v. Syntel Sterling Best Shores Mauritius Limited, et al. Second Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived actual-loss avoided-costs circuit-split damages defend-trade-secrets-act federal-statute misappropriation trade-secrets unjust-enrichment Whether a plaintiff may seek avoided costs as a measure of unjust-enrichment damages if and only if the plaintiff has suffered a "compensable harm bey…
23-5581 Matthew R. Osuba v. United States Second Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied IFP child-pornography criminal-law federal-statute lower-court-split minor minor-protection production sexual-exploitation sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Section 2251(a) of Title 18 to the U.S. Code, known as the production of child pornography statute, makes it a crime punishable by at least fifteen ye…
23-219 Sherman Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether, for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e), a state offense relates to the "sexual exploitation of children" only when it relates to child pornograp…
23-5403 Luis Alfredo Moreira Bravo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law due-process federal-statute federal-transportation-of-a-minor interstate-transportation mens-rea minor-age sexual-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-rape Whether an individual may be convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a) for transportation of a minor, without regard to whether the defendant knew of the in…
23-5260 Mary Beth Harcrow v. Clyde Harcrow, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights domestic-violence due-process federal-statute full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit interstate-enforcement judicial-notice protective-order vawa Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10(a), the Question Presented herein is whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in adopting the ruling of the …
23-5095 Marland Maynor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process facial-challenge federal-statute plain-error second-amendment standing I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. First subsidiary question: Whether the plain-error standard …
22-7757 Samuel Lee Morrison v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-standard constitutional-law federal-criminal-statutes federal-statute gun-rights historical-tradition jurisdiction second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).
22-7707 Kelvun Montrail Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).
22-1023 Dora L. Adkins v. American Service Center Associates, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1915 amendment amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-dismissal 1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Fourth Circuit") properly AFFIRMED the district court's closure pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § …
22-969 City of Santa Maria, California, et al. v. San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-06 Denied Response Waived agency-authority agency-discretion cooperative-federalism federal-statute nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers state-water-rights statutory-interpretation water-rights 1. Whether the nondelegation doctrine and separation of powers prevent courts from interpreting a federal statute's "and other purposes" clause to inv…
22-7175 Marvin Eduardo Luna Gomez v. Internal Revenue Service Fourth Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim data-breach due-process federal-statute identity-theft iRS-liability standing tax-refund WHETHER COURT WAS ARGU JURISDICTION AND WHETHER COMPLAINT STATES A CLAIM ARE QUESTIONS OF LAW REVIEWED DE NOVO.
22-953 Pablo Calderon v. United States Second Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Response Waived criminal-charges criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation substantive-law Does a federal district court have habeas corpus jurisdiction when a substantive element of the criminal charges was not found under the law mandated …
22-938 George Washington University v. Jabari Stafford District of Columbia 2023-03-27 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived civil-rights civil-rights-act discrimination due-process federal-statute personal-injury personal-injury-claims state-law statute-of-limitations title-vi Whether courts should reflexively borrow the state-law general limitations period applicable to all personal-injury claims to govern any claim allegin…
22-7101 Charles Eugene Nolden v. United States Third Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing federal-statute sentence-reduction sentencing third-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abused its discretion in denying Nolden's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reduction …
22-7061 Lorenzo Elias Mendez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute first-amendment minor-exploitation sentencing-guidelines sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the statutory term "lascivious exhibition " refers to the defendant 's act of exhibiting a minor 's genitals on film, or, in other words, t…
22-717 Adrian Perkins, Mayor of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana v. Celcog, LLC, dba Strawn's Eat Shop Too, et al. Louisiana 2023-02-01 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1988 attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute judicial-procedure louisiana-constitution louisiana-revised-statutes state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the lower courts erroneously granted attorney's fees to Plaintiffs-Respondents pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b), where Plaintiffs' Petition sol…
22-6666 Leonel Ruiz-Lopez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute hughey-v-united-states legal-definition restitution sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation title-18 victim-and-witness-protection-act victim-restitution The Victim and Witness Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3663 ("VWPA"), permits a district court to order restitution to victims of an offense under Title 1…
22-6444 Stephen Duane Burgess v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing federal-statute second-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether a conviction for federal "second degree murder" under 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3).
22-6422 Richard Bernard Nichols v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6314 Ramiro Leal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6229 In Re Steven B. Turner 2022-12-06 Denied IFP constitutional-violation due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus remedy remedy-unavailable state-prisoner supreme-court-holding (1) Whether application of 28 U.S.G. 2244(b)(1) and (2) in this case violates U.S. Const. Art. I, Sec. 9, cl. 2, where the adjudication of a federal …
22-6151 Demon Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6066 Brent Stephens v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 appeal appeal'\n\n'Whether the Federal Court of Appeals f appeal'\n\n'Whether the U.S. District Court Magist appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion exhaustion'\n\n'Whether the Federal Court of Appea federal-statute fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-deference jury-trial jury-verdict magistrate-bar procedural-bar sentencing standard-of-review standard-of-review'\n\n'Whether the U.S. District trial-court-authority QUESTION A: Whether the Trial Court had the authority to supplant the verdict of the jury on punishment? QUESTION B: Whether the U.S. District Court …
22-6047 Juan Teran v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6001 Medgar Samuel v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act circuit-split district-court federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus procedural-default state-courts Whether, after enactment of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(3) as part of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, a State can forfeit the affir…
22-5918 Tommy Allen Dickenson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-5894 Terrence Gibbs v. United States Third Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing-law federal-statute judicial-discretion retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-law Whether non-retroactive changes in federal sentencing law, which dramatically altered sentencing exposure for those later sentenced, comprise "extraor…
22-5637 Dwayne Stone v. United States Second Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute force physical-force physical-inaction statutory-interpretation Whether crimes of physical inaction have "as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of …
22-5292 Isiah Trujillo v. Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts constitutional-cause due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-bias judicial-review remedies state-courts statutory-interpretation I < £upr&mZ' Court of -Me U/i/icJ Cfl/fa CjUidc( ifleS rcjAircfifa) fke. mofcriVl ferm. ^-tafa 4^<d iS i/nfaW Ia>/A~ iV) 4-he prov//sion«3 of 3$ [^/S'…
22-86 Charles Chavez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied atm bank-robbery criminal-law custody customer federal-statute force-and-coercion property property-theft statutory-interpretation Whether a person violates this provision by forcing a bank customer to withdraw the customer's money from an ATM in order to take the money from the c…
22-73 Usha Jain, et vir v. David Barker, et al. Florida 2022-07-26 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-removal federal-statute jurisdiction remand-order removal-jurisdiction standing state-court state-court-proceedings This Court should resolve the question of the law, whether the state court's jurisdiction continues during the removal period and whether state court …
22-5143 Malia Arciero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-statute judicial-review motion-reconsideration reconsideration sentencing sentencing-modification Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Arciero's Motion for Compassionate Release Under 18 …
22-5 Peter Cooks v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute rehabilitation-act statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Does 28 U.S.C § 1658 supplying a 4 uniform year statute of limitations apply to claims made under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended?
21-1583 Jerry Bird v. Oregon Commission for the Blind, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment administrative-procedures-act arbitration-process blind-vendor-rights commercial-contract eleventh-amendment federal-arbitration federal-statute sovereign-immunity vending-services 1. Does a State by necessity waive its sovereign immunity from money damages in federal court when it voluntarily enters into a commercial vending ser…
21-8107 Keith Undray Ford v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-interpretation presumption-of-innocence presumption-of-law state-court state-courts 1. When an issue before a state court is resolved by an assumption of fact, as opposed to a factual finding, has the issue before the state court been…
21-8075 Ricky Bagola v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-801 advisory-range controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2(b) Is the term "controlled substance" in § 4B1.2(b) limited to those substances defined and regulated under the federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S…
21-8013 In Re Mark Stinson 2022-06-01 Denied IFP administrative-law circuit-court circuit-executive civil-procedure court-of-appeals federal-courts federal-statute judicial-administration mandamus statutory-interpretation Whether the Circuit Executive Staff of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 1361.
21-1499 Mahesh Ramchanndani v. Sunil Gahdhi, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-31 Denied civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-law federal-statute property-rights racial-discrimination security-deposit standing tenant-rights Statement by Landlord in an email exhibit 001 Deal is Approved but being that their money is in India , I need 4 months deposit - 1 month of that wil…
21-7992 Reginald Andre Molette v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach criminal-law federal-statute generic-burglary sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina breaking and entering categorically qualifies as generic burglary under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii)?
21-7695 Allen Wayne Hatcher v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute habeas-corpus limitations-period prisoner-diligence prisoner-rights procedural-sufficiency 560 U.S. 631 (2010) Florida / Holland Under can I. v. extraordinary circumsatnces be established by the same facts that establish a prisoner's diligen…
21-7714 Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis crime-of-violence federal-predicate federal-statute generic-definitions judicial-review predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation Whether categorical analysis of the predicate crime of violence for a 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) offense allows a reviewing court to "look through" the …
21-7679 Richard Morrison v. CCA CORR - Civil, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-statute jurisdiction standing Question not identified.
21-7569 Miguel Scott Arnold v. United States Third Circuit 2022-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute human-trafficking jury-instructions rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation third-circuit-court third-circuit-court-of-appeals unit-of-prosecution What is the allowable unit of prosecution for violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)? 2. Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err by not remanding to th…
21-7560 Martin Andres-Tomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres certiorari constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7530 Paul M. Weadick v. United States First Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-statute federal-witness-tampering fowler-v-united-states reasonable-likelihood specific-intent statutory-interpretation witness-tampering The federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, permits conviction of any individual who "prevent[s] the communication by any person to a [Fe…
21-7532 Palani Karupaiyan v. International SOS, et al. Third Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conley-v-gibson copyright-ownership federal-courts federal-procedure federal-statute joint-employment pleading-standards remedies software-engineering sullivan-v-little-hunting-park a) In Civil rights complaint, when the Plaintiff alleged that Joint employers did not pay to the plaintiff is enough for FCP Rule 8(a) 's short and pl…
21-7395 Konstantinos Zografidis v. United States Second Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus second-circuit writ-of-habeas-corpus Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals en banc err in failing to reverse the District Court's ruling denying my Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus …
21-7330 Japher Yosuf Rajab v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent conviction criminal-law due-process federal-statute law-enforcement mens-rea non-existent-victim statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422 (b) authorizes a conviction based on an imaginary, non-existent victim. Whether a defendant can be convicted under 18 U.S.C.…
21-7311 Linda Baldwin v. Office of Injured Employee Counsel Fifth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-statute qualified-immunity reckless-conduct section-1983 1. Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, is a public official, whose reckless conduct proximately injured another violate a plaintiff 's federally protected right '…
21-7215 Clayton Walker v. Freeman's Electric Service, Inc., et al. South Dakota 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights cross-examination disputable-facts due-process federal-statute medical-records subpoena witness-examination Under 45 CFR § 164.524 does the Petitioner get to have the Right to his own Medical Records after they are subpoena by the Petitioner, and when those …
21-1170 Louis Ciminelli v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-24 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure economic-decision federal-statute fraud-statutes property-fraud right-to-control second-circuit wire-fraud Whether the Second Circuit's "right to control" theory of fraud—which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person'…
21-1023 Kay Gow v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1348 contract contract-breach federal-statute grant-application grant-funding investment-agreement investor-sophistication misrepresentation subscription-agreement wire-fraud 1. Can the provisions of the federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, be interpreted to criminalize a breach of a contract by grant recipient, wh…
21-6854 Joe Byrd v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka Trustee for the Benefit of Alternative Loan Trust 2007-J1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice due-process equal-protection federal-statute subject-matter-jurisdiction Is it an error, a violation of federal statute, and an impermissible denial of due process of law and equal protection of law for a court without subj…
21-6826 Todd Stands Alone v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-01-12 Denied Amici (1)IFP assault circuit-split common-law-assault conviction criminal-law due-process federal-law federal-statute statutory-interpretation Is common-law simple assault an essential element of § 111(b)?
21-6630 Daniel A. Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-455 appeal appellate-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute guilty-plea judicial-recusal recusal waiver-of-rights Whether an unconditional guilty plea waives a federal criminal defendant's right to appeal a district court's failure to recuse under 28 U.S.C. § 455(…
21-6510 Luis Solis-Vasquez v. United States First Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-offense federal-statute jury-determination jury-instructions mandatory-victim-restitution RICO rico-offense state-law state-law-predicates 1. Whether state law RICO predicates are elements of a RICO offense that must be found by the jury. 2. Whether aggravated RICO conspiracy is properly…
21-6474 Kristie Leanne Sluder v. R. Patrick Bentancourt, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP adoption-and-safe-families-act civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process federal-statute ku-klux-klan-act liberty-interest notice-and-hearing standing statutory-interpretation 1. Did Macon County Department of Social Services Violate Conducted two weeks prior to my Foster daughter's placement in a group home? 2. Do foster P…
21-6410 Steve Herbert Speckman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process federal-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review limitations-period petition-deadline statute-of-limitations supreme-court-interpretation Question not identified.
21-6383 Harinder Singh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split concealment criminal-conviction drug-proceeds federal-statute insufficient-evidence money-laundering regalado-cuellar statutory-interpretation Where the evidence at trial was insufficient was insufficient to prove that the design or purpose of the cash transmittals was to "conceal or disguise…
21-6297 Henry Cervantes and Jaime Cervantes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-statute jury-trial obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation As to both petitioners, 1. Whether the federal obstruction of justice statute, 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(2) (obstruction of an official proceeding), can be …
21-6080 Carl Henry Olsen, III v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa anti-terrorism-act circuit-split federal-habeas federal-statute habeas-corpus presumption-against-retroactivity retroactive-application retroactivity second-or-successive-petitions second-petition If a petitioner litigated a pre-AEDPA federal habeas petition, do AEDPA's new restrictions on second or successive petitions apply retroactively to th…
21-5969 Derrick E. Steilman v. Reginald D. Michael, Director, Montana Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-timeliness section-2254 standard-of-review statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it determined that Steilman's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition is untimely?
21-5731 Sheridan Sisk v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied IFP circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The Guideline applicable to a felon in possession, U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, increase s a defendant's base offense level if a defendant has prior "controlled …
21-5631 Elton Vallare v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-09 Dismissed IFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution What is the unit of prosecution under § 2252A(a)(5)(B)?
21-169 James Gatto, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Amici (1) 18-usc-1843 criminal-law federal-statute incidental-harms jury-instructions property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-text united-states-v-kelly wire-fraud 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1343—the federal wire fraud statute—requires the Government to prove, consistent with section 1343's statutory text, that the "…
21-124 Emmanuel Torres v. Bay Area Credit Services, et al. Second Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied civil-rights consumer-protection debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection federal-jurisdiction federal-statute new-york-business-law private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation Does a consumer have a private right of action under New York General Business Law Section 349 for a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Violation.
21-5219 Bryan James Collins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process evidence federal-statute fifth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Circuit wrongly affirmed Collins's conviction where it determined that the evidence was sufficient to establish that Collins violate…
21-73 Albon Diamond v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-20 Denied Response Waived 28-U.S.C.-§-2254 actual-innocence circuit-split due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief procedural-standard Whether a freestanding claim of actual innocence is cognizable in a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 proceeding.
21-44 Kevin Lee Boutte v. Yvonne Renea Boutte Louisiana 2021-07-13 Denied disability-pay federal-preemption federal-statute military-benefits military-powers res-judicata supremacy-clause veterans-benefits veterans-rights The Supreme Court of Louisiana denied Petitioner's appeal on purely state law grounds of estoppel and res judicata in affirming a Court of Appeals' op…
21-5075 Elizabeth Shaw v. Derek Shaw Michigan 2021-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute icwa jurisdiction-challenge mifpa tribal-law 1. In violation of court orders, MIFPA, ICWA, federal law, state law, and tribal law, the Tribe illegally seized my children from their school and ref…
21-5068 Leonard Griffin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP age compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion family-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions motion-for-relief race sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Griffin's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A).
21-5025 James Galen Hanna v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 abuse-of-writ banister-v-davis due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-law second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition 1. When a petition for writ of habeas corpus presents claims that do not constitute an "abuse of the writ," is it a "second or successive" petition un…
20-1729 In Re Dimitri Jonthiel Patterson 2021-06-15 Denied 28-usc-2241 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-documentation procedural-challenge state-custody Should a Petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C. §2241 Habeas Corpus, remain in State custody without certified legal documentation in violation of his constit…
20-1730 In Re Dimitri Jonthiel Patterson 2021-06-15 Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-documentation procedural-challenge standing state-custody Should a Petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C. §2241 Habeas Corpus, remain in State custody without certified legal documentation in violation of his constit…
20-8257 Oscar Daniel Rios Benitez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-09 GVR IFP 18-usc-16a bodily-injury borden-v-united-states criminal-law federal-statute legal-definition recklessness statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §16(a) includes offenses that may be committed by the reckless infliction of bodily injury?
20-8085 Michael James Barnes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 covid-19-pandemic extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions prisoner-relief sentencing sentencing-modification Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Barnes' Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A).
20-7877 Robert Washington v. David Gomez, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-circuit strickland-v-washington VOVve.VW-r T\\& Ur^cA CVcAeS SeX>e*\^V\ (XifcoiV Coor^V D^r ■ Appe^S Brr<sd 1 U^Vie-n I dr Oejo\.ec& PeA\Vv,one-r vS AppUccA*or\ For A Op (CO A} ^ U.…
20-1453 Cal Cartage Transportation Express, LLC, et al. v. California, et al. California 2021-04-16 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commercial-ramifications federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-statute independent-contractor independent-contractors motor-carrier preemption pricing-regulation statutory-interpretation worker-classification Does the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, which expressly preempts state laws "related to a price, route, or service of any motor ca…
20-7715 In Re Richard DeCaro 2021-04-12 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP double-jeopardy ex-post-facto federal-statute first-degree-murder ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-life second-degree-murder sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Ex Post Facto Clause is violated where petitioner was sentenced to the amended statute, first degree murder, mandatory life, rather tha…
20-7512 Forrest R. Cox, III v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure federal-statute fourth-amendment good-faith-doctrine immutable-evidence independent-source-doctrine search-warrant I. IN A FIRST DEGREE FELONY MURDER CASE REQUIRING LIFE IMPRISONMENT, DID THE NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT ERROR IN APPLYING THE GOOD FAITH DOCTRINE TO A SEA…
20-1263 Gianinna Gallardo, an Incapacitated Person, By and Through Her Parents and Co-Guardians Pilar Vassallo and Walter Gallardo v. Simone Marstiller, In Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) beneficiary-rights federal-statute future-medical-expenses healthcare-reimbursement medicaid-act medicaid-recovery medical-expenses preemption reimbursement statutory-interpretation tort-recovery tort-settlement Whether the federal Medicaid Act provides for a state Medicaid program to recover reimbursement for Medicaid's payment of a beneficiary's past medical…
20-7377 Benjamin Drake Daley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP anti-riot-act civil-rights civil-unrest criminal-prosecution due-process facial-constitutionality federal-statute first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce overbreadth standing 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2101, the Anti-Riot Act, is facially invalid under the First Amendment. 2. If so, are the constitutionally infirm provisions o…
20-7090 Michael David Omondi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP authorized-entry civil-rights common-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute jurisdictional-boundary military-installation section-1382 trespass In United States v. Apel, 571 U.S. 359, 373 (2014), this Court held that the term "military installation" in 18 U.S.C. § 1382 includes all areas under…
20-7021 Martel Valencia-Cortez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault assault-charge criminal-law dangerous-weapon due-process federal-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation weapon-definition weapons Whether a "deadly or dangerous weapon" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 111(b) includes a natural object that was not designed to be a weapon, such as a ro…
20-6938 Muhammad E. Milhouse v. Camba Inc. Staff Members, et al. Second Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-statute freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech prosecutorial-discretion sex-trafficking standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-968 R. M. S. v. Madison County Department of Human Resources Alabama 2021-01-15 Denied child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute federal-statutory-notice grandparent-rights social-service-agency state-proceedings termination-of-parental-rights First Question Presented : When a State initiates child custody proceedings, does 28 U.S.C. §1738A(e), the national standard for custody determinat…
20-6878 Edward Joseph Curran, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
20-6867 Noel Romero-Espinal v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuing-offense criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-code Whether illegally reentering the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. §1326 is a continuing offense.
20-907 SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights conservatorship due-process federal-agency federal-statute foreclosure property-interest quiet-title separation-of-powers standing takings 1. Whether the FHFA's structure violates separation of powers and, if so, whether its conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must be set aside.…
20-6738 Lisa Yvette Coffman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law embezzlement federal-statute fifth-circuit fraud plain-error-review statutory-interpretation substantial-rights I. Does the first paragraph of 18 U.S.C. § 641 – which makes it illegal to embezzle, steal, purloin, or knowingly convert to one's own or another's us…
20-6500 Alfred Bourgeois v. T. J. Watson, Warden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-12-03 Denied Amici (1)IFP death-penalty diagnostic-standards due-process federal-death-penalty-act federal-statute habeas-corpus intellectual-disability judicial-review Does the Federal Death Penalty Act, which provides that a "sentence of death shall not be carried out upon a person who is mentally retarded," prohibi…
20-6484 Willie Tyler v. United States Third Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied IFP 18-usc-1512 communication-prevention criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federal-witness-tampering fowler-v-united-states reasonable-likelihood specific-intent witness-tampering The federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, permits conviction of any individual who "prevent [s] the communication by any person to a [F…
20-6249 Thomas F. Kuzma v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-law criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process federal-statute firearms machinegun-definition statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness 1. Is the definition of a machinegun in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) void for vagueness as applied here to a receiver (frame for a firearm) used to make a shop…
20-575 Royal Truck & Trailer Sales and Service, Inc. v. Mike Kraft, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) authorized-access circuit-split computer-fraud-and-abuse-act criminal-law federal-statute improper-purpose standing statutory-interpretation unauthorized-access Whether a person who is authorized to access information on a computer for certain purposes violates Section 1030(a)(2) of the Computer Fraud and Abus…
20-555 Kyle Stephen Thompson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-27 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law federal-statute mens-rea minor-protection minors purpose-element sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Whether the "for the purpose of" element of § 2251(a) means the defendant's prevailing or most influential purpose for the sexually explicit conduct w…
20-6135 Justin Mertis Barber v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default statute-of-limitations WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DENYING BARBER'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A MOTION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY FINDING T…
20-5947 Craig Martin Shults v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-115 criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process evidence-admissibility federal-judge federal-rules-of-evidence federal-statute federal-threat subsequent-act-evidence Whether, in an 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B) prosecution for threatening a federal judge, subsequent act evidence of additional threats made months after t…
20-5938 Robert B. Wister v. Donald R. White, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process elder-abuse equal-protection federal-statute petition-of-grievances Abject refusal of a series of courts to read and give credibility to Appellant's brief citing violations of statutes by those holding office. County A…
20-5912 Adam Alan Henry v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2256 constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process federal-statute first-amendment overbreadth sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. Whether in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v ) the definition of "sexually explicit conduct" defined as the lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic …
20-5877 Demetrius Cherilus Morancy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3013 criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute legal-procedure offenses-against-the-united-states sentencing special-assessment statutory-interpretation Whether the special assessment required by 18 U.S.C. Section 3013 for "an offense against the United States" is required to be imposed for all offense…
20-5609 In Re Gary Wayne Barnes 2020-09-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence civil-rights dna-evidence due-process federal-statute fifth-circuit habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief state-court-conviction can the claim of Actual innocence be reviwed under a petition for HABEAS CORPUS ON PETITION FOR EXTRAORDANATY WRIT pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 ans 22…
20-5347 Bakari McCant v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 attempt crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element of the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as "a crime of vio…
20-5210 Ashley L. Dunn v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-timeliness substantial-showing timeliness I. DID PETITIONER MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL SHOWINIG THAT HER 28 U.S.C. 2254 PETITION WAS TIMELY? II. DID PETITIONER MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING THAT HER 28 …
20-5153 Jamiell Sims v. United States Third Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1594 conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute force-fraud-coercion offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines sex-trafficking What is the base offense level for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1594(c)?
20-5111 James Earvin Sanders v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review rare-and-exceptional-circumstances statutory-interpretation tolling tolling-provision If a petitioner can demonstrate that he falls under a built-in tolling provision as described in 28 U.S.C. §2244(d)(1)(A)-(D), does he also need to de…
20-5120 Giovanni Cotto, aka Monte v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution federal-statute mens-rea official-proceeding statutory-interpretation witness-retaliation Whether, in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1513(b)(1), the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knew the witness agains…
20-5008 Emilio Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
19-8725 Jarvis Lee Glenn v. Michigan Michigan 2020-06-17 Denied IFP 4th-amendment access-rights civil-rights constitutional-protections defendants-rights due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review search-and-seizure standing state-appeal DID THE STATE OF MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT DENY MR. GLENN THE EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION WHEN IT RUBBER-STAMPED MR. GLENN'…
19-8638 Walter Brzowski v. Executive Committee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit 2020-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-statute judicial-review procedural-due-process remand removal removal-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction Can the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, (Chicago IL. 60604), review and discredit a previously entered: "Certified Copy of Order of Rem…
19-8615 Vera Zhiry and Pyotr Bondaruk v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP cross-examination federal-statute jurisdictional-hook mail-fraud materiality misrepresentation ninth-circuit remote-connection substantial-connection 1. For the crime of mail fraud, what level of connection between the fraudulent scheme and the mailing is required to trigger the federal statute's ju…
19-1312 Weih Steve Chang v. Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware Third Circuit 2020-05-22 Denied Response Waived 31-usc-3730 circuit-split constitutional-law dismissal-standard due-process federal-statute legal-malpractice legal-procedure qui-tam separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation 1. Which one of the two differing standards, the D.C. Circuit's "Unfettered Discretion" standard or the Ninth and Tenth Circuits' "Rational Basis Test…
19-8467 Juan Petis McLendon v. United States District of Columbia 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal-without-prejudice due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure mandatory-review speech-trial-act standing statutory-interpretation stricklands-prejudice Does a failure to obtain a dismissal without prejudice under the Speedy Trial Act constitute "Strickland prejudice," when the mandatory language of Ti…
19-8355 Lancey Darnell Ray v. Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-04-24 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection federal-grants federal-statute parole parole-eligibility prisoners-rights private-prisons sentencing-rules state-corrections truth-in-sentencing PREFACE TO QUESTIONS PRESENTED: Prisoners, by the very nature of their circumstances, are more than merely similarly situated; they are exactly situat…
19-8262 Miguel Algarin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-15 Denied IFP 28-usc-636 appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure equitable-exceptions federal-statute judicial-review magistrate magistrate-review objection-standard procedural-waiver waiver Whether a party's failure to object to a magistrate's ruling under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) creates a jurisdictional bar to appellate review, or merel…
19-1162 Addison Thompson v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-claim administrative-settlement civil-rights copyright-act copyright-law due-process exhaustion-of-claims federal-agency federal-government federal-statute sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation vara visual-artists-rights-act In 2014, a photographic mural project was destroyed during the relocation of the Peter Stuyvesant United States Postal Service (USPS), New York. The U…
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…
19-7896 Nicholas Hughes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute mens-rea sexual-abuse sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation Title 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) requires the government to prove that the defendant engaged in sexually explicit conduct with a minor "for the purpose of" p…
19-7836 Tajuddin Salahuddin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute property property-rights property-seizure restitution restitution-lien seizure third-party third-party-rights 1) When the United States of America seizes innocent third-party property and cash; applies 21 U.S.C 853 to forfeit the property but applies a separat…
19-7717 Tarvis M. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-02-20 Denied IFP bail certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process excessive-bail federal-statute fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge lower-court-conflict pretrial-detention standing supreme-court supreme-court-review Question not identified.
19-7538 Victoria Carlson, et vir v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Minnesota 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure administrative-procedures breast-cancer-treatment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute medicaid medicaid-coverage medical-assistance medicare state-statute statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the applicable "plain and unambiguous " language in light of Hauser v. IdahoDWP and of Congress 's federal statute 42 U.S.C. 1396a(aa) and…
19-912 Albert T. Robles v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bribery campaign-contribution campaign-contributions federal-officials federal-statute first-amendment hobbs-act quid-pro-quo Whether conviction of a federal bribery charge against a state or local official under 18 U.S.C. § 666 requires proof of a quid pro quo where the alle…
19-7083 Leroy L. Perdue v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 851-enhancement criminal-procedure due-process enhancement federal-statute notice role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the sentence should be vacated for failure comply with the requirements of 21 U.S.C. § 851(b). 2. Whether the court erred in assessing a f…
19-809 Michael Bonin v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response Waived criminal-law due-process false-identity federal-jurisdiction federal-statute first-amendment impersonation standing statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant violates 18 U.S.C. § 912's prohibition on "falsely assum[ing] or pretend[ing] to be an officer or employee acting under the author…
19-6979 Joassaint Josiah Aristil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) carjacking categorical-approach criminal-law federal-statute force intent intimidation physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119, which may be committed by intimidation, requires an element "the use, attempted use, or threatene…
19-722 Larry J. Hudack v. La Cresta Property Owners Association California 2019-12-06 Denied Response Waived anti-slapp anti-SLAPP-statute civil-procedure collateral-attack due-process federal-statute first-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect right-to-petition standing state-statute void-judgment void-judgments 1. Is a collateral attack on void judgments, on its face, an assault on the constitutional Right to Petition under any state or federal statute? 2. D…
19-6834 Lee Hope v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g3 constitutional-vagueness controlled-substance criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process-rehaif-v-united-sta due-process federal-statute judgment-of-acquittal rehaif-v-united-states unlawful-user vagueness 1.) Whether the Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal was properly denied by the District Court …
19-655 In Re Dimitri J. Patterson 2019-11-21 Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-documentation procedural-challenge standing state-custody Should a Petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C §2241 Habeas Corpus, remain in State custody without certified legal documentation in violation of his consti…
19-6611 William Severs v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus petition section-2254 statute-of-limitations time-bar 1. Was the District Court's decision to dismiss Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as untimely correct?
19-6620 John Kevin Waldrip v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines special-assessments statutory-interpretation supervised-release I. In a consolidated Appeal JOHN KEVIN WALDRIP argued that the district court erroneously applied 18 U.S.C. § 3014 when it imposed a total of $15,000 …
19-6517 Lynden Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g 2nd-amendment bond-v-united-states commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea nfib-v-sebelius rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is …
19-6486 Eduard Bangiyev v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1963 21-usc-853 co-conspirator-liability conspiracy criminal-forfeiture federal-statute personal-possession-or-use proceeds-of-crime property-forfeiture statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-honeycutt Whether the elements that availed the Supreme court decision in United States v. Honeycutt, also apply more broadly to the 18 U.S.C.S. 1963 statute.
19-6424 Anthony Darnell Stokes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review conviction court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute obstruction-of-justice sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS MISAPPLIED 18 U.S.C.S. § 1512(c)(1) (LAWYERS EDITION 2008) WHEN IT AFFIRMED STOKES'S CONVICTIONS FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTI…
19-6378 Raymond Gentile v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 21-usc-846 criminal-justice-system due-process equal-protection federal-statute geographic-classification geographic-disparity geographic-location marijuana-legalization marijuana-offenses prima-facie prima-facie-claim prosecutorial-discretion selective-prosecution Is geographic location an arbitrary classification in the application of prosecutorial decisions for marijuana-related offenses under 21 U.S.C §§ 841 …
19-429 Charles R. Hunter v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2410a asset-depletion circuit-split federal-statute federal-tax-lien governmental-abuse quiet-title sovereign-immunity tax-lien taxpayer-interest third-party-agreement 1. Whether a quiet title action brought against the government pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2410(a) requires the taxpayer to retain a legal interest in the…
19-441 In Re Dimitri Patterson 2019-10-02 Denied 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-documentation standing state-custody Should a Petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C §2241 Habeas Corpus, remain in State custody without certified legal documentation in violation of his constitu…
19-6074 Gerald Nelson v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181-1061, AFL-CIO, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights complete-preemption due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction federal-statute fourteenth-amendment labor-management-relations preemption removal removal-procedure state-common-law subject-matter-jurisdiction well-pleaded-complaint-rule 1. Complete-Preemption Doctrine refers to a rule that a federal statue's preemptive force may be so extraordinary and all-encompassing that it convert…
19-5848 Saquawn Harris v. United States District of Columbia 2019-09-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP court-of-appeals due-process en-banc-review federal-rule-35 federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-statute judicial-procedure majority-vote recusal statutory-interpretation I. Whether the federal statute providing that en banc rehearing is granted upon the vote of "a majority of judges of the court in regular active servi…
19-304 Ranger American of the V.I., Inc., et al. v. Frederick J. Balboni, Jr. Virgin Islands 2019-09-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bill-of-rights congressional-power due-process equal-protection federal-legislation federal-statute guam-v-guerrero judicial-interpretation kepner-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent territorial-courts territorial-law Is the Virgin Islands Supreme Court bound by this Court's Equal Protection decisions where Congress explicitly applied the Equal Protection Clause to …
19-5804 Jesse Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-04 GVR IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine In United States v. Davis , 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), which defines "crime of violence," is unconstitut i…
19-5793 Anton Jevon Alexander v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c bank-robbery constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness supreme-court-precedent underlying-crime vagueness vagueness-doctrine In United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), this Court held that the residual clause contained in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(b) is unconstitutionall…
19-5308 Oscar Minaya v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c civil-rights conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentence sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness, a question that the Court has now answered in United States v. Davis…
19-5264 Joseph Hyungseop Shim v. Michael Sexton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus standing 1. Whether Petitioner has made a substantial showing of a denial of a constitutional right to authorize the granting of a certificate of appealability…
19-5154 James Wardell Quary v. N. C. English, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-07-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appellate-review circuit-precedent circuit-split detention-challenge erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-defendants federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in order to raise arugments that were foreclosed by binding (but erron…
19-45 Nexus Services, Inc., et al. v. Donald Lee Moran, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied christiansburg-garment civil-procedure court-order federal-statute fee-shifting legal-relationship prevailing-party rule-41 rule-41(a)(1) voluntary-dismissal Can a party qualify as a "prevailing party" under a federal fee shifting statute when an adverse party voluntarily dismisses its claims under Rule 41(…
19-5087 Willie Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3559 categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing enumerated-list-of-offenses enumerated-offenses essential-nature federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federal-three-strikes-law prior-state-crime sentencing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-law 1. Whether the categorical approach permits a court to compare "the essence" of a prior state crime of conviction to the "essential nature" of a speci…
19-35 Brandon Lee Mojica v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-review criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-statute habeas-corpus heightened-pleading post-conviction-relief sentencing standard-of-proof united-states-v-davis 1. Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to the Eleventh Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Davis, 2019 W…
19-5025 Isaac Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federal-statute firearm-possession firearms rehaif rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez 1. Whether the Court should grant the petition, vacate the judgment, and remand for further proceedings on Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) convicti…
18-9808 Manuel Reyes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute statutory-vagueness vagueness 1. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. …
18-9684 David Prien-Pinto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federal-statute mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stolen-firearm Does the commentary at U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, Application Note 8, which does not require a mens rea to impose the stolen firearm enhancement at U.S.S.G. § …
18-9449 Nicole R. McCrea v. District of Columbia Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Board District of Columbia 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada ada-preemption americans-with-disabilities-act constitutional-law disability-discrimination disability-law employment-discrimination equal-employment-opportunity equal-employment-opportunity-commission family-medical-leave-act federal-preemption federal-statute fmla police-and-firefighters-retirement-and-disability- state-law wca workers-compensation workman's-compensation-act Does the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), a federal statute, supersede a Workman's Compensation Act ("WCA"), such as the Pol…
18-9495 Jason Jones v. Martha Underwood, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-remedy intervening-decision mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence post-conviction-relief retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing statutory-construction Whether petitioner is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the ground that 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is "inadequate or ineff…
18-9424 Lamar Eady, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 appellate-review criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statute felon-in-possession knowingly legal-elements mens-rea possession rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status statutory-interpretation 1. Does the "knowingly" provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) apply to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime ? The Court …
18A1199 Gregory Waddell Hayes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-20 Presumed Complete constitutional-protection criminal-conviction double-jeopardy federal-statute fifth-amendment supervised-release Question not identified.
18-9323 Donald Duhart v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-17 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is the residual clause definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague?
18-9302 Xing Lin v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-16 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness 1. Is the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) void for vagueness? 2. Should this Court hold petitioner's case for a ruling in United States v…
18-1391 N'Dama Miankanze Bamba v. Kimberly Fenton, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-discrimination discrimination due-process eleventh-amendment federal-financial-assistance federal-statute physicians-board protected-activity retaliation standing title-vii Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred when it held that the Plaintiff's complaint of discrimination to the New York …
18-8899 Eric Richard Eleson v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation due-process due-process-equal-protection equal-protection federal-statute judicial-discretion legal-definition non-violent-offense-classification penal-code-definition reasonable-jurist-standard state-constitution-interpretation state-federal-judge-duties state-law supremacy-clause violent-felony Does the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause (Article VI, §2) require the Judge(s) (both State & Federal) within STATE OF CALIFORNIA (as well as an o…
18-8877 Reginald Knox v. Unknown Parties Sixth Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional constitutional-error court-rules district-court due-process federal-statute judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus petition-for-certiorari standing statutory-provisions writ-of-mandamus Should this Court grant Certiorari to determine if the District Court committed a Constitutional error by dismissing Petitioner's Writ of Mandamus as …
18-1302 Robertson B. Cohen, Chapter 7 Trustee v. Andrea Chernushin Tenth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-541 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-estate-property-rights bankruptcy-jurisprudence bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split federal-preemption federal-rule-1016 federal-rule-of-bankruptcy-procedure-1016 federal-statute property-law property-rights statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause 1. Whether the Tenth Circuit Opinion renders 11 U.S.C. § 541 subordinate to state property law and contravenes Congressional intent in enacting § 541 …
18-1253 Brian Mark Burmaster v. Switzerland Third Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied 18-usc-229 asset-seizure chemical-weapon chemical-weapons civil-rights diplomatic-immunity due-process embassy-contact extradition federal-statute international-law international-terrorism standing swiss-assets terrorism uncontested-proceedings writ-of-certiorari Since the inception of the United States Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John Jay, there has never been a Writ of Certiorari where the respondent f…
18-1240 Phil Kerpen, et al. v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) accountability articles-i-and-ii congressional-delegation constitutional-accountability constitutional-authority core-federal-power delegation federal-power federal-property federal-statute government-accountability guarantee-clause inherently-federal interstate-compact separation-of-powers 1. Is power exercised by a government agency over federal property, pursuant to federal statute, properly considered "federal power" for purposes of A…
18-8496 Anthony Swatzie v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 constitutional-decision criminal-defendant criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process federal-statute federal-statutory-provision habeas-corpus retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactive-relief retroactivity section-2255 sentencing silent-record statutory-interpretation successive-motion Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is entitled to relief under a…
18-8445 Tommy McAdoo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-bank-robbery federal-statute intimidation physical-force sentencing violent-physical-force The Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits broadly interpret "intimidation" as used in the federal bank robbery statute for sufficiency purposes,…
18-8423 Willie White v. Justin Hammers, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2248 administrative-law application-granted civil-procedure court-order court-orders default-judgment due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-default respondent-failure statutory-interpretation (1) Once Respondent failed to reply to the courtt orders on October 26,2017, should the application have been granted via 28: U.S.C. § 2248.
18-8234 Jeremy Snider v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 advisory-guidelines advisory-sentencing-guidelines circuit-court-decision circuit-split cognizable-claims criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 federal-law federal-statute non-constitutional-claims post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether non-constitutional claims for sentencing relief grounded on the advisory Sentencing Guidelines can ever be cognizable under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
18-8211 Russell Berger v. James Gibson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied IFP ada civil-rights criminal-law disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards standing statutory-interpretation 1) Can a persons height be a disability under Tithe II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42U.s.C.8 12102(1)(A)-(C)? 2) Can a "Strike" be access…
18-1097 SkyWest, Inc., et al. v. Andrea Hirst, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Amici (2) airlines discrimination dormant-commerce-clause federal-preemption federal-statute interstate-commerce judicial-review preemption state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Is a state law exempt from the Dormant Commerce Clause merely because it does not discriminate against interstate commerce? 2. Is a state law exem…
18-8059 Christopher David Simmons v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power second-amendment In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States; does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18…
18-8069 Eric Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-241 18-usc-242 agreement civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law due-process enhanced-penalties federal-statute proximate-cause spontaneous-event statutory-interpretation Whether conspiracy liability under 18 U.S.C. § 241 may be premised on unsubstantiated inferences of an agreement or mere participation in a spontaneou…
18-7974 Carlos Cruz-Rivera, aka Chiqui, aka Cano, aka Cano Llorens v. United States First Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing direct-appeal federal-statute first-step-act pending-cases retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C), as amended and clarified by the First Step Act of 2018, which provides for aggravated punishment for second violatio…
18-7915 Arthur Sean Warner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-locational-elements categorical-approach categorical-match categorical-matching criminal-statute-interpretation descamps descamps-v-united-states federal-statute mathis mathis-descamps-standard mathis-v-united-states school-property state-criminal-statute state-statute Did the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals findings result in a decision that was(1) Unreasonable in light of the evidence present…
18-7866 King Grant-Davis v. South Carolina Office of the Governor, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-procedure americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights due-process federal-statute procedural-rights property-interest rehabilitation-act vocational-rehabilitation Whether an individual with a disability (as that term is defined in 29. U.S.C. Section 705(20)) who has entered into an Individualized Plan for Employ…
18-7813 Bradley Jared Barton v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-process judicial-review post-conviction-relief postconviction-remedy standing state-court-proceedings state-post-conviction state-procedure (1.) At what point does a state's post-conviction remedy become so inadequate as to render that process "ineffective" as contemplated by 28 U.S.C. § 2…
18-7779 Kenneth William Kirkland v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law destructive-device federal-courts federal-courts-split federal-statute firearm firearm-regulation firearms parts-possession statutory-interpretation unregistered-firearm Whether a combination of parts designed or intended for use as a bomb can qualify as a "destructive device" under 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(4) and 26 U.S.C. …
18-7720 Howard Webber v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split consent consent-defense criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute identity-theft mens-rea statutory-interpretation Can a defendant commit aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A by using another person's identifying information with that person'…
18-7700 Luther Gene Ray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process federal-statute force-requirement human-trafficking interstate-commerce mens-rea sentencing sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction resulting in a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 1591 requires, as the statute says, that force "was used…
18-7519 Daltonia Duncan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-4246 civil-commitment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute judicial-procedure mental-health mental-health-law state-custody statutory-interpretation united-states-code Whether a district court may civilly commit a person under 18 U.S.C. § 4246 without first determining whether suitable arrangements for state custody …
18-7340 Eric Dillon v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process federal-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-battle SINCE 18 U.S.C. 924(j) Is A DISCRETE OFFENSE THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE OR REQUIRE A CONSECUTIVE S,DID THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT APP…
18-877 Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-08 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 14th-amendment article-i-power congress congressional-power constitutional-law copyright copyright-infringement copyright-remedy-clarification-act federal-power federal-remedies federal-statute intellectual-property sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity via the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act, Pub. L. No. 101-553, 104 Stat. 2749 (1990), in…
18-838 Scott Kaseburg, et al. v. Port of Seattle, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied civil-procedure federal-interest federal-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption federal-statute grable-type-jurisdiction property-rights quiet-title railroad-easement state-law subject-matter-jurisdiction trails-act 1. Whether Grable -type subject matter jurisdiction exists where (A) it is undisputed that the Plaintiffs' state law cause of action for quiet title…
18-7098 Amos Junior Scott v. Heriberto H. Tellez, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 federal-habeas-corpus federal-statute habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective ineffective-assistance ineffective-remedy mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence nonexistent-prior-conviction prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement Whether Petitioner is Entitled to Seek Federal Habeas Corpus Relief Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, From an Erroneous Mandatory Minimum Sentence, That Was Bas…
18-6985 Dwayne Barrett, aka Sealed Defendant 3, aka Tall Man v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-11 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness, a question that evenly divides six Courts of Appeals.
18-682 Manuel Enrique Santana v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied aggravated-identity-theft appellate-conflict circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federalism identity-theft means-of-identification name statutory-interpretation Whether the use of a name, without more, constitutes the use of a "means of identification of another person" under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A.
18-6822 Mark Anthony Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute lesser-included-offense notice-requirement prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation The plain language of 21 U.S.C. § 851 requires the United States to, "before trial," file an "information" if it intends to seek enhanced statutory pe…
18-6489 Guetatchew Fikrou v. Montgomery County Office of Child Support Enforcement Division, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-code child-support civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute standing state-law supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the United States Supreme Court can review the abuse of discretions standard applied? Whether this Court would still review de novo the vast m…
18-545 First Advantage Background Services Corp. v. Superior Court of California, San Mateo County, et al. California 2018-10-25 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) burden-of-proof class-action due-process fair-credit-reporting-act federal-statute forum-state fourteenth-amendment harm nationwide-class-action non-resident-defendant personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Under the Fourteenth Amendment, a state court may not exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant unless the conduct giving …
18-6413 Joshua Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 21-usc-841 controlled-substances conviction criminal-adjudication criminal-law due-process federal-statute recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation youthful-offender Is an Alabama youthful-offender adjudication a "conviction" for purposes of sentencing enhancement under 21 U.S.C § 841(b)(1)(A)?
18-6393 Omar Qazi v. Janice Killian, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2243 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure petition-dismissal standing (1) Does 28 U.S.C. § 2243, authorize the District Court to dismiss a 2241 Petition for "failure to state a claim for which relief may be granted."?; (…
18-6396 Guillermo Solorio, Jr. v. William Muniz, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b)(2) brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-defendant criminal-procedure evidence-suppression federal-statute habeas-corpus hidden-evidence second-or-successive-petition Whether a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus based on Brady v. Maryland Evidence That Was Hidden from a Criminal Defendant – Until After Appeal and …
18-6363 Calvin Bernhardt v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 arthur-andersen circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding statutory-interpretation vagueness witness-tampering 1. A person can be guilty under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b) if he "corruptly persuades" someone else to withhold testimony or an object from an official proce…
18-449 Pharmavite LLC v. Noah Bradach Ninth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response Waived class-action class-certification class-members federal-preemption federal-statute individual-inquiry preemption state-law-claims supremacy-clause 1. Is it a violation of the Supremacy Clause, U.S. ConsT. art. VI, cl. 2, for a federal court to certify a class that includes class members asserting…
18-6194 James Dow Vandivere v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP absurd-results civil-action civil-commitment civil-procedure congressional-act due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-statute procedural-law statute-of-limitations united-states Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) four-year statute of limitations for "a civil action arising under an Act of Congress" applies to civil commitment pro…
18-380 Darrel Vannoy, Warden v. John David Floyd Fifth Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied actual-innocence appellate-procedure brady-violation due-deference due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mcquiggin-v-perkins schlup-v-delo standard-of-review supreme-court-review 1. Whether the court of appeals failed to apply due deference under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and (e)(1) to the ruling of the Louisiana Supreme Court. 2. W…
18-347 West Congress Street Partners, LLC v. Rivertown Development, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1985 42-usc-1986 civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-claims discrimination due-process elliott-larsen-civil-rights-act federal-statute gentrification minority-protection real-estate real-estate-discrimination 1. Is the plausibility standard attached to federal conspiracy claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1985 and 42 U.S.C. § 1986 sufficient to protect minoriti…
18-5988 Master Baye Balah Allah v. Brian Wilson, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied IFP 28-usc-1915-e abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure,standing,due-process,abuse-of-disc court-of-appeals due-process evidence federal-statute legal-standard lower-court standing 1Whether the court of appeals abused its discrection by dismissing petitioners appeal under 28 U.S.C. 1915 (e) after four years of diliberating all th…
18-5879 Emory Dickson Eneh v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States; and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess…
18-267 Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, et al. District of Columbia 2018-08-31 Denied article-iii article-iii-standing civil-rights congressional-intent due-process federal-election-commission-v-akins federal-question federal-statute informational-injury injury-in-fact judicial-review munsingwear-doctrine munsingwear-vacatur privacy public-disclosure standing standing-injury-in-fact statutory-interpretation 1. Does a plaintiff suffer an Article III injury in fact "when the plaintiff fails to obtain information which must be publicly disclosed pursuant to …
18-5626 Bruce Wishnefsky v. Jawad Salameh, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights district-court-dismissal due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure prisoner-appeal prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-provision Whether the "three strikes" provision of the federal in forma pauperis statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), bars a prisoner from appealing in forma pauperis …
18-5569 Sean Weisner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-habeas federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandate-rule mental-illness standing time-bar 1) Does the Classification made by this Court in Coley d. Sattald Jan 8.64. 3134 constitute the Circuit Court as being contrary to Clearly established…
18-5222 Corvain T. Cooper, aka CV v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied IFP collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-statute habeas-corpus invalidated-convictions life-without-parole resentencing sentencing state-convictions 1. Whether a Petitioner Who Was Sentenced to Life Without the Possibility of Parole, Which was Enhanced By Two Later Invalidated State Convictions, Ma…
18-5210 Robert A. Espinoza v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) attempt-offense crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense sentencing sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation Illinois attempt offenses have two elements: an intent to commit an offense and a substantial step towards commission of the offense. The substantial …
18-1 C. G. v. Deborah Heart and Lung Center, et al. New Jersey 2018-06-29 Denied federal-statute health-care-quality-improvement-act hospital-immunity immunity medical-reporting patient-care preemption professional-review state-law To what extent does the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 ("HCQIA"), 42 U.S.C. § 11101 et seq. , preempt state laws governing a hosp…