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25-6889 Ashu Joshi v. United States Eighth Circuit 2026-02-24 Pending IFP child-sexual-abuse-material due-process federalism ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Strickland-standard Tenth-Amendment 1. Whether, consistent with federalism and due-process principles, 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2) may be applied to conduct occurring entirely within a state…
25-146 Mohammad Nauman Chaudhri, Mohammad Rehan Chaudhri, & Zahida Aman v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied Response Waived criminal-law federalism legislative-intent plain-meaning state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation When applying the plain language of a broadly worded federal criminal statue would intrude on an area historically left to the states, must a court ap…
25-120 Mark Gustafson, Individually and as Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of James Robert ("J.R.") Gustafson, et al. v. Springfield, Inc., dba Springfield Armory, et al. Pennsylvania 2025-07-31 Denied federalism gun-manufacturers interstate-commerce legislative-action state-sovereignty tenth-amendment Where Congress in the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), Pet.App.2 76a-287a (15 U.S.C. §§ 7901−7903 ), commanded judges to dismiss cer…
25A130 Philip G. Potter v. Incorporated Village of Ocean Beach, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2025-07-31 Presumed Complete certificate-of-occupancy federalism land-use procedural-due-process section-1983 statute-of-limitations 1. Just two Terms ago, this Court held that the statute of limitations for a procedural due process claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983 begins to run "only wh…
24-999 Premier Nutrition Corporation, fka Joint Juice, Inc. v. Mary Beth Montera, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Ninth Circuit 2025-03-20 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) appellate-review circuit-court federal-certification federalism judicial-procedure state-law In Lehman Brothers v. Schein, 416 U.S. 386 (1974), this Court encouraged federal courts to certify uncertain questions of state law to state high cour…
24-769 Joan Stormo, as Assignee of Peter T. Clark v. State National Insurance Company First Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied certification diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-procedure federalism state-law Federal courts sitting in diversity must apply the laws of the relevant state as rules of decision. 28 U.S. Code § 1652. Certification of questions to…
24A599 Gregory Lala, Chairman, Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission, et al. v. Tesla, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-12-18 Presumed Complete administrative-law constitutional-challenge due-process federalism regulatory-board state-sovereignty Question not identified.
24-605 Jason Dee Taylor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response Waived criminal-statute federalism police-powers sex-trafficking states-rights tenth-amendment Whether The Government's Application Of A Federal Criminal Statute For Sex Trafficking To The Purely Local Crime Of Prostitution Is An Invasion Of The…
24-442 Onaney Polanco, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of A. D. v. David Banks, in His Official Capacity as Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response Waived disability-rights due-process federalism free-appropriate-public-education school-accessibility special-education This case raises a question of exceptional importance for some of our most vulnerable citizens- disabled children and their parents. Here, the Parent …
24-377 South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism v. Google LLC Fourth Circuit 2024-10-02 Denied Response Waived circuit-split federalism sovereign-immunity state-agency state-law waiver-doctrine Whether state law can limit the power of one state agency to waive the sovereign immunity of another.
24A220 Neil Dupree v. Kevin Younger Fourth Circuit 2024-08-29 Presumed Complete administrative-remedies exhaustion-requirement federalism judicial-deference prison-litigation-reform-act state-law Question not identified.
24-217 SFA Holdings, Inc., fka SAKS Incorporated v. 4 Stratford Square Mall Holdings, LLC Seventh Circuit 2024-08-28 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing contract-interpretation federalism lease-agreement summary-judgment waiver-doctrine 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit—in holding that Petitioner waived its right to assert affirmative defenses under…
24A212 Innovative Fibers LLC, et al. v. Parker O'Neil Wideman, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-27 Presumed Complete diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federalism state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction workers-compensation This case concerns whether a federal court sitting in diversity may entertain state law claims that a state statutory scheme mandates be brought in st…
24-5087 Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defenda…
24-13 Ohio, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-07-09 Denied Amici (3)Response WaivedRelisted (8) commerce-clause constitutional-structure environmental-regulation equal-sovereignty federal-government federalism sovereign-power state-equality state-power May Congress pass a law under the Commerce Clause that empowers one State to exercise sovereign power that the law denies to all other States?
23-1330 Michael Stern, et ux. v. Mark Mcdonald Washington 2024-06-21 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction certiorari constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-procedure judicial-review state-courts supreme-court Did THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON order to deny review, violate the Unites States Constitution?
23-7660 Michael Steven Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing 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…
23-7612 Wade Lay v. Christie Quick, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process execution-delay federal-review federalism habeas-corpus standing state-prisoner Question not identified.
23-7382 In Re Arthur Jones 2024-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism judicial-discretion judicial-overreach jurisdiction mandamus subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the appellant court abused its discretion when it failed to issue the writ of mandamus to the district judge directing the district judge to v…
23-6945 Ronnie Cornell Cosby v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federalism government-restrictions interstate-travel public-purpose state-sovereignty travel 1 - When a state a £&■•!*>& "f0 A^ftoSS s+A+<^ l-Vs w.'-+A AA o<*tote** ^ y^nmejjt A <Lour>Jl t&ip 4"aK«-/ i (^fc 4-ljo fn£h AS + ° {>£&■&•t -iltA^ *t…
23-983 Nicholas Harding v. Google LLC Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure article-iii civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment standing state-citizenship 1. Does the "state wherein they reside" provision of the Fourteenth Amendment define state citizenship for purposes of Article III diversity jurisdict…
23-6882 Steven Brown v. Felicia Adkins, Warden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism marriage same-sex Question not identified.
23-6665 Ole Hougen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP badges-of-slavery bodily-injury civil-rights congressional-power criminal-law federal-criminal-law federalism hate-crimes race-discrimination thirteenth-amendment Whether Congress's power to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition on slavery and involuntary servitude authorizes Congress to criminalize ass…
23-6226 Carmen A. Zammiello v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process ex-post-facto-law federal-law federal-review federalism habeas-corpus state-court-misconduct state-law trial-errors WHEW WILL A SEAL'S "SUGGEST RMFIVE LAW" FEDERAL COURT??, BE APPLIED IN A - does the HISTORY AND INTERPRETATION & CONSTRUCTION RULES OF FEDERALISM STA…
23-567 Superior Well Services, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Company, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-27 Denied Response Waived commercial-general-liability commercial-liability faulty-workmanship federalism insurance-law occurrence state-law third-circuit 1. Whether the Third Circuit's decision below violated core principles of federalism by rewriting Pennsylvania state insurance law regarding applicati…
23-6102 Rolandis Chatmon v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Arkansas 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-order civil-rights constitutional-deprivation court-procedure due-process federal-rights federalism judicial-power standing state-government takings Can Constitutional deprivations be justified by some remote administrative benefit to the State such as an Administrative Plan ? Can local practice, …
23-6084 Joe Stephens v. Alaska Division of Elections Ninth Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ballot-access constitutional-rights due-process election-law equal-protection federalism first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech Whether this Court will allow the People of the State of Alaska to determine if a certified candidate is allowed the name Joe Trump AKA Not Murkowski …
23-453 Special Risk Insurance Services, Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC Third Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights commission-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process federalism insurance-broker insurance-broker-commissions property-rights state-law 1. The law of Pennsylvania gives an insurance broker the vested right to commissions for as long as the policies it procured for the insured remain in…
23-5888 Howard L. Thompson v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law alien-tort-statute civil-rights corporate-liability due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federalism human-rights international-law ninth-circuit standing Question not identified.
23-5511 Jay F. Elhage v. United States Second Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers federal-prosecution federalism legislative-authority state-prosecution Whether, despite years of Commerce Clause jurisprudence, the Court should now hold that Congress has no authority to criminally punish under the Comme…
23-171 Chris Quinn, et al. v. Washington, et al. Washington 2023-08-23 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) commerce-clause constitutional-limits dormant-commerce-clause due-process excise-tax extraterritorial-taxation federalism interstate-commerce property-rights state-taxation Whether the Constitution permits a state to tax out-of-state transactions involving only out-of-state property.
23-5269 Noble Christo El, aka Christopher Nathan Jones v. William Todd Miller, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied IFP cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federalism jurisdiction legal-standing pleading-standards standing subject-matter-jurisdiction takings 1. From the text, read conspiracy £ \Yx©$>* vA</\A,td S'tA 'fcfrs fW«oc^ 5 and -\dv* cfcoX&t oF ov)T -Wift ^^mdfed-forv^stv^A V^» fNOuO^Vxas o^\; Wn* …
23-41 Ann Marie Borges, et al. v. County of Mendocino, California Ninth Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied Response Waived cannabis-property-rights commerce-clause constitutional-amendments due-process federal-preemption federalism gonzales-v-raich property-rights stare-decisis state-sovereignty On March 6, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit filed it's unpublished memorandum affirming the district court order dismis…
22-7646 Derek Pelker v. United States Third Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection federal-government-collusion federalism ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default separation-of-powers Mr. Pelker alleged the Federal Governments impermissible collusion within the prosecution of the Commonwealth.of Pennsylvania for the same misconduct …
22-1057 Standing Akimbo, Inc., et al. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied Response Waived commerce-clause controlled-substances-act federalism marijuana-regulation necessary-and-proper-clause summary-judgment tax-code 1. Should Gonzales v. Raich be overruled, i.e., whether the CSA as supplemented by the half-in, half-out regime is in excess of Congress' powers under…
22-7409 Joshua Adam Schulte v. United States Second Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism marriage same-sex-marriage Question not identified.
22-7403 Anthony Carl Eccarius v. Mendocino County Social Services Ninth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied IFP 10th-amendment citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equity federalism judicial-review legal-standing power-in-equity standing tenth-amendment 1) Shall the People exclude a single citizen's 10th Amendment power in equity?
22-7411 Mario Sims v. Pete Buttigieg, et al. Indiana 2023-04-28 Denied IFP constitutional-rights deliberate-framing due-process evidence-planting federalism law-enforcement-misconduct police-misconduct state-constitutional-rights state-court-review wrongful-conviction Can the Indiana Supreme Court, in violation of both the United States Constitutions, Illinois State Supreme court, and cases decided by this Court, ma…
22-7386 Louis McIntosh, aka Lou D v. United States Second Circuit 2023-04-27 Judgment Issued Amici (2)IFP appellate-courts commerce-clause criminal-forfeiture federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federalism interstate-commerce jurisdiction rule-32.2 sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a district court may enter a criminal forfeiture order outside the time limitations set forth in Rule 32.2, Fed.R.Crim.P.? 2. Is the theft…
22-1030 Gary Lewis v. United Automobile Insurance Company, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federalism insurance-law insurance-regulation judicial-procedure jury-trial rule-of-law The question presented is whether the constitutional right to a jury trial can be usurped by the trial court and appellate court interfering with the …
22-918 Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services v. Trina Ray, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-22 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-role economic-reality fair-labor-standards-act federalism joint-employment overtime-wages social-services-program suffer-or-permit-to-work Whether a county may be deemed a joint employer under the FLSA when it plays a mere administrative role in a State's social services program by legisl…
22-6853 Joshua Seekins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federalism harmless-error interstate-commerce jurisdictional-issue second-amendment sentencing-guidelines (1) Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of ammunition solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the d…
22-6825 Richie Lee Edmonds, III v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-history criminal-law drug-distribution due-process federal-sentencing federalism sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a prior state conviction for drug distribution qualifies as a "controlled substance offense" under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b), when the state statute…
22-760 William S. Wilkinson, et al. v. Board of University and School Lands of North Dakota, et al. North Dakota 2023-02-13 Denied Response Waived due-process federalism fifth-amendment just-compensation oil-and-gas oil-and-gas-interests property-rights state-ownership state-sovereignty takings takings-clause Whether the North Dakota Supreme Court erred in finding the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not require just compensation when …
22-686 Crosley Alexander Green v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-24 Denied Amici (4)Response Waived admissibility AEDPA brady-v-maryland brady-violation comity constitutional-exhaustion federal-appellate-review federalism habeas-corpus prosecutorial-disclosure state-court-deference state-court-factfinding Principles of federalism and comity embodied in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. § 2254, require deference to stat…
22-679 NYC C.L.A.S.H., Inc., et al. v. Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. District of Columbia 2023-01-23 Denied Response Waived agency-authority constitutional-avoidance due-process federalism fourth-amendment housing-regulation public-housing smoking-ban spending-clause 1. Whether HUD lacks authority to adopt or enforce its smoking ban as a means to ensure "safe and habitable" public housing. 2. Whether the lower cou…
22-6338 Lucas Michael McNulty-Snodgrass v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-12-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-intent contraband drug-possession federal-preemption federalism jurisdictional-conflict Question not identified. separation-of-powers state-sovereignty 1.) "Since methamphetamine and fentanyl, i.e., illicit drugs et al., are considered "contraband," and contraband is not 'considered a proper article o…
22-6315 Iklas Richard Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federalism felon-in-possession rehaif-v-united-states scienter supreme-court-precedent 1. In United States v. Rehaif, _ U.S. ___, 189 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), this Court acknowledged the presumption in favor of scienter — that criminal statute…
22-541 Peter Jokich v. Rush University Medical Center Seventh Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure contract-waiver due-process erie-doctrine federalism protected-activity retaliation summary-judgment waiver 1. The "demanding standard" of proof the Panel imposed on petitioner to show waiver of a contract condition under Illinois law has no foundation in th…
22-6222 Christopher Charles Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1038 18-usc-175 biological-weapons bond-v-united-states chemical-weapons federalism How is a court to determine whether Congress has clearly indicated that a federal statute should reach criminal conduct that is the traditional respon…
22-6201 In Re Arthur James Lomax 2022-12-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment bill-of-rights civil-rights due-process federalism grand-jury indictment state-constitution statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction uniformity-of-laws Is it true that the Colorado Constitution specifies that the General Assembly of the State of Colorado? Colo. Const. art.V.8 18. Is the Colorado Cour…
22-484 Pedro Pierluisi, Governor of Puerto Rico, et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico First Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law administrative-review board-determination civil-rights due-process federalism fiscal-plan legislative-oversight promesa puerto-rico-sovereignty statutory-interpretation territorial-self-rule 1. What standard of review governs a district court's evaluation of the Board's determination that Puerto Rican legislation "would impair or defeat th…
22-6020 John M. Esposito v. Florida Florida 2022-11-08 Denied IFP citizens-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process federalism legal-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute IS THE STATE OF FLORIDA VIOLATING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BY PROSECUTING AND CONVICTING U.S. CITIZENS UNDER § 794.011, FLORIDA STATUTES, A VOID…
22-424 The Cordish Companies, Inc. v. Affiliated FM Insurance Company Fourth Circuit 2022-11-07 Denied Response Waived certified-question civil-procedure conflict-of-laws erie-doctrine federalism insurance insurance-coverage judicial-procedure maryland state-law-interpretation west-virginia Whether the Fourth Circuit violated the constitutional principles set forth in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), which protect each s…
22-286 Frieda Mae Rogers, fka Frieda Rogers Roen, et al. v. Wilmington Trust Company, et al. Third Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure erie-doctrine factual-stipulations federalism forum-selection judicial-admissions state-law statutes-of-limitations statutory-interpretation 1. May the court of appeals override the parties' factual stipulation crucial to petitioners' right to recover, contrary to this Court's precedents as…
22-240 Jim Justice, Governor of West Virginia, et al. v. Jonathan R., Minor, By Next Friend Sarah Dixon, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-09-14 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived child-welfare civil-rights class-action due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism standing state-court-proceedings state-courts younger-abstention 1. Must federal courts abstain from interfering with state-court child welfare proceedings under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971)? 2. May federa…
22-5456 Min Jeong Kim v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Fourth Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-discretion civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism immigration-law judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation h a.\re. ^7 im7iA(?-^ k.lrUf~h^y^ fo\octflSr-<?*T^e -fei er&\ J (Arls^^t,-h does £(r£i/tf4- IA. 0 <9v/er d? ia avy <9-h?cfc<?r (/ (JUW^V o?\>V^0<S?0\…
22-149 Rosalie Weisfeld, et al. v. John Scott, Texas Secretary of State, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-challenge election-law enforcement-authority ex-parte-young federal-jurisdiction federalism sovereign-immunity standing state-official Under Ex parte Young's exception to state sovereign immunity, a state official is suable in an action for prospective relief from enforcement of an al…
22-5363 Rodney Flucas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process federalism interstate-travel jury-instruction precedent sexual-conduct state-authority Was the Jury Erroncously Instructed That the Government Only had to Prove That Sexual Activity Was a "Motivating Purpose" for Transportation of Person…
22-5351 Gary Lee Johnson v. Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court federalism legal-standing sovereign-immunity standing state-procedure takings When is a state's Sovereignty allowed to override a U.S. citizen's fits 1 unalienable Right? IF a "beyond Ridiculous" to Challenge State procedure an…
22-5336 Brian Scott Berryman v. Mississippi Mississippi 2022-08-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-decisions criminal-law due-process federalism judicial-law legislative-intent public-interests standing statutory-construction 1. A STATE COURT hAS dECidEd aN ImportANt fEDeRAl quEstiON iN AWAY that Conflicts with relEvANt decisions of this CouRt AND THE UNITED STATES COURT OF…
22-43 Program Administrator of the New Hampshire Controlled Drug Prescription Health and Safety Program v. Department of Justice First Circuit 2022-07-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-subpoena anti-commandeering commandeering drug-enforcement federalism healthcare-program prescription-drug-monitoring state-data state-official state-sovereignty 1. Whether an administrative investigative subpoena issued under 21 U.S.C. §876 to a state official commanding her to act in her official capacity to …
22-5096 Theodore Luczak v. Illinois Illinois 2022-07-13 Denied IFP citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-system legal-procedure legislative-overreach separation-of-powers state-attorney state-attorney-general WHETHER A STATE'S ATTORNEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENACT LEGISLATION ON THEIR OWN THAT WOULD VIOLATE THE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF EACH …
22-5101 Sonya Owens v. Reliance Partners, LLC District of Columbia 2022-07-13 Denied IFP bill-of-rights constitution-amendment constitutional-amendment due-process federalism personal-rights property-rights separation-of-powers stay-at-home-orders supremacy-clause (1) Does Congress or the President have authority to change or amend the Constitution without ratification of % of the States ' Legislatures? (2) Are…
21-1604 Robin G. Thornton, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response Waived agency-guidance consumer-protection federal-meat-inspection-act federalism food-labeling labeling-regulations meat-inspection-act preemption Can the beef packing industry and United States of Agriculture override the clearly stated Congressional purpose of enacting the Federal Meat Inspecti…
21-8095 Dennis Ray Davis, Jr. v. Commissioner, Caddo Parish, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federalism preemption sovereign-immunity standing Question not identified.
21-8084 Frank Jarvis Atwood v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied Amici (1)IFP as-applied-challenge comity constitutional-challenge eighth-amendment execution-protocol federal-courts federalism inmate-standing method-of-execution standing 1. Ifa state's established method of execution would violate the Eighth Amendment as applied to that inmate, may federal courts direct specific altera…
21-1508 David Dotson v. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response Waived choice-of-forum day-in-court erie-doctrine federalism forum-selection insurance-litigation res-judicata substantive-law Did the court of appeals violate the federalism principle of Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) when it refused to apply Louisiana's substant…
21-8008 In Re James Martin Graham 2022-06-01 Denied IFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federalism fifth-amendment habeas-corpus subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-amendment Did the complaint/information or indictment fail to charge an ONE: offense againse the laws ofthe United States, because no jurisdiction has been ced…
21-1384 Florida v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Amici (1) ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights discrimination due-process federal-government federalism remedies standing state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation title-ii Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which grants any "person alleging discrimination" certain "remedies, procedures, and rights,"…
21-1358 Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma, Inc., dba Goodwill Career Pathways Institute v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company Tenth Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure covid-19 covid-related-claims direct-physical-loss erie-doctrine federalism insurance insurance-coverage state-law state-law-interpretation Whether federal courts are violating Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), as well as principles of federalism, in uniformly refusing to seek a…
21-7599 Neil Timothy Aho v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority due-process enumerated-powers federalism necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-amendment Whether Section 2252 of Title 18 of the United States Code ("Section 2252" or the "Statute") forming the gravamen of the charges in the Indictment l…
21-7424 Ismael Ruiz v. Wyoming Wyoming 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process federalism state-sovereignty supremacy-clause unconstitutional Can a State within the United States choose which federal laws and Constitutional provisions it wants to honor and which ones it does not want to comp…
21-7329 Von Lester Taylor v. Robert Powell, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-03-09 Denied IFP certification comity federal-court federalism judicial-certification legal-ambiguity state-law state-law-interpretation tenth-amendment Does a federal court violate principles of federalism and comity enshrined in the Tenth Amendment by selecting one possible interpretation of an ambig…
21-7278 Calvin James v. John T. Wilcher, Sheriff, Chatham County, Georgia Georgia 2022-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure defendant-rights double-jeopardy due-process federalism jurisdiction service-of-process summons PAINTIFF ENTERED DEFAULT TUDOEMENT AND COURL ENRRED DRORR DS IMPLIEO ON SUMMONS. COURT STILL AUIEI EN DEFENDANTS FAVDR, HOW? PROSECUTINGIFOR HE SAME …
21-1171 Cadillac of Naperville, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board District of Columbia 2022-02-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure comity employer-speech federalism first-amendment free-speech labor-dispute nlrb nlrb-procedure state-sovereignty (1) Whether the Court of Appeal improperly narrowed the First Amendment protection owed employers in a labor dispute by requiring objective factual su…
21-7148 Mark Allen Banes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-law federalism improper-venue interstate-registration registration-compliance sex-offender-registration venue venue-jurisdiction Whether the state of origin where a sex offender is properly registered is an improper venue for hearing a violation of the sex offender's registratio…
21-1102 Oklahoma v. Shaynna Lauren Sims Oklahoma 2022-02-08 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federalism indian-country native-american-rights non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty 1. Whether a state has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. 2. If the answer to the first question…
21-6893 Jabari J. Johnson v. Harold Clayhurst, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federalism preemption standing state-law Question not identified.
21-6816 N'Neka L. Crews v. Colorado Colorado 2022-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP accident-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federalism fourteenth-amendment mens-rea public-welfare-offense strict-liability I. Whether the Colorado Supreme Court's interpretation, that a criminal leaving the scene of an accident law without a stated mens rea meant that it w…
21-6760 Deandre Spencer Cotton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law divisibility-inquiry due-process federal-court-certification federalism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines state-court-certification state-criminal-statute statutory-interpretation I. If a state criminal statute's divisibility is ambiguous when the defendant is convicted in state court, may a federal court later certify its divis…
21-961 Oklahoma v. Patrick Wayne Olive Oklahoma 2021-12-30 Denied criminal-law criminal-procedure federalism jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-6722 Daniel Dario Trevino v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power controlled-substances-act due-process federalism interstate-commerce legal-landscape marijuana-regulation medical-marijuana standing-akimbo state-legalization SHOULD THIS COURT RECONSIDER ITS DECISION IN GONZALES AND DETERMINE THAT CONGRESS CANNOT REGULATE SOLELY INTRASTATE MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION DUE TO THE …
21-6624 Arthur F. Jones v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights due-process federal-court-procedure federalism habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdiction-dispute standing subject-matter-jurisdiction I. WHETHER THE PRIOR EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION RULE SHOULO HAVE PAECLUDED THE OISTRICT COURT AND THE APPELLANT COURT FROM EXERCISING JURISOICTION OVER TH…
21-734 Oklahoma v. Justin Dale Little Oklahoma 2021-11-17 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-705 Oklahoma v. Ted Roosevelt Yargee Oklahoma 2021-11-15 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law standing tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma , 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-664 Patrick J. Downey v. City of Toledo, Ohio Sixth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights declaratory-judgment due-process federalism fourteenth-amendment home-rule municipal-ordinance police-powers statutory-interpretation Do federal courts have legal authority to alter or amend the plain meaning of a lawfully-enacted statute of a sovereign state or a lawfully-enacted or…
21-646 Oklahoma v. Dameon Lamar Leathers Oklahoma 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (1) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-jurisdiction precedent-challenge stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-5876 Under Seal v. Virginia Board of Medicine Fourth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abstention civil-rights comity constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing federal-courts federalism state-agency younger-abstention Whether Younger and its progeny permit federal courts to abstain on the basis of general principles of comity and federalism, from hearing Constitutio…
21-479 Nicole K., by Next Friend Linda R., et al. v. Terry J. Stigdon, Director, Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abstention abstention-doctrine administrative-process circuit-court-ruling civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-court-discretion federalism judicial-proceeding procedural-jurisdiction Whether a federal court "has discretion to put any federal proceeding on hold while a state works its way through an administrative process," as the S…
21-468 National Pork Producers Council, et al. v. Karen Ross, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the California Department of Food & Agriculture, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-29 Judgment Issued Amici (54)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) animal-welfare dormant-commerce-clause economic-effects extraterritoriality federalism interstate-commerce pike-balancing pork-production state-regulation Whether allegations that a state law has dramatic economic effects largely outside of the state and requires pervasive changes to an integrated nation…
21-474 In Re Wisconsin Legislature 2021-09-28 Denied article-iii census census-data comity federal-court-jurisdiction federalism judicial-power redistricting state-law state-legislature (1) Does a federal court clearly and indisputably transgress its Article III judicial power by exercising jurisdiction over a redistricting dispute ch…
21-5683 Jerome McBride v. Jeff Nines, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-supremacy criminal-procedure due-process federalism habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief separation-of-powers standing Did the State-Division and the Federal-Division unconstitutional-Convert adopt depriving/ .This question is inlight. is the Petitioner beina Subject …
21-371 Oklahoma v. Jeffery Arch Jones Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federalism judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-380 Chad Everet Brackeen, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-08 Judgment Issued Relisted (5) adoption-preferences child-custody child-placement congress-authority congressional-authority federalism indian-child-welfare-act racial-discrimination state-law state-sovereignty 1. Whether ICWA's placement preferences — which disfavor non-Indian adoptive families in child placement proceedings involving an "Indian child" and …
21-325 Oklahoma v. Matthew Steven Janson Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-procedure criminal-law due-process federalism mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-327 Oklahoma v. Floyd Joseph Ball, Jr. Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-276 Safehouse v. Department of Justice, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Amici (4)Response Waived commerce-clause controlled-substances-act federalism felony-statute medical-supervision opioid-crisis overdose-prevention public-health public-health-intervention Does 21 U.S.C. § 856(a) make it a felony to offer medically supervised consumption services for the purpose of preventing opioid overdose deaths?
21-258 Oklahoma v. Donta Keith Davis Oklahoma 2021-08-23 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) criminal-procedure due-process federalism mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-246 Joseph Schneider v. New York New York 2021-08-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process eavesdropping-warrant extraterritorial-jurisdiction federalism interstate-communications jurisdictional-limits state-judicial-authority state-sovereignty title-iii wiretapping Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 prohibits wiretapping except as provided in the enabling statute, 18 U.S.C. §2516.…
21-254 Oklahoma v. Jordan Batice Mitchell Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-procedure federalism judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-255 Oklahoma v. Grant N. Jackson, IV Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-indian-law federalism McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-5322 André J. Twitty v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-law federalism first-amendment preemption state-statute statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause void-for-vagueness Does the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13, impose upon a federal Court to assimilate Under the requirements of an Unconstitutional State Statut…
21-171 Joel Zupnik v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ' 'entice ' 'induce ' or 'coerce' in 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) require more circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-state-balance federalism interstate-commerce mens-rea minor-protection sentencing sexual-offense statutory-interpretation Title 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) prohibits using a facility or means of interstate commerce to "persuad[e], induc[e], entic[e], or coerc[e]" a minor to engag…
20-1780 North Dakota v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2021-06-23 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (4) clean-air-act environmental-law environmental-protection-agency epa-regulations federalism performance-standards state-implementation stationary-sources Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act ("CAA"), 42 U.S.C. § 7411(d), governs air emissions from stationary sources of air pollutants. Section 111(d) expl…
20-8336 Guillermo Vera v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism full-faith-and-credit same-sex-marriage Question not identified.
20-8183 Themba Bernard Sanganza v. Warden, Allenwood FCI Third Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitution-supremacy constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federalism governmental-branches judicial-review legislative-precedence separation-of-powers state-sovereignty 1. Does the Constitution takes precedence before an other form of legislation? 2. Are the branches of the Government of the United States of America …
20-1594 Murray Rojas v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-18 GVR Amici (1) criminal-statute drug-dispensing drug-regulation fdca federal-criminal-law federal-state-balance federalism lenity medical-practitioner statutory-interpretation young-v-united-states Whether the FDCA's felony prohibitions on "dispensing" drugs reach the administering of drugs by practitioners, which has been left to state and local…
20-8066 James Hill v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law due-process federal-prosecution federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation The federal government has committed petitioner James Hill to prison for a term of years based on testimony he briefly possessed a handgun on the fron…
20-1530 West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2021-05-04 Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (4) administrative-law clean-air-act congressional-authority congressional-power energy-policy environmental-protection-agency environmental-regulation epa-authority federalism separation-of-powers In 42 U.S.C. § 7411(d), an ancillary provision of the Clean Air Act, did Congress constitutionally authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to is…
20-1537 Terence K. Dickinson v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Response Waived congressional-act constitutional-law federal-courts federalism judicial-review legal-interpretation legislative-authority legislative-intent separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Is the Truth-in-Lending-Act, passed by Congress into law, to be adhered to by the United States Federal Courts.
20-7722 Charles Erskine Church v. Virginia Virginia 2021-04-12 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism marriage same-sex Question not identified.
20-7487 Rodarius Grimes v. Alabama Alabama 2021-03-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federalism jurisdictional-issue legal-conflict preemption standing state-court-decision supreme-court-law I. WHETHER THE STATE COURT DECISIONS WAS/IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH CLEARLY ESTABLISH LAW AS DETERMINED FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT?
20-1270 Scott Erik Stafne v. Bank of New York Mellon Ninth Circuit 2021-03-12 Denied Response Waived article-three boundary-lines federalism judicial-power real-property res senior-judges state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the Federalism structure of government prevented the District Court from assuming subject-matter jurisdiction over a real property res for …
20-7347 Warren Tarver v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-felony constitutional-standards death-penalty due-process federalism state-law state-laws unconstitutional WHETHER IT IS A VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS OF LAW TO DETAIN A PERSON UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A STATUTE THAT CLASSIFIES THE OFFENSE A CAPITAL FELONY WHERE…
20-1179 William W. Cole, Jr. v. PRN Real Estate & Investments, Ltd., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response Waived comity court-procedure federal-appellate-split federalism forum-shopping judicial-comity state-constitution state-courts state-law-certification state-sovereignty Whether This Court Should Grant the Petition in Order to Resolve a Long-Standing and Decisive Split Among the Federal Appellate Courts Regarding the S…
20-1133 Nicholas L. Triantos v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-HE4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE4, et al. First Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federalism mgc-93a remand separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the First Circuit erred in concluding that one Count under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was sufficient to confer Federal Jurisdic…
20-1116 Anthony Seward v. United States First Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied criminal-procedure criminal-venue due-process federal-criminal-law federalism interstate-registration sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation venue venue-jurisdiction A registered sex offender who changes residence from one state to another must register in the new state within three business days of arrival. 34 U.S…
20-1084 Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Matthew Reeves Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-09 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (8) aedpa aedpa-standard comity federal-review federalism habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-deference strickland-standard strickland-v-washington The question presented is whether the Eleventh Circuit violated § 2254(d) by readily attributing error to the state court.
20-803 Morgan Joseph Langan v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Response Waived article-iv constitutional-interpretation due-process federalism judicial-sovereignty legislative-act property-rights republican-government separation-of-powers takings vested-rights Does the State of Arizona possess the transcen dental sovereignty to take away petitioner 's vested rights in private property by a mere legislative a…
20-5803 Raymond Brown v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment petition-for-review standing state-court supreme-court-rules Did the State Courts of Pennsylvania violate petitioner's due process under the United States Constitution where they quash Petitioner's appeal?
20-5815 In Re Seth John Wilcox 2020-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federalism fundamental-rights grand-jury hurtado-v-california supremacy-clause I. CAN A STATE CREATE AND ENFORCE CONTRARY LAW, THAT DEPRIVES ITS CITIZENS OF THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION? …
20-379 Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. Brighton Collectibles, LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied abstention civil-damages comity due-process federalism insurance-policy invasion-of-privacy ninth-circuit privacy-rights song-beverly-act song-beverly-credit-card-act This Court's supervisory power is called upon as to: 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit violated federalism, abstention, and comity by creating new law whe…
20-374 Continental Resources, Inc. v. Zachary Buckles, Deceased, By and Through His Personal Representative, Nicole R. Buckles, et al. Montana 2020-09-23 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) due-process federalism forum-contacts independent-contractors personal-jurisdiction sovereign-interest specific-jurisdiction tort-liability vicarious-liability Zachary Buckles worked at an oil-production site in North Dakota where he died, allegedly as the result of tortious acts or omissions of contractors a…
20-293 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al. v. New Mexico, ex rel. Hector Balderas, Attorney General New Mexico 2020-09-08 Denied civil-procedure federal-judgment federalism government-intervention public-policy qui-tam res-judicata standing state-court 1. Whether the federal government or a state government, as the real party in interest in a qui tam action brought in its name and litigated to judgme…
20-262 Bridget Alex, et al. v. T-Mobile USA, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Response Waived certification civil-rights due-process erie-doctrine federal-jurisdiction federalism judicial-discretion state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation tort-claims-act Plaintiffs sued T-Mobile in state court for breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, and gross negligence that led to Brandon Alex's death. T-Mo…
20-5332 William David Bush v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied IFP 10th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federalism preemption public-health-emergency quarantine-powers state-authority state-police-powers tenth-amendment Where the State of California's Health and Safety Code, openly declares supremacy in codified authority to the articles and rights guaranteed in law b…
20-77 Steven Ivey v. Richard Corcoran Florida 2020-07-27 Denied brown-v-board brown-vs-board civil-rights due-process education education-districts equal-protection federalism segregation state-oversight Question 1: Is the present Florida education system of 'separate but equal' county education districts with no central state FL DOE oversight a form …
19-8853 Alan Rene Sajous v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-significance due-process federalism judicial-review legal-meaning legal-validity national-principles rule-of-law standing Does the Constitution mean anything in the United States of America anymore?
19-8789 Susana E. Verduzco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-limits due-process executive-power federalism immigration-status obstruction-of-justice racial-discrimination state-sovereignty I. Do the U.S. Constitution and federal law(s) grant Mr.'s Donald Trump and William Barr, the absolute power to order, allow or strong-arm a state to …
19-8674 Rolando Gus Paez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-system civil-procedure dismissal-rule due-process federal-procedure federalism federalism-doctrine habeas-corpus section-2254 statutory-interpretation Does Rule 4 of the rules governing Section 2254 cases in the United States District Court, which provides that "[i]f it plainly appears from the petit…
19-8623 Joshua Charles Lovell Moseley v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied IFP burglary criminal-conviction criminal-procedure dominion-control double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection federalism grand-larceny reasonable-doubt standard-of-review totality-principle When Vhe Vwo SVaVe CoorVs arrive aV diVYemanV Conclusions in Vhe same case, should Vhe PeViVioner be given a new Vrial and legal principled o&ln Ola V…
19-8595 Brandon Williams v. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied IFP bill-of-rights civil-rights constitutional-supremacy due-process federalism judicial-review negligence standing state-statute takings Does statutes of the State of Maryland supersede and/or override the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights? Is the Constitution of…
19-1302 David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. George Russell Kayer Ninth Circuit 2020-05-20 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (9) aedpa aedpa-standard comity de-novo-review federalism habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit rule-of-law sixth-amendment standard-of-review Did the Ninth Circuit violate 28 U.S.C. § 2254's deferential standard, and employ a flawed methodology this Court has repeatedly condemned, when it gr…
19-8281 Luqman Abdullah v. New Jersey New Jersey 2020-04-17 Denied IFP 4th-amendment delayed-notification federalism fourth-amendment new-jersey patriot-act separation-of-powers sneak-and-peek surveillance-procedure tenth-amendment Whether the enhanced surveillance procedure, under Section 213 of the U.S. Patriot Act, 18 U.S.C , §3301 (Commonly known as "Sneak and Peek " or the "…
19-8273 Deonday Evans v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 commerce-clause commerce-nexus criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule federalism federalism-principles fourth-amendment search-warrant sentencing-guidelines standing 1. Whether federalism principles require reinterpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) and 18 U.S.C. § 924 to require a more meaningful commerce nexus! 2. W…
19-1207 Geoffrey M. Young v. Denise G. Clayton, Chief Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals Kentucky 2020-04-10 Denied ballot-access ballot-challenge due-process election-law federalism judicial-review kentucky-supreme-court original-jurisdiction separation-of-powers standing state-constitution state-constitution-interpretation statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky may nullify Kentucky's ballot challenge statute, Kentucky Revised Statute ("KRS ") 118.176, and violate Secti…
19-1184 Nikki Bruni, et al. v. City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Amici (10)Response RequestedRelisted (5) buffer-zone circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation content-neutrality due-process federalism first-amendment free-speech judicial-construction narrow-tailoring overbreadth standing state-law Petitioners are sidewalk counselors who engage in quiet, one-on-one conversations with women visiting an abortion clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. …
19-8002 Humberto Herrera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction federal-crime federal-offense federalism hobbs-act interstate-commerce retail-robbery stirone-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states Whether the Hobbs Act makes the robbery of any retail store that engages in interstate commerce a federal offense.
19-1111 Michael Anthony Deem v. Lorna DiMella-Deem, et al. Second Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response Waived abstention-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights domestic-relations-abstention due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question-claims federalism judicial-immunity parental-rights standing Petitioner, a fit parent that exceeded minimum standards of care for both of his children (then 11 and 12 years old), filed federal-question claims ag…
19-7803 Brandon Williams v. Brian B. Kemp, Governor of Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied IFP 42-usc-1986 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federalism negligence section-1986 standing 1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit exceed its enumerated powers and violate basic principles of federalism which seeme…
19-7646 Davion Fitzgerald v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law due-deference federalism federalism-principles judicial-deference judicial-interpretation judicial-subjectivity sentencing-guidelines state-court-deference state-courts state-criminal-statutes state-statute statutory-interpretation May a federal court dismiss state precedent interpreting the state's own criminal statute as an "odd hypothetical" based on "legal imagination" to sub…
19-7284 Bobby Y. Wallace, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-deference certificate-of-appealability criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment federalism gross-disproportionality habitual-offender insufficient-evidence jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-review no-evidence proportionality-review sentencing state-court-decisions The Supreme Court of Louisiana has a demonstrable, decades-long history of substituting in word and deed a "no evidence" standard for the "insufficien…
19-7233 Jameice Nash v. James Kenney, et al. Third Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP Article III-right civil-rights due-process federalism Heck-doctrine Prison Litigation Reform Act prison-litigation-reform-act prosecutorial-immunity Racially-tainted procedural-violations Sovereign state-police powers sovereign-immunity statute-of-limitations Tenth Amendment-principles Tenth Amendment-rights tenth-amendment i. Procedurally, did the lower courts violate Petitioner's Fifth Amendment Due Process rights and Tenth Amendment rights by adhering to procedures/ su…
19-7191 Janice Baker v. Macy's Florida Stores, LLC Florida 2020-01-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment same-sex-marriage standing takings 1. Whether the Appendix A has discretionary jurisdiction to review A decision expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of the Appendix B on th…
19-7157 Mother v. Lorain County Children Services Ohio 2020-01-03 Denied IFP abuse-neglect administrative-law child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law federalism jurisdiction parental-rights separation-of-powers d;1 U» C»«n^s VioloAt p&^wta ru^WH % c ,4 r r Vv /-\loc>Si PovW"
19-765 Michael Faust, Director, Arizona Department of Child Safety v. B. K., By Her Next Friend Margaret Tinsley, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Amici (3) accountability civil-rights class-action commonality due-process federalism injunctive-relief rule-23 standing systemwide-failures In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), this Court held that a class action may not be certified unless a question central to each cla…
19-6904 Afries Sandonicaes Maham v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute federalism sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina Breaking and Entering, which criminalizes the breaking or entering into "any other structure designed to house or secure within…
19-6654 Tremaine Bernard Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-extradition due-process federal-authority federalism government-action interstate-jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdictional-dispute legal-procedure reasons-for-granting-writ state-authority statement-of-case statutory-provisions uniform-criminal-extradition-act uniform-law Where NO Cece IW ELS! OF AUIWocitY What is the coorsé of ACHON When dhe unilorm criminal exdradean ACY IS violated, betwee al Government And state?
19-6513 Deyoe R. Harris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review controlled-substances criminal-justice drug-policy due-process federal-law federalism free-speech sentencing-disparity standing takings ①Is it clear that like one hondred years ago with esulted in ALL Americans? or 2sayt x0t pvo apogba hds o4 t2g SI② ubstances because people will use t…
19-526 Dexter Edwards, dba Edwards Land and Cattle v. Genex Cooperative, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied cattle-reproduction choice-of-law civil-procedure contract contract-law diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federalism oral-agreement state-law Did the court of appeals violate Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) and the pragmatic federalism it represents by refusing to apply establish…
19-6328 Antonio Leonard Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection federalism habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue jury-selection mandatory-minimum state-criminal-procedure Does A State Constitutional violation Rise to the same severity As A United States Constitutional violation? If a majority of en banc Justices in A s…
19-6340 Jonathon William-Durand Neuhard v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP comity criminal-procedure due-process evidence federalism integrity-of-state-proceedings statutory-construction statutory-construction-federal-question-due-proces statutory-interpretation Whether the federal court of appeals below correctly found that the determination of whether a state adjudication qualifies as a prior conviction unde…
19-518 Colorado Department of State v. Micheal Baca, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-10-21 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Relisted (2) article-ii civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process elections electoral-college federalism popular-vote presidential-electors standing standing-presidential-electors-state-officers state-law twelfth-amendment 1. Whether a presidential elector who is prevented by their appointing State from casting an Electoral College ballot that violates state law lacks st…
19-490 Jonathan S. Metcalf v. Michael Fitzgerald, et al. Connecticut 2019-10-15 Denied adversary-proceeding adversary-proceedings bankruptcy bankruptcy-code civil-procedure federalism judicial-interpretation legal-claims preemption standing state-law state-law-claims vexatious-litigation Does the Bankruptcy Code preempt state-law vexatious-litigation claims arising from adversary actions in bankruptcy proceedings?
19-480 John Hankins, et al. v. Barry Seifman, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-law court-decisions due-process federalism judicial-overreach jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction michigan-law public-policy res-judicata sixth-circuit state-law Can the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals violate settled Michigan law, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme court decisions and/or make Michigan law?
19-463 Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied appellate-review comity comity-federalism comity-federalism-state-judicial-functions federal-court federal-court-override federalism interlocutory-orders judicial-function sealing-order state-court state-court-sealing state-court-sealing-order state-law-interpretation Whether a district court may override the order of a state court sealing a court filing necessary to resolve a motion in the state court, by compellin…
19-6175 K. S. v. Contra Costa County Children & Family Services Bureau California 2019-10-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP california-welfare-and-institution-code civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federalism fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment santosky-v-kramer sixth-amendment standing supreme-court-precedent welfare-code Whether the application of California Welfare and Institution Code, in this case, violated petitioner's constitutional rights under the Fifth, Sixth a…
19-6169 In Re Anthony Brawner 2019-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdiction mandamus maryland-jurisdiction sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-rights venue 1. Does the District of columbia superior cour+ nave subject -Matterjurisdict ion _over crimes that happen in nthe Stateof_Maryland. 2. Does the peti…
19-5956 Adrian Apodaca v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-jurisdiction crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federalism interstate-action jurisdiction sentencing I. Whether the Defendent, Mr. Apodaca and sentence can not be upheld' under the definition of "crime of violence" for count five of the indictment o…
19-5942 Wade Lay v. Oklahoma Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied IFP administrative-due-process brown-vs-board civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-principles due-process federal-intervention federalism judicial-review standing state-governance substantive-due-process takings I. HAS SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS, AS A JUDICIAL DOCTRINE, WITH AMELIORATING STATUTES OVER TIME, SO ALTERED THE VITAL PRINCIPLES OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM,…
19-239 Larry Benzon, Warden v. Troy Michael Kell Tenth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Amici (1) appeal appeals appellate-review capital-case capital-punishment collateral-order-doctrine district-court federalism habeas-corpus rhines-v-weber stay Whether a district court's order staying and abeying a capital prisoner's habeas corpus petition under Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005), is immedi…
19-5599 Lisa J. Gillard v. Illinois Illinois 2019-08-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine judicial-review jurisdiction state-courts 1. Does the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution apply in the Illinois State Courts?
19-5479 Gregory Waddell Hayes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federalism fifth-amendment precedent separate-sovereigns sovereign-immunity Whether this Court should overrule the separate sovereigns exception to Double Jeopardy.
19-129 Neil Feinberg, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response Waived civil-rights controlled-substances-act drug-policy drug-trafficking federal-preemption federalism interstate-commerce irs-tax-code marijuana-legalization preemption state-legalization state-rights tax-law Did the Tenth Circuit err in holding that the Controlled Substances Act superseded and preempted Colorado marijuana laws?
19-79 Dana Albrecht v. Katherine Albrecht New Hampshire 2019-07-16 Denied Response Waived choice-of-law civil-rights conflict-of-laws due-process federalism full-faith-and-credit judicial-procedure jurisdiction marital-estate property-law sister-state 1. The Supreme Court of New Hampshire was asked to consider whether California law controls whether real property in California owned by a California …
18-9827 Donald Wayne Lamoureaux v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism fundamental-rights marriage-equality standing takings 1. Can a person acting under the mandate of a federal statute be criminally prosecuted under another federal statute for such actions if this prosecut…
18-1582 Bryan A. Krumm, CNP v. Drug Enforcement Administration District of Columbia 2019-06-26 Denied Response Waived administrative-law cannabis-scheduling controlled-substances controlled-substances-act dea federalism mandamus-relief medical-marijuana medical-use scheduling witness-testimony 1. Can the Attorney General and DEA continue Schedule 1 placement of Cannabis now that it has "accepted medical use" in 33 States, the District of Col…
18-1564 LAJIM, LLC, et al. v. General Electric Company Seventh Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied citizen-suit consent-order environmental-law federal-court-discretion federalism imminent-and-substantial-endangerment injunctive-relief rcra-citizen-suit resource-conservation-and-recovery-act state-consent-order statutory-interpretation Petitioners are private attorneys general who brought a Congressionally authorized Citizen Suit against Respondent under the Resource Conservation and…
18-1552 Henry P. Alfano and William Hird v. United States Third Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response Waived criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federalism mail-fraud property property-rights statutory-interpretation traffic-tickets unadjudicated-charges unadjudicated-tickets wire-fraud Does the potential for collection of fines and costs which may become due to the state from unadjudicated traffic tickets, on which there has yet been…
18-1526 Patrick J. Tobin v. City and County of San Francisco, California Ninth Circuit 2019-06-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-courts federalism forum-shopping government-code-911.3(b) judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits legal-interpretation preemption rule-10(a) state-law supervisory-powers 1. WHETHER THIS COURT HERE MUST EXERCISE ITS SUPERVISORY POWERS OVER LOWER FEDERAL COURTS UNDER RULE 10(a) TO KEEP THEM FROM ENCROACHING ON THE EXCLUS…
18-9582 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights due-process employment-conditions federal-preemption federalism government-regulation labor-law labor-relations labor-rights national-labor-relations-act statutory-interpretation workplace-governance Are "terms and conditions of employment and working conditions" as defined by The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), subject matter left to free peo…
18-9575 In Re Phillip Love 2019-06-06 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-power federalism interstate-commerce jurisdiction necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation 1. Can the federal government punish felonious crimes under the constitutional Interstate Commerce Clause within the 50 compact states of the Union? …
18-9372 Quisi Bryan v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-interpretation federal-constitutional-law federal-review federalism habeas-corpus panetti-v-quarterman procedural-bar retroactive-law retroactivity state-court Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244 prevents a federal habeas court from reviewing a state court's voluntary and independent retroactive application of a new rul…
18-9174 Warren Myles v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-05-07 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry criminal-history due-process federalism law-enforcement marijuana-search probable-cause reciprocity state-reciprocity state-rights welfare-check Does the State of Nebraska have the option to respect some but not other states concealed carry permits. Does smelling of marijuana constitute probab…
18-9101 Pierre Montanez v. Ursula Walowski Illinois 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism judicial-regulation judicial-review peremptory-challenges separation-of-powers standing supremacy-clause supreme-court-precedent Question not identified.
18-8932 Vickie L. Sanders v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights drug-offense due-process due-process-clause equal-protection federalism recidivist-provisions recidivist-sentencing retroactive-reclassification sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. If a state retroactively reduces a felony drug conviction to a misdemeanor, can the government rely on that newly-reclassified misdemeanor convicti…
18-8910 Norris Lynn Fisher v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federalism fifth-circuit judicial-accountability judicial-review rule-60b6 standing supreme-court-precedent QUESTION ONE: WHY DO THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURTS CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S AUTHORITATIVE PRECEDENT? QUESTION TWO: WHY DO THE …
18-1321 Edward Ronald Ates v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment attorney-client-privilege civil-rights due-process federalism fourth-amendment interstate-communications jurisdictional-authority law-enforcement-surveillance out-of-state-interception phone-call-interception privacy state-jurisdiction wiretap-statute wiretapping I. Is the New Jersey Wiretap Statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-1 et seq., unconstitutional because it permits law enforcement to intercept phone calls (both c…
18-8851 Lester James Smith v. Georgia Georgia 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt-to-elude criminal-procedure double-jeopardy double-punishment due-process equal-protection evidence-collection federalism investigative-techniques law-enforcement probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing single-incident single-jurisdiction M. Smith alleges that the State of Geargia has illeggally sentenced him to 25 years for five counts Single incident, and a single jurisdiction for pro…
18-8817 Michael Clark v. United States District Court for the Northern District of New York Second Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bradley-v-fisher civil-rights color-of-law common-law-rights due-process federal-procedure federalism first-amendment first-amendment-rights free-speech judicial-immunity nixon-v-warner standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Northern District and Second Circuit Courts violated the Clark Family First Amendment and Common Law Rights related to the two fraudulent cour…
18-8733 Russell T. McElvain v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection federalism self-incrimination statutory-interpretation I. Can a state enact a statute that combines the use of older, established statates as the ways and means to commit the new statutes crimne, thereby e…
18-1226 Clinton County Children and Youth Services v. A. A. R., Natural Mother, et al. Pennsylvania 2019-03-20 Denied Response Waived child-protective-services child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment preemption prenatal-injury standing state-law supremacy-clause 1. Whether a state violates the constitutional guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution when it denies the protections…
18-1214 Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-18 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act apportionment-clause census-act census-citizenship-question census-data commerce-department commerce-secretary constitutional-authority constitutional-provisions district-court-injunction due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-injunction standing statutory-interpretation voting-rights-act Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census.
18-1203 Courthouse News Service v. Dorothy Brown, Clerk, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County Seventh Circuit 2019-03-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) from hearing First-Amendment-access on the basis of general principles of comity and access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights comity comity-doctrine court-access federal-courts federalism first-amendment younger-abstention Whether Younger and its progeny permit federal courts to abstain, on the basis of general principles of comity and federalism, from hearing First Amen…
18-1189 Mitch Carmichael, President of the West Virginia Senate, et al. v. West Virginia, ex rel. Margaret L. Workman West Virginia 2019-03-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process federalism guarantee-clause impeachment-process judicial-cognizability justiciability political-question-doctrine republican-form-of-government separation-of-powers state-impeachment-proceedings state-judiciary 1) Whether Guarantee Clause claims are judicially cognizable? 2) Whether a state judiciary's intrusion into the impeachment process represents so gra…
18-8303 Thomas T. Alford v. Stephen S. Carlton, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism habeas-corpus standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-1106 Delaware Riverkeeper Network, et al. v. Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, et al. Third Circuit 2019-02-25 Denied administrative-law administrative-review administrative-review-process clean-water-act federal-preemption federalism finality-standard natural-gas-act preemption state-finality-standard state-law tenth-amendment Section 401 of the Clean Water Act requires an applicant for an interstate natural gas pipeline project to obtain "a certification from the State in w…
18-1070 Village of Lincolnshire, Illinois, et al. v. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 399, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-15 GVR employment-law federalism labor-relations labor-unions local-government municipal-ordinance national-labor-relations-act political-subdivision preemption right-to-work state-law statutory-interpretation union-membership Section 14(b) of the National Labor Relations Act states that nothing in the Act "shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of ag…
18-7911 Albert Miklos Kun v. State Bar of California California 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 11th-amendment 14th-amendment bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-preemption federalism fourteenth-amendment sovereign-immunity standing state-bar Whether petitioner's right to protection by the Eq Whether petitioner's rights protected by the Due P Whether the California Supreme Court may order pay Whether California waived its sovereign immunity to the Bankruptcy Clause. Whether the California Supreme Court may order payment of a debt that has …
18-7823 Edward Nolan Norwood v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights comity due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection federalism sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation A. Resolving the issue explicitly left open by this Court in McNeil v. United States, 563 U.S. 816 (2011): Whether it violates the United States Const…
18-1018 Andrew Bennett, et al. v. Jefferson County, Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response Waived article-ii article-iii-review bankruptcy-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process equitable-mootness federalism municipal-utilities plan-of-adjustment ratemaking-authority sewer-user-rates standing takings tenth-amendment 1. May the doctrine of equitable mootness bar an appeal to an Article III Judg e of a Plan of Adjustment providing for ratemaking enforcement authorit…
18-7737 Tyshawn Simmons v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law controlled-substances-act criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process federalism sentencing standing statutory-interpretation tenth-amendment Question not identified.
18-7580 Mourice Neal v. Wayne County Treasurer Michigan 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitution constitution-interpretation due-process federal-courts federalism jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Is the United States Constitution the Supreme Law governing this Land? Is every judge bound by oath or affirmation to support the United States Const…
18-7401 Robert Shapiro v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause due-process federalism free-speech general-welfare standing takings taxation and collect Com Congress sall hav ower to lay Tades, Dutres, Imposts and Excises, to pay tre depts and proride for the common Defence and welfare of t…
18-7385 Cheng Le v. United States Second Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP biological-weapons biological-weapons-act commerce-clause constitutional-law-commerce-clause-treaty-power-bi criminal-law-biological-weapons-anti-terrorism-act criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-standard-of-review-plain-error- federalism plain-error standard-of-review treaty-power Whether federalism principles preclude holding Le Whether the Biological Weapons Act 18 U.S.C. §175 Whether a less demanding standard of review than plain error should be applied where the issue is one of law and defendant gained no possible tactical…
18-905 Mastrogiovanni Schorsch & Mersky, P.C., et al. v. Edward Mandel Fifth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied bankruptcy comity comity-federalism due-process federalism receivership state-court-jurisdiction state-property-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction The Fifth Circuit has ignored long standing rules of comity mandated by Federalism by invading the exclusive subject matter jurisdiction of a Texas st…
18-893 West Virginia House of Delegates v. West Virginia, ex rel. Margaret L. Workman, et al. West Virginia 2019-01-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-law federalism guarantee-clause house-of-delegates legislative-standing motion-to-intervene standing west-virginia west-virginia-supreme-court 1. Whether the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia's decision in this case violates the Guarantee Clause of the United States Constitution. 2. …
18-7211 Frank M. Monte v. Joe Kessling, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism interstate-dispute judicial-review legal-standing original-jurisdiction standing state-sovereignty 1. Constitutionality of a State, the State of Florida, to bring an Original legal action against a citizen of another State, the State of New Jersey; …
18-7097 In Re Leigh Jesse Quinto 2018-12-20 Denied IFP bond-case bond-v-united-states civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law due-process federalism habeas-corpus new-rule retroactivity standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court's decision in Bond v. United States, 131 S. Ct. 2355, 180 L. Ed. 2d 269, decided June 16, 2011 (hereinafter "Bond I"), establish…
18-735 Maricopa County, Arizona v. Manuel de Jesus Ortega Melendres, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-10 Denied Relisted (7) 10th-amendment 42-usc-1983 contempt-powers county-authority-under-state-law federal-courts federalism federalism-limits-on-federal-courts final-policymaker guarantee-clause mcmillian-precedent rizzo-v-goode sovereign-prerogatives tenth-amendment In the Ninth Circuit, the precepts of federalism often count for very little. They are, at most, but minor hurdles to be vaulted over by federal court…
18-696 Center for Medical Progress, et al. v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-SLAPP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedure federalism first-amendment free-speech heightened-pleading investigative-journalism protected-speech 1. Should the Ninth Circuit have reversed itself and exacerbated an unsettled and widening split among the First, Fifth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits by f…
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.
18-6747 Gibran Richardo Figueroa-Beltran v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure divisibility-analysis divisibility-inquiry due-process federal-courts federal-divisibility-doctrine federalism mathis-doctrine mathis-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court-certification state-courts state-statutes three-part-test When applying the federal divisibility doctrine to state statutes, may federal courts terminate the three-part test set forth in Mathis v. United Stat…
18-6712 Bryan Marque Gilstrap v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism preemption state-rights state-sovereignty Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state respons…
18-6681 Mark Anthony Rios, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2518 electronic-surveillance federal-surveillance federalism investigative-procedures necessity necessity-requirement privacy state-wiretaps title-iii wiretap-necessity wiretapping-surveillance Is the availability of less-intrusive state wiretaps a material consideration for federal judges when evaluating Title III necessity under 18 U.S.C. §…
18-6671 Jimmy David Malone v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federalism generic-conviction state-courts state-statute statutory-interpretation Whether the Constitution permits a federal court to conclude that a prior conviction is "generic" for ACCA purposes based on an independent interpreta…
18-546 Brian E. Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. v. Association for Accessible Medicines Fourth Circuit 2018-10-25 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commerce-clause consumer-protection dormant-commerce-clause drug-pricing extraterritoriality federalism generic-drugs prescription-drugs price-control price-gouging state-police-powers state-regulation Does the Commerce Clause prohibit a state from protecting consumer access to essential off-patent and generic prescription drugs by requiring manufact…
18-530 Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation Shearith Israel First Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) charitable-trusts diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine establishment-clause evidence federalism free-exercise free-exercise-clause personal-property property property-dispute religious-liberty secular-evidence trust trust-law 1. In ordinary trust and property disputes does the Establishment Clause preclude courts from considering secular evidence that is relevant and admiss…
18-532 Sixty-01 Association of Apartment Owners v. Penny D. Goudelock Ninth Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived assessment-discharge bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-discharge chapter-13 chapter-13-bankruptcy community-association community-association-assessments due-process due-process-clause federalism fifth-amendment property-ownership ripeness-doctrine takings takings-clause 1. Does the Bankruptcy Code discharge community association assessments that accrue after the filing of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy even if the debtor ret…
18-457 North Carolina Department of Revenue v. The Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust North Carolina 2018-10-11 Judgment Issued Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) beneficiary-residency constitutional-challenge due-process federalism pennoyer-v-neff state-courts state-revenue state-tax-revenue state-taxation trust trust-income trust-taxation Does the Due Process Clause prohibit states from taxing trusts based on trust beneficiaries' in-state residency?
18-354 Stanley Weiss v. New Jersey Third Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied 4th-amendment due-process federalism interstate-law jones-case jones-v-united-states judicial-interpretation legal-uniformity privacy property-rights search-and-seizure supreme-court-precedent trespass Question not identified.
18-5777 Rodney S. Pederson v. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Alaska 2018-08-27 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-decision alaska-supreme-court appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-due-process standing statute-of-limitations takings Question not identified.
18-178 SGK Properties, L.L.C., et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Response Waived americold-realty-trust-v-conagra-foods business-trust circuit-split citizenship comity comity-and-federalism diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine erie-r-co-v-tompkins federal-courts federalism real-party-in-interest unincorporated-business-trust unincorporated-entity 1. Should the Court resolve the split of authority among the Circuits about whether and when the citizenship of constituent members of an unincorporat…
18-5363 Reynaldo Rendon, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-clause state-lines Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any tim…
18-5385 Lee Curtis Bell, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law enumerated-powers federalism judicial-review preemption state-responsibility state-rights I. Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state resp…
18-42 GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Louisiana Third Circuit 2018-07-09 Dismissed Amici (4) 11th-amendment absent-class-member civil-procedure class-action due-process federal-court federal-courts federalism opt-out rule-23 sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Whether state sovereign immunity bars a federal court from binding a State to a Rule 23 class settlement as an absent class member plaintiff based on …
18-6 Jerry Preston McNeil v. Scott Marsh, et al. Oklahoma 2018-06-29 Denied civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-sovereignty due-process federal-power federalism federalism-principles government-structure legal-remedy separation-of-powers state-jurisdiction state-sovereignty union Whether civil governments shall be restored to each of the several indestructible States of this indestructible union of American States, and sovereig…
18-5034 Jodi Anderson v. North Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied IFP 4th-amendment administrative-law banking child-welfare civil-rights criminal-justice drug-policy due-process federalism property-rights taxation Can we legalize Drugs in form of the D.I.C. Policy? Whereas we settle out of the 4th Amendment For as the Government can remain in their seats, Term …