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25A907 Samson K. Orusa v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-02-12 Application certiorari federal-court good-faith judicial-misconduct prisoner-petition pro-se Question not identified.
24-1125 ISS Aviation, Inc., Wyoming, et al. v. Bell Textron, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2025-05-01 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure contract-breach good-faith independent-representative quantum-meruit summary-judgment Did the district court misapply Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12 and 56 by ruling that no reasonable jury could find that Bell breached its contrac…
24-5074 Charles Brian O'Neill v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception law-enforcement probable-cause search-warrant suppression Do the deficiencies in the search warrants and their supporting affidavits merit good faith protection from the exclusionary rule?
23-1321 Jeffrey Batio v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied criminal-intent fraudulent-intent good-faith good-faith-defense jury-instruction jury-instructions mail-fraud misrepresentation misrepresentations wire-fraud Proving federal mail or wire fraud requires proving a defendant's specific intent to defraud. A defendant's good faith that his representations are tr…
23-7323 Damon Todd Carey v. United States Third Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP exclusionary-rule expert-testimony fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-doctrine independent-source inevitable-discovery probable-cause warrant-requirement 1. The district court concluded that since illegally obtained evidence found in Petitioners vehicle, was admissible due to'lthe application of the "…
23-1144 John Anthony Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-22 Denied Response Waived affirmative-defense burden-of-proof estoppel good-faith good-faith-erroneous-interpretation judicial-admission standard-of-review If the government raises an affirmative defense, does it bear the burden of proof? If the government has previously claimed the Good Faith Erroneous …
23A598 Lillian Akwuba v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-29 Presumed Complete controlled-substances criminal-intent drug-distribution good-faith jury-instructions mens-rea Question not identified.
23-148 SR Construction, Inc. v. RE Palm Springs II, LLC, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-16 Denied Response Waived adverse-claims bankruptcy-code-363(m) bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-sale foreclosure good-faith good-faith-purchaser section-363(m) superior-lien Bankruptcy Code section 363(m) provides that, unless stayed pending appeal, a sale or lease of property under section 363(b) or (c) cannot be reversed…
23-5303 Jeanne Germeil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-procedure expert-testimony good-faith jury-instructions medical-practice ruan-v-united-states 1. Whether the United States Supreme Court's Decision in Ruan v. United States Warrants Certiorari Review of the Court's Refusal to Instruct the Jury …
22-7881 Leroy Henry Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2023-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP anonymous-informant exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-doctrine probable-cause search-and-seizure united-states-v-leon warrant-requirement 1. Whether United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984) was wrongly decided; and 2. Whether subsequent decisions of this Court and the lower courts have…
22-1179 Sabena Puri v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-06-06 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process foreign-government-inquiry good-faith irs-summons judicial-process judicial-review powell-framework tax-treaty treaty-request united-states-v-powell united-states-v-stuart Is a foreign government's abusive or bad faith purpose ever relevant to the enforcement of an IRS summons issued pursuant to a treaty request?
22-7098 Rashid Turner v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment bank-robbery-act cell-phone cell-phone-search double-jeopardy exclusionary-rule good-faith good-faith-exception hobbs-act search-and-seizure warrant warrant-requirement Whether good faith should apply when law enforcement agency has a policy, written or unwritten, where the officer who conducts a search of a cell phon…
22-6777 Fharis Denane Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied IFP cell-phone circuit-split digital-privacy fourth-amendment good-faith law-enforcement-procedure probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-requirement To search a target's phone, does probable cause and good faith require a nexus between the target's phone and the crime demonstrated by case-specific …
22-6489 Brian Matthew Morton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights good-faith probable-cause riley-v-california search-and-seizure Whether the pervasive role of cell phones in contemporary society alone can supply probable cause to believe that evidence of a known or suspected cri…
22-567 Gary Mattos, et al. v. AFSCME Council 3 Fourth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 agency-fees civil-rights constitutional-rights damages first-amendment good-faith good-faith-defense section-1983 state-law state-law-immunity Section 1983 provides that "every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State" deprives a citizen of…
22-394 Eric Brown, et al. v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 5, AFL-CIO, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-10-27 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 agency-fees civil-rights constitutional-rights damages-liability first-amendment good-faith good-faith-defense section-1983 Section 1983 provides that "every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State" deprives a citizen of…
22-373 David Schaszberger, et al. v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 13 Third Circuit 2022-10-20 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights damages-liability due-process good-faith good-faith-defense qualified-immunity retroactivity state-action Is there a "good faith " defense under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional…
22-85 Oregon v. Langston Amani Harris Oregon 2022-07-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) delegation delegation-authority evidence-suppression good-faith good-faith-exception law-enforcement prosecuting-attorney statutory-interpretation suppression wiretap-order wiretapping 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 2516(2) prohibit the principal prosecuting attorney from delegating that authority to a deputy when state law allows the delegatio…
21-1418 Medardo Queg Santos v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-04 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) controlled-substances expert-testimony good-faith good-faith-defense medical-practice medical-purpose relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines 1. If a physician's good faith is a complete defense to a prosecution for prescribing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose or ou…
21-7512 Kevin E. Herriott v. Major Parrish, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment disciplinary-action due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force good-faith good-faith-effort law-enforcement 1) WHETHER PETITIONER GIVE DEFENDANTS PATQ OTICE OF WHAT THE CLAIMS ARE AND THE GROUND UPON WHICH IT RESTS? 2) WHERE OFFICERS VIOLATE THE RULE ANNOUN…
21-1073 Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi, et al. v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 Ninth Circuit 2022-02-02 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights employee-protections first-amendment fourteenth-amendment good-faith state-action union-rights waiver 1. May a labor union acting in concert with State officials, consistent with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, seize for union political speech pay…
21-1059 Citibank, N.A., et al. v. Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2022-01-31 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 11-usc-550 avoided-transfer bankruptcy bankruptcy-trustee burden-of-proof good-faith statutory-interpretation subsequent-transferee Whether a bankruptcy trustee seeking to recover an avoided transfer from a subsequent transferee under 11 U.S.C. 550 bears the burden of pleading and …
21-6682 Marcus L. Short v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception judicial-review leon-standard probable-cause search-warrant united-states-v-leon WHOLLY LACKING IN PROBABLE CAUSE SHOULD A REVIEWING COURT IGNORE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT ANALYSIS AND GO DIRECTLY TO A GOOD FAITH ANALYSIS PURSUANT TO UN…
21-856 Barry D. Bilder v. Janice Dykstra Seventh Circuit 2021-12-09 Denied Response Waived agreement-construction civil-procedure clean-hands contract-ambiguity contract-interpretation contract-law contract-terms due-process fact-determination fraud good-faith legal-definition In contracts, after signing an agreement, is the term, "new fact," applicable to a fact that is new and previously unknown to one party, or new and pr…
21-781 NVS Technologies, Inc. v. Department of Homeland Security Federal Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied administrative-law consideration contract-law contract-termination due-process federal-agency funding-limitation good-faith good-faith-dealing government-contracts termination After nearly four years of work on an incrementally funded research and development contract, and six months away from Petitioner's working prototype …
21-6211 Cubby Wayne Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP brain-injury cognitive-deficits criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony good-faith mens-rea rule-702 traumatic-brain-injury willfulness Whether, in a case in which the government was required to prove that the defendant was not working from a good faith misunderstanding of the law, the…
21-480 William D. Brice v. California Faculty Association Ninth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied 42-usc-1983 agency-fees civil-rights damages first-amendment good-faith good-faith-defense monetary-damages retrospective-liability statute-of-limitations union-dues Whether an affirmative good faith defense denying damages to the victims of First Amendment wrongdoing is faithful to the language and purpose of 42 U…
21-5086 Frank Craig Purpera, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law good-faith jury-instructions lawful-practice medical-malpractice medical-practice professional-ethics professional-standard subjective-intent subjective-standard Whether a physician alleged to have acted outside the "lawful course of professional practice" is entitled to a good faith instruction defining good f…
20-7739 Patrick J. Gage v. Reed A. Richardson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied IFP constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel good-faith habeas-corpus reasonable-decision sixth-amendment state-criminal-defendants state-criminal-procedure Does habeas corpus exist for state criminal defendants? Does the Sixth Amendment Right to effective assistance of counsel exist for Gage? Is the sta…
20-1382 Emanuel Gettinger, et al. v. Irving H. Picard, et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-code for-value good-faith good-faith-transfer ponzi-scheme securities-investor-protection-act sipa-liquidation statutory-interpretation transfer-avoidance value-transfer Whether the Bankruptcy Code's avoidance provisions operate differently in the context of a SIPA liquidation proceeding, notwithstanding that a transfe…
20-1338 Li Li v. J.C. Penney Company, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied Response Waived 363-motion asset-sale bankruptcy-code chapter-11 equity-committee good-faith good-faith-requirement standing sub-rosa-plan (1) Whether the lower courts erred in authorizing the sale of J. C. Penney ' s crown jewel assets pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363 under an impermissible s…
20-6599 Randy Dominguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied IFP appeal circuit-split criminal-procedure good-faith in-forma-pauperis retained-counsel If a criminal defendant was represented by retained counsel in the district court, must he show that his appeal is taken in good faith to proceed in f…
20-5776 Joel Thomas Augard v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied IFP 4th-amendment affidavit criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule good-faith good-faith-exception probable-cause search-warrant warrant-execution (1) Whether the good-faith analysis prohibits consideration of facts not included in the search-warrant affidavit? (2) Whether the good-faith excepti…
20-5367 In Re Abdul Mohammed 2020-08-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure district-court district-court-judgment frivolous-appeal good-faith good-faith-complaint judicial-immunity mandamus-petition subject-matter-jurisdiction 1) whether the judges who rule on matters upon which they have no subject matter jurisdiction whatsoever are entitled to judicial immunity; 2) whethe…
20-160 Ahmed Halim v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-diligence good-faith government-discretion housing-regulations official-good-faith standing state-variance takings What are the limits on due diligence? Do government officials act in good faith all the time? Can the government punish the petitioner for reasons B…
20-5339 Leandre R. Jennings, III v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception illinois-v-krull judicial-approval judicial-review law-enforcement probable-cause search-warrant united-states-v-leon 1) Whether, in cases wherein a statute requires judicial approval before law enforcement may conduct a search, the reviewing court, before determining…
19-8423 Christopher Gies v. Ohio Ohio 2020-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-doctrine probable-cause probation-search reasonable-suspicion statutory-compliance warrantless-search warrants-clause Does a warrantless probation search conducted outside the scope of an authorizing state regulation and not authorized by a condition of probation, and…
19-1027 David Caswell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-18 Denied Response Waived child-pornography computer-search federal-investigation fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception jurisdiction magistrate-jurisdiction network-investigative-technique search-warrant I) Did the FBI act in good-faith when it indicated to a magistrate judge that property to be searched pursuant to a search warrant application was loc…
19-7139 Daryl Glenn Pawlak v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment circuit-split due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment good-faith outrageous-government-conduct rule-41 search-warrant warrant-violation I. This Court should grant review to determine whether the Fifth Circuit's standard for determining outrageous government conduct violates the Fifth A…
19-759 Milo H. Segner, Jr. v. Cianna Resources Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied avoidance-power bankruptcy bankruptcy-code burden-of-proof criminal-statute good-faith jury-instructions ponzi-scheme reasonable-commercial-standards transfer-liability This petition presents two important questions concerning the pursuit of Ponzi-scheme proceeds in bankruptcy proceedings—including one that has provok…
19-708 Gold Value International Textile, Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 17-usc-411 attorneys-fees copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership copyright-procedure copyright-registration copyright-validity good-faith publication publication-status statutory-interpretation 1. Can a court invalidate a copyright registration – and thus terminate a pending case – on the basis of a good-faith inclusion of inaccurate informat…
19-6776 William Dawson v. Bryan K. Wells Fourth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process excessive-force good-faith habeas-corpus jurisdiction police-misconduct qualified-immunity sentencing voluntary-manslaughter writ IF XKWESTX&AT OF^ XMTEMTXQMRLLV X MV ES TX & ft TBS, LO^AUUhl T/\1HERE. FLElEiM& VX&TXAA XLQLLAPAt/SSS ft klh &ZB£ AS dRSMBL SEEM EL - XAlST EA b QF…
19-495 Martin Shkreli v. United States Second Circuit 2019-10-16 Denied Response Waived bank-fraud forfeiture-calculation good-faith good-faith-defense jury-instruction jury-instructions loss-causation mail-fraud materiality mens-rea no-ultimate-harm prosecutorial-standard securities-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud In prosecutions for mail, wire and bank fraud, which require a finding of a loss or an intended loss by the victim, a "no ultimate harm" instruction h…
19-389 Jay Anthony Dobyns v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Amici (1) breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law duty-of-good-faith fair-dealing federal-circuit federal-contracts federal-government good-faith good-faith-and-fair-dealing government-contracts undercover-agents (1) Whether the duty of good faith and fair dealing implied in all contracts, including contracts between private parties and the United States, permi…
19-139 Delmar Hardy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied cheek-v-united-states criminal-tax good-faith good-faith-reliance jury-instruction jury-instructions professional-reliance reliance-on-accountant specific-intent tax-fraud tax-law tax-professional willfulness 1. Does this Court's decision in Cheek v. United States, 498 U.S. 192 (1991), require a court to apply a subjective standard in determining whether th…
18-1489 Curtland H. Caffey, et al. v. Brenda K. Bowers, Chapter 7 Trustee Sixth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied automatic-stay bankruptcy-estate chapter-7 civil-procedure civil-rico good-faith good-faith-defense property-of-estate rico rico-action statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a state RICO action for injuries to a Chapter 7 debtor that arises five years after the filing of the Chapter 7 petition is property of the…
18-1405 Robert N. Taylor, III v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment good-faith income-tax standing tax tax-liability waiver waiver-of-rights Whether a citizen who is standing upon his constitutionally protected rights can be compelled, against his good faith understanding of his liability u…
18-8518 John Moses Burton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception judicial-interpretation legal-precedent magistrate-qualifications search-and-seizure search-warrant standing QUESTION (1): When and how should the courts be bound to the presedent set by the high Court's opinion? QUESTION (2): Is it time to re-evaluate the l…
18-8418 Marvin Waddleton, III v. Bernadette Rodriguez, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied IFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process force-application good-faith qualified-immunity summary-judgment The core of the inquiry.. .That once the provisions of 42 USCS 1997, and Clear Established Law has been properly satified to over come Quailfied Immun…
18-1066 Tracy Chang and Howard Hsu v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied Response Waived criminal-defense criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-defense good-faith-reliance jury-instructions search-warrant standing tax-fraud 1. Defendants requested instructions on their theory of defense, that they relied in good faith upon the professional advice of their CPAs when prepar…
18-7554 Jack Ferm v. Office of the Attorney General of Nevada Nevada 2019-01-24 Denied IFP attorney-general-misconduct contract-breach contract-damages fair-dealing false-statement gainful-employment good-faith good-faith-and-fair-dealing implied-covenant implied-covenant-of-good-faith-and-fair-dealing plea-agreement restitution Whether the court below erroneously held, a false statement, that petitioner had been convicted of a felony, placed on the internet by the Attorney Ge…
18-7231 Mark J. Avery v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial good-faith good-faith-defense money-laundering specific-intent trust trustee-liability wire-fraud Where the defendant, trustee of a private trust charged with wire fraud and money laundering based on his non-disclosure and misspending involving tru…
18-6645 Peyton John Wesley Hopson v. Stark County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-faith in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion manifest-injustice pro-se standing Does the fact that the district court failed to state in writing its reasons for certifying that Petitioner seeking to proceed in forma pauperis could…
18-489 Bradley Weston Taggart v. Shelley A. Lorenzen, Executor of the Estate of Stuart Brown, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Judgment Issued Amici (8) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure civil-contempt creditor-good-faith creditor-rights debtor-rights discharge-injunction good-faith judicial-conflict Whether, under the Bankruptcy Code, a creditor's good-faith belief that the discharge injunction does not apply precludes a finding of civil contempt.
18-379 Ellis Keyes v. Edison G. Banks, II Kentucky 2018-09-24 Denied Response Waived bill-of-rights bona-fides civil-rights due-process elections free-speech good-faith literacy-test voting-rights Is the ABA a Union for purpose of Kentucky Right to Work Law? Shall Candidate : for Commonwealth be subject to a mandatory literacy test abridgement …
18-5414 Keith William Deichert v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception jurisdiction objective-reasonableness rule-41 search-warrant void-ab-initio Does the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply to a search warrant that is issued by a judge without jurisdiction, rendering the warrant…
18-5410 Charles Podaras v. City of Menlo Park, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure good-faith good-faith-appeal in-forma-pauperis informal-form-brief ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigant statement-of-reasons written-reasons 1/ Whether the Ninth Circuit - acting in contravention of Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure; and splitting with holdings of multiple courts of appe…
18-5368 Gabriel Werdene v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-search criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-41(b) fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect law-enforcement-procedure search-warrant warrant warrant-validity I. Whether the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies when a warrant is void from the outset due to the issuing authority's lack of jur…
18-5039 Guy Kevin Rowland v. Kevin Chappell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP aedpa criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-procedure good-faith habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition local-rules state-court statute-of-limitations 1. In 198 7 petitioner Guy Rowland was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the State of California . In 1994 he exhausted his state remedies…
23A905 Carl A. Melvin v. Hampton-Newport Community News Services Board Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete employment-discrimination good-faith hipaa-violations hostile-work-environment retaliation workplace-harassment 1. Can a supervisor or an agency legally retaliate against an employee (by quickly 'flipping' the employee's 'good faith' report) for reporting HIPAA …