judicial-reasoning

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7565 Juan Aguiera-Guzman v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-reasoning mitigation-arguments plain-error sentencing sentencing-discretion silent-record Does the holding in Molina -Martinez apply to non -Guidelines calculation sentencing errors, such as the clear Rule 32 violation here? If not, how doe…
23-57 Julio Yee Cabrera, et al. v. Enrique Lozano, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied appellate-discretion attorney-fees circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-reasoning judicial-transparency legal-reasoning procedural-review standing transparency Whether a U.S. Court of Appeals panel has unfettered discretion in every matter (outside of a small number of statutory exceptions) to withhold all in…
22-6399 Kerry Simpson v. Tom Watson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process judicial-reasoning legal-standard manifest-weight prejudice prejudice-standard standard-of-review 1. Did the Federal Appellate Court Apply the Correct Standard in the Determination of Prejudice? 2. Manifest Weight of the Evidence. 3. Can a "Juris…
22-5317 Dora L. Adkins v. Merrifield Hotel Associates, LP Fourth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourth-circuit-review judicial-reasoning standard-of-review standing summary-affirmance unpublished-opinion 1) Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Erred in the Order, Dated, July 28, 2022, when it "reviewed the record and found …
21-8015 Jeffrey Kinzle v. Eric Jackson Ninth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-reasoning state-courts statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether, under § 2254(d), a federal court may "look through" to review the decision of an inferior court when the high court offers additional reasoni…
21-7357 Joel Castro-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discretion district-court-discretion guidelines judicial-reasoning legal-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether a district court errs should reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range?
21-963 Neil McNaughton v. Eric Adams, Mayor of the City of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied civil-rights due-process erickson-precedent federal-courts federal-procedure judicial-accountability judicial-reasoning pleadings pro-se-pleading standing twombly twombly-plausibility 1. As demonstrated by the rulings of the district court and the circuit court in this action and in a prior related action, does the persistent misapp…
19-1129 Charles T. Fote v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure certiorari-petition civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-opinion judicial-reasoning judicial-review legal-reasoning rehearing supervisory-authority written-opinion Whether a court of appeals must provide an opinion explaining its reasoning in an appeal that involves a complex and unsettled area of the law and in …
19-7257 Dillon Mvuri v. American Airlines, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-reasoning pro-se summary-judgement summary-judgment 1. Where the district court issues a summary judgement without giving reasons on the record contrary to Rule 56 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure an…
19-6161 John Connolly v. Florida Florida 2019-10-04 Denied IFP adjudication civil-procedure due-process federal-claim judicial-reasoning procedural-requirements reasons state-court Whether the due process clause requires a state court adjudicating a federal claim to set forth the reasons for its adjudication?
18-9729 Odell Lameche Overby v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 3553(c) appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-obligation due-process judicial-discretion judicial-reasoning nonfrivolous-arguments sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the district court fulfilled its obligation under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to announce the reasons for its sentencing decision where the court neve…
18-8749 Marvin Earl Blanks, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-reasoning sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court fulfilled its obligation under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to announce the reasons for its sentencing decision where the court neve…
18-8458 Oniel Winston Scarlett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit appellate-review buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-coa due-process eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-reasoning merits-analysis merits-review reasonable-jurist sentencing Should the Eleventh Circuit provide a sufficient explanation of its order denying a COA in order that a reasonable jurist could ensue its reasoning di…