| 25-6601 |
Melvon Adams v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2026-01-16 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure criminal-appeals equitable-tolling government-motion jurisdictional-limits time-limitations |
Some lower courts hold that even when extraordinary circumstances prevent a defendant's timely filing of a notice of appeal in a criminal case, Rule 4… |
| 25A172 |
Jonathan Seay v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-08-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
amendment-timing circuit-split factual-innocence habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limits section-2255 |
Question not identified. |
| 24-906 |
Lexington Insurance Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Martin A. Mueller, Judge, Cabazon Reservation Court, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-24 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure jurisdictional-limits nonmember-rights off-reservation-conduct sovereign-immunity tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether a tribal court can exercise jurisdiction over nonmembers of the tribe based on off-reservation conduct. |
| 24-884 |
Lexington Insurance Company, et al. v. Suquamish Tribe, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
covid-19-claims insurance-coverage jurisdictional-limits nonmember-conduct sovereign-interests tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether a tribal court can exercise jurisdiction over nonmembers of the tribe based on off-reservation conduct. |
| 23-7781 |
Timothy Dasler v. Jennifer Knapp, fka Dasler |
Vermont |
2024-06-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
best-interest-of-the-child constitutional-fairness domestic-relations due-process equitable-tolling judicial-discretion jurisdictional-limits Palmore-v-Sidoti parental-rights Troxel-v-Granville |
1. In light of the Supreme Court's efforts to clarify the use of 'jurisdictional'
versus 'claims-processing' terms (Hamer v. Neighborhood Hous. Servs.… |
| 23-1232 |
Estate of Allan George, et al. v. City of Rifle, Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-05-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-rights due-process factual-findings interlocutory-appeal jurisdictional-limits qualified-immunity scott-v-harris summary-judgment |
1. Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in expanding this Court's decision in Scott v. Harris to swallow the rule of limited jurisdiction on interlocutory … |
| 23-1030 |
Mississippi District Council for Assemblies of God v. Kevin Beachy, et al. |
Mississippi |
2024-03-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
church-governance ecclesiastical-abstention ecclesiastical-authority first-amendment hierarchical-church intra-church-dispute jurisdictional-limits neutral-principles religious-freedom standing |
Whether the First Amendment deprives courts of jurisdiction to enforce the ecclesiastical decisions of religious authorities in an intra-church disput… |
| 23-5804 |
Joseph Alexander Clarke v. Kimberly M. Esmond Adams, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce jurisdictional-limits legal-procedure maxims-of-law pleadings standing supreme-court-review |
Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Fail to Effectually Duties When on the File of the Record and Fail to Administer Justly the Mass of the Case… |
| 22-38 |
CPC Patent Technologies PTY Ltd. v. Apple Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-07-13 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-1404a federal-circuit jurisdictional-limits mandamus patent-law statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction venue-transfer writ-of-mandamus |
Whether the Federal Circuit, a court with limited jurisdiction that includes cases "arising under" patent law, also has subject matter jurisdiction ov… |
| 21-6591 |
Daniel Spottsville v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process free-speech judicial-review jurisdictional-limits standing state-court-jurisdiction state-court-procedure takings |
Question not identified. |
| 21-815 |
Raymond H. Pierson, III v. Bruce S. Rogow, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-appellate-procedure federal-courts jurisdictional-limits notice-of-appeal pro-se-litigant rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-documents standing |
This case advanced by a self-represented party against a prominent Southeastern Appellate Attorney now pending for over seven years in the Federal Cou… |
| 21-548 |
David J. Zawistowski v. Michael D. Kramer, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1331 28-usc-1332 ankenbrandt-v-richards diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations domestic-relations-exception federal-question-jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Does the domestic relations exception apply to federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 or is the exception limited to diversity jurisdict… |
| 21-5555 |
Ross Allen Hartwell v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial jurisdictional-limits jury legal-interpretation sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-interpretation |
Does the Supreme Court Sanction vs. Washington delete US 068 (4284) lower Courts to present defense atheists to Violate co defendants Cig to a fair an… |
| 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.… |
| 20-1756 |
Ethan Fullerton, et al. v. LG Chem, Ltd. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
corporate-defendant domestic-corporations due-process fifth-amendment foreign-corporations fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-limits longarm-statute personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Should international corporate defendants with worldwide reach be granted jurisdictional protection not afforded domestic corporations?
2. Does a … |
| 20-7960 |
Michael Anthony Carroll v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2021-05-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process fundamental-defect-exception ineffective-assistance interstate-agreement interstate-agreement-on-detainers jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits jury-impartiality sixth-amendment tad-claims time-limits waiver |
I. THE STATUTORY TIME LIMITS IMPOSED BY THE INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON DETAINERS ARE STRICTLY JURISDICTIONAL AS APPLIED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMPACT,… |
| 20-6733 |
John Christopher Ferguson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment affidavit exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits law-enforcement search-warrant warrant-affidavit |
1. Whether the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule under the Fourth Amendment applies where law enforcement officials knew or should have kn… |
| 20-6491 |
In Re Mario Allan Montano |
|
2020-12-01 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-dismissal civil-procedure due-process fee-waiver filing-injunction judicial-sanctions jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits michigan-supreme-court sanctions |
The Michigan Supreme Court failed to rule on the Petitioner's motions to waive fees in multiple cases before the Court. Based on this failure, the Mic… |
| 20-642 |
Jorge Mendoza v. Uber Technologies Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-jurisdiction civil-procedure constitutional-due-process constitutional-law contract-law dispute-resolution due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits legal-procedure procedural-rights |
Whether Constitutional Due Process can be part of Arbitration Jurisdiction. |
| 19-8179 |
In Re Harold Wayne Nichols |
|
2020-04-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 capital-defendant court-of-appeals habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits merits-adjudication retroactive-law statutory-interpretation successive-petitions |
1. When a capital defendant requests from a court of appeals authorization to file in a district court a second or successive habeas petition presenti… |
| 19-1189 |
BP p.l.c., et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-03-31 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (20) |
appellate-review civil-rights-removal federal-officer-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits remand remand-order removal statutory-interpretation |
Whether 28 U.S.C. 1447(d) permits a court of appeals to review any issue encompassed in a district court's order remanding a removed case to state cou… |
| 19-1143 |
FMC Corporation v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (2) |
civil-rights due-process eighth-circuit federal-indian-law inherent-authority jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits montana-exceptions ninth-circuit-interpretation nonmember-regulation seventh-circuit tribal-jurisdiction tribal-jurisdiction-over-nonmembers tribal-self-government tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly holds that tribal jurisdiction over nonmembers is established whenever a Montana exception is met, or whether, … |
| 19-7754 |
Erik Leonardus Peeters v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-safeguards extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause jurisdictional-limits non-commercial-conduct non-economic-conduct police-power united-states-v-al-maliki united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-morrison |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c)'s regulation of noncommercial, non-economic conduct of American citizens outside the United States exceed Congress's Foreign … |
| 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… |
| 18-1383 |
James M. Hale v. United States |
Armed Forces |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
10-usc-802 court-martial court-martial-jurisdiction general-verdict judicial-deference jurisdictional-defects jurisdictional-limits legal-sufficiency military-discipline military-discipline-jurisdiction military-law overt-acts plain-error rostker-v-goldberg sufficiency-of-evidence weiss-v-united-states |
1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in relying on factual sufficiency of the evidence to resolve a question of plain error, where the alleged error … |
| 18-6854 |
Matthew Lane Durham v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power enumerated-powers extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause jurisdictional-limits minor-protection noncommercial-activity noneconomic-activity sexual-acts sexual-conduct statutory-interpretation |
Did Congress exceed its enumerated powers under the Foreign Commerce Clause by punishing noncommercial, noneconomic sexual acts committed by a U.S. ci… |
| 18-5197 |
Akash Dixit v. Tanya Singh Dixit |
Georgia |
2018-07-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
child-abduction divorce-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption foreign-nationals hague-convention hague-convention-on-child-abduction immigration immigration-status international-child-abduction international-law jurisdictional-limits state-court-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation |
1. Did the state court of last resort err in ignoring/condoning illegal retention of a foreign-citizen-child by the Respondent in the US, putting the … |