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25-6558 Philong Huynh v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. California 2026-01-13 Pending IFP judicial-construction legal-hermeneutics legislative-intent plain-meaning statutory-construction statutory-interpretation When the statutory language is plain, must courts enforce it according to its terms?
25-6363 Arturo Amaran v. Florida Florida 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law fifth-amendment judicial-authority legislative-intent separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Given the United States Supreme Court's now long standing and clear 5th Amendment jurisprudence, do Florida Courts have authority to expand, or oth…
25-6254 Jorge C. Ferretiz-Hernandez, Ignacio Felix-Salinas, and Elias Chiroy-Cac v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent legislative-reenactment racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
25-5938 Manuel Santiago-Cruz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights-framework civil-rights criminal-law discriminatory-purpose legislative-intent racist-origins Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
25-5885 Vasquez D. Hayes v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Arkansas 2025-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-principles constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review legislative-intent statutory-construction (1) Isn't it true and/or fact, the due process embodied in the Constitution is guaranteed to criminal defendants? (2) Isn't it true and/or fact, no j…
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…
25-139 Michele A. Cornelius v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2025-08-05 Denied Response Waived arbitration dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act legislative-intent sexual-harassment statutory-interpretation Does "any dispute " under the EFAA mean any dispute arising between the parties or just the first dispute arising between the parties?
25-5193 Samuel San Miguel v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment due-process facial-challenge legislative-intent punitive-intent rule-59-motion 1. If Texas declares. .. that the Act which they confined Petitioner under (after he completed his prison sentence) is "civil," but it is actually "c…
25-5052 Veronica Aquino-Dolores v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights-framework civil-rights-law criminal-prosecution discriminatory-purpose legislative-intent racist-origins Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-7475 Samuel Mateo-Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose equal-protection legislative-intent racist-origins statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-7476 Arturo Alexis Ordonez-Flores v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose equal-protection judicial-review legislative-intent racist-statute Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-7095 Javier Lopez-Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination equal-protection legislative-intent racist-origins statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-7085 Howard Jefferson Atkins v. Guy Bousch, Warden Tennessee 2025-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation due-process juvenile-jurisdiction legislative-intent separation-of-powers state-courts Did the Tennessee Supreme Court violate the Separation of Powers doctrine (United States Constitution Amendment XIV §1) and United States Supreme Cour…
24-6718 Juan Carlos Gamez-Salas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-6601 Gabriela Bautista-Perez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights-framework civil-rights-law criminal-prosecution discriminatory-purpose legislative-intent racist-origins Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-6392 Joseph Raymond McCoy v. Angel Gonzales, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP district-court judicial-review legislative-intent magistrate-judge procedural-fairness summary-judgment 1. Whdb statutory time period is computed from a particular day sr^v&ntf First day is excluded and the last day included. Does this apply also to the …
24-6331 Gerardo Gamez-Reyes v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights constitutional-law equal-protection fifth-amendment legislative-intent racial-animus When a law is originally motivated by racial animus, must a court consider its racist origins when deciding whether it violates the equal protection c…
24-6237 Charles Edward Harris, Jr. v. Whitney Gass, et al. Arkansas 2025-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-statute double-jeopardy fifth-amendment legislative-intent punishment-interpretation The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits multiple punishment for the same offense without a clear…
24-6002 Alfredo Viveros-Chavez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights equal-protection fifth-amendment legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5790 Inmer Isai Mayorga-Jacinto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5766 Gilberto Nicolas Campos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation The government prosecuted Gilberto Campos under a statute with undisputed racist origins. Congress criminalized illegal reentry into the United States…
24-5686 Luis Ernesto Prado-Crespo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5548 Gustavo Lazcano-Neria v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discriminatory-purpose equal-protection legislative-intent racist-statute statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5499 Donald Alfred Busch v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking legislative-intent mechanical-power motor-vehicle off-road-vehicle statutory-interpretation The Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984 provided a definition for "motor vehicle" to mean "a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical powers …
24-5455 Nelson Alexis Colato-Gallardo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5129 Sergio Estrada-Maduena v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation village-of-arlington-heights Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7846 Yair Ramirez-Aguilar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights-framework civil-rights due-process equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination racist-origins statutory-interpretation village-of-arlington-heights Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-1289 Machele L. Goetz v. Victor Felix Weber, Chapter 7 Trustee Eighth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-348 11-usc-541 bankruptcy-estate chapter-13 chapter-7 legislative-history legislative-intent post-petition-interests statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the language in 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1) creates a bifurcation of interests in the assets of a bankruptcy estate into pre-petition (i.e., "as …
23-7634 Claudio Salas-Bautista v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination-analysis due-process equal-protection immigration judicial-review legislative-intent racial-discrimination racist-statute statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7347 J. Guadalupe Figueroa-Juarez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection immigration immigration-law legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7026 Pedro Valencia-Ayala v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review discriminatory-purpose equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-6876 Joseph Neil Bronson, Jr. v. United States First Circuit 2024-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-attempt criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech legislative-intent overbroad post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation vagueness Is 18 U.S.C. § 1504(1)(C) (Omnibus Crime Control Act) applied to Bronson's Metaphysical attempt to attempt "Louefl)rco,c|j uayi w" unconstitutionally?…
23-6221 Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration race-discrimination racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-6219 Manuel Rodrigues-Barios v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-criminal-law immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-584 Robert R. Snyder v. California California 2023-12-01 Denied Relisted (2) arbitrary-enforcement armed-intent constitutional-vagueness due-process eighth-amendment legislative-intent penal-code rosemond-substantive-holding second-amendment sentencing-enhancement standardless-legislation vagueness • Should California Penal Code § 12022.53 be struck down and voided as vague and standardless legislation? Does petitioner's conviction serve as an ex…
23-6111 Lawrence Remsen, et al. v. Jennifer Shaffer, et al. California 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-principles criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legislative-intent sentencing sentencing-law Did the States Highest Court abuse its discretion when it failed to acknowledge the State's Legislature had repealed its indeterminate Sentencing Law …
23-527 Raji Rab v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State, et al. California 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process election-code election-integrity election-law judicial-review legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vote-counting 1. Whether the lower courts failed to address the important question of law to prevent the violation of constitutional rights and the greatest miscarr…
23A415 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California 2023-11-08 Presumed Complete court-discretion family-law legal-interpretation legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5662 Charles Keith Wampler v. Alicia Handwerk, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-laws due-process interpretation judicial-interpretation judicial-writing legal-argument legal-interpretation legislative-drafting legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-laws word-definition It is an established fact that some laws, whether they be statutory laws or case laws, can be written in a way that is confusing to the lay person. Wh…
23-5097 Allen Auten v. California California 2023-07-13 Denied Response RequestedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion legislative-intent parole sentencing sentencing-structure standing 1. Has the California Supreme* Court (CSCC) prejudicially abused its dis cretion by repudiating United States Supreme Court (USSC) controlling author…
23-4 John Thomas Minemyer v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Response Waived internal-revenue-code irs-penalties legislative-history legislative-intent penalty-assessment statutory-interpretation supervisory-approval tax-code tax-court Does the legislative history and intent combined with the Tax Court Judicial history, the internal revenue manual instructions, and the Supreme Courts…
22-1206 Kyung Chang Industry USA, Inc., dba KCI USA v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al. Nevada 2023-06-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine commerce-clause component-part firearm-components firearms-law gun-regulation interlocutory-review legislative-intent protection-of-lawful-commerce-in-arms-act statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether a magazine is a "component part of a firearm" under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
22-1022 Evan Scott Grant v. Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners, et al. Nevada 2023-04-20 Denied Response Waived amendment-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process legislative-intent liberty-interest parole state-law statutory-interpretation "When confronted with two Acts of Congress allegedly touching on the same topic, this Court is not at 'liberty to pick and choose among congressional …
22-6599 Herman Harris, Jr. v. Ohio, et al. Ohio 2023-01-23 Denied IFP criminal-statute due-process legislative-intent liberty-interest life-imprisonment parole parole-discretion sentencing sentencing-ambiguity statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. When the State of Ohio Legislatures/The Ohio General Assembly had failed to drafted with reasonably clarity the precise number of years that equals…
22-412 Roy Harness, et al. v. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State Fifth Circuit 2022-11-02 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (17) civil-rights constitutional-law en-banc-review equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legislative-intent racial-discrimination voting-rights Whether any amendment to a law originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose, no matter how minor the amendment and no matte…
22-5832 Robert Joseph Schmitt v. Texas Texas 2022-10-13 Denied IFP concurrent-sentences criminal-sentencing cumulation due-process legislative-intent sentence-cumulation statutory-interpretation texas-law texas-legislature trial-court Was respondent denied due process of law when the trial court cumulated respondent 's two twenty year sentences when the law in effect enacted by the …
22-5517 Christopher Lee Cungtion, Jr. v. Iowa Iowa 2022-09-07 Denied IFP criminal-jurisdiction deferred-judgments indian-law iowa-code-1-15a jurisdictional-transfer legislative-intent meskwaki-settlement pub-l-115-301 state-prosecution The General Assembly of Iowa relinquished its concurrently held jurisdiction over criminal offenses involving Indians on the Meskwaki Settlement in Ta…
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…
21-1447 Estate of Gabriel Miranda, Jr., et al. v. Navistar, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-16 Denied Response Waived emergency-exit federal-preemption legislative-history legislative-intent motor-vehicle-safety school-bus-safety state-law statutory-interpretation Does Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 217 ("FMVSS 217") prohibit a greater level of safety by statutorily making it physically impossible for…
21-1417 Vaughn Hoeflin Standley v. Department of Energy Federal Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-interpretation congressional-budget congressional-oversight evidence evidentiary-standard legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Should not an agency's Congressional budget justifications be considered compelling evidence of the agency's belief?
21-7340 Joseph Louis Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process judicial-review legislative-intent patent sentencing standing state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER A DISTRICT COURT CAN RELY SOLELY ON A DEFENDANT'S ORIGINAL SENTENCING FACTORS SET FORTH IN 18 U.S.C.3553(A) AND WHETHER A DEFENDANT'S POST-…
21-937 Christopher Lee Holloway v. Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response Waived based solely on the relative age of the actor violates the constitutional right to equal-protec while permitting it to another affirmative-defense age-discrimination constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-law legislative-intent rational-basis Whether the denial of an affirmative defense to one class of offenders in a criminal case, while permitting it to another, based solely on the relativ…
21-5927 In Re Lindsey Orr 2021-10-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-authorization detention-authority due-process federal-law first-time-offender legislative-intent patent standing statutory-interpretation takings I. TVa Following &uUtUnIs Based UP5n THt Fait [ Hat Fxuptional ti U'umshrun Vlarrant TKt txmiH Of The tourU Biuret unary Powers Baud Upon ThU*Extrcw…
21-5846 Luke W. Cain v. California California 2021-10-01 Denied IFP constitutional-permissibility criminal-punishment double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion legislative-intent multiple-offenses multiple-punishments penal-code sentencing GENERALLY, A FEDERAL COURT MAY NOT REVIEW A STATE COURT SENTENCE THAT IS WITHIN THE STATUTORY LIMITS. IT MAY VACATE A SENTENCE, HOWEVER IF IT WAS IMPO…
21-5810 Mandell Rhodes, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-law criminal-justice double-jeopardy fifth-amendment good-conduct-time legislative-intent parole prisoner-rights sentencing 1). Was petitioner written a Califia hcale Appralablly Lo Meni Mthethsr Lhe EE ee don REFUSED fo Conatrue 02 anabyge Led of une 11, 1185, Li" Lag, RS,…
20-8078 Calvin Lamont Mack v. Florida Florida 2021-05-20 Denied IFP blockburger-test constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy enhanced-compound-felony federal-question judicial-discretion legal-precedent legislative-intent same-element-offenses state-court-review supreme-court-discretion WHETHER THE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS, WAS,. 1. VIOLATED UNDER THE DOUBLE -JEOPARDY CLAUSES AS A RE SULT OF THE SENTENCE PURSOANT TO ARTICLE I S…
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.
20-883 Donald J. Trump v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response Waived absentee-voting election-integrity election-law election-procedures elections-clause electors-clause equal-protection legislative-intent voter-fraud Since the 1980s, the Wisconsin Legislature has authorized absentee voting but explicitly commanded it must be "carefully regulated to prevent the pote…
20-882 Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, et al. Wisconsin 2021-01-04 Denied Response Waived absentee-ballot article-ii constitutional-interpretation election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review laches legislative-intent state-courts voter-fraud wisconsin-legislature 1. Whether it violates Article II of the Constitution, as well as the First and Fourteenth Amendments, for state courts, on review of a post-election …
20-774 Georgianna Parisi v. Dayton Bar Association Certified Grievance Committee, et al. Ohio 2020-12-07 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-records due-process judicial-discretion legislative-intent open-records separation-of-powers state-constitution state-legislature state-separation-of-powers The Ohio Supreme Court (hereinafter referred to as OSC) violated both the U.S. and Ohio Constitutions by utilizing Superintendence Rules 44-47 which s…
20-6439 Sidney Patterson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-activity due-process legislative-intent racketeering rico rico-statute sufficiency-of-evidence unsophisticated-crime vague-statute A conviction based on less than sufficient evidence is a due process violation. 1. Does the application of a vaguely written racketeering statute to …
20-5012 In Re Jeanette Woolsey-Ross 2020-07-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process equal-protection federal-state-laws judicial-interpretation jurisdiction legislative-intent standing statutory-interpretation Should a writ of Prohibition be issued under the U.S. Supreme Court Writ of Certiorari in this case or Writ of Mandamus, I also stated or whatever the…
19-1081 Arlene Rosenblatt v. City of Santa Monica, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied circuit-split constitutional-scrutiny discriminatory-purpose dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-reach interstate-commerce legislative-intent nonresident-discrimination presumption-of-no-extraterritorial-intent Under the dormant Commerce Clause framework set forth by this Court, a state law is subject to heightened scrutiny if it either "discriminates against…
19-7141 Fernando Oliveros v. Illinois Illinois 2020-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-guarantee criminal-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto free-speech legislative-intent lenity standing statutory-ambiguity statutory-construction When the legislature has met spoken in law eluent that is clear and definite and has at fixed the punishment for a offense duly and without ambiguity,…
19-6933 Elmuiz Abdu v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general-opinion criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection good-time-credit habeas-corpus jail-credit legislative-intent sentencing statutory-interpretation time-calculation time-served Base upon the case laws, rules, and the authority provided by the Genral Assermbly and the Attorney General, petitioner alleged the his jail good time…
19-6653 Quinton Omar Jackson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-criminal-law force force-and-violence intimidation legislative-intent mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation violence Whether Congress intended the phrase "by force and violence, or by intimidation," that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the us…
19-6623 Mario Denane Fultz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP intentional physical force or by intimidation' to include the use of violent criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-crimes federal-criminal-statutes federal-robbery-statutes force force-clause force-definition intentional-force legislative-intent physical-force statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime Whether Congress intended the phrase "by force and violence, or by intimidation," that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the us…
19-542 Robert L. Jarrett, Jr. v. State Bar of California California 2019-10-25 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction attorney-misconduct civil-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jurisdiction legislative-intent precedent recusal-standards standing supreme-court-review vexatious-litigant QUESTION NUMBER ONE How does this Court resolve the absence of appellate jurisdiction in the proceedings in which the attorney misconduct is alleged…
19-6211 Barry L. Clark v. Mark Gwyn, et al. Tennessee 2019-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP academic-studies civil-rights constitutional-review due-process judicial-precedent landmark-decisions legislative-intent recidivism sex-offender sex-offenders standing state-sponsored-surveys Is it proper and timely for this Supreme Court to give redress to pronouncements incorporated within earlier landmark decisions stating that recidivis…
19-372 William D. Jenkins, Jr., et ux. v. Corey Chance, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-19 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts judicial-power legislative-authority legislative-intent standing state-legislation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Does This Court possess verifiable Constitutional and Congressional power to interpret unwritten Congressional Law and alleged Legislative "voids ". …
19-252 Michael Adam Booth v. Nissan North America, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2019-08-26 Denied Relisted (2) ada-amendments ada-amendments-act-of-2008 americans-with-disabilities-act disability-definition judicial-precedent legislative-intent major-life-activity reasonable-accommodation rules-of-construction statutory-construction sutton-v-united-air-lines toyota-v-williams work-restrictions workplace-accommodation Whether the 2008 Amendment to the Americans Disability Act extends the definition of disability to permanent work restrictions precluding manual tasks…
18-9805 Keith Wayne Carver, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-device circuit-split criminal-law legislative-intent loss-amount sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation usability 1. Whether the statutory phrase "can be used" contained in the definition of "access device" at 29 U.S.C. § 1029(e)(1) requires the Government prove u…
18-9367 Michael F. Ramsey v. New York New York 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-punishment consecutive-sentences criminal-possession criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy firearm-law intent-of-legislature johnson-v-morgenthau judicial-precedent legislative-intent misapplied-decisions penal-law single-continuous-possession weapon-possession New York's highest court has distinguished criminal possession of a weapon with the intent to use element, Penal Law § 265.03, from other weapon posse…
18-8886 In Re James Rodgers, Jr. 2019-04-18 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness. aggravating-circumstances criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection facial-unconstitutionality gang-relation-element jurisdiction legislative-intent statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction void-for-vagueness WHETHER ACTR NO. 92-601, AS ENROLLED, IS FACIALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL (CODIFIED AS SUBSECTIONS (15), (16), (17), AND (18), OF SECTION 13A-5-40(a), CODE O…
18-8726 In Re Stetory Calhoun 2019-04-08 Denied IFP alabama capital-offenses constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law death-penalty due-process gang-related-murder legislative-intent legislative-process statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER ACT NO. 92-601, AS ENROLLED, AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, (CODIFIED AS SUBSECTIONS (15), (16), (17), AND (18), OF …
18-8200 Tommy Earl Boone, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2019-02-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process legislative-intent official-discretion parole punishment-proportionality sentencing-discretion standing statutory-interpretation takings Assuming the Circuit Courts Application oF The June 15, 1989-Amended PArole Statute in Texas, By The 71 sT Legislature, strategicly Dismantling The SA…
18-1023 Maine Community Health Options v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-02-06 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) appropriations-act appropriations-rider cardinal-rule implied-repeal legislative-history legislative-intent reciprocal-commitments retroactivity statutory-obligation statutory-payment-obligation 1. Given the "cardinal rule" disfavoring implied repeals—which applies with "especial force" to appropriations acts and requires that repeal not be fo…
18-7714 Anthony Grandison v. Maryland Maryland 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP blockburger-test common-law-murder commutation cumulative-punishment double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause due-process felony-murder handgun-use jury-instructions legislative-intent merger-of-offenses non-merger-rule prosecutorial-discretion required-evidence-test sentencing statutory-construction statutory-offenses I. Whether the Maryland Court of Appeals erred in holding in light of Missouri v. Hunter convictions for common law first degree murder did not merger…
18-981 Theresa Jones, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine government-liability legislative-intent military-negligence military-service-members negligence servicemember-rights standing tort-action Should the Feres doctrine be revisited and limited to the legislative purpose underlining the Federal Tort Claims Act, such that a negligence action f…
18-7364 Brandon M. Chambers v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP court-interpretation grammar grammatical-construction judicial-deference judicial-discretion legislative-intent punctuation state-court statutory-analysis statutory-construction statutory-interpretation That responsibility/power does a State District court have in interpreting a provision of a statute, and when interpreting a statute to determine legi…
18-793 Marion Quinton Brewster v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment different-occasions legislative-intent sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the interpretation of the Armed Career Criminal Act's "different occasions" provision has become overly broad and vague as to constitute cruel…
18-534 Well Luck Company, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied administrative-law customs-classification customs-law explanatory-notes general-rules-of-interpretation hts-heading-1206 hts-heading-2008 legislative-intent nesoi prior-statutory-construction statutory-construction statutory-interpretation tariff-classification trade-classification Whether the panel disregarded legislative intent and prior statutory construction to improperly use the General Rules of Interpretation and the Explan…
18-6274 Robert Klein v. Centennial Ranch and Aspen Mountain Ranch Association Colorado 2018-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-obligations constitutional-rights court-orders discrimination due-process judicial-deference judicial-interpretation judicial-review legal-procedure legislative-intent prevailing-party-rights pro-se-litigation standing state-courts-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether state courts are following what the legislators have put in place through the statutes? Have the legislators put Statutes in place for reasoni…
18-434 Dawn Mosby v. Matthew G. Parilla New York 2018-10-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-practice civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion Judicial-review Legislative-authority legislative-intent notice-of-appeal separation-of-powers timeliness-of-appeal Whether the Appellate Division, Second Department, part of the New York State Judiciary, violated the State Constitution's separation of powers doctri…