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24-6110 Askari Danso MS Lumumba, fka Dale Lee Pughsley v. Jeffrey Kiser Fourth Circuit 2024-12-10 Denied IFP first-amendment fourth-circuit inmate-correspondence overbreadth prison-regulation turner-balancing 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by holding, in conflict with this Court's decision in United States v. Stevens, 559 U.S. 460 (2010), that a prison…
24-5041 John Maron Nassif v. United States District of Columbia 2024-07-10 Denied IFP capitol-buildings civil-rights criminal-prohibition demonstrating first-amendment free-speech overbreadth viewpoint-expression At issue here is whether the First Amendment allows Congress to criminally prohibit viewpoint expression in the buildings that make up the seat of our…
23-7535 Deqwon Saquod Lewis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-enforcement overbreadth procedural-default tenth-amendment vagueness Whether A COA Should Issue Because Jurists Of Reason Could Debate Or Agree That Congress Could Did Not Authorize Federal Enforcement Of § 1591 To Pure…
23-7158 Russell Dean Alford v. United States District of Columbia 2024-04-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech overbreadth political-expression protected-speech secret-service statutory-interpretation vagueness In § 1752(a)(2)'s and § 5104(e)(2)(D)'s prohibitions against "disorderly or disruptive" conduct, do "disorderly" and "disruptive" narrow the types of …
23-646 Devon Tinius, et al. v. Luke Choi, et al. District of Columbia 2023-12-14 Denied Response Waived civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights curfew curfew-law due-process free-speech fundamental-rights overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the District of Columbia's curfew law is unconstitutional because it violates fundamental rights and because it is overbroad and void for vagu…
23-5111 Jacob Webster, et al. v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, et al. California 2023-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis criminal-prosecution facial-challenge firearm-regulation new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association-v-brue overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine second-amendment united-states-v-stevens 1. For facial challenges to a state prosecution on Second Amendment grounds, must a criminal defendant prove that no set of circumstances exist under …
22-640 David Wellington v. Fernando Daza, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response Waived 1st-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights content-seizure first-amendment fourth-amendment overbreadth qualified-immunity search-warrant tax-code In 2017 Respondents executed a search warrant (which had no affidavit) at Petitioner's home. It authorized a search for violations of 26 U.S.C. §7201 …
22-558 Pedro Lance Soto v. Texas Texas 2022-12-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process electronic-communication first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine 1. Is a law that criminalizes expressive speech immunized from First Amendment scrutiny if it also criminalizes non-expressive conduct? 2. Is a law t…
22-497 Jasper Robin Chen v. Texas Texas 2022-11-28 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived communications criminal-law criminal-statute electronic-communication first-amendment free-speech harassment-law intent overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine 1. Is a law that criminalizes expressive speech immunized from any First Amendment scrutiny if it also criminalizes non-expressive conduct? 2. Is a l…
22-434 Slade Alan Moore v. Texas Texas 2022-11-09 Denied criminal-law criminal-statute due-process electronic-communication first-amendment free-speech harassment intent-standard overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine A Texas statute criminalizes sending repeated electronic communications with the intent and likely result of "harassing, annoying, alarming, abusing, …
22-430 Charles Barton v. Texas Texas 2022-11-08 Denied Amici (7) criminal-law criminal-statute due-process electronic-communication electronic-communications expressive-speech first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine public-concern In Snyder v. Phelps, this Court held that speech on matters of public concern cannot be punished "simply because it is upsetting or arouses contempt,"…
22-202 Leonardo Nuncio v. Texas Texas 2022-09-06 Denied constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech harassment-statute obscenity obscenity-test overbreadth texas-penal-code vagueness 1. Is Texas's obscene harassment statute (Tex. Penal Code 42.07(a)(1) and (b)(3)) unconstitutionally vague and overbroad? 2. Does the Miller v. Calif…
22-5491 John Michael Ward v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute federal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel overbreadth statutory-interpretation vagueness Was the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana's interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) vague and overbroad, and did Petitioner's at…
22-179 United States v. Helaman Hansen Ninth Circuit 2022-08-29 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) 8-usc-1324 commercial-advantage constitutional-challenge criminal-prohibition first-amendment immigration immigration-law overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine private-financial-gain statutory-interpretation Whether the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in v…
22-5394 Eric Christopher Falkowski v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance-act controlled-substances criminal-law due-process enhancement-clause overbreadth sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether USSG § lBl.l 's serious-bodily-injury enhancement clause —as relative here to the Controlled Substance Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq—is imperm…
22-5231 Daniel J. Zulawski v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process federal-evidence-rule fourth-amendment-search overbreadth sexual-activity sixth-circuit-analysis statutory-interpretation vagueness Is 18 U.S.C. 2422(b) unconstitutionally vague and/or overbroad due to the statute's use of the phrase "any sexual activity for which any person can be…
21-7576 Edward Wright v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-scrutiny liberty-interests non-delegation-doctrine overbreadth plea-agreement supervised-release third-party-notification vagueness I. Currently, the Circuits are split as to whether the standard federal supervision condition requiring third-party risk notification is constitutiona…
21-6465 Andrew John Gibson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process non-delegation-doctrine overbreadth sentencing-conditions supervised-release third-party-notification vagueness L. Must federal appellate courts adjudicate direct appeal challenges to the illegality or unconstitutionality of supervised release conditions imposed…
21-6370 Omil Cotto, aka Omil Gomez, aka Omil Alfredo Gomez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cell-phone-seizure cellphones criminal-procedure fourth-amendment overbreadth probable-cause road-rage search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant warrant-overbreadth This case emerged out of a road rage incident during which shots were fired. The suspect, Omil Cotto, fled the scene in a red Camaro. Officers execute…
21-427 William Frederick Lamoureux v. Montana Montana 2021-09-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law content-based-restriction criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine speech-regulation Whether a statute that criminalizes speech intended to annoy or offend is unconstitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment.
20-1627 S. S., et al. v. S. B. Pennsylvania 2021-05-21 Denied Amici (3) child-custody content-based content-based-restriction first-amendment free-press free-speech gag-order overbreadth prior-restraint vagueness Is such a "gag order" an unconstitutionally vague and overbroad prior restraint and content-based restriction violating Petitioners' First Amendment f…
20-1620 Joy McShan Edwards v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1513 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit's denial of Petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) was unreasonable, whe…
20-7537 Christopher D. Thieme v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP cyber-harassment due-process free-speech libel obscenity overbreadth reasonable-person-standard scienter vagueness victim-impact-statements Is New Jersey's "cyber-harassment" statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4.1, constitutionally invalid because it lacks a scienter requirement and relies on a "reas…
20-1241 Michael Paul Miselis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Amici (1) anti-riot-act civil-rights constitutional-validity criminal-prosecution due-process federal-prosecution first-amendment free-speech overbreadth protest-rights standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2101, the Anti-Riot Act, is facially invalid under the First Amendment. 2. If so, are the constitutionally infirm provisions o…
20-7377 Benjamin Drake Daley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP anti-riot-act civil-rights civil-unrest criminal-prosecution due-process facial-constitutionality federal-statute first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce overbreadth standing 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2101, the Anti-Riot Act, is facially invalid under the First Amendment. 2. If so, are the constitutionally infirm provisions o…
20-6889 Gregory Bartunek v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus internet-protocol overbreadth search-warrant standing vagueness I. WHETHER THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARE UNCONSTITUTIONALLY OVERBROAD AND VAGUE II. WHETHER WARRANTS BASED ON INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS…
20-731 Paul Winfield v. United States Probation & Pretrial Services, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response Waived 18-USC-201 18-USC-666 constitutional-vagueness criminal-law federal-bribery McDonnell-v-US overbreadth statutory-interpretation statutory-overbreadth supreme-court-precedent vagueness Since 18 U.S.C.A. § 666 is even broader than other federal bribery statutes, does it suffer from the same constitutional infirmities of vagueness and …
20-5912 Adam Alan Henry v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2256 constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process federal-statute first-amendment overbreadth sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. Whether in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v ) the definition of "sexually explicit conduct" defined as the lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic …
20-146 Mark Henry Benavides v. Texas Texas 2020-08-13 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process human-trafficking overbreadth penal-code statutory-interpretation vagueness WHETHER SECTION 20A.03 OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
20-5220 Gerald Lee Groomes v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-nudity child-pornography constitutional-rights criminal-statute first-amendment lewd-exhibition overbreadth protected-expression protected-speech vagueness Does a state's unreasonable application of a criminal statute prohibiting the possession of images depicting a "lewd exhibition" of child nudity in a …
20-5185 Joshua Jermaine Nelson v. Texas Texas 2020-07-27 Denied IFP constitutional-vagueness content-based-restriction due-process first-amendment free-speech mens-rea overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine vagueness 1. Is a statute unconsti tutional, on its face, when it is a content-based restri ction that severel y criminalizes a substanti al amount of harml ess…
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. …
19-7731 Michael Herrold v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary controlled-substance controlled-substances drug-distribution generic-burglary generic-definition intent intent-element overbreadth state-statute statutory-interpretation 1. Where a state statute explicitly defines "burglary" in a way that does not require proof of an intent to commit a crime, and thus lacks an element …
19-999 Lewis Alan Dugan v. Wyoming Wyoming 2020-02-10 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process first-amendment free-speech jury-instruction obscenity overbreadth speech-conduct stalking-statute 1. Whether, in a prosecution for writing obscene letters, a trial court should instruct a jury regarding the legal definition of the term "obscene" as…
19-6356 Gary E. Larock, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment,due-process,civil-rights,liberty, home-search liberty-deprivation liberty-interest overbreadth probation probation-supervision statutory-reasonableness vagueness warrantless-search Whether this Court should grant review to consider whether a condition of supervision requiring the Petitioner to permit a probation officer to visit …
19-6100 Melvyn Perry Sprowson, Jr. v. Nevada Nevada 2019-10-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ashcroft-v-free-speech-coalition child-pornography constitutional-limits facial-challenge first-amendment free-speech new-york-v-ferber obscenity obscenity-standards overbreadth sexual-abuse state-regulation Nevada defines "child pornography" to include any depiction of a minor that "appeals to a shameful or morbid interest in the sexuality of the minor an…
19-6082 Chase Matheny v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights fourth-amendment home-search liberty liberty-interest overbreadth overbroad probation probation-supervision reasonableness reasonableness-standard supervised-release supervision vagueness Whether this Court should grant review to consider whether a condition of supervision requiring the Petitioner to permit a probation officer to visit …
19-6059 Serrah Arnold, aka Kristen v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights fourth-amendment home-search liberty-deprivation liberty-interest overbreadth probation probation-supervision reasonableness reasonableness-standard supervised-release vagueness Whether this Court should grant review to consider whether a condition of supervision requiring the Petitioner to permit a probation officer to visit …
19-5884 Kevin Carson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-vagueness due-process first-amendment free-speech overbreadth pornography pornography-prohibition supervised-release vagueness The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a lifetime supervised release condition prohibiting Kevin Carson from possessing or h…
19-5790 Ronald Frank Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-03 Dismissed Response RequestedIFP constitutional-rights fourth-amendment home-search liberty-deprivation liberty-interest overbreadth probation-supervision statutory-reasonableness supervised-release vagueness warrantless-search I. Whether this Court should grant review to consider whether a condition of supervision requiring the Petitioner to permit a probation officer to vis…
19-5785 Raul Zapata-Dominguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourth-amendment home-search indictment jury-trial liberty-deprivation liberty-interest overbreadth probation probation-supervision statutory-maximum statutory-reasonableness supervised-release supervision vagueness I. Whether this Court should grant review to consider whether a condition of supervision requiring the Petitioner to permit a probation officer to vis…
19-274 Teresa Buchanan v. F. King Alexander, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived academic-freedom constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech overbreadth public-university sexual-harassment tenure title-ix vagueness Petitioner, Dr. Teresa Buchanan, was terminated from her tenured position at Louisiana State University under the school's sexual harassment policies.…
19-5578 Preston Shands, Jr. v. South Carolina South Carolina 2019-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-analysis civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process notice notice-requirement overbreadth overbroad statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness As applied to Preston Shands, Jr., is South Carolina's kidnapping statute, S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-910, vague and overbroad, in violation of due process…
19-5345 Mustafa Kamel Mustafa v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP classified-information constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure defense-investigation due-process first-amendment national-security overbreadth separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether Section 5(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act, 18 U.S.C. App. 3, is unconstitutionally vague or overbroad due to its potential to …
19-12 Kevin Sewell v. Maryland Maryland 2019-07-01 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment-self-incrimination first-amendment first-amendment-compelled-speech overbreadth self-incrimination sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-confrontation-clause 1. Whether Maryland's law imposing a duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect on all persons in the State violates the First Amendment where it…
18-1517 Mehrdad Hosseini v. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act civil-rights first-amendment free-speech immigration immigration-law material-support national-security overbreadth political-advocacy standing terrorism tier-iii-terrorist-organization I. Whether an individual's non-violent, independent political advocacy—that was not affiliated with any foreign material support for terrorism under t…
18-9411 Steven Douglas Rockett v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied IFP beyond the objective meaning of those words misconstrued the plain language of the statute an child-pornography constitutional-overbreadth constitutional-vagueness definitional-overbreadth definitional-vagueness dost-factors due-process judicial-construction lascivious-exhibition ninth-circuit-precedent overbreadth statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the judicial construction of "lascivious exhibition" of the genitals or pubic area of a minor in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v) to include consider…
18-9285 Dean A. Schwartzmiller v. California California 2019-05-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment free-speech overbreadth penal-code sixth-amendment vagueness void-for-vagueness Is California Penal Code § 288 void for vagueness and over-breadth and contrary to the First, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Con…
18-1182 Scott Ogle v. Texas Texas 2019-03-12 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights content-based-regulation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process electronic-communication electronic-communications first-amendment free-speech intent-standard overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine Does a statute criminalizing electronically communicated speech that is both intended and reasonably likely to annoy, alarm, or embarrass another pers…
18-8388 Brian Wright v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-tracking due-process fourth-amendment overbreadth search-and-seizure sentencing supervised-release tapia-error vagueness warrantless-search 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err by finding that there was no "egregious violation" of Mr. Wright's Fourth Amendment rights when Mr. Wright's cellular pho…
18-8185 Anthony Alexander Ferrari v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-overbreadth fourth-amendment liberty-deprivation overbreadth overbroad plain-error probation-officer statutory-reasonableness supervised-release vague vagueness I. This Court should grant certiorari to resolve a split in circuit authority regarding whether it is plain error to require as a condition of supervi…
18-8105 Alicja Herriott v. Paul Herriott California 2019-02-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-court access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-overbreadth discrimination due-process first-amendment first-amendment-right-to-petition overbreadth petition-rights privileges-immunities standing vexatious-litigant vexatious-litigant-statute In Be & K Constr. Co. v. NLRB (2002) 536 U.S. 516, 53, this Court held, that "The First Amendment provides, in relevant part, that "Congress shall mak…
18-7613 David Ackell v. United States First Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied IFP circuit-split content-based-restriction first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-challenge speech-regulation stalking-statute united-states-v-stevens Whether the First Circuit erred in upholding 18 U.S.C. § 2261A (2)(B) (2013) against a First Amendment challenge by holding that the statute "regulate…
18-7456 Jonathan Sebert v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process erotica first-amendment free-speech free-speech 18-7455" overbreadth overbroad overbroad-condition Question not identified. supervised-release vague vagueness WHETHER THE SPECIAL CONDITION OF SUPERVISED RELEASE IMPOSED UPON MR. SEBERT, WHICH (FOR EXAMPLE) WOULD PREVENT HIM FROM SHOPPING AT WAL-MART BECAUSE I…
18-7263 Gerald Patmon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing deadly-weapon eleventh-circuit enumerated-offenses georgia-assault-statute gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez overbreadth sentencing-guidelines state-statute statutory-interpretation The question presented by this case is whether the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erroneously affirmed Mr. Patmon's sentence under USSG § 2…
18-846 David Allen Anderton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response Waived criminal-statute due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech immigration-law overbreadth separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether to "encourage" or "induce" an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States in reckless disregard of the alien's "in violation of la…
18-720 Ronald Duhe, et al. v. City of Little Rock, Arkansas, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-vagueness detention-policy disorderly-conduct due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-precedent overbreadth probable-cause vagueness On summary judgment: 1. Whether precedent by this Court together with the Eighth Circuit, other circuits and state courts of last resort had clearly …
18-704 Ross Abbott, et al. v. Harris Pastides, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Amici (6) campus-speech civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech overbreadth qualified-immunity standing vagueness 1. Whether a student and student organizations investigated for possibly violating a public university's regulations governing on-campus speech hav…
18-478 Brian Edward Malnes v. City of Flagstaff, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-vagueness fourth-amendment harassment harassment-statute law-enforcement overbreadth probable-cause search-and-seizure unreasonable-search-and-seizure vagueness Whether law enforcement officials had probable cause to arrest the Petitioner (issuing a citation) for the crime of harassment under Ariz. Rev. Stat. …
18-6080 Abraham J. Bonowitz, Douglas A. Pagitt, Lisa S. Harper, Suezann K. Bosler, Arthur J. Laffin, Randy Gardner, Derrick W. Jamison, Thomas W. Muther, Jr., Shane A. Claiborne, Sam R. Sheppard, and John M. Travers v. United States District of Columbia 2018-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 40-usc-6135 assembly constitutional-law display first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine public-forum statutory-interpretation 1. Is the open-air, public space surrounding the Supreme Court a traditional public forum, despite a flawed, constitutionally suspect challenged law t…
18-5877 Levi Lapp Stoltzfoos v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cash-deposit civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-mens-rea due-process financial-institution financial-institutions mens-rea money-laundering overbreadth overbroad-statute statutory-interpretation Is 18 Pa. C.S. § 5111(a)(8) unconstitutionally overbroad where the statute criminalizes the depositing of lawfully acquired cash into financial instit…
18-5576 DifAnkh Asar, aka James Walter Gist v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca categorical-approach civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute due-process fifth-amendment overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine sixth-amendment vagueness vagueness-doctrine (1) Is South Carolina's Code Ann. 16-23-40 Unconstitutional on its face, as applied to Petitioner, and when read in conjunction with other laws becaus…
18-5066 Edward Vincent Ray v. California California 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection gender-bias ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-interpretation overbreadth sentencing-disparities vagueness-doctrine Whether Petitioners sentence of 38yrs 4mos., violates equal protection under the law because of the disparities in Californa sentences whether Ptiton…