| 24-124 |
Brent Brewbaker v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
|
5th-amendment-6th-amendment'\n\n'Did the court of antitrust-law appellate-review article-1 constitutional-challenge constitutional-error criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process fifth-amendment harmless-error jury-instructions presumption sherman-act sixth-amendment void-for-vagueness |
1. Section 1 of the Sherman Act criminalizes "[e]very
contract ...in restraint of trade." 15 U.S.C. § 1. This
prohibition cannot be applied literally … |
| 22-1249 |
Foremost Title & Escrow Services, LLC v. FCOA, LLC |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
|
burden-of-proof circuit-split consumer-confusion incontestable incontestable-mark lanham-act presumption trademark trademark-law |
Under 15 U.S.C. § 1065, certain trademarks are incontestable. All Circuits considering the issue, except the Eleventh, do not presume that an incontes… |
| 22-6694 |
Abdiraham Haji-Hassan v. Maine |
Maine |
2023-02-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alternative-suspect-theory due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining postconviction postconviction-review presumption professional-assistance reasonable-professional-assistance strickland-standard |
Whether the state postconviction court misapplied Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668
(1984), by applying its "strong presumption of reasonable pro… |
| 22-6063 |
Naomi Michelle Gutierrez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-circuit criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process fifth-circuit firearm-enhancement presumption sentencing-guidelines tools-of-the-trade |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's practice of applying a tools-of-the-trade presumption to the firearm enhancement of sentencing guidelines §2D1.1(b)(1) vio… |
| 22-5313 |
Jesse Rondale Bailey v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(a)(6) career-offender criminal-procedure empirical-evidence evidence-based judicial-discretion presumption sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines unwarranted-disparity within-range-sentences |
When evaluating whether a sentence imposed within the applicable guideline range avoids unwarranted sentencing disparities under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6… |
| 22-102 |
John Doe, et al. v. Airbnb, Inc. |
Florida |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
arbitrability arbitration-agreement clear-and-unmistakable clear-and-unmistakable-evidence contract-interpretation dispute-resolution first-options-v-kaplan presumption procedural-rules |
If a form arbitration agreement provides that an arbitration, if it occurs, will be administered using a particular set of procedural rules, and those… |
| 21-1376 |
Mary Alexandre v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA |
First Circuit |
2022-04-25 |
Denied |
|
accidental-death civil-procedure employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa insurance insurance-policy presumption state-of-mind suicide suicide-presumption trial-procedure |
I. A policy insuring against accidental death, covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, excludes coverage for the insured's sui… |
| 21-5334 |
Cecile A. Brown v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process government-defendants governmental-defendants judicial-review legal-presumption presumption standing supreme-court-doctrine voluntary-cessation |
Whether the doctrine of voluntary cessation applies less stringently to governmental defendants than to private ones? |
| 20-7160 |
Emmett Garrison, IV v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2021-02-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole presumption sentencing sentencing-discretion |
If the Eighth Amendment forbids automatic life without parole sentences for juvenile offenders, does a sentencing court have the discretion to impose … |
| 19-1385 |
Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health v. Ashlee Henderson, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-17 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
biological-parentage biology-based birth-certificate birth-certificates due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-status parentage presumption rebuttable-presumption |
May a State, consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, adopt a biology-based birth-certificate system that in… |
| 19-7571 |
Richard Williams v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Tennessee |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process evidence murder murder-investigation presumption statutory-interpretation statutory-presumption venue |
Whether, as applied to the facts of this case, the statutory presumption if a body of a murder victim found within the state, the death is presumed to… |
| 19-5810 |
Daniel Lopez DeJesus v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error in-re-winship ineffective-assistance jury-instruction jury-instructions presumption winship |
Mr. Dejesus alleged that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to a jury instruction that effectively aided the state to surpass the… |
| 19-288 |
Javier Sanchez, Gregory Casorso, and Michael Marr v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
antitrust antitrust-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jury-instructions per-se-rule presumption sherman-act sixth-amendment |
The question presented is whether the operation of the per se rule in criminal antitrust cases violates the constitutional prohibition —grounded in th… |
| 19-5656 |
Armando J. Mena v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-colloquy presumption presumption-of-regularity silent-record standard-of-review |
Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied Henderson v. Morgan, 426 U.S. 637
(1976), in concluding that a state court could reasonably presume from a silent… |
| 19-5457 |
Matthew G. Munksgard v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
bank-fraud banking criminal-intent criminal-procedure document-forgery due-process evidence fdic-insurance financial-regulation presumption reasonable-doubt signature-fraud statutory-interpretation |
Whether it is proper to presume that a certificate of FDIC insurance issued 23 years earlier, combined with the statement of a bank officer that FDIC … |
| 18-9559 |
Aracelis N. Ayala v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-06-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-iii-judges civil-rights criminal-defendants criminal-procedure district-court due-process fifth-amendment individualized-determination judicial-tenure presumption revised-organic-act shackling shackling-policy virgin-islands-court |
The first question presented is: whether a blanket policy of shackling criminal defendants without an individualized determination of need violates du… |
| 18-9219 |
Yaqob Tafan Thomas v. Joseph P. Meko, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravating-factor alternative-means burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge constitutional-scrutiny due-process jury-instructions presumption richardson-v-us-schad-v-arizona |
1. DOES IT VIOLATE THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE WHEN A STATE INTENTIONALLY REFUSES
TO DEFINE EVERY ELEMENTAL FACT IN "ALTERNATIVE MEANS" STATUTE THEREBY
CR… |
| 18-8885 |
Jose Roman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-activity criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense fifth-circuit-interpretation firearm-enhancement firearms foreseeability presumption presumption-of-use sentencing-guidelines tools-of-the-trade |
WHETHER THE GUIDELINES ARE MISAPPLIED LINER 2D1.1 (b)(1) BY MAKING A GENERAL PRESUMPTION THAT FIREARMS ARE "TOOLS OF THE TRADE" AND THAT ALWAYS IS FOR… |
| 18-8420 |
Kevin Anthony Briggs v. Montana |
Montana |
2019-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights defendant-responsibility defense-counsel presumption presumption-of-delay rescheduling-trial sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-claim speedy-trial trial-delay withdrawal-of-counsel |
Whether a delay caused by permissive withdrawal of defense counsel, and the subsequent delay in rescheduling trial, is presumed to be caused by a defe… |
| 18-7515 |
Jafaria Deforrest Newton v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-penalty due-process equal-protection establishment-clause first-amendment presumption religious-worship statutory-presumption |
1. Whether the presumption in § 407(b)(2) —that structures with traditional characteristics associated with churches or synagogues are places used pri… |
| 18-811 |
JPay, Inc. v. Cynthia Kobel, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arbitrability arbitrability-delegation arbitration-agreement class-arbitration contract-interpretation contractual-language dispute-resolution oxford-health-plans parties-intentions presumption stolt-nielsen stolt-nielsen-presumption |
May courts presume parties intended to let an arbitrator decide if class arbitration is available when they "simply agree[d] to submit" disputes over … |
| 18-7077 |
JC Christopher Pulham v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review district-court legal-standard plain-error plain-error-review presumption presumption-of-correctness presumption-of-knowledge sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
When a district court does not articulate the legal standard it is applying, may an appellate court presume that the district court knew and correctly… |
| 18-6738 |
Jonathone J. Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-law-and-procedure criminal-law-procedure de-novo-review due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-victims-restitution-act presumption remand restitution sentencing |
This case raises two question of criminal law and procedure which have yet to be addressed by this Court. The first of which is whether a defendant is… |
| 18-6013 |
Richard Carl Wyatt v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states presumption presumption-of-regularity residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
(1) Whether a § 2255 petitioner seeking relief under Johnson must affirmatively prove that he was sentenced under the residual clause of the ACCA.
(2… |
| 18-92 |
David V. Perry v. Bruce Kriegman |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-law clawback-provisions constitutional-rights due-process fraudulent-transfer fundamental-human-rights ponzi-scheme presumption trustee vague-laws |
What is a Ponzi Scheme and are the vague laws and interpretations surrounding its definition and the subsequent enforcement of the Ponzi Scheme Presum… |