| 25-729 |
James King v. United States, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-12-19 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse Waived |
circuit-split federal-tort-claims-act judgment-bar procedural-law retroactive-application rule-60b6 |
Whether a litigant can claim relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)(6) when a change in settled procedural law retroactively vitiates the litigant's re… |
| 24-1020 |
Uber Technologies, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, et al. v. Amie Drammeh, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-25 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split erie-doctrine federal-courts judicial-prediction procedural-law state-law |
Whether, under Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), a federal court must apply existing state law, as the D.C., First, Fourth, and Fifth… |
| 24-527 |
Emory D. Christian v. Rancho Grande Manufactured Home Community, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-11-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
causation civil-rights constitutional-intent judicial-discretion procedural-law rule-12b6 |
Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007), Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009), and Comcast v. National Association of African American-O… |
| 24-5531 |
Frederick Foster v. Joel H. Slomsky, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction postal-accountability procedural-law sovereign-immunity |
Whether 39 U.S.C. §409(d) & (e) waive any doctrine of sovereign immunity from judicial officers, Federal agencies, and employees acting on the behalf … |
| 24-5 |
Luis Gutierrez v. Gary Miniard, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-07-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254(i) castro-v-united-states constitutional-ineffectiveness constitutional-review federal-statute habeas-corpus habeas-petition procedural-law second-in-time second-petition unexhausted-claims |
Whether a subsequent habeas petition, containing only claims which were unexhausted when the initial petition was filed, may be considered, consistent… |
| 23-7371 |
Laron Darrell Carter v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue mandate mandate-rule procedural-law waiver |
Whether the rule requiring a district court to follow the mandate of a court of appeals is "jurisdictional" such that it cannot be waived by a party. |
| 23-6595 |
In Re Reginal Lee Davis |
|
2024-01-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process indigenous-rights judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-law sovereignty standing statutory-provisions takings |
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| 22-7836 |
Tony Michael Julien v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-06-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure court-authority criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process ignorance-of-law jurisdiction legal-maxim procedural-law retroactive time-limitation |
1. Can the passage of time retroactively confer jurisdiction on a court that did not and does not otherwise have jurisdiction?
2. Does the legal maxi… |
| 22-959 |
Gwendolyn Carswell, Individually and as Dependent Administrator of and on Behalf of the Estate of Gary Valdez Lynch, III and Gary Valdez Lynch, III's Heirs at Law v. George A. Camp, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-rights discovery immediate-appeal interlocutory-appeal motion-to-dismiss procedural-law qualified-immunity standing |
1. Whether a district court can defer ruling on qualified immunity at the motion-to-dismiss stage without triggering an immediate appeal.
2. Whether … |
| 22-7021 |
Victor Todd Williams v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process federal-habeas habeas-corpus limitation-period procedural-law state-post-conviction statute-of-limitations tolling |
QUESTION No. 1
Wnether the court of appeals should have issued a Certificate of Appealability upon the Petitioner's claim and issue of whether the dis… |
| 22-5688 |
Michael G. Peters v. David Hittner, Judge, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
abortion civil-rights constitutional-rights declaratory-relief due-process free-speech injunctive-relief judicial-interpretation legal-standing procedural-law standing |
Question not identified. |
| 22-252 |
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. v. DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-16 |
Denied |
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federal courts sitting in diversity should apply under Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins choice-of-law circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins forum-selection-clause forum-selection-clauses procedural-law state-law substantive-law |
Whether, under Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), federal courts sitting in diversity should apply federal or state law to determine t… |
| 21-8285 |
Darryll Justin Lee Reed v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure indian-law judicial-precedent jurisdiction mcgirt-rule procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-law tribal-sovereignty |
1.) Is McGirt a Substantive or Procedural rule?
2.) Should McGirt be applied retroactively? |
| 21-7787 |
Faith M. Hibbard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure claim-filing due-process procedural-law service-connected-disability standing statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
QUESTION: 1. Whether the court erred in denying benefits based on a theory, called "hypothetical entitlement theory " that has no section or definitio… |
| 21-7535 |
Antonio Alejandro Gutierrez v. Steve Shelton, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 bruce-v-samuels civil-procedure due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Should the Oregon Department of Corrections, the U.S. District Court of Oregon, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, be allowed to collect 28 U.S.C… |
| 21-7489 |
Raul Roy Vasquez v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-03-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court-appeal double-jeopardy due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict privileges-immunities procedural-law state-court-conflict two-year-limitation |
1. Is the Refusal of the Supreme Court of the State of Florida, Decunskeo to Address the Certified Conflict Between Petitioner's Second District Court… |
| 21-6443 |
Shaun Michael Bosse v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2021-11-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-conviction criminal-procedure final-judgment final-judgments habeas-corpus indian-law judicial-interpretation McGirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma procedural-law retroactivity |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), applies retroactively to convictions that were final when McGirt was announced. |
| 21-6440 |
Jemaine Monteil Cannon v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2021-11-29 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
criminal-conviction criminal-procedure final-judgment final-judgments habeas-corpus indian-law judicial-interpretation McGirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma procedural-law retroactivity |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma , 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), applies retroactively to convictions that were final when McGirt was announced. |
| 21-5393 |
Hemy Neuman v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2021-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-estoppel criminal-procedure double-jeopardy mental-health procedural-due-process procedural-law reversal-of-conviction substantive-law trial-reversal |
Where a defendant is found guilty at a second trial after reversal of the first trial's verdict of guilty but mentally ill: 1) Is a double jeopardy cl… |
| 21-5356 |
Joel Dale Wright v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-08-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment procedural-law retroactivity statutory-construction substantive-law |
1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law, and if so, whether the Due Process Clause… |
| 21-5025 |
James Galen Hanna v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 abuse-of-writ banister-v-davis due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-law second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition |
1. When a petition for writ of habeas corpus presents claims that do not constitute an "abuse of the writ," is it a "second or successive" petition un… |
| 20-8373 |
Kevin Herriott v. Associate Warden Ford, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights discovery due-process federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements legal-mail mail-room procedural-law standing state-court-conviction statutory-interpretation |
1) DID THE COURT OF APPEALS MISUNDERSTOOD THE GOVERNING RULE OF LAW THAT THE RIGHT TO DISCOVERY WAS PREDICATED UPON? |
| 20-6947 |
Alphonso Cave v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment civil-rights collateral-review due-process intellectual-disability montgomery-v-louisiana procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity supreme-court-precedent |
Must Florida apply Hall v. Florida, 134 S. Ct. 1986 (2014) retroactively and review a claim of intellectual disability on the merits for cases on coll… |
| 20-602 |
Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels v. Donald J. Trump |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-slapp anti-slapp-statute circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure procedural-law shady-grove |
In Shady Grove Ortho pedic Assocs., P.A. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 559 U.S. 393 (2010), this Court held that a valid Federal Rule of Civil Proce dure gove… |
| 19-8585 |
Van Jackson v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure due-process federal-prisoner post-conviction-relief procedural-law rule-60b section-2255 statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether a federal Prisoner has a Right to Present a argument based on a Change in Procedural law on his first motion under Title 28 U.S.C.S 2255 ?… |
| 19-6062 |
Priscilla Daydee Valdez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924d 21-usc-853 28-usc-2461 28-usc-2461c ammunition civil-forfeiture criminal-forfeiture firearms firearms-offense procedural-law statutory-interpretation substitute-assets |
(1) May a defendant be required to forfeit substitute property in lieu of the firearms and ammunition subject to forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 924(d)?
… |
| 18-9016 |
Henry Earl Miller v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 4th-circuit-court-of-appeals 5th-amendment 5th-amendment-equal-protection constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law fourth-circuit habeas habeas-corpus procedural-due-process procedural-law wood-v-milyard |
Does The Fourth Circuit's Widespread Practice Of Issuing Virtually Indistinguishable Production-Line Manufactured Rubber Stamped Opinions Violate Mill… |
| 18-6194 |
James Dow Vandivere v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
absurd-results civil-action civil-commitment civil-procedure congressional-act due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-statute procedural-law statute-of-limitations united-states |
Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) four-year statute of limitations for "a civil action arising under an Act of Congress" applies to civil commitment pro… |
| 18-108 |
David Duncan v. GEICO General Insurance Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
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14th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation due-process erie-doctrine erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins federal-case-law federal-common-law federal-courts judicial-precedent procedural-law substantive-law supreme-court-precedent |
Whether federal courts are wrongfully developing
and applying federal case law in derogation of the U.S.
Constitution and the established U.S. Supreme… |
| 18-5259 |
Olin Ray Nowlin v. Joe Shannon, Jr., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legal-deprivation liberty-interest procedural-law state-jurisdiction |
To Be Confronted with The witnesces against Him: To have
Compulsory Process For Obtaining Witnesses In His Favor?
dbesordoes it Not guaranter In Our C… |