| 23-1017 |
Marc Thielman, et al. v. Lavonne Griffin-Valade, Oregon Secretary of State, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ballot-security ballot-trafficking chain-of-custody election-integrity election-process public-confidence signature-verification standing-doctrine vote-by-mail voter-confidence voter-rolls |
do petitioners have standing to challenge oregon's vote-by-mail election system due to the loss of their freedom caused by oregon's confidence-destroy… |
| 23-823 |
Maurice J. Salem v. Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-01-30 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-ethics judicial-recusal judicial-system public-confidence rule-12b sanctions standing |
1. Whether enforcing the statutory requirement
of the appearance of conflict-of-interest, 28
U.S.C. § 455(a), will restore the public's recordlow conf… |
| 23-5774 |
Andres Fernando Cabezas v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-policy civil-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-ethics judicial-recusal mandamus-petition public-confidence standing |
Several federal appellate circuits have endorsed the view that a federal district court's refusal to recuse is better resolved earlier in interlocutor… |
| 22-6877 |
Ramone Wright v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure clerk-authority criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment-correction judicial-integrity judicial-process judicial-records prosecutorial-error public-confidence record-amendment |
Does the clerk of court have the authority to correct the Record that was filed under oath and returned by the jurors concerning the indictment?
Does… |
| 22-5694 |
Jonathan Lopez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review judiciary public-confidence standing |
Whether a criminal defendant is required to prove an ineffective assistance of counsel claim on the face of the record?
Whether review should be gran… |
| 21-7162 |
Jose Jaime Lopez v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-intent due-process ex-parte-communications false-statement federal-agent judicial-bias knowingly-false materiality obstruction-of-justice public-confidence |
Whether it is Consistent with this Courts holding in CAPERTON v. A. MASSEY COAL CO., 556 U.S. 868, 129 S.Ct 2541 (2009) and the Imperatives of Due Pro… |
| 21-7043 |
Ada Maria Benson v. Allstate Insurance Co. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-clause deprivation-of-rights due-process fair-trial interlocutory-decision procedural-due-process public-confidence standing |
Does justification exist by the United States District Court and the Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit to deny the petitioner the right of being heard an… |
| 21-6100 |
Rodrigo Martinez-Mendoza v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review clear-error clear-error-standard due-process factual-findings immigration immigration-law law-enforcement-testimony public-confidence standard-of-review |
The "Clear Error" standard of review has been criticized as "elastic, capacious, malleable, and above all variable." Edward H. Cooper, Civil Rule 50(A… |
| 21-5011 |
Anthony Farmer v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 abuse-of-discretion criminal-justice criminal-law federal-sentencing judicial-discretion public-confidence racial-disparities racial-disparity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6), a district court can or should consider the need to avoid unwarranted racial disparities in sentencing among de… |
| 19-7424 |
Christine Ham v. Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, et al. |
California |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment impartiality judicial-bias judicial-disclosure judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-recusal public-confidence |
Does an intolerable conflict exist when the Supreme Court of California and the Ninth Circuit squarely address whether the appearance of partiality su… |