| 25-700 |
Joan V. Bayley, et al. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-17 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
clean-water-act cooperative-federalism environmental-violations federal-overreach justiciability state-authority |
Petitioners owned a lot with a slowly failing 1937 bulkhead onshore of the shoreline along Hood Canal, Washington state. Hundreds of properties along … |
| 24A613 |
Keith Pardue, Vice President, Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, et al. v. Ronald S. Hines |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-19 |
Presumed Complete |
|
first-amendment licensing professional-regulation speech-restriction state-authority veterinary-medicine |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5958 |
In Re Jeremy Dewayne Foster |
|
2024-11-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
amendment-violation constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review state-authority |
1. Why am I Petitioning The U.S. Supreme Court?
2. Why I didn't exhaust state court remedies?
3. Why I didn't file in The U.S.District Court?
4. Wh… |
| 23-7127 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2024-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1254 28-usc-1257 administrative-law constitutional-mandate federal-authority federal-circuit federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus interlocutory-appeal merit-systems-protection-board state-authority |
1. Jurisdiction Over Habeas Corpus Decisions from the Federal Circuit: Does jurisdiction over habeas corpus decisions originating within the administr… |
| 23-696 |
Colorado Republican State Central Committee v. Norma Anderson, et al. |
Colorado |
2023-12-28 |
Dismissed |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
14th-amendment disqualification-clause due-process election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment insurrection political-parties presidential-eligibility section-3 state-authority |
The Supreme Court of Colorado held that states possess authority, regardless of the lack of congressional authorization, to determine that a president… |
| 23-581 |
Joey D. Thompson v. Asia Thompson |
Tennessee |
2023-11-30 |
Denied |
|
child-custody family-law interstate-jurisdiction jurisdiction minor minor-rights parens-patriae parental-rights state-authority |
Does the State of Tennessee have jurisdiction over the minor child "A. T."? |
| 23-258 |
Delaware Department of Insurance v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-09-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
business-of-insurance civil-rights federal-law federal-preemption insurance-regulation mccarran-ferguson-act preemption state-authority statutory-interpretation summons-power |
When determining whether a state insurance statute preempts a federal law of general application under the McCarran Ferguson Act, are the three statut… |
| 22-7117 |
Noel Macapagal v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adult-intermediary commerce-clause criminal-enticement enticement federal-crime interstate-commerce minor minor-protection state-authority statutory-interpretation |
The government convicted petitioner-defendant Noel Macapagal of violating 18 U.S.C. §2422(b). As the government invoked it to convict Macapagal, this … |
| 22-401 |
Alaska v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-31 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law alaska-national-interest-lands-conservation-act federal-preemption hunting-regulations national-wildlife-refuge state-authority state-police-powers statutory-interpretation wildlife-management |
Does ANILCA, which sought to preserve the
State's traditional police powers over wildlife, grant
federal agencies plenary authority to preempt state
l… |
| 22-5363 |
Rodney Flucas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process federalism interstate-travel jury-instruction precedent sexual-conduct state-authority |
Was the Jury Erroncously Instructed That the Government Only had to Prove
That Sexual Activity Was a "Motivating Purpose" for Transportation of Person… |
| 21-1443 |
Edward Ronny Arnold v. Bob Oglesby, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of General Services |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-05-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment sovereign-immunity state-authority wage-withholding warn-act |
1. The Eleventh Amendment requires the Defendant, as Commissioner of the State of Tennessee Department of General Services, to be acting on the author… |
| 21-1296 |
City of Edmond, Oklahoma, et al. v. BNSF Railway Company |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-03-25 |
Denied |
|
federal-railroad-safety-act interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption public-safety rail-crossing-safety rail-safety railroad-preemption state-authority state-law statutory-interpretation |
When trains block traffic at road intersections, they impose numerous safety risks. Oklahoma enacted a statute prohibiting trains from stopping where … |
| 21-451 |
Oklahoma v. Shawn Thomas Jones |
Oklahoma |
2021-09-23 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (4) |
civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-prosecution state-authority tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.
2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. … |
| 21-5059 |
Gregory A. Austin v. Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights divorce-industry due-process family-law free-speech marriage-licensing standing state-authority takings |
My case challenges the authority and practices of California's divorce industry, and hence, collectivism in general, by virtue of posing the question,… |
| 20-7588 |
Anthony Sharif Gay v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-authority inalienable-rights law-enforcement mandamus standing state-authority |
Whether a Court's knowing review of, and ruling on, a petition for writ of mandamus, that was neither authored nor delivered by the Petitioner, consti… |
| 20-5332 |
William David Bush v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
10th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federalism preemption public-health-emergency quarantine-powers state-authority state-police-powers tenth-amendment |
Where the State of California's Health and Safety Code, openly declares supremacy in codified authority to the articles and rights guaranteed in law b… |
| 20-47 |
Lebamoff Enterprises, Inc., et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-07-20 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
commerce-clause direct-to-consumer-shipping interstate-commerce liquor-regulation nondiscrimination-principle state-authority state-liquor-law twenty-first-amendment |
Whether a state liquor law that allows in-state retailers to ship wine directly to consumers but prohibits out-of-state retailers from doing so, is in… |
| 19-6989 |
George Calvin Belt v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law child-support federal-authority federal-legislation federal-preemption state-authority state-law-conflict state-legislation state-statute supremacy-clause unemployment-benefits |
QUESTION 1.
A.
How it is possible that the State of Florida, Department of Revenue, Child Support Program
(hereinafter referred to as DOR CSP) can enf… |
| 19-6654 |
Tremaine Bernard Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-provisions criminal-extradition due-process federal-authority federalism government-action interstate-jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdictional-dispute legal-procedure reasons-for-granting-writ state-authority statement-of-case statutory-provisions uniform-criminal-extradition-act uniform-law |
Where NO Cece IW ELS! OF AUIWocitY
What is the coorsé of ACHON When
dhe unilorm criminal exdradean
ACY IS violated, betwee al Government
And state? |
| 19-6436 |
Bharanidharan Padmanabhan v. Drug Enforcement Administration |
District of Columbia |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
10th-amendment administrative-law agency-deference controlled-substances controlled-substances-act due-process federal-agencies individual-rights liberty-interest property-interest state-authority state-law tenth-amendment |
The DEA relied exclusively on an internal agency precedent to declare that because private market actors on the Massachusetts medical board suspended … |
| 19-6038 |
Clayton Paul Bateman v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights color-of-law colorable-authority congressional-authority due-process forum-challenge forum-procedures jurisdiction jurisdictional-standing procedural-due-process standing state-authority state-sovereignty |
1. What standing does a person have before a forum of a non-sovereign State, with no act of the United States Congress delineating jurisdictional auth… |
| 19-257 |
California Trout, et al. v. Hoopa Valley Tribe, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
certification certification-request circuit-conflict clean-water-act environmental-protection forum-shopping project-licensing section-401 state-authority waiver water-quality |
Do states waive their authority under section 401 of the Clean Water Act if they do not approve or deny a certification request within one year, even … |
| 18-9847 |
Lawrence J. Petitta v. Daniel Paramo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-limitations contract-clause contract-rights due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy jurisdictional-conflict plea-bargain police-power sovereign-authority state-authority state-law supremacy-clause |
Is THERE A "CONFLIT BF LAW" WHEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MADE LAWS THAT UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VIOLATED THE STATUTORY PROHIBITIONS SET-FORTH IN ARTICLE 1 … |
| 18-1545 |
Tracy Guerin v. Mickey Fowler, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
constitutional-law due-process eleventh-amendment pension-transfer property-rights public-pensions retrospective-application state-authority state-immunity statutory-benefits takings takings-clause |
1. If a State's statutorily created pension system allows government employees to transfer their accumulated pension contributions into a different pe… |
| 18-8138 |
Joseph Hughes v. Dan Schnurr, Warden |
Kansas |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
acquittal acquittal-implications civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process second-prosecution sex-offender-management sexual-offender sexual-offender-registration state-authority |
How can the State of Kansas manage me as a sexual offender when I was found acquitted of rape by a jury? Furthermore, the State of Kansas wasn't able … |
| 18-1099 |
Janie L. Robinson v. State Compensation Mutual Insurance Fund |
Montana |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process grand-bargain medical-examination new-york-central-v-white search search-and-seizure state-authority unconstitutional-conditions workers-compensation |
Montana law authorizes workers compensation
insurers to "doctor shop" by compelling repetitive medical examinations without demonstrating good cause.
… |
| 18-7837 |
Marlon Blacher v. Superior Court of California, Contra Costa County, et al. |
California |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitution due-process jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction standing state-authority statutory-provisions |
1. Is it not true that "STATE OF CALIFORNIA" and all of its instruments are bound to the Matters declared via Article V, clause a, Constitution of the… |
| 18-6668 |
Michael Tory, Jr. v. Whited, RNB, et al. |
Virginia |
2018-11-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure common-knowledge due-process jury-determination jury-selection legal-standard medical-malpractice procedural-rights state-authority state-regulation |
Can the State of Virginia in all medical malpractice cases determine the common knowledge and experience of a jury? |
| 18-555 |
Marquette County Road Commission v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa agency-action clean-water-act clean-water-act-cwa environmental-protection epa-veto final-agency-action judicial-review permit-approval state-authority state-permitting wetlands |
Whether an arbitrary and capricious EPA veto of a state-approved CWA § 404 permit, a final agency action that denies the state-approved permit forever… |