| 23-767 |
Shirley Crain v. Lisa Crain, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure divorce-decree domestic-relations domestic-relations-exception federal-jurisdiction property-settlement-agreement state-court-decree state-court-interpretation third-party-beneficiary |
Federal courts do not hear divorce disputes. That is because our system of federalism retains for the states special expertise in domestic matters. Th… |
| 22-7312 |
Jackie Mitchell v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-panel criminal-history domestic-violence federal-circuit-court federal-court-interpretation federal-implications panel-decision sixth-circuit-rule state-court-interpretation state-law state-law-interpretation |
To resolve a federal defendant's criminal history, must a circuit court panel use the current state court interpretations of state conviction, or may … |
| 21-5120 |
Kent Taylor v. Steven Otero |
California |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default standing state-court-interpretation statute-of-limitations takings |
1) IS IT AbUSE oF dISCRETION WShAN ANY COUET MALES AN ORDR SUST -
AINING A DEMURRER WIHOOT LERNE TO AMENd, HE QUESTION AS TO
WHEtHIR OR NOT SOCh COUET… |
| 20-7280 |
Michael Dewayne Vickers v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-01 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split due-process federal-courts felony-murder physical-force state-court-interpretation statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
1. Whether a federal court analyzing a prior state-court conviction to determine whether the offense qualifies as a "violent felony" under the Armed C… |
| 19-8042 |
Lewis Taylor Jr. v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-habeas-review merits-decision state-court-decision state-court-decisions state-court-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017) (per curiam), a case arising under federal habeas revi… |
| 19-7406 |
Bartholomew Antonio Guzman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction first-amendment freedom-of-information government-transparency habeas-corpus public-records standing state-court state-court-interpretation state-court-proceedings |
Question/Issue No.l: Isthe juckgment of the
because the habeas petitiower's State
hebeas proceralie
Question/Issue No.2: Did the United Stctes Distri… |
| 19-6945 |
Kevin Dameron v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence eyewitness-identification judicial-review legal-error neil-v-biggers standing state-court-interpretation state-court-review supreme-court-precedent |
WHETHER THE ILLINOIS STATE COURT ERRED IN ITS APPLICATION OF WELL ESTABLISHED UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT DECLARED IN NEIL v. BIGGERS, 409 U… |
| 19-6833 |
Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations dna-testing due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-relief state-court-interpretation state-federal-conflict |
If the highest court of a State, such a Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, holds that the State's post-conviction DNA testing provision constitutes a "post… |
| 19-6793 |
Quentin Herndon v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-court federal-courts physical-force sentencing-guidelines state-court state-court-interpretation state-courts statutory-interpretation USSG-4B1.2(a) |
Whether a federal court must defer to a state court's interpretation of the elements of a state criminal statute to determine if that offense requires… |
| 19-5727 |
Trayvon Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court-interpretation state-law |
1) Whether, when determining whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence, a federal court is bound by the decision of the state's highest… |
| 18-8116 |
Budry Michel v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-02-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment,federal-habeas,state-court,merits federal-courts federal-habeas federal-review habeas habeas-corpus juvenile-sentencing merits parole-eligibility plain-language standing state-court state-court-interpretation state-courts |
1. The Florida Supreme Court held, contrary to the plain language of this
Court, and contrary to the holdings of the high courts of other states, that… |
| 18-5292 |
Armando Angeles v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-interpretation circuit-split criminal-procedure fourth-amendment lane-maintenance search-and-seizure state-court-interpretation state-federal-court-tension statutory-interpretation suppression-motion traffic-laws traffic-statute traffic-stop |
Whether, when affirming the denial of Mr. Angeles' motion to suppress, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in applying the Kansas Supreme Court's… |
| 18-5229 |
Robert Adam Neuman v. Mark Nooth |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflicts federal-law federal-law-analysis federal-law-review federal-review judicial-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-precedent ohio-v-reiner review state-court state-court-decision state-court-interpretation state-statute supreme-court-precedent |
1. Whether the Ninth Circuit's opinion, which determined that it
could not review a state court decision that interpreted federal law because
the stat… |