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25-987 Flying T Ranch, Inc., a Washington Corporation v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe, et al. Washington 2026-02-19 Pending immovable-property-rule indian-tribes quiet-title state-court-jurisdiction tribal-sovereign-immunity trust-land Under the immovable-property rule, may a party sue an Indian tribe, without the latter's consent, in a State court to quiet title to real property loc…
25-961 Peyman Roshan v. Christine M. Searle, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-02-13 Pending constitutional-challenge due-process federal-district-court rooker-feldman state-court-jurisdiction tax-sale QUESTIONS PRESENTED On October 3, 2025 this Court granted the petition for certiorari in Pung v. Isabella Cty., Mich. Case No. 25-95 ("Pung ") where …
25-500 George M. Tronsrue, III v. Elsa M. Tronsrue Illinois 2025-10-22 Denied disability-pay federal-preemption marital-settlement state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits May a state court enforce a contractual agreement entered into between a disabled veteran and his former spouse, which agreement obligates the veteran…
25-5818 Clyde Wendell Smith v. Mississippi Mississippi 2025-10-07 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest effective-assistance-counsel postconviction-relief procedural-bar simultaneous-representation state-court-jurisdiction Petitioner and his brother were adversely situated codefendants in two separate felony cases over which the same judge presided. That judge appointed …
25-206 Edwin L. Rojas v. Connecticut, et al. District of Columbia 2025-08-20 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) anti-peonage-act civil-liability double-jeopardy due-process judicial-misconduct state-court-jurisdiction 1. The primary question presented is whether a criminal court in a state can renege on the dismissal of criminal cases when a prior judge and/or the…
25-196 Cyrus Mark Sanai v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Ninth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied 42-usc-1983 attorney-discipline reciprocal-discipline state-court-jurisdiction statutory-immunity supremacy-clause Under California 's State Bar Act as authoritively interpreted by California 's appellate courts, the State Bar, the California Supreme Court, and the…
25-189 Ron J. Waterman v. Robyn B. Waterman Massachusetts 2025-08-15 Denied due-process federal-law-interpretation fourteenth-amendment judgment-modification state-court-jurisdiction variable-separation-incentive A dozen States' Appellate Courts have issued opinions holding that Variable Separation Incentive (VSI) is a retirement benefit/pension. Subsequently, …
24-5977 Sammy Lee Gibbs v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2024-11-15 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-recusal procedural-fairness state-court-jurisdiction ARE ALL JUDGES IN EVERY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES BOUND TO FOLLOW ALL THE ARTICLES IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES? CAN AND STATE COURT DEP…
24A466 Eric Manuelian v. Jennifer Starr, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Trustee of the Laura Kirkland Trust dated 3/10/05 and in the Capacity as Trustee of the Starr Trust, et al. Florida 2024-11-08 Presumed Complete constitutional-interpretation dissolution-of-marriage full-faith-and-credit interstate-recognition state-court-jurisdiction trust-litigation Whether the Florida Courts violated the Full Faith and Credit Clause, Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution with regard to his mothe…
24-5567 David Lee Smith v. North Carolina North Carolina 2024-09-18 Dismissed IFP constitutional-act criminal-statutes due-process general-assembly repeat-offenders state-court-jurisdiction IS T_T A FACJLfi LLV UkICaN STXTCJTXUMAL ACT DF THB. M. L * ASSEAft&LV TO ASS'EAARLF f£-T) ZlKXAAXMrtL STATUSES XklTO M,C G*jS* /lI-7 . / FZ3£ STATE:…
24A248 Ryan T. Thornton v. Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Racine County Wisconsin 2024-09-09 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari criminal-appeal ineffective-assistance judicial-review state-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24-212 Lewis Archer v. America's First Federal Credit Union, et al. Alabama 2024-08-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure property-rights state-court-jurisdiction Does the reversal of the ORDER of Sept. 1, 2021, [without due process], that granted Lewis Archer and his family the deed to their home of 30 years vi…
23-7550 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-05-23 Dismissed IFP child-abuse due-process family-rights federal-review habeas-corpus hearsay ineffective-assistance jurisdiction post-conviction-relief protective-custody state-court-jurisdiction Before we Court is of matter inveluirae Lnabused Children kra€icked rata aster Care by hearsay , Causiry, ierepairable. hacen, The motter SueCered exp…
23-7518 Kelly McGoffney v. Matthew Kincaid, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process estate-closure federal-appellate-review rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-jurisdiction state-court-transfer I. Can this Court exercise jurisdiction to remedy violations of the petitioner 's Frist, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights, including due process…
23-6792 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-02-21 Denied IFP abstention child-abuse child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law parental-rights standing state-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23-6587 Pedro Andres Bravo v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 appellate-review federal-habeas-review final-judgment gonzalez-v-thaler habeas-corpus state-court-finality state-court-jurisdiction Whether the Court's holding in Gonzalez v. Thaler, 565 U.S. 134 (2012), that a judgment becomes final (pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A)) when the…
23-808 Eurho Joe v. Supreme Court of California Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct legal-remedy liberty procedural-due-process procedural-steps state-court-jurisdiction state-courts state-laws 1. How can a person's right and liberty to pursue happiness be maintained or recovered when severely damaged by the decisions made by the state courts…
23-6539 In Re Jesse James Corbin-Bey 2024-01-23 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process ex-post-facto extraordinary-relief federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus imprisonment slavery state-court-jurisdiction 1.) Should this Court use the power to grant a Writ of Habeas Corpus to the Petitioner who has no other available forum to raise his Compelling claims…
23-5186 Kinley MacDonald v. Jeanne Lambrew, et al. Maine 2023-07-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-removal civil-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling family-law federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-court state-court-jurisdiction transcript-accuracy 1) Can a trial court open and remove children in a protective custody case based solely on hearsay circumstances prohibited by State Statute in secret…
22-7602 James Franklin Snyder v. Idaho Idaho 2023-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process judicial-review police-misconduct property-seizure qualified-immunity standing state-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
22-7545 Maude Laroche-St. Fleur v. Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts 2023-05-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-discipline constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-proceedings fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity state-court state-court-jurisdiction 1. Whether, when dealing with its citizens, a State court is permitted to issue decisions that are in direct conflict with this Court's precedents, an…
22-1069 Benefit Strategies West, Inc., et al. v. Roger Naumann, et al. Arizona 2023-05-04 Denied civil-procedure erisa-jurisdiction erisa-plan-administration erisa-preemption erisa-statutory-interpretation federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption participant-claims plan-administration state-court-jurisdiction trustee-rights The Ninth Circuit, stepping out from the other circuits, rendered federal jurisdictional decisions in Paulsen v. CNF, Inc. and Bafford v. Northrup Gru…
22-1035 Shoman Kasbekar, et al. v. Ivy Station Community Association, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-25 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction pleading rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court state-court-jurisdiction After holding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine jurisdictionally barred it from determining whether a state court judgment is void ab initio and subjec…
22-7302 Derek Skellchock v. Alora-Ann Volz Colorado 2023-04-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP collateral-estoppel disability-compensation federal-preemption judicial-review res-judicata state-court-jurisdiction state-domestic-relations supremacy-clause veterans-benefits 1. Where the federal agency with "exclusive jurisdiction" over "all questions of law and fact" concerning a dependent's claim for a portion of a veter…
22-968 Ginger Atherton v. Key Bank, N.A. Washington 2023-04-06 Denied arbitrability arbitration-agreement conditions-precedent contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act jurisdiction preemption state-court-jurisdiction state-courts 1. When there is a valid and enforceable agreement to arbitrate, and the dispute is within the scope of the arbitration agreement, does the FAA preemp…
22-7215 Robert William Wazney v. South Carolina South Carolina 2023-04-05 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-review criminal-procedure direct-review due-process exhaustion-of-remedies jury-instructions post-conviction-relief retroactivity state-court-jurisdiction Subsequent Petitioner's conviction/ while his case was under direct review, State High-Court held in an unrelated case—Stukes [1]—that the trial court…
22-6582 In Re Elaine Mickman 2023-01-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-support constitutional-rights due-process judicial-authority jurisdiction legal-procedure legislated-law state-constitution state-court-jurisdiction usurpation 1. Whether the state Court superseded its authority, jurisdiction, and violated the U.S. Constitution, the state Constitution, legislated law, and its…
22-6544 Bradley B. Miller v. Andrea Plumlee, Judge, District Court of Texas, Dallas County Texas 2023-01-17 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-removal fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity jurisdiction res-judicata standing state-court-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations 1) Whether state court jurisdiction halts during the pendency of a federal removal. 2) Whether any state court proceedings conducted during the pende…
22-6529 Warren Havens v. Arnold Leong, et al. Delaware 2023-01-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bankruptcy commerce-clause compact-clause constitutional-law contract-clause corporate-dissolution interstate-commerce standing state-court-jurisdiction The nation is conceived and operated by State-chartered legal entities ("corporations" for short), some for profit and some for charitable purposes. N…
22-5798 Gregory K. Parsons v. Connie K. Copeland Parsons, et al. Texas 2022-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP apportionment-claims disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption judicial-review military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction takings veterans-benefits 1. In Rose v . Rose , 481 U .S. 619, 641- 642; 107 S . Ct. 2029; 95 L . Ed. 2d 599 (1987) , Justice Scalia stated in his concurring opinion: I am not…
22-5654 Elaine Mickman v. Richard Mickman Pennsylvania 2022-09-23 Denied IFP age-discrimination child-support constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection minor-children second-class-siblings state-court-jurisdiction 1. Doesn't the state Court violate federal law and the Constitution by depriving Equal Protection of the Law when it terminates child support by arbit…
22-5548 In Re David Moore 2022-09-12 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge state-court-jurisdiction successive-petition successive-petitions unconstitutional-conviction 1. Did Congress intend to preclude as successive under the AEDPA a state prisoner habeas claim that he is held unconstitutionally upon conviction and …
22-188 Patrick J. O'Connell v. Jonna Z. Bianco Kentucky 2022-08-30 Denied 11-usc-362 11-usc-521 11-usc-541 28-usc-1334 28-usc-157 bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction constitutional-rights due-process federal-bankruptcy-code judicial-estoppel state-court-jurisdiction Why is it not mandatory that Kentucky State Courts follow Federal Bankruptcy Laws? Clearly, under the United States Bankruptcy Code, the United State…
21-1549 Isaac D. Koch v. Andela S. Koch, et al. Nebraska 2022-06-10 Denied civil-procedure civil-protection-order civil-rights communication-restriction constitutional-rights due-process family-law free-speech injunction standing state-court-jurisdiction Shall any State, by her Legislature, heedlessly dictate with equity's injunction — that any one person is not protected by state and federal Constitut…
21-1516 Swagelok Associates Welfare Benefits Plan v. Laura Patterson, et vir Ohio 2022-06-02 Denied civil-procedure equitable-relief erisa exclusive-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction plan-participant reimbursement state-court-jurisdiction welfare-benefits Is a state law action brought by a Plan Participant for an injunction barring an ERISA welfare benefit plan from enforcing its subrogation/reimburseme…
21-7941 Linda A. Petralia v. American Express National Bank New Hampshire 2022-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-discretion res-judicata rule-of-law state-court-jurisdiction summary-judgment 1. Having legally granted Pro Se Defendant's/Petitioner's, Linda A. Petralia, Motion to Dismiss with prejudice on December 2, 2020, and "(without obje…
21-7743 Matthew J. Kidder v. Nebraska Nebraska 2022-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sentencing sixth-amendment state-court-jurisdiction Is ihe. 5^cde Coor-t re^c,;fed ie Keo^ c*/\ci rwxYe. o. cleAe.fi*' no. S'V+k. cxvdi ft)odee.r\Ui p£jM fs effective G S3'S^nce c? Cocosel cIcm S Tflue …
21-7439 Curtis Henry Johnson v. Paul Benton Mississippi 2022-03-23 Denied IFP article-1-section-8 constitution constitutional-interpretation indian-affairs land-occupancy plenary-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-courts treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, it gives Congress plenary powers to deal with Indian affairs. Congress can limit, modif…
21-1122 Geoffrey M. Young v. Amy McGrath Kentucky 2022-02-14 Denied Response Waived ballot-challenge civil-procedure due-process election-law mootness mootness-doctrine procedural-due-process standing state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation trial-court-dismissal 1. May any trial court in Kentucky dismiss a ballot challenge for failure to state a claim without ever having construed it in the light most favorabl…
21-6971 Byron Case v. Douglas County, Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-preemption military-benefits military-disability spousal-support state-court-jurisdiction state-courts supremacy-clause veterans-affairs veterans-rights Weather federal law(s) 10 U.S.C. § 1408 and 38 U.S.C. § 5301 can be overridden by state law(s) regarding military veterans ' disability income or asse…
21-6596 Jimmy D. Woods v. Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause tenth-amendment veterans-benefits veterans-disability 1. Whether Superior Court State of Arizona, Maricopa County, without authority, lacked jurisdiction of subject matter, and personal jurisdiction to he…
21-6591 Daniel Spottsville v. Georgia Georgia 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process free-speech judicial-review jurisdictional-limits standing state-court-jurisdiction state-court-procedure takings Question not identified.
21-6549 Wade Greely Lay v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-12-07 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-public-defender habeas-corpus standing state-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
21-540 Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al. v. Rick C. Sasso Indiana 2021-10-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) claim-scope exclusive-jurisdiction federal-circuit federal-patent-law gunn-v-minton jurisdictional-split patent-jurisdiction patent-validity state-court-adjudication state-court-jurisdiction Whether a dispute raises substantial issues of federal patent law when its resolution necessarily depends on patent-law determinations regarding claim…
21-5195 M. T. Q. v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas, et al. Texas 2021-07-26 Denied IFP child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-benefits state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits 1. In Rose v. Rose , 481 U.S. 619, 641-642 (1987), Justice Scalia stated in his concurring opinion: "I am not persuaded that if the Administrator [now…
21-87 Jeffrey Angelo Campbell v. Sylvia Betta-Cole, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment child-custody civil-rights due-process family-law federal-jurisdiction parental-rights section-1983 state-court-jurisdiction state-courts 1. Kelson v. Springfield, 767 F 2d 651, HN2, HN3, A child cannot be removed unless the child's life is in danger. If there is no proof of any life-thr…
20-8166 David B. Portee v. Craig Koenig, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied IFP constitutional-violation false-arrest judicial-authority judicial-oath judicial-proceedings legal-validity oath-of-office state-court-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver-of-jurisdiction 1. Should each Justice or Judge of the United States take the Oath of office or affirmation before performing the duties of office? 2. Did the four J…
20-7927 Daryl DeWayne Riggins v. DeAnn Morris, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied IFP admissions civil-procedure contract-interpretation denials exhibits federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-facts pleadings state-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
20-1521 Yann Iannucci v. Macomb County Friend of the Court Michigan 2021-04-30 Denied child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits 1. In Rose v. Rose, 481 U.S. 619, 641-642 (1987), Justice Scalia stated in his concurring opinion: "I am not persuaded that if the Administrator [now…
20-7787 Lee Charles Millsap v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2021-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-error fair-opportunity federal-habeas federal-review full-and-fair-litigation habeas-corpus post-conviction-process post-conviction-review procedural-fairness state-court-jurisdiction state-court-ruling Jurisdiction for federal habeas? Why Appellant Constitutional error should be cognizable in a petition for Habeas Corpus? Whether errors by courts i…
20-7545 Tyrone Robinson v. Christopher Buesgen, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP evidentiary-hearing fact-reduction hearing-standard legal-standing plea-withdrawal post-conviction-relief procedural-rule sentencing standard-of-review standing state-court-jurisdiction SEn+edno,, J)oes+hE nesdd? ptaJe <x reeepnahiE P/Miti-ty of ac^(ii'HL c>r Joe& he orShE (We fo pr&Ve a rsagpncibLE © hEafifig) -for -fad-f redA^'i^c^…
20-1307 Michael White v. Donald Knapp, Jr., et al. Michigan 2021-03-19 Denied bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-law debtor-rights due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit preemption preemption-doctrine property-ownership property-rights standing state-court-jurisdiction When a debtor uses 11 USC 522(d)(3) to legally exempt property from the bankruptcy estate and a subsequent state court jurisdiction ownership conflict…
20-6251 Timothy Tyrone Byers, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review judicial-power standing state-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction united-states ©WfidW oft 4V pftowixHo^ must fcW^s f>aov«, W'W<x\ jutfbdwttoN WiR o, CAlm- iw oftM 4* & toiMefrw? WU^** ^ Wdw is oa/ &\$dt£tiot\! IX IA*£. 6*^1 '7ift…
20-469 Ivo Lindauer, et al. v. Elna Sefcovic, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-10-09 Denied Response Waived ancillary-jurisdiction civil-procedure comity concurrent-jurisdiction exclusive-jurisdiction federal-court-intervention judicial-comity kokkonen-v-guardian-life settlement-enforcement state-court-jurisdiction younger-abstention 1. Is the state court's jurisdiction exclusive and ancillary under this Court's decision in Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, 511 U.S. 37…
20-328 Charlie Wilson, as Executor of the Estate of Debra Wilson v. Dallas County Hospital District, dba Parkland Health and Hospital System Texas 2020-09-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure conflict-preemption federal-appeal federal-removal jurisdictional-ping-pong preemption state-court-jurisdiction state-deadlines statutory-deadline tolling 1. Are state statutory pre-discovery deadlines tolled – either by the rules of federal appeal, rules of federal procedure, or equitable tolling princi…
20-5311 Richard Hollihan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-08-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection extraordinary-relief fourteenth-amendment legal-precedent precedent precedential-decision state-court-jurisdiction supreme-court 1. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution when it Denied Petitioner's Application For Extraor…
19-8827 David Fowler v. Indymac Bank, FSB, et al. New York 2020-06-26 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure collateral-estoppel complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals due-process judicial-review leave-to-amend motion-for-leave state-court-jurisdiction Whether justice is ultimately served when the State of New York Court of Appeals gave no detailed reasoning in denying Petitioner's motion for leave t…
19-1276 Michael B. White, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Darla K. White, Deceased v. Medtronic, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied 21-usc-360 adulteration buckman diversity-of-jurisdiction fda-regulations medical-device-preemption off-label off-label-use pleading pleading-standard private-causes-of-action riegel state-court-jurisdiction summary-disposition 1. Adulterated products are not a medical device, no preemption for FDA violations. 2. A doctor could not develop well-informed off-label use opinion…
19-822 Laurie A. White, Judge, Section A of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, et al. v. Alana Cain, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response Waived conflict-of-interest constitutional-conflict criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fines-and-fees judicial-disqualification judicial-impartiality state-court-funding state-court-jurisdiction Does the federal court have jurisdiction to disqualify state criminal court judges from adjudicating matters, over which they have exclusive jurisdict…
19-637 Emma Serna v. Margette Webster, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration arbitration-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights contract-dispute default-judgments deprivation-of-rights due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure mandamus misconduct standing state-court-jurisdiction STATE: Mandate granted to the Serna Party filed on March, 2014 needs a writ of mandamus issued to obtain a written judgment to execute, which has mon…
19-638 N. B. D. v. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Kentucky 2019-11-18 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) best-interests deportation federal-law homeland-security immigration immigration-law juvenile-protection predicate-findings special-immigrant-juvenile special-immigrant-juvenile-status state-court-jurisdiction state-courts Whether federal law requires state courts of competent jurisdiction to make predicate findings for special immigrant juvenile status determinations up…
19-6596 Wylmina Hettinga v. Timothy P. Loumena California 2019-11-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-sanction civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process passport passport-suspension standing state-court-jurisdiction state-courts suspension vexatious-litigant Can the state courts levy Petitioner's joint bank accounts, freeze her safety deposit box, suspend her California clear teaching credential, and suspe…
19-6526 In Re David Paul Worthington 2019-11-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-1151-1153 aedpa aedpa-limitations article-1 article-6 criminal-procedure indian-law indian-treaties state-court-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause treaties treaties-with-indians (1) Whether the filing limitations AEDPA apply to claims that state courts lacked of subject matter jurisdiction in criminal cases due to provisions …
19-482 ASAP Copy and Print, et al. v. Canon Solutions America, Inc. California 2019-10-15 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure-28-usc-1446 civil-rights-act-of-1866 due-process judicial-immunity law-of-the-case recusal recusal-requirement removal-procedure removal-statute state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause 1. Whether in conflict with the clear authority of this court California's common law concept of "law of the case" may defeat the command of 28 U.S.C.…
19-479 Carol M. Kam v. John B. Peyton, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) associate-judge judicial-authority judicial-misconduct probate-court probate-law rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-jurisdiction state-court-rulings state-law void-orders Does the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine apply to two Void [not voidable but, void] "proposed " State Court Rulings produced by a former Associate Judge, who …
19-362 Patrick Kent Lindsey Jones v. Allen Jones Louisiana 2019-09-18 Denied 14th-amendment appeal civil-procedure contested-funds due-process equal-protection finality-of-judgment fourteenth-amendment interlocutory-judgment right-to-appeal standing state-court state-court-jurisdiction Under the 14th Amendment, Section 1, how can a state court deny the right to appeal, by deeming a judgment which distributes contested funds to be a n…
19-5903 Martin Ogden v. Digital Intelligence Systems Arizona 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-claims federal-law judicial-authority judicial-review nullity state-court state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause 1. Like any other state or federal court, both state courts of record for this case (specifically, the Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County and …
19-259 Maron Pictures Ltd. v. Sam Eigen, et al. California 2019-08-28 Denied berne-convention contributory-copyright-infringement copyright-act copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption motion-picture motion-picture-rights preemption state-court state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation 1. How can any state court make conclusions in relation to motion picture rights without referring to the Copyright Act to make a determination? 2. P…
19-5238 Arthur Lopez v. The Irvine Company Apartment Communities, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process fair-housing-act federal-jurisdiction federal-review jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction remedies standing state-court-jurisdiction state-law 1.) Should Pläntiff and the Seneral Paublic fntenest be permitted to furoue Relief from violations of the Fon toin np thouge the Federal Couts gdition…
19-31 Carol M. Kam v. Dallas County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) associate-judge dallas-county judicial-authority judicial-misconduct probate-court probate-court-procedure rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court state-court-jurisdiction state-law void-judgment void-rulings Does the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine apply to two Void [not voidable but, void] "proposed " State Court Rulings produced by a former Associate Judge, empl…
18-8671 Glynndeavin Von Fox v. South Carolina South Carolina 2019-04-02 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation federal-consent federal-preemption federal-questions international-law judicial-access judicial-review medical-access senate-ratification separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity sovereign-immunity-doctrine state-court-jurisdiction treaty-power us-constitution Can a State Court answer federal questions of an International Country in Japan, regarding judicial access to documents, or medical access to document…
18-1196 In Re William Kinney, et ux. 2019-03-14 Denied 14th-amendment all-writs-act civil-rights district-court-discretion district-court-jurisdiction due-process equitable-tolling fair-debt-collection fdcpa fdcpa-claim federal-jurisdiction mandamus state-court-jurisdiction state-court-proceedings stay-of-proceedings title-42-claims Whether this court should reverse the decision of the Sixth Circuit, and direct the District Court: To apply the doctrine of Equitable Tolling and re…
18-7798 Steven Floyd Voss v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County Nevada 2019-02-08 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing state-court state-court-jurisdiction 1. Do the imposition of and discharge from the subsequently invalidated Judgment of Conviction violate the constitutional principles of Double Jeopard…
18-7807 Christopher Young v. Michael M. Kraus, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals-court civil-rights due-process hrcp-rule-4 indigent-rights insurance-fraud judicial-misconduct no-fault-claim public-interest public-safety standing standing-issue state-court-jurisdiction summons-order I, Christopher Young ("Petitioner") am an indigent, disabled, black man with a brain injury that is requesting this Writ of Certiorari, Appeal and Rev…
18-905 Mastrogiovanni Schorsch & Mersky, P.C., et al. v. Edward Mandel Fifth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied bankruptcy comity comity-federalism due-process federalism receivership state-court-jurisdiction state-property-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction The Fifth Circuit has ignored long standing rules of comity mandated by Federalism by invading the exclusive subject matter jurisdiction of a Texas st…
18-894 Harold McNeal, et ux. v. Navajo Nation, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Relisted (2) congressional-policy contract-negotiation federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction gaming-enterprise indian-gaming-regulatory-act sovereign-immunity state-court state-court-jurisdiction tort-claim tort-claims tribal-sovereignty Whether the Tenth Circuit panel violated the current jurisprudence of this Court and the Congressional policy underlying IGRA by precluding the Nation…
18-629 Jack Cody v. California Air Resources Board, et al. California 2018-11-14 Denied Response Waived clean-air-act concurrent-jurisdiction constitutional-challenge constitutional-review environmental-regulation federal-constitutional-defense federal-preemption judicial-review state-court-jurisdiction state-environmental-regulation statutory-interpretation In this case of first impression before this Court, does the CAA withdraw concurrent state court jurisdiction to adjudicate the constitutionality of s…
18-6631 David Hollenback, Jr. v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice state-conviction state-court-jurisdiction Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals commit error by denying the petitioner a Certificate of Appealability, regarding the United States Middle Distr…
18-5994 Ricky Wayne White v. Arkansas Arkansas 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-error legal-relief maximum-sentence misdemeanor-enhancement sentencing sentencing-error state-court-jurisdiction state-courts Question One: Is an error of a lower State Court in exceeding the maximum sentence legally allowed, cognizable for relief at any time? Question Tw…
18-5947 Stevie Andre Roberson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied IFP anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto habeas ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure procedural-due-process standing state-court-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations texas-supreme-court 1.) WHETHER DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION TO DENY PETITIONER'S HABEAS PETITION AS BARRED BY STATUTE OF LIMITATION OF THE ANT-TERRORISM AND EFFECTIVE DEATH…
18-181 Larry Elliot Klayman v. Stephanie Ann Luck Ohio 2018-08-09 Denied civil-procedure comity constitutional-hierarchy due-process federal-court-judgment federal-judgment federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption judicial-enforcement state-court-intervention state-court-jurisdiction state-court-order supremacy-clause writ-of-execution Does the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, Article VI, Clause 2, preclude a state court from issuing an order preventing the enforcement of a judg…
18-133 Teddy Moore v. Christopher Bramwell, et al. New York 2018-07-31 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial false-arrest impartial-judiciary judicial-misconduct jury-trial malicious-prosecution state-court-jurisdiction state-court-review Whether the State Supreme Court of King County NY, The Supreme court appellate division second NY, and the Court of Appeal of the state of New York, v…
18-5197 Akash Dixit v. Tanya Singh Dixit Georgia 2018-07-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-abduction divorce-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption foreign-nationals hague-convention hague-convention-on-child-abduction immigration immigration-status international-child-abduction international-law jurisdictional-limits state-court-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation 1. Did the state court of last resort err in ignoring/condoning illegal retention of a foreign-citizen-child by the Respondent in the US, putting the …
18-41 Micheline Baptiste v. Shrusan Gray Florida 2018-07-06 Denied access-to-courts bodily-injuries civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process florida-supreme-court free-speech government-redress judicial-review jurisdiction petition-clause petition-for-redress pro-se-petition standing state-court-jurisdiction Whether Florida Supreme Court holds authority to dismiss petition by Petitioner, the unrepresented party, to review orders of the Seventeenth Judicial…