| 25-556 |
William Loginov v. Sheridan Memorial Hospital, aka Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-11-06 |
Denied |
|
article-iii diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-courts rules-of-decision-act state-law-interpretation |
Whether Article III, the Rules of Decision Act, and the Erie doctrine mandate that federal courts sitting in diversity must certify novel state law qu… |
| 25-5913 |
Rashun Rafael Suncar v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-10-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-court-judgment circuit-split controlled-substances drug-statute federal-interpretation state-law-interpretation |
1a. Whether a court of appeals may disregard an unpublished but considered judgment of Pennsylvania's intermediate appellate court interpreting its ow… |
| 24-874 |
Douglas A. Kelley, in His Capacity as the Trustee of the BMO Litigation Trust v. BMO Harris Bank National Association, as Successor to M&I Marshall and Ilsley Bank |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-02-14 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
bankruptcy-code eighth-circuit-ruling federal-bankruptcy-policy in-pari-delicto receiver-claims state-law-interpretation |
Whether the Eighth Circuit should have certified the controlling question of Minnesota law to the Minnesota Supreme Court, rather than fashion a novel… |
| 24-5484 |
Irvin Abreu v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split divisibility modified-categorical-approach sentencing-enhancement state-law-interpretation |
The First Circuit affirmed application of a sentencing enhancement under 18
U.S.C. § 2251(e), based on Petitioner Irvin Abreu's prior state-court conv… |
| 23-1126 |
David Streeter, et al. v. USAA General Indemnity Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certification-of-questions certification-of-state-law comity cooperative-federalism divergent-decisions diversity-jurisdiction efficient-federal-practice erie-doctrine insurance-law judicial-comity lehman-bros-v-schein state-law-interpretation |
This Petition and recently filed Randy Tarum et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., No. 23-973, both raise the identical issue: have Ninth C… |
| 23-6892 |
Clifford Laines, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split rodriguez-v-united-states sentencing-regime serious-drug-offense state-law-interpretation state-sentencing-regime statutory-maximum |
Does "maximum term of imprisonment . . . prescribed by law"—as used in the Armed Career Criminal Act to define "serious drug offenses" that are predic… |
| 23-6548 |
Andrew Joseph Avitable, aka Andrew Joseph Larson v. Wyoming |
Wyoming |
2024-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-breach due-process equal-protection forma-pauperis indigent judicial-immunity pro-se-litigation state-law-interpretation |
1. Can a State create policies, rules, and/or laws that contradict the State's and US Constitutions; and create a situation in which only those with t… |
| 22-7765 |
Michael Tanner Lank v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitution oklahoma-court-of-criminal-appeals petition-for-writ-of-certiorari state-constitution state-law-interpretation trial-by-jury |
1) Mr. Lank respectfully asks- '
Is the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Court, Rule 5.5 in conformity with
the DUE PROCESS OF LAW standards of the … |
| 22-7609 |
Akiaz Marqiez King v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 federal-habeas federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reed-v-goertz sixth-amendment state-law-interpretation statute-of-limitations |
Should the Court grant a writ of certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand this case for the Ninth Circuit to consider this Court's intervenin… |
| 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 … |
| 22-7079 |
Henry Joseph Stevens v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute due-process federal-courts physical-force state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code violent-felony |
1. When evaluating whether a state-law offense satisfies the Armed Career Criminal Act's definition of a "violent felony," 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B), f… |
| 22-6578 |
Derrick Tyrone Moore v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute federal-courts generic-offense mens-rea precedent state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether there is a reasonable probability of different result if the court below is directed to reconsider its judgment in light of Wooden v. United S… |
| 22-424 |
The Cordish Companies, Inc. v. Affiliated FM Insurance Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certified-question civil-procedure conflict-of-laws erie-doctrine federalism insurance insurance-coverage judicial-procedure maryland state-law-interpretation west-virginia |
Whether the Fourth Circuit violated the constitutional principles set forth in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), which protect each s… |
| 21-7907 |
Christopher Jo Stringer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-definition categorical-approach generic-offense state-law-interpretation taylor-standard taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-shepard |
To decide whether a prior burglary conviction qualifies as a predicate violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), "courts… |
| 21-1358 |
Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma, Inc., dba Goodwill Career Pathways Institute v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure covid-19 covid-related-claims direct-physical-loss erie-doctrine federalism insurance insurance-coverage state-law state-law-interpretation |
Whether federal courts are violating Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), as well as principles of federalism, in uniformly refusing to seek a… |
| 21-7451 |
Michael Shawn Bell v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach generic-offense sentencing-enhancement state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
To decide whether a prior burglary conviction qualifies as a predicate violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), "courts… |
| 21-7333 |
Andrew Michael Penny v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres-v-united-states armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach generic-offense sentencing-enhancement state-law-interpretation taylor-v-united-states violent-felony |
To decide whether a prior burglary conviction qualifies as a predicate violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), "courts… |
| 21-7329 |
Von Lester Taylor v. Robert Powell, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-03-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
certification comity federal-court federalism judicial-certification legal-ambiguity state-law state-law-interpretation tenth-amendment |
Does a federal court violate principles of federalism and comity enshrined in the Tenth Amendment by selecting one possible interpretation of an ambig… |
| 21-7264 |
Samuel Lee Gore v. Gus J. Skropas, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure standing state-law-interpretation |
Whether the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires indictment by a Grand Jury for a capital crime?
Whether the Fourteenth Amendme… |
| 21-6320 |
Devon Carl Jordan-McFeely v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ambiguous-statute criminal-procedure divisibility divisibility-inquiry federal-court federal-sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancement state-court state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-ambiguity supreme-court-precedent |
When a state statute is ambiguous as to its divisibility at the time of the defendant's state conviction, may a federal court certify the divisibility… |
| 21-6162 |
Antwain T. Sales v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-authority standing state-courts state-law-interpretation |
1. Sheer this Cowal skaisld issue this kt of Contionani LAdhetee the lonler Couets in Tennessee exceeded the jueisdidtion conteaeed and acted illegall… |
| 21-5897 |
Shahram Shakouri v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process false-testimony federal-habeas habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-present-defense state-law state-law-interpretation |
1. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals [TCCA] in several opinions
has observed that, "Even unknowing use of false testimony violates
a defendants's … |
| 21-5505 |
Maurice Lamont Davis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach demand-for-certainty felon-in-possession felon-status intent-element state-law-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence |
1. Under plenary appellate review, is a defendant's trial stipulation that he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm sufficient evidence that … |
| 21-70 |
Gary E. Albright, et al. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2021-07-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
certification constitutional-federalism erie-doctrine fifth-amendment railroad-deed state-law state-law-interpretation takings-claim takings-clause |
Does constitutional federalism require a federal court that confronts an outcome-determinative and unresolved State law issue that is particularly wit… |
| 20-7770 |
In Re Sakima Iban Salih El Bey |
|
2021-04-15 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act article-4-section-2 civil-rights constitutional-exemption due-process jurisdictional-authority law-enforcement-conduct privileges-and-immunities state-law-interpretation state-trust |
In a lawsuit, challenging jurisdiction of administrative revenue officers in United States of America under State trust STATE OF ARKANSAS under the Ad… |
| 20-7242 |
Xavier Lister v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach generic-offense shepard-v-united-states state-law-interpretation taylor-definition taylor-v-united-states |
To decide whether a prior burglary conviction qualifies as a predicate violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), "courts… |
| 20-6979 |
Eddie Charles Webb v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach generic-offense intent-element shepard-v-united-states state-law-interpretation taylor-v-united-states |
1. When applying the categorical approach, federal courts are "bound by" a state supreme court's "interpretation of state law, including its determina… |
| 20-750 |
Timothy P. Murphy v. Susan Stacy, Circuit Court Judge |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process erie-doctrine federal-courts state-law-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction summary-judgment swift-v-tyson |
1. Whether under any circumstances in their appli
cation of common law, federal courts are allowed the
authority or discretion to disregard this Cou… |
| 20-5658 |
Martin Racioppi v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-procedure divisibility divisible-statute mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states robbery-statute state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation third-circuit |
Whether the Third Circuit's approach, in United States v. McCants, 952 F.3d 416 (3d Cir. 2020), to determining that New Jersey's second-degree robbery… |
| 20-262 |
Bridget Alex, et al. v. T-Mobile USA, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certification civil-rights due-process erie-doctrine federal-jurisdiction federalism judicial-discretion state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation tort-claims-act |
Plaintiffs sued T-Mobile in state court for breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, and gross negligence that led to Brandon Alex's death. T-Mo… |
| 19-7520 |
Edward Steven Feeney, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law due-process eighth-circuit judicial-precedent lowest-level-conduct lowest-level-of-conduct rule-of-lenity state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the "lowest level of conduct" as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an… |
| 19-923 |
Timothy Barnes v. Chase Home Finance, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process federal-circuit-court federal-statutes ownership-interest principal-dwelling property-rights rescission-rights state-law state-law-interpretation truth-in-lending-act |
Does a consumer have the right to exercise federal TILA rescission protection where applicable state law has defined his ownership interest in a way t… |
| 19-870 |
Jeana K. Reinbold, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of 180 Equipment, LLC v. First Midwest Bank |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-01-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
circuit-court-split circuit-split federal-court-interpretation federal-interpretation notice-of-collateral secured-creditor security-interest state-law state-law-interpretation uniform-commercial-code |
Whether the decision of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, that a secured creditor need not give any public notice of the collateral securing its s… |
| 19-6862 |
Dalton Betsinger v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law eighth-amendment eighth-circuit fifth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the "lowest level of conduct" as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach… |
| 19-463 |
Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-08 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review comity comity-federalism comity-federalism-state-judicial-functions federal-court federal-court-override federalism interlocutory-orders judicial-function sealing-order state-court state-court-sealing state-court-sealing-order state-law-interpretation |
Whether a district court may override the order of a state court sealing a court filing necessary to resolve a motion in the state court, by compellin… |
| 18-1357 |
Randy Cummings, et al. v. Celina Bussey, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 clearly-established-law discretionary-function federal-court-interpretation federal-court-review ministerial-exception property-rights qualified-immunity state-law state-law-interpretation state-supreme-court-precedent statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether a federal court interpreting a state statute can conclude that it grants the state agency discretion such that the "ministerial exception" … |
| 18-6979 |
Lewis Carnell Jackson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-offense culpable-negligence deference federal-circuit-courts federal-courts mens-rea sentencing-enhancement state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether a criminal offense with a mens rea of "culpable negligence" qualifies as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 9… |
| 18-6085 |
Gerald Daniels v. Janet Dowling, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-09-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-issue constitutional-law constitutional-review equal-protection evasion federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus race-discrimination state-court state-law state-law-interpretation |
1. WHETHER A FEDERAL HABEAS COURT MAY REEXAMINE A STATE COURT'S INTERPRETATION OF STATE LAW WHEN IT IS AN OBVIOUS SUBTERFUGE TO EVADE CONSIDERATION OF… |
| 18-5971 |
Donavan T. Fortin v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence due-process estelle-v-mcguire evidentiary-hearing federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-principles judicial-review ninth-circuit state-court state-law state-law-interpretation williams-v-taylor |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision, which interpreted state law contrary to the state court's ruling, conflicts with Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62… |
| 18-261 |
Jose Guadalupe Cebreros v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
|
21-usc-841-b-1-a 21-usc-841(b)(1)(a) california california-proposition-47 drug-offense-enhancement federal-recidivist-sentence-enhancement federal-sentencing habeas-relief prior-state-felony-drug-offense recidivist-sentencing retroactive-drug-sentencing-reforms state-law-interpretation |
Is a federal recidivist sentence enhancement based on a prior state "felony drug offense" under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) invalidated when the underlyi… |
| 18-22 |
Young Sung Lee, et al. v. Katelyn Garvey |
Second Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure directed-verdict diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts judicial-discretion meniscus-injury new-york-insurance-law new-york-law permanent-injury personal-injury rule-50-dismissal rule-50(a) rule-50a serious-injury-threshold state-law-interpretation summary-judgment |
1. Whether the Magistrate Judge erred as a matter of law in granting a Rule 50(a) motion for directed verdict when (a) both parties' experts agreed th… |